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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage Rest day - Tuesday, July 24: Pau
Tour 2007: The final rounds begin
With just 2'23" separating maillot jaune Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and closest challenger Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), the stakes are extremely high heading into the final five days of this year's Tour de France. Cyclingnews' Shane Stokes gives a summary of the Tour's action since the first rest day and previews what is yet to come.
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Contador appeared stronger than Rasmussen on the climb of the Col du Peyresourde on Monday, putting him under pressure with several high-powered attacks, and if his form continues to rise, he could cause damage on Wednesday's final mountain stage. Both will be aware that this day may well determine the final winner of the race. Contador is seen as the stronger time trialist and while 2'23" is a strong buffer, any reduction of that gap could swing the balance in Saturday's flat 55.5 kilometre race against the clock. He'll do everything he can to gain time; Rasmussen, on the other hand, knows that he just has to stay with his rival and that should be enough.
Before then, the two have a chance to recharge their batteries somewhat during Tuesday's rest day in Pau, taking recovery rides, eating and sleeping well, and preparing mentally for what lies ahead.
The other GC riders will also use the day to gather their forces. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) is currently third overall but his deficit of four minutes means that unless he manages to somehow gain time on Rasmussen and Contador on Wednesday, his yellow jersey hopes are gone. He should be stronger than both in the final time trial but it's hard to see him overcoming that sort of gap.
That said, if his body responds very well to the rest day and he holds the Spanish climber on Wednesday – far easier said than done – then second place overall is possible. He's currently 1'37" behind the Disco rider and should make that up in the last time trial.
Given what's happened on the first two Pyrenean stages, it's more likely that he will be scrapping for third step on the podium, though. Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) is currently fourth overall, 5'25" behind Rasmussen and 1'25" behind Evans. Andreas Klöden (Astana) is nine seconds further back, while Carlos Sastre (CSC) is sixth overall, 6'46" behind Rasmussen and 2'46" adrift of Evans.
Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel Euskadi) was one of Monday's big movers, going clear in the Vinokourov break and jumping from 13th to seventh overall. Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) also benefited, finishing second on the stage and moving up five places to ninth. He is now sandwiched between Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel Euskadi) in the general classification. The top ten will undoubtedly get another big shakeup on Wednesday, but what about the top three?
Stage 9 - Tuesday, July 17: Val-d'Isère - Briançon, 159.5km
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The first-time Tour rider soloed into Briançon ahead of the top guns of the race, finishing 38 seconds up on Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto) and another handful of seconds ahead of many of the other general classification riders.
In doing so he repeated the 2000 victory of Botero there, and also took the first major Colombian success at the Tour since Victor Hugo Peña won the team time trial with Discovery Channel back in 2003 and wore the yellow jersey.
Soler was involved with the action from the start of the stage, going clear in an early break on the Col du Iseran and then dropping the other riders on the hors catégorie Col du Galibier. Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) hung on for a while but he too was dropped before the summit. The Ukrainian joined up with team-mate Alberto Contador and together tried to reel in Soler, but the Colombian was riding far too strongly. He ended the day with the stage victory and also moved up to second overall in the mountains classification.
The day's drama was increased when Alexandre Vinokourov finished 3'24 back, coming home in a group with Astana team-mate Andrey Kashechkin, Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) and Frank Schleck (CSC). All suffered a serious blow to their GC chances and an injured Vino – regarded by many as the big pre-race favourite – broke down in tears. He ended the day 8'05" behind ongoing race leader Michael Rasmussen.
Stage 10 - Wednesday, July 18: Tallard - Marseille, 229.5km
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The quintet were part of a large break which was clear just before 80 kilometres of racing had elapsed. The group was whittled down to five riders on the lumpy run in towards the line and despite attacks by Voigt and Halgand on the final climb of La Gineste, stayed together until the end.
The main bunch came in 10'36" back and in placing second to Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) in the mass gallop to the line, Tom Boonen (Quick.Step – Innergetic) increased his maillot vert lead over Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Robert Hunter (Barloworld). The race lead of Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) was not threatened by the break and he remained 2'35" clear of Valverde.
Stage 11 - Thursday, July 19: Marseille - Montpellier, 182.5km
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The 30 year-old rider timed his move just right to beat Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) and Murilo Fischer (Liquigas). Green jersey Tom Boonen (Quick.Step – Innergetic) and several others were hampered by a crash inside the final kilometre.
The day was expected to be a regular transitional stage but was instead marked by a dramatic acceleration in pace orchestrated by the Astana team of Alexandre Vinokourov. Still smarting after losing time on the stage to Briançon, the Kazakh ordered his team to ramp up the pace with approximately 72 kilometres to go. This caused echelons to form and while most of the general classification contenders made the split, great French hope Christophe Moreau was caught napping. Despite a furious chase by his Ag2r Prévoyance team, he finished in a group 3'20" down.
The attack was controversial, however, as Moreau had crashed earlier in the stage and said afterwards that he was toward the back of the peloton to change shoes due to a broken cleat.
In greatly reducing his chances of victory in the race, the day will be remembered as an unlucky stage for him. So too for a break of six riders who were clear at the time of the attack, and who could have fought it out for the win if it was not for the GC war being waged behind.
Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and David Millar (Saunier Duval - Prodir) did what they could to stay away but were finally overtaken inside the final 40 kilometres.
Stage 12 - Friday, July 20: Montpellier - Castres, 178.5km
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There were many attacks early on in the stage. 57 kilometres after the start Amets Txurruca (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) went clear and these built up a lead of over eight minutes on the peloton. However they were recaptured with just over a kilometre to go, paving the way for the big bunch finish.
Race leader Michael Rasmussen came home in the peloton and retained his 2'35" lead over Alejandro Valverde. Boonen's stage victory saw him extend his lead in the green jersey competition, increasing his advantage to 20 points over Robert Hunter and 21 over Erik Zabel.
Stage 13 - Saturday, July 21: Albi - Albi, 54km
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Showing great caution in treacherous conditions, Vino undoubtedly lost time to some of the other riders on the descents but was still strong enough to finish well clear in the race against the clock at Albi.
His final time was 1'14" quicker than that of Cadel Evans, while Vino's team-mates Andreas Klöden and Andrey Kashechkin were 1'39" and 1'44" back respectively. Both crashed during their time trials, showing that Vinokourov's prudence was the wiser option. World champion Fabian Cancellara (CSC) was another to fall and decided to back off after losing time.
The early leader was British rider Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis), who was one of the first starters and who remained on top of the leaderboard until the Astana team leader finished and set a time 2'14" quicker.
There were some unexpected results in the race against the clock. Race leader Michael Rasmussen has no history as a time trial rider and yet he finished 11th, conceding just 2'55" to Vinokourov. His time was just 16 seconds more than known TT competitor Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel). While he was assisted somewhat by improving weather conditions, the surprise result enabled him to hold onto yellow, ending the day exactly a minute ahead of Evans. Alberto Contador moved into third, 2'31" back.
Valverde had started the day second overall and was expected to take time out of Rasmussen. However he was actually caught and passed by the Rabobank rider, placing 48th on the stage and losing a total of 6'08" to Vinokourov. Iban Mayo only fared slightly better, placing 47th and losing 6'04", while Christophe Moreau had a torrid day in finishing125th, 9'26 back.
Stage 14 - Sunday, July 22: Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille, 197km
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The two were the strongest on the final ascent and sprinted it out for the victory, with the Spaniard edging out Rasmussen to take his first ever Tour stage. Cadel Evans had started the day second overall and on the early part of the last climb he was the only rider who was strong enough to cover the accelerations by the yellow jersey and Contador. However he went too far into the red and cracked, eventually crossing the line 1'52" back in seventh place.
Stage nine winner Juan Mauricio Soler fared best at limiting his losses, coming home 37" down in third place. Leipheimer was three seconds further back, while Carlos Sastre was the only other rider to finish within a minute of the leading duo. He was 53" down.
Klöden had ridden strongly in the Albi time trial and many expected him, TT victor Alexandre Vinokourov and their team-mate Andrey Kashechkin to make a bid for success. However it was not to be. Klöden came in with Evans for fifth, Kashechkin was 2'23" back in ninth, while Vinokourov had a serious form meltdown and lost a staggering 28'50".
Oscar Pereiro, Alejandro Valverde and Haimar Zubeldia fared considerably better but nevertheless finished just outside the top ten and conceded 3'45".
Six riders went clear early on in a break, namely José Ivan Gutierrez, Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne), Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step – Innergetic), Antonio Colom (Astana) and Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas). They were trying to build a big enough buffer to go for the stage win but powerful driving by the Saunder Duval – Prodir team, working in the misguided hope that Iban Mayo would win the stage [he finished 9'31" back] meant that the break's advantage was seriously eroded. Everything came back together on the final climb up to Plateau de Beille, where Contador and Rasmussen scrapped it out for the win and the others tried to limit their losses.
Stage 15 - Monday, July 23: Foix - Loudenvielle - Le Louron, 196km
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Vino went over the summit alone and then dropped down to finish 51 seconds ahead of Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Juan Jose Cobo (Suanier Duval) was a further seven seconds back.
Maillot jaune Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador renewed their mano a mano battle on the final climb, with huge surges by the Spaniard lifting both clear of the other GC contenders. Contador seemed stronger than his rival and gapped him several times, but Rasmussen was able to claw his way back on. He admitted after the stage that he was at the point of cracking.
The two came home together to place 10th and 11th, 5'31" behind Vinokourov, and remain 2'23" apart in the general classification. Evans was 13th, 1'16" seconds further back, while Mikel Astarloza, Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Klöden, Alejandro Valverde and Carlos Sastre all finished in this group and lost further time to the two front runners.
The action resumes on Wednesday with the final Pyrenean stage but due to the timegaps, it appears likely that the Tour is now a two-horse race. The question is, which horse will it be?
Current Standings
General classification after stage 15
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 69.52.14
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.23
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4.00
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.25
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5.34
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.46
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.27
8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 7.54
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 8.24
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.21
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.41
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.29
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.30
14 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 15.00
15 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.11
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 18.27
17 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 18.57
18 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.00
19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25.08
20 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 26.02
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 26.25
22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26.46
23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 28.21
24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 28.56
25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 32.46
26 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 32.58
27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.28
28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.17
29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39.25
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 39.47
31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40.17
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.35
33 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 45.11
34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 46.02
35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 48.00
36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 50.21
37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.01
38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 57.10
39 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 57.34
40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 57.46
41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.40
42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.21
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02.37
44 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03.59
45 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.05.37
46 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.24
47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.10.02
48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.13.22
49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.14.53
50 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1.18.59
51 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 1.20.16
52 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.21.03
53 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.25.22
54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.26.31
55 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.24
56 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1.31.19
57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.31.28
58 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34.45
59 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35.04
61 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.36.05
62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 1.37.12
63 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 1.38.10
64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.39.13
65 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.01
66 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.41.46
67 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.56
68 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.42.40
69 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.42.52
70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45.01
71 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 1.46.01
72 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47.23
73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.47.45
74 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.48.09
75 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.51.10
76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.52.15
77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.52.55
78 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.54.42
79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.56.30
80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57.26
81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.28
82 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 1.58.47
83 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.00.06
84 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.00.27
85 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.00.36
86 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.01.08
87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2.03.51
88 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.04.11
89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.05.28
90 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07.52
91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.08.42
92 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.08.45
93 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.09.35
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.10.02
95 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10.38
96 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.13.44
97 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15.00
98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.15.20
99 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.16.27
100 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2.16.32
101 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.18.49
102 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 2.22.13
103 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 2.24.13
104 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.24.25
105 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.25.02
106 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.26.35
107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2.26.38
108 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 2.27.49
109 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.28.27
110 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.29.11
111 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.29.15
112 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.28
113 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.29.51
114 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.31.23
115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.32.26
116 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32.27
117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 2.33.23
118 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36.35
119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.37.39
120 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.38.09
121 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.38.19
122 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2.38.36
123 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.38.59
124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.39.52
125 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.40.14
126 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2.40.24
127 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.40.44
128 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.40.45
129 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.40.51
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.40.57
131 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 2.41.03
132 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.41.23
133 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 2.41.42
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.41.54
135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.41.58
136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 2.42.00
137 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.42.01
138 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.42.20
139 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 2.42.23
140 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2.42.52
141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.43.23
142 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.43.47
143 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.05
144 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.45.42
145 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.46.36
146 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.47.37
147 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.47.49
148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.48.29
149 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.49.02
150 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.49.49
151 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.49.54
152 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.51.31
153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.52.35
154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.54.48
155 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.54.59
156 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.55.54
157 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.20
158 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 2.59.58
159 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.01.59
160 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.04.58
Points classification
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 195 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 175
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 174
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 132
5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 127
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 93
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 84
9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 73
10 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 71
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 67
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 63
14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 62
15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 57
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 56
17 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 52
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51
19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 48
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48
21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48
22 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 44
23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44
24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43
25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42
26 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41
27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41
28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 39
29 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39
30 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38
31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36
32 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35
33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35
34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 33
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32
36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30
37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30
38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29
39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29
40 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29
41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27
42 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27
43 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 26
44 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26
46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25
47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25
48 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25
49 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 24
50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24
51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24
52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23
53 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 23
54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22
55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22
56 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21
57 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 21
58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21
59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21
60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21
61 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20
62 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19
63 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18
64 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18
65 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18
66 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17
67 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 17
68 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16
69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
72 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15
73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 15
74 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15
75 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14
76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14
77 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14
78 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14
79 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13
80 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13
81 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12
82 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11
83 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10
84 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 10
85 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9
86 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9
87 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
88 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8
89 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7
90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7
91 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7
92 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7
93 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6
94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
95 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6
96 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6
97 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6
98 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5
99 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4
100 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 4
101 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4
102 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3
103 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3
104 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3
105 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2
106 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2
107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2
108 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2
109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
110 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2
111 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2
112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1
113 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
114 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -1
115 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3
116 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -5
117 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5
118 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5
119 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -20
Mountains classification
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 142 pts
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 140
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85
5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 77
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 64
8 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54
9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52
10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51
12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50
13 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 50
14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45
15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 44
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44
17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42
19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42
20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33
21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 32
22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31
23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30
24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28
26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 28
27 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27
28 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26
29 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26
30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25
31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 25
32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 24
33 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24
34 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20
35 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19
36 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18
37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17
38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
39 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16
40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15
41 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15
42 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15
43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14
44 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14
45 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13
46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13
47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 12
48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 12
49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12
50 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10
52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10
53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9
54 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9
55 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8
56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7
57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 7
58 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6
59 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6
60 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5
61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5
62 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4
63 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4
64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4
65 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3
66 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3
67 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3
68 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
69 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2
70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2
71 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
72 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2
73 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2
74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1
75 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1
76 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1
Young rider classification
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69.54.37
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 12.37
3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 30.35
4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.54
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 59.17
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59.58
7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.03.14
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07.01
9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.57.43
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.58.45
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.03.05
12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.14.04
13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.16.26
14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 2.19.50
15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.35.56
16 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.37.51
17 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.38.21
18 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.39.00
19 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.39.38
20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2.40.29
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.44.13
22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55.57
23 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 2.57.35
Teams classification
1 Astana 209.52.24
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.53
3 Team CSC 15.01
4 Caisse D’epargne 15.22
5 Rabobank 18.03
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.52
7 Predictor-Lotto 1.16.18
8 AG2r Prévoyance 1.28.47
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.01
10 Crédit Agricole 1.33.40
11 Liquigas 1.51.58
12 Lampre-Fondital 1.52.45
13 T-Mobile Team 2.09.50
14 Quickstep-Innergetic 2.13.33
15 Bouygues Telecom 2.26.00
16 Gerolsteiner 2.46.13
17 Barloworld 2.50.20
18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.30.15
19 Agritubel 4.33.40
20 Team Milram 4.49.25
21 Française des Jeux 5.21.33
