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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004

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Stage 5 - July 8: Amiens - Chartres, 200.5km

Stuey saves the day; O'Grady wins in Chartres

French Champion Voeckler takes Maillot Jaune

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Chartres

Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis)
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After his best friend and roommate Matty White hit the deck in Liege before the Tour De France Prologue and crashed out with a broken collarbone, Stuart O'Grady was "devastated". O'Grady was looking for a big year at Cofidis in 2004, but the Adelaide rider was victim of the doping scandal at the top French squad and had to sit out over a month because the team management decided to put the team on ice.

O'Grady was flying at the Dauphiné in June and today, his win at the end of a windy, rainy and crash-filled stage brought immense relief and satisfaction to the freckle faced 30 year old who took his 38th career win in the pro ranks and his second individual Tour de France stage win in six years (O'Grady won Stage 14 in Grenoble in 1998, and was also part of Credit Agricole's winning team time trial in 2001).

Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis)
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"It was a very hard day out there today", explained O'Grady after his stage win today in Chartres. "I knew Voeckler was very motivated and the other riders, especially Piil, would be hard to beat today. But it was a good win for our Cofidis team and thanks to everyone who stood behind us when things weren't going well. We all knew that US Postal would let a break go today, so I was really motivated to go. In the team meeting today, I said I wanted to get in the break today and win. It's easy to say but not to do.

"It was a massive release to win. The feeling crossing the line first means a lot more than any other victory. We've had hard times in the last few months...it's just been an emotional roller coaster. I broke my rib in a crash and then my grandfather died in Australia so my wife and child returned to be with my family. I was alone at home when I heard about the team being suspended and it was the ten worst days of my life." But once O'Grady started again after his injury was healed, he felt like a "neo-pro...I was so motivated to race", motivation he showed in the Dauphiné Libéré.

The Tour hadn't gone well for O'Grady until today when Stuey decided to take a new approach. "I've had a diabolical start to the Tour so I decided to turn the page and start a whole new page today. My win today was for two really good friends of mine, David Millar and Matt White."

Runner up Jakob Piil (Team CSC)
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Jakob Piil (CSC) was runner-up to O'Grady today and the classy Dane was philosophical about coming second. "Well, O'Grady was very strong today and Voeckler was good in the finish, but he had an easy day as his pulls were not that hard all day, even though he knew he would take the Maillot Jaune. Sure, I'm disappointed but O'Grady is not easy to beat. But I made some mistakes in the sprint...I wanted to attack before but there were no good opportunities."

Lance Armstrong won't wear his 61st Maillot Jaune tomorrow, but that's A-OK with the five time Tour champ. "We just let (the break go) and then we knew that the final part of the stage would be less nervous...this finale with a big peloton would be crazy! So now the situation is perfect for us - Brioches has the jersey and tactically it was a great move for us. Voeckler is a good young rider and he's French.

"The team was great today. Johan just kept telling them that they don't have to work for another week. They're probably happy to hear that...we tried to get George in the break today but T-Mobile kept chasing him down."

The new maillot jaune
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USPS-Berry Floor team director Johan Bruyneel was also pleased at the situation at the conclusion of Stage 5. "Today, our strategy was to either keep the jersey with someone who could go in the break or let it go - George Hincapie tried a few times but he was chased then so we just decided to let a break go. These five guys were riding fast, so we just kept a good tempo and didn't let these five guys go too far."

One of those guys was Thomas Voeckler, newly crowned French champion from Brioche Boulangère. The 25 year old, originally from Martinique, has been one of the best young French riders for a while and taking the Maillot Jaune today confirmed Voeckler's talent.

Voeckler is the first French champion since Stéphane Heulot to wear the Maillot Jaune, who sported the cherished yellow tunic eight years ago. Voeckler, who took both the Maillot Jaune and the Maillot Blanc of Best Young Rider today was astonished by the results of his ride. The young Brioches Le Boulangère rider said after the stage that "It's a little hard to believe it right now. I'm really happy to have the Maillot Jaune; it's something everybody dreams of. I hope to keep it as long as possible."

How it unfolded

O'Grady and Piil
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Despite the poor weather conditions in Amiens, there were an immediate series of attacks, started by Dutch champion Erik Dekker. Behind the bagarre, Sastre and Aldag collided as the traffic lanes converged and both hit the deck, suffering minor injuries.

After 16km of racing on a climb outside Tilloy-les-Conty, local rider Sandy Casar (FDJ.Com) made a strong attack and was joined by Jacob Piil (CSC), himself once again on the attack. Three other riders came across, O'Grady (Cofidis), Bäckstedt (Alessio) and French champion Thomas Voeckler (Brioches) to make a fine quintet that had just the right combination that eventually allowed Maillot Jaune Lance Armstrong's USPS-Berry Floor team to let them go. The chase relented but the break kept powering away into the strong headwind and intermittent rain that perturbed Stage 5 all day.

By the first sprint in Beauvais after 57km, the opportunistic O'Grady took the sprint there and in all subsequent sprints in Orvilliers and Maintenon. Postal rode tempo on the front but wasn't looking to pull back the break, so the quintet's lead jumped to 16'11" after 90km.

Angel Vicioso (L)
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Voeckler, best placed on GC in the break was Maillot Jaune virtuel but he still had to get to Chartres to take over the Tour De France race lead. As the peloton exited the quaint village Magny-en-Vexin after 104km, a big crash put five riders on the deck, including sprinter Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo), who banged his left shoulder hard, Boogerd (Rabobank), who was scraped up and smashed his left forearm, Vicioso (Liberty) and three USPS-Berry Floor riders, Azevedo, Beltran and Rubiera. Both Spaniards were injured, with Triki sustaining cuts to his left elbow and Chechu sustaining a deep cut to his left calf.

Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service)
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Lance and the rest of the USPS squad slowed the peloton to allow the downed riders to get back, but Brad McGee's back pain was too intense for him to continue and the Sydneysider abandoned after 110km. The go-slow allowed the break to increase its lead to 17'20 after 135 km before Postal picked up the pace behind and the gap stabilized at 15'00. The break worked well together until 10km to go when the attacks started. As the two spires of Chartres cathedral loomed on the horizon, Magnus Bäckstedt started the hostilities And then it was every man for himself.

O'Grady had great legs and made a powerful solo move with 4km to go, but Voeckler and Piil pulled him back. As the three diced up front, Bäckstedt and Casar came back and all of the riders were together under the 1km flame rouge. Bäckstedt led out the sprint like a freight train but when O'Grady came off his wheel with 200m to go, the Adelaide rider was unstoppable.

Stage 6 - July 9: Bonneval-Chartres, 196km

Friday's stage heads east across the Loire Valley along part of the parcours of October's classic Paris-Tours, then west towards Angers on the Loire River, where flying Dutchman Jan Raas took the last TDF stage win a quarter of a century ago.

Although not a tough stage, more wind and rain is slated to lash the 2004 Tour De France peloton once again. Supposedly a sprinters' stage, the weather will likely change Stage 5 into a breakaway stage as today's stage was.

Photography

Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us

Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com

Images by Olympia Photo

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography

Results

1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         5.05.58 (39.32 km/h)
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                             
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                          
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                            0.03
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                   12.33
7 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                  
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    
9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
12 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                                  
13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                    
15 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                           
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                               
17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
21 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                
22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                     
23 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
26 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         
27 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                       
28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          
29 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
31 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              
32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                             
33 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco                                       
34 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
35 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         
36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
37 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                     
38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
39 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
41 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                    
42 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      
43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                
44 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
46 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
47 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
49 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
50 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
51 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                       
52 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
53 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
54 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                           
55 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
56 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           
57 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
58 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                             
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
60 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
61 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                             
62 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                
63 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
64 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   
65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
66 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                          
67 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                       
68 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        
69 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
71 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
72 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
73 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
74 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               
75 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                            
76 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
77 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                            
78 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                    
79 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
80 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                                
81 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
82 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                      
83 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                             
84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   
85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                 
86 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         
87 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                           
88 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                    
89 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                     
90 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
91 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros                           
92 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              
94 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        
95 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                             
96 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
97 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       
98 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                
99 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       
100 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                  
101 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       
102 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        
103 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                              
104 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         
105 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
106 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                 
107 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   
108 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
109 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
110 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                          
111 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
112 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
113 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                      
114 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         
115 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
116 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
117 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon                           
118 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
119 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
120 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
123 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          
124 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                            
125 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
126 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               
127 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
128 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                     
129 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                         
130 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
131 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
132 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
133 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
134 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                      
135 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             
136 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       
137 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                         
138 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
139 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                              
140 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
141 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
142 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
144 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                  
145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     
146 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           
147 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      
148 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                        
149 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
150 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                 
151 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              
152 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
153 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
154 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                           
155 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                  
156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                    
157 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
158 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   
159 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
160 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
161 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                    
162 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
163 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
164 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
165 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
166 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         
167 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
168 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                        
169 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           13.10
170 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
171 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     13.22
172 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
173 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      
174 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
175 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                     
176 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            13.28
177 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        13.30
178 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                         
179 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
180 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                
181 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             19.00
 
Outside time limit (Hors delai)
 
HD Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                             
DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                      
 
Points
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              35 pts
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                           30
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                        26
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        24
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              22
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                      20
7 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                19
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  18
9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 17
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           16
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     15
12 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                                14
13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    13
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                  12
15 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                         11
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             10
17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             9
18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     8
19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               7
20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  6
21 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto               5
22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                    4
23 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     3
24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     2
25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Mont Des Fourches - Cat. 4, 70.00 km
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         2
3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                               1
 
Sprints
 
Beauvais, 57.50 km
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               6 pts
2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                               4
3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            2
 
Orvilliers, 142.00 km
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               6 pts
2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                               4
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         2
 
Maintenon, 180.50 km
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               6 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         4
3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            2
 
Young rider
 
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   5.05.58
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                12.33
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                 
7 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                             
10 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
12 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                             
13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       
14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                       
17 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                      
19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
21 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
22 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                   
23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                      
24 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
25 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
27 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
28 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone          
29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            13.10
 
Most combative
 
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                          
 
Teams
 
1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                  15.43.00
2 Team CSC                                                              
3 Fdjeux.Com                                                            
4 Brioches La Boulangere                                                
5 Alessio-Bianchi                                                   0.03
6 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                  12.33
7 Gerolsteiner                                                          
8 T-Mobile Team                                                         
9 Saeco                                                                 
10 Lotto-Domo                                                           
11 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                                   
12 Liberty Seguros                                                      
13 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                      
14 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
15 Credit Agricole                                                      
16 Rabobank                                                             
17 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                           
18 Domina Vacanze                                                       
19 Fassa Bortolo                                                        
20 Quick Step-Davitamon                                                 
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  20.03.49
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            3.13
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      4.06
4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                            6.06
5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                         6.58
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   9.35
7 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   9.45
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      9.51
9 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      9.57
10 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                9.59
11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             10.02
12 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor              10.05
13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     10.11
14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    10.12
15 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       10.16
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       10.18
17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10.19
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  10.22
19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
20 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto           10.30
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              10.32
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     10.35
24 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto           10.36
25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                10.39
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                  10.43
27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            10.46
28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            10.49
29 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         
30 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                  10.52
31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
32 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       10.58
33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 11.02
34 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 11.04
35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                        11.12
36 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                        11.15
37 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                11.17
38 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                   11.20
39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                      11.35
40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    11.37
41 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                
42 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                        11.41
43 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                      11.45
44 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         11.50
45 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                11.54
46 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                       11.56
47 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   11.58
48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  11.59
49 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           12.00
50 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto             12.01
51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                             12.02
52 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                  12.04
53 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                              12.05
54 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                               
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                 12.14
56 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                          
57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
58 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 12.16
59 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   12.20
60 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           12.22
61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          12.24
62 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        12.25
63 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      12.34
64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                12.36
65 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         12.40
66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              12.43
67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            12.44
68 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             12.45
69 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              12.49
70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                 12.50
71 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               12.51
72 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             12.57
73 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          
74 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         
75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              13.03
76 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              13.10
77 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               13.12
78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                13.14
79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                              13.17
80 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                               13.22
81 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone          13.24
82 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      13.28
83 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         13.38
84 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   13.51
85 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                13.58
86 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto         13.59
87 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                               14.00
88 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                      14.11
89 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                  14.13
90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                     14.21
91 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  14.27
92 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                             14.30
93 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              14.32
94 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     14.40
95 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             15.02
96 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros                      15.03
97 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
98 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       15.08
99 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                               15.09
100 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          15.10
101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
102 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              15.15
103 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                15.17
104 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         15.20
105 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               15.24
106 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                    15.29
107 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                 15.30
108 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                       15.32
109 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        15.33
110 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     15.39
111 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                         15.43
112 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                     15.46
113 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                      15.51
114 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                       15.52
115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      16.00
116 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        16.03
117 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   16.06
118 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   16.07
119 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           16.14
120 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   16.17
121 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                      16.19
122 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  16.22
123 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        16.29
124 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone    16.31
125 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                16.33
126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              16.35
127 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            
128 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                       16.39
129 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     
131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           16.43
132 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           16.47
133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                               16.51
134 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          16.57
135 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                 16.58
136 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover           17.07
137 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          17.27
138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           17.45
139 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                              17.48
140 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          18.16
141 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                          18.28
142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon                      18.59
143 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            19.15
144 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                    19.46
145 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      20.18
146 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               20.36
147 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  20.37
148 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     20.41
149 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 20.52
150 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     20.58
151 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         21.17
152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              21.19
153 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      21.33
154 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                21.46
155 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           21.49
156 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         21.52
157 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    21.54
158 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       22.01
159 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                   22.05
160 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover             22.09
161 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    22.15
162 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          22.32
163 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              22.55
164 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              23.01
165 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            23.02
166 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        23.10
167 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                           23.34
168 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 23.52
169 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                24.12
170 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            25.10
171 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                    26.04
172 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco                                 26.09
173 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          26.44
174 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                     26.52
175 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        26.54
176 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                 27.20
177 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           27.40
178 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 32.12
179 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           34.38
180 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             36.24
181 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                      37.26
 
Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                     113 pts
2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           101
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                                 88
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  88
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     87
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              85
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      81
8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                           42
9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              40
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                              40
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       36
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            36
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              35
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             35
15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                       31
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                       30
17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                  28
18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                         28
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          23
20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         23
21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   23
22 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                 23
23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              22
24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    22
25 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                   22
26 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               21
27 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         18
28 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           18
29 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                17
30 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                17
31 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                16
32 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    16
33 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               16
34 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              15
35 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   15
36 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                    14
37 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                     14
38 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto            14
39 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               14
40 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        12
41 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                         12
42 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            12
43 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  11
44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                     9
45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             9
46 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                               9
47 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          9
48 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8
50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       7
51 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  7
52 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                      7
53 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          7
54 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     6
55 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  6
56 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                  6
57 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto               5
58 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                           5
59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
60 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     4
61 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          4
62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             3
63 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                3
64 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         2
65 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       2
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  2
67 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               2
68 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                            19 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                14
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            9
4 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         7
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         3
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           3
7 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           3
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         2
9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            2
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                     2
11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              1
12 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                         1
13 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                  1
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  20.03.49
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      4.06
3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             10.49
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                            11.37
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            12.00
6 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                               12.05
7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                  12.14
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    12.20
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           12.22
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             12.57
12 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              13.10
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                  14.13
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                               15.09
15 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           15.10
16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                       15.51
18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   16.22
19 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         16.29
20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone     16.31
21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               16.35
22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             
23 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                        16.39
24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                      
25 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            16.43
26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           18.16
27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                            23.34
28 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  32.12
29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            34.38
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                      58.05.51
2 Alessio-Bianchi                                                   2.04
3 Brioches La Boulangere                                            3.16
4 Fdjeux.Com                                                        6.12
5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                               10.41
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           11.54
7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     12.01
8 T-Mobile Team                                                    12.25
9 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                  12.35
10 Rabobank                                                        12.55
11 Liberty Seguros                                                 13.35
12 Quick Step-Davitamon                                            15.01
13 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 15.21
14 Fassa Bortolo                                                   15.37
15 Gerolsteiner                                                    15.49
16 Domina Vacanze                                                  15.53
17 Lotto-Domo                                                      17.00
18 Saeco                                                           18.10
19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                      21.18
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               25.20
21 Credit Agricole                                                 25.57