[Tour 2004]2nd Rest Day Update and Chit-Chat
tour-junkie
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Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:42:25 -0700
Rest Day Rehash -=20
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Of course, the name on everyone's lips is....
Sebastien Joly=20
Riding for Credit Agricole, Joly is the "Lanterne Rouge" as of stage end
yesterday, running 2:26:32 behind his countryman/current race leader Thomas
Voeckler. He turned pro in 2000, and has his own website:
http://www.sebjoly.free.fr/
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I'll go waaaaay out on at limb at this point, and say that a Sixth Tour
Victory is _not_ a immutable truth. There are still lots of miles, loads o=
f
climbs and just too danged many variables between Lance and the Victory Lap
in Paris. Almost every mainstream news report has been reporting how
"locked up" everything is, as though all Armstrong has to do is show up and
everyone and everything will bend to his will.
To be sure, the USPS Team has cut a wide swath through the peloton - I've
never seen a team which dominates so completely on all terrain as they do.
They clearly have been extremel well drilled, extensively trained, and thei=
r
tasks cleanly articulated so that they execute well despite the confusion o=
f
racing and the exhaustion of their efforts. Clif Bar is running a contest
for most valuable domestique. In all honesty, it is something that the
entire team deserves equally.
The race has too many challenges left, and the men who are still involved
possess to much pride and ability to roll over and scuffle for second. I
would also think that much of the peloton is suffering after the rainy and
damp first weeks, compounded by the excessive number of crashes in this
year's Tour.
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One story that the media has gotten correct is the heart and tenacity which
Thomas Voeckler has held on to the Yellow Jersey. Watching him ride, you
realize just haw much has been done on sheer guts. They say that the Jerse=
y
always elevates it wearer, and this year has been an uncanny example of jus=
t
that.
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The Loyal Competition:
So, do not make the mistake of counting out Ullrich - He rides better when
the pressure is off, which in all honesty, it is. The Alps are not the
Pyrenees, despite the leg-crushing climbs found in each, and sometimes
riders fare better in one set of mountains than the other.
It's been great to see Ivan Basso finally riding where he deserves to be.
This stylish and smooth rider has promised much, and seems to have found th=
e
right support with Bjarne Riis' CSC squad.
Andreas Kloden suffers only from not quite having the strongest team
supporting him - although T-Mobile sits atop the team competition, they
really have Erik Zabel to thank for that with his strong finishes on the
flatter stages. Guiseppe Guerini has not shown his spark in the mountains.
Another rider who has done well is Pietro Cuacchioli - who had an exception
Giro D'Italia a couple years back. There's also enough climbing left to
bode well for Georg Totschnig.
Roberto Heras is an utter question mark. Clearly he suffered a bit after
his crash, and I would think we'll see him get his climbing legs under him.
With the abondonment of Tyler Hamilton, it would seem that an all-US podium
would be quite a long shot. Perhaps Levi Leipheimer can get himself on
track into the Alps, and close down some of the gap - realistically, 7:30.
But, he does time trial better than many of the riders in front of him.
At any rate - here are the numbers
General classification after stage 14
=A0
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 62.33.11
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22
3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.39
4 Andreas Kl=F6den (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.18
5 Francisco Mancebo P=E9rez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 3.28
6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.08
7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.43
8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.01
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 7.59
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8.29
11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 9.50
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10.03
13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.13
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.47
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.54
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 11.49
17 St=E9phane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 12.44
18 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13.03
19 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13.57
20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.05
21 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 14.16
22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.22
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 14.29
24 J=E9r=F4me Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 14.48
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 15.09
26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 18.08
27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20.13
28 Iker Cama=F1o (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.31
29 Jos=E9 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.17
30 David Moncouti=E9 (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 23.02
31 Egoi Mart=EDnez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.10
32 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 24.56
33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 25.19
34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.32
35 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27.35
36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.50
37 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28.59
38 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 30.39
39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 31.06
40 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 31.25
41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 33.45
42 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 34.36
43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 36.22
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr=E9dit Agricole 37.02
45 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 38.47
46 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.22
47 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 44.31
48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 44.51
49 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.04
50 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 45.34
51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 46.18
52 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 47.07
53 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 47.50
54 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 48.02
55 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 48.13
56 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 49.15
57 Jos=E9 I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 51.55
58 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 53.44
59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 54.12
60 I=F1igo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.33
61 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 54.53
62 Claus Michael M=F8ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 55.09
63 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 56.19
64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56.32
65 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.00
66 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57.18
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58.41
68 J=F6rg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 59.15
69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.00.24
70 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.33
71 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 1.00.38
72 Beno=EEt Salmon (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 1.04.11
73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.14
74 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.05.16
75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.05.57
76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.07.15
77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 1.08.42
78 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.55
79 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.09.14
80 Andrea No=E8 (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.12.11
81 Nicki S=F8rensen (Den) Team CSC 1.12.21
82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.38
83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.43
84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.13.00
85 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 1.13.23
86 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.14.19
87 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.14.48
88 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.15.41
89 Laurent Lef=E8vre (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 1.16.08
90 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.15
91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.17.03
92 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.17.25
93 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.18.05
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.18.06
95 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.25
96 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.19.59
97 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.20.22
98 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.20.51
99 Jos=E9 V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.21.14
100 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.21.35
101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.22.20
102 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
103 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.23.01
104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.24.35
105 Walter B=E9n=E9teau (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 1.25.03
106 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com
107 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.24
108 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.26.37
109 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.27.23
110 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank
111 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.55
112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.29.01
113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.12
114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.29.17
115 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.29.23
116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cr=E9dit Agricole 1.29.27
117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.53
118 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30.07
119 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.26
120 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.30.30
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.30.58
122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.31.38
123 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.31.59
124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.32.04
125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.32.14
126 Julian Dean (NZl) Cr=E9dit Agricole 1.33.17
127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.33.29
128 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.33.38
129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.34.03
130 Fr=E9d=E9ric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.34.07
131 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.34.08
132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.34.13
133 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.35.57
134 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.37.14
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 1.37.43
136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.38.09
137 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.40.03
138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.40.08
139 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.41.27
140 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.41.28
141 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.41.34
142 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.41.57
143 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1.42.00
144 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 1.42.40
145 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.42.51
146 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.44.19
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.45.23
148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 1.46.37
149 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.41
150 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.16
151 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.50.19
152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.53.10
153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.55.07
154 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.57.00
155 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.57.07
156 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.58.16
157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.03.27
158 Fr=E9d=E9ric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.12.39
159 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 2.20.35
160 S=E9bastien Joly (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 2.26.32
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Points classification (Top 20 Only)
=A0
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 225
pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 212
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cr=E9dit Agricole 209
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 198
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 189
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 116
8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 111
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 88
10 Francisco Mancebo P=E9rez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 85
11 Andreas Kl=F6den (Ger) T-Mobile Team 81
12 J=E9r=F4me Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 79
13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77
14 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 73
15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 72
16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70
17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65
18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 58
19 I=F1igo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55
20 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54
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Mountains classification (Top 20 Only)
=A0
1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 128
pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 78
3 Francisco Mancebo P=E9rez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 76
5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 72
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 66
7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 56
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 53
10 Andreas Kl=F6den (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50
11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 42
12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41
13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27
14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24
15 David Moncouti=E9 (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 22
16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 18
17 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 17
18 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16
20 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 14
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Young rider classification
=A0
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 62.33.11
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8.29
3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.05
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.22
5 J=E9r=F4me Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 14.48
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 15.09
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 18.08
8 Iker Cama=F1o (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.31
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 49.15
10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.07.15
11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.38
12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.15.41
13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.17.03
14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.19.59
15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.20.51
16 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.24.35
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.55
18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.12
19 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Pr=E9voyance 1.31.59
20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.32.04
21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.37.14
22 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulang=E8re 1.37.43
23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.45.23
24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr=E9dit Par T=E9l=E9phone 1.57.07
25 S=E9bastien Joly (Fra) Cr=E9dit Agricole 2.26.32
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Teams classification
=A0
1 T-Mobile Team 185.25.00
2 Team CSC 5.28
3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 11.20
4 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.01
5 Brioches La Boulangere 17.21
6 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 28.36
7 Quick Step-Davitamon 32.23
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.21
9 Credit Agricole 40.27
10 Rabobank 51.55
11 Saeco 1.02.04
12 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.42
13 Liberty Seguros 1.12.24
14 Alessio-Bianchi 1.33.55
15 Lotto-Domo 1.37.13
16 Gerolsteiner 1.37.44
17 Fdjeux.Com 1.38.33
18 Fassa Bortolo 1.55.59
19 Domina Vacanze 2.02.36
20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.09.26
21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 3.50.43
Tomorrow's Stage -=20
Valreas to Villard de Lans - 180.5 km
To the Alps, to the Alps. Clean cows, wildflowers, and that Von Trapp
family wandering around singing. 7 big climbs will test the riders, and as
others have observed, the Alps are different than the Pyrenees. Near the
middle of the stage, the riders will hit the Category 2 Col des Limouches -
almost 11 km at 6.3% average - and then they go immediately up the Category
1 Col de l'Echarasson, 12 km at 7.4%. Three categorized climbs follow even
that effort, and there will be much to monitor on these little-travelled
climbs.
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