[Le Tour 2003]Updates on Jersey Standings/Some Time Gaps

[tour-junkie]

Hot off the Wires - Here's the Updated Jersey Standings, some of which I'd
erroneously reported earlier:

Climbers - Polka Dot (Top 10 riders)
1    119    VIRENQUE Richard    FRA    QSD    78 pts
2    023    ALDAG Rolf    GER    TEL    61 pts
3    128    POILVET Benoit    FRA    C.A    51 pts
4    111    BETTINI Paolo    ITA    QSD    47 pts
5    037    MERCADO Juan Miguel    ESP    BAN    23 pts
6    182    BENETEAU Walter    FRA    BLB    21 pts
7    097    MENGIN Christophe    FRA    FDJ    20 pts
8    062    CLAIN M=E9d=E9ric    FRA    COF    19 pts
9    215    FINOT Fr=E9d=E9ric    FRA    DEL    18 pts
10    184    GESLIN Anthony    FRA    BLB    15 p

Points - Green Jersey (Top 10 riders)
1    093    COOKE Baden    AUS    FDJ    118 pts
2    141    MC EWEN Robbie    AUS    LOT    110 pts
3    125    HUSHOVD Thor    NOR    C.A    100 pts
4    029    ZABEL Erik    GER    TEL    98 pts
5    127    O'GRADY Stuart    AUS    C.A    91 pts
6    219    NAZON Jean-Patrick    FRA    DEL    88 pts
7    116    PAOLINI Luca    ITA    QSD    87 pts
8    044    FREIRE Oscar    ESP    RAB    83 pts
9    168    VAINSTEINS Romans    LAT    CAL    81 pts
10    111    BETTINI Paolo    ITA    QSD    55 pts


Best Young Rider - White Jersey (Top 5 riders)
1    036    MENCHOV Denis    RUS    BAN    in    29h 14' 34"
2    038    PETROV Evgeni    RUS    BAN    at    00' 02"
3    117    ROGERS Michael    AUS    QSD    at    00' 08"
4    152    ASTARLOZA Mikel    ESP    A2R    at    00' 25"
5    183    CHAVANEL Sylvain    FRA    BLB    at    01' 08"


Team Standings (Complete Listing)
1    QUICK STEP - DAVITAMON     QSD    in    85h 00' 33"
2    US POSTAL - BERRY FLOOR     USP    at    02' 24"
3    ONCE - EROSKI     ONE    at    03' 13"
4    TEAM BIANCHI     TBI    at    03' 15"
5    IBANESTO.COM     BAN    at    03' 59"
6    TEAM CSC     CSC    at    04' 31"
7    COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE     COF    at    04' 52"
8    EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI     EUS    at    06' 04"
9    BRIOCHES LA BOULANGERE     BLB    at    07' 14"
10    TEAM TELEKOM     TEL    at    07' 23"
11    AG2R PREVOYANCE     A2R    at    08' 53"
12    FASSA BORTOLO     FAS    at    09' 41"
13    ALESSIO     ALS    at    10' 06"
14    KELME - COSTA BLANCA     KEL    at    11' 10"
15    GEROLSTEINER     GST    at    16' 39"
16    JEAN DELATOUR     DEL    at    17' 30"
17    RABOBANK     RAB    at    17' 31"
18    CALDIROLA - SO.DI     CAL    at    19' 38"
19    FDJEUX.COM     FDJ    at    19' 54"
20    CREDIT AGRICOLE     C.A    at    25' 29"
21    SAECO - MACCHINE PER CAFFE     SAE    at    29' 13"
22    LOTTO - DOMO     LOT    at    38' 41"

...and some of the pertinant GC folks who weren't on the initial reports:
(some of whom may begin to figure prominently in the next week or
so...remember, Lance Armstrong is at 2:37 in the GC)
=20
My pick for this year's "Best Young Rider":
15    117    ROGERS Michael    AUS    QSD    at    04' 03"

Sufferin hard-man:
20    071    HAMILTON Tyler    USA    CSC    at    04' 21"

Potential Animators:
21    028    VINOKOUROV Alexandre    KAZ    TEL    at    04' 25"

23    061    MILLAR David    GBR    COF    at    04' 36"
24    121    MOREAU Christophe    FRA    C.A    at    04' 39"
25    161    GARZELLI Stefano    ITA    CAL    at    04' 39"

26    078    SASTRE Carlos    ESP    CSC    at    04' 44"

Two strong riders who are anxiously awaiting the climbs
29    198    TOTSCHNIG Georg    AUT    GST    at    04' 53"
30    081    BASSO Ivan    ITA    FAS    at    04' 54"

40    171    MAYO Iban    ESP    EUS    at    06' 11"

68    021    BOTERO Santiago    COL    TEL    at    10' 24"


"...I will crush Armstrong in the Mountains..." Hmmmmmmmm:
74    051    SIMONI Gilberto    ITA    SAE    at    12' 00"

The workhorses of the USPS:
76    005    HINCAPIE George    USA    USP    at    13' 07"
103    008    PENA Victor Hugo    COL    USP    at    23' 26"
104    004    EKIMOV Vjatceslav    RUS    USP    at    23' 31"
110    007    PADRNOS Pavel    CZE    USP    at    23' 53"
111    006    LANDIS Floyd    USA    USP    at    23' 54"

Nor-Cal boy:
119    167    RODRIGUEZ Fred    USA    CAL    at    25' 17"

... another sufferin' fellow:
180    054    DI LUCA Danilo    ITA    SAE    at    45' 01"

... Because someone has to be last:
187    092    CASPER Jimmy    FRA    FDJ    at    1h 10' 34"