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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 10 - Wednesday, July 18: Tallard - Marseille, 229.5km
Vasseur sizzling Marseille victory adds to Quicksteps haul
Escape controls transitional stage while Maillot Jaune rolls on
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Marseille, with additional reporting from Shane Stokes
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Cédric Vasseur seized his second Tour de France win ten years after his first from an escape of five. The 36 year-old Frenchman played poker with his companions on the final stretch along Boulevard Michelet to narrowly out-gun Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) and subsequently added to Quickstep's victory haul in the Tour. The Maillot Jaune group of Michael Rasmussen rolled in ten minutes back led by Sébastien Chavanel (Française Des Jeux); the Dane continues to lead the overall classification.
The escape group of five, formed out of an earlier move of 11, rolled into the final kilometre with Jens Voigt (Team CSC) leading Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Casar, Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) and Vasseur. The five carefully sized up each other under the hot French sun while maintaining their gap over Staf Scheirlinckx and Paolo Bossoni behind. 700 metres, 500, 400... The group moved down the right side of the eight-metre wide finishing straight but no one moved from their positions save for Casar being slightly off to the left of Swiss Albasini with Halgand and Vasseur in tow.
Outside the Vélodrome de Marseille, which has seen the finish of the Tour in years past, Casar surrendered to the tension and opened his thrust to the line at 300 metres to the finish line. Compatriot Vasseur reacted immediately from fifth wheel with a push down the right side barriers that saw him move to the front in a flash. 28 year-old Casar remounted with a fierce drive that saw him miss his first Tour win by a mere 10 centimetres.
"This is fantastic, to win a stage in my tenth and last tour. It was the tenth stage, my tenth tour and ten years after my last Tour victory," stated an emotional Vasseur who rode for GAN in 1997. "It couldn't get any better. This is a fantastic dream. All day long, I heard people shouting my name along the course. Winning a stage in the Tour is unimaginable."
Vasseur's win adds to Quickstep's two previous victories with Steegmans in Gent and Boonen in Bourg-en-Bresse. "When I heard he won from 'Fitte' [Wilfried Peeters] it was perfect, this is fantastic as he is a great guy. He rode the perfect sprint," remarked Boonen.
"Fu**! Five more metres and I was the winner," blasted an angry Casar at the finish to Cyclingnews' Jean-François Quénet. "It is frustrating. It has been so long since I last won a race. I might not get such an occasion any time soon." His last win came two years ago with the Route du Sud overall.
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"Vasseur has played it very well. Sprinting from behind. It was Voigt's mistake to leave the barriers and open the door for him. I had no morale after the Alps. This morning I didn't know if I would be able to make a break. The other guys in the escape were stronger than I in the climbs. I hung on because I wanted to win so badly... Fu**!"
The French one-two French finish may not have suited Casar but it pleased Tour Director Christian Prudhomme. He talked with the French riders before the start of the stage in Tallard, wishing them good luck and saying that he would not mind having a French winner today.
Albasini finished in third off to Casar's left with Halgand and Voigt getting fourth and fifth in the city that last hosted a Tour stage in 2003 when Jacob Piil won.
"I was in the wheel of Voigt which is normally not the worst position," explained Albasini. "Being in the second position I had at least five metres on Vasseur who was in last position. I was very nervous because this was a golden opportunity. After 200 kilometres you don't have the same sprint in your legs."
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Halgand's attacking style earned him the Prix de la Combativité for most aggressive rider.
The five's earlier escape companions trailed home with nothing in hand. The six were ditched at 31.5 kilometres to go when Voigt hit hard while the yellow jersey group was at 10'22". Halgand and Albasini were quickest to respond to the German but the others were not so lucky. Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Paolo Bossoni (Lampre-Fondital), Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Andriy Grivko (Milram) were left to suffer along the hot roads of the Provence Bouches du Rhône.
Rasmussen holds the overall lead by 2'35" over Valverde with Saturday's time trial looming after two more transitional stages.
How it unfolded
With the Alps retreating behind them and the first time trial plus the Pyrenees looming ahead, the riders of the Tour de France had the first of three consecutive transition stages on Wednesday. 171 of them lined out in Tallard for the start of the 229.5 kilometre stage, a southward-bound race which would be run off in very hot temperatures.
The mainly flat parcours would see the peloton encounter three categorised climbs en route; first off, the fourth category ascents of Chateauneuf Val Saint Donat and Villedieu at km 57 and km 93, then the third cat pairing of Les Bastides and La Gineste Pass, at km 201.5 and km 219.5. The last of these would come just ten kilometres from the finish, making it a possible springboard for a winning move.
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In addition to the four rated climbs, two intermediate sprints also fell at Osaison (km 82.5) and Saint Maximin La Sainte Baume (154.5).
The first hour of racing was run off at a high speed and after several attacks, a group comprising six riders clipped away. They were Simon Gerrans (Ag2r Prévoyance), Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux), Andriy Grivko (Milram), Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) and Claudio Corioni (Lampre-Fondital). However the move was reeled in after about 37 kilometres of racing.
Approximately four kilometres later the ever-aggressive German champion Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) launched an attack. He was out front for several kilometres but was hauled back before the first climb, the Chateauneuf Val Saint Donat.
Prior to the start of the race it had been announced that T-Mobile's Patrik Sinkewitz returned a positive A sample for extremely high levels of testosterone. The out of competition test was taking at the team training camp in the Pyrenees on June 8th. The team has be run along very strict anti-doping grounds this year and motivated perhaps by anger at what had happened, or perhaps determination to achieve something positive in the magenta jersey, Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) took the top climbing points there ahead of Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel).
The young German rider persisted with his move and after 68.5 kilometres of racing, he had a 25 second gap on the peloton. He extended this lead to 1'40 and then at km 80, he was caught by ten others. They were Jens Voigt (CSC), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Paolo Bossoni (Lampre), Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole), Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Michael Albasini and Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liqugas), Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux), Cedric Vasseur (Quick Step - Innergetic) and Andriy Grivko (Milram).
Two and a half kilometres later, Vasseur led them across the the sprint line in Oraisin (km 82.5), taking the points and time bonus ahead of Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Paolo Bossoni (Lampre-Fondital). The break had a lead of 4'20 at that point and with the peloton deciding that this would be a chance to recover their legs after the Alps, the time gap quickly soared.
Halgand beat Scheirlinckx and Voigt to the summit of the next climb, the Côte De Villedieu. By the time they hit the feedzone in Cadarache, 112 kilometres from the end, the gap was up to a considerable 10'04. This had climbed to 11'02 over the Rabobank-led peloton with 100 clicks left to cover and thereafter dropped slightly.
Injured Astana leader Alexandre Vinokourov got new dressing on his wounds approximately 15 minutes later, with the race doctor Caterine Guyot explaining afterwards that his previous bandages had become uncomfortable with the heat.
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Back up front, the gap was hovering at or above the ten minute mark for a long time. Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Jens Voigt (CSC) and Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) were the first three over the line at the uncontested sprint at Saint Maxim la Sainte Baume (75 km to go) and then with approximately 50 remaining their lead was back up around the eleven minute mark. Rabobank were riding tempo to keep things under control, but showed no signs that they wanted to bring back the move. Tom Boonen and his Quick.Step – Innergetic team were happy to let the 11 riders up front take the top points in the final sprint, thus protecting Boonen's lead in the green jersey competition. They didn't ride as a result, and with ten different teams represented in the break, there was very little effort by the peloton to catch them.
Things were quite controlled up front, as well, but Voigt then sparked off the start of the hostilities when he surged clear with just under 32 kilometres to go. The break was on the long run up to the summit of the third category Les Bastides climb at that point, and the increasingly aggressive racing saw a split in the front group approaching the top. Halgand attacked and was joined by Albasini and then Casar, crossing the prime line together. Voigt, Vasseur, Burghardt and Scheirlinckx then followed in pursuit, 9" back.
Once past the top, there was a merging between the group and a slight reshuffling. Voigt, Casar, Albasini, Vasseur and Halgand pushed on ahead and going under the 20 kilometres to go banner, they were 35" ahead of pursuers Burghardt, Scheirlinckx, Flecha, Bossoni and Kuschynski. Grivko had been dropped a little earlier, losing his chance of success.
Halgand was the next aggressor, kicking hard with approximately 18 kilometres remaining. He was joined straight away by Albasini and then Voigt clawed his way back on, Vasseur latched firmly onto his back wheel. Casar was under pressure but he too rejoined with 16 kilometres remaining.
The leaders were on the run up to the top of the final climb of the day and several unsuccessful attacks were fired off. Voigt had won a stage last year and the other riders seemed to fear him, leaving it up to him to bring back some of the moves. The German rider also found himself left on the front on several occasions, being force to lead the others along. He was frustrated with this but decided to keep the pace relatively high towards the top of the climb, seeking to avoid the stop/start racing that could cause him to lose out.
The quintet remained intact until the summit, where Halgand stretched things out again when he sprinted for the points. Voigt, Albasini, Vasseur and Casar were next over the top and the five then rode together down the descent and in towards Marseille.
Voigt tried his hand with four kilometres remaining, but this move was covered by Halgand. Vasseur was sitting at the back of the group, looking both calm and confident, and he put in a big attack with three clicks to go. Albasini brought the others back up to him, then Halgand gave it a dig. However Casar was planted firmly on his wheel and this effort fizzled out.
The almost inevitable regrouping saw Voigt once again left on the front. He led them under the kite, gradually winding up the speed inside the final 500 metres. However Vasseur – eleven months his senior – had the benefit of his own career experience and he waited for the perfect moment to strike, jumping hard from the back of the group with approximately 200 metres to go.
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The former Tour yellow jersey quickly got two lengths on the others and while Casar busted a gut to get back on terms, the 37 year old veteran hung on to take an extremely close victory over his compatriot. Albasini and Halgand were next home, just ahead of Voigt, and then Scheirlinckx and Bossoni came in 36 seconds down. Burghardt, Kuchynski, Flecha and Grivko finished further back, between 1'01 and 3'42 in arrears.
Boonen's QuickStep – Innergetic team finally came to the front inside the final few kilometres, giving Rabobank some welcome relief after being on the front for almost the whole stage. The 2005 world champ went for the sprint for twelfth place but was just pipped by Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux). Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval – Prodir) and Robert Hunter (Barloworld) finished in between the green jersey and Zabel, ensuring that Boonen picked up an additional three points over his rival, and extended his green jersey lead to 16.
Rasmussen finished safely in the peloton to preserve his own lead. Tomorrow and possibly Friday are likely to either go the way of another break or to a big bunch gallop, increasing the chances the Rasmussen will hang onto the lead into his least favourite discipline, the individual time trial, on Saturday.
Photography
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- Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) wins the stage
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The winning break crosses the line with Vasseur on the very left being the quickest.
- Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) raises his hands. Even though it was a centimetre affair, he knew he had won it.
- Scheirlinckx (red) and Bossoni didn't have the legs for the final surge of the group.
- Paolo Bossoni (Lampre-Fondital) is visibly exhausted after a long day in the French summer heat.
- Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) started things and then joined the winning break, but could not contend for victory.
- The yellow jersey rolls in with another day gone by where Rasmussen could easily control his opponents.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) crosses the line in the main field
- Winner Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) who took a lesson from teammate Tom Boonen to win the stage.
- The sprint into Marseille in full swing
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) came very close but not close enough
- Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) is the one who gets to laugh last.
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) grimaces as he gets beaten in the sprint. He'd preferred to go solo, but the others wouldn't let him.
- Vasseur wins at the Tour again after ten years.
- Chavanel outfoxes Boonen but the latter takes more points from Zabel.
- Tom Boonen stays green after a hot day under the yellow French sun.
- Vasseur likes being on the podium as he doesn't get to do it frequently in the Tour.
- It may be Vasseur's last time on the Tour podium as he retires at the end of the season.
- Vasseur with the winner's trophy
- Michael Rasmussen celebrates another bouquet of flowers, along with lion and, last but not least, the yellow jersey.
- Vasseur on the podium in Marseille
- Flower-waving Vasseur in the Mediterranean.
- Michael Rasmussen with another yellow jersey and one of the hottest days so far checked off .
- The Danish lion roars towards the Pyrenees
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) wins stage 10 in a close showdown with compatriot Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux)
- The lighter side of te Tour
- The heat was on as spectators tried to stay cool in the French summer sun.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) in his victory pose
- The five who broke clear fought it out like real men.
- Jens Voigt (CSC, centre) started the sprint from the front but was overpowered by the others.
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) in white was ahead of Vasseur, but only after they crosses the line.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) gets another trophy and embrasser-ed again. No wonder he doesn't want to give up green
- Tom Boonen with another green jersey that fits. Well, if Bernard Hinault puts it on himself, it'd better fit.
- Cédric Vasseur (Quickstep-Innergetic) on the podium.
- Vasseur's first Tour victory was ten years prior.
- The exhaustion shows of the hot day's activities.
Results
1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.20.24 (42.978 km/h) 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.36 7 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.01 9 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.34 10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 11 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.42 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.36 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 27 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 28 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 31 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 37 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 38 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 42 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 47 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 48 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 50 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 52 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 57 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 58 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 59 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 63 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 65 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 66 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 68 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 69 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 72 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 75 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 79 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 80 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 81 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 82 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 83 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 84 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 89 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 93 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 95 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 96 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 99 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 100 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 102 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 106 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 107 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 108 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 109 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 110 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 112 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 113 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 114 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 115 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 117 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 119 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 120 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 121 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 122 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 124 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 127 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 128 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 129 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 134 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 135 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 136 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 137 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 138 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 139 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 140 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 143 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 145 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 146 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 147 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 148 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 149 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 150 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 152 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 153 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 154 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 155 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 156 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 157 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 158 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 159 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 160 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 161 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 162 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 165 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 11.25 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12.10 167 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.39 168 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 169 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 170 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 171 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.10 Points Oraison - Km 82.5 1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 Pts 2 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 3 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 Saint-Maximin-La-Sainte-Baume (D.N7-D.560) - Km 154.5 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 Pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 4 3 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 Marseille - km 229.5 1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 35 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 22 6 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 7 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 19 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 9 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 16 11 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 15 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 13 14 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 11 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 19 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 20 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 21 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 5 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 23 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains Côte De Châteauneuf-Val-Saint Donat - Km 57.0 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Pts 2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Côte De Villedieu - Km 93.0 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 Pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 1 Côte Des Bastides - Km 201.5 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 1 Col De La Gineste - Km 219.5 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 3 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1 Young rider 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.21.25 2 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.41 3 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.35 4 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 21 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 24 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.38 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld Most aggressive rider 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole Teams 1 Liquigas 16.14.22 2 Francaise Des Jeux 8.02 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 4 Credit Agricole 5 Team Csc 6 Lampre-Fondital 8.38 7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 8 T-Mobile Team 9.03 9 Rabobank 10.36 10 Team Milram 11.44 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 18.38 12 Barloworld 13 Discovery Channel Team 14 Predictor - Lotto 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Caisse D'Epargne 17 Astana 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Gerolsteiner 21 Agritubel General classification after stage 10 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 49.23.48 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.35 3 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.41 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.08 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.18 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.39 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3.50 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.06 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.20 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5.34 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.56 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.36 15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.42 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.45 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 6.49 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.10 19 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.33 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 7.45 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 8.05 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.16 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8.51 24 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 9.00 25 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 9.11 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.45 27 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 10.09 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.20 30 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.44 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13.59 32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.52 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.58 35 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.08 36 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.45 37 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 25.59 38 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.21 39 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 28.10 41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28.23 42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 29.25 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.58 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30.00 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 30.41 46 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.45 47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.47 48 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 32.46 49 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 32.47 50 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 33.06 51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 33.09 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.05 53 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.55 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 37.14 55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.32 56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 39.50 57 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.01 58 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.49 59 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.22 60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.14 61 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44.28 62 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 44.45 63 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44.55 64 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 45.58 65 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46.20 66 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47.01 67 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 47.43 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 51.59 69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 52.06 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 52.09 71 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52.32 72 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 52.47 73 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 52.56 74 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 54.39 75 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 55.39 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 56.45 77 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.01 78 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 57.03 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 57.17 80 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 57.22 81 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 57.39 82 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.44 83 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 59.10 84 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 59.27 85 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00.53 86 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.02.20 87 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.01 88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.07 89 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.11 90 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.03.52 91 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.04.00 92 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.04.06 93 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.19 94 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06.06 95 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.25 96 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.07.10 97 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.08.00 98 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.08.27 99 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09.23 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09.36 101 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.07 102 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.37 103 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.14.14 104 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.14.52 105 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 1.14.58 106 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.15.19 107 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.15.43 108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.19 109 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.18.35 110 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.56 111 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.19.42 112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.19.47 113 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.21.02 114 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.21.11 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.21.33 116 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.38 117 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.21.39 118 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.23.55 119 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.24.00 120 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.24.35 121 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 122 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.24.56 123 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.25.57 124 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 125 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.26.15 126 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.26.41 127 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.27.38 128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.27.44 129 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.28.01 130 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.09 131 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.15 132 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.22 133 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.34 134 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.28.58 135 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.29.22 136 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.29.36 137 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29.49 138 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.29.55 139 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.29.59 140 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.30.15 141 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.24 142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.30.37 143 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.31.05 144 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.31.31 145 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.31.45 146 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.31.51 147 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.32.54 148 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.33.39 149 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33.49 150 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.34.21 151 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34.23 152 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.36 153 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.34.50 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.35.05 155 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.35.24 156 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.35.39 157 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.35.41 158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.37.23 159 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.38.25 160 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.38.34 162 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.39.08 163 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.39.34 164 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.39.44 165 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.40.34 166 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.41.38 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.41.46 168 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.41.55 169 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.42.00 170 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.42.49 171 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.46.57 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 160 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 144 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 114 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 110 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 63 9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59 10 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 54 12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48 13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 47 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 15 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 43 17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42 18 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 19 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 23 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 25 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 34 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 27 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 33 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 31 29 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 29 33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 34 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 35 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 41 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 23 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 43 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 45 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 47 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 48 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 49 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 50 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 51 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 19 53 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 54 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15 55 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 56 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 57 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 58 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 14 60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 61 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 62 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 63 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 64 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 12 65 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 66 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 70 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 71 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 72 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 73 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 74 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 75 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 76 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 78 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 79 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 80 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 81 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 82 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 83 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 84 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 85 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 86 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 88 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 89 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 90 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 91 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 92 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 2 93 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2 94 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 95 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 96 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 97 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 99 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 100 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1 101 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto -4 104 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 106 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -5 107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 108 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -5 109 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -20 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 98 pts 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 79 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 46 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20 18 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 20 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 26 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 28 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 30 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 32 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 35 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 37 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 38 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 39 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 40 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 41 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 42 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 43 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 44 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 45 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 46 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 47 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 48 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 50 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 51 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 52 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 53 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 54 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 56 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 57 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 58 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 59 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 61 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 62 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 63 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 64 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49.26.56 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.37 3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.41 4 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 5.52 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.12 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.00 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25.15 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 41.37 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49.24 10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 53.55 11 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 56.19 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.44 13 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.15 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.29 15 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.11 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.12.35 17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.20.47 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.22.49 19 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.24.30 20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.25.01 21 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.25.07 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.41 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.26.47 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.28.37 25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.28.43 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.31.28 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.37.26 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 148.20.49 2 Caisse D'Epargne 5.02 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.08 4 Rabobank 5.19 5 Astana 8.04 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.48 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.32 8 AG2r Prévoyance 30.14 9 Predictor-Lotto 31.28 10 T-Mobile Team 32.32 11 Crédit Agricole 41.07 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 46.07 13 Lampre-Fondital 55.53 14 Liquigas 59.11 15 Gerolsteiner 1.15.48 16 Barloworld 1.19.06 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.19.28 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.41.47 19 Agritubel 2.05.57 20 Française des Jeux 2.26.06 21 Team Milram 2.33.21
