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73rd Critérium International - 2.1
France, March 27-28, 2004
Stage 1 - March 27: Rethel - Charleville-Mézières, 190.5 km
Nazon keeps it in the family
By Chris Henry
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Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r-Prévoyance) picked up where his brother Damien left off last year, winning the opening road stage of the two-day, three-stage Critérium International. The first stage, typically reserved for the sprinters with a generally flat parcours, came down to the expected bunch finish after the requisite day-long solo break and anxious attacks from the peloton in the closing kilometres.
With three stages packed into two days of racing, bonus seconds on offer at the intermediate sprints are particularly important in the Critérium. Just ask Lance Armstrong, who missed out on overall victory by a fraction of a second in 2002 behind José Alberto Martinez. As the peloton rolled toward the first bonus sprint of this year's race, RAGT Semences-MG Rover started the hostilities, launching Guillaume Auger out front alone to take the first sprint and set off on what would become a day long venture on the roads of northeastern France.
Auger, eager to show his team's colours after RAGT's disappointing start to the season, built a maximum lead of nearly twenty minutes before the peloton finally decided enough was enough. By the stage's halfway point, Auger's lead was starting to tumble as the sprinters' teams, including Lotto-Domo, FDJeux.com, and Crédit Agricole, begun a steady pursuit. Auger picked up another three seconds at the bonus sprint in Novion-Porcien, as Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) took the field sprint ahead of Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) just under six and a half minutes back.
His fate all but sealed, Auger pressed on, as behind Joseba Beloki found himself starting his 2004 season where his 2003 left off: with a crash. While not serious, Beloki was put on the defensive early in the race as the peloton picked up more and more speed on the approach to Charleville-Mézières.
On the final difficulty of the day, the small climb of the Côte de Barbe-en-Croc, Rafael Diaz (Liberty Seguros) tried to break clear of the chasing peloton. He quickly had Dumoulin for company, and the two surged ahead in search of Auger. The contenders for the final classification were getting just as anxious behind, and it was Saeco's Danilo Di Luca who put in the most forceful attack. The Italian briefly opened a gap on the climb, but found he couldn't shake the bunch, driven by former Critérium winner Jens Voigt (CSC). Phonak's Tyler Hamilton also looked comfortable at the head of the field, but preferred not to attack, no doubt waiting for Sunday's more mountainous road stage and the concluding time trial.
Diaz and Dumoulin caught Auger on the descent of the Barbe-en-Croc and quickly disposed of the tired Frenchman as they tried in vain to extend their advantage before the finish. Dumoulin's attack also served to take the pressure off of his Ag2r team as it let FDJeux.com and Quick.Step-Davitamon handle much of the chase.
The lead duo were ultimately caught within the closing kilometres as a new barrage of attacks tried to go clear, including efforts by Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère), Nicolas Jalabert, and Paris-Nice stage winner Pedro Horillo. It was too late, however, as the steady descent into Charleville-Mézières served as a perfect wind-up for the leadout men and their sprinters.
Into the long final drag, Ag2r sent two men to the front and thanks to an enormous effort by Irish national champion Mark Scanlon, kept the group together and delivered Nazon to a impeccable sprint victory. Gerolsteiner claimed second and third place with Marcus Zberg and Peter Wrolich just behind. Guillaume Auger put on the jersey of best climber as a consolation for his long solo effort. Jean-Patrick Nazon heads into stage two with the leader's yellow jersey, and while not a candidate for overall victory, his sprint win showed that the Critérium International continues to smile on the Nazon name.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r) triumphs in the first stage
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) during stage 1 of the Criterium International
- Lance Armstrong and Joseba Beloki rider together during stage 1 of the Criterium International
Results
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.58.15 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 13 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 17 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 23 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 27 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 31 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 33 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 35 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 36 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 40 Gustavo Domingez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 41 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 42 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 44 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 47 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 49 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Michaël Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 52 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 53 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 59 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 62 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 64 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 65 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 66 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 67 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 70 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 71 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 72 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 73 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 74 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 75 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 78 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 79 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 80 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 81 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 82 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 85 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 86 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 89 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 90 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 94 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 95 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 96 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 98 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Andréas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 101 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 102 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 103 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 105 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 107 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 108 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 109 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 110 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 112 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 116 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 117 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 118 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 119 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 120 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 121 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 122 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 124 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 125 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 126 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 127 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 128 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 129 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 130 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 131 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 132 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 133 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 135 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 136 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 137 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.23 139 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 140 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.45 141 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 4.24 142 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 143 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 144 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 145 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 146 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 148 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 149 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 150 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 151 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 16.24 152 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere Points 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 pts 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 9 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 10 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 Mountains Les Grandes Armoises - Cat. 3, 57.00 km 1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 4 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Côte De Chagny - Cat. 3, 123.00 km 1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 4 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Côte De Signy-L'abbaye - Cat. 3, 162.00 km 1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 4 pts 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2 7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Côte De Barbe En Croc - Cat. 3, 177.00 km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Sprints Vouziers, 30.00 km 1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 3 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1 Vendresse, 113.00 km 1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 3 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Novion-Porcien, 149.00 km 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.58.05 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.06 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.07 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 0.09 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.10 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 13 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 17 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 20 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 23 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 26 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 30 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 34 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 38 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 39 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 42 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 43 Gustavo Domingez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 45 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 49 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 50 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 51 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Michaël Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 53 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 57 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 60 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 63 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 65 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 66 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 67 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 70 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 71 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 72 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 73 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 74 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 75 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 78 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 79 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 80 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 81 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 82 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 85 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 86 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 89 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 90 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 94 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 95 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 96 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 98 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Andréas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 101 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 102 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 103 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 105 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 107 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 108 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 109 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 110 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 112 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 116 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 117 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 118 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 119 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 120 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 121 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 122 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 124 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 125 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 126 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 127 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 128 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 129 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 130 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 131 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 132 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 133 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 135 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 136 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 137 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 138 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.24 139 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.33 140 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.55 141 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 4.34 142 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 143 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 144 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 145 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 146 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 148 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 149 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 150 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 151 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 16.34 152 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere Points classification 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 pts 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 9 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 9 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 10 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 13 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1 14 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1 Mountains classification 1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 12 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2 5 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 6 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Teams classification 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Team CSC 4 Relax-Bodysol 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Credit Agricole 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Brioches La Boulangere 9 Saeco 10 FDJeux.com 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Liberty Seguros 16 Lotto-Domo 17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 18 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
