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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 7-14, 2004
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Stage 8 - March 14: Nice - Nice, 144 km
Jaksche has arrived!
Vinokourov takes third stage win
By Chris Henry
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Germany's Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) has confirmed his promise as a winner of big races with overall victory in the 62nd edition of Paris-Nice. Jaksche won in grand style, earning the first yellow jersey after winning the opening stage time trial and not just defending his lead but riding aggressively to take precious seconds and keep his closest rivals against the ropes at all times. Jaksche beat Italian Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) by 15 seconds with his teammates Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt following in third and fourth. George Hincapie of US Postal Service put in a fine performance of his own to place fifth overall.
"I didn't come to Paris-Nice as the designated leader," said an always-modest Jaksche after the final victory was his. "This is an important race, and I think I've moved to a new level."
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Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) won his third stage in four days on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, outsprinting breakaway companion Denis Menchov (Illes Balears-Banesto), himself a stage winner two days ago in Gap. Vinokourov was one of several contenders for the overall classification knocked out of the running by the Team CSC juggernaut on stage 2, but the feisty Kazakh rode himself into better condition as the week went on and showed once again his knack for big performances in Paris-Nice.
"I found my legs as the week went on," Vinokourov told French television after his stage victory Sunday. "The strongest rider is the one who wins the overall, but still I won three stages and this is a magnificent result."
How it unfolded
Most riders are quick to say that their own personal victory is also a victory for the team. This year's Paris-Nice provided an extraordinary example of just how important a strong can be for the success of its leader. Despite losing three members to injury the day before, Jaksche's CSC team appeared as strong on the race's final day as it did when the entire eight man formation blew the race apart in the tough winds of stage 2. Jaksche's compatriot Jens Voigt did the work of three men at the head of the peloton, while Ivan Basso, Frank Schleck and Bobby Julich all kept the race under perfect control for the yellow jersey.
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Davide Rebellin, Jaksche's closest competitor at 15", found himself powerless against the yellow jersey's guards. Although a play for the overall victory was Rebellin's to make, a single attack told him his hopes were slim to none.
"I tried to attack once, but I saw that Jaksche had his whole team with him," Rebellin explained. "I had hoped finish high in the general classification or win a stage. For me this is a good result, and I hope to do well in the classics and the World Cup."
Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) was more aggressive in the closing stages, attacking strongly but still unable to crack Jaksche and CSC. Today Vandenbroucke went on the attack early but faced with third place overall Bobby Julich for company, he knew it was fruitless to persist. By the time CSC had delivered Jaksche to the final climb of the Col d'Eze, the race was effectively won.
The key move of the race came on the final trip up the Col de Châteauneuf, as Vinokourov and Thorsten Hiekmann (T-Mobile, Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), Benoît Poilvet (Crédit Agricole), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Tyler Hamilton (Phonak), Aitor Osa and Denis Menchov (Illes Balears), Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) put a decisive gap between themselves and the main peloton of the yellow jersey. The leaders worked very well together and were spurred on largely by the Illes Balears and T-Mobile duos.
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Americans Leipheimer and Hamilton each rode a good race Sunday to making the selection. Leipheimer bridged to the leaders by himself as the split was being made on the Châteauneuf and Hamilton, who spent additional time out front earlier in the stage in a break of five, clawed his way back to the leaders after several accelerations at the front put him in difficulty.
King of the mountains Aitor Osa set a furious tempo as the final climb of the Col d'Eze began, setting up teammate Menchov for an eventual showdown with Vinokourov, who himself tried some small attacks but preferred to test the waters before going for gold. Menchov tried a first attack but Leipheimer and Vinokourov were quick to catch his wheel, with Contador coming up behind with Moncoutié digging deep. Once he was caught, Menchov kicked again, and this time only Vinokourov had the answer.
As the two opened a small gap, Vinokourov committed himself and counter-attacked with full force, dropping Menchov and the rest. It took some time, but Menchov slowly pulled himself up to Vinokourov with just under a kilometre to the summit of the Col d'Eze. The gap to the others was set, and the pair began the sweeping plunge back to Nice with 15" over Contador and the rest of the break spread out behind.
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Vinokourov and Menchov traded pulls on the wide, fast descent and steadily opened their advantage to 30 seconds, then 45, and ultimately over a minute as the chasing riders began to resign themselves to a fight for third place. By the time the two leaders reached Nice and the Promenade des Anglais, the deed was done. With more than a minute in hand, Vinokourov ducked behind Menchov as they hit the red kite with 1km to go. Their pace steadily slowed as both prepared for a tricky, tactical two man sprint.
Around the final U-turn Vinokourov still sat behind, but as they hit the headwind of the final stretch, the powerful T-Mobile rider moved alongside and ultimately launched the sprint from the front position, powering all the way to the line with a tired and hapless Menchov unable to even move up alongside in the sprint. The rest of the break straggled home as Vinokourov's teammate Hiekmann took an uncontested jump to claim third place. Jaksche punched the air in the main peloton as he slid across the line two minutes later. Jaksche spent seven days in the yellow jersey, but this was the day that mattered.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton near the start of the last stage
- Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) surprised a few people and attacked from the gun
- Bobby Julich (CSC) looks back at Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) after they attacked on the first climb
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) was part of the early break
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) had a good ride on the final stage to finish in the top 10
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) undresses
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) did a lot of work for CSC once again
- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) with Bobby Julich and Davide Rebellin in tow
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) puts the power down on the Col d'Eze
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) leads Alexandre Vinokourov on the descent
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) in full tuck on the descent of the Col d'Eze
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) beats Denis Menchov to win his third stage of this year's Paris-Nice
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) salutes the crowd after his third stage win
- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) is the delighted winner of Paris-Nice
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.35.43 (40.05 km/h) 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.37 4 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 18 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 27 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 37 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 38 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 41 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.18 46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.48 47 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 49 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 51 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 54 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 55 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 56 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 58 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 59 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.16 60 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.21 61 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 62 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.24 63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 64 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 66 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 68 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 8.45 69 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 14.14 70 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 71 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 72 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 74 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 76 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 77 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 78 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 80 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.07 82 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18.54 83 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.45 84 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 26.23 DNF Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo DNF Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor DNF Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNF Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover DNF Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto DNF Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto DNF Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 4 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 16 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 11 11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 18 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 2 20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 8.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 8 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 7 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 1 Col de Châteauneuf - Cat. 2, 40.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 3 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 1 Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 68.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 3 6 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Col de Châteauneuf - Cat. 2, 100.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1 Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 127.00 km 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 3 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 7 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints Contes, 32.00 km 1 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 3 pts 2 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Contes, 92.00 km 1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Best young rider 1 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.37.20 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.11 3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.33 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.41 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 2.11 13 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.47 14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.37 17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 19 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.30 20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.08 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 24.46 Most combative rider 1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 10.50.56 2 Illes Balears-Banesto 0.33 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Liberty Seguros 6 Team CSC 2.43 7 Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 9 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.59 10 Gerolsteiner 4.21 11 FDJeux.com 12 Credit Agricole 7.05 13 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8.05 14 Rabobank 8.56 15 Brioches La Boulangere 11.11 16 Alessio-Bianchi 14.47 17 Lotto-Domo 18.03 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 19.01 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 40.38 Final general classification 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 28.00.01 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 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.55 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.02 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.35 15 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.14 16 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5.55 17 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.02 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.08 19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6.25 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.44 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7.00 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.04 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.07 25 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.27 26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.43 27 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.21 28 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.27 29 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.58 30 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.58 31 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.14 32 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 11.44 33 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11.49 34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12.48 35 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 15.04 36 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 15.16 38 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.14 39 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16.45 40 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 16.49 41 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 16.57 42 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 17.31 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17.36 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 18.37 45 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18.41 46 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 19.04 47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 21.28 48 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 21.43 49 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 22.20 50 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.32 51 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.02 52 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 25.35 53 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29.52 54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.14 55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.26 56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 30.37 57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31.01 58 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.19 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 33.10 60 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 33.42 61 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 34.17 62 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 37.56 63 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38.18 64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 39.34 65 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 42.03 66 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 42.29 67 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 42.45 68 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 42.49 69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 44.00 70 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45.47 71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46.12 72 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 46.47 73 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47.27 74 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 47.32 75 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 54.18 76 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 56.37 77 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 57.54 78 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 58.49 79 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 59.57 80 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.02.29 81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.08.28 82 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.11.39 83 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.20.43 84 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.08 85 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.28.08 Points classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 96 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 85 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 80 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 74 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 66 6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 55 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 53 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 53 9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 10 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 41 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 33 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 32 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30 17 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 26 20 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24 22 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 23 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 23 24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 23 25 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 22 26 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20 27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 29 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17 30 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 31 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 32 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 33 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 34 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 11 36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 37 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 38 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 42 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 44 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 46 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 3 48 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 2 50 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 51 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 52 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 82 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 30 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 7 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 8 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 18 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 13 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 9 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 9 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 18 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 5 20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 4 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 24 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2 27 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 28 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 29 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 30 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 31 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 33 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Young rider classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28.01.10 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.27 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.26 4 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.05 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.59 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.58 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.34 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.49 9 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 13.55 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 14.07 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 17.28 12 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23.23 13 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29.05 14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.17 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 29.28 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 42.51 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.03 18 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46.18 19 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 53.09 20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.07.19 21 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.59 22 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.26.59 Most combative classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto Teams classification 1 Team CSC 84.01.53 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.20 3 Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.05 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.57 5 Gerolsteiner 15.04 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.27 7 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 22.49 8 Liberty Seguros 23.04 9 T-Mobile Team 28.22 10 Credit Agricole 34.07 11 Illes Balears-Banesto 34.45 12 FDJeux.com 42.40 13 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 47.56 14 Alessio-Bianchi 49.39 15 Rabobank 56.24 16 Brioches La Boulangere 1.10.27 17 Lotto-Domo 1.13.52 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.17.26 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 2.07.55
