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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 2 - Sunday, July 3: Challans - Les Essarts, 181.5 km
Look Ma! No cavities!
Boonen overcomes toothache, McEwen to win stage one
Zabriskie maintains status-quo in maillot jaune, Armstrong bides his time
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Les Essarts
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A few days ago, 24-year-old Belgian phenom Tom Boonen had such a terrible toothache that he thought he might not be able to start the Tour De France. "I thought I was going to die I was in such pain," Boonen said of his dental emergency. But a visit to a dentist in Nantes cleared up the Quick.Step rider's molar misery and today in the fly-blown French bourg of Les Essarts, Tom Terrific powered to his 12th victory of the 2005 season. Boonen has had a fabulous season already, with back to back wins in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix three months ago, and now his Tour win, showed "Staf" Boonen is certainly a sprinter to be reckoned with. Boonen took over the maillot vert from Lance Armstrong, who really didn't want it anyway.
Boonen explained his win today by telling Cyclingnews, "Today in the finale, I stayed pretty much in the back with my teammate Guido [Trenti]...I was in like 15th, 20th position, and then in the last two kilometres, I wanted to go up front. So Stefano [Zanini] brought me up and then Guido set me up for the last kilometre. At the finish line, it was a little uphill which suits me, so I just waited for the right moment and started sprinting... and it was no problem."
Bada bing, bada boom...big bad Boonen smoked his arch-rival, Aussie Robbie McEwen today in Les Essarts, but the Quick.Step rider is taking nothing for granted in the 92nd Tour De France. "It was a very hard finish today; one for the strong guys. I think I was using two gears bigger than Robbie...but maybe tomorrow Robbie wins... Ach, every stage is different." In the chaos of the final kilometres on Stage 1 of the 92nd Tour De France, it didn't seem like McEwen's Davitamon-Lotto team was asserting themselves enough in the final kilometres.
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Robbie calmly explained post-stage, "I just got the timing wrong; I just went too early... I went from about 250m (out) and it was too far. As soon as (the road) straightened up, I went and then I had a little problem with the gears, getting on the 11 (cog). But it was bit of a tactical mistake; I just went from too far and basically gave the other guys a lead-out...so I'll just have to do better next time."
Maillot Jaune Dave Zabriskie (CSC) had few problems and finished 71st in today's stage. DaveZ is just chillin', taking it day by day, but the 26 year old Batman fan and non-Mormon from Salt Lake City understands that he's probably not going to Paris with his Tour De France leader's jersey. "Yeah, anything's possible, but sooner or later, the (maillot jaune) is probably going to go away from Dave Zabriskie."
In response to his team manager Bjarne Riis's comment to Danish TV that "if Zabriskie loses three or four kilos, he could be a GC rider, Zabriskie smiled and responded and said "Yeah, it's possible, but I'd be pretty skinny (smiles)... I look at myself in the mirror, and I don't know where I'd lose that. But if Bjarne thinks it's possible, then maybe it is. But there's also a balance with losing weight. You can't pedal the bike on just bones, you need muscle too, but I'll try to find that balance and see what happens."
DaveZ's CSC teammate Bobby Julich, third in the 1998 Tour De France and winner of the 2005 edition of Paris-Nice, sees that Zabriskie, a Salt Lake City, Utah native who now lives in Berkeley, California with his girlfriend Randi, has a great future in cycling. "As far as I can see, Dave's it," Julich told team-csc.com. "There's no one else that's impressed me in the European scene. He's the future of American cycling. I'm glad he's on my team and I can show him my experience. I can show him how he can avoid my mistakes. I'm looking forward to racing with him until I'm put out to pasture."
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Another of Zabriskie's fellow Americans in the 92nd edition of the Tour De France, six time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, moved one step closer to his seventh TdF win, finishing safely in 63rd on today's stage. "It was a typical first stage for the Tour; kinda crazy. Riders were cracking a little bit and there were are always crashes. Those finishes, they still scare me...I won't miss those!"
Only three riders lost any time today and all were either Robbie McEwen's (Van Bon and Vansevenant) or Tom Boonen's leadout men (Zanini). Boonen took over the maillot vert, while Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) took the first maillot a pois for best climber with his win on the only rated climb of the day: the Cat. 4 Côte du lac de la Vouraie with 16.5km to go.
How it unfolded
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On a hot summer early afternoon, 189 Tour De France riders took the start seven minutes early at 13:01, as the first ever en ligne stage of the ProTour designated Tour de France got underway. The first attack by was after 9km by Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r), but he was caught after 13 km. Stage 1 featured three intermediate sprints, and at the first in Orouet (km 17.5) it was South African Robert Hunter (Phonak) over Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux). A counter move of four riders got away after 28km, including Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole), who began Stage 1 in fifth, 0'59 behind maillot jaune Zabriskie. Also up there were Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Cañada (Saunier Duval), and Calzati (Ag2r). After 36km, the four leaders had a lead of 2'05, and Bodrogi was maillot jaune virtuel. After 50 km, Bodrogi, Voeckler, Cañada, and Calzati had 2'50 on the CSC-led peloton and climbing.
With 100km to go at Saint-Vincent-Sur-Jard, the gap from the leaders to the peloton was 4'10, gradually growing, and soon after, Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) and Iker Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) got tangled up and Camano hit the deck and needed a bike change. The average speed after two hours was 47.5 km/h and after the feed zone with 82km to race, the gap to the break was still 4'15. Quick.Step, Francaise des Jeux and Lotto all joined the chase, and at the 50km to go mark, the gap fell to 2'50, but the chase was not really intense. As the break passed through Mareuil-Sur-Lay-Dissais with 37km to go, the gap was 2'00.
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At the last sprint of the day in Chateau-Guibert with 31km to go, Bodrogi took the points, with Calzati and Canada second and third and the peloton 1'30 behind. With 16.5km to go on the only Cat. 4 climb today up the Côte du lac de la Vouraie, Voeckler took the points, as Bodrogi dropped off the break. With just 6km to go, the break is kaput and after a bit of a handshake between Calzati and Voeckler, the three remaining riders were absorbed and the peloton began to wind up for the sprint, with Francaise des Jeux, Liquigas, and Quick.Step battling for position.
After a wild finish, Boonen won by over a bike length from Hushovd, Boonen, O'Grady and Pagliarini in the first bunch sprint of this year's Tour. Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) crashed inside the final kilometre, causing a few splits in the peloton, but in the end he was relatively OK and all riders in the bunch were given the same time.
Stage 3, Monday, July 4: La Châtaigneraie-Tours, 212.5km
Monday morning's Stage 3 heads from the country hamlet of La Châtaigneraie east through the lower Loire Valley, across rolling green countryside past beautiful chateaux like Chinon and Azay-le-Rideau to another finish for the fast men on Avenue Grammont in Tours, where the Paris-Tours classic finishes every October. Can Robbie McEwen get his revenge on his young arch-rival Tom Boonen? The long, straight finish will be the final judge Monday.
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- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) ready for the day.
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) living large at the Tour.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) does an interview before the start.
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) signs autographs for some Aussie fans.
- Booby Julich (CSC) makes nice with the crowds.
- Clear skies and hot weather greeted the bunch today.
- The group strings out heading towards the first sprint line.
- Winding up for the finish line.
- How about that? I won, says Tom Boonen
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) celebrates his win.
- The rest of the bunch make their way in.
- Australia is well represented at this year's Tour…with Oppy!!
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouyges Telecom) French cycling's new hero, gets a boost on the podium.
- David Zabriskie (CSC) spends another day in yellow.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) strikes a pose
- Thank you
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) at the start
- Waiting for something to happen
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) now comes in green
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) has the white jersey, but wants yellow…somehow
- Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) descends after signing on
- Basso and Zabriskie at sign on
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) gets ready to rock 'n roll
- You just stay there
- The man in green walks on stage
- Armstrong descends from the stage
- Now where did I leave it?
- Lance after sign on
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) giving a rare laugh
- Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) wonders what the day will bring
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looking a bit serious
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) back to his smiling self at the start of stage 2
- Spanish champion Juan Manuel Garate (Saunier Duval, R) presents his teammate and lanterne rouge, Leonardo Piepoli
- Santi Botero (Phonak) ready for another day
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) descends after signing on
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) and his mullet
- Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux) and his mohawk
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) smiles serenely
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looks for his bike
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) is mobbed
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) signs autographs
- Levi Leipheimer, the man in blue
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) smiles at the start
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) obliges the fans
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) after sign on
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) after sign on
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) signing autographs
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is ready as always
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looks concerned
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has a pre-race coke
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) does his usual bike check
- All lined up and ready to go
- The peloton assembles in Challans
- OK now what?
- The colour of the Tour
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) was well in front of McEwen with 50m to go, as the peloton split behind due to a crash
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) just after the line
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates his win in Les Essarts
- Nice, I got one! Tom Boonen crosses the line
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the stage
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates his victory
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) eases off the throttle
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) crosses the line
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) finished 56th
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) rolls across for 71st
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) finishes the stage
- Armstrong comes in
- Thank you Tom Boonen is here
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) salutes on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) puts on the green jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles in green
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in green
- Here, let me help you with that
- Look what I got, look what I got! Thomas Voeckler is very excited with his polka dot jersey
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) happy in dots
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) puts on the maillot jaune
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) is just not sure
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) salutes after his second day in yellow
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Lance Armstrong doesn't get these very often
- Lance Armstrong in the green jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) comfortably wins the second stage in Les Essarts
- The Tour de France is go from Challans
Images by AFP Photo
- David Canada (Saunier Duval) drives the break
- Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r) leading Voeckler and the break
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) checks out his cleat
- The devil up to his old tricks
- The peloton en masse
- French churches were a feature of today's stage
- Sheryl Crow says hello
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) marked by T-Mobile
- Armstrong and Zabriskie have a chat
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) surrounded by his teammates
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 3.51.31 (47.037 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 26 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 32 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 36 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 39 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 43 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 47 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 48 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 49 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 50 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 53 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 57 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 58 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 61 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 62 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 63 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 64 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 65 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 66 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 68 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 69 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 71 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 73 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 74 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 75 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 78 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 81 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 86 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 88 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 91 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 96 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 101 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 106 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 108 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 109 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 110 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 112 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 113 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 118 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 121 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 124 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 125 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 126 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 128 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 131 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 134 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 136 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 137 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 139 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 141 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 143 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 145 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 146 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 147 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 151 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 153 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 154 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 156 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 157 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 158 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 159 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 160 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 162 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 163 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 164 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 165 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 166 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 167 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 168 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 169 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 170 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 171 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 172 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 173 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 174 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 175 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 176 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 177 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 178 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 179 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 180 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 181 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 182 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 183 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 184 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 185 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 186 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 187 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.36 188 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 0.39 189 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.47 Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 17 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6 21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3 24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 2 25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 Mountains Côte du lac de la Vouraie - Cat. 4, km 165 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Sprints Orouet, km 17.5 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, km 69.5 1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 Château-Guibert, km 150 1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 3 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 3.51.31 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 15 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 24 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 31 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Most combative 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance Teams 1 Credit Agricole 11.34.33 2 Bouygues Telecom 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 4 Domina Vacanze 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Francaise Des Jeux 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Team Csc 11 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Liquigas - Bianchi 15 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 16 Davitamon - Lotto 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 18 Lampre - Caffita 19 Discovery Channel Team 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Rabobank General classification after stage 2 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4.12.22 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.02 3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.47 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.53 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.57 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.05 10 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.06 11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.07 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.08 13 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.13 15 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.16 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.18 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24 19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.25 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.26 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.27 23 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.28 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 1.29 25 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30 26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 28 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.32 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34 32 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.35 34 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.39 35 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41 37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.46 38 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 39 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.48 40 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 41 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.50 42 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 43 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.51 45 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.53 46 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.55 47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.57 49 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.01 52 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 53 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.02 55 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.03 56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.05 57 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 58 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.06 59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 63 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.09 64 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.11 65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 66 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.12 67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 68 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.13 69 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.14 72 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16 74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.17 75 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.18 77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.19 78 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20 80 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 81 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24 82 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.25 85 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2.28 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 88 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 91 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.30 92 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 93 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.31 95 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 99 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 100 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 101 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 2.32 102 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 103 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 105 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.34 106 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.35 107 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 108 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.36 109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 2.37 110 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.39 112 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.40 114 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41 115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42 116 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.43 117 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 118 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.44 120 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 121 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 125 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 126 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45 127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 2.46 128 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.48 132 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49 133 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 134 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.50 135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.51 136 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52 137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 138 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 139 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.53 140 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 141 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 142 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 143 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 2.54 144 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 145 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.55 146 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.56 148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57 150 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.58 151 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 153 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59 154 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.00 156 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01 157 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.03 159 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 160 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.04 161 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3.05 162 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.06 163 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.08 164 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.09 165 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 166 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.10 167 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11 168 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 169 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3.12 170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.14 171 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 172 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 173 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.18 174 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 3.20 175 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.21 176 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.23 177 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.25 178 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.27 179 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 180 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.31 181 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36 182 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 183 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 184 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.37 185 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 186 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3.41 187 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.44 188 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.50 189 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.40 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 8 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 18 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 17 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 15 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 16 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 12 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 18 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10 20 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 23 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 24 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6 26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 27 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 28 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 30 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 34 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3 35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 36 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2 38 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 2 39 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1 40 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.13.24 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.16 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 0.27 5 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.37 6 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.44 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.55 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.04 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.06 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.09 12 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.10 13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.22 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26 16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.29 17 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.38 18 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.43 22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.44 23 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.03 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.06 26 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.09 28 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 2.10 29 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.18 30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.25 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.29 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 12.39.17 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.04 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.33 4 Gerolsteiner 1.42 5 T-Mobile Team 1.51 6 Fassa Bortolo 2.16 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 2.31 8 Credit Agricole 2.50 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 3.13 10 Rabobank 3.20 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.21 12 Domina Vacanze 3.26 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.27 14 Bouygues Telecom 3.43 15 Liquigas - Bianchi 3.54 16 Davitamon - Lotto 4.00 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.24 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.28 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.51 20 Lampre - Caffita 5.37 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.38
