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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 18 - July 23: Annemasse - Lons le Saunier, 166.5 km
Mercado continues youth movement at 2004 Tour
Armstrong-Simeoni polemics mar stage
By Tim Maloney, European editor in Lons Le Saunier
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Although he spent the last two and a half weeks working hard for Richard Virenque, helping him gain a record seventh maillot pois of Best Climber, after spending an unpleasant night with intestinal problems, Quick.Step's 26 year old climber Juan Miguel Mercado got in the right break today and the talented young rider from Granada took the stage win in a close sprint with Cente Garcia (Illes Balears) in Lons Le Saunier today. "I wasn't in my best form the first two weeks of the Tour from the cold and rainy weather, but today I had some good luck and got in the winning breakaway," said the delighted Mercado post-stage today after his ninth pro win.
"Our goal was to get the maillot pois at the Tour for Richard and the whole team worked hard for him. Of course, we were also after stage wins and now we have three with Boonen, Virenque and now me. Now I hope Boonen can win in Paris."
Mercado's clever move in the sprint to anticipate former teammate and experienced rouleur Cente Garcia Acosta was textbook and he held off the powerful charge of the 31 year old Illes Balears rider, who threw his arm in frustration at the narrow loss just after the line. "Sure, I was a little worried in the finale because Garcia Acosta is a strong rider." But Mercado took the winner's bouquet and his first ever Tour de France stage win.
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Earlier in the day, a strange incident that will certainly go down in the annals of Tour de France history enlivened Stage 18, when Domina Vacanze rider Filippo Simeoni bridged across to the day's winning break on the first climb of the day after 32km. Suddenly, surprisingly, maillot jaune Lance Armstrong went in pursuit of Simeoni and soon both riders had bridged across to the break together. The other riders in the break were dumbfounded to see the maillot jaune there among them, taking his pulls and participating in the escape. But they soon realized that if Armstrong remained up front, their breakaway was doomed. Cente Garcia asked Armstrong to drop back after the gap reached 2'00 on the chasing peloton, led by a heaving mass of magenta T-Mobile jerseys. Armstrong told Garcia Acosta that he would drop off, but only if Simeoni would do so as well. Reluctantly the Italian agreed to do so and both he and Armstrong spoke after the stage today.
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On his way to an unprecedented sixth Tour win, Armstrong's action today is hard to interpret. He explained that "I was protecting the interests of the peloton" to French TV after the stage and continued by saying, "The story of Simeoni is not a fair story...there's a long history there. All (journalists) want to write about is parts of the story. It's a long history...a guy like (Simeoni), all he wants to do is to destroy cycling...and for me, that's not correct. And I when I went back to the group they said 'chapeau'...thank you very much. Because they understand that (cycling) is their job and that they absolutely love it and they're committed to it and don't want somebody within their sport destroying it. So...for me it's no problem to go on the wheel, to follow the wheel."
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For his part, Simeoni, who's currently suing Armstrong in an Italian court for defamation of character had harsh words for the man who perhaps spoiled his chance to be in the winning break today. "Today Armstrong showed the whole world what kind of person he is...I've suffered another big injustice from him with the whole world watching. A big champion like him can't possibly do something like that to a small rider like me and the other riders in the break who are looking for a moment of glory in the Tour de France. I was good today in the stage and made a good move to get up to the front group, but Armstrong followed me up to the break. It was a real shame."
Simeoni explained further that "When I bridged up to the break with Armstrong, the other riders got upset; it was normal that a break with the maillot jaune wouldn't stay away so for the respect of the other riders, I decided to drop back. If I was up there by myself with Armstrong, I wouldn't have dropped back."
How it unfolded
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An early break of eight went after 9 km just outside of Annemasse, containing Jalabert (Phonak), Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), former lanterne rouge Joly (Credit Agricole), Cente Garcia (Illes Baleares), Fofonov (Cofidis), Mercado (Quick.Step), Scholz (Gerolsteiner) and Lotz (Rabobank). Bad luck struck two of the riders, Scholz and Jalabert, who both punctured and were absorbed by the USPS-Berry Floor led peloton. After 20km, the six riders had almost a minute on the peloton, which looked set to give them the green light for a long break, but Phonak then went to the front to chase as their rider Jalabert had flatted out of the escape.
After three-quarters of an hour of racing, the status quo was in force, as Phonak was trying to bring the front group back, but the sextet had managed to keep their 0'45 lead. As the day's first climb started, the 2.5 km ascent Cat 4 Cote de Collognes started, the lead began to drop as the peloton upped the pace behind.
Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) attacked on the climb after 32km to try to bridge up to the break. Suddenly, maillot jaune Lance Armstrong went in pursuit of Simeoni and soon both riders had bridged across to the break together. The eight front riders, including Armstrong quickly began to gain time on the peloton and after 40km, the gap was 2'00! Jan Ullrich's T-Mobile team went to the front to chase.
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Fofonov won the sprint points in St-Jean-de-Gonville from the break, while Armstrong and Simeoni had stopped riding. Armstrong reportedly told the other riders in the break that he would send his team to chase the break down if they ride with Simeoni, and Cente Garcia appeared tell the Italian, who currently has a lawsuit pending in Italy against Armstrong for defamation of character, to stop riding in the break and go back to the peloton. Simeoni got the message and slowed down, as did Armstrong. Simeoni complained to Armstrong, who didn't appear to respond, but a few kilometres later, both riders returned to the peloton and the gap in front jumped quickly.
Once back in the bunch, Simeoni got some verbal abuse from Italian riders and went to hide at the back of the peloton, while Armstrong was applauded by many riders and made the cryptic sign of a zipper across his lips. Once the fun and frolicking were over, the Tour de France got down to the business of racing again. At the base of the long, steady ascent of the Cat. 2 Col de la Faucille after 62km, the break's lead had jumped to 5'10 over the USPS led peloton.
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From that point on, Lance's Blue Train cruised across the Jura to Lons on half throttle. The peloton was over 10'00 behind as Seb Joly attacked with 16 km to go, this opened the hostilities in the finale. Eventually Mercado got a gap on the final Cat. 4 climb before Lons Le Saunier. Only Garcia Acosta could get across to the speedy Spaniard and they crossed the line 0'11 ahead of Fofonov, who won the sprint from the rest of the break. Viking Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) got a perfect leadout from Kiwi Julian Dean and won the group rush 11'29 behind.
Stage 19 - July 24: Besançon Individual Time Trial, 55km
This 55 km TT is a long and difficult test over undulating terrain with only 5km of flat. One of the longest in recent memory, Stage 19 is harder than last year's TT in Gaillac. Unless a huge defaillance hits Armstrong on the backroads around Besançon, this stage should be a battle between him and Jan Ullrich. Two podium spots are still up for grabs, as CSC's Ivan Basso hopes to keep his second place spot safe from T-Mobile's onslaught of Andreas Klöden (at 1'02 behind Basso) and Jan Ullrich (at 3'59). The big question for the classy Italian, whose weak spot is long TT's, is if he can hold off Ullrich, who will have to ride the TT course 4.4 seconds faster per kilometre than Basso to steal the final podium spot and sew up Team GC for T-Mobile in Paris.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) gets today's course profile taped onto his top tube before the start.
- The 6 man breakaway group that got away for most of the day.
- Phonak leads the peloton after the break.
- Mark Scanlon (Ag2r) rides up front in the main bunch.
- The mountains disappear in the background as the Tour closes in on Paris.
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) nips Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta at the line.
- Happiness on stage winner Juan Miguel Mercado's face.
- Photographers ready to dash to the side of the road as the main bunch comes in.
- Robbie McEwen beat out by Thor Hushovd for the bunch sprint.
- Lance Armstrong looks to the crowds as he poses in yellow.
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Lance Armstrong and Filippo Simeoni having a tête-a-tête
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) sits up and waits for the peloton
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) beats Jose Vicente Garica Acosta (Illes Balears) to win stage 18
- Thor Hushovd (R) beats McEwen (C) and Hondo (L) for 7th
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Mercado is delighted to beat Garica Acosta across the line
- Mercado celebrates his win
- Mercado is happy
- Fofonov wins the sprint for third ahead of Joly
- Lotz and Flecha finished fifth and sixth
- Holy Angles Batman! Hushovd (R) beats McEwen (C) for 7th
- The peloton rolls in 11'29 behind the winner
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) comes home
- Ivan Basso (CSC) rolls in
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) What, me worry?
- Simeoni and Ekimov come in close to each other
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) escorted to the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) grabs a drink
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) crosses the line, job done for another day
- Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) explains his side of the story
- Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) surrounded by media
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) salutes from the podium
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) salutes the crowd
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) with his winner's trophy
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) in yellow on the podium
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) prepares for another maillot jaune
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) can feel the jersey fitting more snugly with two days until Paris
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) atop the podium in yellow
- Lance Armstrong has learned a few things from Bernard Hinault
- McEwen in the green
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) still has the green by a comfortable margin
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- A Boulangere rider obliging the fans in the Annemasse rain.
- Mengin (FDJ) all bundled up for the wet start.
- This family is ready for the featured attraction of the day.
- Marc Lotz (Rabobank) leading the breakaway group up the Cote de Lajoux.
- The familiar sight of the Postal team keeping the peloton in check.
- Stage winner Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon) with an emphatic celebration.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) looking forward to the showdown with the T-Mobile stars in the final time trial.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) helping himself to another yellow jersey.
- Lance Armstrong (USP) getting a congratulation from the Badger.
Results
1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.04.03 (40.93 km/h) 2 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 3 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.11 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.29 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 11 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 25 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 28 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 29 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 32 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 33 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 34 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 39 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 40 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 41 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 44 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 45 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 46 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 47 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 50 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 53 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 54 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 56 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 57 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 58 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 59 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 64 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 65 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 66 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 68 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 70 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 71 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 74 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 75 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 76 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 78 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 79 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 80 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 81 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 82 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 83 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 84 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 86 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 89 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 90 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 92 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 93 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 94 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 96 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 99 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 100 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 101 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 102 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 103 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 105 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 106 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 107 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 108 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 109 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 110 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 111 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 113 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 114 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 115 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 116 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 119 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 120 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 121 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 122 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 123 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 124 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 125 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 126 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 131 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 132 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 133 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 134 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 136 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 138 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 139 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 140 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 143 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 144 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 145 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 146 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 147 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 25 pts 2 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 22 3 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 20 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 5 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 16 6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 15 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 13 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 11 11 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 10 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 13 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 8 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 7 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 17 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Côte De Collonges - Cat. 4, 34.50 km 1 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 Col De La Faucille - Cat. 2, 75.50 km 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 pts 2 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 9 3 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 8 4 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 7 5 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 Côte De Lajoux - Cat. 3, 87.50 km 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 Côte Des Crozets - Cat. 3, 127.00 km 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 Côte De Nogna - Cat. 4, 153.00 km 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 Sprints Saint-Jean-De-Gonville, 43.50 km 1 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 Clairvaux-Les-Lacs, 144.00 km 1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 Young rider 1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.04.14 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 11.18 3 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 9 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 10 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 12 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 13 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 17 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 18 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 22 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo Most combative 1 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto Teams 1 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 12.35.07 2 Quick Step-Davitamon 3 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.11 4 Credit Agricole 5 Fassa Bortolo 6 Rabobank 7 T-Mobile Team 11.29 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Brioches La Boulangere 10 Lotto-Domo 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Fdjeux.Com 13 Team CSC 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Saeco 16 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 17 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 18 Alessio-Bianchi 19 Liberty Seguros 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Domina Vacanze General classification after stage 18 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 78.20.28 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4.09 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.11 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.08 5 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.41 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 11.45 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.56 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15.14 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 16.25 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16.33 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.52 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.57 13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20.20 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 20.41 15 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21.12 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 21.53 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 21.57 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 23.08 19 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 29.10 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 29.33 21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.54 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 34.30 23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.13 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 36.38 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 38.58 26 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.24 27 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40.20 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 41.35 29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45.45 30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 48.41 31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55.03 32 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57.03 33 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 57.48 34 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.00.13 35 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.00.20 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.01.48 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.03.17 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04.07 39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 1.06.18 40 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.53 41 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.07.40 42 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.07.49 43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.10.13 44 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.11.13 45 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.13.09 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.19.02 47 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.22.14 48 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24.08 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.27.59 50 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.24 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.30.42 52 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.34.42 53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35.51 54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.36.02 55 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.37.19 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.40.21 57 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.49 58 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.42.24 59 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.42.48 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.42.50 61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.44.14 62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.44.25 63 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.47.32 64 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.48.58 65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.49.00 66 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.49.49 67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.51.43 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.52.35 69 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.54.16 70 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.54.22 71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.58.41 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.59.08 73 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.01.14 74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.02.42 75 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.04.41 76 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 2.05.47 77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.06.46 78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.07.50 79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09.04 80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.10.09 81 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.10.26 82 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.11.05 83 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.12.09 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.15.48 85 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.16.17 86 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.17.09 87 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.17.25 88 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.17.40 89 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 2.18.12 90 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.18.14 91 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.19.51 92 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.20.20 93 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.21.20 94 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 2.23.23 95 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2.23.31 96 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.23.59 97 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2.25.06 98 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.26.08 99 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.26.09 100 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.28.10 101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2.28.35 102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.29.56 103 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.31.01 104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.32.37 105 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.33.54 106 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.35.36 107 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.30 108 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.36.53 109 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.38.04 110 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.40.00 111 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.40.58 112 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.42.21 113 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.42.41 114 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42.55 115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.43.25 116 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.45.29 117 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.45.33 118 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.46.01 119 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.47.00 120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 2.48.01 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.48.12 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.49.01 123 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.49.29 124 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.50.09 125 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 126 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.50.19 127 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.50.27 128 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.50.35 129 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.50.45 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.54.34 131 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.54.53 132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.56.58 133 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.57.20 134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 2.58.04 135 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 3.00.12 136 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.01.05 137 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.01.12 138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.02.23 139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.03.44 140 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.10.08 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.10.53 142 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.12.20 143 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.13.14 144 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.23.28 145 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.29.17 146 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.30.56 147 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.43.48 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 238 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 227 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 221 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 215 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 201 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 128 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 124 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 12 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 86 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 79 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 78 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 73 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 60 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 60 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 22 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 24 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 49 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 26 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 45 28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 44 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 42 30 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 31 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 41 32 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 33 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 34 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 38 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 36 36 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 34 37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 32 39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 40 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 30 41 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 42 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 29 44 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 45 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 28 46 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 47 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 26 48 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 26 49 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 50 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 51 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 25 52 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 53 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 54 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 22 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 56 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 19 57 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 58 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 59 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 60 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 61 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 62 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 64 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 65 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 66 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 67 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 16 68 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 69 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 70 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14 71 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 73 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 74 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 77 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 78 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 10 79 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 10 80 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 81 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 83 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 84 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 85 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 86 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 87 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 88 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 89 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 90 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 91 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 92 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4 93 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 95 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 96 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 4 97 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4 98 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 99 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 100 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 101 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 103 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros -5 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 105 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto -5 106 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère -5 107 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover -5 108 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com -5 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 226 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 172 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 119 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 119 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 115 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 8 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 71 10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 65 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 64 12 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 59 13 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 54 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 18 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 39 19 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 20 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36 21 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 33 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 23 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 24 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 21 26 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 21 27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 17 29 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 16 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 15 31 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 33 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 34 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13 35 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 36 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 38 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 39 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 12 40 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 42 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 43 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 8 44 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 45 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 7 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 49 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 50 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 52 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 53 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 55 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 56 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 57 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 3 58 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 59 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 60 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 61 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 62 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 63 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 64 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 65 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 67 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1 68 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 69 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 78.41.40 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.45 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.56 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.18 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15.26 6 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.12 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27.29 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33.51 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.23.13 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.30.31 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.37.29 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.37.56 13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.52 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.57.00 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2.03.54 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.06.58 17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.09.49 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.11.25 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.22.13 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24.21 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.27.00 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.33.22 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.41.11 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.52.02 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.09.44 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 233.03.45 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5.12 3 Team CSC 10.49 4 Quick Step-Davitamon 43.07 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 46.38 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 52.04 7 Brioches La Boulangere 1.14.53 8 Rabobank 1.19.36 9 Credit Agricole 1.20.24 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.29 11 Saeco 1.54.30 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.09.41 13 Liberty Seguros 2.47.31 14 Gerolsteiner 2.52.51 15 Lotto-Domo 3.00.14 16 Fdjeux.Com 3.05.05 17 Alessio-Bianchi 3.23.51 18 Fassa Bortolo 4.01.13 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.11.35 20 Domina Vacanze 4.48.41 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 5.59.28
