Hincapie

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Prologue Action

Wherry

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Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, France

Stage 2, Givors - Chauffailles, 187K

7 June

Dumoulin, A Home-Town Hero

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Dumoulin Wins

Dumoulin Wins, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval

Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) took the yellow GC jersey from Disco Hincapie at the end of stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. It was a very emotional win for Dumoulin, he won on his home streets, in front of a home crowd in Chauffailles. After being away all day in the hot French sun, Dumoulin out-sprinted his break-away companions.

Surely it was a day well planned in advance for Dumoulin. He and Frédéric Bessy of (Cofidis) attacked only 5 minutes into stage 2. They were quickly joined by Finot (Française de Jeux) and Charteau (Bouygues) after 25K away. The Frenchmen got down to the business of a break, swapping turns at the front and passing the kilometers. Covering the small cols they built up a sizable advantage, 20 minutes with 100K remaining.

George and Lance

George and Lance, photo: Team CSC

Of course many cycling fans know this scenario, a big gap builds, small teams get their TV time and then poof, the gap tumbles down. It is a scenario seen over and over in cycling, but today it worked. Yes, today the little guys stayed away, but barely. Disco and Liberty Seguros-Würth were putting the hammer down, to keep the gap in check. With 10K to go the gap was only around 4 minutes, small but enough.

Approaching the final K's Bessy faded away and out of the picture. Out of the three remaining it was up to Dumoulin to win in his home town. The 2002 Tour of Normandy winner was able to edge Finot and Charteau on the line. It was truly a fight for the sprint win, there were no favors for the home-town boy. After the line the young French rider was greeted by his parents who had come to see their son win. The AG2R staff were ecstatic for their young-gun, a huge ProTour win for the small French outfit.

Results: 4:47'06"
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
4 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 3.16
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
9 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis
12 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
17 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
18 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
20 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
21 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
22 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
25 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
26 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
31 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
32 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
36 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
37 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
38 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
39 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
40 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
41 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
42 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
43 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
46 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel
47 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
50 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
51 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
52 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
54 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
55 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
56 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
57 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
58 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
59 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
62 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
64 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
65 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
67 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
68 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Illes Balears
69 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
70 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
71 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
72 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
73 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
74 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
75 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
77 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
78 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
79 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
81 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
82 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
84 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
86 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
87 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
88 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
89 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
93 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
94 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
95 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
96 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
97 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
98 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
99 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
100 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
101 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
102 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
103 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears
105 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
106 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
107 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
108 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
109 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
111 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
112 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
113 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
114 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
115 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
116 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
117 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step
118 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
119 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
120 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
121 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
122 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
123 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
124 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
125 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
126 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
127 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
128 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
129 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
130 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
131 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
132 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
133 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
135 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
136 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
137 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
138 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.41
139 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.56
140 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.41
141 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 8.34
142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
143 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
145 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10.40
146 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita
147 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
148 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
149 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
150 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
151 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
152 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
153 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick-Step
154 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 11.14
155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.47
156 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step
DNF Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNS Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank

Sprints
Chauffailles, K 112,5
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 2

Le Guidon, K 148,5
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 4
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

Mountains
Col des Echarmeaux, K 87
1 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 7
2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Col de la Cepee, K 98,5
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
2 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Col de la Cepee, K 173
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1

GC:
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 10.08.06
2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.20
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21
4 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 0.28
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 3.06
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.07
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.09
8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 3.11
9 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 3.12
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3.13
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.15
12 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 3.19
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
14 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 3.20
15 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
16 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 3.22
18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.23
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
22 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.24
23 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
25 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 3.25
26 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.27
27 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
28 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.28
29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
30 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.29
31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
32 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.30
33 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
36 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
37 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
38 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3.31
40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
41 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
42 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.32
43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
45 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.33
46 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.35
47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
48 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
49 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.36
50 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
51 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 3.37
52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
53 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
54 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.38
55 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
56 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
57 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.39
58 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3.40
60 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 3.41
61 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
62 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.42
63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
65 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 3.43
66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 3.45
68 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
69 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
70 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
74 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.46
75 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
76 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.47
77 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
78 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.48
79 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
80 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
81 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 3.49
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.50
83 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 3.51
84 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
85 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.52
86 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 3.53
87 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
88 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
89 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
90 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.54
91 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.55
92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
93 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
94 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step
95 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 3.57
96 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
97 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
99 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
100 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
101 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.58
102 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 3.59
103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
104 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
105 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
106 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
107 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
108 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 4.00
109 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
110 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
111 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.01
112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.02
113 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.03
114 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
115 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.04
116 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
118 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 4.05
119 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
120 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
121 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 4.06
122 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.08
123 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
124 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
125 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
126 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
127 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.10
128 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Illes Balears 4.13
129 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.14
130 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
131 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.15
132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
133 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.17
134 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.18
135 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.22
136 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.24
137 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.51
138 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 5.09
139 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.25
140 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.47
141 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 8.48
142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9.07
143 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.27
144 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.32
145 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.08
146 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.14
147 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 11.17
148 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 11.22
149 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 11.25
150 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 11.26
151 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.28
152 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.37
153 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 11.46
154 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick-Step 12.32
155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.06
156 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 20.05

Sprints
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 40
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 28
4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20
6 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19
7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19
8 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 19
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15
11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 13
12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13
13 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13
14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
15 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 11
16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 10
18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 10
19 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
21 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 9
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
23 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8
24 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 7
25 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
26 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 6
27 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
28 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 5
29 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 5
31 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 4
32 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 4
33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4
34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 3
36 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 3
37 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
38 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
39 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 2
40 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
41 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1
43 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC -5
44 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel -5
45 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole -5
46 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile -5


Mountains
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13
3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 11
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 11
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
8 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 5
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
12 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
14 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 1

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