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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

Michael Rasmussen won the stage
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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.

Michael Rogers in the break
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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.

Moreau, Evans, Kashechkin, Schleck
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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."

Gerdemann comes in
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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.

Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto)
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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.

Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) finished strongly
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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.

Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) rode strongly
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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.

Not only riders need a push
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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.

Rasmussen wears his favourite shirt
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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

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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

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