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90th Tour de France - July 5-27, 2003
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Stage 4 - Wednesday, July 9: Joinville - Saint-Dizier, TTT, 69 km
USPS powers to decisive TTT win
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Peña first Colombian to wear Maillot Jaune
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Saint Dizier
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On the first day of summer heat in the 2003 Centenary Tour De France, Lance Armstrong and his USPS-Berry Floor squad blazed across the French countryside to a decisive win in Stage 4's team time test. It was a long sought after win for Lance & Co., not just for the four years since Armstrong has dominated the Tour De France. In fact, Lance has wanted this team win for almost a decade. Today, he and his eight teammates got their first ever team time trial victory and as an added bonus, Colombian Victor Hugo Peña, Armstrong's loyal teammate from Bogota (who lives in Piedecuesta), became the first ever rider to wear the Maillot Jaune from the bicycle mad nation of Colombia.
Tomorrow it's Peña's 29th birthday and he'll be awarded his weight in Champagne and then take the start wearing the golden tunic of Tour De France leadership. Just 1" behind Peña in second on GC is none other than four time TDF champ Lance Armstrong, who couldn't be sitting prettier with two more long stages to go until Saturday's first mountain stage to Morzine.
An exuberant Armstrong told Cyclingnews after the USPS-Berry Floor squad's superb victory today that "I remember back in '94 when Motorola lost the TTT in Calais by like 3" to MG. This (TTT) was always Och's (former Motorola team director Jim Ochowicz) event, his passion...Och always wanted to win it, even though Motorola was never the best team on paper. So it's really good to finally win a stage like this. The desire to win carried over to (USPS-Berry Floor)...so I'm sending this one out to Och."
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Today, USPS-Berry Floor had a tremendous team effort, led by Armstrong and particularly his former Motorola and present USPS teammate George Hincapie. After a spring sickness that caused him to miss his main objective, the spring classics, Hincapie was back big time today on Stage 4. "George had tremendous legs today...he was unbelievably strong," team director Dirk DeMol told Cyclingnews.
Hincapie, the delighted two time US champ confirmed his ride for CN today, saying "It was a fantastic day today...I've waited four years for this one! I had amazing legs today...I was recovering so fast after I hit the front."
"Amazing" was the word from USPS-Berry Floor team director Johan Bruyneel, who once again masterminded a magnificent victory for the Postal Boys. "Today, we can finally claim the team prize," Bruyneel told Cyclingnews' Chris Henry.
"This is fabulous - today I was really impressed with the way the guys rode the final 20km. We were 6 seconds down at 44km time check and I think we won by 30". We studied the course very well before the race and talked about it last night and again this morning", explained Bruyneel. "Everybody did a great job today, even our climbers Heras and Beltran, who normally are not so good, but they did their job."
Speaking about the tactics going forward, Bruyneel didn't elaborate whether USPS-Berry Floor would defend Peña's jersey, but he did paint a picture for the competition. "Today's win is the best thing that could happen to us - for the team's motivation. I think (our win) sends a message."
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Today's TTT win certainly sent a message to Gilberto Simoni and his Saeco squad, who finished a disappointing 17th out of 22 teams. Giro d'Italia winner Simoni's team didn't have a great day, so Gibo is now sitting in 106th on GC, 3'08" behind Armstrong. Simoni must now go on the attack in the Alps if he hopes to regain lost time from the team time test.
The TTT shakeout has made the pecking order in the Tour De France barnyard much clearer. Both Joseba Beloki (ONCE) and Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) have plenty of experience on the Tour De France podium and after their teams finished respectively second and third today, both the Spaniard and the German look to be potential candidates for the Tour podium once again.
Beloki and his ONCE men are determined to make life difficult for Armstrong is possible, while Ullrich has a superb Tour track record. If Bianchi's Angel Casero, a former Vuelta winner and the rest of Jan's team have what it takes to challenge USPS, there could be some interesting moments to come In the Tour De France.
iBanesto.com had a super day today and has positioned team GC leader Francesco Mancebo in a good position going forward in this year's TDF. Young Michael Rogers of Quick.Step-Davitamon looks like he is the Belgian-Italian formation's best bet for GC after Quick.Step finished fifth. Same rules apply for Telekom, since the German formation was 6th today. Santi Botero and Alex Vinokourov are less than 2'00 behind Armstrong.
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Tyler Hamilton and CSC had a respectable day today, as the courageous man from Marblehead continues with a cracked collarbone. Despite the pain, Hamilton was one of the main motors for CSC today. The American will reportedly start Stage 5 tomorrow and have more x-rays in Nevers to ascertain the condition of his cracked collarbone.
David Millar (Cofidis) continues to remain on the fringes of the 2003 Tour. His Cofidis team was only 14th today and the Scot was less than pleased about how well his team rode today. With Simoni well behind on GC, Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-So.Di) has emerged as a dark horse at this year's Tour. After his team's surprising performance in the TTT, Garzelli is well positioned to finish in the Tour's top 10. Second in the Giro, Garzelli is a class rider and at 2'02" behind Armstrong, he just has to follow the right wheels in the right moment to make his mark.
Italian Ivan Basso and Spaniard Aitor Gonzalez are Fassa Bortolo's double dip of trouble in this year's Tour. If Gonzalez ever comes into the same form that won him the Vuelta last year, he could do well. Ditto for the 2002 TDF's Best Young Rider Ivan Basso, but it's still a long way to Paris from St.Dizier. Third in the 2002 Giro d'Italia, Alessio's Pietro Caucchioli remains an unknown commodity for TDF GC.
As Victor Hugo Peña chatted on the phone with the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe this evening, the sun sunk in the west and bathed the USPS-Berry Floor hotel in St. Dizier in the golden rays of the setting sun. With a team stage win under their belt and control of the 2003 Tour De France's race leadership, for here on in, it will be difficult to wrest the Maillot Jaune from USPS-Berry Floor going forward in the Centenary Tour De France.
Stage 5 - July 10: Troyes-Nevers, 196 km
From the city of Troyes, hometown of France's cycling Simon brothers, this transitional stage traverses the quiet farm roads of Yonne and Nievre to arrive in Nevers, home of bike makers Look and Time. Weather is still forecast to be warm, sunny and dry in the upper 20's.
Photography
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- US Postal directeur sportif Johan Bruyneel congatulates Chechu Rubiera on the team's stage victory
Images by Jonathan Devich/Cyclingnews.com, epicimages.us
- Lance Armstrong rides through the shadows while helping power his team to first place.
- Team ONCE looked very smooth out on the road.
- Joseba Beloki keeps the hammer down during the TT.
- The iBanesto team head out onto the open road.
- Tyler Hamilton's CSC team holds a double paceline on their way to 10th place.
- Tyler Hamilton during the TTT.
- The Quick.Step-Davitamon team bunches up during the TT.
- Richard Virenque worked hard during the TTT.
- Rabobank riders rotate through while out on the road.
- Kelme couldn't quite get it together today finishing 3:49 down.
- Lotto-Domo was a bit slow on the road today finishing in last place.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- US Postal-Berry Floor had the winning combination today
- Victor Hugo Pena (USPS-Berry Floor) is delighted with his first ever yellow jersey
- Jean Delatour tried to defend the yellow jersey of Jean-Patrick Nazon, but could only finish 20th of the 22 teams
- Jan Ullrich's Bianchi squad powered to 3rd in the stage today
- Alessio lost a couple of minutes in the TTT
- Didier Rous leads the Brioches la Boulangere train
- Robbie McEwen's Lotto-Domo team had nothing to ride for today and finished last
- Fassa Bortolo were a modest 12th today
- Saeco looked better than they rode today, as they lost 3'02 to finish 17th
- Vini Caldirola did well to finish in seventh
- Team Telekom started well, but lost momentum over the second half
- iBanesto.com surprised everyone to finish fourth
- Credit Agricole finished a solid eighth
- Kelme-Costa Blanca disappointed in the TTT to finish 21st
- David Millar was too strong for Cofidis
- Tyler Hamilton did his fair share of work in the CSC TTT, which finished 10th
- Quick.Step-Davitamon rode well to finish fifth
- The huge form of Michael Rich drives the Gerolsteiner team along
- Rabobank started with seven men, and could only limit the damage to 2'41, better than some teams
- ONCE-Eroski rode well, but couldn't finish on top of US Postal today
- Jaan Kirsipuu drives the Ag2r train
- The Euskaltel boys lost out big time today, finishing 3'22 off the pace of USPS
- FDJeux.com had to look after everyone in the team, and finished 19th
- The US Postal-Berry Floor team celebrate their win on the podium
Images by Yuzuru Sunada
- Lance Armstrong (R) helped power his US Postal-Berry Floor team to victory in today's team time trial
- The American flag was prominent as Lance Armstrong and the USPS boys stood on the podium
Images by Olympia Photo
- US Postal-Berry Floor glides among the wheat fields during the stage 4 team time trial between Joinville and St Dizier
- Lance Armstrong just after finishing was very satisfied with his team's victory
- Victor Hugo Pena (USPS-Berry Floor) is delighted with yellow, and all it entails...
- Victor Hugo Pena (USPS-Berry Floor) on the podium, about to be awarded the Maillot Jaune
- George Hincapie punches the air as he crosses the line as part of the winning US Postal-Berry Floor team
Images by Jeff Tse & Monique du Bois/jeffreytse1@yahoo.com
- Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie swap off in the Postal train
- George Hincapie was one of the key men for the Postal squad in the TTT
- ONCE rode well to finish second behind USPS
- Team Bianchi was good today, ending third
- Thomas Liese does a big turn for his Bianchi mates
- iBanesto.com was the surprise packet, finishing 4th
- Quick.Step-Davitamon rode well for 5th
- Mario Aerts (L) and Santi Botero (R) driving Team Telekom to 6th spot
- Romans Vainsteins (R) pulls off after having done a turn in the Vini Caldirola paceline
- Credit Agricole had a good ride to finish 8th
- Ag2r-Prevoyance finished in the top 10
- Team CSC had a tough day in the TTT
- Gerolsteiner driven by the huge Michael Rich and the battered Rene Haselbacher
- The Fassa Bortolo boys gave it everything, but could only manage 12th
- David Millar (R) was the standout in the Cofidis team
- Brioches la Boulangere was one of the first teams to start, and finished 15th
- Rabobank suffered for 16th place
- Saeco looked good but rode (relatively) badly, finishing 17th of the 22 teams
- Euskaltel-Euskadi couldn't get it together and finished 18th
- FDJeux.com followed the plan and rode steady, for 19th
- Kelme was dissapointing with 21st place
- Rik Verbrugghe leads the Lotto-Domo team which finished dead last, despite averaging over 49 km/h
Results
1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.18.27 (52.77 km/h) 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.30 3 Team Bianchi 0.43 4 iBanesto.com 1.05 5 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.23 6 Team Telekom 1.30 7 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1.32 8 Crédit Agricole 9 AG2r Prévoyance 1.38 10 Team CSC 1.45 11 Gerolsteiner 1.49 12 Fassa Bortolo 1.53 13 Alessio 2.05 14 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.06 15 Brioches La Boulangère 2.30 16 Rabobank 2.41 17 Team Saeco 3.02 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22 19 FDJeux.com 3.29 20 Jean Delatour 3.37 21 Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.49 22 Lotto-Domo 4.53 Individual results 1 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.18.27 1 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.30 10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 10 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 0.43 17 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 17 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 17 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 17 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 17 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.05 24 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 24 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 24 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.23 31 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.30 40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 40 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 40 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 40 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 40 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 1.32 49 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 49 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 49 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 49 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 49 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 56 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 56 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 56 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.35 62 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.38 62 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.45 70 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 70 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 70 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 70 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 70 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 70 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 70 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 78 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.46 79 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.47 80 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.49 80 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 80 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 80 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 87 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 1.52 88 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.53 88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 88 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 88 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.02 96 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 2.05 96 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 96 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 96 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 96 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 96 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.06 103 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 103 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 112 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.30 112 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 112 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 112 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 112 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 112 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 118 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 2.41 118 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 118 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 118 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 118 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 125 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.42 126 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 2.49 127 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.54 128 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 3.02 128 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 128 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 128 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 128 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 128 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 128 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 128 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 128 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 137 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.18 138 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22 138 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 144 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.29 144 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 144 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 144 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 144 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 144 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 150 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.30 151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.37 151 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 151 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 151 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 151 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 151 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 151 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 151 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 151 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 160 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.38 161 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.49 161 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 170 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.40 170 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 172 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo 4.53 172 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 172 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 172 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo 172 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 172 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 172 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 172 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 180 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.57 181 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 5.02 181 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 183 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 5.23 183 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 183 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 186 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.23 187 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00 187 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 187 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 187 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 187 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 187 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 187 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 187 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 187 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 187 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com Teams 1 US Postal - Berry Floor 3.55.21 2 ONCE - Eroski 1.30 3 Team Bianchi 2.09 4 iBanesto.com 3.15 5 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.09 6 Team Telekom 4.30 7 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 4.36 8 Credit Agricole 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.54 10 Team CSC 5.15 11 Gerolsteiner 5.27 12 Fassa Bortolo 5.39 13 Alessio 6.15 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.18 15 Brioches La Boulangere 7.30 16 Rabobank 8.03 17 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 9.06 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.06 19 FDJeux.com 10.27 20 Jean Delatour 10.51 21 Kelme - Costa Blanca 11.27 22 Lotto - Domo 14.39 General classification after stage 4 1 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 13.44.44 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.01 3 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.05 4 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.23 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.27 7 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.28 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.33 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 0.38 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.39 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 13 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.44 14 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.51 15 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 16 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.58 17 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 18 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1.01 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.04 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.11 21 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.15 22 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.19 23 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.21 24 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.24 25 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.25 26 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.30 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 1.33 30 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.35 31 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.37 32 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.38 33 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.39 35 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.40 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.44 38 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.45 39 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 40 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 42 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.46 43 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 1.48 44 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 1.49 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.50 46 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 1.51 47 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.52 48 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.53 49 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.55 50 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.57 51 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 52 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.58 54 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 1.59 56 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.00 57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.01 59 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 2.03 61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 64 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2.05 65 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.08 66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.09 68 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 69 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.10 70 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.11 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 72 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.13 73 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.15 74 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 75 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.17 77 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 78 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.18 79 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 81 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 2.21 82 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.22 83 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.28 86 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.33 87 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 2.35 88 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.37 89 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 90 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.41 91 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.42 92 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.43 93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 2.44 94 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.45 95 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.47 96 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.51 97 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.54 98 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.55 99 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.56 100 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 2.57 101 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 102 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.59 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 104 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3.02 105 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.04 106 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 3.09 107 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.13 108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.15 109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.16 110 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.18 111 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.19 112 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 113 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 3.21 114 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 3.23 115 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 116 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 3.31 117 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 3.32 118 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.35 119 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37 120 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 3.39 121 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.44 122 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.45 123 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.46 124 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 125 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.47 126 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.48 127 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.54 128 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.55 129 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.56 131 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.57 132 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.58 133 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.00 134 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.01 135 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 136 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 137 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 138 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.03 139 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.06 140 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 4.16 141 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.17 142 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.21 143 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 144 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.23 145 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.38 146 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.51 147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 4.53 148 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo 5.06 149 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.11 150 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.12 151 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.24 152 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo 5.28 153 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo 5.30 154 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 5.32 155 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.38 156 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo 5.39 157 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.40 158 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.49 159 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 6.10 160 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.15 161 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.45 162 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.53 163 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.11 164 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.28 165 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.33 166 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 7.37 167 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.40 168 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.47 169 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 8.07 170 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.36 171 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 8.55 172 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.08 173 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.09 174 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.27 175 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 9.40 176 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 10.36 177 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 11.07 178 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo 11.21 179 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 11.24 180 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.31 181 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 11.54 182 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12.47 183 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 14.00 184 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.06 185 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 14.18 186 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 14.33 187 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 14.40 188 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 15.18 189 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 15.45 190 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 17.08 191 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo 17.32 192 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 18.25 193 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.10 194 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 19.27 195 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 20.32 196 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 23.37 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 86 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 74 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 4 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 72 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 62 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 60 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 57 8 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 10 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 49 11 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 47 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 43 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 32 14 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 28 15 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 25 16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 23 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 21 18 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 20 19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 20 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 23 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 24 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 25 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 27 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 12 29 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12 30 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 11 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 10 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 35 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 36 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 10 37 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 38 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 39 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone 8 40 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 41 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 42 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 43 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 44 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 45 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 47 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 5 48 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 49 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 50 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 51 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 3 52 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 53 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom 2 54 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 55 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 56 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1 57 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco -5 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 15 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 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 7 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 13.45.55 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.08 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.10 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.19 5 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.27 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.28 7 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.33 8 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.46 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 0.52 10 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.58 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 1.26 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.45 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.48 14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.05 15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 2.12 16 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.33 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34 19 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.44 20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.50 21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 23 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.52 24 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.12 25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.29 26 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.34 27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.42 28 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi 9.25 29 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 13.22 30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 22.26 Teams classification 1 US Postal - Berry Floor 41.14.18 2 ONCE - Eroski 1.49 3 Team Bianchi 2.17 4 iBanesto.com 3.45 5 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.31 6 Team Telekom 5.04 7 Credit Agricole 5.06 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.13 9 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 5.20 10 Team CSC 5.37 11 Gerolsteiner 5.48 12 Fassa Bortolo 6.31 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.40 14 Alessio 7.20 15 Rabobank 8.24 16 Brioches La Boulangere 8.32 17 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe 9.57 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.24 19 FDJeux.com 10.44 20 Jean Delatour 11.37 21 Kelme - Costa Blanca 11.52 22 Lotto - Domo 15.36
