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61st Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 9-16, 2003
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Stage 2 - March 11: La Clayette - Saint-Etienne, 182.5 km
Rebellin romps to stage win and Paris-Nice Maillot Jaune
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Often criticised for his abundant placings and sparse victories, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) left nothing to chance today in the six-up sprint on St.Etienne's Cours Fauriel, decisively beating last year's Paris-Nice winner Alexander Vinokourov, and Dario Frigo, winner in 2001.
The 31 year old Italian, currently ranked 7th in the UCI points standings, explained afterwards that "We knew it would be a hard day today and it was. Frigo was the strongest on the final climb but I had good legs for the sprint."
Rebellin now has a slim lead over both Vinokourov and Frigo, so the Gerolsteiner rider should be able to maintain his Paris-Nice lead at least until Thursday's Stage 4 16.5km ITT at Source Perrier in Vergèze. "I'll be taking it day by day now", said Rebellin. "Frigo is a good time-trialist so it's important for me to ride well in this stage."
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Frigo, the reigning Italian TT champ, is ranked 4th in the UCI standings and will certainly be looking to take over the Maillot Jaune on the day after tomorrow from Rebellin. With Vinokourov and Frigo still solid contenders for victory, so far, the 2003 edition of the "Race To The Sun" has offered some of the best racing of the season.
Yesterday's Maillot Jaune Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) found a lumpy stage that was not the best terrain for the Australian champion, but he rode courageously to finish 3'19" behind Rebellin, winning the sprint from his group and swapping his Maillot Jaune for the Maillot Vert of Best Sprinter.
After a great prologue ride Sunday, American Tyler Hamilton (CSC) didn't have a great day today at Paris-Nice. The Man From Marblehead finished in a group of six, 6'50" down on Rebellin and 3'30" behind O'Grady's 11 man group.
How it unfolded
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On another sunny day, Paris-Nice started in the village of La Clayette and headed across the back-country of the Loire River valley. Stage 2 had a tough, rolling parcours and claimed several abandons; most notably yesterday's solo hero Augé and Telekom's Nardello. After two hours of racing across three Cat.3 KOM's (where Brioches La Boulangere's young climber Jerome Pineau was most active), a group of three got away on the climb up to Croix-de-Signy after 75km.
Ag2r's climber Chris Oriol was joined by ONCE's David Arroyo and Nico Jalabert (CSC), and the trio maintained a respectable lead of 3'00 on the Credit Agricole led peloton. That was until David Cañada (Quick.Step-Davitamon) bridged across 45 km later on the penultimate climb up the wide open Col de la Gachet, with 50km to go to Saint-Etienne.
However, Cañada's effort cost him, as the 28 year old from Saragossa was cramping in his left hamstring. Meanwhile, the presence of four riders up front and the impending final ascent up the 15 km, 1201m Croix de Chaubouret upped the pace of the pursuit behind, and the gap began to close down. In St. Chamond at the base of the final climb, the break had 1'50" on the peloton. As the chasers traversed the town, Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) hit the deck hard and did not get up. His teammate Marek Rutkiewicz and Gerolsteiner's Volker Ordowski also came down, but they were not seriously hurt. Kivilev immediately went into a coma and was flown to St Etienne hospital where he was diagnosed with a serious skull fracture and two broken ribs. On Wednesday morning, he succumbed to his injuries and lost his life.
Up the road, the break began to splinter as climber Oriol went in search of KOM points and the Polka-Dot jersey, but he could not resist the onslaught of the chasing peloton. The Croix de Chaubouret isn't steep, but it is long and for mid-March, this ascent was quite a challenge for all but the fittest riders.
Halfway up, Oriol was reeled in, but his AG2r teammate Alex "Bobo" Botcharov made an immediate counter attack and powered away, still in search of KOM points. This provoked a move behind that eventually became the race winning break, as Dario Frigo, Vinokourov and Rebellin bridged up to Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE) and Frigo's teammate Gustov.
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This quintet caught Botcharov 1km from the KOM and with Frigo hammering a big gear on the gentle slopes, the six front runners crested the Croix de Chaubouret 30" ahead of a five man chase group containing Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo), Latasa (Kelme), Sanchez (Euskaltel) and two ONCE riders, Jaksche and Rodriguez. The break dove down the wide open descent, plunging into the grimy industrial bourg of St.Etienne for the final sprint, where Rebellin took the daily prize and moved into the Paris-Nice race lead.
Wednesday's Stage 3 from the beautiful village of Le Puy-en-Velay to Pont du Gard, just outside Avignon, will be the second longest in Paris-Nice at 192.5 km, but with the mostly downhill profile across the Ardeche and Cevennes hills, expect Stage 3 to be another day for the sprinters.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo/Franck Fife
- The peloton cross over a bridge during stage 2 of Paris-Nice
- Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) leads the front group during the second stage of Paris-Nice
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) raises his arms in happy victory as he takes the second stage in St Etienne
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in the yellow jersey as the new race leader of Paris-Nice
Results
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.01.14 (36.35 km/h) 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.03 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.18 8 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.46 13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 15 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.48 17 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 21 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 22 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 23 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 24 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 25 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.01 27 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.58 28 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 René Jørgensen (Den) Team fakta 30 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 31 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 33 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 35 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 36 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 39 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 41 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 42 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3.19 46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 47 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 48 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 49 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 50 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 53 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 54 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.20 57 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 58 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 59 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.42 61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.50 63 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 66 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 67 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.05 69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7.35 70 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 72 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 75 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 76 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 77 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 78 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.49 79 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 80 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 81 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 82 Jos Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.23 85 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco-Longoni Sport 86 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.36 87 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 89 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14.14 90 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 92 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 93 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 94 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 95 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 96 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 98 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 99 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 101 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta 102 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 103 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 104 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 106 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 107 Lars Bak (Den) Team fakta 108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 112 Frank Høj (Den) Team fakta 113 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 114 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 115 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 116 Rui Lavarhinas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 117 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 119 David Canada (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 120 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 121 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 122 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 124 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 125 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 127 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 128 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 129 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 130 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 131 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 16.21 133 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 17.16 134 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 135 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.16 136 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 138 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com 19.32 139 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 140 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 141 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 142 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 143 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 144 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 145 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 146 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 147 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Fl 148 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 149 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 24.59 150 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC DNF Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom Points 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 22 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 6 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 15 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 8 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 11 11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9 13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 8 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 15 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 16 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 17 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2 20 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1 Sprints Amplepuis - 49 km 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 3 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Saint-Chamond - 144 km 1 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 David Canada (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 3 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Mountains (total stage points) 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 pts 2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 4 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 6 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 5 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 7 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 7 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 10 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3 10 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 10 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 14 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Best Young Rider 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01.32 2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.30 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.43 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.40 7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.01 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 4.02 11 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.24 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.32 14 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6.47 15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7.17 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.31 19 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 20 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.05 22 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.18 23 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.56 24 Lars Bak (Den) Team fakta 25 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 16.58 28 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.58 29 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 31 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 19.14 32 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 33 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 34 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 35 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance Teams 1 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15.04.18 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.13 3 Team fakta 2.56 4 Milaneza-MSS 2.58 5 Brioches La Boulangère 3.11 6 Quickstep-Davitamon 4.06 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.08 8 Team Saeco 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.50 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.59 11 Jean Delatour 5.18 12 AG2r Prévoyance 8.26 13 Team Telekom 10.18 14 Crédit Agricole 11.06 15 FDJeux.com 12.05 16 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.52 17 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15.47 18 Gerolsteiner 16.57 19 Team CSC 17.08 20 Lotto-Domo 17.38 General classification after stage 2 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10.20.25 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.03 3 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.13 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.22 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.26 7 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 0.37 8 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.45 9 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.46 10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.54 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.04 13 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.05 14 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.06 15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 16 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.09 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11 18 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.13 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.15 20 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 21 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 22 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.16 23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.19 24 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.20 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.22 26 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1.29 27 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.08 28 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.11 29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.12 30 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.13 31 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.14 32 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2.15 33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.17 34 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.22 35 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.24 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.25 38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 39 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 40 René Jørgensen (Den) Team fakta 2.30 41 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.32 42 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 43 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.35 44 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3.19 46 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.20 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.39 48 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.41 49 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 3.46 50 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 51 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.49 52 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.53 53 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.55 54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 3.59 55 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.21 56 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.25 57 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 4.34 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.51 59 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.56 60 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.08 61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.12 62 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 6.59 63 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 7.02 64 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7.15 65 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.20 66 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.24 67 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 68 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.37 69 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 7.48 70 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 7.55 71 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.56 72 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.58 73 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 8.01 74 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8.07 75 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8.10 76 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8.11 77 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 8.18 78 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 11.08 79 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.10 80 Jos Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.18 81 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.25 82 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 11.27 83 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.29 84 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.45 85 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.53 86 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.58 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14.09 88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.15 89 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.24 90 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 14.26 91 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14.27 92 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 14.32 93 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14.33 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 14.35 95 David Canada (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 96 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 14.36 97 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.37 98 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.38 99 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 14.42 100 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta 101 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.43 102 Frank Høj (Den) Team fakta 14.44 103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 14.45 105 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 14.46 106 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.47 108 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 109 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14.48 110 Rui Lavarhinas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 111 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 112 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 14.49 113 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 114 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.51 115 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 14.52 119 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.53 120 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 121 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 14.54 122 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.56 123 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 14.57 124 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 125 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.59 126 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Lars Bak (Den) Team fakta 15.08 128 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.22 129 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.36 130 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 15.46 131 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 16.54 132 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 17.35 133 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 17.44 134 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.29 135 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.39 136 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 19.41 137 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 19.51 138 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 19.56 139 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com 20.01 140 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 20.02 141 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20.05 142 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 20.08 143 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.09 144 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 20.10 145 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 20.14 146 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Fl 20.18 147 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20.21 148 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 21.13 149 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 25.50 150 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 25.54 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 40 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 33 3 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 32 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 6 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 25 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 8 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 22 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 22 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 13 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 20 14 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18 15 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 16 17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 16 18 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 15 19 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 14 20 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 21 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 22 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 23 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta 13 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 13 25 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 26 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 12 28 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 11 29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10 30 Lars Bak (Den) Team fakta 10 31 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 32 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 33 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 8 34 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 35 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 36 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 6 37 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 38 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 39 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 40 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 42 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 43 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 44 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 45 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 3 46 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 48 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 49 David Canada (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 50 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2 51 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2 52 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 53 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 54 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 56 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1 Mountains classification 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 16 pts 2 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 4 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 6 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 5 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 8 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 9 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 10 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3 11 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 12 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3 13 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Best Young Rider classification 1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10.21.10 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.12 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.19 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.35 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.37 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.32 7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.40 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 3.14 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.36 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.49 11 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.11 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.27 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.17 14 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6.52 15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7.16 16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.25 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.26 18 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 10.23 19 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.25 20 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.44 21 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.08 22 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.13 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.58 24 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 14.09 25 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.14 26 Lars Bak (Den) Team fakta 14.23 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 16.59 28 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.54 29 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 18.56 30 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 19.06 31 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 19.11 32 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 19.17 33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.20 34 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.24 35 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.36 36 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 20.28 Teams classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 31.02.35 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.04 3 Brioches La Boulangère 3.11 4 Milaneza-MSS 3.15 5 Team fakta 3.22 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.21 7 Team Saeco 4.22 8 Quickstep-Davitamon 4.26 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.14 10 Jean Delatour 5.28 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.34 12 AG2r Prévoyance 8.34 13 Team Telekom 10.16 14 Crédit Agricole 10.50 15 FDJeux.com 12.10 16 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.37 17 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 16.11 18 Gerolsteiner 17.03 19 Team CSC 17.10 20 Lotto-Domo 18.16
