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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

Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step-Davitamon)
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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.

Lance Armstrong and Filippo Simeoni
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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.

Lance Armstrong (USPS)
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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."

Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze)
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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

The 6 man breakaway group
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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.

The familiar sight
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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.

Thor Hushovd (R)
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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

Images by Roberto Bettini

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography

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