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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 20 - July 25: Montreau - Paris-Champs-Elysees, 163 km
Armstrong atop Tour pantheon with sixth straight win
Total domination de Lance with five stage wins by Texan
By Tim Maloney, European editor in Paris
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There are not enough superlatives to describe the accomplishment that Lance Armstrong achieved today in Paris by winning a record sixth straight Tour de France. As the strains of the fat lady singing "The Star Spangled Banner" segued into "All I Wanna Do (Is Have Some Fun) by Lance's lady friend Sheryl Crow and her band the Saturday Night Music Club, the sun dipped behind the Arc de Triomphe. Fade to black as Lance Armstrong becomes the greatest rider in Tour de France history.
A humble Armstrong declared after descending from the podium that, "It hasn't sunk in yet. But six, standing on the top step on the podium on the Champs-Elysees is really special." Once again, Armstrong spoke of his love affair with Le Grande Boucle, now a six-time affair for the Texan. "The Tour de France is the most beautiful race in the world. For me, for cycling, for my team, for my new sponsor Discovery Channel, I cannot think of not doing another year on the Tour de France," Armstrong told French television.
But as for his destiny in 2005 and his new Discovery Cycling team, Lance left things open-ended going forward. "I don't know what I'll do next summer. I suspect I'll be here. It's too big of a race. My only hesitance is I think the people and the event perhaps need a change, new faces, a new winner," said Armstrong. "If I'm here at the Tour de France, I race to win." "We'll see..." he said.
Discussing the process of this year's Tour, Armstrong noted that, "We never had a sense of crisis, only the stress of the rain and the crashes in the first week," he said. "I was never able to ride away alone on the climbs. That's the first time I didn't do that, but I was surprised that some of the rivals were not better. Some of them just completely disappeared."
Armstrong described the always difficult first phase of the Tour, saying, "The little guys, the pure climbers, (Iban) Mayo, Tyler (Hamilton), the first week is very tough on them, always fighting for position, the wind. There's a lot of acceleration through villages at the finish. This becomes a problem for them after 10 days," Armstrong said. "That's the beauty of the Tour de France. If the race was just 10 or 12 days long, they'd be much better. You have to do it all (to win)."
Armstrong now goes into the record books as the second oldest winner in Tour history at 32 years and ten months of age. Lance completed the 20 stages plus prologue of the 2004 Tour in 83 hours 36 minutes and two seconds, the second fastest Tour in history at 40.553 km/h avg. But despite his advancing age, Armstrong still maintains his kid-like enthusiasm for his sport. "I think the biggest difference (this year) is in my head, the morale and the motivation, the pure joy of racing," he said. "It's as if I was with my five friends and we were 13 years old and we all had new bikes and we said: 'Okay, we're going to race from here to there.' You want to beat your friends more than anything. You're sprinting and you're attacking. It was like that for me this year, a simple pleasure."
Next on Armstrong's schedule are two criteriums; he races in Holland on Tuesday and Prague on Thursday, then the Breitling Cup two-up TT in Bühl, Germany with George Hincapie on Saturday before boarding a private jet to Austin, Texas, where Lance will re-unite with his three children for some fun and relaxation in August. In September, Armstrong will finish his 2004 season with the T-Mobile Grand Prix in San Francisco, where he may face Jan Ullrich and Andreas Klöden again in the Race By The Bay.
Although his T-Mobile team came on strong in the end of the Tour to win the Team GC award 2'42 ahead of USPS-Berry Floor, team leader Jan Ullrich was disappointing and finished off of the Tour de France podium for the first time, ending up in 4th, just 2'10 short of the bottom step of the podium. Ullrich was slowed by a cold in the first week and by cool, rainy weather in much of this year's Tour. The rangy German powerhouse not only didn't find the preferred climate this year, but his condition was lacking as well. Runner-up to Armstrong was the emerging Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) who was supposed to be second fiddle to Jan but ended up riding to beat the band. Klöden got better and better as the Tour progressed and was one of the revelations, finishing second in Stage 17 to Le Grande-Bornand and third in the TT in Besançon. "I never would have predicted Klöden before the Tour. But you could see he was really strong and skinny in the first week," said Armstrong today in Paris.
Speaking of revelations, although he ended up third, CSC's Ivan Basso was one of the high points of this Tour de France. The classy 28 year old Italian won a stage to La Mongie and was strong enough to go pull for pull with Armstrong for the first two weeks of the Tour until he faded towards the end. But Basso will be back and certainly has the pedigree and team support from the impeccable CSC squad of Bjarne Riis to be a contender.
Lance's USPS team was a real powerhouse this year. Finishing just behind T-Mobile in the teams category, had the Postal Blue train decided to ride on the Team GC track, there's no question that Johan Bruyneel's incredibly focused nine man team that finished the Tour intact could have captured this prize. With riders like Floyd Landis, who finished off the Tour in great form, Jose Azevedo, who proved his worth in the Pyrenees, big motors George Hincapie, Viatcheslav Ekimov and Pavel Padrnos, mountain men Jose Luis Rubiera and Manuel Beltran, and hard working rookie Benjamin Noval, the US Postal squad was an extremely powerful unit and at no time was Lance isolated too early. Once again, Lance and the Postal boys will take home the lions share of the prizes, with a big-time payday of 578,842 euros coming from the 2004 Tour de France prize money.
As for the best of the rest, Robbie McEwen had a fantastic Tour to win a stage and capture the maillot vert in Paris for the second time in his career. "Hushovd was eleven points behind and I was really confident before the final sprint," explained the delighted Lotto man. "I counted on the first two sprints to get some more points. I won the first sprint pretty easily and took an other two points. After that, my back started make me suffer. I was a bit too late to go for the second one. He beat me there so back to eleven points. After that I just rode the rest of the stage in his wheel until 500 or 600 meters to go on the Place de la Concorde. Hushovd went right, I decided to go left. And Boonen was in excellent position to win the stage. I wasn't really focused on the stage, I was just thinking to the green so I could have gambled and stayed longer in Boonen's wheel to pass around him but I had just to make sure to go to the line. I just came across and I wasn't really looking where I was on the line but just make sure I was in front of Hushovd. It's a nice feeling to finish in the green."
McEwen explained that, "The last green jersey was more of a relief because I think I was so stressed there because it was my first time doing it. This year, I came to the Tour with a different goal. I wanted to come and win a stage because last year I came to Paris in green and I left absolutely empty handed. So this time I wanted to make sure I had something before we got to Paris. With two stage wins, the stress was off a bit especially with my big crash and a stage after that. I didn't feel as much stress as the last two times. But also I decided I was wearing it for such a long time that I wanted to keep it".
France's most popular cyclist Richard Virenque captured a record seventh straight maillot pois for the Best Climber of the Tour de France as well as the prize for most combative rider of the Tour de France. Asked if he would return to go for an eighth climber's jersey in the Tour, a cagy Virenque said: "I'm not sure, we'll see."
How it unfolded
At the first kilometre, Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) tried to spoil Lance's party with an attack, but this time, it was the entire USPS-Berry Floor squad that brought the Italian to heel after an 8km chase that split the peloton in two. Once Pippo was back in the group, things settled down to a nice, easy 30km/h pace until the first and only KOM on the Cote de Montfermail (km 82) and the sprint in Livry-Gargan after 86km. Moreau took the KOM ahead of USPS riders Azevedo and Hincapie, while in Livry-Gargan, McEwen made another brilliant move to snatch the sprint from maillot vert challenger Thor Hushovd, pretty much sewing up the points competition. Hushovd then turned the tables and took the sprint on the first passage of the line on the Champs-Elysees.
A group of ten riders got away after a strong attack by Bettini (QuickStep), including Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangère), Pereiro (Phonak), Sunderland (Alessio), Gutierrez (Illes Balears), Astarloza (Ag2r), Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Merckx (Lotto) and Kroon (Rabobank). This group worked well together and got a lead of 40", but Credit Agricole brought them back on the second last lap of the Champs. Flecha made a strong counter, but Quick.Step pulled him back and set up their sprinter Tom Boonen for a great finish, where the 23 year old powered to his second stage win of the Tour and Quick.Step's 4th victory.
Boonen said post stage that "I would have an incredible career if I win two stages every year on the Tour. But I know it is not easy. Next year I would be satisfied to do half of my results this year. Every year is different and I'm glad with that one and my two victories on the Tour. The green jersey might be my goal next year. I missed three of my sprints in the first week and was too far in the classification to try to make it this year. My feeling after my first stage win was special because it was the first one. Today's victory is a beautiful one, very hard to get because of the stress."
Last years stage winner JP Nazon was second, while McEwen was 4th to sew up his maillot vert and confirm that the tough Queenslander is truly one of the top sprinters in modern cycling.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Floyd Landis (USPS) leads the bunch down the Champs Elysees.
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) leads the break across the Place de la Concorde
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) leads rival Ivan Basso into Paris.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS)
- The peloton heads towards the Arc d'Triomphe.
- Lance Armstrong 6 time Tour winner
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) takes the bunch sprint.
- Lance Armstrong with hat off for the national anthem.
- Fans congratulate Lance Armstrong.
- Lance Armstrong on the podium for win number 6.
- Jersey winners (L to R): Robbie McEwen, Lance Armstrong, Richard Virenque and Vladimir Karpets.
- The Brioches La Boulangere team more than happy to have such a great Tour.
- The Cofidis team rides during the parade.
- Team Phonak including Tyler Hamilton, lines up at the end of the day.
- Teammates Jan Ullrich and Andreas Kloden happy at the end.
- Gerolsteiner done for the day.
- The USPS team after making history in the 2004 Tour.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Floyd Landis (US Postal) dons his special team kit for the final ride to Paris
- Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) didn't lie down easily, attacking on the final stage and taking the combativity prize for the day
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) takes his son Saën for a lap around the Champs Elysées
- Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) hitches a ride on the team parade
- Tom Boonen and his Quick.Step teammates get a victory shower on the Champs Elysees
- A second green jersey for Australian Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo)
- Andreas Klöden and Jan Ullrich teammates and best friends
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) gives the waiting crowd a wave after sealing his record sixth Tour victory
- George Hincapie (US Postal Service) gets a congratulatory ovation from the yellow-shirted Postal fans
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) rode a great sprint to beat JP Nazon (R) and Danilo Hondo (L, out of shot)
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) signals his sixth Tour win
- The final podium (L to R): Andreas Kloden (2nd), Lance Armstrong (1st) and Ivan Basso (3rd)
- The jersey winners (L to R) Robbie McEwen (points), Lance Armstrong (GC), Richard Virenque (mountains) and Vladimir Karpets (young rider)
- T-Mobile was the winning team
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- The publicity caravan begins the party on Champs Elyesee
- lance Armstrong (US Postal) in yellow again in Paris.
- The peloton circling famous Parisian landmarks.
- The top trio of Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile), Lance Armstrong (US Postal) and Ivan Basso (CSC).
- Messieurs W. Smith et J.M. LeBlanc est dans la maison?
- Jersey winners Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), Lance Armstrong (US Postal), Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears - Banesto).
- Thomas Voeckler’s journey in 2004 warmed the hearts of the French crowd.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) missed the podium but still reigns amongst the fan.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.08.26 (39.36 km/h) 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 9 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 13 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 22 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 23 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 27 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 28 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 29 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 30 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 32 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 35 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 37 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 40 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 41 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 45 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 46 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 47 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 49 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 51 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 52 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 53 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 54 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 55 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 56 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 57 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 58 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 62 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 64 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 67 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 68 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 71 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 72 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 73 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 76 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 77 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 78 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 79 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 80 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 81 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 82 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 83 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 84 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 85 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 86 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 87 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 91 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 92 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 94 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 95 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 96 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 97 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 98 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 99 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 102 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 103 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 104 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.19 105 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 106 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 107 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 108 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 109 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 110 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 111 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 112 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 113 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 114 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 115 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 116 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 117 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 118 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 121 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 122 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 123 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 125 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 126 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 127 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.24 128 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.26 129 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.29 130 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 131 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 132 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.32 133 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.34 134 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 135 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 136 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.38 137 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 138 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 139 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 140 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 143 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 144 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 0.53 145 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05 146 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09 147 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.32 Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 35 pts 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 30 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 24 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 20 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 19 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 18 9 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 10 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 15 12 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 13 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11 16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 18 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 8 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 7 20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 22 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 4 23 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 25 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Mountains Côte de Montfermeil - Cat. 4, 81.90 km 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 pts 2 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Sprints Livry-Gargan, 86.60 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 6 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 Hauts des Champs, 115.70 km 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.08.26 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.19 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 20 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 21 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.38 23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.32 Most combative 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze Teams 1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12.25.18 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Alessio-Bianchi 4 Quick Step-Davitamon 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Credit Agricole 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Rabobank 10 Fdjeux.Com 11 Saeco 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Brioches La Boulangere 14 Liberty Seguros 15 Lotto-Domo 16 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 17 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 18 Team CSC 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.38 21 Domina Vacanze 1.02 Final general classification 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 83.36.02 (40.56 km/h) 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.19 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 6.40 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.50 5 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14.30 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 18.01 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18.27 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19.51 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 20.12 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.54 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 24.21 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.36 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 25.11 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 27.16 15 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 28.11 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 28.53 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 29.00 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 31.12 19 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.50 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 37.11 21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 39.54 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 41.39 23 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 42.55 24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45.19 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47.07 26 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.14 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 47.43 28 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.39 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 51.35 30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 54.43 31 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01.01 32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.03.01 33 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.04.09 34 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.04.37 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.07.07 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.10.54 37 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.11.31 38 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 1.12.24 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.12.42 41 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.15.10 42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.15.15 43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.16.42 44 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.16.45 45 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.17.23 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.26.28 47 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.32.06 48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.35.26 49 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.35.54 50 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.38.38 51 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.39.16 52 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.39.52 53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.42.44 54 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.42.53 55 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.44.57 56 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.48.11 57 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.49.51 58 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.50.10 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.50.21 60 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.50.49 61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.51.41 62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.55.04 63 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.55.52 64 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.56.29 65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.57.25 66 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.57.41 67 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.58.22 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.59.21 69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.02.55 70 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.04.01 71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.09.34 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.09.45 73 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.10.33 74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.10.39 75 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 2.12.32 76 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.13.14 77 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.14.42 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15.31 79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.16.19 80 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.16.44 81 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.17.14 82 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.18.42 83 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.24.49 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.25.08 85 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.25.43 86 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.26.14 87 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.26.22 88 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.27.39 89 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 2.27.49 90 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.29.48 91 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30.37 92 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.31.34 93 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.33.38 94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2.33.54 95 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.34.16 96 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 2.35.20 97 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.35.48 98 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2.36.16 99 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.36.36 100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2.36.48 101 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.37.58 102 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.38.36 103 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.41.31 104 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.42.45 105 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.44.24 106 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.46.54 107 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.46.56 108 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.47.22 109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.48.42 110 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.49.06 111 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.33 112 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.50.16 113 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.51.06 114 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.53.16 115 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.53.22 116 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.54.55 117 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.56.01 118 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.56.30 119 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.59.00 120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.59.07 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.59.12 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.59.18 123 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3.00.35 124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 3.01.21 125 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.01.36 126 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.01.39 127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.02.09 128 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.03.28 129 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3.03.40 130 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.04.47 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 3.05.44 132 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 3.07.51 133 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.07.54 134 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.09.38 135 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.10.46 136 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.11.10 137 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 3.13.10 138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.13.55 139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.15.45 140 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.22.15 141 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.22.39 142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.23.07 143 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.25.37 144 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.36.31 145 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.39.21 146 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.43.18 147 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.55.49 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 272 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 247 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 245 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 234 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 227 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 163 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 146 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 143 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 139 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 131 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 95 13 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 86 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 79 15 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 78 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 78 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 67 18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 60 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 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 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 47 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 46 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 45 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 44 31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 32 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 41 33 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 34 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 38 35 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 38 36 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36 37 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 36 38 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36 39 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 35 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 34 41 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34 42 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 32 44 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 32 45 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 31 46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 47 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 30 48 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 29 50 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 51 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 28 52 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 53 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 54 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 26 55 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 26 56 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 25 58 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 59 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24 60 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 22 61 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 22 62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 63 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 19 64 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 65 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 67 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 68 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 69 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 17 71 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 72 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 16 73 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 74 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 75 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 76 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 77 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 13 78 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 80 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 10 81 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 82 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 84 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 85 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 86 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 87 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 88 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 89 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 90 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 91 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 93 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 94 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 95 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4 96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 97 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 98 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 4 99 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4 100 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 101 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 102 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 103 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 104 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 105 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 106 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros -5 107 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 108 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto -5 109 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère -5 110 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover -5 111 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 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 119 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 119 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 115 7 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 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 61 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 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13 36 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 37 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 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 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 84.01.13 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3.42 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.01 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 16.28 5 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.03 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22.32 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 29.32 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.50 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.29.53 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.32.30 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.44.23 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.44.34 13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50.20 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 2.02.38 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.09.05 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2.11.05 17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.16.20 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.19.13 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.23.31 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29.44 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.33.56 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.40.33 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.48.44 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.57.28 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.18.07 Most combative classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 248.58.43 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2.42 3 Team CSC 10.33 4 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 52.26 5 Quick Step-Davitamon 57.33 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 57.42 7 Rabobank 1.26.24 8 Credit Agricole 1.30.35 9 Brioches La Boulangere 1.32.12 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.46 11 Saeco 2.08.14 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.24.46 13 Liberty Seguros 2.55.25 14 Gerolsteiner 3.02.38 15 Lotto-Domo 3.14.13 16 Fdjeux.Com 3.19.53 17 Alessio-Bianchi 3.42.55 18 Fassa Bortolo 4.09.14 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.25.53 20 Domina Vacanze 5.13.52 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.21.09
