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

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Stage 7 - July 10: Chateaubriant - Saint Brieuc, 204.5 km

Fabulous Filippo! Pozzato wins in St.Brieuc

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in St.Brieuc

Filippo Pozzato (Fassa Bortolo)
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After a week of racing, the 2004 Tour de France still has two long, tough weeks before the final stage in Paris and today in St.Brieuc, the Tour's youth movement continued as young Italian Filippo Pozzato (Fassa Bortolo) rode a superb tactical final to win Stage 7 in grand style.

"It was bello, bellissimo; I took a big risk to win today and it worked out. I'm only 22, the youngest rider at the Tour, so this is the best win I've had a professional." With talents like Pozzato, his 23 year old Fassa teammate Fabian Cancellara, already winner of the Tour Prologue in Liege and yesterday's stage winner Tom Boonen all under 24 years old, the next generation has already arrived on the Tour de France's victory podium.

Pippo Pozzato
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Often touted as one of the big hopes of Italian cycling, Pozzato (and his teammate Cancellara) turned pro at 18 as part of the legendary Mapei teams U23 squad. In 2002, Pippo had 14 wins, including two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir. "There was Cunego's win in the Giro d'Italia and all the wins of Boonen this year, not to mention Cancellara so I'm sure something is changing. But it's not so easy to move the champions from the top levels of the sport. I hope that in two or three years us young riders will be able to find our place," he said.

Pozzato is from Sandrigo in the Veneto region of Italy and today his astute tactical sense and seemingly effortless ability to cover the all moves in the winning break that got away with 5 km to go resembled another classy rider from the Veneto, Moreno Argentin. "Yesterday I tried to do something but I wasn't lucky even if I was still up front. Today I managed to play my cards right and the legs were good. I was trying to get away for the first sixty kilometres but there was nothing doing. Finally I managed to get into the right move at the end and it went perfectly. When I made my move, I looked back and saw that Bettini had left a gap. Then Brochard went and I countered him."

Thomas Voeckler (Brioches)
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Often called "Pippo" (short for Filippo), the Fassa man described how he constructed his stage win the final two kilometres in St.Brieuc. "You had to have good legs to win today...when I saw Mancebo go, I was pretty much flat out but I managed to get across. Then I saw that the Euskadi rider (Flores) was dropped. I was a little worried when he came back to us in the last kilometres since the last part was really hard." With 200m to go, Pozzato made his move and as Flores pounded the handlebars in frustration, Pippo powered home and crossed the finish line with a huge grin and his arms raised high in victory.

Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis)
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In the ding-dong battle for the Maillot Vert, Australians Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) and Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) went mano a mano across Brittany today, with McEwen besting O'Grady for the points in two out of three sprints. But Stuey turned the tables on Robbie in the animated finale and with a difficult uphill finish in the last two kilometres, the Adelaide man got the better of the Queenslander and took the Maillot Vert back in St. Brieuc with a slim one point margin.

"It was very, very, very hard today", said O'Grady, who got caught behind when the peloton split with 40km to go and had to chase full gas to get back with the front peloton. "I managed to get the (MV) back today but it wasn't easy."

Maillot Jaune Thomas Voeckler (Brioches Le Boulanger) was pleased that he kept the Tour de France lead. "The stage was very fast today; at the final part along the coast we expected some attacks since the terrain was good for that. So I have to say things went well yesterday and today too so I hope it keeps going like that."

Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service)
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Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) was relieved to get the first week out of the way with no serious injuries, a TTT win and a one day try out of the Maillot Jaune. Armstrong told the media post-stage Saturday that "The first week has been nervous, dangerous and not easy. Every stage has been pretty long, like 200km. Today the peloton was pretty tired at the end; I expected more spice today."

Looking ahead, Armstrong's most-excellent Tour experience showed as he explained that "We're still a week away from figuring out what's happening at this year's Tour," no doubt referring to next Saturday's hard Stage 13 to Plateau de Beille.

How it unfolded

Dekker
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It was a sunny Saturday morning in Chateaubriant, a perfect day for a cruise in the French bocage for the Tour de France peloton, but when the black cloud of Lotto rider Christophe Brandt's positive test for methadone after Stage Two in Namur came to light, his squad pulled the freckle-face climber from the team and sent him home to Liege. Stage 7 started fast and stayed fast and an early break of Giunti (Domina Vacanze), Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) and Kroon (Rabobank) got a gap before the first sprint in Goven where Kroon won, but was pulled back right away with Phonak on the front of the peloton, but two crafty riders, Dekker (Rabobank) and Marichal (Lotto-Domo) made a counter move that stuck after 55km.

The two-up move had a 3'35 lead by the second sprint in Monfort-sur-Meu after 71km and Brioches Le Boulangère was in control at the front of the peloton. At about the halfway point, local rider Frederic Guesdon (FDJeux.com) stopped briefly to greet his family, but the relentless pace (47.5 km/h for the first two hours) didn't give the former Paris-Roubaix winner much chance for anything but a fast bizou or two.

Gerolsteiner's bad luck continued at this year's Tour as their climber Sven Montgomery crashed after 127km and broke his right collarbone, ignominiously ending his Tour comeback after Montgomery's terrible crash three years ago. 10km later the skies opened up on the Tour parcours with a thundershower but it was only a brief soaking. After 140km, Dekker and Marichal crested the Cat 4 KOM of the Cote de Saint-Aide with a 4'00 lead (down from 8'30) under cold, intermittent rain with the Bay of St.Brieuc just ahead.

Riders go single file
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As the fast closing peloton hit the coast road towards the fishing port of St.Brieuc via Cap Frehel, the wind increased and Bjarne Riis' troops of CSC went to the front and cranked up the pace markedly. Combined with the wind, rain and up and down terrain, the peloton then split in half under the impulsion of the red and white CSC riders. But all the favourites were there: Armstrong, Ullrich, Heras and Basso as well as maillot jaune Voeckler, while maillot vert O'Grady and Credit Agricole's Christophe Moreau got caught on the wrong side split and had to chase full gas to get back on. With two riders away 0'45 ahead, there was peloton of 102 riders and a large chasing group. "We all anticipated that this part of the stage would be hard," Armstrong said post-stage. "It was scary for a while."

With 24km to go and breakaway riders Dekker and Marichal in sight, Piil (CSC), former 2000 double U23 World Champion Evgeni Petrov (Saeco), Prologue winner Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) and Cente Garcia (Illes Balears) made an audacious move to get across to the break. Finally with 20km to race as the counter attack had gone off the front, after a desperate 20km chase, the second group then managed to get across to the main peloton.

With four superb rouleurs on the move, the counter-attack pounded right past the tiring Dekker and Marichal, who had sat up with the peloton on their heels with 20km to go and were reabsorbed. No one spared a pull in the break and in 8 km, the escape had gained half a minute.

Jakob Piil (Team CSC)
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FDJeux.com, Quick.Step, T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner took up the chase for their sprinters and the gap began to drop. After 16 km the break was pulled back and immediately, Fassa sent another rider on the attack. Juan Antonio Flecha made a good move on the long drag out of Yffinac towards but his attack was covered. Illes Balears rider Gutierrez went, then Iker Flores (Euskaltel), then Bettini blasted away near the top of the final part of the gradient. He was joined by Scarponi (Domina Vacanze), Spanish champ Mancebo (Illes Balears), Pozzato (Fassa Bortolo), Flores (Euskaltel), Brochard (Ag2r) and Hinault (Credit Agricole).

After Bettini's powerful move planted everybody, on the twisting run-in to St.Brieuc, mullet man Brochard made a nice attack with 2km to go, but Flores countered, followed by Pozzato and Mancebo. With 800m to go as the road climbed, Mancebo attacked, but Pozzato got across quickly. Although Flores came back in the last 500m, Pozzato won the sprint easily to take the stage victory with his arms raised high over his head, showing the tattoo of Japanese characters that his spell out his fiancée Chiara's name to the world.

Stage 9 - July 11: Lamballe-Quimper, 168 km

Another up and down stage across Brittany, this time from the Cote d'Armor town of Lamballe to the southern Brittany town of Quimper. With two points sprints and three KOM's, this stage is almost identical to today's except that it heads southwest as the Tour de France turns the corner after a week and heads towards the Massif Central and eventually the first mountain stages. The last time the Tour finished in Quimper was fourteen years ago, when Motorola's Aussie kangaroo Phil Anderson took the winner's bouquet. With a tight finale in town, look for another Aussie, Robbie McEwen to get the Maillot Vert back from Stuey O'Grady. For now.

Photography

Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us

Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com

Images by Olympia Photo

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography

Results

1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            4.31.34 (45.18 km/h)
2 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
3 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                 
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            0.10
5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                              
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    
9 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                
13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       
14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                    
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                         
17 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                         
22 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
24 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                                  
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
26 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
27 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                       
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
29 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                               
30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
31 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
33 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                            
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
35 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              
36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                     
37 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
39 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
40 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
41 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                      
42 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         
44 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   
45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
46 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                       
47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
48 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                       
49 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
50 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
52 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                    
53 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     
54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
55 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
56 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      
57 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                           
58 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                             
59 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        
60 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
62 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                   
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
64 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
65 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
66 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
67 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
68 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         
69 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                             
70 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                          
71 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                          
72 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
73 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
74 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                          
75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                    
76 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          
79 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       
80 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
81 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       
82 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                       
83 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                             
84 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         
85 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         
86 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
87 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                    
88 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
89 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         
90 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                
91 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros                           
92 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
93 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               
94 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            
95 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
96 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                             
97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                               
98 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         
99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
100 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       
101 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          
102 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
103 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
104 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
106 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
107 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            
108 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
109 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                
110 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
111 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                  
112 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                          
113 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   
114 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                    
115 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                     
116 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
117 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               
118 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
119 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto               
120 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                          
121 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       
122 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
123 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco                                      
124 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               
125 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
126 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                    
127 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                   
128 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         
129 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              
130 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                           
131 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  
132 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
133 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           
134 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                           
135 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
136 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                
137 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                         
138 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
139 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
141 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
142 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            
143 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
144 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                 
145 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           
146 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       
147 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                 
148 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
149 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                            
150 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                      
151 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                    
152 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        
153 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
154 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               
155 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      
156 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
157 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
159 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         0.39
160 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      
161 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            1.02
162 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone     1.49
163 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon                       2.21
164 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                     3.17
165 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                 4.23
166 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                     
167 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
168 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
169 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
170 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       13.30
171 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                
172 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          
173 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
174 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
175 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
176 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     13.49
DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
DNS René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNS Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  
 
Points
 
1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 35 pts
2 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               30
3 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto               26
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                              24
5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             22
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               20
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                            19
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  18
9 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                              17
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             16
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     15
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                              14
13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                     13
14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    12
15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                  11
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                       10
17 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                             9
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     8
19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  7
20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          6
21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                        5
22 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             4
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    3
24 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                                 2
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1

Mountains
 
Côte De Dinan - Cat. 4, 113.50 km
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           3 pts
2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    2
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           1
 
Côte De Saint-Aide - Cat. 3, 149.00 km
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           4 pts
2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    3
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           2
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                             1
 
Sprints
 
Goven, 52.50 km
1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                         6 pts
2 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  4
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                2
 
Montfort-Sur-Meu, 71.50 km
1 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    6 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           4
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       2
 
Plancoët, 129.50 km
1 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    6 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           4
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       2
 
Young rider
 
1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            4.31.34
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             0.10
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                 
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                     
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
6 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                             
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
10 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                       
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         
13 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                
14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
17 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       
18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                   
21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                      
22 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
24 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
25 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                             
26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone      1.49
27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                  4.23
28 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            13.30
 
Most combative
 
1 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
 
Teams
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                                 13.35.02
2 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                       
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                     
4 Quick Step-Davitamon                                              0.10
5 Alessio-Bianchi                                                       
6 Domina Vacanze                                                        
7 T-Mobile Team                                                         
8 Credit Agricole                                                       
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                
10 Team CSC                                                             
11 Fdjeux.Com                                                           
12 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
13 Rabobank                                                             
14 Gerolsteiner                                                         
15 Liberty Seguros                                                      
16 Saeco                                                                
17 Brioches La Boulangere                                               
18 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                                   
19 Lotto-Domo                                                           
20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         
21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                           
 
General classification afer stage 7
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  29.09.14
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            3.01
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      4.06
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                            6.06
5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                         6.58
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   9.35
7 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   9.45
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      9.51
9 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      9.57
10 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                9.59
11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             10.02
12 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor              10.05
13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     10.11
14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    10.12
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  10.14
16 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       10.16
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       10.18
18 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                
19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10.19
20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  10.22
21 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto           10.30
22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              10.32
24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                10.33
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     10.35
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                  10.43
27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            10.46
28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            10.49
29 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         
30 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                  10.52
31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 11.02
33 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 11.04
34 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                        11.12
35 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                        11.15
36 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                11.17
37 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                
38 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                   11.20
39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                      11.35
40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    11.37
41 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                        11.41
42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         11.50
43 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                11.54
44 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                       11.56
45 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   11.58
46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
47 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                  12.00
48 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto             12.01
49 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                             12.02
50 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                              12.05
51 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                               
52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                 12.14
53 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                          
54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
55 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 12.16
56 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   12.20
57 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           12.22
58 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          12.24
59 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        12.25
60 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             12.27
61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  12.28
62 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      12.34
63 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                12.36
64 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              12.43
65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            12.44
66 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              12.49
67 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                 12.50
68 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               12.51
69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                     12.57
70 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         
71 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         13.09
72 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              13.10
73 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               13.12
74 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                13.14
75 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                              13.17
76 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                               13.22
77 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone          13.24
78 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      13.28
79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   13.51
80 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto         13.59
81 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                               14.00
82 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                      14.11
83 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                  14.13
84 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                     14.21
85 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  14.27
86 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                             14.30
87 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              14.32
88 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     14.40
89 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             15.02
90 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros                      15.03
91 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
92 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       15.08
93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                               15.09
94 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           15.10
95 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
96 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       15.11
97 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                               15.15
98 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 15.17
99 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          15.20
100 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               15.24
101 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                    15.29
102 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                 15.30
103 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                       15.32
104 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        15.33
105 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                         15.43
106 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                     15.46
107 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                      15.51
108 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                       15.52
109 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      16.00
110 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   16.01
111 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        16.03
112 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   16.06
113 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   16.17
114 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                      16.19
115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  16.22
116 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        16.29
117 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                16.33
118 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                       16.39
119 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
120 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                 16.42
121 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           16.43
122 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone       16.49
123 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          16.57
124 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                               17.11
125 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          17.27
126 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                
127 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           17.39
128 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                              17.48
129 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone    18.10
130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          18.16
131 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                          18.28
132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            19.15
133 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      20.18
134 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               20.36
135 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  20.37
136 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     20.41
137 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              20.48
138 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 20.52
139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     
140 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     20.58
141 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         21.17
142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon                      21.30
143 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      21.33
144 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                21.46
145 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           21.49
146 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         21.52
147 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    21.54
148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                   22.05
149 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover             22.09
150 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    22.15
151 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          22.32
152 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                    22.53
153 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              22.55
154 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            23.02
155 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        23.10
156 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                           23.34
157 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 23.52
158 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                     24.57
159 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            25.06
160 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              25.20
161 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                    26.04
162 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco                                 26.09
163 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          26.22
164 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                     26.52
165 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        26.54
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               27.18
167 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                 27.20
168 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           27.40
169 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                28.25
170 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     30.40
171 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           31.05
172 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 32.12
173 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       35.21
174 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              36.21
175 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                      37.26
176 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           49.28
 
Points classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             131 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                     130
3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    123
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     122
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 106
6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           101
7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                                 91
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                               89
9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                              70
10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                       63
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                50
12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                             50
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         48
14 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                          42
15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              42
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              41
17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                  39
18 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               38
19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       36
20 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            36
21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   32
22 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              31
23 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            31
24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                       30
25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    30
26 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              30
27 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                 28
28 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                         28
29 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         26
30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       25
31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                              25
32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           24
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          23
34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                   22
35 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                         19
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           19
37 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  18
38 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                             17
39 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                17
40 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                     16
41 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                16
42 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    16
43 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                16
44 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              15
45 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   15
46 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                    14
47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                     14
48 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto            14
49 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               14
50 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             13
51 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        12
52 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  12
53 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  11
54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 10
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                     9
56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  9
57 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               9
58 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          9
59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                             9
60 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
61 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                  8
62 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8
63 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          8
64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       7
65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  7
66 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                   7
67 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                      7
68 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          7
69 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     6
70 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                  6
71 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                           5
72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
73 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     4
74 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          4
75 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             3
76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                3
77 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         2
78 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       2
79 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                            20 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                14
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            9
4 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         7
5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           7
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           6
7 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    5
8 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         3
9 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           3
10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        2
11 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                           2
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     2
13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              1
14 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                         1
15 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                  1
16 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  29.09.14
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      4.06
3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             10.49
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                            11.17
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            11.58
6 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                               12.05
7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                  12.14
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    12.20
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           12.22
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             12.27
12 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              13.10
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                  14.13
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                               15.09
15 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           15.10
16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                       15.51
18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   16.22
19 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         16.29
20 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                        16.39
21 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            16.43
22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        16.49
23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone     18.10
24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           18.16
25 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               20.48
26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                 20.52
27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                            23.34
28 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  32.12
29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            49.28
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                      85.22.06
2 Alessio-Bianchi                                                   2.04
3 Brioches La Boulangere                                            3.16
4 Fdjeux.Com                                                        6.12
5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                               10.41
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           11.54
7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     12.01
8 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                  12.25
9 T-Mobile Team                                                         
10 Rabobank                                                        12.55
11 Liberty Seguros                                                 13.35
12 Quick Step-Davitamon                                            15.01
13 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 15.21
14 Fassa Bortolo                                                   15.27
15 Gerolsteiner                                                    15.49
16 Domina Vacanze                                                  15.53
17 Lotto-Domo                                                      17.00
18 Saeco                                                           18.10
19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                      21.18
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               25.10
21 Credit Agricole                                                 25.57