He says that the 1st category Pailheres climb that precedes the final climb with its hill-top finish is badly underrated. Rubiera is alone and 2 minutes ahead of the Yellow Jersey group. Ullrich clearly feels confident enough about the situation and his condition that he was willing to do all the work up the mountain. Again, fortune plays a giant role in Tour success.The situation after yesterday is a good one for Postal. Grâce à la HF (la transmission des images via la,Les reportages quotidiens de soixante minutes sont désormais retransmis dans les pays adhérents à l’,Partageant jusque-là la diffusion du Tour en alternance avec,Jusqu’au début des années 90, c'est aux hélicoptères que revient la tâche de transmettre le signal de la course. Beloki attacked the Yellow Jersey group and at first took only Armstrong, then the others struggled up to them. He has never had less than a 5-minute lead going into the final time trial before, either. Jean-Paul Ollivier ne fait plus partie de l'équipe de France 2 qui commente le Tour de France. The last 4, in order, will be Euskaltel, FDJ, Bianchi and US Postal. Then the racing starts, heading south to Fontainebleau, then north to Meaux. At each check point he lengthened his lead over Armstrong. The gap was down to 3min 32sec.15 km to go: The 8 were still together and the gap was down to 1min 56sec. Haselbacher, Rebellin, Hunter, Ferrara and Verbrugghe have already quit.Postal have lost most of their big men (Ekimov, Landis, Pandrnos and Pena) as the chasing pack is lead by Euskaltel and Bianchi. Pill is a very strong rider. I think it's all that close.It was clear that Armstrong viewed Beloki and Ullrich as his prime rivals, not Vinokourov or Mayo. ... Concernant le Tour de France, Lance Armstrong se retrouve par conséquent déchu des titres conquis sur les éditions 1999 à 2005 incluse, ainsi que de la 3ème place obtenue à son retour dans le peloton en 2009. Alessio is first. With a kilometer to go, they were caught. If true (and it probably is), that will make them more desperate in the Pyrenees.Here's my guess: Armstrong, with Ullrich and Hamilton at almost the same time, seconds behind Lance and then Millar then Vinkourov. The escapees: Pradera (ONCE), Nardello (Telekom), Lastras (Ibanesto), Fornaciari (Saeco), Lelli (Cofidis), Peron (CSC), Cioni (Fassa Bortolo), Da Cruz (FDJ), Pascual Llorente (Kelme), Bramati & Canada (Quick-Step), Guidi (Bianchi), Brandt (Lotto), Flickinger (Ag2R), Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) and Miholjevic (Alessio). Once he was up to speed, he was able to eat into Lance's lead, taking it from over 50 seconds down to 40 seconds. A couple of the Orange jerseys of Euskaltel stayed close to the front, but there was never a mass of Orange as one would have expected. Peut-être Anne Sogno pourrait-elle tirer tout cela au clair et corriger le coupable ?Le changement s'imposait année après année... Joli coup de France 2. The 8 dropped breakaways are disorganized. Richard Virenque joined Lucien van Impe and Federico Bahamontes in winning the Mountains classification for a sixth time. Brave Heras was reduced to a completely spent, cramped shell. They will be on home turf for the next 4 days and they will be coming after Armstrong, Vinkourov and Ullrich with everything they have.This is the first of 4 very hard days in the Pyrenees. I'll bet the Belgian newspapers will make interesting reading tonight. Armstrong's coach, Chris Carmichael, thinks Mancebo and Mayo may lose over 2 minutes. Vaya con Dios. When he woke up to rain on Saturday morning, he knew that he could not take back the 66 seconds he needed to win. There are the above listed riders scattered between the two groups. Ymwelodd y Tour â'r Swistir y flwyddyn hon yn ogystal. Then they are on the fabled Galibier, on the tough approach from the North.On the upper slopes of the Galibier, the breakaways were caught by a Postal-led peloton of about 30 carrying, among others, Hamilton, Ullrich, Beloki, Vinokourov and Virenque.Over the summit of the Galibier. Armstrong is off Ullrich's wheel! Since the Green Jersey Points placings go 15 places deep, the field sprint will be important.McEwen wins the field sprint with Zabel right next to him, but just a snick behind.Rolling terrain. 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He's 1 minute 40 seconds behind Mayo. He may be feeling better (or less bad?). His spirit is clearly broken. Even if that is true, the others are no longer intimidated into a surly aquiesence. Here's how they went over:Virenque, Dufaux & Simoni went over together.On the descent, Beneteau was able to join Virnque, Dufaux and a Simoni who seems to have finally found his legs.On the final climb, the Peyressourde, with 19 kilomteres to go, there are 15 riders with almost all of the contenders 6min 59sec behind the Virenque trio. Robby McEwen and Baden Cooke are now tied at 169 points for the Green Jersey. Armstrong, Virenque and McGee crashed but will start tomorrow.This stage heads Northeast to the Belgian border. Mayo goes again and again Armstrong is on him immediately. The original Madone 5.9 debuted at the 2003 Tour and it was more of a refinement of its predecessor, the 5900, than an all-new bike. The word coming back is that the riders that went out too fast and hard early on the course are cracking in the heat and final uphill kilometers, so early splits will probably not tell the real story.Here are the splits as Ullrich went through the 13 km point, with 5 riders behind him still to pass through.Here are the 13 km splits with everyone though. By coming in 40 seconds ahead of Ullrich at Luz-Ardiden, I believe that Armstrong made the race a dead heat. The king and the princes will then contend for the Yellow Jersey on famed switchbacks of the L'Alpe d'Huez. 4 min 10 seconds. Next check, 33 km:33 km time split. Fassa is doing some work to defend Basso's 6th place, which Hamilton threatens with his break, but Hincapie seems to be doing the lion's share.Tyler's still out there alone in the fog. In post a stage interview, Armstrong predicted a record speed for Saturday's stage and that he will win.More about this later. The 2003 Tour … Un étape du tour, ce n'est pas un enterrement, un peu de chaleur et d' enthousiasme, que diable !Oui, en effet, dans son article sur Libération, Pierre Carrey a bien transcrit ces paroles qui, je l'espère, ne sont pas de Marion Rousse: Armstrong's argument that he will win because he has never lost a final time-trial has little value. Partageant jusque-là la diffusion du Tour en alternance avec TF1, Antenne 2 obtient en 1985 les droits exclusifs de diffusion du Tour de France dans lhexagone. I assume pretty quickly the attacks within the break will start.Bam!! This is a fine way to become only the second rider in Tour history to win 5 Tours in a row. Bam! Laurent Brochard (Ag2R) is out front at 11 seconds whle US Postal has been patrolling and sucking up breaks.Kilometer 126, 25 to go: On the 6th lap a break went. The first rider will be off at 3:50 PM Paris time (7:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time). But, put his team-time-trial placing in the upper group of the teams, perhaps with Telekom, 6th at 1min 30sec and the entire complexion of the race changes. He steamed up the road and blew by all the riders off the front. If Postal wins, Victor Hugo Pena, as the highest placed Postie will be in Yellow.They will leave in 5-minute intervals in reverse Team GC order. The riders remaining in the break: Rogers & Virenque (Quick Step), Zampieri (Caldirola)), Simoni (Saeco), Nardello (Telekom), Pradera (ONCE), Beltran (US Postal), Beneteau (Brioches), Bettini (Quick Step), Peron (CSC), Dufaux (Alessio) and Botcharov (ONCE).Mengin, Piil and Petrov are in no-man's-land, 3 minutes behind the break.Over the summit of the penultimate climb, the 1st category Portillon. 172 riders remain.This is a nearly dead-south shot to the Mediterranean Sea. The riders in the lead: Thomas Voeckler, Andy Flickinger, Massimilano Lelli, David Canada, Pablo Lastras, Daniele Nardello, Carlos Da Cruz, Paolo Fornaciari.2 Kilometers to go. I think he'll be close even if Vinkourov managed to beat him by 37 seconds in the first time trial. I would like it settled a la Fignon-Le Mond and Jansen-Van Springel. Vinokourov won the Tour of Switzerland after holding back in the time trial to avoid crashing. He knows Ullrich has gone down. Armstrong got a new bike and they rejoined the peloton with no trouble. Maybe....Ullrich came in for criticism for not riding the course in the morning, as Armstrong did. The contenders all made the cut.Km 164, 5 km from the top of the climb. At the base of the final climb, Postal had Heras step on the gas. McEwen had a flat. Then chasers with Hamilton. He shakes hands with Riis in the CSC car before crossing the line. Rabobank's Bram de Groot has left his disorganized friends. Did he buy a six-pack?Km 35.0, Col de Latrape: 5.0 km climb at 7.5%, 2nd Category.Also as expected, riders are abandoning. Attacks shatter the breakaway and now its Rubiera and de Galdeano together. He knows he's watching the Tour de France ride away from him up the road.Over the crest of the Tourmalet: Chavanel, then at 4min 2sec, Armstrong, Ullrich, Mayo and Zubeldia. I think he is so afraid of losing that he is riding to conservatively, and that will be his downfall, not his conditioning.It is still his race to lose, but the upcoming Time Trial should tell us a lot.Lotto has announced that Robbie McEwen will fight hard for Baden Cooke's Green Sprinter's Jersey. He came off and regained contact with Aldag. The gap is 22min 17sec. Simoni must be feeling better. It's that the usual stamp of authority isn't there. Les dates clés de la télévision sur le Tour 1952 : première dans le journal télévisé. Postal is doing a team time trial with 4 riders left in the group of about 30.The finish: Virenque cruises in alone, the new Yellow Jersey.Yellow Jersey: Richard Virenque (quick Step).This is the first hill-top finish. Armstrong will go into the time trial with a 67 second lead. They are working hard together against the lone man with the broken collarbone.Tyler wins!! Après 40 ans de bons et loyaux services, Paulo la Simoni was well off the lead group over the top, but regained contact on the descent.Here's how they went over, with the Climber's points awarded:On the approach to the great Alpe, Postal's Heras crashed and Armstrong rode off the road. But better enough?Armstrong attacked on the steep part of the climb where he could maximise the advantage of his superior strength-to-weight ratio. The condition of both riders is really a cipher.My hope? It will be faster than that, but it won't materially affect our numbers. The flat stages, to make this a true sprinter's competition, have the most points available. By the time he got back up to speed, Armstrong was well up the road. The stage finish is tricky and potentially dangerous with a curvy descent and lots of corners.Km 31.0 - Côte de Champcueil: 4th Category.But, there was a Tterrible crash. The time for the team is when the 5th rider crosses the line. There are some tricky corners that could be a problem in the wet. Well, it's been a week. Ullrich has a larger aerodynamic profile (he's about 6 feet tall). They will be hard because the racers will make them that way. Just a test of pure will and pure power. Pehaps Jean-Patrick Nazon followed by Cooke and McEwen. I think it's already too little, too late. Advantage Armstrong.I believe that with Armstrong's 67-second lead, the riders are probably in a dead heat. The Virenque/Simoni/Dufaux trio look to be the probable winners of the stage. The average speed for the first hour was a leg-breaking 52.5 kph.At 61 kilometers, a break formed that looks like it might go. I still say it's a dead heat.Hamilton vs. Vinokourov: Can Tyler, currently in 6th place, make it to the podium? The painted street markings in the curving final kilometers in Nantes are like slippery ice.Ullrich is underway. If Vinokourov falters only slightly, Tyler is 3rd in Paris. Well, I guess so.11 kilometers to go. Sastre is probably a minute up the road.2 km to go: The long awaited attack of Vinokourov. At this point in the race it is clear that Ullrich has the most powerful engine in the tour. Well, in comments to the French newspaper l'Equipe, Ullrich says he has had the same thoughts. That means he must travel 3.34 kph faster than Vinokourov. Jan Ullrich with riding next to Armstrong.As soon as the Ramaz (used in the 81 Tour. Armstrong won the Yellow Jersey in the time trial. CSC director Riis hands Tyler a bottle, shouting encouragement, telling him that he looks good. This is going to be an epic stage.Armstrong has clawed his way back to Ullrich. Petacchi, who had to abandon yesterday, is home with a high fever. Tyler bridged the gap with Moreau and Basso. Then at the sprint, Lastras finds the strength and wins the stage.McEwen wins the field sprint and get the Green Jersey from Baden Cooke. Commentateur du Tour de France : un métier compliqué Publié le 24 août 2020 à 11H08 - mis à jour le 24 août 2020 à 11H09 Rédaction Sport365 Hincapie is riding at the front of the pack for Postal, a bit over 7 minutes behind Virenque and Aldag.Saeco's hope Gilberto Simoni came off the lead group and then Telekom's Santiago Botero and Bianchi's Angel Casero were gone. I believe he has been placed on such a pedestal that any flaw is viewed as catastrophic. Thanks to Cycling4all.com for this info.They will do the procession into Paris, then blaze 10 laps up and down the Champs Elysées. Seen any stress? Those are qualities that seem to be in short supply.Fassa Bortolo has been hit by a viral infection. The results are interesting.Because of the time bonuses, Ullrich has taken 2 seconds back and Armstrong's lead is now 1min 5sec. Helmets off. He pounds his bars in joy. He hasn't had the protection in the high mountains he has had in previous years.The reason I list these things is that it brings me to my major point. From his interviews we know that he given every possibility his consideration. And it's hot at the top of the mountains as well as in the valleys.Kilometer 139, 58 to go. This gives an unexpected rest to Postal from the responsibility of controlling the pack. When Armstrong, the last rider off, goes through them, I'll post the top 5 and their times.Miller, who blitzed a 54min 5sec time said that the final kilometers inside the town of Nantes are very dangerous. He is on fire!Armstrong was over a minute ahead, but Ullrich has reduced it to 50sec.Armstrong powers his bike home and wins the stage. This is the longest and one of the toughest stages of the Tour.Here's my rant: Before the start of the Tour many of the challengers to Armstrong's Tour supremacy noted that the only way to beat Lance was to put his team under stress and do all that's possible to separate him from his team. There are two contests here. Orange Euskaltel jerseys have moved to the front of the peloton. It took a while for Ullrich to get his big Mercedes body going up the hill. I'll give the first split when it happens so that we can see how he's doing against the rest of the field. But the motivation that the 3 giants (Armstrong, Hamilton and Ullrich) have will drive them to superb rides. What will we do then?Km 23.5: Côte du Mont Valérien: 2.5 km climb at 2.4%, 4th Cat.It was announced that a rider has tested "non-negative" for EPO. In the sprint, Petacchi came steaming out of the field like a spit seed and had enough of a gap to easily freewheel across the line. Armstrong's crash really disturbed Ullrich's rhythm. McEwen is now leading and we'll have a final showdown in 57 kilometers. Armstrong closes the gap and Ullrich motors up. It was won by Stuart O'Grady, with Thor Hushovd in second place. The riders in this break: Carlos Da Cruz (FDJ), Ludovic Turpin & Laurent Brochard (Ag2R), Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE), Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio), Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and Jose Luis Rubiera (US Postal). Hector, for a short time, sensed that he would overturn the will of the gods and win. Je faisais mes conducteurs, j’interviewais les artistes. He's got a pretty good turn of speed.Luttenberger is the best placed rider in the break, 18th at 26min 52 sec in general classification.With about 30 kilometers to go, the break now has a lead of 9min 20sec. The Postal team again showed that it was controlling and limiting its efforts, with big men Landis and Ekimov still in the lead. But, Achilles faltered. But, Quick-Step is a powerful team and will try to keep the jersey as long as possible. Here's the points standing:There are 35 points up for grabs to the winner of the stage. Several riders, none of whom are GC threats were a bit off the front. Ullrich took 1 1/2 minutes out of Armstrong. There was a special Centenaire Classement prize for the best-placed in each of the six stage finishes which match the 1903 tour - Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and Paris. While this is pretty mild most of the way, it does offer a touch of the lash with the Tour's first category 3 climb at kilometer 159. He says that it is longer and steeper that the Tourmalet or l'Alpe d'Huez with 25 kilometers of tough climbing (7.8% average with 3 patches of 10%+) followed by a really challenging descent.Km 168.5, Port de Pailhères: 15.2 km climb at 8.0%, 1st Cat.US Postal rode the race perfectly. This is not a criticism. Also we have cooler, wetter weather, which is also greatly in Armstrong's favor. Quick Step's David Canada is clear by about 100 meters, being chased by Nardello, Da Cruz and Lastras.At the finish: Canada croaks just before the line. I don't see how Ullrich can pull back a full minute with the remaining distance:Ullrich crashed! All Virenque has to do is make it to Paris because there are no more climber's points available in this Year's Tour. His doom was forshadowed, as in any Greek tragedy.Ask any man in the old Athenian Agora. Flecha escaped and had 15 seconds on the break. Tyler looks comfortable and smooth, with 4min 45sec on the pack. He's tossed. The front of the pack looked like a Postal team time trial with the Posties in a line. They will be saving themselves so that they can throw everything they have into Saturday's ride.On the other hand, those teams not worried about GC will be hell-bent for stage glory. 1st stage win in 7 Tours. And now Armstrong is on the road. A tough mountain stage has only 20 points for the winner. Hot. It's going to be close as to whether Vinokourov or Armstrong has the Yellow. And then at 20 km ot go, he was caught.But, Paolo Bettini, "Il Grillo" (the Cricket) leaps on a small rise and counter-attacks and takes Hinault and Vinokourov with him. The time Lance gained in the mountains will balance Ullrich's probable higher speed on the flats. Since Postal and Quick-Step have been poaching each other's riders (remember,Km 10.0 - Côte de MEGEVE: 10.1 km climb at 5.0 %, 3rd Category.Going over the 2nd category Télégraphe. There are now 8 riders with a 30 second lead on their former break companions. Point 12 Les hommes l'écoutent attentivement parce qu'en réalité ils ont envie de la ken.Une question simple : Alexandre Pasteur ret-il parent de Joseph Pasteur, grand commentateur et journaliste ? It also shows that the other riders are doing very well, indeed.It's not that Armstrong has shown a consistent weakness. It was shortlived as Vinokourov gave very half-hearted support to the effort. I'm sure that the tire pressure have been reduced for traction on the slippery roads. Cooke wins the Green Jersey.Fastest Tour de France in history: 40.94 km/hr.These 20 stages have the following profiles :Complete 2003 Final General Classification,KOM: A Guide to I want it settled with a 49 kilometer race of truth. Behind them, in a replay of their 2002 Tour, the ONCE pretenders lurked in their usual position.At 40 kilometers to go, the lead was at 8 min 30sec. Vinokourov has promised that he will. Ullrich clearly is able to kick out more watts. Bruyneel has been running a tactically superb race.In the post-race interview Sunday, Armstrong said that his only adversary is Ullrich. No teams, no tactics. A year's hard work is undone in a split second.Finot took the second of the rated climbs, so the Polka Dot Jersey moves from FDJ's Mengin to Finot.Tyler Hamilton had his bandages changed on the fly, hanging on to the Tour doctor's car door. No regrouping after the final climb. There has been a bit of a window for the other riders in the first half of the Tour as Armstrong rode below his normal standard.Based on very little evidence, that is, watching Armstrong sit in the pack of Stage 11, I believe that the old Lance is back and that he will set the course on fire. The field is now about 24 minutes back. All the GC contenders and their teams will have this in the front of their minds. Botero, if he can make it stick, is a Telekom rider who can help Vinokourov when the fireworks start.Fred Rodriguez has retired from the race.The leaders have passed over the Aspin. There are enough bonus seconds available (John Wilcockson at Velonews says 38 seconds are up for grabs) for several of the sprinters to get the Yellow Jersey from McGee. The Green Sprinter's jersey is still up for grabs. Saeco, among others, is chasing in the peloton. Paved Road Climbs,Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom) @ 4min 14sec,Christphe Moreau (Credit Agricole) @ 12min 28sec,Francisco Mancebo (Ibanesto) @ 19min 15sec,Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 21min 32sec,Richard Virenque (Quick Step) @ 25min 31sec,Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) @ 29min 15sec,Jose Luis Rubiera (US Postal) @ 29min 37sec,Didier Rous (Brioches La Boulangere) @ 30min 14sec,Felix Manuel Garcia (Bianchi) @ 47min 7sec,Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 1hr 0min 32sec,Stéphane Goubert (Jean Delatour) @ 1hr 5min 38sec,Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) @ 1hr 7min 55sec,Roberto Heras (US Postal) @ 1hr 14min 17sec,Giuseppe Guerini (Telekom) @ 1hr 16min 43sec,Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto) @ 1hr 22min 32sec,Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangere) @ 1hr 25min 1sec,Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) @ 1hr 30min 42sec,José Enrique Gutiérrez (Kelme) @ 1hr 35min 51sec,Michael Rogers (Quick Step) @ 1hr 37min 28sec,David Moncoutié (Cofidis) @ 1hr 38min 49sec,Iván Ramiro Parra (Kelme) @ 1hr 44min 1sec,George Hincapie (US postal) @ 1hr 44min 11sec,Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) @ 1hr 45min 9sec,Matthias Kessler (Telekom) @ 1hr 45min 17sec,Vladimir Miholjevic (Alessio) @ 1hr 45min 59sec,Xabier Zandio (iBanesto) @ 1hr 48min 53sec,Christophe Brandt (Lotto) @ 1hr 50min 33sec,Evgeni Petrov (iBanesto) @ 1hr 52min 3sec,David Cañada (Quick Step) @ 1hr 58min 1sec,Walter Bénéteau (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 2hr 0min 9sec,Ufo Bölts (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 1min 38sec,Kurt Van Der Wouwer (Quic Step) @ 2hr 2min 1sec,Laurent Lefèvre (Jean Delatour) @ 2hr 3min 39sec,Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) @ 2hr 6min 0sec,Pablo Lastras (iBanesto) @ 2hr 6min 30sec,Marcos Antonio Serrano (ONCE) @ 2hr 7min 26sec,Luca Paolini (Quick Step) @ 2hr 10min 30sec,Aitor Garmendia (Bianchi) @ 2hr 10min 41sec,Jérôme Pineau (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 2hr 11min 33sec,Franco Pellizotti (Alessio) @ 2hr 20min 52sec,Viatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal) @ 2hr 21min 53sec,Floyd Landis (US Postal) @ 2hr 25min 19sec,Dario David Cioni (Fassa bortolo) @ 2hr 31min 37sec,Mikel Artetxe (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 34min 10sec,Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) @ 2hr 34min 47sec,Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) @ 2hr 35min 47sec,Yuriy Krivtsov (Jean Delatour) @ 2hr 36min 1sec,Steve Zampieri (Vini Caldirola) @ 2hr 40min 28sec,Victor Hugo Peña (US Postal) @ 2hr 40min 49sec,Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agrisole) @ 2hr 41min 24sec,Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 47min 7sec,Carlos de la Cruz (FDJ) @ 2hr 47min 54sec,Franck Renier (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 2hr 48min 54sec,Oscar Freire (Rabobank) @ 2hr 51min 18sec,Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) @ 2hr 51min 58sec,Alberto Lopez (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 52min 45sec,Bram de Groot (Rabobank) @ 2hr 56min 35sec,Vladimir Karpets (iBanesto) @ 2hr 57min 9sec,Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 3hr 2min 37sec,Pavel Padrnos (US Postal) @ 3hr 5min 34sec,Fabrizio Guidi (Bianchi) @ 3hr 6min 23sec,Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto) @ 3hr 9min 7sec,Médéric Clain (Cofidis) @ 3hr 9min 22sec,Laszlo Bodrogi (Quick Step) @ 3hr 12min 20sec,Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 14min 11sec,Christophe Mengin (FDJ) @ 3hr 14min 47sec,Paolo Fornaciari (Saeco) @ 3hr 20min 14sec,Anthony Geslin (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 3hr 21min 1sec,Marc Wauters (Rabobank) @ 3hr 21min 43sec,Romans Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola) @ 3hr 23min 43sec,Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 25min 33sec,Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 3hr 28min 18sec,Bekim Leif Christensen (CSC) @ 3hr 28min 23sec,Christophe Oriol (Ag2r) @ 3hr 29min 35sec,Alvaro González de Galdeano (ONCE) @ 3hr 32min 37sec,Servais Knaven (Quick Step) @ 3hr 33min 45sec,Philippe Gaumont (Cofidis) @ 3hr 34min 37sec,José Vicente Garcia (iBanesto) @ 3hr 35min 10sec,Davide Bramti (Quick Step) @ 3hr 36min 10sec,Iñigo Cuesta (Cofidis) @ 3hr 37min 12sec,Koos Moerenhout (Lotto) @ 3hr 38min 38sec,Damien Nazon (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 3hr 39min 58sec,Maryan Hary (Brioches la Boulangere) @ 3hr 40min 55sec,Christophe Edaleine (Jean Delatour) @ 3hr 45min 18sec,Paolo Bossoni (Vini Caldirola) @ 3hr 54min 39sec,Jean-Patrick Nazon (Jean Delatour) @ 3hr 56min 38sec,Frédéric Finot (Jean Delatour) @ 3hr 56min 38sec,Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) @ 4hr 0min 26sec,Samuel Dumoulin (Jean Delatour) @ 4hr 4min 59sec,Dario Andriotto (Vini Caldirola) @ 4hr 14min 48sec,Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio) @ 4hr 27min 59sec,Damien Nazon (Brioches la Boulangere): 107,Juan Miguel Mercado (Ibanesto) @ 1hr 2min 48sec,Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangere) @ 1hr 5min 17sec.