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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 8 - Sunday, July 15: Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes, 165km
Rasmussen conquers Tignes and Jaune
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Tignes, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Michael Rasmussen conquered the 2068-metre Tignes ahead of Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) to take his third Tour de France win and first race leader's Maillot Jaune. The 33 year-old Dane attacked from an early escape with 18 kilometres to go in the 165-kilometre stage to shake off Antonio Colom (Astana) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne).
Overnight race leader Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) gave a respectable ride in the Maillot Jaune but was unable to contend; he was eventually dropped from a group containing Alexander Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden of Astana, but retains his Maillot Blanc - the best young rider's jersey.
"I thought there was no time for celebration," said Rasmussen who crossed the line without a victory salute because he was concerned about taking seconds for the overall classification, which he now leads by 43" over Gerdemann. "We can do that tonight; there will be plenty of time."
The Dane took stages in Mulhouse (2005) and La Toussuire (2006) and is a double winner of the Maillot à Pois Rouges. Today's mountains had set the stage for Rasmussen to take the jump up to race leader of the world's largest race, the Tour de France. No one was surprised by the wafer-thin climber who makes his home in northern Italy as he had his eyes on the climber's jersey, and there was not a better way to go about taking the red-dotted jersey then by capturing the stage and the race lead. The jersey for best climber will be put on hold because when the race re-starts on Tuesday from Val-d'Isère Rasmussen will be dressed in the coveted Maillot Jaune.
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"As the day went on it appeared to be a possibility," Rasmussen continued. He doubts his crono abilities but he won't count out taking the yellow jersey to Paris. "But there are still two more weeks of racing and I still have 110 kilometres of TT to negotiate. ... I think that this could be that year but of course, I still have 110 kilometres of time trialing to do so everything is still wide open."
Rasmussen made his bid for stardom when the race was only 80 kilometres away from the Le Grand-Bornand, the finish of stage seven and the start of today's activities. At the base of the day's finale, the 16-kilometre climb of Tignes, German Gerdemann was seen struggling on the back of the Vino group. The race and Gerdemann's overall fate was decided on the gentle but long ascension.
Under the Alpine sunshine, Rasmussen opened the throttle on the remainder of his escape companions by attacking at two kilometres into the 18-kilometre climb (it topped out two kilometres to the finish). He dropped Spaniards Colom and Arroyo while behind Gerdemann was finally kicked from the Vino gruppo with six kilometres left to race. The 24 year-old from Münster was in a race to preserve his yellow jersey but he could not match the climbing prowess of Rasmussen, who finished 5'05" up the road and forced yesterday's winner out of the overall lead.
Meanwhile, French Champion Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) was lighting up the roads. His first attack came at near the same spot as Rasmussen's and caused shrieks amongst the French roadside fans. He quickly put himself past American George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and formed a small gruppo with Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
The Renaissance man Moreau attacked his new companions again and again but kept being pulled back mostly under the power of Spaniard Valverde, while Aussie Evans was on the defensive mode in the group. Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was able to escape the grasp of Moreau and eventually finished 25 seconds over Valverde, who had escaped under the last 500 metres.
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"Something had to be tried," said the adored 36 year-old Frenchman after finishing in fourth, ahead of Luxemburger Schleck. "I absolutely wanted to ride offensively as I did in the Dauphiné and French Championships." Moreau's aggressions were marked repeatedly. "To watch the big leaders waiting and watching each other upset me. I was the only one to take risks. I did not receive much help. It is a pity there was a big chance for the other guys to create a big gap on Vinokourov and Klöden. What happened to Vino today was expected but he is not dead yet [and] as long as he will have the use of two legs in this Tour de France we will have to count on him. But I am not disappointed about what happened today. I still think it is a good stage for me."
Evans, in sixth, thought that Moreau pulled off a number today but will wait until Tuesday to make his final decision. "Moreau was impressive again," said the 30 year-old in sun-drenched Tignes to Cyclingnews' John Trevorrow. "I've never seen the big hitters attack so much and when there's no one to ride well. Considering tomorrow is a rest day, I don't know what he's going to do," he continued; The Aussie is now 2'53" back with the Frenchman at 3'06". "It is very difficult if everyone is riding against each other tactically."
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Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) finished seventh and was followed by the trio of Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC). Contador tried to drop the Russian and Spaniard on a couple of occasions; he was able to finish slightly clear of the duo, with a four-second advantage, but 3'31" behind Rasmussen. The winner of Paris-Nice is now the highest placed of his Disco teammates in the GC at 3'10"; Levi Leipheimer had mechanical difficulties (3'53") and Yaroslav Popovych suffered in the heat (7'32").
"Linus was able to save the white jersey, and that is also a victory for us," noted T-Mobile General Manager Bob Stapleton. His team lost the yellow jersey and lost a contender for the overall in Aussie Michael Rogers, who crashed with 54 kilometres to go and was forced to abandon. "We enjoyed the ups and downs of the sport in a 12-hour period. Losing Rogers is a big blow."
"In the final kilometres it was very hard," Gerdemann added of his yellow Jersey defence. "We battled hard for the jersey. Having the yellow jersey was not a burden but a pleasure. It was priceless."
How It Unfolded
With two weeks still to race in the 2007 Tour De France, Sunday's second Alpine stage started right on time at 12:50, when 180 riders took the start outside of Le Grand-Bornand. There, yesterday's big stage winner Linus Gerdemann of T-Mobile was proudly wearing the maillot jaune, the 24 year old German ready for his first day in yellow.
It was a hot, sunny afternoon with a short, nervous and very difficult day in store for the Tour riders. Right from the start, stage 8 saw all-out action on the first climb, the fourth Category Col du Marais. It was a 3.8 kilometres ascent at an average grade of 4.1 percent, and on these slopes Amstel Gold winner Stefan Schumacher tore off on the attack.
The Gerolsteiner rider was joined by other opportunists like Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), Marcel Sieberg (Milram) and Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld), who had a thirty second lead atop the first climb of the day, Col du Marais. Schumi took top points here.
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Behind in the maillot jaune group there were many attempts to bridge across to the leaders on the narrow, twisting mountain roads. By the time Schumi took the second set of KOM points atop the steep third Category Côte du Bouchet-Mont-Charvin (22 km), there were now 16 riders away. They were US Champ George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d’Epargne), Jens Voigt (CSC), Mario Aerts (Predictor Lotto), Jose Luis Arrieta and Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r Prévoyance), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel Euskadi), Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre Fondital), Stefan Schumacher and Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel ), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step Innergetic), Antonio Colom (Astana), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and David Millar (Saunier Duval - Prodir).
The group had a twenty second lead on the peloton but Voeckler wasn’t satisfied, attacking on the descent and taking the sprint points at the base of the descent in Faverges after some 36 kilometres.
More riders had bridged across by Faverges , including Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel Euskadi), Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) and Frederik Willems (Liquigas). Bruseghin had dropped back to the Rabobank-led peloton, while young T-Mobile sprinter Mark Cavendish abandoned his first Tour De France.
There was some good news for the team, though; Rogers may be a Tour danger man and may have started the stage 14th on GC, but he managed to escape. The squad leading the teams classification also had the maillot jaune and seemed to have the right cards to play in the Tour's tactical game.
Next climb on the menu of Stage 8 was the second Category Col de Tamié, a 9.5-kilometre climb at a four percent grade with the summit after 46.5 kilometres. Here Voeckler took the points ahead of the still hard working Schumi, who was doing a fantastic job to set up his Gerolsteiner teammate Kohl.
Rabobank was still riding hard on the front of the group maillot jaune, 1'50 back, and were looking to set-up their super climber Michael Rasmussen for an attack on the hardest ascension of the day, the six percent Cormet de Roselend.
The feed zone in Beaufort came at the base of the first category climb, 88 kilometres from the finish, and here the large front group began the 19.9-kilometre ascent with the same 1'50 margin. The unlucky Millar had a flat and lost contact with the group. Then, as the group maillot jaune began the ascent, Rasmussen made his move and only Mercado, Arroyo and Paulinho could follow.
The front trio of Kohl, Colom and LeMevel had been absorbed by the Rogers / Rasmussen group atop the summit of Cormet de Roselend, 65 kilometres from the finish. By this point the group maillot jaune had slowed considerably as T-Mobile and Rabobank had shut off the tempo. Their gap to the front of the race was almost six minutes and Rogers had now become maillot jaune virtuel.
Rasmussen took the KOM points as he and Arroyo, Goubert, Rogers, Kohl and Colom passed over the summit of the Cormet de Roselend in the lead. A second group was chasing at 1'15, containing Hincapie, Gutierrez, Voigt, Txurruka, Verdugo and Paulinho. Other remains of the original break were caught in between, while Ballan (Lampre Fondital) had gone to the front of the group maillot jaune to up the chase pace. He led the groupe maillot jaune over the summit 5' behind.
There was a long, technical descent of the Cormet de Roselend to Bourg-St-Maurice and the Rogers / Rasmussen group could see the penultimate ascension of the day looming ahead, the 15.3 kilometre climb of Montée de Hauteville. Suddenly, with 54 kilometres remaining, Rogers and Arroyo crashed on a tight left hander; the Caisse d'Epargne man did a header over the barriers into a ditch but both riders seemed to have little damage. They quickly got back on their bikes in pursuit of the six front runners.
In Bourg-St-Maurice, the late afternoon sun was baking the valley as the temperatures had soared to almost 30 degrees. Kohl was powering the front Rasmussen group as Rogers and Arroyo chased hard to rejoin. The Hincapie group was closing at one minute, while the group maillot jaune, led by Ballan and Righi (Lampre Fondital) were at 4'15.
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Leipheimer was all alone off the back with a broken rear derailleur and got a bike change in Bourg-St-Maurice. He quickly got back to the group maillot jaune, who was absorbing the second chase group, the remains of the big break.
After a few kilometres of the Montée d'Hauteville, Chicken Rasmussen flew the coop and only Arroyo and Colom could stay with him. Kohl and Rogers were suffering. The chasers were losing time and after five kilometres of the climb, there were three riders up front. Rasmussen, Arroyo and Colom were thirty seconds ahead of Rogers, Kohl and Goubert.
The Hincapie group was still losing time at 2'10 while Lampre riders Benatti and Vila was doing the heavy lifting on the front of the group maillot jaune, 3'50 back.
In the break, Rasmussen was putting a major hurt on Colom and Arroyo. Meanwhile the unlucky Rogers had lost contact with Kohl and Goubert as he had been hurt in his crash. The T-Mobile Aussie was no longer maillot jaune virtuel and, to make matters worse, he was grimacing in pain from his injuries and was soon caught and dropped by the Hincapie group eight kilometres from the top.
Next to be caught by this group was Goubert, who upped his pace and managed to stay with them. It was game over for Rogers, though; after 130 kilometres of racing, he pulled to the side of the road and abandoned the 2007 Tour De France in tears. His injuries were too much for him to continue.
Rasmussen goes for broke
At the summit of the long ascent of the Montée d'Hauteville with 28.5km left to race, Rasmussen's group was flying. Kohl, who had been riding solo, was caught by the Hincapie chase group at 5'05. The group maillot jaune was at 6'15.
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Rasmussen had begun the day in 39th on GC, 4'42 back. With his lead he had been flirting with becoming maillot jaune virtuel and now had a more than a minute and a half in hand on Gerdemann.
With Rogers out, big Axel Merckx took up the pace on the front during his final Tour de France, riding for his teammate maillot jaune Gerdemann. But Astana's Russian hitman was now on the front with his team lined out behind as the orange clad Dane had put the fear of god into the rest of the peloton.
The descent from the summit of Montée d'Hauteville was a fast, wide-open ride to Ste-Foy-Tarentaise. The final ascent of Stage 8 began here, namely the 5.4 percent, 18-kilometre category one Montée de Tignes. On the descent to Ste-Foy CSC's 38 year old Cuesta, the oldest rider in the Tour, crashed. However he got back on after a hard chase.
As the final ascent began, Rasmussen attacked hard to dump Colom and Arroyo. Neither had pulled a meter due to team orders to mark the great Danish climber.
Behind, Moreau attacked from the peloton and Mayo, Valverde, Kashechkin and Evans got across. Vino, Klödi, Leipheimer and Menchov couldn't follow, while Karpets was surprisingly even further back.
While Rasmussen continued his angelic ascent, Colom and Arroyo hung on in no-mans land, 40” behind the Rabobanker. The eight-man Hincapie group had shattered behind Rasmussen and were spread all over the mountain.
Mayo countered with 16 kilometres to go, but was brought back. He went slightly off the front of the chase group again, with Moreau, Valverde, Kashechkin and Evans following. They were then joined by Disco Boys Popovych and Contador and CSC's Frank Schleck, while Astana's Savoldelli was on the front of the group maillot jaune making a desperate chase behind.
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With 12 kilometres remaining, Rasmussen still wasn't losing a second of his lead and was on his way to a stage win and the maillot jaune. It was a pursuit match to Tignes, as Rasmussen was trying to put as much time as possible into maillot jaune Gerdemann, while the Moreau / Mayo group was trying to get away from Vino and the rest of the Astanas. With his maillot tricolore of French champion, the Ag2r man was doing the forcing along with a brilliant Popovych, while Rabobank's Dekker was helping Astana in the chase for his team leader Menchov.
Moreau was making monster moves on the ascent to Tignes, attacking time after time as the French champion was having a fantastic day. Valverde and Mayo were mostly covering the moves and despite the irregular rhythm, the Moreau group was gaining ground on the Vinokourov / Klöden chase group. With 10km left to Tignes, Rasmussen was still flying home solo. Arroyo was hanging tough at 2'30, the Moreau group was at 4'15 and the Vino group was 5’30 back. Here maillot jaune Gerdemann was still hanging on for dear life.
Finale
With six kilometres to go, Moreau went again. His move stripped Popovych off the second group. Further back in the Vinokourov bunch, Klöden hit the front and his hard pace dumped the brave young maillot jaune Gerdemann for good. Vino was still there, while Leipheimer, Menchov, Pereiro and Klodi's forcing had pulled back 45" from the group Moreau, who had caught Arroyo with 2.8km to go.
Contador had a wheel change after a puncture and was sucked up by the chase pace of Astana, but it was all too much for Vino, who began to fade. Contador then attacked out of the Vino group with 2.5 kilometres to go, followed by Sastre and Menchov, while Klöden was trying to pace Vino, who had croaked in the last kilometres of the Tignes ascent.
Rasmussen remained unstoppable up front as he passed under the flamme rouge with 1km to race. Behind, Mayo made another attack from the Moreau group and, this time, he got a gap. It turned out to be too much for Valverde who dropped off the pace. As he passed over the finish line in Tignes, Rasmussen, the only Danish rider in the 2007 Tour De France broke the bank, as he won the stage, took the maillot jaune and the Best Climber classification as well as most combative rider on the day. It was the ride of his life.
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Mayo came across the line in second, 2'47" behind. Valverde had clawed his way back and sprinted home third, 3'12" behind Rasmussen. The impressive Moreau was just behind with Schleck, Evans and Kashechkin. Contador got his second wind and was the best of the rest in eighth,
3'31 back, and just ahead of late attackers Sastre and Menchov.
His Discovery Channel teammate Levi Leipheimer had a smart, conservative ride on Stage 8 to finish 12th at 4'. Vino and Klödi didn't fold under pressure today but the Astana men are not at their top after the recent crashes, losing 4'30" to new maillot jaune Rasmussen. The gutsy former maillot jaune Gerdemann came home at a a respectable 5'04", and maintains 2nd in GC. He will start Tuesday with the maillot blanc of Best Young Rider.
A hierarchy of sorts is now starting to emerge after Stage 8. New maillot jaune Rasmussen is clearly the best climber in this year’s race and can likely maintain his maillot jaune until next Saturday's stage 13 time trial in Albi. Here the cadaverous Dane will lose time to more complete riders, but his great escape may have put him within reach of the podium.
Lurking behind Rasmussen on GC are more complete riders who can time trial and climb well. Cadel Evans is one and he is at 2'53. French champion Christophe Moreau is 3'06 back and Levi Leipheimer is at 3'56.
It seems too soon to tell if Astana men Klöden (12th at 3'46) and Vinokourov (22nd at 5'23) are completely out of the game due to their injuries. If so, they can turn to young team talent Kashechkin (5th at 2'52"), who could become leader by default for Astana.
Rest Day: Monday 16 July / Tignes
Stage 9: Tuesday 17 July Val d'Isère-Briançon / 159,5kilometres
Bang! Right from the start of Stage 9, the Tour peloton will ascend from the exclusive ski resort of Val d'Isère up the windy, wide-open slopes of the Col de l’Iseran (15km @ 6%) to the 2770m. high summit, one of the highest in Europe.
Coming as it does on the day after the rest day in Tignes, the climb will be doubly hard and once over the top, it's a long, fast downhil run down the Maurienne valley to St.Michel-de-Maurienne.
There the long, legendary double ascent of the Télégraphe (12.0 kilometres climb @ 6.7 % grade / 1st Cat) and Galibier (17,5 kilometres @ 6.9 percent) begins, will certainly make a crucial selection, especially on the steep final 10km of the Galibier.
Then it's a long, fast descent past the monument to Tour founder Henri Desgranges with 37km to go to the finish in Europe's highest city of Briançon and a steep, difficult stage finish in the Fort de Salettes.
Climbs:
Km 15: Col de l'Iseran: 15.0kilometres climb @ 6 % grade / Beyond Category
Km 99: Col du Telegraphe: 12.0kilometres climb @ 6.7 % grade / 1st Cat.
Km 122: Col du Galibier: 17.5kilometres climb @ 6.9 % grade / Beyond Category
Sprints:
Km 33.5: Le Villaron (Bessans)
Km 60: Bramans
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Michael Rogers in the break but he had to abandon following a crash.
- Michael Rogers looking good in the break
- The yellow jersey Gerdemann saw the lead evaporate, but kept the white jersey at least.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) did well today and was able to hold Moreau.
- George Hincapie carries bottle in the best way possible up the hill.
- Michael Rasmussen won the stage and got the polka-dot and yellow jersey as a reward.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) crosses the line in first place after dropping everyone else.
- Rasmussen's tongue reveals how hard the day was.
- Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) attacked the main contenders at the right time to gain a few seconds, the runner-up spot and a few bonus seconds as well.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) has the kick to get the third place ahead of the remaining group.
- Moreau, Evans, Kashechkin, Schleck (r-l) coming in shortly after Valverde.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel)not far behind either, with a solid perfomance, losing some strength due to his untimely mechanical.
- Menchov followed by Sastre did not lose too much time either.
- Vino thanks Klöden for dropping back and helping the captain, who was a bit in trouble in the final climb.
- Gerdemann comes in knowing he has lost the jersey.
- Rasmussen is now in yellow after a stunning performance.
- Gerdemann keeps the white and is n ot yet sure if he should be happy or depressed. His facial expression is somewhere in the middle.
- Rasmussen did the lion's share of the work in the break and gets rewarded appropriately.
- Rasmussen wears his favourite shirt
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) heads to the line to an unforgettable victory.
- Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) gets second on a memorable day.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) and three other hopefuls for the overall arrive.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) rode strongly and could have finished higher without a mechanical.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) arrives at the scene. He hasn't been able to repeat a mountain win, but shows he's a force to reckon with.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) finished strongly in 12th place.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) may not make it to the podium this year, but was solid and should be able to help Valverde.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Soler of Barloworld is descending cautiously.
- Soler overshoots a turn anyway and is helped back onto the road.
- Le Mevel shows fighting spirit and had a good day in the break.
- A happy Rasmussen takes the yellow jersey for the first time in his career.
- The yellow jersey is struggling on the final hill. Gone with the yellow, but at least he can still wear white instead of pink.
- Gerdemann comes down the descent with his yellow still on his shoulders ad the red number showing yesterday's accomplishment
- Not only riders need a push but sometimes the team cars as well.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) flying solo on the final ascent to the Tignes ski resort.
- French champion Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) leads Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans in the chasing group.
- Alberto Contador is now the highest placed Discovery rider overall.
- Former yellow jersey Fabian Cancellera (CSC) will be thinking of the first long time trial stage on Saturday.
- The new maillot jaune Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) proudly displaying his position in the general classification.
- The autobus winds its way along stunning Alpine roads.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) was aggressive all day in the break.
- Kanstantin Siutsou (Barloworld) leads Jens Voigt (CSC) on the final climb.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) lost almost four minutes to Rasmussen and now sits 13th overall.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) had a great ride in the mountains today.
- The yellow jersey of Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) shepherded by team-mate Kim Kirchen.
- T-Mobile at the start in Le Grand-Bornand
- Iban Mayo (R) keeps his legs fresh before a big ride in the Alps.
- Mountains leader Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
- Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto)
- George Hincapie (Discovery) followed by Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) on the climb to Tignes.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) being chased by Yaroslav Popovych (T-Mobile).
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) suffered big-time today hung tough on the final climb.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- The start village in picturesque Le Grand-Bornand.
- Liquigas' Cannondales ready for the mountains.
- The Rabobank armada prepares to hit the road.
- The media throng waiting for the yellow jersey of Linus Gerdemann to emerge from T-Mobile's bus.
- The town of Le Grand-Bornand.
Results
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.49.40 (34.18 km/h) 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.47 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.12 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.13 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.31 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.35 10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 11 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.59 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 4.13 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.29 17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.05 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.10 23 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.41 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.47 25 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.32 27 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6.39 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7.40 30 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.23 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 33 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 8.48 34 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 9.44 35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.45 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 39 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 13.12 42 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 14.13 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 15.16 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.33 47 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 17.26 48 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 49 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 50 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 51 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.06 53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 19.17 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 55 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 56 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 59 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 60 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 61 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 62 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 65 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 67 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 68 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 20.05 71 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 22.03 73 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 22.59 74 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24.18 75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 29.11 77 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 80 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 84 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 86 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 87 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 88 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 89 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 90 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 33.45 91 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 92 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 93 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 94 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel 96 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 98 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 103 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 104 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 105 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 36.49 106 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 39.07 107 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 109 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 110 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 111 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 112 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 114 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 116 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 118 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 119 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 121 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 122 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 123 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 126 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 128 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 129 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 130 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 131 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 132 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 133 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel 134 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 136 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 137 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 139 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 140 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 142 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 143 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 147 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 148 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 149 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 150 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 151 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 152 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 155 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 157 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 160 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 162 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 163 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 164 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 165 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 166 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 167 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 168 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 169 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 170 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 171 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 172 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas DNF Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis DNF Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel DNF Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC DNF Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile DNF Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Hors délai Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel Hors délai Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Hors délai Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto Intermediate sprints Faverges - 36.0 Km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 Albertville - 60.0 Km 1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 2 Mountains Col du Marais - 15.5 Km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Côte du Bouchet-Mont-Charvin - 22.0 Km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 3 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Col de Tamié - 46.5 Km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 5 Cormet de Roselend - 99.5 Km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 4 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8 6 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 7 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 5 Montée d'Hauteville - 136.5 Km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 13 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 4 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 9 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 8 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Tignes - 165.0 Km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30 pts 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 14 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 12 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Young rider 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.53.11 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.34 3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 2.16 4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.52 5 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5.17 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 6.13 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15.46 8 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.34 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20.47 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 25.40 11 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 30.14 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.36 17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 27 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team Most aggressive rider 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank Teams 1 Rabobank 14.37.07 2 Caisse d'Epargne 1.47 3 Astana 2.04 4 Team CSC 2.28 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.03 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.56 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.44 8 T-Mobile Team 17.34 9 Predictor-Lotto 18.55 10 AG2r Prévoyance 19.03 11 Quickstep-Innergetic 24.33 12 Crédit Agricole 34.32 13 Liquigas 37.30 14 Gerolsteiner 38.08 15 Barloworld 38.13 16 Lampre-Fondital 39.25 17 Bouygues Telecom 53.54 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 55.29 19 Team Milram 58.01 20 Agritubel 1.22.00 21 Française des Jeux 1.26.34 General classification after stage 8 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 39.37.42 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.43 3 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.51 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 2.52 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.53 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.06 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.10 9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3.14 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.19 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.35 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3.46 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.54 15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 16 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 4.19 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.22 18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.51 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.02 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 5.03 21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.14 22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5.23 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6.09 24 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 6.18 25 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 6.29 26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.38 27 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 7.31 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.32 29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8.33 30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.51 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.23 32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.52 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.50 34 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.43 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.06 36 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.21 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 15.08 38 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.24 39 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.11 40 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.19 41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 17.42 42 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 18.52 43 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 19.04 44 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 19.57 45 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.19 46 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 21.14 47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 22.08 49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22.51 50 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23.40 51 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24.23 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 24.59 53 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 26.26 54 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.24 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 27.43 56 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.05 57 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 28.31 58 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 29.08 59 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 29.31 60 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 29.58 61 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 30.04 62 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.39 63 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 30.48 64 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 30.51 65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.30 66 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.18 67 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 33.31 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 34.52 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 35.39 70 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 35.51 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 36.10 72 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 36.27 73 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37.30 74 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.54 75 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.57 76 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.16 77 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.20 78 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 38.45 79 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 39.01 80 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 39.08 81 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40.09 82 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40.12 83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 40.20 84 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 40.49 85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.03 86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 41.44 87 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.52 88 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.58 89 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 42.18 90 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42.28 91 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43.04 92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 46.05 93 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46.13 94 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 46.49 95 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.00 96 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47.28 97 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 47.34 98 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 99 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 48.08 100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 48.10 101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48.20 102 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 49.33 103 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.29 104 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 50.43 105 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 51.06 106 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.08 107 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 51.38 108 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 52.53 109 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 53.02 110 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53.29 111 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 53.30 112 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 53.36 113 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.51 114 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 56.26 115 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 56.27 116 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 56.47 117 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.48 119 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.34 120 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 57.48 121 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 122 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 57.58 123 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 58.06 124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 58.32 125 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 59.29 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 59.35 127 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 59.52 128 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.00 129 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.06 130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.00.25 131 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.00.49 132 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.01.13 133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01.40 134 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.01.46 135 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.01.50 136 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.02.06 137 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.15 138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.02.27 139 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.02.28 140 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.02.56 141 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.03.22 142 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.03.30 143 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.03.36 144 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.42 145 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.03.56 146 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.04.12 147 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.05.21 148 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.05.30 149 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05.40 150 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.06.14 151 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 152 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.06.41 153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.06.56 154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07.13 155 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.07.18 156 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.07.30 157 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.07.32 158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09.14 159 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.09.17 160 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.09.22 161 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.25 162 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.16 163 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10.25 164 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.10.59 165 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.11.25 166 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.11.35 167 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.13.19 168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.13.37 169 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.13.46 170 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.14.14 171 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.14.40 172 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.17.14 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 147 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 134 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 103 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 101 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 97 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 67 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 63 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 53 12 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 47 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 15 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42 16 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 19 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 37 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 32 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 24 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 29 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 21 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 32 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 33 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 20 35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 37 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 38 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 39 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 40 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 19 42 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 18 43 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 44 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 45 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 46 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 47 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 48 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 14 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 52 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13 53 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 54 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 55 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 56 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 58 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 59 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 61 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 62 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 63 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 66 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 67 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 68 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 70 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6 71 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 72 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 73 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 75 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 76 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 78 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 79 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 80 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3 81 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 82 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 83 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 84 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 85 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 86 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 2 87 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 88 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 89 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 90 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 1 91 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 1 92 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 93 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 94 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1 95 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1 96 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 97 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 98 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 99 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -5 100 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -15 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 82 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 6 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 7 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 10 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20 12 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 20 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 18 15 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 19 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 20 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 21 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 26 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 28 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 29 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 30 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 31 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 32 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 34 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 35 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 36 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 37 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 38 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 41 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 42 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 43 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 44 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 45 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 47 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39.38.25 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.27 3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 5.35 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 6.48 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 8.40 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.38 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 18.09 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 23.40 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 34.56 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 41.01 11 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.30 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.17 13 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 46.51 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 48.50 16 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.46 17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 57.05 18 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 58.46 19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.17 20 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.23 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.57 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.01.03 23 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.02.53 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.02.59 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.04.38 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.08.39 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.42 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 119.02.30 2 Caisse d'Epargne 1.18 3 Astana 2.37 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.21 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.08 6 Team CSC 5.09 7 T-Mobile Team 13.54 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.08 9 AG2r Prévoyance 20.47 10 Predictor-Lotto 22.35 11 Quickstep-Innergetic 26.48 12 Crédit Agricole 36.26 13 Gerolsteiner 38.51 14 Lampre-Fondital 47.39 15 Barloworld 48.58 16 Liquigas 49.06 17 Bouygues Telecom 54.40 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.06 19 Team Milram 1.33.07 20 Agritubel 1.36.19 21 Française des Jeux 1.43.21
