Lance started tody’s stage in the Green Jersey which means he leads the points competition.

As is custom in the Tour De France, the first week is usually for the sprinters. Long but flat stages allow the guys with some serious horsepower to duke it out in the final few meters of every stage. I t is unusual for large GC (General Classification) changes to occur during the sprint stages but sometimes the race will finish in a small town with narrow roads. Trying to shove 193 of the world’s best bike riders down a street that the Mini was designed for can cause caustrophies and has in the past. Today’s run into the small town of Les Essarts with it’s small roads could have been a disaster but all of the favorites will still start tomorrow. It was no surprise the 24-year-old Belgian, Tom Boonen won today’s stage especailly with the absecnce of Allessandro Petacchi, the undisputed fasted man in the world. Stage 3 will be (hopefully) another quiet sprinter stage before the awesome and alwasy exciting 67.5 team time trial on Tuesday.

Stage 2 Results:

STAGE 2 RESULTS :
1, BOONEN Tom, QST, BEL,
2, HUSHOVD Thor, C.A, NOR, 00′ 00″
3, MC EWEN Robbie, DVL, AUS, 00′ 00″
4, O’GRADY Stuart, COF, AUS, 00′ 00″
5, PAGLIARINI Luciano, LIQ, BRA, 00′ 00″
6, FLECHA Juan Antonio, FAS, ESP, 00′ 00″
7, WROLICH Peter, GST, AUT, 00′ 00″
8, PINEAU Jérôme, BTL, FRA, 00′ 00″
9, COOKE Baden, FDJ, AUS, 00′ 00″
10, DAVIS Allan, LSW, AUS, 00′ 00″
11, QUINZIATO Manuel, SDV, ITA, 00′ 00″
12, HUNTER Robert, PHO, RSA, 00′ 00″
13, ISASI Inaki, EUS, ESP, 00′ 00″
14, KRIVTSOV Yuriy, A2R, UKR, 00′ 00″
15, FURLAN Angelo, DOM, ITA, 00′ 00″
16, IGLINSKIY Maxim, DOM, KAZ, 00′ 00″
17, HINAULT Sébastien, C.A, FRA, 00′ 00″
18, GESLIN Anthony, BTL, FRA, 00′ 00″
19, ULLRICH Jan, TMO, GER, 00′ 00″
20, RODRIGUEZ Fred, DVL, USA, 00′ 00″

OTHER STAGE NOTABLES:
21, MC GEE Bradley, FDJ, AUS, 00′ 00″
22, HORNER Christopher, SDV, USA, 00′ 00″
23, KIRSIPUU Jaan, C.A, EST, 00′ 00″
28, KLÖDEN Andréas, TMO, GER, 00′ 00″
38, BASSO Ivan, CSC, ITA, 00′ 00″
42, HERAS Roberto, LSW, ESP, 00′ 00″
56, VINOKOUROV Alexandre, TMO, KAZ, 00′ 00″
57, HINCAPIE George, DSC, USA, 00′ 00″
61, JULICH Bobby, CSC, USA, 00′ 00″
63, ARMSTRONG Lance, DSC, USA, 00′ 00″
71, ZABRISKIE David, CSC, USA, 00′ 00″
84, BOTERO Santiago, PHO, COL, 00′ 00″
102, MAYO Iban, EUS, ESP, 00′ 00″
113, LANDIS Floyd, PHO, USA, 00′ 00″
124, HONCHAR Serhiy, DOM, UKR, 00′ 00″
149, VOECKLER Thomas, BTL, FRA, 00′ 00″
169, LEIPHEIMER Levi, GST, USA, 00′ 00″
172, BELOKI Joseba, LSW, ESP, 00′ 00″
187, ZANINI Stefano, QST, ITA, 00′ 36″
188, VAN BON Leon, DVL, NED, 00′ 39″
189, VANSEVENANT Wim, DVL, BEL, 00′ 47″