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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 10 - July 14: Limoges - St Flour, 237 km
Reborn on the 14th of July
Virenque takes stage and maillot pois lead at Tour
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Saint Flour
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Richard Virenque, France's most popular rider, always seems to find a way reinvent himself in the Tour De France. Two years ago, Virenque broke through with a solo stage win on Le Mont Ventoux in his native Provence and last year took another prestigious stage win at the Tour De France in Morzine, donning the maillot jaune last Quatorze Juillet on the stage to l'Alpe d'Huez. Quatorze Juillet is France's national day and over 50 million French people expect the fireworks and Tour De France ` to be part of their celebration. Today in Saint Flour, after a 202km break, 65km of it solo, Virenque became the 14th French rider to win a stage on the greatest day for La France. But despite the popular acclaim today after his seventh career Tour stage win, Stage 10 ended among tears from Virenque and recriminations from his breakaway partner Axel Merckx, who was not pleased with the way things ended today.
At the end of an emotional day, Virenque crossed the finish line today looking up and with both index fingers pointing skyward, saying the name "Chabi". In a tearful post-race interview with France TV, Virenque dedicated his stage to his close friend, the late Joel Chabiron, former manager of the Festina team made infamous by Willy Voet's book as the man who organized the doping program for the team. "I was really just hanging on at the end of the stage today...so to win was really nice for me and the team. I want to dedicate this win today to two people; Joel Chabiron, who recently passed away (Chabiron died of HIV) and my Mamilu (Virenque's grandmother, who passed away during the Dauphine Libéré, preventing him from attending her funeral). I was cramping all over in the final today but I thought of both of them a lot and I wanted to win for them."
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For his part, Merckx complained bitterly after Stage 10 that Virenque had not abided by the agreement they had made once the lead duo realized that they could likely get to Saint-Flour ahead of the rest of the Tour peloton. "There wasn't a whole lot I could do, (once Virenque attacked)," said Merckx. "On the first category climb, Richard went stronger. We had agreed that he was going to take all the points for the mountains jersey then afterwards we would fight for the finish here and not before. But I guess he has a hard time keeping his word."
How it unfolded
172 riders took the start today in Limoges for the long, tough stage across the Massif Central to Saint Flour with nine categorized climbs. After a fast start as has been the rule in this hard-fought edition of the Tour De France, Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) attacked before the first sprint in La Croisille-Sur-Briance, provoking a break by 10 riders that contained Axel Merckx and Richard Virenque. Hondo took the sprint and with the day's first climb just ahead, Merckx and Virenque attacked the break just as USPS was closing down their lead.
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Virenque took the first of his 9 KOM's today on the Cat. 4 Mont Gargan, with the peloton chasing at 0'30. With little interest in either rider for the GC, Armstrong told the Postal boys to back off and at the 50 km mark when feeding started from the vehicles, the front duo was off to the races across the constantly up and down terrain of the Correze region. After 55 km, the Virenque/Merckx duo had 2'00 on the peloton, now led by maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler's Brioches la Boulangère team.
Virenque's "Operation Maillot Pois" was now well underway and the 34 year old Quick.Step rider who has already won the polka dot tunic six times was about start a day that saw him take an incredible 68 KOM points by winning every climb of the day, catapulting him into the climbing lead at the 2004 Tour de France.
With their lead over 10'00 on the peloton after the steep Cote De Chalvignac with 100km to go, the two front runners were looking better and better with every kilometre ridden to last all the way to Saint Flour. Up the long gradual climb to the Cat 2 Col de Neronne, Merckx and Virenque worked well together, but the steep climb of the Col du Pas de Peyrol awaited on the other side of the ridge at the summit of the Massif de Cantal. Halfway up the steep ascent with 65km to go to Saint-Flour and the peloton almost 11'00 behind, Virenque surprisingly bid adieu to Merckx and went solo. Merckx struggled valiantly to keep in contact with Virenque, but the flying Frenchman rode a wall of human emotion and adulation from the huge crowds lining Puy Mary.
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As the peloton scaled the steep 5.5 km ascent, there was a split behind while the order over the summit 9'00 behind Virenque was Menchov and Mancebo (IBB), maillot jaune Voeckler (BLB), Ullrich (TMB), Rasmussen (RAB), Armstrong and Azevedo (USP), Scarponi (DV) and Sastre (CSC). On the wide open descent down to Murat, Kessler (TMB) and Hinault crashed, Kessler got back on his bike and continued, while Hinault abandoned due to injuries. It was later found that Kessler had cracked a rib while Hinault had a fractured vertebrae.
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Virenque flew up the penultimate ascent of the day 6'50 ahead of the soft pedaling Merckx on the Col d'Entremont, who was absorbed with 30 km to go on the descent of the day's final climb, the Col De Prat de Boucq (Plomb Du Cantal). An inspired Virenque powered away across the tiny farm roads leading into the final steep 1 km ascent to Saint-Flour to finish 5'19 ahead of runner-up, German champion Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile). Phonak rider Tyler Hamilton, perhaps distracted by the terminal illness of his beloved Labrador retriever Tugboat, lost 0'07 on the final climb into town, along with Menchov, Julich, Simoni and Aitor Gonzalez. Axel Merckx stayed with the front group until the final ascent, where he lost almost a minute on the steep final ramp to Saint-Flour.
Stage 11 - July 15: Saint Flour-Figeac, 164 km
The second half of the Tour de France starts with this short, hard stage that cuts against the grain at the base of the Massif Central from Saint Flour across Cantal, Ayveyron and into Lot for a finish in Figeac, which hosts its first ever stage. ` This is one of the shortest stages in the Tour, but with corrugated terrain across south` central France to challenge the Tour peloton, Stage 11 is a perfect place for attacks by opportunistic riders looking for a stage win before the Pyrenees start Friday. Mid-stage is the 8km climb of the Cat 2 Cote de Montsalvy with an average grade of 6%, a perfect place for an attack Thursday.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on his way to winning after a 202km attack.
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) spent most of the day out front.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) rides in the pack on their way up Col de Pac de Bouc.
- Cristophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) begins to launch an attack for the mountain points on top of the last climb.
- Part of the front group crests the summit.
- Riders fight to make it through the 237km day.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) rides in the second group.
- Benjamin Noval (USPS) did lots of work for the team today.
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) rides hard to hang on to second place.
- AG2R rider Stephene Goubert struggles a bit near the summit.
- Santiago Botero looks ahead to the top of the climb.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Jean-René Bernaudeau a happy directeur sportif with Thomas Voeckler in yellow
- Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears-Banesto) at the finish
- Bobby Julich (CSC) finished in the second group on the tough stage 10
- Floyd Landis (US Postal) wants the team bus and only the team bus
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) has made the white jersey of best young rider a priority
- Jérôme Pineau (Brioches La Boulangère) has shown he can sprint and take mountain points, but it's the white jersey he wants
- Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) had a good first day of climbing and finished in the lead group behind solo winner Virenque
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) was decidedly unhappy with Virenque's solo victory after a long day of collaboration
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) comes into the finish
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) makes the final turn
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) dedicates his win to the recently deceased former logistics manager of Festina, Joel Chabiron
- Patrice Halgand (CA) leads out the sprint behind
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) went early in the final kilometre, but it was too early
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) leads Zabel across for 2nd
- Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) crosses the line for 9th ahead of Caucchioli
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) finished 11th today, despite problems
- Ivan Basso leads Ullrich home
- Phonak's Gutierrez is still the best placed of his team on GC
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) looking good
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) finished well up in the front group
- A Phonak rider in the thick of it
- George Hincapie (USPS) and Floyd Landis come home
- Santiago Botero (T-Mobile) survived another day, job done
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) rode another great race today
- Andrea Noe (Alessio-Bianchi) finished in the front group
- Jens Voigt (CSC) comes home
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) rolls across the line for 71st
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) with the autobus
- The bus comes through
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was very active early in the stage, before he blew up
- Tom Boonen helped out his teammate Servais Knaven, who was having problems today
- Entering the final stretch
- Don't drink it all at once!
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) now in spots
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on the podium, surrounded by photographers
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) kept the yellow, and didn't lose a single second
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) dedicates his win to the recently deceased former logistics manager of Festina, Joel Chabiron
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) leads Armstrong across for fifth
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on the podium in the maillot pois
- Cyclingnews' European editor Tim Maloney took a ride with the indefatigable Thierry Bouton on the press moto today
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) sizing up his lead on Col du Pas de Peyrol.
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) focused on his Bastille Day victory.
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) charging up Col du Pas de Peyrol 35 seconds behind Virenque
- Merckx (Lotto-Domo) ahead of the peloton at 10'15" but sees Virenque slipping away.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) the patron in control of the peloton going up Le Puy Mary.
- Tyler Hamilton getting some help from the crowd.
- Rinero (RAGT) muscles his way up the toughest climb of the day.
- Filipo Pozzato (Fassa Bortolo) feeling the strain on the first mountainous stage of this Tour.
- Boogerd (Rabobank) working his way up the toughtest climb of the day.
- French star Nazon (Ag2r) in difficulty on the Col du Pas de Peyrol.
Results
1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.00.24 (39.46 km/h) 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.19 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 5.26 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 20 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 23 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 26 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 32 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 33 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 34 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 35 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 36 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 38 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 44 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 49 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 50 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 52 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 5.38 53 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 5.41 54 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.44 55 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 61 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 63 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 64 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 65 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.00 66 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.04 68 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.07 69 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 70 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6.18 72 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.23 73 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 11.50 74 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 15.58 75 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 76 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 23.57 78 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24.24 79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 80 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 81 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 82 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 83 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 86 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 89 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 90 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 91 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 93 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 94 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 99 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 100 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 103 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 106 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 107 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 108 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 109 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 110 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 111 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 113 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 115 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 116 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 117 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 118 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 119 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 120 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 121 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 122 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 123 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 124 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 125 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 126 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 127 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 128 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 129 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 130 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 131 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 132 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 133 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 134 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 135 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 136 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 137 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 138 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 139 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 140 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 141 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 142 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 143 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 145 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 146 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 147 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 148 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 149 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 150 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 151 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 152 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 153 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 154 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 155 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 156 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 157 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 158 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 159 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 160 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 24.58 161 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25.12 162 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 163 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 164 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 25.18 165 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 166 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 167 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 168 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 169 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.13 DNF Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Points 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 pts 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 13 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Le Mont Gargan - Cat. 4, 39.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Col de Lestards - Cat. 3, 67.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Saint-Yrieix-Le-Déjalat - Cat. 3, 79.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Soursac - Cat. 3, 114.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Chalvignac - Cat. 3, 126.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Col de Neronne - Cat. 2, 162.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 8 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 5 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 6 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 Col du Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) - Cat. 1, 173.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 15 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 11 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 9 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 8 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 Col D'entremont - Cat. 3, 189.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Col de Prat de Bouc (Plomb Du Cantal) - Cat. 4, 205.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 18 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 16 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 12 6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 Sprints La Croisille-Sur-Briance, 32.50 km 1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Lapleau, 106.50 km 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 pts 2 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.05.43 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.07 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 6 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.25 9 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.45 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.48 11 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 6.31 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.05 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 21 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 25 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 26 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 19.53 27 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.59 28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29.54 Most combative 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon Teams 1 Quick Step-Davitamon 18.12.04 2 T-Mobile Team 5.05 3 Team CSC 5.12 4 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 5.19 5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.26 9 Liberty Seguros 10 Alessio-Bianchi 5.31 11 Saeco 5.44 12 Credit Agricole 13 Brioches La Boulangere 6.00 14 Rabobank 24.17 15 Domina Vacanze 16 Gerolsteiner 24.35 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 24.42 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 25.05 19 Lotto-Domo 25.34 20 Fdjeux.Com 34.56 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.01.53 General classification after stage 10 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 42.42.14 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.00 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.13 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.52 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 7.31 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.35 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.58 8 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.04 9 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.09 10 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10.18 11 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.19 13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.20 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.26 15 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.27 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.30 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10.42 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.50 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10.52 21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.53 22 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 23 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 10.59 24 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.11 25 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.17 26 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.27 27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 11.37 28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.50 29 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 12.00 30 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12.01 31 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 12.03 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.12 33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 34 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 12.38 35 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.41 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.48 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.49 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.51 39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.02 40 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 13.04 41 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 13.12 42 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.13 43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13.25 44 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 13.34 45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.35 46 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13.50 47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.20 48 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.28 49 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.39 50 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.02 51 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.15 52 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 15.24 53 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.35 54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.40 55 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.58 56 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 16.05 57 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.36 58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.34 59 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18.20 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 61 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.11 62 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20.45 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.58 64 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.01 65 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22.35 66 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 23.31 67 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.48 68 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 24.01 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.10 70 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 24.50 71 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 25.09 72 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 25.32 73 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.29 74 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.19 75 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 28.06 76 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.21 77 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 29.27 78 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 29.31 79 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 29.54 80 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 29.58 81 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30.07 82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 30.20 83 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 30.22 84 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 30.38 85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.48 86 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 31.03 87 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.15 88 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 31.24 89 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 31.27 90 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 31.31 91 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 31.33 92 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 31.40 93 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.53 94 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 31.56 95 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 32.01 96 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 32.02 97 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 32.15 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 32.22 99 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 32.29 100 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 32.38 101 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 32.40 102 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.57 103 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 33.04 104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 33.17 105 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33.53 106 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 33.57 107 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.01 108 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 34.06 109 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 34.08 110 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 34.14 111 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 34.18 112 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 34.20 113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.25 114 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.36 115 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 34.37 116 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 34.48 117 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 34.50 118 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 34.55 119 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 34.58 120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 35.04 121 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.05 122 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 35.25 123 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 35.36 124 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 35.43 125 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 36.09 126 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 36.23 127 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36.42 128 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36.53 129 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 130 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 37.08 131 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 37.10 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 37.33 133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 39.41 134 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.53 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 39.55 136 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 40.02 137 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.03 138 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 40.36 139 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.01 140 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 41.14 141 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.20 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 41.45 143 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 42.15 144 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 42.16 145 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 42.39 146 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 147 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 42.41 148 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 42.47 149 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43.26 150 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 44.00 151 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 44.23 152 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 44.52 153 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 45.01 154 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 45.18 155 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 45.30 156 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 46.05 157 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 46.18 158 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 48.25 159 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48.52 160 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.39 161 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 51.14 162 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.15 163 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 51.57 164 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 52.17 165 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 56.52 166 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 57.49 167 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59.58 168 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.00.58 169 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.23.53 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 195 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 185 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 177 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 175 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 163 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 97 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 78 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 72 12 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 65 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 62 15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 16 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 55 17 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 18 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 52 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 48 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 23 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 26 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 27 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 30 28 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 28 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 27 31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 33 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 34 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 35 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 36 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 38 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 40 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 41 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 42 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 44 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 45 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 18 47 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 49 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 50 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 51 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 52 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 53 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 54 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 55 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15 56 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 57 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 58 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 59 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 60 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 63 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 64 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 9 65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 66 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 67 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 68 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 69 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 71 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7 72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 73 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 74 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 75 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 76 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 5 77 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 78 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 79 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 80 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 81 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 82 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 84 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 85 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 86 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 87 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 89 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 73 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 36 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 21 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 16 7 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 8 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 11 10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 13 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 9 14 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 15 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 16 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 19 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 20 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 21 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 22 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 23 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 25 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 26 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 27 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 29 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 30 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 32 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 33 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1 34 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 36 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 42.42.14 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.13 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.48 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.02 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.20 7 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.35 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.58 9 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.36 10 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 23.31 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 30.22 12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.48 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 31.24 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 31.31 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 31.40 16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.53 17 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 32.15 18 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.57 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 34.14 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.36 21 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 36.09 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36.42 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.53 24 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 39.55 25 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 41.14 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 42.39 27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 46.05 28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.23.53 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 126.01.13 2 Alessio-Bianchi 2.23 3 Brioches La Boulangere 4.04 4 Quick Step-Davitamon 9.49 5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 10.48 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.08 7 T-Mobile Team 12.18 8 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 12.32 9 Liberty Seguros 13.49 10 Fassa Bortolo 15.34 11 Saeco 18.42 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.17 13 Credit Agricole 26.29 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 31.31 15 Rabobank 32.00 16 Domina Vacanze 34.58 17 Gerolsteiner 35.12 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 35.14 19 Fdjeux.Com 35.56 20 Lotto-Domo 37.43 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.18.41
