Sunday, October 6: Paris -Tours, World Cup Round 9, 257 km.
Break of 4 went at km 5. Of them Jakob Piil Storm and Jacky Durand survived and sprinted it out.
- 1. Jakob Piil Storm (CSC-Tiscali) 5hr 39min 11sec. 45.462 km/hr
- 2. Jacky Durand (FDJ) s.t.
- 3. Erik Zabel (Telekom) @ 20sec
- 4. Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 5. Romans Vainsteins (Domo) s.t.
- 6. Jose Enrique Guetierrez (Kelme) s.t.
- 7. Igor Astarloza (Saeco) s.t.
- 8. Jo Planckaert (Cofidis) s.t.
- 9. Fabio Sacchi (Saeco) s.t.
- 10. Julian Dean (CSC) s.t.
- 11. Oscar Freire (Mapei) s.t.
- 12. Franck Renier (Bonjour) s.t.
- 13. Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 14. Tristan Hoffman (CSC) s.t.
- 15. Richard Virenque (Domo-Farm-Frites) s.t.
- 16. Aurelien Clerc (Mapei) s.t.
- 17. Nico Eeckhout (Lotto-Adecco) s.t.
- 18. Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) s.t.
- 19. Paolo Bettini (Mapei) s.t.
- 20. Antonio Cruz (US Postal) s.t.
