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42nd Tour de l'Avenir - 2.1
France, September 1-10, 2005
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Stage 8 - September 8: Aurillac - Aurillac, 159 km
A new page opened in Olympic star's success story
By Jean-François Quénet in Aurillac
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The hardest stage of the Tour de l'Avenir has been won by Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins in a fabulous 1-2 with his American teammate Saul Raisin, both riding for French outfit Crédit Agricole. Smiling Dane Lars Ytting Bak kept the yellow jersey, probably for good with only two days to go. Second placed on GC Kai Reus (Rabobank), crashed on the descent of the second climb, and although he got back to the bunch, he pulled out later on the Col d'Aulac.
Wiggins attacked on the first of the seven climbs of the day after only 12 kilometres. "I knew I was going good," he explained. "I just went hard when we hit the first climb and I put pressure on Saul. I didn't think of the win until we were left with the three of us in front. The green jersey Jesus Del Nero was the right man to have with us. When we got five minutes lead at one point, I believed we could make it."
The break even reached 7'25 advantage and Raisin became the virtual yellow jersey for a little while, as did the Kazakh rider Assan Bazayev, who was the strongest member of five man group in between the break and the bunch, together with Frenchmen Arnaud Lesvenan (French national team), Carl Naibo (Bretagne-Jean Floc'h), Maxime Médérel (Auber 93) and Emilien-Benoît Bergès (RAGT).
CSC rode steadily at the front of the bunch. Despite the loss of time trial winner Christian Müller due to diarrhoea the day before, they always kept the situation under control. They caught Bazayev in the last climb, the Pas de Peyrol, whose summit was located 40km away from the finishing line in Aurillac. For a few minutes, Bak lost contact when three riders attacked.
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One of them was Belgian hope Maxime Monfort, who is also a qualified journalist. He described the scene: "I wasn't feeling very good at the beginning of the climb but I had better sensations later. Then I followed the Croatian champion [Matija Kvasina of Perutnina Ptuj] who, I think, is the stronger climber in this Tour de l'Avenir. There was an interesting coup to play as we started descending quickly but Bak got back on with Andy Schleck. I believed the yellow jersey is strongly attached to his shoulders and his team is also strong enough to keep the lead. As for myself, I hope to make the top three because there will be some more opportunities in the final two stages."
Kvasina may be the strongest climber but Raisin is another impressive one and he took the polka dot jersey over from Rémi Di Gregorio. "I had a great day," the young man from Dalton, Georgia, commented. "It was our plan to attack this morning but maybe not since so early into the stage." Wiggins added: "I never got bored because it was such a short stage."
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The Brit has been a pro for four years now and this is the first time he has won a road race since he joined Française des Jeux in 2002. He was known for his triumphs on the track as a World and Olympic champion, also for winning some time trials or coming close. "I was a bit disappointed to be only second in the time trial here," he said. "But my form is getting better and better. It's a shame that the time trial isn't tomorrow."
There will be another one for Wiggo soon: the World Championship. "This is the big goal for my end of season," he concluded.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Bradley Wiggins has done a wonderful job with Saul Raisin and Jesus Del Nero on his wheel.
- Great win for the Olympic champion.
- Some joy in the Crédit Agricole camp.
- First road race victory for Bradley Wiggins in Aurillac.
- Lars Ytting Bak (CSC) is getting used to the yellow jersey.
- One more lion for the smiling Dane.
- Saul Raisin looks brilliant with the polka dot jersey.
Results
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 4.13.55 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.02 3 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.24 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 3.26 5 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 7 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 8 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 10 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 11 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 14 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 17 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 18 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 19 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 22 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 23 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 24 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 27 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 30 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 31 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Orbea 32 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 5.42 33 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.46 34 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 36 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 38 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 39 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 41 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 44 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 47 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team 48 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 49 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 50 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 51 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team 52 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 53 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.22 54 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 55 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 57 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 58 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 60 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 61 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 62 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 10.11 63 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 10.24 64 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 12.17 65 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 67 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 68 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 69 Romain Chollet (Fra) Agritubel 70 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 71 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 74 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 75 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 76 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 77 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 78 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 79 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 80 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 81 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 14.33 82 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 83 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 84 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 85 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 86 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 87 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 88 Kasper Larsen (Den) Team CSC 89 Austin King (USA) USA National Team 90 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 91 Svew-Erik Vold (Nor) Norwegian National Team 92 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 93 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences 94 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank 95 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 96 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 98 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 99 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 18.57 100 Lucas Euser (USA) USA National Team 101 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 20.32 102 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 23.20 103 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 104 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 23.58 105 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28.45 106 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.05 107 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 108 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team Outside time limit (hors délais) HD Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance HD Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea DNF Julien Antomarchi (Fra) French National Team DNF Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team DNF Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank DNF Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole Points 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 30 pts 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 27 3 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 23 5 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 21 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19 7 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 17 8 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 15 9 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 13 10 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 11 11 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 10 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 9 13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8 14 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 7 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 16 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 5 17 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 18 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 3 19 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Mountains Col de la Croix de Cheules - Cat. 1, km 14.5 1 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 10 pts 2 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 3 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 6 4 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 5 5 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 4 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3 7 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 2 8 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1 Col de Legal - Cat. 3, km 25 1 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 5 pts 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 4 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 1 Côte de Salers - Cat. 1, km 43 1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 10 pts 2 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 8 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 6 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5 5 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 4 6 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 3 7 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2 8 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1 Col de Neronne - Cat. 4, km 52 1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 pts 2 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 2 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1 Col d'Aulac - Cat. 1, km 69 1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 10 pts 2 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 8 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 6 4 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 5 5 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 4 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3 7 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2 8 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1 Col de Serre - Cat. 1, km 116 1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 10 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 8 3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 6 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5 5 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 4 6 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 3 7 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Col du Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) - Cat. 1, km 120 1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 10 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 8 3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 6 4 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 5 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 6 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Sprints Trizac, km 78.5 1 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 3 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 2 3 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 1 Saint-Simon, km 151 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 3 pts 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 2 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 12.45.13 2 Cycling Team Capec 6.50 3 Orbea 4 R.A.G.T. Semences 5 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 9.08 6 Ag2r-Prevoyance 9.10 7 Rabobank 8 Jartazi Revor 12.46 9 Team CSC 10 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 13.50 11 Francaise Des Jeux 12 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 15.06 13 Perutnina Ptuj 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Agritubel 17.57 16 French National Team 20.21 17 Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 24.32 18 Auber 93 24.42 19 German National Team 26.13 20 USA National Team 26.48 21 Norwegian National Team 37.51 General classification after stage 8 1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 27.32.20 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.59 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 1.06 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.13 5 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 1.14 6 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1.17 7 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.18 8 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 1.27 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 1.32 10 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.33 11 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 2.05 12 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.25 13 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50 14 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 3.02 15 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3.45 16 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3.52 17 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 4.29 18 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.28 19 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 5.32 20 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 6.52 21 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.57 22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.25 24 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 7.42 25 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 7.51 26 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 8.25 27 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 8.50 28 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 9.10 29 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 12.20 30 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.27 31 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 12.37 32 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 12.46 33 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 13.46 34 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 13.48 35 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 13.53 36 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 16.16 37 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 16.22 38 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.41 39 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.39 40 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 19.31 41 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 19.41 42 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19.55 43 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 20.54 45 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21.58 46 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.05 47 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.11 48 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.18 49 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.25 50 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.52 51 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 23.18 52 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.50 53 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 25.07 54 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25.24 55 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 25.58 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 26.14 57 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 26.52 58 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank 26.53 59 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 27.45 60 Romain Chollet (Fra) Agritubel 28.05 61 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28.22 62 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Orbea 28.42 63 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 28.49 64 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 30.23 65 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 30.41 66 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 30.59 68 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 31.11 69 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team 31.16 70 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 32.33 71 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 32.44 72 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 32.45 73 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 33.09 74 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 33.18 75 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 33.24 76 Svew-Erik Vold (Nor) Norwegian National Team 33.50 77 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 34.10 78 Kasper Larsen (Den) Team CSC 34.11 79 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 34.25 80 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 34.33 81 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 34.40 82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 34.44 83 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35.02 84 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 36.16 85 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 36.39 86 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 36.45 87 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 88 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36.46 89 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 36.50 90 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38.26 91 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 39.00 92 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 41.35 93 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team 43.19 94 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 43.54 95 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 44.00 96 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 45.36 97 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 45.53 98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences 49.27 99 Austin King (USA) USA National Team 49.47 100 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 49.48 101 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.36 102 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 51.48 103 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 55.32 104 Lucas Euser (USA) USA National Team 105 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.00.42 106 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1.01.04 107 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.26 108 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.23.44 Points classification 1 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 99 pts 2 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 99 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 85 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 78 5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 66 6 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 61 7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 58 8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 54 9 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 54 10 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 48 11 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 48 12 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 13 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 43 14 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 42 15 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 42 16 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 17 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 39 18 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 37 19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 34 20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33 21 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33 22 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 32 23 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 32 24 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 30 25 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 30 26 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 29 27 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 27 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 29 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 27 30 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank 27 31 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 25 32 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 33 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 24 34 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 24 35 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 21 36 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 21 37 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 20 38 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 18 39 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 18 40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 41 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 42 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 15 43 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 15 44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 45 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 14 46 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 14 47 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 48 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 13 49 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 13 50 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 51 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 52 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 53 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 11 54 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 11 55 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 10 56 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 9 57 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 9 58 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 59 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 6 60 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team 6 61 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 6 62 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 5 63 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 64 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 65 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 66 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 67 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 4 68 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3 69 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences 3 70 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 3 71 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 72 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 2 73 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1 74 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains classification 1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 51 pts 2 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 38 3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 35 4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 29 5 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 22 7 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 8 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 12 9 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 8 10 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 7 11 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 6 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 5 13 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 14 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 16 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 4 17 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 4 18 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 3 19 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 21 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 22 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 2 23 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 1 24 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 25 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 82.45.56 2 Cycling Team Capec 4.22 3 Jartazi Revor 7.28 4 Perutnina Ptuj 8.39 5 Team CSC 9.12 6 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 9.27 7 Francaise Des Jeux 13.30 8 Ag2r-Prevoyance 13.53 9 Credit Agricole 17.07 10 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 20.11 11 R.A.G.T. Semences 21.25 12 Bouygues Telecom 22.12 13 Orbea 22.30 14 Agritubel 28.02 15 Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 30.11 16 German National Team 31.21 17 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 46.55 18 Auber 93 55.46 19 USA National Team 1.17.22 20 Norwegian National Team 1.20.06 21 French National Team 1.27.18
