July 11, 2003 – With a tough mountain stage looming, Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) made the most of today's  flat stage, taking his fourth Tour win. A breakaway containing Stuart  O'Grady (Credit Agricole) and Antony Geslin (Brioches la Boulangère), that had  almost 18 minutes at one point, was snatched up with a few kilometers remaing, setting up the sprint.   Tomorrow's stage is set to shake up the  G.C… 

Stage 6: Nevers – Lyon, 230 km 

1. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa  Bortolo                  5.08.35 (44.72
km/h)
2. Baden Cooke (Aus)  FDJeux.com                                 
3. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team  Bianchi                            
4. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit  Agricole                           
5. Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini  Caldirola-So.Di                 
6. Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La  Boulangere                    
7. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit  Agricole                      
8. Gerrit Glomser (Aut)  Saeco                                   
9. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean  Delatour                           
10. Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon     

Overall: 

1. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry  Floor           23.03.06
2.  Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry  Floor                 0.01
3. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry  Floor               0.05
4. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry  Floor                  
5. José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry  Floor               0.23
6. Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry  Floor                   0.27
7. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry  Floor                    
8. Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry  Floor                    0.28
9. Joseba Beloki (Spa)  ONCE-Eroski                             0.33
10. Jorg Jaksche (Ger)  ONCE-Eroski                             0.38