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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 15 - July 20: Valreas - Villard-de-Lans, 180.5 km
Hook 'em horns: Big Tex returns in Villard-De-Lans
Armstrong wins stage, takes maillot jaune
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Villard-De Lans
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"To go two for two is great!" Lance Armstrong did just that in Villard-de-Lans today to win his 18th Tour stage and take over the Tour de France race lead yet again. Tomorrow, Lance Armstrong will be the final starter in Stage 16's l'Alpe d'Huez mountain time trial, wearing the maillot jaune for the 61st time, thus surpassing Miguel Indurain in the Tour ranking. Now, only Eddy Merckx (111 days) and Bernard Hinault (79 days) have spent more time in the cherished tunic of Le Grande Boucle than Armstrong. "There's still a part of me that wanted to ride a legendary mountain like l'Alpe d'Huez in the Yellow Jersey," he commented.
Lance talked about the finale post-stage, explaining that "The front group came back together at the end of the stage so there was the risk of (losing time via) the time bonuses. Sure, you can sit up and get fourth, but why give 0'20 to your rivals. So it was important (to win)...Johan was screaming in my ear that I had to win because of the time bonuses. At this point, it's a question of having a minute twenty five (on Basso) so every second counts...sorry, no pun intended...and I have to say there's something special about winning in the sprints. To win alone it's exciting and fun but, I don't know, to win in a sprint, to me is much more intense than being alone."
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There was a wild pursuit match today through the Massif de Vercors with Jan Ullrich trying hard to upset the status quo today with a solo attack halfway up Col de l'Echarasson with 60km to go. But despite Ullrich's audacious move, it all came to naught when Armstrong's USPS-Berry Floor and Ivan Basso's CSC squad brought the T-Mobile man to heel in the closing stages of the stage.
Armstrong was cool as the proverbial cucumber as Jan sped away, saying that "T-Mobile's attack was really a team attack with Guerini, Klöden and Ullrich. We weren't very concerned when Ullrich attacked. With my teammates Landis and Azevedo, and then Basso's teammates Sastre and Voigt, we knew we could control the situation. We know the parcours very well since we've done it just a month ago during the Dauphiné Liberé; I know all the climbs so there was no panic, no problem when Ullrich attacked. On the climb that he attacked on, we knew really there's no descent from that climb; then you have another Cat 3 that's not so steep so it's easy for two teams to work together, which is what we saw. For us, it was not really a threatening situation. Now had I been alone, then it could have been a different story. But thanks to a strong team, and Ivan had some guys there, it was not a problem."
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Once again, Lance paid homage to the Blue Train of USPS-Berry Floor, saying "the team was fantastic...they proved that they're the strongest team in the race. George and Chechu just almost made it up to that front; we were getting feedback that they were just behind and we were struggling with 'do we wait for them and have two more guys or do we continue to ride with Sastre and Voigt?' so we just continued with Floyd and Voigt to chase down Ullrich. But the team, they controlled the race from the very beginning. They're the best team in the race and this is not the first year."
Armstrong also singled out American Floyd Landis, who had played a big role today in setting up Armstrong's win in Villard-de Lans today. "I'm incredibly proud of them and I think the player of the day was Floyd Landis. He was incredible. There were ten guys left on the climb and Floyd was still there, which is not normally his cup of tea. His family was also on that climb, so maybe that was it."
Cyclingnews reached Floyd post stage, who told us "Lance was fantastic today...I had good legs and was glad to be able to help him take the Yellow Jersey again. When Ullrich attacked, he went too early. We just decided to leave him out there; it was a long way to the finish. Landis was able to share the moment with his family today as well, explaining, "Lance said on the radio 'hey Floyd, there's your family' and I was able to wave at them. Then after the stage , Robin Williams, who was in the car with Johan joked with me 'hey there were Mennonites on the course today!'"
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After ten days in the maillot jaune, Ti-Jaune Thomas Voeckler had to swap his symbol of race leadership for the maillot blanc of Best Young Rider. Armstrong commented, "I know when Telekom (sic) attacked, I heard on the radio that Thomas was dropped. Going into the stage, I thought for sure that he would hang on to the finish so that was already a surprise. And I can't lie - it's exciting to have the yellow jersey, even if it's number 61 or however many, it's still a thrill."
Although he was disappointed to lose his dream maillot jaune, Voeckler understood his number was up today. "When the battle began today, I just didn't have the legs to follow the top riders", explained the French champion, who will represent France in the Athens Olympics road cycling events next month. "But I'm happy to have worn the maillot jaune anyway for ten days and have to thank the team for the support they gave me."
Voeckler had 10 great days in the maillot jaune, and Ti-Jaune now becomes Ti-Blanc as his time in yellow equals the ten days Pascal Lino enjoyed in 1992.
Once Voeckler was dropped in on the Col de l'Echarasson, and Armstrong had gained the 0'23 needed to take the race lead, he explained, "You have to compartmentalize and once you know you have (the Yellow Jersey) and that (Voeckler) wasn't coming back because we were riding strong so you say 'OK I have to focus on trying to win the stage so I can steal the seconds', but to go two for two is great."
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Ivan Basso, runner-up to Armstrong on the stage today and now runner-up on GC, CSC's classy young Italian and his team rode superbly again today on the road to Villard-de-Lans. After his second second place stage finish, Basso said "I couldn't go with Ullrich when he attacked; but I had my best day so far. Today, Lance didn't show any weaknesses. But the most important thing is that we caught Ullrich and I gained time on him and didn't have to use too much energy."
Another disappointing day for Jan Ullrich, who at least has the satisfaction that he tried and failed today. "I said before that I was going to give it my maximum at this Tour...when I attacked, I tried to unnerve Lance. I had to give it my all because I really wanted to win today. I've recovered well on the rest day and I'm feeling good. But I found a really strong team from Postal and Voigt helped too...it's too bad."
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At this point, Armstrong isn't thinking sixth victory yet. "No, No...not yet; Ivan is really strong and the rest of the Tour isn't easy." Although Armstrong must be the favourite, he's taking nothing for granted at this point. "I expect Basso to be strong...he'll be tough to beat. A lot of people expect that since it's a time trial, (Basso) won't be close, but I think he'll be tough, I think he's well prepared, I know he's come and trained on l'Alpe d'Huez a lot and so I have the good fortune of starting behind him so I'll know his time splits on the way up which is a big advantage. I'm excited to get on the Alpe."
How it unfolded
Non-starters in Valreas this morning were Jakob Piil (CSC) and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel). The former had a knee injury and the latter was tired and had no morale after his punishing defeat in the Pyrenees. After an early attack containing, among others Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo), Santiago Botero (T-Mobile), Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) was reeled in by Rabobank and US postal after the Cat. 3 Cote de Puy St Martin (km 51), a new escape went clear after 55 km containing 15 riders: Pavel Padrnos (US Postal), Santos Gonzalez (Phonak), Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Jens Voigt (Team CSC), José V. Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), Stuart O'Grady, Dmitri Fofonov (Cofidis), Richard Virenque, Laurent Dufaux (Quick Step-Davitamon), Christian Vandevelde (Liberty Seguros), Anthony Charteau (Brioches La Boulangère), Laurent Brochard (AG2R Prévoyance), Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank).
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Padrnos was called back to the peloton leaving 14 riders in front, but with riders like O'Grady and Hushovd going for the sprint points and Virenque and Rasmussen going for KOM points and a possible stage win, it didn't take long for the big group to implode. On the Cat. 2 climb of Col des Limouches, Virenque and Rasmussen attacked, taking S. Gonzalez, Voigt and Brochard with them. After Virenque took the points at the summit, they were caught by O'Grady, Hushovd, Garcia Acosta, Vandevelde, Charteau and Aitor Gonzalez on the descent, with O'Grady going clear to take the sprint points at St Jean en Royans (km 116) followed by Hushovd and Brochard.
The break had gained nearly 6 minutes on the US Postal led peloton, but on the Cat. 1 Col de l'Echarasson, the situation behind changed dramatically. With 5km to climb on Col de l'Echarasson, Rasmussen and Virenque were in front with O'Grady (Cofidis) and Gonzalez (Fassa) chasing behind as Virenque had exploded the break. Coming off a leadout from Andreas Klöden and Giuseppe Guerini, Jan Ullrich attacked hard halfway up the l'Echarasson from the Armstrong group.
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2 km from the summit of l'Echarasson with 55km to race, Ullrich had gained some ground and now led the Armstrong group by 0'41. Unlike the Pyrenees, Ullrich was flying through the remains of the day's break. At the summit with 53km to go, Virenque took the points ahead of Rasmussen. Voigt and Brochard were at 0'42, while behind, Ullrich had picked up Santos Gonzalez (Phonak) and was just 1'54 behind the leaders, with the Armstrong group at 2'45. The German was flying, riding the last half of the ascent 7 seconds per kilometre faster than the Armstrong group. Voeckler was 1 km behind as Armstrong crossed the KOM and the American had become virtual maillot jaune. Voeckler was 6'10 behind Virenque and Rasmussen and 3'25 behind Armstrong.
On the down and up transitional section between the Cat. 1 l'Echarasson and the Cat. 3 Col de Carri, the Armstrong group had picked up CSC's Voigt, who immediately went to the front to relieve Landis, who had been chasing heroically to limit the gains of Ullrich. Jan had picked up another rider, Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) who stayed with the German and Gonzalez. At the summit of Col de Carri with 43 km to go, Virenque and Rasmussen had 1'50 on Ullrich's chasing group and 3'00 on Armstrong's group, which had now picked up Vandevelde from the break.
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Halfway down the descent to with 37km to race at La Chapelle-En-Vercors, Virenque and Rasmussen were 1'15 ahead of the closing Ullrich trio, with an 11 man chase group consisting of Landis, Azevedo and Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor), Voigt, Sastre & Basso (CSC), Klöden (T-Mobile), Leipheimer (Rabobank), Sabaliauskas (Saeco), Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) and Vandevelde (Liberty Seguros) was at 1'50. But with 28km to go, the pursuit match ended in favour of USPS and CSC, as the audacious Ullrich and his two break partners were ridden down.
At the start of the penultimate ascent up the 10.3km Col de Chalimont in Saint-Martin-En-Vercors with 27.5 km to race, Virenque and Rasmussen were still ahead, 0'55 in front of a now 11 man group which soon lost both Stage 14 winner Aitor Gonzalez and Ullrich's break buddy Santos Gonzalez as Landis upped the pace at the front.
Halfway up the Col de Chalimont, Virenque and Rasmussen were in sight as the tremendous effort of the USPS train was paying off. The Frenchman and the Dane were talking up front awaiting the inevitable as Landis was hammering away on the front of the Armstrong group 0'30 back. As the dynamic climbing duo looked like they were going to come back to papa Lance, Levi Leipheimer exploded from the Armstrong group and bridged up to his teammate Rasmussen and Virenque. Leipheimer got a small gap with 15km to go, but Carlos Sastre said 'nothin' doin', and pulled Levi back.
At the summit of the Cat. 2 Col de Chalimont, the race pace was slightly faster than the most optimistic time schedule and the Tour de France was under control of USPS-Berry Floor and CSC, with Ullrich and Klöden without any other T-Mobile teammates to support them. There were 16.5km to go and the 10 front riders Voigt, Sastre, Basso, Azevedo, Armstrong, Klöden, Ullrich, Leipheimer, with the peloton maillot jaune at 7'30. Rasmussen, Sabaliauskas and Virenque had now come back on the descent of the Chalimont to swell the front group.
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Through Villard-DeLans, 10 man front group headed up the final short ascent to the finish. Klöden went to the front and accelerated, dropping Virenque, Stage 15's Most Aggressive Rider Rasmussen, Voigt, Sastre and Azevedo. With 1km to go, only Klöden, Ullrich, Basso, Lance and Leipheimer were left. As Klödi began to wind it up for Jan, Levi came off with 500m to go. Basso made the first move with 200m to go, then Armstrong blasted by him, hitting the last left hand bend wide, but recovering to beat Basso by two bike lengths, punching the air with both fists as he reveled in another tremendous Tour stage win and the conquest of the maillot jaune. And as for his hosiery choice today, Armstrong downplayed the "controversial" black socks when Cyclingnews asked him about it in the post-race press conference. "The black socks? That's what came out of the bag this morning."
Stage 16 - July 21: L'Alpe d'Huez Individual Time Trial, 15.5km
Situated atop the Massif d'Oisans, l'Alpe d'Huez is perhaps the Tour de France's most hallowed climb. With 21 turns on the 13.8km climb that has an average grade of 7.9%, will Marco Pantani's record of 37'35 fall tomorrow?
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Lance Armstrong's pal Robin Williams showed up at the start today.
- The first break of the day forms.
- USPS sets the tempo to keep the break in check.
- George Hincapie comes to the front to take his pull.
- The main bunch rides amongst the lavender fields.
- Riders blur on the descent towards the finish.
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) chats on the batphone
- Lance Armstrong wins the 15th stage in Villard-de-Lans
- Lance Armstrong and Ivan Basso descending
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) was part of the mid-stage break
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) goes on the attack during stage 15
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) comes back to the Armstrong group
- Richard Virenque got some more pois points
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) tried to lead out Ullrich for the win, but the others were too fast
- Armstrong ready to make his move
- Armstrong winds it up
- Kloden leads Ullrich, Basso and Armstrong
- Jose Azevedo (USPS) leads Virenque
- Virenque follows Rasmussen and Azevedo
- Jens Voigt (CSC) finished 9th today
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) was top 10
- Marius Sabaliauskas was Saeco's best rider
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) feeling the hurt
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) lost time to Armstrong, Basso and Ullrich
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) drives for home
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) conceded some time today
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) kept his 9th place on GC
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) finished well in 15th
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty) was 2 minutes down
- Christophe Moreau (CA) on his way to 14th
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) finishing off
- George Hincapie (USPS) after a hard day's work
- Floyd Landis (USPS) comes home, job done
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches) rides ahead of the 8'42 group
- Bartoli comes home with Julich and Merckx
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches) looking stressed
- Aldag, Ivanov and Zabel rolling in
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) comes home
- Thor Hushovd (CA) had an attacking day
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) was very happy to win stage 15
- Shout it to the west
- Armstrong finishes off his salute
- Virenque crosses the line
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) slightly disappointed at the finish
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) after a tough day
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) unstraps the battle helmet
- George Hincapie (USPS) looks for water
- Thomas Vockler comes home more than nine minutes behind
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) reflects
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) on the podium after winning
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) with his TdF stage winner's trophy
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) puts on the golden fleece
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) finally in yellow
- Richard Virenque in the spots
- Rehydration is important
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) tries the brute force approach to rehydration
- Fans from all nations
- Lance Armstrong on the podium
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Armstrong (USPS) sprints ahead of the lead pack to claim the stage.
- Armstrong (USPS) coming into the final turn.
- Leipheimer (Rabobank) with a strong fifth place finish on Villard de Lans.
- Gerolsteiner leader Totschnig is on track to finish in the top ten
- Ullrich (T-Mobile) looking for direction after stage 15.
- There's no shortage of American fans in the French Alps.
- Guerini (T-Mobile) was instrumental in setting up the Ullrich attack.
- Heras (Liberty) has been quiet this Tour.
- Armstrong (USPS) handing off his flower bouquet to a VIP.
- Sheryl Crow has been a familiar site at this year's Tour.
Images by Mitchell Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- The water girl was in demand today.
- Jose Azevedo (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) hooks into a corner.
- George Hincapie and Floyd Landis smoke through a corner at the bottom of the hill.
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangère) enjoys his last few kilometres in the maillot jaune.
Results
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4.40.30 (38.61 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.03 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.06 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 0.13 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.48 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.49 8 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.53 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.24 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.58 12 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.02 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.10 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.11 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 2.13 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 18 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 19 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.24 21 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 22 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.58 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 3.19 24 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 3.25 25 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4.49 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 5.40 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 8.42 28 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 30 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 35 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 38 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 40 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 41 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 44 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 47 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 9.13 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 51 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.19 53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9.30 54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 55 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9.44 56 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 57 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 58 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 60 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.14 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 63 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15.02 64 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 65 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16.14 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 19.01 70 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20.45 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21.14 72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 23.49 73 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 76 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 77 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 78 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 79 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 81 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 82 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 84 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 85 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 86 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 89 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 90 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 91 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 92 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 93 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 94 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 95 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 96 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 97 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 98 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 24.15 99 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 32.37 100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 101 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 102 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 103 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 104 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 105 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 107 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 108 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 109 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 110 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 111 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 112 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 115 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 116 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 119 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 122 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 123 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 126 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 127 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 128 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 130 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 131 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 132 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 133 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 134 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 135 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 136 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 138 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 139 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 140 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 141 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 142 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 143 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 144 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 145 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 147 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 148 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 149 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 150 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 151 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 152 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 153 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 154 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 155 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 156 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 157 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 35.25 DNF Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNS Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNS Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi Points 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 20 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 17 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9 8 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 8 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 5 12 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 1 Mountains Côte d'Aleyrac - Cat. 3, 15.00 km 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 4 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 Côte De Puy-Saint-Martin - Cat. 3, 38.00 km 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 3 3 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1 Col Des Limouches - Cat. 2, 91.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 pts 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 3 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 Col De l'Echarasson - Cat. 1, 127.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 15 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 11 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 5 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 8 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 8 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 Col De Carri - Cat. 3, 137.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 4 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Col De Chalimont - Cat. 2, 164.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 pts 2 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Villard-De-Lans - Côte 2000 - Cat. 2, 180.50 km 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 20 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 18 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 Sprints Puy-Saint-Martin, 34.00 km 1 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 6 pts 2 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 Saint-Jean-En-Royans, 115.00 km 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2 Young rider 1 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.42.54 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.55 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.18 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 6 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7.06 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.50 11 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16.37 12 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18.50 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 21.25 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.13 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 22 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 33.01 Most aggressive 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank Teams 1 Team CSC 14.03.58 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.49 3 T-Mobile Team 6.23 4 Rabobank 7.53 5 Saeco 11.00 6 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 12.48 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 16.15 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 17.06 9 Credit Agricole 17.07 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.20 11 Liberty Seguros 19.13 12 Gerolsteiner 24.41 13 Brioches La Boulangere 25.14 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 28.59 15 Lotto-Domo 38.45 16 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 17 Fdjeux.Com 39.47 18 Fassa Bortolo 40.33 19 Alessio-Bianchi 56.11 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.08.59 21 Domina Vacanze 1.11.28 General classification after stage 15 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 67.13.43 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.25 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.22 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5.39 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.54 6 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 7.34 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.19 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9.28 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10.10 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.58 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 11.25 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 12.01 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.21 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13.50 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.58 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.02 17 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16.19 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 16.23 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 17.09 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 17.22 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 18.22 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.34 23 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.53 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23.12 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23.49 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24.16 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 26.48 28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 27.52 29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 28.53 30 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.57 31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.50 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.59 33 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 34.02 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 34.12 35 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 36.12 36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.30 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 37.24 38 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 38.41 39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 40.17 40 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 43.16 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 45.42 42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 46.31 43 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 46.47 44 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 51.22 45 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.04 46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 54.02 47 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 55.10 48 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 56.30 49 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 56.53 50 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 58.26 51 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.01.37 52 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.02.24 53 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03.13 54 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.06.20 55 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.08.26 56 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.08.53 57 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.13 58 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.10.05 59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.10.34 60 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.10.48 61 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.13.02 62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.13.31 63 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.14.58 64 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.15.08 65 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.18.40 66 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.18.56 67 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.19.26 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.20.19 69 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.20.37 70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.21.05 71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.21.40 72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.26.14 73 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.28.39 74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.28.50 75 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.29.35 76 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32.27 77 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.32.59 78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.33.05 79 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 1.33.13 80 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.36.08 81 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.36.46 82 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.37.57 83 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.38.06 84 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.39.35 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.40.50 86 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.41.12 87 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.41.17 88 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41.30 89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.42.12 90 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.44.38 91 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.44.46 92 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.45.18 93 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.45.27 94 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.45.58 95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.46.07 96 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.46.38 97 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.46.48 98 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.47.23 99 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.48.16 100 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.48.38 101 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.48.43 102 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.48.50 103 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.50.06 104 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.41 105 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.52.48 106 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.52.57 107 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.53.40 108 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.54.10 109 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 1.54.55 110 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.55.46 111 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.57.10 112 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.57.38 113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.58.55 114 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.59 115 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.59.58 116 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 117 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.01.30 118 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.01.47 119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.02.42 120 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.03.05 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.03.33 122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 2.04.13 123 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.04.39 124 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.04.49 125 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.05.21 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.05.52 127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.06.04 128 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.06.27 129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2.06.38 130 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.06.42 131 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.06.43 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.06.48 133 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.08.06 134 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.08.32 135 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.10.44 136 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.12.37 137 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.12.38 138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.12.43 139 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.13.03 140 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.14.02 141 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.14.03 142 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.14.06 143 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.14.32 144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 2.14.35 145 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.15.26 146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.17.58 147 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.19.12 148 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19.16 149 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.25.45 150 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.27.42 151 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.29.35 152 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.29.42 153 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.30.51 154 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.36.12 155 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.45.14 156 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.53.10 157 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.59.07 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 225 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 213 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 212 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 204 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 189 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 118 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 94 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 93 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 88 12 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 85 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 79 14 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 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 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 61 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 57 21 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 22 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 44 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 42 28 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 39 31 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 32 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 38 33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 36 34 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 34 35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 38 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 39 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 41 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 43 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 44 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 45 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 47 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 48 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 49 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21 50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 51 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 20 52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 53 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 54 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 56 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 57 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 58 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 59 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 17 60 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 61 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 63 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 64 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 65 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 67 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 68 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 70 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 72 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 73 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 74 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 11 75 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 10 76 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 77 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9 78 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 79 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 80 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 81 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 82 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 8 83 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 84 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 85 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 86 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 87 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 88 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 89 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 90 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 91 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 92 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 93 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4 94 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 95 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 97 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 2 98 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 99 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 100 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 101 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 102 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 103 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover -5 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 177 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 102 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 95 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 91 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 71 8 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 65 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 10 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 57 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 42 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 14 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 25 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24 16 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24 17 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 20 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 17 21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 22 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 23 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 24 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 25 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 28 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 30 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 8 35 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 36 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 37 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 39 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 40 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 41 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 42 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 43 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 44 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 46 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 47 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 48 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 3 49 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 50 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 51 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 52 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 53 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1 55 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 56 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 57 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1 58 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 60 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 61 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1 62 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 63 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 67.23.11 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 7.41 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 7.54 4 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.25 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.44 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14.21 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14.48 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 17.20 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.03.34 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.16.46 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.19.11 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.22 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.31.22 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.35.10 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.38.48 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.46.18 17 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.47.42 18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.49.27 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.52.02 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.52.19 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.55.11 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.03.09 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.08.30 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.20.14 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.49.39 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 199.34.26 2 T-Mobile Team 0.55 3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6.41 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 26.39 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 35.56 6 Brioches La Boulangere 37.07 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 43.10 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.13 9 Credit Agricole 52.06 10 Rabobank 54.20 11 Saeco 1.07.36 12 Liberty Seguros 1.26.09 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.27.13 14 Gerolsteiner 1.56.57 15 Lotto-Domo 2.10.30 16 Fdjeux.Com 2.12.52 17 Alessio-Bianchi 2.24.38 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.31.14 19 Domina Vacanze 3.08.46 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.12.57 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 4.24.00
