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Stage 15 - Monday, July 21: Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Luz-Ardiden, 159.5 km
Armstrong wins stage & makes miracle comeback
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By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Luz-Ardiden
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Not too far from Lourdes, a city known for religious miracles, at the top of an ancient, fog-shrouded peak in the Pyrenees, American Lance Armstrong made a miraculous comeback from a sudden, unexpected collision with a spectator with 9km to go to win Stage 15 and solidify his tenuous grip on the Maillot Jaune at the centenary Tour de France.
Today's mystery was whether four-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong could hold off the onslaught of Jan Ullrich. Despite the crash, Armstrong showed that he's got what's inside to win his fifth consecutive Tour. "This has been a Tour of too many problems; too many close calls, too many near misses," he said after his win. "I just wish it would stop and I could have some uneventful days." But as the American has struggled this year at the Tour de France, his ride to Paris has been anything but uneventful.
Armstrong said, "I just wish the problems would stop. Many of the problems I haven't discussed, but there have been a lot of strange things that happened this Tour de France that I need to stop having. Some of them were evident like the stage to Gap; other things were not talked about. It's been a very odd, crisis-filled Tour. But it was a good day today."
Armstrong's USPS team director Johan Bruyneel has been playing excellent poker during the last two stages, but Stage 15 was the moment when the Lance-Jan showdown had to happen. "Today, Lance absolutely had to attack," Bruyneel said. "He had a lot of problems today with the crash and when Mayo attacked he made his move... It was a sensational climb by Lance."
Bruyneel was emphatic in his evaluation of the centenary Tour, saying, "With all the suspense, I think that this is the best Tour in the last 20 years."
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After some tense moments on Stage 15 when Ullrich distanced Armstrong on the penultimate climb, the Col du Tourmalet, there was a major regrouping at the base of the ascent to Luz Ardiden. Lance's US Postal Service-Berry Floor teammates Manuel 'Triki' Beltran and Chechu Rubiera were back as part of a 30-strong group that hit the base of the 13km climb together. Beltran upped the tempo as the slope steepened, and suddenly Armstrong made his move on Ullrich with 9km to go to the summit.
As Armstrong gapped Ullrich slightly with Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on his wheel, a spectator caught the Maillot Jaune's right handlebar and he went head over heels. Mayo went over the top of Armstrong, while the fast-closing Ullrich veered left to avoid the dumped duo.
Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc said, "There was a spectator who just wouldn't move alongside the road as Armstrong was passing by. He knocked Armstrong down and that took down Iban Mayo who was behind him. Ullrich had to swerve to avoid the crash and it seemed that a musette caught Armstrong. But we can't put barriers everywhere..."
Bruyneel's reaction was, "When Lance crashed, I thought it was over."
USPS-Berry Floor team owner Thom Weisel told Cyclingnews, "It was awesome today; it's going to go down as one of the epic stages of all time. When Lance crashed, we had no idea what happened and we were concerned... It was a harrowing experience. But Chris [USPS mechanic Chris Van Roosbroek] gave him a great shove!"
Van Roosbroek told Cyclingnews, "We saw on TV he crashed and I tried to get out of the car, but with all the spectators, it was very hard to get out. Once I reached Lance, I just pushed him as hard as I could. He was having trouble getting his foot in the pedals and almost crashed later on."
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Up the road, Jan Ullrich was not attacking Lance when he was down. "It was correct that when Armstrong crashed, I didn't attack, because cycling is a fair-play sport," said Ullrich after the stage. Tyler Hamilton (CSC) agreed. "After Lance crashed, the other guys kept on going, but it's an unwritten rule that if the Maillot Jaune crashes, you give him a chance to get back," said hamilton. "I didn't feel like other guys were waiting, so it was my responsibility to go up front and tell them to slow down and wait a few seconds."
Ullrich and Hamilton's sporting gestures will go down as a great moment in Tour de France history, as echoed by Johan Bruyneel, who said, "the fact that Ullrich waited for (Lance) was amazing. It was the attitude of a true champion."
Armstrong was aware that Ullrich didn't attack when he crashed, saying "the fact of the matter is that I did the same two years ago on the descent of the Col de Peyresourde. I was with a few guys and said 'look, we can't race until we know [Ullrich] is okay, if he's back in the race.' What goes around comes around, so I'm very grateful to Jan for remembering my gesture two years ago. Perhaps that's why he did that today. The tables were turned two years ago and I think that what I did two years ago was the correct thing and what Jan did today was the correct thing."
Fuelled by adrenalin and with fire in his eyes, Lance got back to the front group after his topsy-turvy progress and he attacked again. Mayo tried to follow again but Lance had finally found something extra on the cool, foggy climb through thousands of screaming fans. Armstrong explained his tactics and state of mind on Luz-Ardiden, saying, "Sometimes the best way for me to ride is angry, but I wasn't angry today when I attacked. I was a little bit desperate because I knew I needed to make the race today to put time into Jan before the final time trial."
Earlier in the day, as Armstrong and Ullrich were midway up the historic climb of the Tourmalet in the closest Tour de France ever, Ullrich made a powerful surge that Armstrong didn't follow. "Jan made a very strong attack on the Tourmalet but I felt like it was not the time to do that. Tourmalet is a long climb and a long descent... So for me, tactically, it was not the time (for Ullrich) to go."
Armstrong powered past early attacker Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) in the final few kilometres to take Stage 15, his 16th stage win in the Tour de France. Armstrong was clearly happy to the win, but today wasn't his sweetest win.
"In terms of emotion, my stage win in Limoges in 1995 was my biggest win," said Armstrong. "You can always judge the emotion by the last 100 meters and perhaps I was too tired today to savor my win. But there's no comparison to the rush I had in 1995."
Rest Day-Pau / Tuesday July 22
Stage 16 Pau-Bayonne
Wednesday, July 23 / 197.5km
From Pau to Bayonne, where the bayonet was invented and home of the tasty "jambon de Bayonne" ham, Stage 16 offers the last significant climbing in the 100th anniversary Tour de France. This stage traverses the eastern Pyrenees, through the Basque region of France, and includes the nasty ascent of the Bagarguy, followed by Burdincurutcheta. These are the last two chances to attack in the mountains, since it's pretty much all downhill to Bayonne on the Atlantic coast. Thirty-one years ago, Dutchman Duyndam took the win, while local resident David Millar may be looking for a home win if he can rally from the illness which has hampered his ride through the mountains.
Stage 16 Climbs:
km 67.5: Col du Soudet (14.1km @ 7.5%)
km 98: Col du Larrau (2.4km @ 10.5%)
km 110: Col de Bagarguy (8.8km @ 9.2%)
Km 118.5: Col de Burdincurutcheta (2.2km @ 6.2 %)
How it unfolded
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Cool, overcast conditions greeted the peloton in Bagnères-de-Bigorre for the start of the stage, staying that way until the finish atop Luz-Ardiden. The flag dropped and the attacks started, with Santiago Botero (Telekom) and Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches la Boulangère) eventually getting clear on the Cat. 4 Côte de Meilhas (km 31). The pair built up a 9'30 lead on the peloton on the Col d'Aspin (km 94), with Ag2r's Iñigo Chaurreau riding some minutes behind them, only to be caught on the Tourmalet. Botero and Chavanel kept their lead until the following climb of the Col du Tourmalet (km 124 km), when Chavanel went solo.
The action on the Tourmalet came in the peloton when Jan Ullrich accelerated with 8 km to go to the top, putting Armstrong in a little difficulty, but the Maillot Jaune clawed his way back, along with Zubeldia and Mayo. Alexandre Vinokourov wasn't so good, crossing the top with the assistance of Botero, 1'15 down on the Maillot Jaune.
On the long descent into Luz-Saint-Sauveur there was a regrouping, and Vinokourov managed to regain the leaders by the foot of the final climb. Chavanel still had 5 minutes lead at this point, but inevitably lost time as the race intensified behind him. The attacks started and Armstrong, Mayo and Ullrich moved clear, until Armstrong caught a spectator's bag on his brake levers and crashed, bringing Mayo down with him. The group slowed to wait for the Maillot Jaune, although he was further (and painfully) hampered when his foot slipped out of his pedal.
Once back, Armstrong wasted no time and attacked with 7 km to go, distancing Ullrich, Zubeldia, Mayo, Hamilton, Basso and Moreau, with Vinokourov falling back again. Armstrong steadily put time into the Ullrich-led chase, and was over a minute in front when he caught Chavanel with 4 km to go. But Ullrich managed pulled back time in the final kilometres to limit the damage to 40 seconds at the finish. Armstrong won the stage from Mayo and Ullrich, with Zubeldia taking fourth.
Armstrong increased his lead to 1'07" over Jan Ullrich, but the 2003 Tour de France is far from over. Alex Vinokourov (Telekom) had an OK day today to finish 8th and maintain his 3rd place on GC, but Armstrong is now 2'45" ahead of the Kazakh rider. Tyler Hamilton (CSC) continues to cope incredibly well with his cracked collarbone. The cool mist of the Pyrenees may have reminded him of New Hampshire's Mt. Washington as Hamilton had a good day on Stage 15, finishing 7th. Tyler is also sitting in 7th on GC and may have a chance to move up further if he has a good time trial next Saturday.
Jan Ullrich may be down by a minute and change, but he's not out of the picture. Ullrich is still Armstrong's main rival for the 2003 Tour de France title. "Today was a really hard race and I'm very happy about the way it turned out. I fought hard, but today Lance was stronger... Congratulations to him. I'm only sorry that didn't get 2nd place for the time bonus. Lance tried to win the Tour today but it's not over yet."
Photography
Images by Jonathan Devich/Cyclingnews.com, epicimages.us
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) leads a group up the last climb.
- The back of the peleton makes its way up Luz Ardiden.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal - Berry Floor) looked as if he knew it was going to be a good day when he signed in.
- The view from the top of the Col du Tourmalet.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangere) came close to the win today, being caught with only 4km to go.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal - Berry Floor) on the way to his first stage win of the Tour 2003.
- Lance Armstrong's elbow and back show the signs of his earlier crash.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) survived a crash and numerous attacks to finish second today.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) leads Tyler Hamilton (Team CSC) just after Armstrong attacked.
- Manuel Beltran (US Postal - Berry Floor) worked hard today to defend the yellow jersey.
- Tyler Hamilton (Team CSC) takes a look back to see who is still in the chase group.
Images by Jeff Tse & Monique du Bois/jeffreytse1@yahoo.com
- A great view of today's climb, looking back down the course from Luz Ardiden.
- Hard man Tyler Hamilton comes through the 2km to go mark.
- Jan Ullrich passes through 2km to go, making a face that only his mother could love.
- Cheered by excited Basque fans, Lance Armstrong (US Postal - Berry Floor) comes through the 2km to go mark. Lance Armstrong (US Postal - Berry Floor) comes through the 2km to go mark.
- Postal worker José Luis Rubiera comes through 2km to go, his work for the day already done.
Images by Olympia Photo
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangere) early escapee, eventually placed 10th on today's stage but could console himself with a €5000 prize as the first rider across the Col du Tourmalet today.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) trailed by Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor), Haimar Zubeldia and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the climb of the Tourmalet.
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) attempts to limit his losses after Lance Armstrong attacked on the climb to Luz Ardiden.
- Post-crash and full of adrenalin, Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) ascends to his win at Luz Ardiden.
- The world's media surround Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) as he pauses before the start line to contemplate the challenges of Stage 15.
Images by AFP Photo
- A minute's silence was observed at the start of Stage 15 for Lauri Aus, AG2R-Prevoyance team member, who was killed yesterday while training at home in Estonia.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) checks the effectiveness of his attack on the way to Luz Ardiden.
- Lance Armstrong's brake lever catches on a spectator's souvenir bag, bringing down Armstrong and Iban Mayo.
- Jan Ullrich skilfully avoids running into the crashed Lance Armstrong and Iban Mayo.
- Lance Armstrong gives Sylvain Chavanel a pat on the back for his efforts as he passes him on the way to Luz Ardiden.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) goes it alone on the misty climb to Luz Ardiden.
- Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) maintained a very high cadence while on the attack.
- About 40 seconds down, Jan Ullrich, Haimar Zubeldia, Iban Mayo and Ivan Basso chase Armstrong up to Luz Ardiden.
- The strain shows on Jan Ullrich's face as he attempts to climb back to Armstrong.
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) hovered behind Jan Ullrich, coming in a close fourth place to Ullrich's third.
- Ivan Basso (Fassa Bortolo) and Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) came in 5th and 6th on the Luz Ardiden stage.
- Tyler Hamilton (Team CSC) climbed bravely again today, finishing 1.10 down on the winner Lance Armstrong.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Team Telekom) was unable to limit his losses, and dropped to 2.45 down on the race leader on GC.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangere) fought bravely to retain 10th on today's stage.
- Early breakaway Santiago Botero came in with a small group at 19.49 down, consisting of George Hincapie, Stuart O'Grady, Jérôme Pineau and Xabier Zandio.
- Later groups of riders shrouded in mist near the top of Luz Ardiden.
- Groups of riders drifted in to the finish, the latest over 34 minutes down on Lance Armstrong.
- Tired riders near the top of the Luz Ardiden climb.
- For the non-climbers this was one of the toughest Tour days so far.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) approaches the finish line at Luz Ardiden.
- Exhausted by his effort today, Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) crosses the line at the summit.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) is shepherded by team staff after he crosses the line.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) sprints for second place on today's stage.
- A Team Bianchi soigneur looks after a tired Jan Ullrich after his third place on Stage 15.
- An extremely skinny Tyler Hamilton shows his bandaged shoulder after today's tough stage.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Team Telekom) rehydrates after the stage to Luz Ardiden.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) celebrates the double on the podium - yellow jersey and stage win.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) looks pretty happy with his win today.
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) the mountains jersey holder, poses on the podium with legendary former climber Federico Bahamontes.
Results
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.29.26 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.43 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.47 7 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 1.10 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 2.07 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.45 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.47 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.12 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.24 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 4.10 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 4.25 18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.27 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.36 20 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 21 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.17 22 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.00 23 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 7.21 24 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.03 25 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.49 26 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 9.15 29 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 30 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 9.49 31 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.13 32 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 10.40 35 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.04 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.11 37 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 38 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 11.16 39 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.53 40 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 12.26 41 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 12.56 42 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13.37 43 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16.26 44 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 45 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 47 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 17.40 52 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 19.49 53 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 54 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 56 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.02 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 59 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 60 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 61 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 63 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 65 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 68 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 69 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 70 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 72 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 73 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fasso Bortolo 23.21 74 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25.07 75 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 76 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 25.28 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 28.36 78 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 79 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 80 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 81 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 82 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 84 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 85 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 86 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 87 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 88 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 89 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 91 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 92 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 93 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 94 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 96 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 97 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 98 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 34.44 99 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 102 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 103 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 104 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 105 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 106 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 107 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 108 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 109 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 112 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 113 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 114 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 115 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 117 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 118 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 119 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 120 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 121 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 122 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 123 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 124 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 125 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 126 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 127 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 128 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 129 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 131 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 132 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 133 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 134 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 136 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 137 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 138 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 139 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 140 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 141 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 143 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 144 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 145 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 146 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 148 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bricohes La Boulangere 149 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 150 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 34.54 151 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 35.35 TC Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di DNF Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco DNS Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di Points 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 20 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 15 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 7 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 9 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 8 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 4 13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Mountains Côte De Meilhas - Cat. 4, 31.50 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 pts 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 1 Côte De Bugard - Cat. 4, 35.00 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 3 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Côte De Castelbajac - Cat. 4, 46.50 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 3 3 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Col d'Aspin - Cat. 1, 94.00 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 26 3 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 5 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 14 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 7 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 9 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Col Du Tourmalet (Souvenir Jacques Goddet) - HC, 124.50 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 40 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 35 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 30 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 14 9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 10 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 2 15 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Luz-Ardiden - HC, 159.50 km 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 40 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 30 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 7 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 16 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 14 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 12 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 6 13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Sprints Montastruc, 42.50 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 4 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 Sarrancolin, 75.00 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 4 3 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 Young rider classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.32.13 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.25 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 1.38 4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.02 5 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.26 6 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.06 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.39 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17.02 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 25.49 13 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 15 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 31.57 16 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 19 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Most combative 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.32.50 2 US Postal - Berry Floor 1.37 3 Team CSC 5.26 4 iBanesto.com 13.05 5 Team Bianchi 14.38 6 Team Telekom 23.50 7 Brioches La Boulangere 25.04 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 26.58 9 ONCE - Eroski 30.01 10 Fassa Bortolo 30.47 11 Quick Step - Davitamon 30.56 12 Alessio 34.11 13 Rabobank 35.51 14 Jean Delatour 38.20 15 Kelme - Costa Blanca 42.59 16 Gerolsteiner 50.30 17 Credit Agricole 50.44 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 57.46 19 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 1.01.58 20 FDJeux.com 1.16.49 21 Lotto - Domo 1.21.50 22 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 1.27.58 General classification after stage 15 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 65.36.23 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.07 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 2.45 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.16 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.25 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.08 7 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 9.02 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.12 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 16.05 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16.12 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 17.09 12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18.52 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 19.34 14 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.00 15 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.19 16 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 24.59 17 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.50 18 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 26.52 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 27.29 20 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 28.57 21 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 40.57 22 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 42.48 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 45.34 24 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 45.52 25 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 49.32 26 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 58.29 27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.42 28 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.00.49 29 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.00.50 30 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01.17 31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.04.16 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.07.28 33 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.07.58 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 1.12.01 35 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 1.14.19 36 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.15.40 37 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.21.52 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.24.16 39 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 1.24.40 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.25.33 41 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.32.52 42 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.33.25 43 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 1.34.03 44 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.35.32 45 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.37.54 46 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.39.25 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 1.40.50 48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.42.53 49 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.43.15 50 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.45.07 51 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.45.19 52 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.45.26 53 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.46.13 54 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.49.23 55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.51.52 56 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.52.20 57 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.53.32 58 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.54.09 59 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 1.57.22 60 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.57.29 61 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 1.57.48 62 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57.51 63 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 1.59.06 64 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 2.00.02 65 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.00.17 66 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.46 67 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.06.02 68 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 2.07.09 69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.07.35 70 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 2.08.27 71 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.08.56 72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 2.09.27 73 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.09.51 74 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.10.10 75 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 2.11.08 76 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 2.14.47 77 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 2.14.52 78 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.14.53 79 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.16.05 80 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 2.17.17 81 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.20.04 82 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.21.09 83 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.21.48 84 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 2.23.58 85 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.27.33 86 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2.28.30 87 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30.17 88 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.30.30 89 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31.20 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.32.14 91 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 2.33.39 92 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 2.34.03 93 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 2.35.43 94 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 2.38.11 95 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.38.32 96 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.39.05 97 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.40.01 98 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.40.09 99 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.40.13 100 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.42.19 101 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.45.35 102 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.45.45 103 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.47.26 104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.49.30 105 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fasso Bortolo 2.51.56 106 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.53.06 107 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 2.54.04 108 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.55.04 109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.55.08 110 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.59.29 111 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 3.00.26 112 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 3.01.57 113 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.02.31 114 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bricohes La Boulangere 3.04.17 115 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 3.04.19 116 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.05.40 117 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.05.59 118 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.06.03 119 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.06.12 120 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 3.07.48 121 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.07.49 122 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3.07.53 123 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.10.02 124 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.11.06 125 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 3.13.27 126 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.15.22 127 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.15.39 128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.16.03 129 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3.16.10 130 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.17.44 131 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.18.31 132 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.19.27 133 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.19.58 134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.21.17 135 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.22.37 136 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 3.23.42 137 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.24.55 138 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.25.29 139 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.25.37 140 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 3.26.14 141 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.26.45 142 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.26.47 143 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 3.27.01 144 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.30.06 145 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.32.57 146 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 3.36.32 147 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 3.37.48 148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 3.38.46 149 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 3.49.09 150 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 3.57.30 151 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 4.10.12 Points classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 156 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 148 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 134 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 126 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 122 6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 111 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 106 8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 98 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 91 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 83 11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 83 12 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bricohes La Boulangere 82 13 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 81 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 76 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 16 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 72 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 63 19 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 62 20 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 51 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 22 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 43 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 25 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 41 26 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 41 27 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 38 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 37 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 35 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 33 32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 32 33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 36 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 39 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 25 40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 25 41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 24 42 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 24 43 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 24 44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23 45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22 47 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 22 48 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 21 49 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 21 50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 51 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 52 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 53 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 54 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 56 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 14 57 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 13 58 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 13 59 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 12 60 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 61 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 11 62 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 11 63 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 64 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 10 65 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 10 66 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 67 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 68 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 69 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 7 70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 7 71 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 72 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 73 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 6 74 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 75 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 77 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 78 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 79 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 80 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 81 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 4 82 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 3 83 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 2 84 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 2 85 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 86 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 87 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 88 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 89 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2 90 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2 91 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 92 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 93 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fasso Bortolo 1 94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank -2 95 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca -3 96 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi -5 97 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank -5 98 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom -5 99 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor -5 100 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank -5 101 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone -6 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 318 pts 2 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 177 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 167 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 124 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 124 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 100 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 97 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 95 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 91 12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 80 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 77 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 77 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 72 16 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 64 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 62 20 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 62 21 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 61 22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 58 23 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 54 24 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 51 25 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48 27 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 48 28 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 47 29 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 40 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 31 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 36 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 33 33 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 34 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 26 35 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 36 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 24 37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 24 38 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 40 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 19 41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 18 42 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 43 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 44 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 15 45 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15 47 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 48 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 49 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 12 50 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 51 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 10 52 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 10 53 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 8 54 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 55 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 7 56 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 57 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 59 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 5 60 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 5 61 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 62 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 63 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 64 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 65 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 66 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 67 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 68 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 69 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 3 70 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 71 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 1 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 74 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bricohes La Boulangere 1 75 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 1 Young rider classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 65.53.32 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 42.33 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 43.40 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.07.07 5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.16.16 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.18.23 7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 1.23.41 8 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.32.14 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.34.43 10 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.35.11 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 2.00.08 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 2.06.49 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.15.05 14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 2.16.54 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.35.57 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.42.20 17 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.48.31 18 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.52.53 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.58.30 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.58.54 21 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 2.59.01 22 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.08.28 23 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.09.38 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.12.57 25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.15.48 Centenaire classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 22 pts 2 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bricohes La Boulangere 26 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 28 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 40 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 41 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 43 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 44 8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 70 9 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 72 10 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 75 11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 12 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 94 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 99 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 101 15 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 17 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 113 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 116 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 117 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 194.34.02 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.58 3 US Postal - Berry Floor 14.08 4 iBanesto.com 16.43 5 Team Bianchi 59.13 6 Team Telekom 1.24.56 7 Brioches La Boulangere 1.50.03 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.54.45 9 ONCE - Eroski 1.58.31 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.05.32 11 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.24.47 12 Alessio 2.57.23 13 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 3.07.06 14 Kelme - Costa Blanca 3.12.51 15 Gerolsteiner 3.13.54 16 Jean Delatour 3.14.02 17 Rabobank 3.35.46 18 Fassa Bortolo 3.45.57 19 Credit Agricole 4.35.06 20 Lotto - Domo 5.31.53 21 FDJeux.com 6.13.03 22 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 6.28.09
