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90th Tour de France - July 5-27, 2003

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Stage 2 - Monday, July 7: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - Sedan, 204.5 km

Big Bad Baden blasts to beaut win in Sedan

Today's Tour features

Tour News
The Brad and Baden show, McEwen goes for green, wants more help, Casper down but not out, CSC brain cam, Tour reneges on Basque deal, Medical communique, Why is it the 90th TdF when it's the centenary?

Tour News
McGee happy to keep yellow, Sprinters quiet and loud, Theo de Rooij in favour of 3 km rule, New director at Cofidis, Wauters in form

Tour News
Hamilton to continue

Igor's insights
ONCE's Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano on crashing, the CPLD and a tranquil stage 2.

Joseba Beloki interview
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Joseba Beloki believes the time has come for him to seek victory. Eloi Corres and Martin Hardie find out what lies beneath.

A Podium Girl Gone Bad
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Mon dieu! She's back, she's bad, and she's... fashionably late. But zee life of zee Podium Girl is not all bubbly-pop and kiss, kiss, kiss.

Brad McGee and Baden Cooke interview
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After their teamwork paid off in stage 2, Gabriella Ekström spoke with winners Baden Cooke and Brad McGee.

Dr Michele Ferrari diary
What effects do crashes have, besides broken bones and grazes? Dr Ferrari explains.

Aussies on top of Tour classifications

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Sedan

Baden Cooke
Photo: © AFP

It was May 1940 when the so-called "Latch Of Sedan" fortifications fell to the onslaught of German armor, allowing Generals Rommel and Guderian to trap the British Expeditionary Force on the beach at Dunkirk and drive their forces straight through to Paris.

Today, it was the onslaught of the chase from the sprinters teams like Brad McGee's FDJeux.com, McEwen's Lotto-Domo, Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo and Zabel's German armor of Team Telekom that eventually brought back the French breakaway duo of Tour rookies Lilian Jégou (27, Credit Agricole) and Fred Finot (26, Jean Delatour) after a long escape across the corrugated terrain of the Marne and French Ardennes region.

With Finot's solo move pulled back in the final kilometres, the stage win was up for grabs, and it was emerging Aussie sprinter Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com), runner-up to McEwen in last year's final stage of the Tour, who powered to his first ever Tour De France stage win in Sedan. The 25 year old from Benalla, land of Aussie bushranger Ned Kelly, was almost astounded by his ride today.

"It's been my dream to win a tour stage and now I can't believe it," gushed Cooke post-stage. "Today I didn't feel great at the beginning of the stage but I adjusted my bike and felt better. My teammates really helped me on the last hill into town and (Maillot Jaune) Brad (McGee) and the guys set me up for the sprint. In the finale, Kirsipuu moved over but I had the big gear going good and passed him - it's incredible."

Brad McGee
Photo: © AFP

Cooke's super surge put him on the podium twice today, as he gained the lead in the Best Young Riders classification. His FDJeux.com teammate, prologue winner Brad McGee maintained his Maillot Jaune as Tour De France leader, while their French teammate Christophe Mengin maintained his lead in the chase for Maillot Pois of Best Climber.

Jean Delatour was snakebitten twice today, with break rider Finot sucked up in the finale and their sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon runner-up to the Aussie, with Kirsipuu 3rd and 33 year old birthday boy Erik Zabel in 4th. Maillot Vert Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) was 6th and kept his points classification lead for another day. It was a clean, wide open sprint today, but yesterday's stage winner Alessandro Petacchi was absent for the festivities. The fast Fassa man went out the back on the last cote of the day in Cheveuges and came home 1'35" down with three teammates.

Tyler Hamilton
Photo: © C.Henry/CN

A courageous Tyler Hamilton (CSC) finished Stage 2 in 100th, in the middle of the main peloton, but he was obviously in pain from the 204.5km ride with a fractured clavicle. Hamilton headed into the CSC team bus without talking to the media. The tough Man from Marblehead once again demonstrated just how much he can suffer, but the question remains for how long? Post stage, CSC team spokesman Brian Nygaard told Cyclingnews that "Tyler was in a lot of pain today; he's taking it day by day and hopes to stay for the team time trial (Wednesday) and do a good job to pay back Carlos Sastre, who helped him so much this spring."

For four time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong, it was just another day at the office for the USPS-Berry Floor rider. "Nothing special today; it was just one of those early Tour De France stages," he said.

Armstrong and his squad maintained the team GC lead again today looking for Wednesday's Stage 4 TTT. American Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola) cracked the top 10 today (9th): "I was waiting to lead out Vainsteins in the sprint, but he and most of the team crashed on the run-in (8km to go) and I didn't know it."

How it unfolded

Finot and Jegou
Photo: © AFP

Under sunny noontime skies, the 196 strong peloton (two non-starters from Rabobank, Levi Leipheimer and Marc Lotz) moved out of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. As the flag dropped, 20km away in Meaux, Levi Leipheimer was being released from his overnight stay in the hospital to fly back to his home in Girona, Spain. Leipheimer's injury is a fracture at the base of his sit-bone and reportedly, the American will have to remain immobile on his stomach for three weeks for his fracture to heal sufficiently.

"It hurts most knowing that the Tour carries on today and that I'm not there with it to achieve the goals I set for myself," said Leipheimer, who with his TDF hopes dashed will likely point towards a comeback in the Vuelta a España.

After only 5km, Lilian Jégou (Credit Agricole) made his move and was joined by Finot (Jean Delatour) a few kilometres later. No one was interested in chasing the duo and after 23km, they had almost 6'00. The lead ballooned to 11'20" after 74km in Coemy and soon after, a French TV motor crashed Jégou. He got up and changed his bike (twice) as Finot waited, but the fall was not great for the duo's chances. Jégou began to falter and leading to the day's final classified climb up the Côte de Longwé, Finot dumped Jégou.

Congrats Cookie!
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For a long time, it looked like Finot might pull off the stage win and capture the Yellow Jersey, but the explosive bagarre in the final with multiple attacks from the likes of Bettini, Millar and McGee put paid to the Jean Delatour man's chances. Bettini was most active in the final, as he had planned a move on the final climb of the day, but Il Grillo told Cyclingnews that "the group is still too fresh to make the difference."

Finot was devoured with 2.5km to go in Sedan and had to console himself with the day's prize for most combative rider.

Stage 3 - Tuesday July 8: Charleville Mézières-Saint Dizier, 167.5km

Photo: © J.Devich/CN

This stage heads due south from the gritty former mining town of Charleville Mézières across the rolling hills of the Marne and Meuse regions to Saint-Dizier, where Napoleon Bonaparte took his final win battle before departing for exile in Elba. No doubt, French riders looking to honour the Corsican will be seeking a stage win here ahead of the sprinters' onslaught. Alessandro Petacchi is hoping for his second stage win, but with the Côte de Baudonvilliers placed at only 9km from the finish, the Italian speedster may go out the back again.

Photography

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Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com

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Results

1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                          5.06.33 (40.02 km/h)

2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour                       
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                          
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                                
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo                               
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     
8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                         
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                    
10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                 
12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                  
13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     
14 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                    
15 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                              
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                            
17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                      
19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi                              
22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                     
23 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                       
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                   
25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                 
26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                 
28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                              
29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   
30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom                     
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                         
32 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                              
33 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                   
34 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                         
35 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 
36 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                 
37 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor                   
38 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
39 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com                            
41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          
42 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     
43 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          
44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                
45 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi                             
46 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                             
48 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo                                
49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               
50 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    
51 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com                          
52 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                              
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
54 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor                 
55 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor                 
56 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                           
57 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor                
58 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          
59 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com                            
60 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor               
61 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
62 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                        
63 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski                              
64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com                            
65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                
66 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone            
67 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone      
68 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            
69 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          
70 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                     
72 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco                                    
73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor                   
74 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor                  
75 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        
76 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                 
77 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco                            
78 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                             
79 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom                          
80 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             
81 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                                 
82 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             
83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                            
84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                         
85 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone         
86 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon               
87 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                        
88 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
89 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone        
90 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                              
91 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                
92 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   
93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio                                    
94 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        
95 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
96 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
97 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                             
98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
99 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone          
100 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC                              
101 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    
102 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                            
103 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio                               
104 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone          
105 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                               
106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom                        
107 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                        
108 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                           
109 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
110 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                 
111 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom                        
112 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                              
113 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com                        
114 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor              
115 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi                         
116 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo                            
117 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                           
118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco                                 
119 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                      
120 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom                          
121 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               
122 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                     
123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com                           
125 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom                              
126 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
127 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski                              
128 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                  
129 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone          
130 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
131 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com                   
132 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com                     
133 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                       
134 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor                   
135 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo                              
136 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                       
137 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                            
138 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     
139 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com                     
140 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                           
141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour                        
142 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi                      
143 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di               
144 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      
145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               
146 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                    
147 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                         
148 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone             
149 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour                     
150 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     
151 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                            
152 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                               
153 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom                             
154 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            
155 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo                          0.22
156 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi                         1.16
157 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            
158 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                  
159 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  1.20
160 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         1.35
161 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
162 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    
163 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                        
164 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                   
165 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
166 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                               1.55
167 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                        
168 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo                            
169 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di              4.03
170 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di             5.12
171 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                            
172 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio                     5.46
173 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
174 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone           
175 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo                         
176 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                            
177 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo                           
178 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
179 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                  
180 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio                             
181 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             7.10
182 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi                            
183 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                  
184 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio                          
185 Dario  Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
186 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi                            
187 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
188 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo                            8.40
189 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                         10.19
190 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                          11.59
191 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi                          
192 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
193 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                 
194 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                
195 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                 
196 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                    
DNS Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                   
DNS Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                             
 
Points
 
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                               35 pts
2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour                     30
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                        26
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                              24
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                         22
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo                             20
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   19
8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                       18
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                  17
10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     16
11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                               15
12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                14
13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   13
14 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                  12
15 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                            11
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                          10
17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    9
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     8
19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    7
20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                            6
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi                             5
22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                    4
23 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                      3
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                  2
25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                1
 
Mountains
 
Côte De Le Charmel - Cat. 4, 46.00 km                                   
1 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                          5 pts
2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          3
3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com                          1
 
Côte De Longwé - Cat. 4, 169.50 km                                      
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          5 pts
2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                          3
3 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                1
 
Sprints
 
Jaulgonne, 43.00 km                                            
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          6 pts
2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                          4
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour                      2
 
Avancon, 128.50 km                                             
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          6 pts
2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                          4
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo                              2
 
Amagne, 149.50 km                                              
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          6 pts
2 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                          4
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     2
 
Young rider
 
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                          5.06.33
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           
3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                
6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com                             
7 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         
8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco                             
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                          
10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
13 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                
14 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                         
15 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                            
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  
17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com                         
18 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                            
19 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                      
20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        
21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com                      
22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                             
23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                
24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                     
25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                          
26 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      
27 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                1.35
28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                         5.46
29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi                         7.10
30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                          10.19
 
Most combative
 
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          
 
Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                      15.19.39
2 Ag2R Prevoyance                                              
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
4 Quick Step - Davitamon                                       
5 Vini Caldirola - So.Di                                       
6 Rabobank                                                     
7 Team Bianchi                                                 
8 Jean Delatour                                                
9 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe                                   
10 FDJeux.com                                                  
11 Team Telekom                                                
12 Gerolsteiner                                                
13 ONCE - Eroski                                               
14 Team CSC                                                    
15 Brioches La Boulangere                                      
16 US Postal - Berry Floor                                     
17 iBanesto.com                                                
18 Lotto - Domo                                                
19 Kelme - Costa Blanca                                        
20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                
21 Fassa Bortolo                                               
22 Alessio                                                     
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                        8.58.28
2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone         0.04
3 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                 
4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  0.06
5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi                               
6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour                       
7 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor             0.10
8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC                                
9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor             0.11
11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                         0.13
12 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom                          
13 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor           0.15
14 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                         
15 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          
16 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor                 
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo                          0.16
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com                         
19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon               0.17
21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                          
22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                      
24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                 
25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                          0.18
26 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                       
27 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com                      0.19
28 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                             0.20
29 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      0.21
30 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     
31 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone    0.22
32 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                         
33 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                 
34 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                0.23
35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Domo                             
36 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                 
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                            
38 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
39 David Canada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 0.24
40 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      
41 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                              
42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                             
43 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                            
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                            0.25
45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                             
46 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
47 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi                             
48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                0.26
49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                               
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com                            
51 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio                                
52 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                        
53 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon               0.27
54 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
55 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            
56 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour                         
57 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      0.28
58 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom                           
59 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                              
60 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                
61 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com                        0.29
62 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                   
63 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom                     
64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com                            
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                           0.30
66 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com                      
67 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                      
68 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                         0.31
69 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                
70 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco                            
71 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          
72 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon           0.32
73 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                  
74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                        
75 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone      
76 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com                  0.33
77 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor               
79 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski                               
80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                
81 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                
82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                     0.34
83 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                     
84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        
85 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                
86 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                            
87 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                          
88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          0.35
89 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                        
90 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                      
91 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                        0.36
92 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               
94 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com                        0.37
95 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone           
96 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor                   
97 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom                         
98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor                   
99 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi                          
100 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                        0.38
101 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                            
102 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com                   
103 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor                   
104 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                         
105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom                    0.39
106 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                             
107 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                
108 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
109 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance              0.40
110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                            
111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco                                   
112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
113 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone    0.41
114 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski                             
115 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
116 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                   
117 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                
118 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere             0.42
120 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      
121 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi                      
122 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        
123 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                            
124 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                        0.43
125 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
126 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
127 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               
128 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
129 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                        
130 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                       0.44
131 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                       
132 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
133 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom                          0.45
134 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                       
135 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo                              
136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom                         0.46
137 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                                
138 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto Domo                           0.47
139 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                          
140 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco                                 
141 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor             0.49
142 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour                     
143 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio                                   
144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                0.50
145 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  
146 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                       
147 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  0.51
148 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone         
149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                    0.53
150 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                
151 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                             0.54
152 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto Domo                          0.56
153 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               
154 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone      1.01
155 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone             
156 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        1.32
157 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi                         1.40
158 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                1.52
159 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon              2.00
160 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         2.03
161 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  2.10
162 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               2.15
163 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                   2.18
164 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                    2.19
165 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
166 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                               2.40
167 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo                        2.54
168 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                    3.02
169 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di              4.48
170 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                        5.54
171 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di             5.57
172 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        6.01
173 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         6.08
174 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                        6.22
175 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                              6.32
176 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone       6.38
177 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto Domo                         
178 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio                         6.41
179 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio                     6.56
180 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi                        7.30
181 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di              7.33
182 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi                        7.34
183 Dario  Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       7.44
184 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio                      7.45
185 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             7.52
186 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                     7.53
187 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo                            9.48
188 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto Domo                      10.16
189 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                         10.57
190 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       12.20
191 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi                     12.37
192 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di            12.38
193 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di               12.39
194 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                           12.41
195 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                            12.42
196 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                          12.53
 
Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo                             58 pts
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                               57
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                              50
4 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour                     46
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   43
6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                        42
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                         42
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    37
9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                34
10 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                      31
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   31
12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                25
13 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                            19
14 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                        18
15 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di              17
16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                 17
17 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     16
18 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                       15
19 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 14
20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi                            13
21 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     12
22 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone          12
23 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                           12
24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di                  12
25 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                        12
26 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                            11
27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   10
28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                          10
29 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi                         10
30 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    9
31 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                            9
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                  9
33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     8
34 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone          8
35 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    7
36 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor               6
37 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com                         6
38 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               6
39 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC                              5
40 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                                5
41 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor                4
42 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                               4
43 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                    4
44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                            3
45 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                      3
46 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             3
47 Santiago Botero (Col) Team Telekom                         2
48 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     2
49 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor              1
50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                1
51 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com                         14 pts
2 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               10
3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                          8
4 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                          8
5 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       5
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                          8.58.32
2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                    0.06
3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com                      0.12
4 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                        
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                       0.13
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
7 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   0.20
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                             
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                             0.21
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com                        0.22
11 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco                        0.27
12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com                  0.29
13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
14 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                 0.30
15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                          
16 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                  0.31
17 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                        0.32
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere              0.35
20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                    0.37
21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                         0.38
22 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom                     0.39
23 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    0.40
24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                     0.49
25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere            0.52
27 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                2.11
28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                         6.18
29 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi                         7.26
30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                          10.53
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal - Berry Floor                              26.56.00
2 Team Bianchi                                             0.08
3 FDJeux.com                                               0.17
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      0.18
5 Ag2R Prevoyance                                          0.19
6 ONCE - Eroski                                                
7 Rabobank                                                 0.21
8 Gerolsteiner                                                 
9 Quick Step - Davitamon                                   0.22
10 Team CSC                                                    
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                
12 Kelme - Costa Blanca                                    0.25
13 Credit Agricole                                         0.30
14 iBanesto.com                                                
15 Team Telekom                                            0.34
16 Vini Caldirola - So.Di                                  0.44
17 Jean Delatour                                           0.46
18 Saeco - Macchine Per Caffe                              0.51
19 Fassa Bortolo                                           0.52
20 Lotto - Domo                                            0.57
21 Brioches La Boulangere                                  1.02
22 Alessio                                                 1.05