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54th Grand Prix du Midi-Libre - 2.1
France, May 22-26, 2002
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Stage 4 - May 25: Saint-Léons - Sète, 200.5 km
Armstrong takes over
Brochard gains stage to Sète
Despite the numerical superiority of the ONCE team on general classification before today's fourth stage, Lance Armstrong (USPS) showed himself to be the strongest rider in the Midi Libre, finishing third in the stage and taking over the leader's jersey from Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano. Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour) won the stage from Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis), with Armstrong another 5 seconds behind. However Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano finished 9th and lost 16 seconds to Armstrong, as well as another 4 bonus seconds to put him in second overall at 13 seconds.
Armstrong confessed after the stage that he "spent all last night thinking about why I failed in the time trial on Friday. I don't know what the exact reason was. I wanted to win to erase my loss the day before to satisfy myself."
After an early breakaway by Frenchman Olivier Asmaker (CSC) was caught at the foot of the final climb of Mont-Saint-Clair, the attacks from the favourites started in earnest. Richard Virenque was first, followed by Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis), who surprised Armstrong in particular with his attack.
"I didn't know Mont-Saint-Clair except via the TV," said the Texan. "It was tricky today with the climbs, the descents and the crosswinds. Kivilev maybe made a tactical error by attacking too early. He is strong."
Only Laurent Brochard could follow Kivilev, as the others found the going hard on the 12% slope. "I didn't think that Kivilev would attack so early," said Brochard. "I had to be careful when he came back to me."
However, Brochard proved to be too strong in the dash to the top, beating Kivilev by one second. "I was aiming only at the victory, not the general classification," he commented. "I've had so many placings recently. This success is therefore a great satisfaction...In the last stage, anything can happen. The team has rediscovered its dynamism. It's not necessary but we are thinking of possible invitation to the Tour de France."
Tomorrow's stage will be the decider: 172 kilometres between Anduze and l'Espérou, finishing on top of Mont-Aigoual (1560m). Lance Armstrong may have the final word: "I want to win tomorrow." But going on today's results he will have to work for it.
Photography
Photos by AFP
- The USPS team stick together in the bunch.
- Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour) and Richard Virenque (Domo) climb Mont-Saint-Clair with the bunch.
- Richard Virenque (Domo) rides in the peloton before his attempted break.
- Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) and Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour) start to form their break on Mont-Saint-Clair.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) tails the breakaways.
- Laurent Jalabert (CSC-Tiscali) abandons.
- Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour) wins the stage and takes the prize for most interesting headband.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) gets some pre-Tour yellow jersey practice.
Results
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 4.28.01 2 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 0.01 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 0.05 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.12 5 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.20 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.21 8 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean-Delatour 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 0.26 13 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 15 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.37 16 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 17 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 19 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 0.42 20 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 21 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.45 22 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 23 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 25 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 26 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 0.57 27 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.03 28 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10 29 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 30 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.17 31 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.21 32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour 1.25 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.27 35 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.34 36 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 38 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37 39 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.39 40 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 1.41 41 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.16 42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 45 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.21 46 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 48 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 2.34 52 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.42 53 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 2.47 54 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 55 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 56 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.51 57 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2.56 58 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 3.10 59 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 3.14 61 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 3.19 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 3.20 63 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.25 64 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.49 65 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 66 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.51 67 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 68 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 69 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.00 70 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 4.11 71 Vincent Bader (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 72 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.18 74 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 5.34 75 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.48 76 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 77 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis 78 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean-Delatour 5.51 79 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 5.58 80 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 6.00 81 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.08 82 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 6.10 83 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 84 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 85 Jean-Michael Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 86 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.13 87 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 6.17 88 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 6.19 89 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6.24 90 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 6.26 91 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.27 92 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 6.34 93 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 6.44 94 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 8.16 95 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 96 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 9.15 97 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 9.15 98 Nicki Sørensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 9.24 99 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 100 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 101 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 102 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 9.52 103 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 10.20 DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali DNF Julen Fernandez Vijandi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Jean Nuttli (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos Points 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 20 pts 2 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 17 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 15 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 13 5 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 11 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 10 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 8 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 7 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 6 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean-Delatour 5 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 13 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 14 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 2 15 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Young rider 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 4.28.21 2 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 0.22 3 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 0.22 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.25 5 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 6 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.01 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.03 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.07 9 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.14 10 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 11 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.56 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.01 13 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.22 14 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 2.27 15 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 16 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 2.59 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 3.00 18 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.29 19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.31 20 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.40 21 Vincent Bader (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 3.51 22 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.51 23 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.28 24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.28 25 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 26 Jean-Michael Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 5.50 27 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6.04 28 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 6.24 29 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 7.56 30 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 8.55 DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Julen Fernandez Vijandi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems General classification after stage 4 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 14.44.55 2 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 0.13 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 0.33 4 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 0.45 5 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.02 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.09 8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 1.10 9 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 1.18 10 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.23 12 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean-Delatour 1.28 13 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 1.30 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.49 15 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 2.02 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.17 17 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2.30 18 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 2.30 19 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 2.41 20 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.41 21 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.42 22 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 2.42 23 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.52 25 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.53 26 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.57 27 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 2.57 28 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 3.02 29 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.02 30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.12 31 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.19 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 3.20 33 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.25 34 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.28 35 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.29 36 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.30 37 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour 3.38 38 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 3.56 39 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.01 40 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.02 41 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 4.09 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 4.11 43 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.15 44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.15 45 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 4.20 46 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.30 47 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.31 48 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.32 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 4.34 50 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.34 51 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.35 52 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 4.40 53 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.42 54 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 4.55 55 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 5.09 56 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 5.10 57 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 5.14 58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 5.25 59 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 5.34 60 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 5.59 61 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.59 62 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 6.01 63 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 6.16 64 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 6.17 65 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.27 66 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.29 67 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.53 68 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 7.08 69 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.11 70 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.12 71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean-Delatour 7.34 72 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 7.36 73 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.47 74 Vincent Bader (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 7.55 75 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 8.04 76 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis 8.10 77 Jean-Michael Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 8.10 78 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 8.17 79 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 8.33 80 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8.38 81 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.54 82 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.55 83 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 8.55 84 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 9.16 85 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.16 86 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 9.46 87 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 10.19 88 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 11.09 89 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 11.34 90 Nicki Sørensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 11.45 91 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 11.47 92 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 12.05 93 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 12.35 94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 13.20 95 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 13.27 96 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 13.52 97 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 14.54 98 Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.50 99 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 21.46 100 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 22.08 101 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.13 102 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 26.06 103 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 28.44 Points classification 1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 40 pts 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 36 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 36 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 28 6 Jean-Michael Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 28 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 27 8 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 26 9 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 22 10 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 11 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 19 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 13 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 17 14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 16 15 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 12 16 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 11 17 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 11 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 10 19 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 10 20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 6 23 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 6 24 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 25 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 26 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean-Delatour 5 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 28 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 30 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 4 31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean-Delatour 4 32 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 33 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 3 34 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 3 35 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2 36 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 37 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 2 38 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 39 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Mountains classification 1 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 55 pts 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 47 3 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 34 4 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 22 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 17 7 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 15 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 15 9 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 15 10 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 11 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 12 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 14 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 8 15 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 8 16 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 18 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 6 19 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis 4 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3 21 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 2 22 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 1 23 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Young rider classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 14.46.44 2 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 0.13 3 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 0.41 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.03 5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.08 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 7 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.36 8 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.40 9 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 2.13 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.22 11 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.26 12 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.43 13 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.45 14 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.53 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 3.36 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.10 17 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 4.28 18 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.40 19 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.04 20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.23 21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 5.47 22 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.58 23 Vincent Bader (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 6.06 24 Jean-Michael Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 6.21 25 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.27 26 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 8.30 27 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 9.58 28 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 11.38 29 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 19.57 30 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.24
