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90th Tour de France - July 5-27, 2003
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Stage 2 - Monday, July 7: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - Sedan, 204.5 km
Big Bad Baden blasts to beaut win in Sedan
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By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Sedan
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It was May 1940 when the so-called "Latch Of Sedan" fortifications fell to the onslaught of German armor, allowing Generals Rommel and Guderian to trap the British Expeditionary Force on the beach at Dunkirk and drive their forces straight through to Paris.
Today, it was the onslaught of the chase from the sprinters teams like Brad McGee's FDJeux.com, McEwen's Lotto-Domo, Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo and Zabel's German armor of Team Telekom that eventually brought back the French breakaway duo of Tour rookies Lilian Jégou (27, Credit Agricole) and Fred Finot (26, Jean Delatour) after a long escape across the corrugated terrain of the Marne and French Ardennes region.
With Finot's solo move pulled back in the final kilometres, the stage win was up for grabs, and it was emerging Aussie sprinter Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com), runner-up to McEwen in last year's final stage of the Tour, who powered to his first ever Tour De France stage win in Sedan. The 25 year old from Benalla, land of Aussie bushranger Ned Kelly, was almost astounded by his ride today.
"It's been my dream to win a tour stage and now I can't believe it," gushed Cooke post-stage. "Today I didn't feel great at the beginning of the stage but I adjusted my bike and felt better. My teammates really helped me on the last hill into town and (Maillot Jaune) Brad (McGee) and the guys set me up for the sprint. In the finale, Kirsipuu moved over but I had the big gear going good and passed him - it's incredible."
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Cooke's super surge put him on the podium twice today, as he gained the lead in the Best Young Riders classification. His FDJeux.com teammate, prologue winner Brad McGee maintained his Maillot Jaune as Tour De France leader, while their French teammate Christophe Mengin maintained his lead in the chase for Maillot Pois of Best Climber.
Jean Delatour was snakebitten twice today, with break rider Finot sucked up in the finale and their sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon runner-up to the Aussie, with Kirsipuu 3rd and 33 year old birthday boy Erik Zabel in 4th. Maillot Vert Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) was 6th and kept his points classification lead for another day. It was a clean, wide open sprint today, but yesterday's stage winner Alessandro Petacchi was absent for the festivities. The fast Fassa man went out the back on the last cote of the day in Cheveuges and came home 1'35" down with three teammates.
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A courageous Tyler Hamilton (CSC) finished Stage 2 in 100th, in the middle of the main peloton, but he was obviously in pain from the 204.5km ride with a fractured clavicle. Hamilton headed into the CSC team bus without talking to the media. The tough Man from Marblehead once again demonstrated just how much he can suffer, but the question remains for how long? Post stage, CSC team spokesman Brian Nygaard told Cyclingnews that "Tyler was in a lot of pain today; he's taking it day by day and hopes to stay for the team time trial (Wednesday) and do a good job to pay back Carlos Sastre, who helped him so much this spring."
For four time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong, it was just another day at the office for the USPS-Berry Floor rider. "Nothing special today; it was just one of those early Tour De France stages," he said.
Armstrong and his squad maintained the team GC lead again today looking for Wednesday's Stage 4 TTT. American Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola) cracked the top 10 today (9th): "I was waiting to lead out Vainsteins in the sprint, but he and most of the team crashed on the run-in (8km to go) and I didn't know it."
How it unfolded
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Under sunny noontime skies, the 196 strong peloton (two non-starters from Rabobank, Levi Leipheimer and Marc Lotz) moved out of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. As the flag dropped, 20km away in Meaux, Levi Leipheimer was being released from his overnight stay in the hospital to fly back to his home in Girona, Spain. Leipheimer's injury is a fracture at the base of his sit-bone and reportedly, the American will have to remain immobile on his stomach for three weeks for his fracture to heal sufficiently.
"It hurts most knowing that the Tour carries on today and that I'm not there with it to achieve the goals I set for myself," said Leipheimer, who with his TDF hopes dashed will likely point towards a comeback in the Vuelta a España.
After only 5km, Lilian Jégou (Credit Agricole) made his move and was joined by Finot (Jean Delatour) a few kilometres later. No one was interested in chasing the duo and after 23km, they had almost 6'00. The lead ballooned to 11'20" after 74km in Coemy and soon after, a French TV motor crashed Jégou. He got up and changed his bike (twice) as Finot waited, but the fall was not great for the duo's chances. Jégou began to falter and leading to the day's final classified climb up the Côte de Longwé, Finot dumped Jégou.
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For a long time, it looked like Finot might pull off the stage win and capture the Yellow Jersey, but the explosive bagarre in the final with multiple attacks from the likes of Bettini, Millar and McGee put paid to the Jean Delatour man's chances. Bettini was most active in the final, as he had planned a move on the final climb of the day, but Il Grillo told Cyclingnews that "the group is still too fresh to make the difference."
Finot was devoured with 2.5km to go in Sedan and had to console himself with the day's prize for most combative rider.
Stage 3 - Tuesday July 8: Charleville Mézières-Saint Dizier, 167.5km
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This stage heads due south from the gritty former mining town of Charleville Mézières across the rolling hills of the Marne and Meuse regions to Saint-Dizier, where Napoleon Bonaparte took his final win battle before departing for exile in Elba. No doubt, French riders looking to honour the Corsican will be seeking a stage win here ahead of the sprinters' onslaught. Alessandro Petacchi is hoping for his second stage win, but with the Côte de Baudonvilliers placed at only 9km from the finish, the Italian speedster may go out the back again.
Photography
Images by Jonathan Devich/Cyclingnews.com, epicimages.us
- Richard Virenque waves to his screaming fans after signing in today.
- The peloton rolls through champagne country.
- Jean Deletour and FDJ cover the front of the peloton as their men in the break put over 11 minutes on the field.
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) takes the win over Jean-Patrick Nazon and Jaan Kirsipuu.
- Bradley McGee answers questions about keeping the yellow jersey today.
- Jimmy Casper comes across the line showing the outcome of yesterday’s crash.
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) on the podium and in the yellow jersey for another day.
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) goes into stage 3 wearing the green sprinters jersey.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Tyler Hamilton's bike was fitted with three layers of gel handlebar tape to help dampen vibrations
- Stefano Zanini (Saeco) models the latest in knee bandage fashion
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) finished safely in 21st on stage 2
- Baden Cooke gave FDJeux.com its second stage win and third distinctive jersey of the Tour
- It was a long day in the saddle for Tyler Hamilton (CSC) nursing a fractured collarbone
- Erik Zabel celebrated his 33rd birthday and his fans were on hand to wish him well
Images by AFP Photo
- The colourful peloton race during the second stage of the Tour de France
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) adjusts his sunglasses during stage 2
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) had a fairly quiet day in the peloton, keeping out of trouble
- Frederic Finot (Jean Delatour) takes off with around 40 km to go
- Frederic Finot (Jean Delatour) leads Lilian Jegou (Credit Agricole) in their very long breakaway attempt
- A crash in the final 15 km took down Marco Milesi (Vini Caldirola) and Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) among others
- Against all odds Tyler Hamilton (CSC) started stage 2 with a fractured collarbone
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) yells as he wins the second stage
- Jimmy Casper (FDJeux.com) spent the day in a neck brace, but survived
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) did more than survive another day at the Tour, and kept his yellow jersey
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- It was Erik Zabel's 33rd birthday today and he got a cake clearly made by someone who is lying about his age
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) wins the second stage into Sedan in front of Jean-Patrick Nazon (Jean Delatour, C) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r, R)
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) gets a hug from teammate and race leader Brad McGee after his stage win
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) on the podium, very happy with his win
More images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) signs an autograph before the start
- Brad McGee (FDJeux.com) discovers the magnetic autograph-hunter-attracting power of the yellow jersey.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal) ready for another day in the office
- Tyler Hamilton (CSC) elected to start despite a clearly painful broken collarbone
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) overcomes his shyness to sign an autograph for a fan
- Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) signs autographs
- Someone forgot to order the middle bit of the arch
- Team Saeco riders perform pre-flight checks
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) celebrates his victory as he crosses the line
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) enjoys his podium moment
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 5.06.33 (40.02 km/h) 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 15 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 34 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 36 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 37 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 38 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 42 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 43 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 45 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 46 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 48 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo 49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 50 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 51 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 52 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 55 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 56 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 57 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 58 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 59 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 60 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 61 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 63 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 66 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 67 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 68 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 70 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 72 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 74 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 75 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 76 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 77 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 78 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 79 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 80 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 81 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 82 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 85 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 86 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 87 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 88 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 90 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 91 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 92 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 94 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 96 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 99 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 100 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 101 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 103 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 104 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 105 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 107 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 108 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 109 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 110 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 111 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 112 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 113 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 114 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 115 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 116 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo 117 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 119 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 120 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 121 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 125 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 128 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 129 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 130 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 131 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 132 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 133 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 134 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 135 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 136 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 137 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 138 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 139 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 140 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 142 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 143 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 144 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 146 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 147 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 148 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 149 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 150 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 151 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 152 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 153 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 154 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 155 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 0.22 156 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.16 157 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 158 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 159 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.20 160 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.35 161 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 162 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 163 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 164 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 165 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 166 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.55 167 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 168 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 169 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 4.03 170 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 5.12 171 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 172 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 5.46 173 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 174 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 175 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 176 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 177 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 178 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 179 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 180 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 181 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.10 182 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 183 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 184 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 185 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 186 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 187 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 188 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 8.40 189 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 10.19 190 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 11.59 191 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 192 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 193 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 194 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 195 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 196 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di DNS Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank DNS Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank Points 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 35 pts 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 30 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 24 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 22 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 20 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 18 9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 17 10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15 12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 14 13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 14 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12 15 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 11 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 10 17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 5 22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 23 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 3 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1 Mountains Côte De Le Charmel - Cat. 4, 46.00 km 1 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 pts 2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Côte De Longwé - Cat. 4, 169.50 km 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 pts 2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Sprints Jaulgonne, 43.00 km 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 pts 2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 Avancon, 128.50 km 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 pts 2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 2 Amagne, 149.50 km 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 pts 2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 Young rider 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 5.06.33 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 7 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 14 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 15 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 19 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 26 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.35 28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 5.46 29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 7.10 30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 10.19 Most combative 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour Teams 1 Credit Agricole 15.19.39 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 5 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 6 Rabobank 7 Team Bianchi 8 Jean Delatour 9 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 10 FDJeux.com 11 Team Telekom 12 Gerolsteiner 13 ONCE - Eroski 14 Team CSC 15 Brioches La Boulangere 16 US Postal - Berry Floor 17 iBanesto.com 18 Lotto - Domo 19 Kelme - Costa Blanca 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 21 Fassa Bortolo 22 Alessio General classification after stage 2 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 8.58.28 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 0.04 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.06 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.10 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.11 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.13 12 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 13 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.15 14 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 0.16 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.17 21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 0.18 26 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 27 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.19 28 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.20 29 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21 30 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 0.22 32 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 34 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.23 35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo 36 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 38 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.24 40 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 43 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.25 45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 46 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.26 49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 51 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 52 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 53 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.27 54 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 55 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 57 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 58 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 59 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 60 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 61 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.29 62 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 63 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.30 66 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 68 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.31 69 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 70 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 71 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 72 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.32 73 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 75 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 76 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.33 77 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 79 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 81 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.34 83 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 86 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 87 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 89 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.36 92 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 94 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.37 95 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 96 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 97 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 99 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 100 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.38 101 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 102 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 103 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 104 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 0.39 106 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 107 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 108 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 109 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.40 110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 0.41 114 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 115 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 117 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 118 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.42 120 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 121 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 122 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 123 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 124 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.43 125 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 130 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.44 131 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 0.45 134 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 135 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 0.46 137 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 138 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo 0.47 139 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 140 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 141 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.49 142 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 143 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.50 145 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 146 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 147 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51 148 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.53 150 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 151 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 0.54 152 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 0.56 153 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 154 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 1.01 155 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 156 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.32 157 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.40 158 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.52 159 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.00 160 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.03 161 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.10 162 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.15 163 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.18 164 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.19 165 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 166 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 2.40 167 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 2.54 168 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.02 169 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 4.48 170 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 5.54 171 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 5.57 172 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.01 173 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.08 174 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 6.22 175 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 6.32 176 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 6.38 177 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 178 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 6.41 179 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 6.56 180 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 7.30 181 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 7.33 182 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 7.34 183 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.44 184 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 7.45 185 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.52 186 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.53 187 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 9.48 188 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 10.16 189 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 10.57 190 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.20 191 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 12.37 192 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12.38 193 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12.39 194 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 12.41 195 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 12.42 196 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 12.53 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 58 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 57 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 50 4 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 46 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 43 6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 42 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 34 10 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 31 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 25 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 19 14 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 15 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 17 16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 17 17 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 18 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 19 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 13 21 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 22 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 12 23 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12 25 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 26 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 11 27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 10 29 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 10 30 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 31 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 34 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 8 35 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 36 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 37 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 38 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 39 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 5 40 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 5 41 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 42 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 4 43 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 45 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 3 46 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 47 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 2 48 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 49 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1 51 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 14 pts 2 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 4 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 5 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 Young rider classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 8.58.32 2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.06 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.12 4 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.13 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.20 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.21 10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.22 11 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 0.27 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.29 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.30 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 16 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.31 17 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.32 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.35 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.37 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 0.38 22 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 0.39 23 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.40 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.49 25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.52 27 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.11 28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 6.18 29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 7.26 30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 10.53 Teams classification 1 US Postal - Berry Floor 26.56.00 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
