What's the centenaire cassification?

[Mathias Koerber]

From http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=results/stage7

Centenaire classification   1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 2 pts 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi
3 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 5 5 Damien
Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 6 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 7 Gerrit Glomser
(Aut) Saeco 8 8 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 9 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 10
Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 11

 

[Chris]

"Mathias Koerber" <[email protected]> wrote in news[email protected]:

> From http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=results/stage7
>
> Centenaire classification   1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 2 pts 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team
> Bianchi 3 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 5
> 5 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 6 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 7 Gerrit
> Glomser (Aut) Saeco 8 8 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 9 9 Luca Paolini (Ita)
> Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 11
>

from what i understand. when stages finish in the orignal 6 cities (1903 only 6 LONG stages) the
riders position is given to the point total (lowest wins). i think it was stage 6 was the first
centenaire stage