Tour de France

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Who will win the 90th Tour de France?

A list of the winners of the Tour de France since its first running in 1903:

2002 Lance Armstrong United States
2001 Lance Armstrong United States
2000 Lance Armstrong United States
1999 Lance Armstrong United States
1998 Marco Pantani Italy
1997 Jan Ullrich Germany
1996 Bjarne Riis Denmark
1995 Miguel Indurain Spain
1994 Miguel Indurain Spain
1993 Miguel Indurain Spain
1992 Miguel Indurain Spain
1991 Miguel Indurain Spain
1990 Greg Lemond United States
1989 Greg Lemond United States
1988 Pedro Delgado Spain
1987 Stephen Roche Ireland
1986 Greg Lemond United States
1985 Bernard Hinault France
1984 Laurent Fignon France
1983 Laurent Fignon France
1982 Bernard Hinault France
1981 Bernard Hinault France
1980 Joop Zoetemelk the Netherlands
1979 Bernard Hinault France
1978 Bernard Hinault France
1977 Bernard Thevenet France
1976 Lucien Van Impe Belgium
1975 Bernard Thevenet France
1974 Eddie Merckx Belgium
1973 Luis Ocana Spain
1972 Eddie Merckx Belgium
1971 Eddie Merckx Belgium
1970 Eddie Merckx Belgium
1969 Eddie Merckx Belgium
1968 Jan Jansen the Netherlands
1967 Roger Pingeon France
1966 Lucien Almar France
1965 Felice Ghimondi France
1964 Jacques Anquetil France
1963 Jacques Anquetil France
1962 Jacques Anquetil France
1961 Jacques Anquetil France
1960 Sastone Nencini Italy
1959 Federico Bahamontes Spain
1958 Charly Gaul Luxembourg
1957 Jacques Anquetil France
1956 Roger Walkowiak France
1955 Louison Bobet France
1954 Louison Bobet France
1953 Louison Bobet France
1952 Fausto Coppi France
1951 Hugo Koblet Switzerland
1950 Ferdinand Kubler Switzerland
1949 Fausto Coppi France
1948 Gino Bartali Italy
1947 Jean Robic France
1940-46 No tours held, World War II
1939 Sylvere Maes Belgium
1938 Gino Bartali Italy
1937 Roger Lapeble France
1936 Sylvere Maes Belgium
1935 Romain Maes Belgium
1934 Antonin Magne France
1933 Georges Speicher France
1932 Andre Leducq France
1931 Antonin Magne France
1930 Andre Leducq France
1929 Maurice Dewaele Belgium
1928 Nicholas Frantz Luxembourg
1927 Nicholas Frantz Luxembourg
1926 Lucian Bruysee Belgium
1925 Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
1924 Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
1923 Henri Pellissier France
1922 Firmin Lambot Belgium
1921 Leon Scieur France
1920 Phillipe Thys Belgium
1919 Firmin Lambot Belgium
1915-18 No tours held, World War I
1914 Phillipe Thys Belgium
1913 Phillipe Thys Belgium
1912 Odile Defraye Belgium
1911 Gustave Farrigou France
1910 Octave Lapize France
1909 Francois Faber Luxembourg
1908 Lucien Petit-Breton France
1907 Lucien Petit-Breton France
1906 Rene Pottier France
1905 Louis Trousseller France
1904 Henri Cornet France
1903 Maurice Garin France

Winning countries
France 36
Belgium 18
Italy 9
Spain 8
United States 7
Luxembourg 4
Netherlands 2
Switzerland 2
Germany 1
Denmark 1
Ireland 1

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[RockBottomDLux]

Lance. I know nothing about cycling, but I know he will win.

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Originally posted by RockBottomDLux
I know nothing about cycling

You really should watch it. In the US, it will be aired by CBS and Outdoor Life Network. You have no idea what you've been missing for all these years. The Tashkent Terror (Djamolodine Abdujaparov). Poncia (Ugo Agostini). The Cannibal (Eddie Merckx). Monsieur Chrono (Jacques Anquetil). The Eagle of Toledo (Federico Bahamontes). El Rey (Miguel Indurain). Der Jan (Jan Ullrich). The Badger (Bernard Hinault). The Pirate. Elefantino (both Marco Pantani). Rik I (Rik van Steenbergen). Rik II (Rik van Looy). Rik III (Rik Verbrugghe). Le Roi des Tombeurs (the recently deceased Wim van Est). The Lion of Flanders (Johan Museeuw). The Pink Panther (Alex Zülle). Supermario (Mario Cipollini). The Squirrel (Stefano Garzelli). The Flying Angel (Charly Gaul). The Crab (Fernando Escartin). Le Professeur (Jan Jansen). The Camel (Tony Rominger). #2 (Joop Zoetemelk). Just to name a few people. And ofcourse I can't forget the races. The Tour de France. The Giro d'Italia. The Vuelta a España. The Tour de Suisse. The Tour of Flanders. The Fleche Wallone. Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Paris-Roubaix. Paris-Nice. Paris-Tours. Paris-Brussels. Milan - San Remo. Giro di Lombardia. Dauphiné Liberé. Volta a Catalunya. The Catalan Week.

On a less happy note: so far, 20 cyclists have died during a race or of injuries sustained during a race. They are:
1935 - Armando Cepeda plummeted into a valley near Bourg-d'Oisans, France, during the Tour de France;
1937 - Frencham André Raynaud, at the same time world champion cross country skiing, died during a race in Antwerp, Belgium;
1950 - Frenchman Camille Danguillaume was hit by a motorcycle during the French national championships in Montlhéry. He died of his injuries;
1951 - Serse Coppi, brother of cycling legend Fausto Coppi, fell during the final kilometer of the final stage of the Giro del Piemonte. He finished the stage, but died in hospital the next night;
1956 - Reigning world champion Stan Ockers died during a track race in Antwerp;
1967 - British cyclist Tom Simpson died of a heart attack during the climb of the Mont Ventoux during the 13th stage of the Tour de France, on July 13th. A combination of alcohol, Stenamina, Tonedrin and amphetamine, in combination with extreme physical exertion during extreme weather circumstances caused Simpson's death. During his brief career, Simpson had won several major races, such as the 1965 World Road Race Championship, the 1961 Tour of Flanders, Milano - San Remo (1964), the 1965 Giro di Lombardia, Paris - Nice (1967) and Bordeaux-Paris (1963). Simpson was the first Briton to wear the maillot jaune (jellow jersey) in the Tour de France (1962). He lived to be 29 years old. He was buried in Harworth Cemetery, North Nottinghamshire, England;
1969 - During a criterium in Zingem, Belgium, Frenchman Jose Samyn hit a man who was selling guides of that criterium. He died of his injuries;
1971: Reigning World Champion Jean-Pierre Monséré of Belgium was ran over and killed by an oncoming vehicle during the Grand Prix de Rétié on March 15th;
1972 - Manuel Galera of Spain died as a result of an accident during the Giro de Andalucía;
1976 - Spaniard Juan Manuel Santisteban fell fatally during the first stage of the Giro d'Italia.
1984 - Portuguese rider Joaquim Agostinho, 5 times national champion, fell to the ground and fractured his skull when he hit a dog that was crossing the road during the Volta ao Algarve. He completed the stage, but was taken to hospital out of precaution. He died in hospital 11 days later. Ironically, he shouldn't even have been riding that year. Officially he had retired at the end of 1983, but he was tempted back by the chance to lead an all-Portuguese team through the major stage races. Agostinho competed in 14 Tours de France from 1969 to 1983, finishing third in 1978 and 1979 and winning four stages during his long career. He finished the Tour de France a record 11 times;
1986 - Italian Emilio Ravasio fell during the first stage of the Giro d'Italia. He died in hospital 2 weeks later;
1987 - Spaniard Vicente Mata was hit and killed by a car during the Trofeo Luis Puig;
1987 - Belgian Michel Goffin had a severe accident in the Tour du Haut-Var. He slipped into a coma and died in hospital six weeks later;
1988 - Dutch female cyclist Connie Meijer died from a heart attack during a criterium in The Netherlands;
1995 - Reigning Olympic champion Fabio Casartelli, of Lance Armstrong's Motorola team, fell and smashed his head on a granite block on the road during the descent of the Portet d'Aspet on July 18th during the Tour de France. He died in hospital several hours later;
1999 - Manuel "Perolo" Sanroma, 22 years old and one of the talents of Spanish cycling, fell to the ground during the final kilometer of the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya. He fell down at between 40 and 50 mph and smashed his head on the curbstone/curbside. On his way to the hospital he died of his injuries;
2000 - Nicole Reinhart, a two-time U.S. National Track bicycle racing champion, went off the road and struck a tree during the BMC Tour of Arlington, Massachusetts, the final event of the 17-race Saturn Professional Tour, which Reinhart was leading. She died in hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts;
2003 - A mechanical problem of one cyclist during the Paris-Nice race caused a congestion among the pack. Andrei Kivilev of Kazakhstan (32nd in the 2000 Tour de France, 4th in the 2001 Tour de France and 21st in the 2002 Tour de France) noticed the congestion too late and was thrown of his bike. He hit the asphalt face first. Sixteen hours later, he died of brain haemorrhage and skull fracture.

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Final general classification of the 2002 Tour de France:

Ranking - Rider - Nationality - Team - Time
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 82h05'12"
(Average speed of 39.88 km/h or 24.8 mph)
2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski +7'17"
3 Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Lampre Daikin +8.17
4 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca +13.10
5 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski +13.54
6 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski +15.44
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com +16.05
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank +17.11
9 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) US Postal Service +17.12
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali +19.05
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo +19.18
12 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank +20.33
13 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis +21.08
14 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis +27.51
15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) CSC-Tiscali +28.36
16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites +28.42
17 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour +29.51
18 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com +30.17
19 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com +32.44
20 Nicki Sørensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali +32.56
21 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 33.41
22 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) US Postal Service 36.43
23 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio 40.16
24 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 43.04
25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 43.15
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 44.02
27 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 44.29
28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 45.39
29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50.59
30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 51.52
31 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 56.05
32 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 57.35
33 Marcos A.Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.00.52
34 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.07.00
35 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.07.50
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 1.09.26
37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.13.11
38 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.13.27
39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.39
40 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.17.26
41 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.17.37
42 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 1.17.48
43 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 1.18.12
44 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 1.18.42
45 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.19.41
46 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20.08
47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 1.26.57
48 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.29.32
49 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 1.29.59
50 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.31.17
51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.33.03
52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.35.38
53 Andrea Peron (Ita) CSC-Tiscali 1.39.42
54 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.39.46
55 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1.40.52
56 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.44.51
57 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.45.09
58 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.45.51
59 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 1.47.35
60 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.19
61 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 1.48.31
62 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 1.50.05
63 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 1.51.30
64 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.52.59
65 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 1.53.26
66 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.54.17
67 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.58.58
68 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.59.51
69 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 2.03.10
70 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 2.03.46
71 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.04.50
72 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.04.56
73 Victor Hugo Peña Grisales (Col) US Postal Service 2.05.24
74 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2.05.55
75 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport 2.06.57
76 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.07.00
77 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.07.02
78 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.08.25
79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 2.08.29
80 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.09.26
81 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.10.07
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.10.33
83 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.12.22
84 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.13.01
85 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bonjour 2.15.08
86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.16.47
87 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 2.18.24
88 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.27
89 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 2.19.27
90 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.19.55
91 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.20.30
92 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 2.20.39
93 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 2.21.31
94 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2.21.37
95 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.22.11
96 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 2.22.39
97 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.25.32
98 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.25.35
99 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.30.21
100 Christophe Edalaine (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.31.03
101 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.32.00
102 Jerome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.32.19
103 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.33.13
104 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.34.21
105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.34.24
106 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.34.34
107 Pedro Horillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 2.35.32
108 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre Daikin 2.38.44
109 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 2.39.02
110 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.39.35
111 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.40.13
112 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.40.43
113 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.41.24
114 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 2.41.42
115 Stephane Augé (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.43.14
116 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.44.30
117 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 2.45.15
118 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 2.46.30
119 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 2.47.10
120 Paul van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 2.49.20
121 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.49.22
122 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.52.44
123 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2.55.10
124 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 2.55.24
125 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC-Tiscali 2.55.32
126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.00.01
127 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3.00.22
128 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 3.00.38
129 Leon van Bon (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 3.02.46
130 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 3.03.30
131 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 3.03.30
132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.04.07
133 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.04.44
134 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.06.37
135 Mauro Radaeli (Ita) Tacconi Sport 3.06.43
136 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.07.56
137 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 3.09.57
138 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre Daikin 3.10.10
139 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport 3.10.11
140 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre Daikin 3.11.10
141 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.11.18
142 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12.45
143 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.12.49
144 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.13.15
145 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.14.14
146 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.14.51
147 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.15.10
148 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.16.54
149 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 3.16.56
150 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.20.44
151 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 3.22.25
152 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-Tiscali 3.34.57
153 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.35.52

[DustyBottoms]

Lance

[DV8]

I was spending my Easter in Spain and when we were walkin about "Tol-leh-thdo" i was told, that the Spanish dude used to cycle up this hill in Toledo for his training. And this hill was no hill, it was Mt. Egonormous!

I have great respect for all those guys who do the Tour of France. I know the name of the comp makes it sound like a teddy bears' picnic but some of those huge things they have to climb...

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Originally posted by DV8
I was spending my Easter in Spain and when we were walkin about "Tol-leh-thdo" i was told, that the Spanish dude used to cycle up this hill in Toledo for his training. And this hill was no hill, it was Mt. Egonormous!

You mean Federico Bahamontes, the Eagle of Toledo?

some of those huge things they have to climb...

I climbed some of them on holiday. Highest was a 'hill' near Millau, of about 1200 meters (4000 ft.). For a Dutchman that's quite a climb, I can tell you that. It took me about 45 minutes to get to the top, it took me about 5 minutes to get back down again.
Some contests in Latin America go as high as 4000 meters (over 12000 ft.).

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These are the contendants in the 2003 Tour de France, the centenary edition (first one was held in 1903), which will start this Saturday in Paris.

US Postal Services - Berry Floor (USA)
1. Lance Armstrong (USA)
2. Roberto Heras (Spain)
3. Manuel Beltran (Spain)
4. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia)
5. George Hincapie (USA)
6. Floyd Landis (USA)
7. Pavel Padrnos (Czech Republic)
8. Victor Hugo Peña (Colombia)
9. José Luis Rubiera (Spain)

O.N.C.E. - Eroski (Spain)
11. Joseba Beloki (Spain) (stage 9; broken right femur, right elbow and right wrist)
12. Rene Andrle (Czech Republic)
13. José Azevedo (Portugal)
14. Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spain)
15. Jörg Jaksche (Germany)
16. Isidro Nozal (Spain)
17. Mikel Pradera (Spain)
18. Marcos Antonio Serrano (Spain)
19. Angel Vicioso (Spain) (stage 6; broken radius)

Telekom - ARD (Germany)
21. Santiago Botero (Colombia) (stage 18; stomach problems)
22. Mario Aerts (Belgium)
23. Rolf Aldag (Germany)
24. Giuseppe Guerini (Italy)
25. Matthias Kessler (Germany)
26. Andreas Klöden (Germany) (stage 9; broken sacrum)
27. Daniele Nardello (Italy)
28. Aleksandr Vinokourov (Kazakhstan)
29. Erik Zabel (Germany)

iBanesto.com (Spain)
31. Francisco Mancebo (Spain)
32. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain)
33. Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spain)
34. Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
35. Pablo Lastras (Spain)
36. Denis Menchov (Russia)
37. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spain)
38. Jevgeni Petrov (Russia)
39. Xavier Zandio (Spain)

Rabobank (The Netherlands)
41. Levi Leipheimer (USA) (stage 1; broken ischial bone)
42. Michael Boogerd (The Netherlands)
43. Bram de Groot (The Netherlands)
44. Oscar Freire (Spain)
45. Robert Hunter (South Africa) (stage 14; exhaustion)
46. Marc Lotz (The Netherlands) (stage 1; broken jaw bone and eye socket)
47. Grischa Niermann (Germany)
48. Marc Wauters (Belgium)
49. Remmert Wielinga (The Netherlands) (stage 16; flu)

Saeco Macchine Per Caffe (Italy)
51. Gilberto Simoni (Italy)
52. Leonardo Bertagnoli (Italy) (stage 15; ?)
53. Salvatore Commesso (Italy)
54. Danilo di Luca (Italy) (stage 13; ?)
55. Paolo Fornaciari (Italy)
56. Gerrit Glomser (Austria)
57. Jörg Ludewig (Germany)
58. Fabio Sacchi (Italy)
59. Stefano Zanini (Italy) (stage 9; ?)

Cofidis Le Crédit Par Téléphone (France)
61. David Millar (Great Britain)
62. Médéric Clain (France)
63. Iñigo Cuesta (Spain)
64. Phillipe Gaumont (France)
65. Massimiliano Lelli (Italy)
66. David Moncoutié (France)
67. Luis Perez (Spain) (stage 7; heat)
68. Guido Trentin (Italy)
69. Cédric Vasseur (France)

CSC Tiscali (Denmark)
71. Tyler Hamilton (USA)
72. Michael Blaudzun (Denmark)
73. Nicolas Jalabert (France)
74. Bekim Christensen (Denmark)
75. Peter Luttenberger (Austria)
76. Andrea Peron (Italy)
77. Jakob Storm Piil (Denmark)
78. Carlos Sastre (Spain)
79. Nicki Sörensen (Denmark)

Fassa Bortolo (Italy)
81. Ivan Basso (Italy)
82. Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
83. Dario Cioni (Italy)
84. Aitor González (Spain) (stage 8; virus)
85. Volodimir Ghustov (Ukraine) (stage 8; virus)
86. Nicola Loda (Italy) (stage 8; virus)
87. Sven Montgomery (Switzerland) (stage 8; virus)
88. Alessandro Petacchi (Italy) (stage 7; mountains)
89. Marco Velo (Italy) (stage 7; fever)

FDJeux.com (France)
91. Sandy Casar (France)
92. Jimmy Casper (France) (stage 9; neck injuries)
93. Baden Cooke (Australia)
94. Carlos Da Cruz (France)
95. Nicolas Fritsch (France)
96. Bradley McGee (Australia)
97. Christophe Mengin (France)
98. Nicolas Vogondy (France)
99. Matthew Wilson (Australia) (stage 11; exceeded the time limit)

Kelme - Costa Blanca (Spain)
101. Ignacio Gutierrez (Spain) (stage 8; ?)
102. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spain)
103. David Latasa (Spain)
104. Jesus Manzano (Spain) (stage 7; collapsed)
105. David Muñoz (Spain)
106. Ivan Parra (Colombia)
107. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spain)
108. Antonio Tauler (Spain) (stage 8; ?)
109. Julian Usano (Spain)

Quickstep - Davitamon - Latexco (Belgium)
111. Paolo Bettini (Italy)
112. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
113. Davide Bramati (Italy)
114. David Cañada (Spain)
115. Servais Knaven (The Netherlands)
116. Luca Paolini (Italy)
117. Michael Rogers (Australia)
118. Kurt van de Wouwer (Belgium)
119. Richard Virenque (France)

Crédit Agricole (France)
121. Christophe Moreau (France)
122. Stéphane Augé (France) (stage 11; exceeded the time limit)
123. Pierrick Fédrigo (France) (stage 14; ?)
124. Sébastien Hinault (France)
125. Thor Hushovd (Norway)
126. Lilian Jegou (France) (stage 9; ?)
127. Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
128. Benoît Poilvet (France)
129. Jens Voigt (Germany) (stage 11; ?)

Team Bianchi (Italy)
131. Jan Ullrich (Germany)
132. Daniel Becke (Germany)
133. Angelo Casero (Spain)
134. Felix Garcia Casas (Spain)
135. Aitor Garmendia (Spain)
136. Fabrizio Guidi (Italy)
137. Thomas Liese (Germany)
138. David Plaza (Spain)
139. Tobias Steinhauser (Germany) (stage 11; ?)

Lotto - Domo (Belgium)
141. Robbie McEwen (Australia)
142. Serge Baguet (Belgium)
143. Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
144. Hans De Clerq (Belgium)
145. Nick Gates (Australia) (stage 16; ?)
146. Axel Merckx (Belgium) (stage 15; exceeded the time limit)
147. Koos Moerenhout (The Netherlands)
148. Leon van Bon (The Netherlands)
149. Rik Verbrugghe (Belgium) (stage 14; ?)

AG2R Prévoyance (France)
151. Laurent Brochard (France)
152. Mikel Astarloza (Spain)
153. Alexander Bocharov (Russia)
154. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spain)
155. Andy Flickinger (France)
156. Jaan Kirsipuu (Estonia) (stage 7; mountains)
157. Christophe Oriol (France)
158. Nicolas Portal (France)
159. Ludovic Turpin (France)

Vini Caldirola - Sidermec (Italy)
161. Stefano Garzelli (Italy) (stage 10; throat infection)
162. Dario Andriotto (Italy)
163. Paolo Bossoni (Italy)
164. Andrej Hauptman (Slovenia) (stage 14; ?)
165. Eddy Mazzoleni (Italy) (stage 9; ?)
166. Marco Milesi (Italy) (stage 15; ?)
167. Fred Rodriguez (USA) (stage 15; ?)
168. Romans Vainsteins (Latvia)
169. Steve Zampieri (Switzerland)

Euskaltel - Euskadi (Spain)
171. Iban Mayo (Spain)
172. Mikel Artetxe (Spain)
173. David Etxebarria (Spain) (stage 12; exceeded the time limit)
174. Unai Etxebarria (Venezuela) (stage 12; exceeded the time limit)
175. Roberto Laiseka (Spain)
176. Iñigo Landaluze (Spain)
177. Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spain)
178. Samuel Sánchez (Spain) (stage 8; exceeded the time limit)
179. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain)

Brioches - La Boulangère (France)
181. Didier Rous (France)
182. Walter Bénéteau (France)
183. Sylvain Chavanel (France)
184. Anthony Geslin (France)
185. Maryan Hary (France)
186. Damien Nazon (France)
187. Jérôme Pineau (France)
188. Franck Rénier (France)
189. Thomas Voeckler (France)

Team Gerolsteiner (Germany)
191. Davide Rebellin (Italy) (stage 14; ?)
192. Udo Bölts (Germany)
193. René Haselbacher (Austria) (stage 14; ?)
194. Uwe Peschel (Germany) (stage 20; broken rib and collapsed lung)
195. Olaf Pollack (Germany) (stage 7; injured knee)
196. Michael Rich (Germany) (stage 7; injured knee)
197. Torsten Schmidt (Germany) (stage 13; ?)
198. Georg Totschnig (Austria)
199. Markus Zberg (Switzerland)

Alessio (Italy)
201. Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland)
202. Fabio Baldato (Italy) (stage 6; hand injury)
203. Alessandro Bertolini (Italy)
204. Pietro Caucchioli (Italy) (stage 13; ?)
205. Raffaele Ferrara (Italy) (stage 14; ?)
206. Angelo Furlan (Italy) (stage 9; ?)
207. Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
208. Andrea Noé (Italy)
209. Franco Pellizotti (Italy)

Jean Delatour (France)
211. Patrice Halgand (France)
212. Pierre Bourquenoud (Switzerland) (stage 8; ?)
213. Samuel Dumoulin (France)
214. Christophe Edaleine (France)
215. Frédéric Finot (France)
216. Stéphane Goubert (France)
217. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukraine)
218. Laurent Lefèvre (France)
219. Jean-Patrick Nazon (France)

(Underlined cyclists are out of the race)

Cyclists per country
Spain 43
France 39
Italy 35
Germany 17
Belgium 8
Australia 7
The Netherlands 7
United States 6
Russia 5
Switzerland 5
Austria 4
Denmark 4
Colombia 3
Czech Republic 2
Ukraine 2
Croatia 1
Estonia 1
Great Britain 1
Hungary 1
Latvia 1
Kazakhstan 1
Norway 1
Portugal 1
Slovenia 1
South Africa 1
Venezuela 1

Teams per country
France 6
Italy 5
Spain 4
Germany 2
Belgium 2
Denmark 1
The Netherlands 1
United States 1

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The stages of the 90th Tour de France:

Prologue: Paris Eiffeltower - Paris Avenue de la Motte-Picquet (6.5 kms; 4 miles) Bradley McGee
1: Montgeron Le Réveil Matin - Meaux (168 kms; 104.4 miles) Alessandro Petacchi
2: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - Sedan (204.5 kms; 127.1 miles) Baden Cooke
3: Charleville-Mezières - Saint-Dizier (167.5 kms; 104.08 miles) Alessandro Petacchi
4: Joinville - Saint-Dizier (team time trial; 69 kms; 42.9 miles) US Postal
5: Troyes - Nevers (196.5 kms; 122.1 miles) Alessandro Petacchi
6: Nevers - Lyon (230 kms; 142.92 miles) Alessandro Petacchi
7: Lyon - Morzine-Avoriaz (230.5 kms; 143.23 miles) Richard Virenque
8: Sallanches - L'Alpe d'Huez (219 kms; 136.1 miles) Iban Mayo
9: Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Gap (184.5 kms; 114.6 miles) Aleksandr Vinokourov
10: Gap - Marseille (220.5 kms; 137 miles) Jakob Piil
Day of rest
11: Narbonne - Toulouse (153.5 kms; 95.4 miles) Juan Antonio Flecha
12: Gaillac - Cap Découverte (individual time trial; 47 km; 29.2 miles) Jan Ullrich
13: Toulouse - Ax 3 Domaines-Bonascre (197.5 kms; 122.7 miles) Carlos Sastre
14: Saint-Girons - Loudenvielle-le-Louron (191.5 kms; 119 miles) Gilberto Simoni
15: Bagneres-de-Bigorre - Luz-Ardiden (159.5 kms; 99.11 miles) Lance Armstrong
Day of rest
16: Pau - Bayonne (197.5 kms; 122.7 miles) Tyler Hamilton
17: Dax - Bordeaux (181 kms; 112.5 miles) Servais Knaven
18: Bordeaux - Saint-Maixent-l'École (203.5 kms; 126.45 miles) Pablo Lastras
19: Pornic - Nantes (individual time trial; 49 kms; 30.45 miles) David Millar
20: Ville-d'Avray - Paris Avenue des Champs Elysées (152 kms; 94.45 miles) Jean-Patrick Nazon

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The Tour will start in Paris on Saturday, July 5th, and it will finish in Paris on Sunday, July 27th. The cyclists will ride 21 stages, with resting days on July 16th and July 22nd. The Tour will leave France during only 1 stage this year. During the 14th stage, from Saint-Girons to Loudenvielle-le-Louron, the cyclists will go through Spain for about 15 to 20 kms. Three finishes are up-hill, on L'Alpe d'Huez, Ax 3 Domaines-Bonascre and Luz-Ardiden. Of the 52 hills and mountains the cyclists have to climb, five are of the extreme category (hors catégorie): Galibier (2,645 meters or 8,678 feet), Alpe d'Huez (1,850 meters or 6,069 feet), Izoard (2,360 meters or 7,743 ft.), Tourmalet (2,114 meters or 6,936 ft.) and Luz-Ardiden (1,715 meters or 5,626 ft.).
The total length of this Tour de France is 3,361 kms or 2,088 miles and 2,263 feet. The time trials cover a total length of 172 kilometers or 106 miles and 4,625 feet. Estimates are that 15 million spectators will be standing along the road, with a multitude watching the Tour on television.
Stage winners will get 7,620 euros or about $8,797. Cyclists who end up below the 120th place in the final ranking will get 381 euros or $439.865. The winner of this year's Tour will get 400,000 euros or $461,800. The winner will share this money with his teammates. The total amount of prize money in this year's Tour is 2,877,705 euros or $3,322,310.
The race is run with 22 teams of nine riders, giving a total of 198 competitors. Of the 9 cyclists in a team, one is named the leader. Each team will have numbers from *1 to *9. The leader of the team will get the *1 number (Lance Armstrong, as last year's winner, will get number 1, Spaniard Joseba Beloki of O.N.C.E., the winner of last year team ranking, will get number 11, etc.). The other numbers of the teams (*2 to *9) are generally handed out in alphabetical order. Team US Postal has decided to give the number 2 to Armstrong's domestique Roberto Heras.

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The 2003 Tour de France regulations

Article 1 - Participation
The race is run with 22 teams of nine riders, giving a total of 198 competitors.

Article 2 - Riders' identification
Riders must affix the number plates to the front of their bicycle frames and wear two riders' numbers (small format) exactly over their hips, one on the right and one on the left side.

Article 4 - Technical assistance
All riders may render one another such minor services as lending or exchanging food, drinks, spanners or accessories. The lending or exchange of tubular tires, wheels or bicycles is, however, permitted only among riders from the same team.

Article 6 - Feeding
In general, feeding is permitted at any time starting from the 50th km distance marker up to the distance marker indicating "end of feeding" (20 km from the finish).

Article 7 - Infraction en course
Breaches of the regulations during the race
Slipstreaming behind a motor vehicle, pushing, handflinging, pulling and holding on are strictly forbidden.

Article 8 - Riders withdrawing from the race
Any rider withdrawing from the race must hand in his race number to a commissaire riding in the sag wagon.

Article 9 - Obligations of the teams
Riders and team managers must abide by the discipline and rules dictated by both the principle of equal treatment and the reputation of the Tour de France as a sporting event.

Article 10 - Leaders' jerseys
Leaders in the general time, points, best climber and youth general time classifications must wear:
- in the first case, the "yellow jersey";
- in the second case, the "green jersey";
- in the third case, the "red polka dot jersey";
- in the fourth case, the "white jersey".

Leaders' jerseys will be worn in the following order: first the yellow jersey, then the green jersey, followed by the red polka dot and white jerseys. If a rider is leading in more than one general classification, he will, of course, wear only one jersey in compliance with this order of priority. The riders occupying the 2nd, 3rd or 4th positions in the corresponding classification standings will then wear the other jerseys.

Article 14 - Timing
All riders finishing in the same bunch are awarded the same time.

Article 15 - Medical care
Medical care during the race is provided exclusively by the official medical staff, from the time riders enter the checking area at the start of the race, until they leave it at the finish of the race.

Article 17 - Start of stages
For all road racing stages, riders and their team managers must be present at the signature checkpoint at least ten minutes before it closes. After the riders have been called by the race managers, the actual start may take any one of three forms:
- Standing: from the signature checkpoint where the route allows it;
- Diferred standing: if the start point chosen by the organizers is rather far away from the signature checkpoint;
- Flying: if the place chosen by the race organizers is not very far from the signature checkpoint, at the "0 km point".

Article 18 - Course route
Riders must always follow the official course route. The use by riders of any other route, particularly shortcuts, incurs a penalty.

Article 19 - Railroad crossing
It is forbidden for riders to cross railroad crossings when the barrier is down. Any riders not complying with this requirement are disqualified from the race by the commissaires.

Article 20 - Stage finishes
General provisions
The finish of each stage is marked by a "red flag", surmounted by a banner, situated 1 km from the finish line. If the finish banner is missing, an official waves a black and white checkered flag to indicate the finish line.
In case of a duly recognized crash, flat or mechanical problem after the red flag marker the rider(s) are credited with the same time as the riders accompanying them when the incident occurred.
Their placings are determined by the order in which they cross the finish line. If, due to a crash, a rider cannot cross the finish line, he will be classified at the last place of the stage classification.
Exceptional cases are settled by the commissaires' panel and are not open to appeal.
This measure does not apply to all the stages

Article 22 - Finishing deadlines
Depending on the type of stage and the difficulties involved, finishing deadlines are calculated based coefficients….

Article 23 - Individual time trial stages
In the individual time trial stages, the starting order is as follows:
- in Paris: at 1 minute intervals; riders start in the order set by race organizers and team managers.
- in Gaillac: at 2 minutes intervals. Riders start in the reverse order of the general classification following stage 11.
- In Pornic, at 2 minutes intervals, and then at 3' intervals for the last riders to start. Riders start in the reverse order of the general classification following stage 18.
A rider caught by another may neither lead nor follow in the latter's slipstream.
A rider must leave a gap of at least 2 meters between himself and any rider he passes. A rider caught by another rider will stay at least 25 meters behind the latter.
Any help between riders is forbidden.
Each rider may be accompanied by a vehicle carrying spares. A following vehicle must remain about 10 m behind its rider; it may never draw level with him and all information must be communicated from behind. A following vehicle may take up position between two riders only if they are at least 50 m apart. If this gap closes, the vehicle accompanying the first rider must immediately drop back behind the second one.

Article 24 - Team time trial stages
In team time trial stages, teams start at 5 minutes intervals in the reverse order of the general team classification following stage 3.
The team classification of the stage is based on the time recorded by the rider who finishes in 5th position (with a precision of 1/100 of a second). An identical time is granted to all the team members who record this time or a lower time.
For the individual general classification, the times are recorded as follows:
- the time of the 5th rider in each team for riders who qualify for this as stipulated above;
- the actual times of laggards with a maximum limit of 7 minutes relative to the first team's "scratch" time.
The lag of teams that finish more than 7 minutes after the first team (the "scratch" time) is limited to 7 minutes in the individual general classification. However, riders who finish later than the time limits set by the regulations (coefficient 6) are eliminated.

Article 25 - Classifications
GENERAL INDIVIDUAL TIME CLASSIFICATION
The general individual time classification is determined by adding the times of each rider in the 21 stages, taking into account time bonuses and penalties.
GENERAL INDIVIDUAL POINTS CLASSIFICATION
The general individual points classification will be determined by adding the points obtained in the prologue and the individual stage classification, in accordance with the following scales and taking into account time penalties:
BEST CLIMBER CLASSIFICATION
The best climber classification is determined by adding the points won in all mountain and hill climbs,…
YOUNG RIDERS CLASSIFICATION
The young riders classification is open only to riders born after January 1st 1977.
GENERAL TEAM CLASSIFICATION
The general team classification is determined by adding each team's best three individual times for the prologue and every stage.
In the event of a tie in the general classification, the order of teams is determined based on the number of stage wins by team, then their number of second places, and so on until a number of places obtained by one of them enables them to be finally placed.
A team reduced to fewer than 3 riders is eliminated from the general team classification.
MOST AGGRESSIVE RIDER CLASSIFICATION
This prize is awarded to the rider who displays the most effort and sportsmanship. The recipient of the most aggressive rider is decided on during the road racing stages by a panel chaired by the race manager.
The general classification is determined by adding the points given by all members of the panel in each one of the road racing stages.
In the event of a tie in the final general classification, the order is determined based on riders' placings in the general individual time classification.
Competitors must finish the Tour de France in order to be placed in the most aggressive rider classification.

Article 29 - Dismissal
Where it is deemed that the image or reputation of the Tour de France may be blemished, notably with regard to anti-doping laws, to the behavior of any member of a trade team, the organizer reserves the right at any time during the race to exclude the rider(s) or the team member(s) involved from the race.

Article 31
The present regulations were originally written in the French language. In the case of any misinterpretations the French language version will be the reference.

(The complete version can be read here (http://www.letour.fr/2003/docs/reglement2003_full_fr_us.pdf))

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TOUR STATS
Shortest cyclist: Samuel Dumoulin (1m58 or 5'2")
Tallest cyclists: Vladimir Karpets (Russia), Andy Flickinger (France) en Paolo Fornaciari (Italy): 1m93 or 6'4")
Lightest cyclist: Aleksandr Bocharov (56.5 kgs or 124.6 lbs.)
Largest lung capacity: Marco Milesi (7.74 liters or about 2 gallons)
Lowest heartbeat in rest: Michael Blaudzun (31 heartbeats per minute)
Youngest cyclist: Vladimir Karpets (September 20th, 1980)
Oldest cyclist: Viatcheslav Ekimov (February 4th, 1966)
The average Tour de France cyclist this year
- 1m79 or 5'10" tall
- weighs 70.36 kgs or 155.117 lbs.
- has a lung capacity of 5.67 liters or about 1.3 gallons
- has a heartbeat in rest of 50 heartbeats per minute.

(The total lung capacity is the sum of the residual volume and the vital capacity. The vital capacity, the maximum breathing volume, is the sum of the expiratory pulmonary reserve volume and the inspiratory capacity. The inspiratory capacity is the sum of the normal breathing volume and the inspiratory reserve volume. The total lung capacity can also be seen as the sum of the inspiratory capacity and the functional residual capacity (the volumen of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of a normal expiration). Functional residual capacity is the sum of expiratory reserve volume and residual volume.)

PROLOGUE (Paris Eiffeltower - Paris Avenue de la Motte-Picquet)
1. Bradley MCGEE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 6.5 kms or 4 miles in 7'26"160
(Average speed of 52.466 km/h or 32.6 mph)
2. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS) +.08"
3. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) +2"
4. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) same time
5. Victor Hugo PEÑA (Col/US POSTAL) +6"
6. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) same time
7. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) 07"
8. Joseba BELOKI (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 09"
9. Santiago BOTERO (Col/TEAM TELEKOM) same time
10. Viatcheslav JEKIMOV (Rus/US POSTAL) 11"

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STAGE 1 (Montgeron Le Reveil Matin - Meaux)
1. Alessandro PETACCHI (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 168 kms or 104.4 miles in 3h44'33"
(Average speed of 44.89 km/h or 27.9 mph)
2. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO)
3. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM)
4. Paolo BETTINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
5. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM)
6. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
7. Oscar FREIRE (Spa/RABOBANK)
8. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
9. Romans VAINSTEINS (Lat/VINI CALDIROLA)
10. Jaan KIRSIPUU (Est/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE)

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A severe crash in the last kilometer of the stage, when the cyclists were racing at speeds of up to 70 km/h (well over 40 mph), injured several racers. Team Rabobank had four cyclists involved in the crash: Levi Leipheimer (USA), Grischa Niermann (Germany) and Marc Lotz and Bram de Groot (The Netherlands). Leipheimer (broken ischial bone) and Lotz (broken jaw bone and eye socket, torn upper lip and tear tube) were forced to retire from the Tour. Niermann and De Groot sustained cuts and bruises. French sprinter Jimmy Casper (FDJeux.com) landed heavily on his head. He was concussed and got a brace around his neck but will continue in the Tour. One of the favourites for the over-all victory, American Tyler Hamilton (Team CSC) broke his right collar bone in the crash, but he will continue. In the 2002 Giro d'Italia, Hamilton broke his collar bone as well. He carried on and ended as runner-up in the over-all ranking. Italian sprinter Fabio Baldato (Alessio) received treatment on both of his knees and on his right hand. Spaniard Luis Perez (Cofidis) injured his left knee. Frenchman Franck Rénier (Brioches - La Boulangère) injured his lower left arm. Lance Armstrong bruised his right thigh and scratched his left shoulder. George Hincapie suffered cuts on his left knee, while Viatcheslav Ekimov suffered scratches. Another racer involved in the crash was Australian Bradley McGee, then in the yellow jersey. He eventually crossed the finish line in 69th position. Others involved in the crash were Telekom's Andreas Klöden (broken sacrum) and Fassa Bortolo's Nicola Loda (Italy).
The crash occurred when Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Kelme) hit the rear wheel of Médéric Clain (Cofidis), pulled his right foot from his pedal and lost control of his bike. He fell down and hit the street. He dragged approximately 35 others with him in his fall. The incident occurred in the front of the pack, which meant that about 100 racers had to come to a complete stop and had to wait until the problems in front of them had dissolved.
Because the incident occurred in the final kilometer, all racers involved were awarded the same time as the winner. The six racers after the pack had to let go off the pack before the final kilometer. Their time was therefore the actual difference between them and the winner.

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STAGE 2 (La Ferté-sous-Jouarre - Sedan)
1. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 204.5 kms or 127.1 miles in 5h06'33"
(Average speed of 40.026 km/h or 24.871 mph)
2. Jean-Patrick NAZON (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR)
3. Jaan KIRSIPUU (Est/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE)
4. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM)
5. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
6. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO)
7. Paolo BETTINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
8. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
9. Fred RODRIGUEZ (USA/VINI CALDIROLA)
10. Mikel ARTETXE (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)

STAGE 3 (Charleville-Mézières - Saint-Dizier)
1. Alessandro PETACCHI (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 167.5 kms or 104.1 miles in 3h27'39"
(Average speed of 48.4 km/h or 30.1mph)
2. Romans VAINSTEINS (Lat/VINI CALDIROLA)
3. Oscar FREIRE (Spa/RABOBANK)
4. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM)
5. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO)
6. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
7. Olaf POLLACK (Ger/GEROLSTEINER)
8. Angelo FURLAN (Ita/ALESSIO)
9. Salvatore COMMESSO (Ita/SAECO)
10. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)

STAGE 4 (Joinville - Saint-Dizier)
1. US Postal - 69 kms or 42.9 miles in 1h18'27"
(Average speed of 52.77 km/h or 32.8 mph)
2. O.N.C.E. +30"
3. Bianchi +43"
4. iBanesto.com +1'05"
5. Quick Step-Davitamon +1'23"
6. Team Telekom +1'30"
7. Vini Caldirola +1'32"
8. Crédit Agricole +1'32"
9. AG2R +1'38"
10. CSC +1'45"
11. Team Gerolsteiner +1'49"
12. Fassa Bortolo +1'53"
13. Alessio +2'05"
14. Cofidis +2'06"
15. Brioches la Boulangère +2'30"
16. Rabobank +2'41"
17. Saeco +3'02"
18. Euskaltel-Euskadi +3'22"
19. FDJeux.com +3'29"
20. Jean Delatour +3'37"
21. Kelme +3'49"
22. Lotto-Domo +4'53"

STAGE 5 (Troyes - Nevers)
1. Alessandro PETACCHI (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 196.5 kms or 122.1 miles in 4h9'47"
(Average speed of 47.2 km/h or 29.33 mph)
2. Jaan KIRSIPUU (Est/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE)
3. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM)
4. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM)
5. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO)
6. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
7. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
8. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
9. Fred RODRIGUEZ (USA/VINI CALDIROLA)
10. Jean-Patrick NAZON (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR)

STAGE 6 (Nevers - Lyon)
1. Alessandro PETACCHI (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 230 kms or 142.92 miles in 5h8'35"
(Average speed of 44.72 km/h or 27.8 mph)
2. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM)
3. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita/TEAM BIANCHI)
4. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
5. Romans VAINSTEINS (Lat/VINI CALDIROLA)
6. Damien NAZON (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE)
7. Sébastien HINAULT (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
8. Gerrit GLOMSER (Aut/SAECO)
9. Yuri KRIVTSOV (Ukr/JEAN DELATOUR)
10. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)

STAGE 7 (Lyon - Morzine-Avoriaz)
1. Richard VIRENQUE (Fra/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 230.5 kms or 143.23 miles in 6h6'03"
(Average speed of 37.78 km/h or 23.48 mph)
2. Rolf ALDAG (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) +2'29"
3. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +3'45"
4. Michael ROGERS (Aus/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) +4'03"
5. Stefano GARZELLI (Ita/VINI CALDIROLA) +4'06"
6. Christophe MOREAU (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) same time
7. Laurent DUFAUX (Sui/ALESSIO)
8. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS)
9. Georg TOTSCHNIG (Aut/GEROLSTEINER)
10. Aleksandr VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM)

STAGE 8 (Sallanches - l'Alpe d'Huez)
1. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 219 kms or 136.1 miles in 5h57'30"
(Average speed of 36.755 km/h or 22.84 mph)
2. Aleksandr VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) +1'45"
3. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) +2'12"
4. Francisco MANCEBO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM)
5. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)
6. Joseba BELOKI (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI)
7. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC)
8. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO)
9. Roberto LAISEKA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)
10. Pietro CAUCCHIOLI (Ita/ALESSIO) +3'36"

STAGE 9 (Bourg d'Oisans - Gap)
1. Aleksandr VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) 184. kms or 114.643 miles in 5 hours and 2 minutes
(Average speed of 36.66 km/h or 22.78 mph)
2. Paolo BETTINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) +36"
3. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) same time
4. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL)
5. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI)
6. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO)
7. Georg TOTSCHNIG (Aut/GEROLSTEINER)
8. Francisco MANCEBO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM)
9. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)
10. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC)

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Some basic information about the Tour de France:

BBC Sports Academy: Tour de France (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/special_events/cycling/newsid_3037000/3037946.stm)
Trek 2003 Tour de France (http://www.trekbikes.com/tour_de_france/)
Cycling 4 All (http://www.cycling4all.com/)
CyclingNews.com (http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/03index.php?id=03default)
Tour FAQ (http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=features/FAQ#faq)

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STAGE 10 (Gap - Marseille)
1. Jakob PIIL (Den/TEAM CSC) 219.5 kms or 136.4 miles in 5h09'33"
(Average speed of 42.55 km/h or 26.44 mph)
2. Fabio SACCHI (Ita/SAECO) same time
3. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK) +49"
4. Damien NAZON (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +2'07"
5. Rene HASELBACHER (Aut/GEROLSTEINER)
6. Philippe GAUMONT (Fra/COFIDIS)
7. Serge BAGUET (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO)
8. Vicente GARCÍA ACOSTA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM)
9. José Enrique GUTIÉRREZ (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) +5'06"
10. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) +21'23"

STAGE 11 (Narbonne - Toulouse)
1. Juan Antonio FLECHA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 153.5 kms or 95.4 miles in 3h29'33"
(Average speed of 43.95 km/h or 27.31 mph)
2. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK) +4"
3. Isidro NOZAL (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI)
4. Iñigo CUESTA (Spa/COFIDIS) +15"
5. Carlos DA CRUZ (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) +23"
6. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
7. Nicolas PORTAL (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE)
8. Michael ROGERS (Aus/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
9. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO) +42"
10. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM)

STAGE 12 (Gaillac - Cap Découverte)
1. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 47 kms or 29.2 miles in 58'32"
(Average speed of 48.18 km/h or 29.94 mph)
2. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) +1'36"
3. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) +2'06"
4. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) +2'40"
5. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) +2'43"
6. Uwe PESCHEL (Ger/GEROLSTEINER) +3'26"
7. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS) +3'55"
8. Iñigo CHAURREAU (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) +4'01"
9. David PLAZA (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) +4'37"
10. Santiago BOTERO (Col/TEAM TELEKOM) +5'

STAGE 13 (Toulouse - Ax 3 Domaines)
1. Carlos SASTRE (Spa/TEAM CSC) 197.5 kms or 122.721 miles in 5h16'08"
(Average speed of 37.48 km/h or 23.3 mph)
2. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) +1'01"
3. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) +1' 03"
4. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) +1' 08"
5. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) +1' 18"
6. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) +1' 20"
7. Juan Miguel MERCADO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) +1' 24"
8. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) +1' 59"
9. Christophe MOREAU (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) +2' 32"
10. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) +2' 34"

STAGE 14 (Saint-Girons - Loudenvielle-le-Louron)
1. Gilberto SIMONI (Ita/SAECO) 191.5 kms or 119 miles in 5h31'52"
(Average speed of 34.62 km/h or 21.5 mph)
2. Laurent DUFAUX (Swi/ALESSIO)
3. Richard VIRENQUE (Fra/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
4. Andrea PERON (Ita/TEAM CSC) +3"
5. Walter BENETEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +10"
6. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) +41"
7. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)
8. Steve ZAMPIERI (Swi/VINI CALDIROLA)
9. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) +1'24"
10. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO)

STAGE 15 (Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Luz-Ardiden)
1. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) 160 kms or 99.42 miles in 4h29'26"
(Average speed of 35.52 km/h or 22.1 mph)
2. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) +40"
3. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI)
4. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)
5. Christophe MOREAU (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) +43"
6. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) +47"
7. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) +1'10"
8. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) +2'07"
9. José Luis RUBIERA (Spa/US POSTAL) +2'45"
10. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +2'47"

STAGE 16 (Pau - Bayonne)
1. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) 197.5 kms or 122.7 miles in 4h59'41"
(Average speed of 39.542 km/h or 24.6 mph)
2. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) +1' 55"
3. Joeri KRIVTSOV (Ukr/JEAN DELATOUR)
4. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
5. Gerrit GLOMSER (Aut/SAECO)
6. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK)
7. Marcus ZBERG (Swi/GEROLSTEINER)
8. Sandy CASAR (Fra/FDJEUX.COM)
9. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita/TEAM BIANCHI)
10. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)

STAGE 17 (Dax - Bordeaux)
1. Servais KNAVEN (Ned/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 181 kms or 112.47 miles in 3h54'23"
(Average speed of 46.33 km/h or 28.8 mph)
2. Paolo BOSSONI (Ita/VINI CALDIROLA) +17"
3. Christophe MENGIN (Fra/FDJEUX.COM)
4. Leon VAN BON (Ned/LOTTO - DOMO)
5. Salvatore COMMESSO (Ita/SAECO)
6. Vicente GARCÍA ACOSTA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM)
7. Peter LÜTTENBERGER (Aut/TEAM CSC)
8. Médéric CLAIN (Fra/COFIDIS)
9. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK)
10. Ivan PARRA (Col/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) +1' 55"

STAGE 18 (Bordeaux - St. Maixent l'École)
1. Pablo LASTRAS (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 203.5 kms or 126.45 miles in 4h03'18"
(Average speed of 49.938 km/h or 31.03 mph)
2. Carlos DA CRUZ (Fra/FDJEUX.COM)
3. Daniele NARDELLO (Ita/TEAM TELEKOM)
4. David CAÑADA (Spa/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) +4"
5. Massimiliano LELLI (Ita/COFIDIS) +19"
6. Andy FLICKINGER (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE)
7. Thomas VOECKLER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE)
8. Paolo FORNACIARI (Ita/SAECO)
9. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita/TEAM BIANCHI) +35"
10. Vladimir MIHOLJEVIC (Cro/ALESSIO)

STAGE 19 (Pornic - Nantes)
1. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS) 49 kms or 30.45 miles in 54'05"
(Average speed of 54.361 km/h or 33.78 mph)
2. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) +9"
3. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) +14"
4. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) +25"
5. Laszlo BODROGI (Hun/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) +26"
6. Vjatsjeslav JEKIMOV (Rus/US POSTAL) +56"
7. Victor Hugo PEÑA (Col/US POSTAL) +1'
8. George HINCAPIE (USA/US POSTAL) +1'08"
9. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +1'12"
10. Marzio BRUSEGHIN (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) +1'26"

STAGE 20 (Ville d'Avray - Paris Avenue des Champs Elysées)
1. Jean-Patrick NAZON (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 152 kms or 94.45 miles in 3h38'49"
(Average speed of 41.679 km/h or 25.9 mph)
2. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM)
3. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO)
4. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
5. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
6. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE)
7. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM)
8. Romans VAINSTEINS (Lat/VINI CALDIROLA)
9. Gerrit GLOMSER (Aut/SAECO)
10. Damien NAZON (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE)

[El Más Grande]

I can't find any records of the red number either, but didn't Flickinger ride with it yesterday on stage 2?

By the way, how come I'm the only one believing that Armstrong isn't going to win this year?

[Phreakmeister]

Originally posted by El Más Grande
I can't find any records of the red number either, but didn't Flickinger ride with it yesterday on stage 2?

The red number goes to the most aggressive rider (in the positive sense, not the one who smacks the opponents in the face the most times) of the previous stage. The most aggressive riders were:
Stage 1: Andy Flickinger (France)
Stage 2: Frédéric Finot (France)
Stage 3: Anthony Geslin (France)
Stage 5: Frédéric Finot (France)
Stage 6: Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Stage 7: Richard Virenque (France)
Stage 8: Nicolas Portal (France)
Stage 9: Jörg Jaksche (Germany)
Stage 10: José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spain)
Stage 11: Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain)
Stage 13: Carlos Sastre (Spain)
Stage 14: Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland)
Stage 15: Sylvain Chavanel (France)
Stage 16: Tyler Hamilton (USA)
Stage 17: Servais Knaven (The Netherlands)
Stage 18: Andy Flickinger (France)
Stage 20: Bram de Groot (The Netherlands)

(Correction/edit for error in the post and for additions)

[Phreakmeister]

During the 12th stage of the Tour de France, an individual time trial over 47 kilometers of 29.2 miles from Gaillac to Cap Découverte, four riders were caught slipstreaming. For two riders, the penalty time they got for slipstreaming meant the end of their Tour de France.
The time of stage winner Jan Ullrich (58 minutes and 32 seconds) in the 47 kms or 29.2 miles individual time trial from Gaillac to to Cap Découverte meant that the time limit was at 1 hour, 13 minutes and 12 seconds, 25% over the time of the winner.
David Etxebarria of Spain and Unai Etxebarria of Venezuela, both of the Basque Euskaltel - Euskadi team, were caught slipstreaming behind the car of the directeur sportif, the team manager, of team Euskaltel - Euskadi. David Etxebarria finished last in the stage, with a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes and 54 seconds. This time meant that he had just managed to stay within the time limit. However, the race judges had caught him slipstreaming behind a car at a speed of about 41 km/h or 25.48 mph. They added 2 minutes and five seconds to his time. This meant that David Etxebarria officially got a time of 1 hours, 14 minutes and 59 seconds, which made him exceed the time limit by just over a minute and a half.
Etxebarria's teammate Unai Etxebarria was caught slipstreaming behind a car for more than 8 miles. During this period, the car drove at a speed of around 43 km/h or 26.72 mph. The race judges added 5 minutes and 51 seconds to his time, which changed his time from 1 hour, 8 minutes and 58 seconds, which was well under the time limit, to 1 hour, 14 minutes and 49 seconds, a minute and a half over the time limit.
Dutchman Michael Boogerd was caught slipstreaming behind fellow racer Didier Rous, who raced along at an average speed of around 43 km/h or 26.72 mph. Boogerd got 2 minutes and 25 seconds penalty time. As a result, he dropped from 68th place to 141st place in the classification of stage 12, and from 24th place to 30th place in the general classification.
The biggest sinner was Austrian Gerrit Glomser of team Saeco. He was caught slipstreaming behind a car for more than 8 miles. This gave him 6 minutes and 43 seconds penalty time. The penalty time made him drop from 42nd place to the 165th and last place in the classification of stage 12, and from 64th place to 74th place in the general classification.

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http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/images/Aus.jpg
Lauri Aus 1970 - 2003

The Estonian cyclist Lauri Aus has died today after a road accident. The 33-year old, who raced for the French team AG2R Prévoyance, was hit from behind by a drunk driver. The driver was later found to have had 2.5 promilles of alcohol in his blood. The accident occurred when Aus was training for the national mountainbike championships of Estonia. Aus died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.
As an amateur, Aus came in 5th in the road race at the 1992 Olympic Games of Barcelona. That race was won by Fabio Casartelli, who died after a crash in the 1995 Tour de France. Aus made his professional debut in 1995, for the small French team of Mutualité de Seine-Marne. In 1996, he won two stages in both the Ruban Granitier Breton race and the Tour de Poitou-Charentes.
In 1997, Aus switched to another French team, Casino - AG2R Prévoyance. For that team, Aus won the Tour du Limousin, the Tour de Poitou-Charentes, the Clasica Haribo and the Grand Prix Isbergues. Aus won stages in the Tour of Poland, the Tour de L'Oise, the Tour de Poitou-Charentes and the Tour du Limousin. Aus became 7th in the 1997 World Championships, which were held in San Sebastian, Spain.
In 2000, Casino stopped its sponsorship of the team. The team continued as AG2R Prévoyance. Aus continued his career at this team. In 2000, Aus became Estonian national champion in the road race and the time trial. In 2001, Aus won a stage in the Tour de Poitou-Charentes. Aus finished the 1997 Tour de France as 124th in the general classification. This year Aus wasn't selected for the Tour de France due to an injury.
The Tour de France will observe one minute of silence prior to the 15th stage. The riders of AG2R Prévoyance will ride in front of the pack for the first part of the stage, in tribute to their deceased teammate. The stage will be neutralized during that part. There will be no racing for the first part of the stage.

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Final classification of the 2003 Tour de France
1. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) 3,361 kms or 2,088 miles and 2,263 feet in 83h 41' 12"
(Average speed of 40.94 km/h or 25.44 mph; the fastest Tour in history)
2. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) +01' 01"
3. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) 04' 14"
4. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) 06' 17"
5. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 06' 51"
6. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 07' 06"
7. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 10' 12"
8. Christophe MOREAU (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 12' 28"
9. Carlos SASTRE (Spa/TEAM CSC) 18' 49"
10. Francisco MANCEBO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 19' 15"
11. Denis MENCHOV (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) 19' 44"
12. Georg TOTSCHNIG (Aut/GEROLSTEINER) 21' 32"
13. Peter LÜTTENBERGER (Aut/TEAM CSC) 22' 16"
14. Manuel BELTRÁN (Spa/US POSTAL) 23' 03"
15. Massimiliano LELLI (Ita/COFIDIS) 24' 00"
16. Richard VIRENQUE (Fra/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 25' 31"
17. Jörg JAKSCHE (Ger/ONCE - EROSKI) 27' 22"
18. Roberto LAISEKA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 29' 15"
19. José Luis RUBIERA (Spa/US POSTAL) 29' 37"
20. Didier ROUS (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 30' 14"
21. Laurent DUFAUX (Swi/ALESSIO) 33' 17"
22. David PLAZA (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 45' 55"
23. Félix GARCÍA CASAS (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 47' 07"
24. Alexandre BOTSJAROV (Rus/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 49' 47"
25. Daniele NARDELLO (Ita/TEAM TELEKOM) 53' 14"
26. José AZEVEDO (Por/ONCE - EROSKI) 54' 31"
27. Javier PASCUAL LLORENTE (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 57' 00"
28. Grischa NIERMANN (Ger/RABOBANK) 1h 00' 32"
29. Mikel ASTARLOZA (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 1h 02' 13"
30. Iñigo CHAURREAU (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 1h 03' 35"
31. Stephane GOUBERT (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 1h 05' 38"
32. Michael BOOGERD (Ned/RABOBANK) 1h 07' 55"
33. Laurent BROCHARD (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 1h 09' 35"
34. Roberto HERAS (Spa/US POSTAL) 1h 14' 17"
35. Giuseppe GUERINI (Ita/TEAM TELEKOM) 1h 16' 43"
36. Juan Miguel MERCADO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 1h 22' 32"
37. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 1h 25' 01"
38. Jörg LUDEWIG (Ger/SAECO) 1h 25' 13"
39. Andy FLICKINGER (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 1h 28' 53"
40. Patrice HALGAND (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 1h 30' 42"
41. José Enrique GUTIÉRREZ (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 1h 35' 51"
42. Michael ROGERS (Aus/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 1h 37' 28"
43. David MONCOUTIÉ (Fra/COFIDIS) 1h 38' 49"
44. Nicki SÖRENSEN (Den/TEAM CSC) 1h 39' 54"
45. Michaël BLAUDZUN (Den/TEAM CSC) 1h 41' 09"
46. Ivan PARRA (Col/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 1h 44' 01"
47. George HINCAPIE (VS/US POSTAL) 1h 44' 11"
48. Paolo BETTINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 1h 45' 09"
49. Matthias KESSLER (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) 1h 45' 17"
50. Vladimir MIHOLJEVIC (Cro/ALESSIO) 1h 45' 59"
51. Xabier ZANDIO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 1h 48' 53"
52. Christophe BRANDT (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO) 1h 50' 33"
53. Jevgeni PETROV (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) 1h 52' 03"
54. Andrea PERON (Ita/TEAM CSC) 1h 53' 45"
55. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS) 1h 54' 38"
56. David CAÑADA (Spa/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 1h 58' 01"
57. Angel CASERO (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 1h 58' 32"
58. Mikel PRADERA (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 1h 59' 37"
59. Walter BENETEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 2h 00' 09"
60. Fabio SACCHI (Ita/SAECO) 2h 00' 56"
61. Udo BÖLTS (Ger/GEROLSTEINER) 2h 01' 38"
62. Kurt VAN DE WOUWER (Bel/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 2h 02' 01"
63. Guido TRENTIN (Ita/COFIDIS) 2h 02' 02"
64. Gerrit GLOMSER (Aut/SAECO) 2h 02' 11"
65. Laurent LEFÈVRE (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 2h 03' 39"
66. Marzio BRUSEGHIN (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 2h 06' 00"
67. Pablo LASTRAS (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 2h 06' 30"
68. Marcos SERRANO (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 2h 07' 26"
69. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 2h 10' 30"
70. Aitor GARMENDÍA (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 2h 10' 41"
71. Jérôme PINEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 2h 11' 33"
72. Isidro NOZAL (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 2h 12' 14"
73. David LATASA (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 2h 12' 58"
74. Andrea NOÉ (Ita/ALESSIO) 2h 17' 58"
75. Franco PELLIZOTTI (Ita/ALESSIO) 2h 20' 52"
76. Vjatsjeslav JEKIMOV (Rus/US POSTAL) 2h 21' 53"
77. Floyd LANDIS (USA/US POSTAL) 2h 25' 19"
78. Nicolas FRITSCH (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 2h 26' 58"
79. Dario CIONI (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 2h 31' 37"
80. Mikel ARTETXE (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 2h 34' 10"
81. Salvatore COMMESSO (Ita/SAECO) 2h 34' 47"
82. Nicolas PORTAL (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 2h 35' 04"
83. René ANDRLE (Cze/ONCE - EROSKI) 2h 35' 17"
84. Gilberto SIMONI (Ita/SAECO) 2h 35' 47"
85. Yuri KRIVTSOV (Ukr/JEAN DELATOUR) 2h 36' 01"
86. Serge BAGUET (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO) 2h 37' 20"
87. Steve ZAMPIERI (Swi/VINI CALDIROLA) 2h 40' 28"
88. Victor Hugo PEÑA (Col/US POSTAL) 2h 40' 49"
89. Mario AERTS (Bel/TEAM TELEKOM) 2h 40' 50"
90. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 2h 41' 24"
91. Ludovic TURPIN (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 2h 43' 44"
92. Marcus ZBERG (Swi/GEROLSTEINER) 2h 47' 07"
93. Carlos DA CRUZ (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 2h 47' 54"
94. Rolf ALDAG (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) 2h 48' 34"
95. Franck RENIER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 2h 48' 54"
96. Oscar FREIRE (Spa/RABOBANK) 2h 51' 18"
97. Cédric VASSEUR (Fra/COFIDIS) 2h 51' 58"
98. Alberto LOPEZ DE MUNÁIN (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 2h 52' 45"
99. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK) 2h 56' 35"
100. Vladimir KARPETS (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) 2h 57' 09"
101. Iñigo LANDALUZE (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 3h 02' 37"
102. Pavel PADRNOS (Cze/US POSTAL) 3h 05' 34"
103. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita/TEAM BIANCHI) 3h 06' 23"
104. Juan Antonio FLECHA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 3h 09' 07"
105. Médéric CLAIN (Fra/COFIDIS) 3h 09' 22"
106. Nicolas JALABERT (Fra/TEAM CSC) 3h 11' 36"
107. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) 3h 11' 39"
108. Laszlo BODROGI (Hun/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 3h 12' 20"
109. Benoît POILVET (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 3h 14' 11"
110. Christophe MENGIN (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 3h 14' 47"
111. Sandy CASAR (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 3h 19' 43"
112. Paolo FORNACIARI (Ita/SAECO) 3h 20' 14"
113. Jakob PIIL (Den/TEAM CSC) 3h 20' 57"
114. Anthony GESLIN (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 3h 21' 01"
115. Marc WAUTERS (Bel/RABOBANK) 3h 21' 43"
116. Romans VAINSTEINS (Lat/VINI CALDIROLA) 3h 23' 43"
117. Nicolas VOGONDY (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 3h 25' 22"
118. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 3h 25' 33"
119. Thomas VOECKLER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 3h 28' 18"
120. Bekim CHRISTENSEN (Den/TEAM CSC) 3h 28' 23"
121. Christophe ORIOL (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 3h 29' 35"
122. Alvaro GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 3h 32' 37"
123. Servais KNAVEN (Ned/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 3h 33' 45"
124. Philippe GAUMONT (Fra/COFIDIS) 3h 34' 57"
125. Vicente GARCÍA ACOSTA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 3h 35' 10"
126. Davide BRAMATI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 3h 36' 10"
127. Iñigo CUESTA (Spa/COFIDIS) 3h 37' 12"
128. Koos MOERENHOUT (Ned/LOTTO - DOMO) 3h 38' 38"
129. Damien NAZON (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 3h 39' 58"
130. Maryan HARY (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 3h 40' 55"
131. Christophe EDALEINE (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 3h 45' 18"
132. Leon VAN BON (Ned/LOTTO - DOMO) 3h 51' 56"
133. Bradley MC GEE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 3h 52' 49"
134. Paolo BOSSONI (Ita/VINI CALDIROLA) 3h 54' 39"
135. Jean-Patrick NAZON (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 3h 56' 38"
136. Thomas LIESE (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 3h 56' 49"
137. Frédéric FINOT (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 3h 57' 53"
138. Sébastien HINAULT (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 4h 00' 26"
139. David MUÑOZ (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 4h 03' 40"
140. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 4h 04' 10"
141. Samuel DUMOULIN (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 4h 04' 59"
142. Julian USANO (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 4h 05' 46"
143. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO) 4h 13' 28"
144. Dario ANDRIOTTO (Ita/VINI CALDIROLA) 4h 14' 48"
145. Daniel BECKE (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 4h 26' 08"
146. Alessandro BERTOLINI (Ita/ALESSIO) 4h 27' 59"
147. Hans DE CLERCQ (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO) 4h 48' 35"

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Final classification of the Green Jersey (best sprinter)
1. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 216 points
2. Robbie MC EWEN (Aus/LOTTO - DOMO) 214
3. Erik ZABEL (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) 188
4. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 173
5. Luca PAOLINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 156
6. Jean-Patrick NAZON (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 154
7. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 153
8. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita/TEAM BIANCHI) 122
9. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 112
10. Damien NAZON (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 107
11. Gerrit GLOMSER (Aut/SAECO) 102
12. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK) 99
13. Romans VAINSTEINS (Lat/VINI CALDIROLA) 99
14. Oscar FREIRE (Spa/RABOBANK) 97
15. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) 95
16. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) 91
17. Paolo BETTINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 88
18. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) 85
19. Carlos DA CRUZ (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 81
20. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 73
21. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 69
22. Salvatore COMMESSO (Ita/SAECO) 69
23. Andy FLICKINGER (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 58
24. Pablo LASTRAS (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 49
25. Bradley MC GEE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 47
26. Juan Antonio FLECHA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 46
27. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 44
28. Christophe MOREAU (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 43
29. Christophe MENGIN (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 43
30. Richard VIRENQUE (Fra/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 42
31. Jakob PIIL (Den/TEAM CSC) 41
32. Paolo BOSSONI (Ita/VINI CALDIROLA) 41
33. Leon VAN BON (Ned/LOTTO - DOMO) 40
34. Joeri KRIVTSOV (Ukr/JEAN DELATOUR) 40
35. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS) 39
36. Vicente GARCÍA ACOSTA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 38
37. Servais KNAVEN (Ned/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 37
38. Laurent DUFAUX (Swi/ALESSIO) 37
39. Michael ROGERS (Aus/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 37
40. Laurent BROCHARD (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 36
41. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 35
42. Fabio SACCHI (Ita/SAECO) 35
43. Sébastien HINAULT (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 35
44. Alexandre BOCHAROV (Rus/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 31
45. Anthony GESLIN (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 30
46. Philippe GAUMONT (Fra/COFIDIS) 29
47. Nicolas PORTAL (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 28
48. Francisco MANCEBO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 28
49. Daniele NARDELLO (Ita/TEAM TELEKOM) 28
50. Isidro NOZAL (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 28
51. Georg TOTSCHNIG (Aut/GEROLSTEINER) 26
52. Massimiliano LELLI (Ita/COFIDIS) 26
53. Carlos SASTRE (Spa/TEAM CSC) 25
54. Mikel PRADERA (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 25
55. Gilberto SIMONI (Ita/SAECO) 24
56. Laszlo BODROGI (Hun/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 24
57. Andrea PERON (Ita/TEAM CSC) 24
58. David CAÑADA (Spa/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 24
59. Iñigo CUESTA (Spa/COFIDIS) 24
60. Walter BENETEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 23
61. Serge BAGUET (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO) 22
62. Rolf ALDAG (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) 22
63. Thomas VOECKLER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 21
64. Vladimir MIHOLJEVIC (Cro/ALESSIO) 20
65. Médéric CLAIN (Fra/COFIDIS) 20
66. Peter LÜTTENBERGER (Aut/TEAM CSC) 19
67. Marcus ZBERG (Swi/GEROLSTEINER) 19
68. Davide BRAMATI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 19
69. Frédéric FINOT (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 18
70. Paolo FORNACIARI (Ita/SAECO) 18
71. Mikel ARTETXE (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 16
72. Roberto LAISEKA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 15
73. Javier PASCUAL LLORENTE (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 14
74. Ivan PARRA (Col/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 13
75. Christophe BRANDT (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO) 13
76. Angel CASERO (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 12
77. José Enrique GUTIÉRREZ (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 12
78. Dario CIONI (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 12
79. Franck RENIER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 12
80. Denis MENCHOV (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) 11
81. Sandy CASAR (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 11
82. Victor Hugo PEÑA (Col/US POSTAL) 10
83. David MUÑOZ (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 10
84. Samuel DUMOULIN (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 10
85. Juan Miguel MERCADO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 9
86. Christophe EDALEINE (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 9
87. José Luis RUBIERA (Spa/US POSTAL) 7
88. Thomas LIESE (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 7
89. Jérôme PINEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 6
90. Vjatsjeslav JEKIMOV (Rus/US POSTAL) 6
91. Nicolas JALABERT (Fra/TEAM CSC) 6
92. Didier ROUS (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 5
93. Mikel ASTARLOZA (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 5
94. Iñigo CHAURREAU (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 5
95. Roberto HERAS (Spa/US POSTAL) 5
96. Jörg JAKSCHE (Ger/ONCE - EROSKI) 4
97. René ANDRLE (Cze/ONCE - EROSKI) 4
98. Ludovic TURPIN (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 4
99. George HINCAPIE (USA/US POSTAL) 3
100. David PLAZA (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 2
101. Alberto LOPEZ DE MUNÁIN (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 2
102. Iñigo LANDALUZE (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 2
103. Benoît POILVET (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 2
104. Alessandro BERTOLINI (Ita/ALESSIO) 2
105. Manuel BELTRÁN (Spa/US POSTAL) 1
106. Marzio BRUSEGHIN (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 1
107. Nicolas FRITSCH (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 1
108. Grischa NIERMANN (Ger/RABOBANK) -2
109. Michael BOOGERD (Ned/RABOBANK) -3
110. Félix GARCÍA CASAS (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) -5
111. Matthias KESSLER (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) -5
112. Floyd LANDIS (USA/US POSTAL) -5
113. Cédric VASSEUR (Fra/COFIDIS) -5
114. Marc WAUTERS (Bel/RABOBANK) -5
115. Guido TRENTIN (Ita/COFIDIS) -6
116. Steve ZAMPIERI (Swi/VINI CALDIROLA) -7

Final classification of the Polka-dotted Jersey (best climber)
1. Richard VIRENQUE (Fra/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 324 points
2. Laurent DUFAUX (Swi/ALESSIO) 187
3. Lance ARMSTRONG (USA/US POSTAL) 168
4. Christophe MOREAU (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 137
5. Juan Miguel MERCADO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 136
6. Iban MAYO (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 130
7. Haimar ZUBELDIA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 125
8. Jan ULLRICH (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 124
9. Tyler HAMILTON (USA/TEAM CSC) 116
10. Paolo BETTINI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 100
11. Manuel BELTRÁN (Spa/US POSTAL) 97
12. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 95
13. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM) 91
14. Walter BENETEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 80
15. Jörg JAKSCHE (Ger/ONCE - EROSKI) 77
16. Carlos SASTRE (Spa/TEAM CSC) 72
17. Ivan PARRA (Col/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 71
18. Kurt VAN DE WOUWER (Bel/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 67
19. Gilberto SIMONI (Ita/SAECO) 64
20. Ivan BASSO (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 62
21. Francisco MANCEBO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 62
22. Aitor GARMENDÍA (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 62
23. Rolf ALDAG (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) 61
24. José Luis RUBIERA (Spa/US POSTAL) 58
25. Vladimir MIHOLJEVIC (Cro/ALESSIO) 54
26. Andrea PERON (Ita/TEAM CSC) 51
27. Benoît POILVET (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 51
28. Michael ROGERS (Aus/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 48
29. Steve ZAMPIERI (Swi/VINI CALDIROLA) 48
30. Angel CASERO (Spa/TEAM BIANCHI) 47
31. Christophe MENGIN (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 40
32. Alexandre BOCHAROV (Rus/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 38
33. Franco PELLIZOTTI (Ita/ALESSIO) 36
34. Alberto LOPEZ DE MUNÁIN (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 33
35. Ludovic TURPIN (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 30
36. Sandy CASAR (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 29
37. Roberto HERAS (Spa/US POSTAL) 28
38. Denis MENCHOV (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) 26
39. Iñigo CHAURREAU (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 26
40. Nicki SÖRENSEN (Den/TEAM CSC) 25
41. Daniele NARDELLO (Ita/TEAM TELEKOM) 24
42. Mikel PRADERA (Spa/ONCE - EROSKI) 23
43. Patrice HALGAND (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 19
44. Médéric CLAIN (Fra/COFIDIS) 19
45. David MONCOUTIÉ (Fra/COFIDIS) 18
46. Frédéric FINOT (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 18
47. Roberto LAISEKA (Spa/EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 17
48. Gerrit GLOMSER (Aut/SAECO) 15
49. Juan Antonio FLECHA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 15
50. Anthony GESLIN (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 15
51. Georg TOTSCHNIG (Aut/GEROLSTEINER) 14
52. David MILLAR (GBr/COFIDIS) 14
53. Franck RENIER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 12
54. Bradley MC GEE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) 12
55. Iñigo CUESTA (Spa/COFIDIS) 12
56. Victor Hugo PEÑA (Col/US POSTAL) 10
57. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 10
58. George HINCAPIE (USA/US POSTAL) 9
59. Marc WAUTERS (Bel/RABOBANK) 8
60. Carlos DA CRUZ (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) 7
61. Andy FLICKINGER (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 5
62. David LATASA (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) 5
63. Nicolas PORTAL (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 5
64. Salvatore COMMESSO (Ita/SAECO) 5
65. Serge BAGUET (Bel/LOTTO - DOMO) 5
66. Philippe GAUMONT (Fra/COFIDIS) 5
67. Floyd LANDIS (USA/US POSTAL) 4
68. Bram DE GROOT (Ned/RABOBANK) 4
69. Pavel PADRNOS (Cze/US POSTAL) 4
70. Laszlo BODROGI (Hun/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 4
71. Davide BRAMATI (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) 4
72. Michael BOOGERD (Ned/RABOBANK) 3
73. Vjatsjeslav JEKIMOV (Rus/US POSTAL) 3
74. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita/TEAM BIANCHI) 3
75. Vicente GARCÍA ACOSTA (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 3
76. Stephane GOUBERT (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) 2
77. Pablo LASTRAS (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) 2
78. Massimiliano LELLI (Ita/COFIDIS) 1
79. Mikel ASTARLOZA (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) 1
80. Giuseppe GUERINI (Ita/TEAM TELEKOM) 1
81. Marzio BRUSEGHIN (Ita/FASSA BORTOLO) 1
82. Nicolas JALABERT (Fra/TEAM CSC) 1
83. Damien NAZON (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) 1
84. Sébastien HINAULT (Fra/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) 1

[Phreakmeister]

Final classification of the White Jersey (best young rider)
1. Denis MENCHOV (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) 84h00'56"
2. Mikel ASTARLOZA (Spa/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) +42'29"
3. Juan Miguel MERCADO (Spa/IBANESTO.COM) +1h02'48"
4. Sylvain CHAVANEL (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +1h05'17"
5. Andy FLICKINGER (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) +1h09'09"
6. Michael ROGERS (Aus/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON) +1h17'44"
7. Matthias KESSLER (Ger/TEAM TELEKOM) +1h25'33"
8. Jevgeni PETROV (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) +1h32'19"
9. Jérôme PINEAU (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +1h51'49"
10. Franco PELLIZOTTI (Ita/ALESSIO) +2h01'08"
11. Nicolas FRITSCH (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) +2h07'14"
12. Nicolas PORTAL (Fra/AG2R PRÉVOYANCE) +2h15'20"
13. Joeri KRIVTSOV (Ukr/JEAN DELATOUR) +2h16'17"
14. Vladimir KARPETS (Rus/IBANESTO.COM) +2h37'25"
15. Sandy CASAR (Fra/FDJEUX.COM) +2h59'59"
16. Anthony GESLIN (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +3h01'17"
17. Thor HUSHOVD (Nor/CRÉDIT AGRICOLE) +3h05'49"
18. Thomas VOECKLER (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +3h08'34"
19. Maryan HARY (Fra/BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE) +3h21'11"
20. Christophe EDALEINE (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) +3h25'34"
21. David MUÑOZ (Spa/KELME - COSTA BLANCA) +3h43'56"
22. Baden COOKE (Aus/FDJEUX.COM) +3h44'26"
23. Samuel DUMOULIN (Fra/JEAN DELATOUR) +3h45'15"
24. Daniel BECKE (Ger/TEAM BIANCHI) 4h06'24"

Final classification of the Centenaire competition
1 O'GRADY Stuart 82 pts
2 HUSHOVD Thor 86 pts
3 GUIDI Fabrizio 103 pts
4 PAOLINI Luca 118 pts
5 GLOMSER Gerrit 123 pts
6 ULLRICH Jan 165 pts
7 NAZON Damien 169 pts
8 COOKE Baden 184 pts
9 MCGEE Bradley 188 pts
10 MOREAU Christophe 210 pts
11 HAMILTON Tyler 210 pts
12 VINOKOUROV Alexandre 224 pts
13 DE GROOT Bram 234 pts
14 MAYO Iban 235 pts
15 ZUBELDIA Haimar 236 pts
16 VAN BON Leon 253 pts
17 ARMSTRONG Lance 256 pts
18 BOCHAROV Alexandre 260 pts
19 TOTSCHNIG Georg 260 pts
20 ROGERS Michael 264 pts
21 CHAVANEL Sylvain 265 pts
22 LASTRAS Pablo 273 pts
23 DA CRUZ Carlos 275 pts
24 VAINSTEINS Romans 279 pts
25 LELLI Massimiliano 279 pts
26 BASSO Ivan 279 pts
27 SACCHI Fabio 281 pts
28 KNAVEN Servais 293 pts
29 BROCHARD Laurent 294 pts
30 GUTIERREZ José Enrique 307 pts
31 FLICKINGER Andy 312 pts
32 ZABEL Erik 313 pts
33 MANCEBO Francisco 315 pts
34 PRADERA Mikel 326 pts
35 MCEWEN Robbie 339 pts
36 KRIVTSOV Yuriy 342 pts
37 BETTINI Paolo 344 pts
38 SORENSEN Nicki 344 pts
39 COMMESSO Salvatore 348 pts
40 NIERMANN Grischa 350 pts
41 GAUMONT Philippe 351 pts
42 FREIRE Oscar 354 pts
43 NAZON Jean-Patrick 355 pts
44 BENETEAU Walter 355 pts
45 SASTRE Carlos 376 pts
46 BELTRAN Manuel 377 pts
47 ANDRLE René 378 pts
48 HINCAPIE George 381 pts
49 CHAURREAU Inigo 384 pts
50 ROUS Didier 384 pts
51 MILLAR David 385 pts
52 CHRISTENSEN Bekim 387 pts
53 RUBIERA José Luis 388 pts
54 EKIMOV Vjatceslav 396 pts
55 LÜTTENBERGER Peter 397 pts
56 NOZAL Isidro 398 pts
57 MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir 400 pts
58 BLAUDZUN Michaël 400 pts
59 ALDAG Rolf 411 pts
60 PENA Victor Hugo 414 pts
61 LUDEWIG Jorg 417 pts
62 PORTAL Nicolas 429 pts
63 JAKSCHE Jorg 431 pts
64 BODROGI Laszlo 434 pts
65 VIRENQUE Richard 438 pts
66 BAGUET Serge 440 pts
67 NOE Andrea 441 pts
68 ZBERG Marcus 444 pts
69 PERON Andrea 446 pts
70 BOOGERD Michael 450 pts
71 CIONI Dario 450 pts
72 ASTARLOZA Mikel 463 pts
73 NARDELLO Daniele 466 pts
74 BRUSEGHIN Marzio 467 pts
75 KESSLER Matthias 476 pts
76 HINAULT Sébastien 476 pts
77 GARCIA CASAS Félix 479 pts
78 WAUTERS Marc 481 pts
79 ARTETXE Mikel 487 pts
80 MENCHOV Denis 488 pts
81 PASCUAL LLORENTE Javier 489 pts
82 FLECHA Juan Antonio 492 pts
83 VAN DE WOUWER Kurt 495 pts
84 DE CLERCQ Hans 497 pts
85 MENGIN Christophe 500 pts
86 BRANDT Christophe 500 pts
87 LIESE Thomas 500 pts
88 LEFEVRE Laurent 505 pts
89 PADRNOS Pavel 513 pts
90 PETROV Evgeni 514 pts
91 CASAR Sandy 519 pts
92 PARRA Ivan 519 pts
93 GESLIN Anthony 521 pts
94 VASSEUR Cédric 522 pts
95 GARMENDIA Aitor 522 pts
96 BOSSONI Paolo 525 pts
97 PIIL Jakob 532 pts
98 CANADA David 537 pts
99 AZEVEDO José 537 pts
100 GARCIA ACOSTA Vicente 555 pts
101 DUFAUX Laurent 556 pts
102 ZANDIO Xabier 579 pts
103 CLAIN Médéric 579 pts
104 PLAZA David 581 pts
105 EDALEINE Christophe 583 pts
106 MUNOZ David 587 pts
107 LAISEKA Roberto 590 pts
108 KARPETS Vladimir 600 pts
109 LANDIS Floyd 603 pts
110 RENIER Franck 610 pts
111 HERAS Roberto 613 pts
112 GONZALEZ GALDEANO Alvaro 619 pts
113 DUMOULIN Samuel 626 pts
114 BRAMATI Davide 631 pts
115 AERTS Mario 633 pts
116 POILVET Benoit 637 pts
117 TURPIN Ludovic 644 pts
118 PELLIZOTTI Franco 644 pts
119 BÖLTS Udo 657 pts
120 SERRANO Marcos 661 pts
121 LANDALUZE Inigo 663 pts
122 JALABERT Nicolas 678 pts
123 GOUBERT Stephane 681 pts
124 LATASA David 682 pts
125 SIMONI Gilberto 685 pts
126 HALGAND Patrice 691 pts
127 MERCADO Juan Miguel 693 pts
128 ORIOL Christophe 695 pts
129 PINEAU Jérôme 698 pts
130 CUESTA Inigo 710 pts
131 USANO Julian 713 pts
132 BECKE Daniel 721 pts
133 MONCOUTIE David 721 pts
134 CASERO Angel 726 pts
135 FORNACIARI Paolo 754 pts
136 VOGONDY Nicolas 755 pts
137 FRITSCH Nicolas 755 pts
138 TRENTIN Guido 760 pts
139 BERTOLINI Alessandro 770 pts
140 LOPEZ MUNAIN Alberto 791 pts
141 GUERINI Giuseppe 798 pts
142 MOERENHOUT Koos 799 pts
143 ZAMPIERI Steve 800 pts
144 HARY Maryan 805 pts
145 ANDRIOTTO Dario 807 pts
146 FINOT Frédéric 811 pts
147 VOECKLER Thomas 815 pts
(The centenaire (centenary) competition consists of the combined result of the stages to the towns where the Tour de France finished in 1903: Lyons, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and Paris)

Final team classification
1. TEAM CSC 248h 18' 18"
2. IBANESTO.COM 21' 46"
3. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 44' 59"
4. US POSTAL 45' 53"
5. TEAM BIANCHI 1h 12' 40"
6. TEAM TELEKOM 1h 38' 45"
7. QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON 2h 02' 17"
8. BRIOCHES LA BOULANGÈRE 2h 02' 36"
9. AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 2h 08' 06"
10. COFIDIS 2h 08' 56"
11. ONCE - EROSKI 2h 13' 30"
12. ALESSIO 3h 12' 37"
13. SAECO 3h 15' 42"
14. KELME - COSTA BLANCA 3h 23' 31"
15. JEAN DELATOUR 3h 52' 26"
16. GEROLSTEINER 3h 53' 35"
17. FASSA BORTOLO 3h 59' 07"
18. RABOBANK 4h 03' 59"
19. CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 5h 40' 11"
20. LOTTO - DOMO 6h 01' 44"
21. FDJEUX.COM 6h 51' 17"
22. VINI CALDIROLA 8h 20' 01"

Final classification of the Combativity competition (most aggressive rider)
1. Aleksandr Vinokourov (Kaz/TEAM TELEKOM)
2. Paolo Bettini (Ita/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
3. Tyler Hamilton (USA/US POSTAL)

Prix de l'Europe
1. René Andrle (Cze/ONCE - EROSKI)
2. Pavel PADRNOS (Cze/US POSTAL)
3. Laszlo BODROGI (Hun/QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON)
(The Prix de l'Europe, worth €50,000, goes to the best rider from the 10 new EU-members.)

[DustyBottoms]

I vote for Lance Armstrong United States! :wink

[sinecure]

Lance Armstrong Is my HERO!!!


On many levels...

"Lance Armstrong"...you couldn't come up with a better comic-book-hero name if you tried!!

[Phreakmeister]

This is the prize money the teams have won during the 2003 Tour de France:
1. US Postal €482,138 or $555,000
2. Bianchi €228,096 or $262,500
3. Telekom €165,599 or $190,500
4. CSC €160,630 or $185,000
5. Crédit Agricole €143,439 or $165,000
6. Euskaltel-Euskadi €131,079 or $151,000
7. iBanesto.com €113,913 or $131,000
8. Quick Step-Davitamon €109,651 or $126,250
9. FDJeux.com €77,847 or $90,000
10. Fassa Bortolo €55,449 or $64,000
11. AG2R €47,040 or $54,200
12. Brioches-La Boulangère €41,275 or $47,500
13. Lotto-Domo €41,129 or $47,500
14. Jean Delatour €37,862 or $43,600
15. Alessio €32,798 or $37,750
16. ONCE €26,306 or $30,250
17. Saeco €26,098 or $30,000
18. Cofidis €25,809 or $29,750
19. Vini Caldirola €25,557 or $29,500
20. Rabobank €21,626 or $25,000
21. Gerolsteiner €13,120 or $15,000
22. Kelme €10,091 or $11,600
(Due to changing currency exchange rates, the amounts in US Dollars are estimates)

The 2003 Tour de France has broken several records:
Lance Armstrong equalled Miguel Indurain's record of five consecutive victories. Lance Armstrong is also the oldest to win the Tour five times. He was 11,635 days old at his 5th victory. When Miguel Indurain won his fifth Tour title, in 1995, he was 11,329 old, 306 days younger than Armstrong.
Lance Armstrong has now become part of the 'Five of Five,' the group of cyclists with 5 Tour de France victories. The group consists of the late Jacques Anquetil of France (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964), Belgian legend Eddie Merckx (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974), Frenchman Bernard Hinault (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985), Spaniard Miguel Indurain (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995) and American Lance Armstrong (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003).
The average speed of Lance Armstrong this year was 40.956 km/h or 25.45 mph, the highest average speed in the history of the Tour de France. Lance Armstrong broke his own average speed record of 1999, which was at 40.276 km/h or 25.03 mph.
The green jersey went to Baden Cooke of Australia. He beat his compatriot Robbie McEwen in the final sprint, which took the green jersey out of the hands of McEwen. The difference between the two at the end was two points, the smallest difference in the history of the Tour.
The polka-dotted jersey for best climber went to Richard Virenque, for a record-equalling sixth time. Virenque previously won the polka-dotted jersey in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. The other record holders are Spanish legend Federico Bahamontes (1954, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963 and 1964) and Belgian Lucien van Impe (1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983).

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Despite winning the Tour de France for a record equalling fifth time, Lance Armstrong has dropped from 5th to 8th place in the UCI world ranking. Runner-up Jan Ullrich made the biggest leap on the ranking. He jumped from 159th to 26th place. Aleksandr Vinokourov, 3rd in the Tour, jumped from 13th to 6th place. Thanks to a 4th place in the Tour, American Hamilton jumped from 18th to 10th place, while number 5 of the Tour, Basque rider Haimar Zubeldia Agirre, jumped from 102nd to 32nd place. Iban Mayo Diez, 6th in the Tour, jumped from 11th to 5th. Ivan Basso, 7th in the final ranking of the Tour de France, jumped from 46th to 35th and Christophe Moreau, 8th in the Tour, jumped from 59th to 31st. Carlos Sastre jumped from 90th to 78th place, while Francisco Mancebo dropped from 17th to 18th. Baden Cooke, the winner of the Green Jersey in the Tour de France, jumped from 25th to 16th. Denis Menchov, the winner of the White Jersey for best young rider, jumped from 261st to 176th place. Richard Virenque, who won the Polka-dotted Jersey for a record-equalling sixth time, jumped from 61st to 43rd place. Joseba Beloki, who was runner-up in the 2002 Tour de France and who was seen as Armstrong's main challenger until his retirement after a severe crash on a descent, dropped from 8th to 27th place. Despite his retirement from professional cycling, Laurent Jalabert still is 60th on the world ranking. Last on the world ranking, on a shared 2023rd place, are Britons Neil Coleman (22, of Team EnduraSport.com - Principia) and Rowen Horner (29, teamless), both with .5 points. Both dropped from 1939th position on the ranking. Fassa Bortolo maintained its lead in the Trade Team 1 ranking, the "league" of the 30 best teams. Dutch team Bankgiroloterij maintained its lead in the Trade Team 2 ranking, ahead of Paternina - Costa de Almeria and De Nardi - Colpack. Polish team Action Nvidia Mroz took over the lead in the Trade Team 3 ranking from American team Saturn, with Slovenian team Perutnina Ptuj maintaining its third position. There were no changes in the top 10 of the Nations ranking, where Italy maintained its lead, ahead of Spain (2nd place), Germany (3rd), France, Australia, Switzerland, USA, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark. Aleksandr Vinokourov's 3rd place in the Tour de France made Kazakhstan jump from 19th to 13th place.

TOP 100 OF THE UCI WORLD RANKING
1 BETTINI Paolo 2,191.75 points
2 SIMONI Gilberto 2,082
3 ZABEL Erik 1,941.75
4 REBELLIN Davide 1,887
5 MAYO DIEZ Iban 1,724
6 VINOKOUROV Alexandre 1,701
7 PETACCHI Alessandro 1,682
8 ARMSTRONG Lance 1,679
9 FRIGO Dario 1,541
10 HAMILTON Tyler 1,474.20
11 MCEWEN Robbie 1,364
12 CASAGRANDE Francesco 1,286
13 DI LUCA Danilo 1,270
14 GONZALEZ JIMENEZ Aitor 1,171
15 HERAS HERNANDEZ Roberto 1,153.25
16 COOKE Baden 1,113
17 CIPOLLINI Mario 1,103.20
18 MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco 1,059
19 BARTOLI Michele 1,057.50
20 BROCHARD Laurent 1,048.40
21 KIRSIPUU Jaan 1,022.40
22 BOOGERD Michael 989
23 ASTARLOA Igor 984
24 DUFAUX Laurent 960
25 GARZELLI Stefano 957
26 ULLRICH Jan 940
27 BELOKI DORRONSORO Joseba 922
28 BORTOLAMI Gianluca 913
29 VAN PETEGEM Peter 872
30 PAOLINI Luca 866.75
31 MOREAU Christophe 809.60
32 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 802
33 MILLAR David 799
34 POZZATO Filippo 771.75
35 BASSO Ivan 766.50
36 O'GRADY Stuart 759.60
37 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 758
38 PIIL Jakob 755
39 CELESTINO Mirko 754
40 POPOVYCH Yaroslav 745
41 ROGERS Michael 744.75
42 MUSEEUW Johan 707.50
43 VIRENQUE Richard 703.75
44 JEKER Fabian 688
44 PECHARROMAN FABIAN José Antonio 688
46 SEVILLA RIBERA Oscar 679
47 CHAVANEL Sylvain 673
48 MOLLER Claus Michael 672
49 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar 653.15
50 RICH Michael 647
51 KIRCHEN Kim 625.75
52 ROUS Didier 619
53 PESCHEL Uwe 591
54 BALDATO Fabio 589
55 IVANOV Serguei 578.75
56 RASMUSSEN Michael 575.75
57 POLLACK Olaf 573
58 HALGAND Patrice 557
59 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle 556
60 JALABERT Laurent 547
60 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 547
62 WAUTERS Marc 544.75
63 VOSKAMP Bart 544.50
64 ZBERG Marcus 543
65 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel 536.75
66 MOOS Alexandre 535
66 PEREZ SANCHEZ Francisco 535
68 VOIGT Jens 534.60
69 FONTANELLI Fabiano 533
70 SVORADA Jan 529
71 CASPER Jimmy 528
72 NOÉ Andrea 523.40
73 SACCHI Fabio 522
74 PELLIZOTTI Franco 521
75 TOTSCHNIG Georg 519
76 PIEPOLI Leonardo 513.25
77 BRUYLANDTS Dave 512
78 SASTRE CANDIL Carlos 510.20
79 BOTERO ECHEVERRY Santiago 508.75
80 CANCELLARA Fabian 506.75
81 NARDELLO Daniele 501
82 DOMINGUEZ DOMINGUEZ Juan Carlos 500
82 VASSEUR Cédric 500
84 GLOMSER Gerrit 497
85 BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel 495.60
86 VALJAVEC Tadej 493
87 KESSLER Matthias 492.75
88 EDO ALSINA Angel 489
89 VAINSTEINS Romans 477
90 ZARRABEITIA URANGA Mikel 475
91 BODROGI Laszlo 474.75
92 BERNABEU ARMENGOL David 474.33
93 CAMENZIND Oscar 473
94 WESEMANN Steffen 470.50
95 TRENTIN Guido 470
96 JALABERT Nicolas 469.20
97 EKIMOV Viatcheslav 468
98 FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio 462.25
99 MONCOUTIE David 455
99 PEREIRO SIO Oscar 455

UCI TRADE TEAM 1 RANKING
1 Fassa Bortolo 6,013.75 points
2 Saeco Macchine per Caffè 5,717
3 Team Telekom 5,674.5
4 Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 5,501.75
5 Team CSC 4,199.6
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3,940
7 Gerolsteiner 3,890
8 Rabobank 3,856.75
9 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3,808.75
10 iBanesto.com 3,808
11 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 3,474
12 Alessio 3,391
13 O.N.C.E. - Eroski 3,362.25
14 AG2R Prévoyance 3,319.2
15 FDJeux.com 3,317
16 Vini Caldirola - So.Di 3,226
17 Lampre 3,142
18 Phonak Hearing Systems 3,110
19 Brioches La Boulangère 2,919
20 Milaneza - MSS 2,718
21 Domina Vacanze - Elitron 2,547
22 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2,467
23 Lotto - Domo 2,401
24 Crédit Agricole 2,382
25 Jean Delatour 2,108
26 Team Fakta 1,893
27 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1,674
28 CCC Polsat 1,548
29 Team Bianchi 1,355
30 Palmans - Collstrop 1,122

UCI TRADE TEAM 2 RANKING - Top 5
1 Bankgiroloterij 1,795 points
2 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 1,634
3 De Nardi - Colpack 1,474
4 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 1,320
5 Ceramiche Panaria - Fiordo 1,251

UCI TRADE TEAM 3 RANKING - Top 5
1 Action Nvidia Mroz 1,060 points
2 Saturn 1,052
3 Perutnina Ptuj 793
4 Volksbank Ideal 687.5
5 Team Barloworld 568

UCI NATIONS RANKING - Top 10
1 Italy 15,057.45 points
2 Spain 9,940.25
3 Germany 7,054.6
4 France 6,454.95
5 Australia 5,593.6
6 Switzerland 5,105.75
7 USA 5,047.45
8 Belgium 4,914.25
9 Netherlands 4,700
10 Denmark 3,771.95

[aclu14]

They call it the Tour d'Lance.

[DustyBottoms]

Originally posted by aclu14
They call it the Tour d'Lance.

With good cause in my opinion, I just watched an hour long bio on him. He is awsome! To rise to a level "so high" from the absolute "bottom" just takes my breath away.

Add to this his total lack of self superiority. He is always available for any charity event. He hasn't the "big head". He is most comfortable around us average guys and gals.

Lance Armstrong - Joe Montana - Bob St Clair - my sports idol list is very short. :cool

[Phreakmeister]

Originally posted by DustyBottoms
He is always available for any charity event.

He even organizes some (http://www.laf.org/peloton/2003_ride4roses.html) (this event has spread across the world, hence the plural some)

I think Armstrong will announce his retirement from cycling this winter.

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Javier Pascual Llorente tested positive for EPO
Spanish cyclist Javier Pascual Llorente of team Kelme has been named as the rider who failed a drugs test at the Tour de France.
Llorente was told on Monday that his B sample had confirmed a positive test for the banned substance erythropoietin (EPO), which stimulates red blood cell formation. The Kelme rider faces a ban of up to two years but insists he is innocent of any wrongdoing and says he believes the way the test was conducted is to blame. "I am completely calm about it but I don't have any confidence in what the French are doing. Clearly there's persecution going on against Spanish cycling. I talked with doctor Walter Viru and he told me we'd never used the product in question, that everything was within the rules."
Llorente returned the positive sample after the 12th stage, a 47km time-trial which was won by Tour runner-up Jan Ullrich.
The Spanish Royal Cycling Federation (RFEC) will now take up Llorente's case and could ban him for between one and two years if it finds him guilty.
Llorente said: "It's a big coincidence that it's always the Spaniards who are caught - there's something fishy going on. It was the same with Francisco Pérez Sanchez and Aitor Kintana Zarate, who were unjustly punished." Francisco Pérez Sanchez was tested positive for EPO in this year's Tour of Romandy, while Aitor Kintana Zarate was tested positive in this year's Tour of Catalonia.
In 1999, Pascual Llorente won the Ruta del Sol stage race in southern Spain. This season, the 32-year-old beat Lance Armstrong to take the Tour of Murcia during the final time trial. He also won the Ruta Del Sol again.

TOUR FÉMININ

STAGE 1 (Sartène - Ajaccio)
1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) 105 kms or 65.244 miles in 3h02'53"
2 Sara Carrigan (Aus/BIK.POWERPLATE) +4'32"
3 Lisbeth Simper (Den/MICHELA FANNI) +5'34"
4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Rus/COLNAGO) +5'43"
5 Katrina Grove (USA/S.A.T.S) +6'04"
6 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr/COLNAGO)
7 Sonia Huguet (Fra/FRANCE)
8 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa/2002 AURORA)
9 Luisa Tamanini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +6'22"
10 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +6'25"

STAGE 2 (Corte - Saint Florent)
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA) 106 kms or 65.87 miles in 3h04'13"
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi/PRATO) +59"
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI)
4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA)
5 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER)
6 Fabiana Luperini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +1'21"
7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) +1'40"
8 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita/CATALUNYA ALIVERTI KOOKAI) +2'39"
9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +2'39"
10 Katrina Grove (USA/S.A.T.S) +3'06"

STAGE 3 (Fayence - Valberg)
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA) 125.5 kms or 78 miles in 2h41'23"
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi/PRATO) +50"
3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +1'49"
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI) +2'09"
5 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) +4'01"
6 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA)
7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE)
8 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO)
9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +5'42"
10 Tatiana Stiajkina (Rus/COLNAGO) +5'47"

STAGE 4 (Val d'Allos - Puy Saint Vincent)
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita/2002 AURORA) 118.9 kms or 73.9 miles in 3h04'41"
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi/MARATHON BIKE)
3 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA)
4 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI) +33"
5 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) +1'26"
6 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) +2'32"
7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE) +2'37"
8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +2'42"
9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +2'52"
10 Luisa Tamanini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +2'52"

STAGE 5 (L'Argentière la Bessée - Vaujany)
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita/2002 AURORA) 99.8 kms or 62.013 miles in 3h00'09"
2 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA) +3"
3 Nicole Brändli (Swi/PRATO) +15"
4 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE) +1'30"
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI) +2'59"
6 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) +2'59"
7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) +3'01"
8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +3'14"
9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa/2002 AURORA) +3'48"
10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +4'28"

STAGE 6 (Vif - Davezieux)
1 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) 106 kms or 65.87 miles in 3h42'54"
2 Emma James (Aus/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN) +2'04"
3 Margaret Hemsley (Aus/NÜRNBERGER)
4 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE) +2'11"
5 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra/FRANCE) +2'30"
6 Tina Liebig (Ger/MICHELA FANNI) +2'43"
7 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN) +2'45"
8 Volha Hayeva (Blr/COLNAGO) +3'12"
9 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita/PRATO) +4'10"
10 Sigrid Corneo (Ita/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) +4'31"

STAGE 7 (Royat - Commentry)
1 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER ) 118 kms or 73.322 miles in 3h05'18"
2 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE)
3 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI)
4 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +5"
5 Nicole Brändli (Swi/PRATO) +36"
6 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA)
7 Fabiana Luperini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +39"
8 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa/2002 AURORA) +1'02"
9 Sigrid Corneo (Ita/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) +9'18"
10 Katrina Grove (USA/S.A.T.S)

STAGE 8 (Aubusson - Saint Léonard de Noblat)
1 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) 84.5 kms or 52.506 miles in 2h25'18"
2 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +7"
3 Margaret Hemsley (Aus/NÜRNBERGER) +39"
4 Luisa Tamanini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +2'48"
5 Anita Valen (Nor/ BIK.POWERPLATE)
6 Alison Wright (Aus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI)
7 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO)
8 Francesca Castrucci (Ita/PRATO)
9 Sylvie Riedle (Fra/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN)
10 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den/S.A.T.S.)

STAGE 9 (Châteauneuf sur Charente - Saint Georges de Didonne)
1 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) 86 kms or 53.44 miles in 2h4'28"
2 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den/S.A.T.S) +3"
3 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE)
4 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa/2002 AURORA)
5 Lisbeth Simper (Den/MICHELA FANNI)
6 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER)
7 Emma James (Aus/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN) +25"
8 Erika Vilnuaite (Lit/PRATO) +28"
9 Meredith Miller (USA/S.A.T.S.) +2'48"
10 Giovanna Troldi (Ita/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN)

STAGE 10 (Niort - Bressuire)
1 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) 76 kms or 47.22 miles in 2h04'37"
2 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI)
3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE)
4 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO)
5 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE)
6 Nadia Triquet (Fra/FRANCE) +4"
7 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa/2002 AURORA)
8 Luisa Tamanini (Ita/2002 AURORA)
9 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) +6"
10 Katrina Grove (USA/S.A.T.S)

STAGE 11 (Mouzeuil Saint Martin - Trélazé)
1 Petra Rossner (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) 130.5 kms or 81.1 miles in 3h37'26"
2 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE)
3 Alison Wright (Aus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI)
4 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den/S.A.T.S)
5 Giovanna Troldi (Ita/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN)
6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO)
7 Nadia Triquet (Fra/FRANCE)
8 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA)
9 Yulia Martissova (Rus/BIZKAIA PANDA)
10 Erika Vilunaite (Lit/PRATO)

STAGE 12 (Trélazé - Gorron)
1 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) 131.9 kms or 82 miles in 3h10'42"
2 Petra Rossner (Ger/NÜRNBERGER)
3 Alison Wright (Aus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI)
4 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den/S.A.T.S)
5 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE)
6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO)
7 Erika Vilunaite (Lit/PRATO)
8 Francesca Castrucci (Ita/PRATO)
9 Luisa Tamanini (Ita/2002 AURORA)
10 Corinne Sempe (Fra/FRANCE)

STAGE 13 (Flers - Flers)
1 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) 37.1 kms or 23.053 miles in 51'30"
2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) +57"
3 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE) +1'43"
4 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA) +1'48"
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI) +1'59"
6 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE) +2'03"
7 Nicole Brändli (Swi/PRATO) +2'11"
8 Natalya Kachalka (Ukr/2002 AURORA) +2'38"
9 Kirsty Robb (NZe/BIK.POWERPLATE) +2'42"
10 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) +2'50"

STAGE 14 (Versailles - Paris)
1 Petra Rossner (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) 58.2 kms or 36.164 miles in 1h20'22"
2 Luisa Tamanini (Ita/2002 AURORA)
3 Anita Valen (Nor/BIK.POWERPLATE)
4 Katrina Grove (USA/S.A.T.S)
5 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI)
6 Sylvie Riedle (Fra/PRUNEAUX D'AGEN)
7 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita/PRATO) +4"
8 Margaret Hemsley (Aus/NÜRNBERGER) +22"
9 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den/S.A.T.S) +46"
10 Alison Wright (Aus/ROAD RUNNER GUERCIOTTI) 46"

FINAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa/BIZKAIA PANDA) 35h39'56"
2 Nicole Brändli (Swi/PRATO) +2'29"
3 Judith Arndt (Ger/NÜRNBERGER) +5'05"
4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita/2002 AURORA) +5'44"
5 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit/MICHELA FANNI) +6'25"
6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus/COLNAGO) +8'31"
7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe/BIK.POWERPLATE) +10'51"
8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +12'23"
9 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa/2002 AURORA) +23'37"
10 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lit/2002 AURORA) +24'38"

[Phreakmeister]

These are the results of the 2003 Cycling World Championships, held in Hamilton, Ontaria, Canada from October 7th to October 12th, 2003.

Elite Men - Road Race (260.4 kms or 161.81 miles)
1. Igor Astarloa (Spain) 6h30'19"
(Average speed of 40.029 km/h or 24.9 mph)
2. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) +5"
3. Peter van Petegem (Belgium)
4. Paolo Bettini (Italy)
5. Michael Boogerd (The Netherlands) +6"

Elite Men - Individual Time Trial (41.6 kms or 25.85 miles)
1. David Millar (Great Britain) 51'17"290
(Average speed of 48.319 km/h or 30.024 mph)
2. Michael Rogers (Australia) +1'25"090
3. Uwe Peschel (Germany) +1'25"650
4. Michael Rich (Germany) +1'35"680
5. Isidro Nozal Vega (Spain) +1'39"500

Elite Women - Road Race (124 kms or 77 miles)
1. Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden) 3h16'06"
(Average speed of 37.939 km/h or 23.57 mph)
2. Mirjam Melchers (The Netherlands)
3. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain)
4. Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania)
5. Olga Zabelinskaia (Russia)

Elite Women - Individual Time Trial (20.8 kms or 12.923 miles)
1. Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spain) 28'23"230
(Average speed of 43.969 km/h or 27.321 km/h)
2. Judith Arndt (Germany) +10"780
3. Zoulfia Zabirova (Russia) +26"250
4. Karin Thürig (Switzerland) +27"130
5. Geneviève Jeanson (Canada) +48"490

Men under 23 - Road Race (173.6 kms or 107.9 miles)
1. Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan) 4h14'05"
(Average speed of 40.994 km/h or 25.4725 mph)
2. Johan van Summeren (Belgium)
3. Thomas Dekker (The Netherlands)
4. Jens Renders (Belgium)
5. Matej Mugerli (Slovenia)

Men under 23 - Individual Time Trial (30.8 kms or 19.14 miles)
1. Marcus Fothen (Germany) 38'35"290
(Average speed of 47.118 km/h or 29.28 mph)
2. Niels Scheuneman (The Netherlands) +18"990
3. Alexandr Bespalov (Russia) +21"280
4. Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden) +30"320
5. Jure Zrimsek (Slovenia) +45"590

Junior Men - Road Race (124 kms or 77 miles)
1. Kai Reus (The Netherlands) 3h01'30"
(Average speed of 40.991 km/h or 25.5 mph)
2. Anders Lund (Denmark) +14"
3. Lukaz Fus (Czech Republic)
4. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spain)
5. Johan Lindgren (Sweden)

Junior Men - Individual Time Trial (20.8 kms or 12.923 miles)
1. Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia) 27'01"880
(Average speed of 46.193 km/h or 28.703 mph)
2. Dmytro Grabovsky (Ukraine) +21"270
3. Viktor Renäng (Sweden) +22"500
4. Dominique Cornu (Belgium) +27"450
5. William Walker (Australia) +46"110

Junior Women - Road Race (74.4 kms or 46.23 miles)
1. Loes Markerink (The Netherlands) 2h05'39"
(Average speed of 35.527 km/h or 22.0755 mph)
2. Irina Tolmacheva (Russia)
3. Sabine Fischer (Germany)
4. Bianca Knöpfle (Germany)
5. Laura Bozzolo (Italy)

Junior Women - Individual Time Trial (15.4 kms or 9.57 miles)
1. Bianca Knöpfle (Germany) 22'17"080
(Average speed of 40.388 km/h or 25.096 mph)
2. Loes Markerink (The Netherlands) +16"520
3. Iris Slappendel (The Netherlands) +30"930
4. Laura Telle (Latvia) +31"520
5. Magdalena Zamolska (Poland) +34"910

Medals (Total (Gold - Silver - Bronze))
1. The Netherlands 7 (2 - 3 - 2)
2. Germany 5 (2 - 1 - 2)
3. Russia 4 (1 - 1 - 2)
4. Spain 3 (2 - 1 - 0)
5. Great Britain, Sweden 2 (1 - 0 - 1)
6. Belgium 2 (0 - 1 - 1)
7. Uzbekistan 1 (1 - 0 - 0)
8. Australia, Denmark, Ukraine 1 (0 - 1 - 0)
9. Czech Republic 1 (0 - 0 - 1)

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2004 TOUR DE FRANCE

The 2004 Tour de France will start on Saturday, July 3rd in Liège, Belgium and will finish on Sunday, July 25th in Paris, France. There will be 2 days of rest, on Monday, July 12th and on Monday, July 19th.

Prologue Liège (6 kms; 3.73 miles)
1: Liège - Charleroi (195 kms; 121.17 miles)
2: Charleroi - Namur (195 kms; 121.17 miles)
3: Waterloo - Wasquehal (195 kms; 121.17 miles)
4: Cambrai - Arras (65 kms; 40.39 miles; team time trial)
5: Amiens - Chartres (195 kms; 121.17 miles)
6: Bonneval - Angers (190 kms; 118.061 miles)
7: Châteaubriant - Saint-Brieuc (208 kms; 129.25 miles)
8: Lamballe - Quimper (172 kms; 106.88 miles)
Day of rest
9: Saint Léonard de Noblat - Guéret (160 kms; 99.42 miles)
10: Limoges - Saint Flour (237 kms; 147.3 miles)
11: Saint Flour - Figeac (164 kms; 101.9 miles)
12: Castelsarrasin - La Mongie (199 kms; 123.7 miles)
13: Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille (217 kms; 134.84 miles)
14: Carcassonne - Nîmes (200 kms; 124.3 miles)
Day of rest
15: Valréas - Villard de Lans (179 kms; 111.23 miles)
16: Bourg d'Oisans - L'Alpe d'Huez (15 kms; 9.3 miles; uphill time trial)
17: Bourg d'Oisans - Le Grand Bornand (212 kms; 131.7 miles)
18: Annemasse - Lons le Saunier (166 kms; 103.15 miles)
19: Besançon - Besançon (60 kms; 37.3 miles; individual time trial)
20: Montereau Fault Yonne - Paris Avenue des Champs Élysées (165 kms; 102.53 miles)

TOTAL: 3,429 kms or 2131 miles

This Tour consists of 11 flat stages, 6 mountain stages, 2 individual time trials, of which 1 uphill, and 1 team time trial. Three stages finish uphill. The racers will have to climb 21 hills of second, first and/or hors (extreme) category. The 2004 Tour will visit 7 towns it has never visited before: Waterloo, Cambrai, Chartres, Lamballe, Saint Léonard de Noblat, Guéret and Annemasse.
22 Teams with 198 racers in total will participate in the 2004 Tour de France. The racers will be accompanied by a total of approximately 350 soigneurs (assistants, managers, doctors, etc.). The Collège des Commissaires (the race jury) will consist of 15 members.
The 2004 Tour will be covered by 1,200 accredited journalists from 370 press agencies, 70 radio stations and 75 tv stations, of which 21 will broadcast the Tour live. The Tour will be aired in 170 countries during approximately 2,400 hours of Tour-related programmes. They will be assisted by 1,000 technicians and/or drivers. The organization expects 15 million spectators along the road and 2 billion viewers.
The 2004 Tour de France will be protected by 21,000 police officers and will be escorted by 45 motorbikes of the Gardes Républicains Motocyclistes.
The publicity caravan covers a staggering 20 kms or 12.43 miles, consisting of 200 cars. It takes 45 minutes for the entire caravan to pass the crowd at any particular point. 42 brands are represented. They will distribute a total of 11 million presents or commercial items.

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