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The 56th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 6-13, 2004
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Stage 2 - June 8: Bron - Saint-Etienne, 181 km
Phonak's Gutierrez grabs Dauphiné lead
By Tim Maloney in Saint-Etienne
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José Gutierrez toiled in anonymity for six years at Kelme as a powerful support rider for leaders like Heras, Gonzalez and Valverde. Last season, he joined his former team director Alvaro Pino at the Phonak squad and today, his move from the troubled Kelme team paid off. Fifth in Saturday's Classique des Alpes, the in-form 29 year old from Valencia not only took his third career stage win, but he also took over the race lead from Euskaltel's Iban Mayo.
As CSC's Carlos Sastre did last last year in the Tour de France, new father Gutierrez crossed the finish line today cradling an imaginary baby in his arms. "We had no special plan in the final today," explained the delighted Gutierrez after the stage. "I was free to do what I wanted and I saw a lot of people were suffering. I felt good, so I went for it. I'm really happy today. It's very special."
Mayo and Lance Armstrong both finished in a 42 rider group 7" behind Gutierrez, as the hot, hard ascent took its toll on the rest of the Dauphiné peloton. USPS-Berry Floor director Johan Bruyneel was pleased with his team's performance today, telling Cyclingnews that "Things went well for us today. Euskaltel rode strong tempo all day and we could just sit in the peloton." Only Peña, Hincapie and Ekimov didn't make the split, while Noval and Landis rode strong support for Armstrong on the crucial final climb.
Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) lost some time in the final phase of the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, but he got back on the descent after dropping 20" back at one point. But the Man from Marblehead wasn't worried with his moment of weakness. Hamilton told Cyclingnews after Stage 2 that "It's been a month since I've raced (at the Tour de Romandie) and with 230km yesterday, 180km today and the heat, it was hard. I was definitely dehydrated and started cramping so there is nothing you can do then. It usually takes me a few days to get acclimated to the heat."
Hamilton told his Phonak squad that he was going to put in two 100% efforts at the Dauphiné: the prologue and the Mont Ventoux time trial. "Otherwise I'll just take it day by day."
Flying Dutchman Erik Dekker was out front for most of the day and his good climbing legs brought him the red and white polka-dot jersey of Dauphine's best climber in Saint-Etienne.
"It was my plan to go after the mountains jersey today since I won one yesterday," Dekker explained. "It was a good day for me today."
How it unfolded
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It was another hot sunny morning in the Lyon suburbs as the Dauphiné Libéré peloton headed out of town and just as the riders passed the town line of into Chasssieu, an attack of five riders gapped the group. Guillaume Auger (RAGT Semences-MG Rover) made the move and was joined by Anthony Geslin (Brioches La Boulangère), tall man Andy Flickinger (Ag2r-Prévoyance) and two Rabobankers, Dekker and Karsten Kroon.
After a halfhearted chase by Crédit Agricole, the peloton let the lead quintet have their way and they began to gain ground quickly. On the day's first climb of Cote de Marnans after 70km, the five had a 4'20 lead on the peloton. The parcours now headed west across the Rhone River valley and up into the arid Cevennes region in the Departement du Drome.
After the feed zone at the stage's halfway point, the quintet had almost 5' advance on the Euskaltel-led peloton and 10 kilometres later, as the afternoon sun began to bake down, the front riders hit the Cote du Chateauneuf-sur-Galure. Dekker took the KOM points again as the lead was stable, but after the orange clad Basque boys of Euskaltel had digested their afternoon snack, they began to up the tempo at the front.
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As Dekker took his third KOM on the Cat. 4 Cote de Saint-Desirat (km 131) with the mountains behind Saint-Etienne looming, the break's lead had been cut in half to 2'40 under the impulsion of Euskaltel. Fifteen kilometres later on the next Cat. 4 climb, the Col de Fayet, it was Dekker again, but the fast-closing peloton was just 1' behind. As the final part of the day's climb up to the 1201 metre summit of the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret began, the break was still away, but the orange wave at the head of the peloton was hot on its heels. Auger went out the back as the road went up and soon the break was absorbed with 20km to go. Geslin had a go up front but was brought back, then young French climber Ludovic Martin (Crédit Agricole) made a move and got 15" but his attack was also soon neutralized.
Phonak had been riding intelligently all day, letting Euskaltel do the work and with 2km to go to the col's summit, Gutierrez made his move and blasted by the struggling Frenchman. Behind him, USPS-Berry Floor's Benjamin Noval led the chase, followed by his team leader Armstrong, maillot jaune Mayo, Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and several others. When Gutierrez made his move, his Phonak team leader Hamilton dropped 100m off the pace, but eventually got back into the front group.
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Down the long descent into Saint-Etienne, Gutierrez powered away 20" ahead of the chasers and despite the hard pulls behind him, the powerful rider from Valencia rode to the stage win on Cours Fauriel, 7" ahead of his teammate Dessel who took the sprint for second.
Thanks to his perfectly timed move on the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret and the 10" stage winner's time bonus, Gutierrez took the race lead from Euskaltel's Iban Mayo.
Stage 3 - June 9: Saint-Etienne - Aubenas, 180km
Wednesday's Stage Three heads due south across the corrugated terrain of the Cevennes through the Departement de la Ardeche to Aubenas. With more hot June temps and plenty of climbing, Stage Three will be another difficult day at the 56th Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré. Right from the get-go, the peloton climbs out of town up the 12km ascent of Col de la Republique, with three more cols on the menu du jour before the final tricky uphill finish with three hills in the last 3km. into Aubenas.
Climbs
Col de la Republique (Cat.3) 12km
Col de la Burdignes (Cat.2) 30km
Col de Nonieres (Cat.3) 111km
Col de Mezilhac (Cat.2) 144km
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) has an early race chat with Lance Armstrong
- "They're all dopers" reads a sign at the side of the road
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) took the climber's jersey after a long break with teammate Karsten Kroon and RAGT's Guillaume Auger
- Race leader Iban Mayo's Euskaltel-Euskadi team took responsibility for the chase behind the breakaway
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) had a quiet day in the main field
- Phonak's Cyril Dessel would end up second on the stage
- José Gutierrez (Phonak) takes his chance on a late-stage attack
- Cyril Dessel (Phonak) outsprints Stuart O'Grady for second place
- José Gutierrez (Phonak) took the stage win and the race lead in stage 2
Results
1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.36.44 (39.244 km/h) 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.07 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 21 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 24 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 26 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 31 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 32 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 36 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 37 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 39 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 40 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 41 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 42 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 44 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3.38 45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.12 46 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.15 47 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 48 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 50 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.11 51 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 52 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 53 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 54 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8.10 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 57 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 59 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 60 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 61 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 63 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 64 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 65 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 67 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 70 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 17.23 72 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 73 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 74 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 75 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 76 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 77 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 78 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 80 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 81 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 82 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 83 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 84 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 85 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 17.54 86 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20.50 87 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 88 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 89 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 91 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 95 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.33 Points 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 11 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 8 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 8 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 11 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 14 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Mountains Cote de Marnans, km 70 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Pts 2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 3 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 Cote de Chateauneuf-sur-Galaure, km 101 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Cote de Saint-Desirat, km 131 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Col du Fayet, km 145.5 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, km 165 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Pts 2 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 4 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 7 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 10 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints La Cote-Saint-Andre, km 57 1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 Pts 2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 Anneyron, km 113 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 Pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 3 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 2 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 13.50.26 2 FDJeux.com 0.07 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Brioches La Boulangere 5 Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Credit Agricole 7 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8 Team CSC 9 Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 Cofidis 7.11 11 Rabobank 8.10 12 RAGT Semences-MG Rover General classification after stage 2 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.48.21 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.08 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.10 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.14 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.18 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 0.20 11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.21 12 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 0.27 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.28 16 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.30 19 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.31 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.32 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 22 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.35 24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 25 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.41 26 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.42 28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.43 29 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.46 30 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.47 31 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.48 32 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.49 33 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.51 34 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 35 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.52 36 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 37 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.53 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.55 39 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.58 40 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.00 41 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01 42 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.04 43 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.05 44 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4.24 45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.45 46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.22 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.59 48 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.00 49 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.10 50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7.43 51 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.49 52 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8.01 53 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8.19 54 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8.24 55 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.33 57 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.34 58 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.35 59 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 8.46 61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.47 62 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 8.51 63 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.56 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 9.07 65 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9.11 66 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 9.20 67 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9.21 68 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.23 69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.44 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 9.50 71 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17.48 72 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 17.53 73 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 18.02 74 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 18.10 75 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 18.18 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 18.19 77 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 78 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18.21 79 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18.25 80 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 18.30 81 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 18.42 82 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18.43 83 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19.01 84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19.13 85 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.32 86 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 21.01 87 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.26 88 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.32 89 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.37 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21.38 91 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 21.49 92 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.52 93 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 21.57 94 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 25.17 95 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.14 Points classification 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 13 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 13 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 11 16 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 11 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 10 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 20 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 21 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 8 22 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 23 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 24 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 26 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6 28 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 30 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 31 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 32 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 3 34 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 35 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 37 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 2 38 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 39 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 40 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 41 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28 Pts 2 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 8 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 10 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 13 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 14 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 15 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 16 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 17 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 18 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 20 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 32.25.30 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.35 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.01 5 Credit Agricole 1.03 6 Brioches La Boulangere 1.04 7 Team CSC 1.05 8 Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.08 9 FDJeux.com 1.18 10 Cofidis 7.49 11 Rabobank 8.50 12 RAGT Semences-MG Rover 9.54
