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

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

Norway does it Thor's way

Stage for McEwen, yellow for Hushovd

By Chris Henry & Jeff Jones

McEwen turns up the heat
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Thor Hushovd entered his name in the Tour de France history books today by becoming the first Norwegian to wear the yellow jersey. Hushovd, sitting just four seconds behind race leader Fabian Cancellara after the first stage, was in perfect position to fight for the jersey by picking up time bonuses in the intermediate sprints, the final sprint, or both. In the end Hushovd and Crédit Agricole directeur sportif Roger Legeay opted to focus entirely on the finish, where a place in the top three ahead would put the viking in yellow. The viking didn't disappoint, crossing the line in second behind a flying Robbie McEwen in another intense bunch sprint to the line.

"It's good for Norway, it's good for cycling, but most of all it's good for me!" Hushovd said after donning the jersey. "I've been third, I've been second, so it's true I'm just missing the win. But for now I'm very happy with the yellow jersey and the green jersey, so we'll see... Maybe with the maillot jaune I can win tomorrow."

Hushovd's accomplishment is the crowning achievement of his relatively young career, during which he has grown into the role of a true team leader at Crédit Agricole under the guidance of experienced director Legeay. Just one week after earning the Norwegian road and time trial titles, Hushovd now adds two more jerseys to his collection, the yellow and green of the Tour de France.

Thor Hushovd
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McEwen was equally satisfied his stage victory, an important win over a deep sprinters' field which thus far has gotten the better of Alessandro Petacchi, virtually unbeatable in the Giro d'Italia.

"Yesterday I needed a one or two metres [to beat Kirsipuu], so today I started the sprint early in the turn, around 250 metres to go," McEwen told French television. "I couldn't see the finish but I knew it was necessary to start in the turn. I feel very strong in the sprints. I trained specifically for the sprints before the Tour, and it worked!"

Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r) showed his own good form in the sprint, taking third, while the top ten was rounded out by the top sprinters one would expect to fight out the stage win. Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo team didn't repeat the 'mistake' of yesterday, riding on the front the entire day to protect Cancellara's yellow jersey, but the Silver Train still found that controlling the end of a Tour de France stage is a far more difficult task than in the Giro d'Italia. Petacchi finished in a modest eighth place, behind Erik Zabel and ahead of a rallying Mario Cipollini in tenth.

How it unfolded

The field assembles
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The Tour's second stage started in the grand square next to Charleroi's Parc des Expositions under cloudy but sunny skies, with a moderate wind blowing from the southwest. The only non-starter was Australian Nick Gates (Lotto-Domo), who crashed and came in over 30 minutes down yesterday and was declared hors delai by the race jury. Another Australian, Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com), wasn't feeling so crash hot either after suffering from back problems during yesterday's stage. He did start and was just going to see how his back felt.

With the Cat. 4 climb of the Côte du M de Bomeree coming just 7 km from the start, the stage began with the usual series of attacks. Mountains leader Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) took the points on the climb to secure his lead in the polka dot competition, but the peloton only remained compact for another 3 km before the main breakaway of the day was established.

Six riders managed to escape after 10 km, with Jakob Piil (CSC), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis), Jérôme Pineau (La Boulangère), Mark Scanlon (AG2R) and Christophe Mengin (Fdjeux.com) powering away from the bunch and immediately clicking into a rhythm. Covering over 44 km in the first hour, the break gained a maximum lead of 5'00 at the 48 km mark, before Credit Agricole and Quick.Step-Davitamon assumed the position in front of the peloton and started riding. In the break, Sebastian Lang was the best placed rider on GC, lying 37th at 31 seconds, while Jakob Piil was in there to continue the CSC offensive after being involved in the late two-man break yesterday with Marc Wauters.

The early break
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After 65 km, the Tour passed into French territory for the first time this year, and the six man break was in full flight as it headed in a southerly direction to Avesnes-sur-Helpe (km 98), before turning eastward back to Namur and re-entering Belgium at the 120 km mark. The last 100 km of the stage was tailwind assisted, and this played into the hands of the riders out front. The third hour was covered at an average speed of 44.9 km/h (44.3 km/h total for the first three hours), but the Quick.Step/Credit Agricole chase had pulled the break to 2'15 with 60 km to go.

Despite not having a man in the break, Fassa Bortolo was noticeably absent from the head of the pack, preferring to sit back and protect Fabian Cancellara's maillot jaune. There were enough teams interested in a bunch sprint that Fassa could save its strength for the final.

On the day's second climb, the Cat. 4 Côte de Silenrieux (km 141), Jérôme Pineau (La Boulangère) took the points uncontested in front of Piil and Mengin. The peloton motored up the 1.1 km climb 2'00 behind them, with things well under control. At km 156, Gian Matteo Fagnini (Domina Vacanze) crashed on the left hand side of the road and was forced to abandon, taken to hospital with a broken collarbone, leaving Mario Cipollini without his leadout man.

By the third sprint at Florennes (km 159), where Jérôme Pineau took the points and 6 second time bonus, the peloton was just 1'20 behind and closing fast. Lotto-Domo had come to the front to help Quick.Step chase, and Euskaltel and Phonak were also up there, protecting their GC riders from potential crashes. The break succumbed to the inevitable and was caught with 23 km to go after spending 164 km out in front, and Fassa Bortolo immediately put two riders at the head of the peloton to keep the tempo high.

"We never expected to go all the way since our advantage was never that big," Edaleine explained after his long effort. "As soon as it started going up, Crédit Agricole starting riding behind for Hushovd, which is normal. But I got a few bonus points along the way and it was a good day."

Shortly after the recapture, a crash claimed Frenchman Frederic Bessy, but the Cofidis rider was quickly able to remount and was not seriously hurt. As the peloton sped into Namur with 20 km to go, Alessio's Fabio Baldato attacked and gained a small 10 second gap, but was reeled in at 15 km to go. Meanwhile, green jersey wearer Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) punctured and had to be brought back to the peloton by his team, losing valuable position and energy in the process. He was able to claw his way back to the front in order to contest the finish.

The various sprinters teams began to compete for the front positions and the speed increased. Fassa had the numbers up there and began to form its train, while Quick.Step (with Paolo Bettini prominent in the polka dots) also kept its men in front. At 12 km to go there was a mini disaster for Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) who had a mechanical and had to chase very hard with his teammates to regain the peloton. He did so, and did not lose any time at the finish.

No-one was getting away in the final downhill run into Namur, where the peloton as averaging 60 km/h driven by Fassa and Quick.Step, with other teams fighting for control. But after not having ridden on the front for much of the day, Fassa Bortolo had the necessary power to stave the others off. With 4 km to go, Petacchi was in fifth wheel behind his train as Luxembourg champ Kim Kirchen did his turn followed by maillot jaune Fabian Cancellara, who stretched out the peloton between kilometres 3 and 2. Then Tosatto and Velo took over but Petacchi was starting to get swarmed on the inside and lost his position as McEwen, Hushovd, Nazon and Hondo all moved up.

Casper goes down
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Thor Hushovd came off Velo's wheel with 300m left and hugged the inside bend, but behind him Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) went down hard after a wide passing move from stage 1 winner Jaan Kirsipuu clipped his front wheel, taking Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) to the ground with him but fortunately no one else.

Robbie McEwen managed to find a way out of the bunch from several wheels back, putting in a huge jump with 250m out to pass Hushovd and claim a very clear stage win. Hushovd's second place was enough to give him yellow, and the big Norwegian will wear it in tomorrow's third stage from Waterloo to Wasquehal. McEwen will wear green, although he trails Hushovd in the points classification, while Bettini will keep the polka dot jersey and Cancellara the white.

Stage 3 - Tuesday July 6: Waterloo - Wasquehal, 210 km

Perhaps the first major test of the Tour comes Tuesday with a 210 charge through Belgium and back to France over roads more frequently used in the tough spring classics. All hands on deck as the Tour de France tackles the bergs of Flanders and the pavé of northern France, including the Muur van Geraardsbergen from the Tour of Flanders and two sections of cobbles à la Paris-Roubaix. The final section of pavé in Gruson comes just 25km before the finish in Wasquehal, promising a nervous and potentially dangerous finale.

Photography

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Olympia Photo

Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us

Images by AFP

Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography

Results

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                               4.18.39
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco
10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
17 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
21 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
22 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto
23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
26 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
27 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
28 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
29 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com
30 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
31 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
33 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com
34 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
36 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance
37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
38 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team
39 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
41 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
42 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze
43 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
44 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
45 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
47 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
48 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
49 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
50 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco
51 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
52 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
53 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
54 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
55 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros
56 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
57 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
58 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
59 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco
60 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
61 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco
62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team
63 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
64 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
65 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
67 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
69 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
70 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
72 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC
73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
74 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
75 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
76 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
77 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com
78 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
79 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
80 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
81 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
82 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
83 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros
84 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
85 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
86 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
87 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
88 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
89 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
90 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
91 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
92 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com
93 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
94 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros
95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
96 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
98 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
99 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
100 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
101 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
102 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros
103 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance
104 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
105 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
106 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
107 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
108 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
109 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
110 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
111 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
112 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros
113 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
114 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
115 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
116 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
117 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
118 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
119 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
120 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
121 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon
122 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
123 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
124 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
125 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
126 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
127 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com
128 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
129 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
130 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
131 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
132 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco
133 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank
134 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon
135 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
136 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
137 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
138 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
139 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
140 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo
141 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze
142 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
143 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
144 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
145 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
146 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
147 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
149 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
150 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
151 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
152 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
153 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
154 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
155 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
156 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
157 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
158 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
159 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
160 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
161 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team
162 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
163 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
164 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
165 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi
166 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze
167 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
168 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
169 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
170 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
171 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com
172 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
173 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
174 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros
175 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
176 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
177 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
178 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon
179 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole
180 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                     0.27
181 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
182 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
183 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              2.11
184 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             4.09
185 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco
186 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        8.33
DNF Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
 
Points
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    35 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                30
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          26
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   24
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            22
6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                               20
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    19
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           18
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                        17
10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             16
11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 15
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                            14
13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 13
14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               12
15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                     11
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     10
17 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        9
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       8
19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                    7
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            6
21 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto             5
22 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                        4
23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone          3
24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                2
25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de l'M De Bomeree - Cat. 4, 7.00 km
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           3 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               2
3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               1
 
Côte De Silenrieux - Cat. 4, 141.50 km
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         3 pts
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                          2
3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                 1
 
Sprints
 
Mons, 53.00 km
1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        6 pts
2 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                 4
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         2
 
Beaumont, 128.00 km
1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        6 pts
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                          4
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         2
 
Florennes, 159.00 km
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         6 pts
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                          4
3 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                 2
 
Young rider
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                        4.18.39
2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
4 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
5 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
9 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
11 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros
16 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
18 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
19 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com
21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
23 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
28 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
29 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 
Most combative
 
1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2R Prevoyance                                             12.55.57
2 Lotto-Domo
3 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
4 Fassa Bortolo
5 Gerolsteiner
6 Brioches La Boulangere
7 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander
8 Domina Vacanze
9 Fdjeux.Com
10 Saeco
11 T-Mobile Team
12 Credit Agricole
13 Phonak Hearing Systems
14 Alessio-Bianchi
15 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
16 Quick Step-Davitamon
17 Rabobank
18 Team CSC
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Liberty Seguros
21 US Postal presented by Berry Floor
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           9.05.42
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           0.08
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                  0.17
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 0.18
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       0.23
6 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto         0.24
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.27
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         0.28
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
10 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            0.30
12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      0.31
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               0.32
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         0.33
17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team
18 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   0.34
19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
20 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com
21 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor             0.35
22 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
23 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
25 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
27 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
28 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone    0.36
29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto
30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                     0.37
31 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
33 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
34 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 0.38
35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
36 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance
37 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.39
38 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
39 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
40 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
41 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
42 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                            0.40
43 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank
44 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
45 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
46 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
47 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
48 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   0.41
49 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros
50 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
51 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 0.42
52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
53 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
54 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team
55 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco
56 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                0.43
57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
58 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
59 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
62 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
63 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
64 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        0.44
65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
66 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
67 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
68 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           0.45
69 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
71 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC
72 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
73 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
74 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team
75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                              0.46
76 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com
77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
79 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
80 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
81 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                0.47
82 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
83 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
84 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com
85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          0.48
86 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
87 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco
88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros
89 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros
90 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           0.49
91 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
92 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
94 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  0.50
95 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon
96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           0.51
97 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
98 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           0.52
99 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
100 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
101 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
102 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 0.53
103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
105 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
107 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com
108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
109 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                         0.54
110 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros
111 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
112 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros
113 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.55
114 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
115 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
116 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
117 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                     0.56
118 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
119 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
120 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
121 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
122 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                    0.57
123 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
124 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
125 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
126 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
127 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
128 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
129 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
130 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
131 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
132 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
133 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco
134 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
135 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    0.58
136 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
137 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
138 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
139 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
140 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
141 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
142 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
143 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.59
144 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
145 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
146 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover             1.00
147 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
148 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
149 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
150 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           1.01
151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
153 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
154 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
155 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             1.04
156 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
157 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                1.05
158 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon
159 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
160 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
161 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.06
162 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
163 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          1.07
164 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon
165 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        1.08
166 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1.09
167 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           1.10
168 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              1.11
169 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                              1.12
170 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      1.13
171 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     1.15
172 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        1.17
173 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover         1.19
174 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.20
175 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                     1.24
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              1.26
177 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.35
178 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                             1.43
179 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                   1.50
180 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 3.03
181 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              3.23
182 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco                                5.09
183 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             5.29
184 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                6.30
185 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                               7.18
186 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        9.31
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                68 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    65
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                               55
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   48
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          48
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    36
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           36
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                      31
9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            28
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            23
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       23
12 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               23
13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                 19
14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         18
15 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 18
16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                       17
17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                            16
18 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             16
19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                16
20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 15
21 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto          14
22 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             14
23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone      12
24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  12
25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                       12
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           12
27 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          12
28 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                           10
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     10
30 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        9
31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             9
32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         8
33 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                         8
34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       8
35 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                    8
36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                    7
37 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        7
38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                   6
39 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                6
40 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5
41 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto             5
42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           3
43 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        3
44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                              3
45 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       2
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             2
47 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              2
48 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                2
49 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   1
50 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                          16 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              14
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          4
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         3
5 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         3
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                    2
7 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                          2
8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               1
9 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                 1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                        9.05.50
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                 0.26
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                           0.27
4 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone     0.28
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                      0.29
6 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  0.30
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
8 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance
9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.31
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          0.32
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  0.35
13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          0.37
15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   0.38
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                0.39
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           0.43
19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           0.44
20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                              0.46
21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.47
23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                      0.48
24 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
25 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  0.49
26 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   0.50
28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           1.27
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                          27.18.26
2 Team CSC                                                        0.06
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          0.11
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                   0.14
5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                 0.18
6 Credit Agricole                                                 0.20
7 Rabobank                                                        0.26
8 Liberty Seguros                                                 0.29
9 T-Mobile Team                                                   0.30
10 Fdjeux.Com                                                     0.31
11 Gerolsteiner                                                   0.37
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              0.40
13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                   0.43
14 Domina Vacanze                                                 0.44
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                0.50
16 Brioches La Boulangere                                         0.51
17 Quick Step-Davitamon                                           0.56
18 Lotto-Domo                                                     1.05
19 Saeco
20 Alessio-Bianchi                                                1.06
21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                     1.12