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Front page, historical moment in cycling, 2001 framed.It will shipped to you from London UKIf you have any questions please contact meStage 10 -July 17: Aix-Les-Bains -L\'Alpe d\'Huez, 209 kmTex bluffs to win Coup de Poker at L\'Alpe d\'Huez

By Tim Maloney

Lance Armstrong
Photo: © AFP

\"It was a coup de poker - it was all a bluff to make Telekom work today. It worked perfect for us,\" joked a happy Lance Armstrong in the post-race press conference, discussing his winning tactics in a superb ride in today\'s 209 km Stage 10 of the 2001 Tour De France from Aix-Les-Bains to L\'Alpe d\'Huez. \"We didn\'t know that Telekom was going to ride hard tempo almost from the beginning of the stage. So the plan (to bluff) was born on the road, since we know that they (the other teams) are all watching on TV anyway - so we decided to bluff. And my radio didn\'t work; I could hardly hear Johan all day.\"

Before he launched his race winning attack at the foot of l\'Alpe d\'Huez, Lance just didn\'t look at ease as he usually does; he was out of the saddle often and was not riding in his usual position near the front of the group. On the Col du Glandon, USPS team director Johan Bruyneel gave an interview to Thierry Blanco of French TV where he said - \"Lance\'s radio doesn\'t work - plus the team isn\'t super today so it\'s better to have Lance sit back.\" Not. It was a classic fake-out by Lance and it worked.

Simon in yellow
Photo: © Sirotti

Meanwhile up front, the Team Deutsche Telekom men were hammering like the hounds of hell all day, trying to put the hurt on Lance and the other contenders. In the end, they ended up putting the hurt on themselves and coming away with 2nd on the stage with Ullrich, who showed his strength on the final ascent where he definitively dropped Moreau and Beloki. Francois Simon hung on to finish a respectable 29th on the stage, 10\'20\" behind Armstrong to take the Maillot Jaune from Stuart O\'Grady. Ironically, his brother Pascal lost the Maillot Jaune at l\'Alpe d\'Huez 18 years ago to Laurent Fignon. O\'Grady finished Stage 10 in a group of 18 at 32\'05\" and moved to 3rd on the overall, 8\'00 ahead of his rival for the Maillot Vert.

Danger man Kivilev moved up from 4th to 2nd, only 11\'54\" behind the Maillot Jaune. Kivilev was 12th today, 4\'39\" behind Armstrong, 5\'41\" ahead of Simon. This puts the Kazakh on track to take the Maillot Jaune next weekend in the Pyrenees. \"Kivilev is a damn good climber,\" said Armstrong after Stage 10. \"We might have made a very big mistake the other day (on Stage 8). \"(The Maillot Jaune) is a heavy jersey - I respect Kivilev a lot; I tried to get him on our team last year but it didn\'t work out.\"

Just behind the top three on GC, all the favourites are within 5\'00 of each other, with Armstrong 4th, Beloki 5th, Moreau 6th and Ullrich 7th. Problem is that for now, Kivilev still has more than an 8 minute lead on Lance, Joseba, Christophe and Jan.

Laurent Roux
Photo: © AFP

The first day of \"real\" racing started lakeside this morning in Aix-les-Bains under sunny skies. The first attack that stuck turned out to be the key attack of the day, as Laurent Roux (Jean Delatour), Eladio Jimenez (iBanesto.com) and Toni Tauler (Kelme-Costa Blanca) got away and by the time they reached the first KOM, the trio had a 12\' lead. Behind Telekom started to ride hard tempo that would explode the peloton and as the as the main group hit the base of the Col de la Madeleine, the break had 13\'35.

The 45 strong Telekom-led peloton began to gain ground on the break while the second group, containing O\'Grady was already 2\' behind and Simon became Maillot Jaune virtuel.

Telekom continued their infernal pace, while Lance\'s poker game began. Up and over the Madeleine was no cakewalk, as Telekom had Kevin Livingston and Andreas Klöden pounding away on the front while rider after rider went out the back, including Lance\'s ailing faithful lieutenant Tyler Hamilton, who finished in the autobus group today, 40\' behind.

Same show up the next, harder climb of the Glandon; Telekom hammers, Lance bluffs. Armstrong\'s friend Robin Williams was visiting Le Tour today, riding with big boss Patrick Clerc and he must have been giving Lance acting lessons as the American did look ill at ease. But it was all for show. The break was at 7\', but Roux had dumped Jimenez and was going it alone on the road to l\'Alpe d\'Huez.

Just near the top after a massive pull, Livingston seemed to crack and slid back to his team car, but he made it over the top of the Glandon and rejoined on the descent. By the time the front group hit the flats at the base of the Glandon, there were 3 Telekoms on the front with Jan Ullrich on their wheel riding 50 km/h in pursuit of the failing Roux and Jimenez.

The final attack
Photo: © AFP

As he made the left turn from Bourg d\'Oisans to begin the mythical 13.9 km ascent to l\'Alpe, Roux was struggling to keep his 6\'10\" lead. His fatigue was no bluff; pain and suffering were etched in stark relief on his face as Roux tried to keep a good tempo in front of the approaching onslaught. As the Telekom train hit the bottom behind Roux, there were a few attacks but as the grade steepened, Armstrong\'s teammate Jose Luis Rubiera accelerated, with The defending champion on his wheel. While Telekom had pounded their hearts out trying to put the hurt on Armstrong, the Texas gamblin\' man had been bluffing. Now he was playing for keeps.

Rubiera\'s move took everybody by surprise except Lance. They gapped the rest of the now decimated front group and after 2 km, Rubiera pulled off. Lance was in the lead; he looked over his shoulder, saw Ullrich there and attacked hard. In a moment, the American had gapped Ullrich and began his solo assault towards victory at l\'Alpe d\'Huez. Like an inexorable Catherine wheel, Armstrong spun his 39x24 as Ullrich pounded away behind in a huge gear, eventually dropping his chase companions Beloki and Moreau.

Armstrong wins
Photo: © AFP

The rest is history. Lance caught and passed the valiant Roux, who held on for 7th, and went on to victory. His time up l\'Alpe d\'Huez was 38\'01\", only 26\" short of Marco Pantani\'s record of 37\'35\" in 1995. The bluff worked and not only did Armstrong win the most prestigious stage of this year\'s Tour De France, his high risk/high reward strategy dealt a telling blow to the collective psyches of Ullrich, Beloki, Moreau and Kivilev.

Live report - as it happened

Results1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 6.23.47 (32.67 km/h)2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 1.593 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.094 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 2.305 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.546 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.017 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.038 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski9 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 4.0711 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4.3712 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 4.3913 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.0714 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 5.0915 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 6.1816 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski18 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo19 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 7.0520 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7.5421 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 8.3522 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.3923 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.4524 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service25 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 8.5826 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10.2027 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom29 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour30 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis31 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.0134 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali35 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom36 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 11.5237 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 13.2538 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 14.1739 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.1940 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 14.3741 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 16.2842 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 17.2743 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom 17.2944 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18.5145 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 19.3146 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 19.5747 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23.1048 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole49 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 23.1850 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 23.3351 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco52 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 9353 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank54 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance55 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom56 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski57 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali58 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis59 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 24.1860 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina 25.2161 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 26.5662 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca63 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28.5664 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 30.1865 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.3966 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31.1167 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.4968 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 32.0569 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux70 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom71 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali72 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski73 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis74 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour75 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi76 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com77 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca78 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour79 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service80 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca81 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service82 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina83 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi84 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour85 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service86 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 32.4087 Stuart O\'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 33.0288 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 34.4989 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 35.4690 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36.1091 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo92 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo93 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36.1394 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 40.2095 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali96 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco97 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites98 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin99 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom100 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole101 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin102 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank103 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour104 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali105 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank106 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo107 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance108 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com109 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites111 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole112 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93113 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina114 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites115 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali116 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole117 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux118 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole119 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux120 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour121 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites122 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour123 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole124 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93125 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour126 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis127 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole128 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin129 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca130 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali131 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step132 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank133 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski134 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour135 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux136 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance137 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski138 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi139 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco140 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com141 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux142 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance143 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites144 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali145 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina146 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites147 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank148 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93149 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites150 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step151 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina152 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin153 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux154 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service155 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93156 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin157 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93158 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin159 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina160 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites161 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance162 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux163 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93164 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.27165 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 41.48166 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42.05DNF Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa BlancaDNF Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - TiscaliDNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-PrevoyanceDNF Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-PrevoyanceDNF Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick StepDNF David Millar (GBr) CofidisDNF Angel Casero (Spa) FestinaPoints1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 20 pts2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 173 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 154 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 135 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 107 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 98 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 89 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 710 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 611 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 512 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 413 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 314 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 215 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1SprintsAlbertville - 68.5 km1 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 pts2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2Le Bourg-D\'oisans - 193 km1 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 pts2 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 43 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 2MountainsCol Du Frêne - Cat. 3, 40.5 km1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 pts2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 35 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1Col De La Madeleine (Souvenir Henri Desgrange) - Cat. HC, 114 km1 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 40 pts2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 353 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 304 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 265 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 226 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 187 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 168 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 149 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1210 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1011 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 812 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom 613 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 414 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 215 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom 1Col Du Glandon - Cat. HC, 156.5 km1 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 40 pts2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 353 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 304 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 265 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 226 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 187 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 168 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 1210 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1011 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 812 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 613 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 414 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 215 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1L\'Alpe d\'Huez - Cat. HC, km 2091 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 40 pts2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 353 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 304 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 265 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 226 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 187 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 168 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 149 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1210 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1011 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 812 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 613 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 414 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 215 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1Young rider1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.26.412 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.073 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 2.154 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 11.435 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 13.346 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 14.337 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 20.398 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 21.249 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.4510 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 29.4611 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 37.2612 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole14 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski15 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux16 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 9317 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina18 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin19 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 9320 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.11Combativity1 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 39 pts2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 153 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 34 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 3Teams1 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 19.23.512 Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.103 iBanesto.com 5.584 US Postal Service 9.405 Team Deutsche Telekom 10.506 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.277 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.378 Rabobank 17.259 Bonjour 18.4510 Lotto-Adecco 23.4611 Jean Delatour 35.0312 Ag2R Prevoyance 42.5613 Festina 47.2614 Mapei-Quick Step 47.3015 Credit Agricole 54.0216 CSC Tiscali 54.0917 Fassa Bortolo 1.01.4718 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.05.0419 Lampre-Daikin 1.09.4220 Domo-Farm Frites 1.14.2821 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.27.09General classification after stage 101 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 45.34.092 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 11.543 Stuart O\'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 18.104 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 20.075 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21.426 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 22.217 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 22.418 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23.349 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.0710 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25.5211 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25.5812 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26.1513 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 27.1514 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali 28.0615 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 28.4016 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29.3017 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 29.4818 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.5219 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 29.5320 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux 29.5721 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30.0222 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 30.1223 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom 31.2624 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 32.1825 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.1926 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 33.4827 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 34.5628 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 35.1129 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 42.0730 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 42.2031 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 43.1932 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 43.2433 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 45.5134 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 46.1435 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 46.1436 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.3037 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 46.4438 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 47.0239 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 47.2940 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 47.4941 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 48.2242 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom 48.3943 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 48.5944 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 49.5745 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51.0346 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 51.1647 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 51.5948 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 52.2149 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 52.4350 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 53.2751 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 54.5152 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 55.0153 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 55.1754 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 55.3655 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 55.4056 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 55.4757 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 56.0358 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 56.1259 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.2860 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 59.1161 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59.3062 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.00.1463 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina 1.00.4464 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 1.00.4865 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.01.2566 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.02.1267 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.03.3668 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 1.03.4569 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina 1.03.5170 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.04.1671 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.05.0772 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.05.5073 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.06.1174 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 1.06.2475 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.4076 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 1.08.3277 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08.5378 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 1.09.3479 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 1.10.0080 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 1.10.1981 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 1.10.2082 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.0783 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.11.3884 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.11.4185 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 1.12.4586 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.13.0187 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.13.2988 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.14.0989 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.14.2890 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.15.1291 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.15.2992 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 1.15.3793 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.15.4294 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.15.5595 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.16.0196 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.1297 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.16.2698 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.16.4799 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.17.39100 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.17.51101 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.19.18102 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.24103 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.19.38104 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.19.52105 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux 1.21.02106 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.22.56107 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1.25.48108 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.25.52109 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 1.26.22110 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28.05111 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 1.28.23112 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.06113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.29.11114 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 1.31.24115 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 1.31.40116 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.32.14117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 1.33.02118 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 1.33.13119 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 1.33.58120 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.34.06121 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.35.38122 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 1.35.46123 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 1.36.02124 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.36.26125 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.37.05126 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.39.26127 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali 1.40.17128 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.40.56129 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 1.41.23130 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.42.23131 Sébastien Talabardon