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90th Tour de France - July 5-27, 2003
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Stage 1 - Sunday, July 6: Saint-Denis/Montgeron - Meaux, 168 km
Thrills and spills as Petacchi takes first Tour stage win
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By Tim Maloney, Cyclingnews European Editor in Meaux
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Break out a tinny and throw another prawn on the barbie - Brad's still in Yellow and now Robbie's got the Green. But the Aussie barbecue had a dash of Italian spice, when Italian super-sprinter Alessandro Petacchi rode a powerful lead out sprint to conquer his first ever Tour de France stage win.
"I have to thank all my teammates for the work they did today," Petacchi told Cyclingnews after the stage today. "They pulled all day and I really don't know how to thank them. It was a really hard sprint since I led out early at 250 meters and really had to dig deep to win. I really don't how I did it. I was hurting a lot on all the hills today since I haven't been racing since the Giro d'Italia. But today I think I confirmed my performance in the Giro...ecco mi qua! (here I am)."
Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo direttore sportivo Alberto Volpi was delighted, too. "The tour has started pretty well for us...yesterday we had some bad luck but today it was great to win. Let's see what happens when the mountains come."
Runner-up Robbie McEwen, who was disappointed to lose to the Italian, amassed sufficient points to earn the Tour's first Maillot Vert, and told Cyclingnews that "Petacchi was just too strong for me at the end today."
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Today's stage ended in disaster for American Tyler Hamilton and his CSC team, as the man from Marblehead crashed along with 30 other riders in the sprint with 500m to go, including Maillot Jaune Brad McGee, Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer. Although sometimes accused of being crash-prone, there was nothing that Hamilton could do to avoid it. The crash happened in the final kilometre as the peloton charged into a strangely placed left hand curve. Hamilton got up and finished the stage with his right arm hanging by his side, CSC team spokesperson Brian Nygaard explained that with Hamilton now out of the Tour, "this would be a catastrophe; he's our main guy for the Tour."
Two time USPRO champ Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola-So.Di) had hard words for the sketchy sprint. "I'd like to give kudos to (TdF boss) Leblanc for putting such a bad finish on the first stage of the Tour," said Fast Freddy. "I'm pulling at 60km/h... you know that the last kilometre is at 70km/h and to put a corner like that in the sprint (with 500m to go) is completely idiotic."
Another victim of the mass pile-up was American Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), who had a bad bruise on his left thigh and was taken to the Meaux hospital for X-rays. It was later confirmed that he had broken his hip bone in his left buttock. Cyclingnews reached Rabobank's team director Theo De Rooy via mobile phone. A terribly disappointed De Rooij explained "Levi's gone, so..." De Rooij continued by explaining "maybe we've lost two guys since Marc Lotz crashed hard too."
Lotz was also taken to hospital suffering from facial injuries. Doctors found that his eye is badly hurt and it is certain that he will have to withdraw from the Tour too.
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Four time Tour winner Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) also went down but despite a bruise on his left thigh and a blown rear tire, he appears to be OK. Armstrong changed bikes with teammate Chechu Rubiera and finished the stage. He told Cyclingnews afterwards that "Hey, it's never good to crash; but it was nothing serious. I just fell over and got piled on top of. Today was a nervous stage, people were excited because it was the first day...there were lots of spectators and traffic islands along the road. But it's always good to get the first one over."
USPS-Berry Floor director Johan Bruyneel downplayed the drama post-stage, saying that "It was a normal Tour de France stage - quite nervous with a crash at the end. So we'll go to the end to see what the consequences are for Lance and Eki's injuries." (Ekimov was also involved in the crash).
Armstrong's key rival Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) crashed as well but only had some bruising on his right side. "It was a really nervous, hard stage today...in the final it seemed like there would be a clean sprint, but with the speed there was a crash. I ended up on the barriers with 30 other guys...all the favourites were together behind the sprint and we all crashed together."
How it unfolded
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After a touristic toddle across Paris to Montgeron to Le Reveil Matin (Alarm Clock), where the first Tour de France started one century ago, the Centenary Tour Peloton stopped to commemorate the inauguration of Le Grande Boucle. Once a promotional stunt for the newspaper l'Auto, Tour de France has grown into one of the world's greatest sporting events.
It was a humid day with high overcast and with huge crowds lining the road, Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) grabbed the first sprint in Corbeil-Essones ahead of Maillot Jaune Brad McGee and Nazon (Jean Delatour). Fittingly, three French riders got away from the active peloton on an immediate counter after the sprint and established the first break of the Centenary Tour de France. Like last year's Tour, as the stage hit the first small climbs, Christophe Mengin (FDJ.com) went on the attack and was joined by two other riders, Walter Beneteau and long, lanky Andy Flickinger (Ag2r Prevoyance). The trio battled it out across Essone and into the verdant woods near Fontainebleau, while the peloton rolled along unconcerned.
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As the trio passed the historic Chateau de Fontainebleau with 100km, their lead was almost 9'00, but as the feed zone approached, Lotto-Domo ds Marc Sargeant told his troops to ride for Robbie McEwen. That was the cue the other sprinters teams were waiting for, as Fassa Bortolo joined the chase.
The pace was fast all day, with the good break and hard chase keeping the average speed over 44 km/h average. By the time the break hit Coulommiers with 30km to go, The peloton was 1'30" behind and the gap was falling when Beneteau attacked his two break companions. Lotto-Domo, Fassa Bortolo and FDJ.com were chasing hard behind, and Beneteau's move provoked a counter by Flickinger who lasted alone out front until 11km to go, when he was caught and it was peloton groupeé.
Fassa Bortolo and Lotto-Domo duked it out up front with Vini Caldirola for the front. With 500m to go, a badly placed curve caused a crash of 30 riders. Petacchi led out the sprint and powered to his 13th win of the season in Meaux, while runner-up Robbie McEwen took the lead in the points competition and donned his favourite Maillot Vert.
Stage 2 - Monday July 7: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre-Sedan, 204.5km
Monday morning sees the Centenary Tour heading east across France from La Ferte-sous-Jouarre across the WW1 battle-scarred hills and plains of the Marne to Sedan, for what will likely be another sprinters battle. Look or another early break to be pulled back by the sprinters squads, and should Petacchi or McEwen grab some intermediate time sprints and win the final with it's 20" second bonus, Brad McGee could find his yellow tunic in peril.
Photography
Images by Jonathan Devich/Cyclingnews.com, epicimages.us
- A few fans showed up in Montgeron the site of the start of the first Tour de France, in turn of the century dress.
- Cycling fans displayed bicycles and dress of the time when the Tour first ran.
- Government and Tour officials broke a bottle of champagne on the sculpture that commemorates the beginning of the Tour.
- The peloton rides through the fields south of Paris on stage 1.
- The all-French breakaway of Christophe Mengin, Andy Flickinger and Walter Beneteau.
- US Postal-Berry Floor groups at the front as Credit Agricole and Fassa Bortolo pick up the pace.
- Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) moves to the front.
- CSC rider Jacob Piil in the middle of the pack
- Fans with yellow wheels greet the peloton as they roll into town.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) after the stage, somewhat shaken but no injuries.
- Stage winner Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) speaks after opening his Tour victory account
- Fourth place Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) showed the strains of a tough day
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) did not have the Tour debut he hoped for
- Lance Armstrong and two teammates were caught in the finishing crash
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) suffered cuts to both legs in the crash
- Andy Flickinger (Ag2R-Prevoyance) worked hard but his break couldn't succeed against the sprinters
- Gerolsteiner rider Olaf Pollack gets a helping hand after the finish line melee
- Walter Beneteau (Brioches La Boulangere) also tried his chances in the day's three man escape
- Levi Leipheimer, also a victim of the crash appeared uneasy as he left the finish
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The peloton roll past the start outside the Au Reveil Matin, where the Tour started in 1903
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the first stage in Meaux
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) salutes from the podium
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) survived the first day with his Maillot Jaune intact
Images by AFP
- Erik Zabel makes faces at his wife before the race
- Bradley McGee talks with British David Millar as Jimmy Casper looks on
- Bradley McGee (Fdjeux.com) and British David Millar (Cofidis) ride side by side
- Lance Armstrong pulls a face during the stage. His humour was soon to change
- Armstrong walks his bike after a fall a few meters before the finish line
- A doctor takes care of Marc Lotz (Rabobank) after the finish line crash. Lotz has a suspected fracture to the bone under his eye
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.44.33 (44.89 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 10 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 14 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 16 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 17 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 18 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 33 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 35 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 36 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 43 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 45 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 48 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 50 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 51 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 52 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 54 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo 55 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 59 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 61 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 65 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 66 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 67 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 68 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 71 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 73 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 75 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 76 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 77 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 79 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 81 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 82 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 83 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 85 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 86 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 87 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 90 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 91 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 92 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 93 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 94 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 95 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 96 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 97 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 98 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 102 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 103 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 104 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 106 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 107 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 108 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 109 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 110 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 111 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 112 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 113 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 115 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 116 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 117 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 119 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 120 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 121 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 122 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 123 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 124 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 125 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 127 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 128 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 129 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 130 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 132 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 133 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 134 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo 135 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 136 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 137 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 138 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 139 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 140 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 141 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 142 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 143 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 144 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 145 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 146 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 147 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 148 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 149 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 150 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 152 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 153 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 154 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 155 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 156 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 157 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 158 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 160 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 161 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 162 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 163 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 164 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 165 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 166 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 167 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 168 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 169 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 170 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 171 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 172 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 173 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 174 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 175 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 176 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 177 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 178 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 179 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 180 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 181 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 182 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 183 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 184 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 185 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 186 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 187 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 188 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 189 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 190 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 191 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 192 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 193 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 3.48 194 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 195 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 196 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 197 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 198 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 pts 2 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto Domo 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 26 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 22 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 19 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 9 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 17 10 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 16 11 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 12 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 13 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 13 14 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 15 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 11 16 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 10 17 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 18 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 8 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 21 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 5 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 4 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Mountains Côte De Champcueil - Cat. 4, 31.00 km 1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 5 pts 2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 3 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Côte De Boutigny-Sur-Essonne - Cat. 4, 45.00 km 1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 pts 2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Côte De Barbeau - Cat. 4, 85.00 km 1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 5 pts 2 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Sprints Corbeil-Essonnes, 19.00 km 1 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto Domo 6 pts 2 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 4 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 Avon, 72.00 km 1 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 Mauperthuis, 132.50 km 1 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 3 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2 Young rider 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.44.33 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 15 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 25 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com Most combative 1 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance Teams 1 Quick Step - Davitamon 11.13.39 2 Credit Agricole 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Brioches La Boulangere 5 Rabobank 6 Fassa Bortolo 7 Lotto - Domo 8 Team Telekom 9 FDJeux.com 10 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 11 Team Bianchi 12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 ONCE - Eroski 15 Alessio 16 iBanesto.com 17 Jean Delatour 18 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 19 Team CSC 20 Gerolsteiner 21 Kelme - Costa Blanca 22 US Postal - Berry Floor General classification after stage 1 1 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.51.55 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 0.04 3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.06 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 5 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.10 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 7 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.11 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.13 10 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 11 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.15 12 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.16 16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.17 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 23 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto Domo 0.18 24 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 25 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 26 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.19 27 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.20 29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 30 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 31 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21 32 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22 35 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 36 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 38 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.23 39 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 40 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo 41 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 42 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 44 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 0.24 46 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 48 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 49 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 52 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.25 54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 55 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 57 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.26 58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 59 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 60 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 61 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 62 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.27 63 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 64 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 66 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 67 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 68 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 70 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 71 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.29 72 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 73 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 74 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.30 76 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 77 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 78 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.31 79 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 80 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 81 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 82 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.32 83 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 84 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 85 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 86 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.33 87 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 88 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 90 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 91 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 92 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 93 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.34 94 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 95 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 98 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 99 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 100 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 101 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 102 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 103 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 104 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.36 106 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 107 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 108 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 109 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.37 110 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 111 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 112 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 113 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 114 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 115 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.38 116 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 117 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 118 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 119 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 120 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 121 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 122 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 0.39 123 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 125 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 126 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.40 128 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 129 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 130 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 131 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 133 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 0.41 134 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 135 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 136 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 137 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 138 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 139 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.42 140 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 141 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 144 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 145 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 146 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 147 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.43 148 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 149 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 150 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 154 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 155 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.44 156 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 157 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 158 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 159 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 160 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 0.45 162 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 163 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 164 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 165 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 166 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 167 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 0.46 168 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 169 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 170 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 171 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo 0.47 172 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 173 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 174 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.49 175 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 176 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 177 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.50 178 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 179 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 180 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 181 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51 182 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 183 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 0.52 184 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 185 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.53 186 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 187 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 0.54 188 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 189 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 0.55 190 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 191 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.56 192 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 0.59 193 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 1.01 194 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 195 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.07 196 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 1.08 197 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 1.10 198 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 4.30 Points classification 1 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto Domo 36 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 26 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 22 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 7 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 19 8 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 19 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 10 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 17 11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 16 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 13 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 14 14 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 15 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 13 16 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 17 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 12 18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 11 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 10 21 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 8 23 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 8 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 25 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 26 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 27 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 28 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 29 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 5 30 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 5 31 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 32 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 4 33 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 35 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 2 36 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 37 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 38 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 pts 2 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 9 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 Young rider classification 1 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.52.05 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.06 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.07 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 0.10 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.14 8 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.15 11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.16 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 0.21 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.23 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.24 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 17 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.25 18 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.26 19 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.28 22 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.29 23 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.30 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.31 25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 0.32 26 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 0.33 27 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.34 28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.43 29 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.46 Teams classification 1 US Postal - Berry Floor 11.36.21 2 Team Bianchi 0.08 3 FDJeux.com 0.17 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.18 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.19 6 ONCE - Eroski 7 Rabobank 0.21 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Quick Step - Davitamon 0.22 10 Team CSC 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.25 13 Credit Agricole 0.30 14 iBanesto.com 15 Team Telekom 0.34 16 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 0.44 17 Jean Delatour 0.46 18 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 0.51 19 Fassa Bortolo 0.52 20 Lotto - Domo 0.57 21 Brioches La Boulangere 1.02 22 Alessio 1.05
