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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC

France, March 7-14, 2004

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Stage 7 - March 13: Digne-les-Bains - Cannes, 185.5 km

Twice is nicer for Vinokourov

Jaksche suffers setback within sight of Nice

By Jeff Jones

Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
Photo ©: AFP

Although he didn't come here to win the overall classification again, Alexandre Vinokourov's (T-Mobile) two stage wins in three days demonstrated that he has also not come to Paris-Nice just for the racing kilometres. Vino once again displayed his incredible power, attacking the lead group with 5 km to go to close a 25 second gap to Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), who up until then had been in front on his own. The Kazakh caught and passed Sanchez with 2 km left to cross the line 18 seconds clear of the yellow jersey bunch, led home by Kim Kirchen.

"Even though I'm not here for the general classification, I wanted to try again to win a stage," Vinokourov said in the post-stage interview. "We're nearly where I live [in Monte Carlo]. The team worked hard, and in the finale, I rediscovered my legs. Alongside the sea was hard. I know the parcours, I often come here in December. When I attacked, I didn't know if I could recapture Sanchez. I said to myself I had to try, and when I saw the wind blowing fully from in front along the sea, I thought it was better for me. I caught him and attacked straight away. This is a very nice victory.

"I have a lot of respect for Jaksche. We were teammates in Telekom. He deserves his victory if he wins. He has made a lot of progression and his team is really very strong."

In the overall classification, Jörg Jaksche maintained his grip on the leader's jersey over Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), but not without cost. Jaksche lost three of his CSC teammates - Bartoli, Piil and Blaudzun - today and will have to defend his lead in tomorrow's tough finale with a greatly reduced squad. Whether the other teams will be able to take full advantage of this is unclear, as CSC showed no signs of cracking today.

How it unfolded

Today's 186 kilometres between Digne-les-Bains and Cannes was marked by a number of climbs, including three Cat. 4, one Cat. 2 and two Cat. 1 mountains. Although the feared wet weather didn't eventuate, it was still cold and windy. Erik Dekker made the first attack of the day at kilometre 0, and that prompted a series of early attacks and a fast start in general. But the peloton hung together for the first bonus sprint to be taken by fifth placed GC rider George Hincapie (USPS-Berry Floor), ahead of Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) and the ever watchful Jörg Jaksche.

Jorg Jaksche (CSC)
Photo ©: AFP

More attacks and counter-attacks followed, but it wasn't until the base of the Cat. 1 Col d'Ayen (km 52) that the main break of the day was established. In it was Dekker, as well as Ińigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and surprisingly, Jörg Jaksche and Davide Rebellin. This took the pressure off CSC and Gerolsteiner, forcing US Postal-Berry Floor to do much of the tempo making up the climb. Jaksche was fourth over the top, then dropped back to the peloton, leaving Dekker, Landaluze and Moncoutié out in front together.

The three steadily built up a lead that hit 3'50 at one stage, but with Landaluze less than seven minutes down on GC, the break wasn't allowed to get too far ahead. CSC, Fassa Bortolo and Gerolsteiner were doing most of the tempo work in the bunch, which stayed largely together over the Cat. 1 Col de Bourigaille (km 130). Shortly before the final climb of the Col du Tanneron, the breakaways were caught after 105 km of freedom.

As expected, the last climb was ridden flat out, with both GC riders and potential stage winners trying to gain an advantage. Dave Bruylandts (Jacques), Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Denis Menchov (Illes Balears), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) and Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) all made significant attacks, with the latter able to get away with 500m to the summit to open up a small gap. But VDB was caught and passed by Samuel Sanchez on the twisty, technical descent of the Col du Tanneron, which also saw one of the moto-riders crash. The pair were pursued by a group containing Jaksche and most of the other GC favourites, save for Hincapie who was chasing in a little group of his own, but eventually managed to get back on.

Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)
Photo ©: AFP

Sanchez was too quick for Vandenbroucke and at the bottom of the descent he had 8 seconds lead over the Belgian and 16 seconds to the bunch. VDB had to give up the chase and was caught by Jaksche's group, while Sanchez persisted out in front on the final run into Cannes. But with five kilometres to go, shortly before the final left hand turn along the windy sea front, Alexandre Vinokourov launched a powerful acceleration. He wasn't a GC concern, so no-one immediately chased him and the Kazakh was gone.

Over the next three kilometres, Vinokourov mowed down the 0'25 gap to Sanchez along the sea front, catching and passing the luckless Basque with 2 km to go and riding to his second stage win. Sanchez was caught with 500m to go as Kim Kirchen took the sprint for second and the very impressive Jens Voigt was third.

The general classification barely changed today, which means that Jaksche is in the boxed seat to retain his yellow jersey in tomorrow's difficult final stage. The race starts and finishes in Nice and is run over two and a half laps of a climbing circuit, including the Cat. 1 Col d'Eze three times and the Cat. 2 Col de Châteauneuf twice.

Photography

Images by AFP Photo

Results

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                4.39.02
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                            0.18
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      
4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                  
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                             
6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor               
7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                              
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 
11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   
12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        
14 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  
16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                
18 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        
20 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                       
21 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                       
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                   
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   
26 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                               
27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     
28 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                 
29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  
30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     
31 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
32 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                 
33 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo        
34 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                       
35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                     
36 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
37 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 2.00
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                       
39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                     
40 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  
41 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                                  
42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
44 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                          
45 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          
46 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                               
47 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      
48 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor            
49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    
50 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                        6.31
52 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
53 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           
54 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                               
55 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                           
56 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                          
57 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        
58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         
59 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                            
60 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            
61 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                            
62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                             8.22
66 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 
67 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                         
68 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
69 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                              
70 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                         
71 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                      
72 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        
73 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                               
74 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor               
75 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                  8.53
76 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
77 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                              
78 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         
79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
80 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                               
81 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
82 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                             
83 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            
84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             12.40
85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                15.07
86 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         
87 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                    
88 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
89 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                           
90 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor              
91 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
92 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor        16.48
93 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               18.28
94 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                               
95 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                       
96 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                        
97 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                               
98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     
99 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                         26.57
100 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          
101 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                               
102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                 
103 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                                 
104 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          
105 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            
106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
107 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 
108 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                              
109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                           
110 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
111 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                             
112 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
113 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                            
114 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    
115 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
116 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                        
118 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          
119 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                
120 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
121 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    27.03
DNF Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    
DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 
DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
DNF Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                         
DNF Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        
DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   
DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         
DNF Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                  
DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                        
DNF Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         
DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                    
DNF Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                               
DNS Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                              
 
Points
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                     25 pts
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                              22
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                    20
4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                18
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                           16
6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             15
7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       14
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                               13
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                            12
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                               11
11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 10
12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       9
13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                       8
14 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  7
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                 6
16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         5
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                               4
18 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                   3
19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       2
20 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                      1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de la Bégude-Blanche - Cat. 3, 27.00 km

1 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                           4 pts
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         2
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        1

Col d'Ayen - Cat. 1, 60.00 km

1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      10 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    8
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        6
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   4
5 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          3
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                     2
7 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          1

Point Sublime - Cat. 3, 70.00 km

1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    4 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        2
3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1

Côte de Jabron - Cat. 3, 90.00 km

1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    4 pts
2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       2
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        1

Col de Saint-Arnoux - Cat. 3, 118.00 km

1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    4 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        2
3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1

Col de Bourigaille - Cat. 1, 130.00 km

1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                   10 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        8
3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       6
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         4
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  3
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                     2
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                   1

Col du Tanneron - Cat. 2, 165.00 km

1 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                       7 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     5
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            3
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   2
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        1
 
Sprints
 
Puimoisson, 30.00 km

1 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor              3 pts
2 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                       2
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   1

Montauroux, 148.00 km

1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       3 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        2
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    1
 
Best Young Rider
 
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                       4.39.20
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                   
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                        
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                      
9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
10 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo        
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                              1.42
12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
13 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        6.13
14 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                            
15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
16 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                             8.04
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                         
18 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      8.35
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                              
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         
21 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
22 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                             
23 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            
24 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         14.49
25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               18.10
26 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                               
27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                       
28 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    26.39
29 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                         
30 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                 
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     26.45
 
Most combative rider
 
1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
 
Teams
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                           13.58.00
2 Team CSC                                                                       
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                              
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                         
5 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                                     
6 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                       1.42
7 Liberty Seguros                                                                
8 T-Mobile Team                                                              5.55
9 Fassa Bortolo                                                              6.13
10 Alessio-Bianchi                                                           7.55
11 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                              
12 FDJeux.com                                                                9.46
13 Credit Agricole                                                               
14 Lotto-Domo                                                               11.28
15 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                         14.17
16 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                          14.48
17 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                    14.49
18 Rabobank                                                                 16.39
19 Brioches La Boulangere                                                        
20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                               30.36
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                            24.22.08
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         0.15
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                0.43
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      
5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor           0.46
6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                    0.57
7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1.01
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                  1.09
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               1.36
10 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             1.46
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                 1.53
12 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo    3.00
13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             4.02
14 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                4.19
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                             4.35
16 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      5.51
17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             5.55
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   6.02
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    6.08
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                             
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 6.11
22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                           6.25
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    7.04
24 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    7.06
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                              7.07
26 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 7.20
27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                            7.22
28 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   7.27
29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    8.05
30 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   8.21
31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               8.27
32 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      8.39
33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              10.58
34 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     11.14
35 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                               11.44
36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   11.49
37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       13.26
38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                      13.31
39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                    13.48
40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  15.08
41 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor       15.11
42 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                          15.53
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    15.58
44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  16.21
45 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              16.36
46 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     16.45
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                16.57
48 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                             18.37
49 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       18.41
50 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                             19.50
51 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                        19.51
52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          19.54
53 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   20.05
54 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     20.18
55 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                     20.42
56 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                          21.09
57 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                 21.24
58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       21.35
59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  21.37
60 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                24.24
61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              25.02
62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        25.37
63 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                26.12
64 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor        26.28
65 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    27.38
66 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                             28.14
67 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                         28.59
68 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   30.14
69 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
70 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                 30.41
71 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               31.01
72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                            31.20
73 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          32.04
74 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             32.19
75 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor          32.39
76 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                       33.39
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                34.07
78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                         34.43
79 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       35.23
80 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             35.28
81 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            35.37
82 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   35.50
83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                 35.54
84 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                37.56
85 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                               38.35
86 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    39.46
87 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                      40.25
88 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 41.43
89 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               41.53
90 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                       42.14
91 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  43.54
92 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                   44.33
93 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               44.43
94 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       44.47
95 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                          44.54
96 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    45.49
97 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          45.50
98 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      46.47
99 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         47.43
100 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 47.53
101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            49.30
102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    50.21
103 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     50.25
104 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              53.40
105 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          54.05
106 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     54.15
107 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     54.55
108 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       55.38
109 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     55.46
110 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    59.24
111 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                            59.27
112 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                          1.01.19
113 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.03.37
114 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                       1.03.44
115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                     1.03.54
116 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                         1.03.55
117 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                      1.04.08
118 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                      1.08.39
119 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.12.11
120 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                       1.15.39
121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                 1.27.56
 
Points classification
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                           88 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                    80
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                  74
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                     55
5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             55
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                              55
7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                50
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                               47
9 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                      41
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                           32
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   31
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                 30
13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      29
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      26
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                          26
16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   25
17 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                     23
18 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                         23
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                  23
20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                            23
21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor               22
22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      22
23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                           20
24 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                      20
25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                19
26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      19
27 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         18
28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                                18
29 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     15
30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   14
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      14
32 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     13
33 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           12
34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                               11
35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                11
36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   11
37 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        10
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                              10
39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 10
40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                     10
41 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  9
42 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         9
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        8
44 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   8
45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 7
46 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                        5
47 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    5
48 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   5
49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   4
50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    4
51 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         3
52 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                   3
53 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       2
54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                     2
55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         1
56 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                        48 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                   30
3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      20
4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       19
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    17
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       17
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       11
8 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                      10
9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      9
10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                  9
11 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         8
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                 7
13 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                6
14 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       6
15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      5
16 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          4
17 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       4
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                           3
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                              3
20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         3
21 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   3
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                    2
23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                    2
24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                      2
25 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  2
26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            2
27 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                              2
28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                  2
29 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                      1
30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         1
31 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                          1
32 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         1
33 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                 1
 
Best Young Rider classification
 
1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              24.23.17
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               0.27
3 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo     1.51
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              3.26
5 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       4.42
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                          4.59
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                               5.58
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     6.56
9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                9.49
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                    12.39
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  13.59
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                             17.28
13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                        18.42
14 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     19.09
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        24.28
16 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                25.03
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                         27.50
18 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     29.05
19 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                            30.11
20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                       32.30
21 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       34.14
22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    38.37
23 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                       41.05
24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               43.34
25 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          44.41
26 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         46.34
27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  46.44
28 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     58.15
29 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          1.02.46
30 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  1.11.02
31 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                  1.26.47
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                               73.08.14
2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                                 1.20
3 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                       7.05
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                     9.19
5 Gerolsteiner                                                              13.26
6 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                          17.27
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                             17.33
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                         17.49
9 Liberty Seguros                                                           23.26
10 Credit Agricole                                                          29.45
11 T-Mobile Team                                                            31.05
12 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                    36.55
13 Alessio-Bianchi                                                          37.35
14 FDJeux.com                                                               41.02
15 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                         46.40
16 Rabobank                                                                 50.11
17 Lotto-Domo                                                               58.32
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                        1.01.08
19 Brioches La Boulangere                                                 1.01.59
20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                             1.30.00