Stage 1 Luxembourg / Luxembourg Top 10 Results

[CycleNut]

Great day
Top 10 Stage 1 Individual Standings
1 153 BERTOGLIATI Rubens SUI LAM en 4h 49' 16"
2 011 ZABEL Erik GER TEL à 00' 00"
3 147 MC EWEN Robbie AUS LOT à 00' 00"
4 082 BALDATO Fabio ITA FAS à 00' 00"
5 121 FREIRE Oscar ESP MAP à 00' 00"
6 067 O'GRADY Stuart AUS C.A à 00' 00"
7 204 BROCHARD Laurent FRA DEL à 00' 00"
8 171 FRIGO Dario ITA TAC à 00' 00"
9 035 GUTIERREZ José Enrique ESP KEL à 00' 00"
10 119 SIMON François FRA BJR à 00' 00
More at http://www.letour.com/2002/us/class...StageNumber=100&Language=ANG&StandingType=ITE

Top 10 Overall Individual Standings
1 153 BERTOGLIATI Rubens SUI LAM en 4h 58' 21"
2 051 JALABERT Laurent FRA CST à 00' 03"
3 001 ARMSTRONG Lance USA USP à 00' 03"
4 158 RUMSAS Raimondas LTU LAM à 00' 06"
5 032 BOTERO Santiago COL KEL à 00' 07"
6 047 MILLAR David GBR COF à 00' 08"
7 204 BROCHARD Laurent FRA DEL à 00' 09"
8 011 ZABEL Erik GER TEL à 00' 10"
9 171 FRIGO Dario ITA TAC à 00' 11"
10 024 GONZALEZ GALDEANO Igor ESP ONE à 00' 12"

More at http://www.letour.com/2002/us/class...StageNumber=100&Language=ANG&StandingType=ITG

 

[Vo2]

Where the heck did Bertogliati come from? I reckon the sprinters were thinking he'll crack before he hit the top of that final climb. Man, I think he must of been in agony those last few metres!
Hunter 4 minutes off the pace. Weird. ???

 

[CycleNut]

I do not know! He came out in the last K like a madman. My wife was at the finish line and said she had never seen anyone, let alone a pack of them, ride so fast. Always nice to have a stage win on your mantelpiece!

 

[Guest]

Re Zabel coming off second best in Stage 1 - I can't help thinking that Cipollini with the Acqua e Sapone zebra squad that we saw in Giro d'Italia, would have been in command. ???

 

[Guest]

Hunter 4 minutes off the pace. Weird. ???

Maybe he was caught in the same crash that a few of the CA boys were in?
Its the kind of sprint you'd think would have suited him IMO

cheers@!