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General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Laurent Fignon	France	112h 03' 40"
2	Bernard Hinault	France	10' 32"
3	Greg LeMond	United States	11' 46"
4	Robert Millar	Great Britain	14' 42"
5	Sean Kelly	Republic of Ireland	16' 35"
6	Angel Arroyo	Spain	19' 22"
7	Pascal Simon	France	21' 17"
8	Pedro Munoz	Spain	26' l7"
9	Claude Criquielion	Belgium	29' 12"
10	Phil Anderson	Spain	29' 16"

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References

• Race summary Accessed July 22, 2005.
• Race summary and times (French language) Accessed July 22, 2005.

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