![]() |
|
|
Stage 8 - July 15: Colmar - Pontarlier, 222.5 kmStage profile Live report Results Previous Result Next Result Just another epic day to PontarlierBy Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
Conventional wisdom is so often just that; conventional. And today, the conventional wisdom was that this would be a long transition stage in lousy weather from Colmar down the Doubs Valley to Pontarlier. But the rules of the Tour De France are anything but conventional and an early break, a seemingly unimportant break, took the initiative and came to race while the peloton did nothing. Eventually, the break set the 2001 Tour De France status quo on its derriere by day's end. Stuart O'Grady re-captured the Maillot Jaune, while Andrei Kivilev may have emerged as a real threat in this year's TDF. At the finish line, a frozen, shivering O'Grady told French TV after the stage that "it was very cold, very hard - another epic day." Christian Vandevelde (USPS) and Ivan Basso (Fassa Bortolo) were both non-starters today; Christian broke is left arm while Basso fractured his clavicle in yesterday's crash, but still finished 5th on the stage. Today, most Tour riders would have looked out the window at the grey, wet morning in Colmar and said "ugh" but not Ludo Dierckxsens. The battling Belge loves cold, funky weather and only 5km after today's start, the Lampre-Daikin man decided to attack. Monday's Stage 1 Winner and Maillot Jaune for a day Marc Wauters (Rabobank), Nicola Loda (Fassa Bortolo) and Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) decided that this was a good thing and the quartet bolted down the road towards Pontarlier.
11 other riders wanted to join Ludo's party. Dekker and De Groot (Rabobank), Chanteur and Teutenberg (Festina), Durand (FdJ), climber Kivilev (Cofidis), local boy Turpin (AG2r), ex-Maillot Jaune Stuart O'Grady, in search of points for Erik Zabel's Maillot Vert, Francois Simon (Bonjour), Paris-Roubaix winner Knaven (Domo-FF) and Vinokourov (Telekom). USPS and ONCE were chasing hard behind, but when Vinokourov punctured and was re-absorbed by the peloton, they just stopped chasing. Since the 14 strong break didn't contain any overall GC contenders, it was no longer interesting for the top teams like USPS, Deutsche Telekom and ONCE-Eroski to chase Ludo and Co. across the French countryside on a cold, wet Sunday. With Vino gone, kilometre after kilometre, the gap between the break and the peloton grew by leaps and bounds, as the front runners were serious about riding fast, while the peloton was serious about looking at each other, wondering who was going to chase. With the first two hours run at over 45km/hr and a lethargic chase, after 110km at the halfway mark of the stage, the big break had an incredible lead of over 22'00! Not since 1976, when the Spanish rider Viejo win in Manosque with a lead of 22'30" had there been a break with such a lead. In TDF lore, the term for this kind of a break is "echapee bidon"; an unimportant break that gets a big lead because no one wants to chase.
At Noirefontaine after 140km, the break's lead had increased to an astonishing 32' and suddenly, the peloton began to chase and CSC-Tiscali and Deutsche Telekom upped the pace. Now the break was no longer just some banal "echapee bidon". With the implications of the huge lead being that Stuart O'Grady would retake his Maillot Jaune from CA teammate Jens Voigt and O'Grady would have a half-hour lead on TDF favourites Armstrong and Ullrich. Once the break cleared the only obstacle of the day, the Cat 3 climb of Saint-Hippolyte with 75km to race and the peloton still a half-hour behind, it was time for the break move into final attack mode. With three riders up front, it was inevitable that Rabobank would make a strong move. After winning three stages last year, Erik Dekker had developed quite a liking to the bizous of the Coca Cola podium misses and he launched a hard attack with Servais Knaven with 45km to race. The Dutch duo quickly gained ground on the rest of the break and it was only a great Aitor Gonzalez who could bridge up with Marc Wauters on his wheel. In the final sprint, Dekker edged Gonzalez, while O'Grady was the best of the rest in 5th.
Can the Australian hold on to his Maillot Jaune until next Friday, Stage 12's first Pyrenees stage from Perpignan to Ax-les-Thermes? In 1999, O'Grady lost 40' to Lance Armstrong on the stage to Sestrieres. But O'Grady 2001 is very different from two years ago, and he's now also taken the lead in the race for the Maillot Vert from Zabel, a jersey that Stuey would love to keep all the way to Paris. Waiting in the wings after O'Grady is Andrei Kivilev, a 27 year old from Kazakhstan riding for Cofidis. Kivilev is a very good climber who was 77th this morning before the stage, 25'58" behind the Maillot Jaune. Originally discovered by Vincent Lavenu of Ag2r via Alexandre Vinokourov, the Kazakh finished the 2000 TDF in 32nd, 1h17" behind Armstrong. Of all the breakaway riders, Kivilev is a real danger man. His win in the Route du Sud, a breakthrough victory in the cold, tough climbing stage of the Dauphine Libére this year and above all a 13 minute lead on Armstrong and Ullrich make Kivilev a definite threat to race favourites. Comments from the press roomThere was a lot of muttering and shaking of heads in the press room in Pontarlier after the finish today. Cyclingnews spoke with Philippe Le Gars (L'Equipe), Giorgio Viberti (La Stampa), Jean-Yves Donor (La Figaro) during the course of the day, and all agreed that this has turned the Tour on its head. During the race, Donor told us that it was "A very serious break. The lack of action by the peloton was quite surprising. It was a big mistake by the top teams not to go after the break. It puts a lot of pressure on the big teams in the coming days. It's a high risk gamble." Results1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.59.18 (44.60 km/h) 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 4 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.04 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.32 6 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 10 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 12 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2.36 13 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 2.40 14 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 9.23 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 35.54 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 17 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 18 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 20 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 23 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 25 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 26 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 29 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom 32 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 34 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 38 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 39 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 41 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali 43 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 44 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 45 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 47 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 48 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 52 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 54 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 56 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 58 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 59 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 60 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 61 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 63 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 64 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 65 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 66 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 67 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 68 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 69 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 71 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 72 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 74 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 75 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 77 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 78 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 79 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 80 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 82 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 83 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 84 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 85 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 86 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 87 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina 88 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 89 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 90 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 91 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 92 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 93 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 94 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 95 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 96 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali 97 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 98 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 99 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 100 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux 101 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 102 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 103 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 105 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 106 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 107 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 108 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 110 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 111 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 112 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 113 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 114 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 115 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 116 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 117 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 118 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 119 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 122 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 123 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 128 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 129 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 131 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 132 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 133 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 135 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 136 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 137 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 138 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 139 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 140 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 141 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali 142 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux 143 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 144 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 145 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom 146 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 147 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 148 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 149 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 150 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina 151 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 152 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 153 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 154 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 155 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 156 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 157 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 159 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 160 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 161 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 162 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 163 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 164 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 165 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 166 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 167 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 168 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 169 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 170 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 171 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 172 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 173 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 174 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali 175 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNS Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 26 4 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 24 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 22 6 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 20 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 8 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18 9 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 17 10 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 11 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 15 12 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 14 13 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 13 14 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 12 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 11 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 10 17 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9 18 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 19 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 7 20 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 6 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 5 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 4 23 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 3 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2 25 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1 Sprints Heiwiller - 70.5 km 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 3 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 2 Les Fins - 184.5 km 1 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 4 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 Montbenoit - 206 km 1 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 Mountains Côte De Beaucourt - Cat. 4, 111.5 km 1 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 5 pts 2 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 3 3 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1 Côte De Saint-Hippolyte - Cat. 3, 156.5 km 1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 10 pts 2 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 7 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5 4 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 3 5 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1 Best young rider 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 5.35.12 2 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 3 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 13 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 16 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 19 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 20 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 21 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 22 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 23 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 Combativity 1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 pts 2 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 13 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 4 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 9 5 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 8 6 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 7 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 8 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 2 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1 9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 15.00.30 2 Festina 45.13 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.09.12 4 Domo-Farm Frites 5 Lampre-Daikin 1.11.44 6 Credit Agricole 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 8 La Francaise Des Jeux 9 Fassa Bortolo 10 Bonjour 1.11.48 11 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.11.52 12 Team Deutsche Telekom 1.45.06 13 Bigmat.Auber 93 14 Lotto-Adecco 15 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 CSC Tiscali 17 US Postal Service 18 Mapei-Quick Step 19 iBanesto.com 20 Jean Delatour 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi General Classification After Stage 8 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 34.57.18 2 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4.32 3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21.16 4 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 22.07 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 27.15 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 29.23 7 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 29.49 8 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 30.12 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 30.35 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31.56 11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 31.57 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 33.49 13 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34.23 14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34.33 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34.34 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 34.38 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 34.43 18 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34.46 19 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.47 20 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34.49 21 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 34.59 22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 35.08 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina 35.16 24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 35.19 25 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.37 26 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.43 27 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 35.46 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom 35.58 29 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 36.00 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.05 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 36.11 32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 36.13 33 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36.59 34 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 37.10 35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37.10 36 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 37.14 37 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 37.41 38 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 37.48 39 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 37.56 40 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 38.02 41 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.04 42 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.06 43 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.08 44 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.09 45 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 38.17 46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 38.19 47 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 38.20 48 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.20 49 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 38.22 50 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 38.23 51 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.26 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 38.34 53 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 39.23 54 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.26 55 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 39.37 56 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 39.40 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 39.41 58 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 39.43 59 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 39.55 60 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 41.12 61 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 41.58 62 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 43.07 63 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43.25 64 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 44.12 65 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 44.32 66 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 44.51 67 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom 46.02 68 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46.10 69 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49.37 70 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 50.27 71 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 50.46 72 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50.58 73 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 50.58 74 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 52.13 75 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 52.23 76 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 52.43 77 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 52.45 78 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 53.04 79 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 53.11 80 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina 53.22 81 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53.27 82 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53.54 83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 54.10 84 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54.11 85 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 54.24 86 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55.29 87 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56.32 88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 56.59 89 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 57.02 90 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 57.09 91 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.19 92 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.25 93 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 57.33 94 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 57.44 95 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 57.59 96 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 57.59 97 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 58.16 98 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 58.24 99 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 59.51 100 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.00.00 101 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1.00.24 102 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.00.27 103 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 1.00.53 104 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.01.48 105 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.02.06 106 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 1.02.07 107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 1.02.26 108 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.02.27 109 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 1.02.55 110 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.03.26 111 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.37 112 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.42 113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.03.43 114 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux 1.03.49 115 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.05.47 116 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 1.05.56 117 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.06.03 118 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.06.34 119 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.06.46 120 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.06.54 121 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.07.15 122 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.07.24 123 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 1.07.44 124 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 1.07.45 125 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.08.15 126 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 1.09.22 127 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.10.10 128 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.10.10 129 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.10.10 130 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.52 131 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.02 132 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.11.33 133 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.11.57 134 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 1.12.32 135 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali 1.12.33 136 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.13.29 137 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.13.58 138 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.14.25 139 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.15.28 140 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.15.59 141 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.17.28 142 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.17.34 143 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 1.18.14 144 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.47 145 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 1.19.09 146 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.19.30 147 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.19.32 148 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.21.26 149 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.21.34 150 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.21.39 151 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.22.03 152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 1.22.06 153 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.23.19 154 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 1.23.40 155 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.24.26 156 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.24.42 157 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.25.31 158 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 1.26.24 159 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali 1.27.21 160 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.27.36 161 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 1.27.53 162 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 1.30.54 163 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.31.36 164 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.31.38 165 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.31.49 166 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.32.08 167 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.33.03 168 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.33.24 169 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.33.50 170 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.34.26 171 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.35.36 172 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.38.13 173 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 1.47.18 174 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.55.14 175 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.57.25 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 116 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 103 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 72 4 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 68 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 66 6 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 65 7 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 65 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 64 9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 60 10 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 58 11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 55 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 55 13 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 49 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 43 15 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 43 16 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 43 17 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42 18 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 41 19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41 20 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 34 22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 23 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 25 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 31 26 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 27 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 30 28 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 29 29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 30 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 28 31 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26 32 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 26 33 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 34 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 25 35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25 36 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 37 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 24 38 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 24 39 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 23 40 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 23 41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 22 42 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 22 43 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 44 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20 45 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 46 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 19 47 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 19 48 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 18 49 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 18 50 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 18 51 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 17 52 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 53 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 54 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 16 55 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 56 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 15 57 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 15 58 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 14 59 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13 60 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12 62 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 12 63 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 12 64 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 65 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 11 66 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 67 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 68 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 69 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 9 70 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 9 71 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 9 72 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 73 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 7 75 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 7 76 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 6 77 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 6 78 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 6 79 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 80 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 81 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 82 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 83 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 84 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 5 85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali 4 86 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 87 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali 4 88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 89 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 3 90 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 91 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 92 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 2 93 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Mountains classification 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 60 pts 2 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 50 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 4 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 31 5 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 29 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 27 7 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 8 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 23 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 21 10 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 11 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 12 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11 13 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 10 14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 10 15 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 16 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 9 17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9 18 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 9 19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 20 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 21 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 22 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 23 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 25 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 5 26 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5 27 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 5 28 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 30 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 5 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 32 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 33 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 3 34 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 35 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 3 36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 3 37 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom 2 39 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 2 40 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1 41 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 42 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1 43 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 1 44 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Best young rider classification 1 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 35.31.56 2 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.08 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.27 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.28 5 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 5.02 6 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 6.34 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 18.05 8 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 18.07 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 27.48 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.59 11 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29.05 12 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 32.16 13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 33.37 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 37.19 15 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 39.47 16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 42.50 17 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 43.36 18 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 46.48 19 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 50.04 20 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 52.58 21 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 56.16 22 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59.48 23 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.22.47 Combativity classification 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 45 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27 4 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 22 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 22 6 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22 7 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 8 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 11 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 15 13 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 14 14 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 13 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11 16 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 9 17 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 5 19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 21 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 22 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 5 23 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 24 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 25 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3 26 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 27 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 3 28 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 29 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 30 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 3 31 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 2 32 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 2 33 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 2 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 2 35 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 36 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 37 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 38 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 39 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2 40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 1 41 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1 42 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 43 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 1 44 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 1 45 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 46 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1 47 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 48 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1 49 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 50 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1 51 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1 52 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1 53 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 105.12.16 2 Festina 23.55 3 Credit Agricole 43.17 4 Kelme-Costa Blanca 50.45 5 Fassa Bortolo 58.08 6 Bonjour 58.36 7 Domo-Farm Frites 1.08.11 8 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.16.41 9 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.23.08 10 US Postal Service 1.26.00 11 Team Deutsche Telekom 1.27.33 12 Mapei-Quick Step 1.30.54 13 iBanesto.com 1.33.44 14 Lotto-Adecco 1.37.44 15 CSC Tiscali 1.39.20 16 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.39.27 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.42.09 18 Jean Delatour 1.45.16 19 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.45.33 20 Lampre-Daikin 1.47.58 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09.31
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|