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90th Tour de France - July 5-27, 2003

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Stage 15 - Monday, July 21: Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Luz-Ardiden, 159.5 km

Armstrong wins stage & makes miracle comeback

Today's Tour features

Lance Armstrong

"What goes around comes around," says Armstrong after a historic stage of the Tour.

The Five-times club
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In the third part of our series on the quintuple Tour winners we look at the career of the last great French champion, Bernard Hinault.

Chute Lance Armstrong!
After Armstrong's tangle with a spectator, is it time for more barriers?

Brad McGee
Brad's spent the last few days in a world of trouble, but determined not to quit.

Tour news
Lance Armstrong: What goes around comes around, Mayo thinking of stages, Chavanel offers first Tour opus, Daniel Becke: Lance will win the Tour, Beloki heads home, Prize money update, Communique

Tour news
Stage 14 quotes, Verbrugghe hits his limit, Heras weakened

Igor's insights
Another incredible day, says our pro commentator.

Dr. Michele Ferrari
Dr Ferrari thnks Armstrong's final attacks were powered by adrenaline.

 

2003 Tour de France "still not over" says sportsman Ullrich

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Luz-Ardiden

Make way for "le patron"
Photo: © Jeff Tse/Cyclingnews

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."

Armstrong goes down!
Photo: © AFP

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."

Fair play
Photo: © CN

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

Valiant effort
Photo: © CN

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

Images by Jeff Tse & Monique du Bois/jeffreytse1@yahoo.com

Images by Olympia Photo

Images by AFP Photo

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

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
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