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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 12 - Friday, July 20: Montpellier - Castres, 178.5km
Boonen blasts in Castres for second win
Fédrigo and Txurruka caught in final kilometre
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Castres, with additional reporting by Tim Maloney
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Tom Boonen blasted to his second success in the 2007 Tour de France after the peloton charged down the Montée de la Jeante and into Castres to capture the day's escape. Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) and Amets 'The Kid' Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) tried their hardest but were no match to the pace making of the sprinters' teams and were caught with one kilometre to race. Quick.Step's Steegmans led Boonen to the line for his second win in this Tour while Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) stayed tucked safely in the pack to maintain his 2'35" advantage over Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
The win in Castres came exactly one week after Boonen's first win in the 2007 Tour in Bourg-en-Bresse and added points to the Maillot Vert that he wore so proudly crossing the finish line on the Avenue Charles de Gaulle. For the 2005 World Champion, who went winless in the 2006 Tour even though he had the Maillot Jaune, his second win in the 2007 Tour is a huge satisfaction and a giant boost for taking the sprinter's green jersey home after the final day in Paris. Thanks to the effort today, he now leads the competition by 20 points over Hunter.
The win gave Quick.Step its fourth win in the Tour de France after those of Steegmans (Gent), Vasseur (Marseille) and Boonen's previous victory. Team Manager Patrick Lefevere must have been proud of his team's final march after the earlier muscling of Française Des Jeux and Lampre-Fondital that resulted in Fédrigo and Txurruka being nailed back at one kilometre remaining.
Quick.Step led the charge down the right hand side with Tankink and then Steegmans for Boonen. Behind the 2005 World Champion followed Erik Zabel (Milram), yesterday's winner Robert Hunter (Barloworld), Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas). Boonen's look-alike, Steegmans, took over from five hundred metres remaining.
Although Crédit Agricole's Julian Dean looked perfectly perched to lead-out Thor Hushovd it was German Zabel and South African Robert Hunter that swarmed Boonen on the right (second) and left (third), respectively. Boonen threw his arms in the air to celebrate Tour win number sixth by a half-wheel's length over the trailing duo.
"With the victory of today I am perfectly motivated to take the green jersey to Paris... After the rest day, there is a very long and hard mountain stage that will be tough. ... I am better than 2005, when I won the Worlds, and that is going to be necessary for next week."
Daniele Bennati and Sébastien Chavanel did not fully profit from the work of their teams. 'Benna' nabbed fourth over Hushovd and Eisel, while Chavanel took seventh with Jalabert, Förster and Kashechkin completing the top ten.
'The Kid' Txurruka took home the Prix de la Combativité for most aggressive rider after his escape with Frenchman Fédrigo. The duo formed its move 57 kilometres into the race but was running out of gas after crossing over the category two Montée de la Jeante with only 5'15" in hand. Fédrigo, stage winner in 2006, equally traded pulls with the Basque along the River Durenque leading to the finish but their gap was squashed to less than 20 seconds by Lagarrigue, with four kilometres remaining.
"The peloton did not let go of a big group, so that is why we only had two of us up front," remarked Fédrigo. "The wind did not blow in our advantage; the head wind did it for us." He added with a smile, "I had fun today."
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Rasmussen finished with yellow on his back and a huge weight on his shoulders. The Dane may be leading the race on the time classification but with the honour has come an onslaught of allegations to his where-abouts during pre-Tour training resulting in missed controls.
"I believe I am the most controlled riders in the Tour," commented the 33 year-old race leader. He was asked how much the allegations have affected his riding. "This much," he responded as he indicated a tiny space between his fingers.
Rasmussen will likely lose the race lead with tomorrow's time trial in Albi but the magnifying glass above cycling will not go away as the quest for cleaner competition continues.
How It Unfolded
Friday’s hot twelfth stage started in Montpellier, capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, and was another transitional stage which took the riders inland from the Mediterranean coast to the textile town of Castres.
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It was slightly overcast when the stage began at 12:58, and this lowered the temperatures slightly to the low 30’s for the 168 riders taking the start. The action began right away with eight riders hitting out, namely Axel Merckx (T-Mobile), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic), Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel Euskadi), Daniel Navarro (Astana) and Ralf Grabsch (Milram).
As they attacked, Alberto Ongarato (Milram) crashed and had to abandon with a suspected broken collarbone. The gap for the 8 escapees grew to 20", but they were all pulled back after 20km. At this point another move went with Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile), Francisco Perez (Caisse d’Epargne), Juan Manuel Gárate and Christian Moreni (Cofidis) but they came back fast before the first KOM of the day, the fourth category Côte de Cantagal.
This 1.6km, 4.3 % climb topped out 27.5 kilometres after the start. At the top, it was Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) who took the points ahead of David Millar (Saunier Duval - Prodir). Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) was third.
The acceleration provoked a counter-attack of seven riders, including Millar, Scheirlinckx, Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital), Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom), Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas), Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Moisés Dueñas (Agritubel). They did what they could to build a decent lead but this escape came to an end after 35 kilometres
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43.4 kilometres were covered in the first hour of racing and things remained relatively quiet until the 57 kilometre point, when Amets Txurruca (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) attacked one kilometre from the summit of the second KOM of the day, the fourth category Côte du Mas-Rouet. They got a good gap and remained clear after a chasing group containing John Gadret (Ag2r Prévoyance), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel Euskadi), Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) and Juan Manuel Garate was caught.
Ten kilometres later the leading duo’s advantage had ballooned to 3'15" and this jumped to ten minutes by the time Txurruka led over the fourth category Col du Buis, a 2.6km climb at a 4.8% grade.
Big Markus Burghardt (T-Mobile) jumped clear of the peloton before the top to nab the points for third and then continued on to try to bridge up to the front duo. Fedrigo took the two sprints in Herepian after 81.5km and Olargues after 101km and after the second of these, with 77 kilometres remaining, the lead was 8'30". Burghardt was still trying hard and got halfway across, but he finally ran out of gas near the tiny village of Riols, 64 kilometres from the line, and sat up.
As the final climb of the day, the 2nd Cat. Montée de la Jeante approached after 120 kilometres of racing, Liquigas moved to the front and ramped up the pace. However Fedrigo, the winner of Tour stage fourteen in 2006, and the young Basque climber Txurruca were riding well together and their gap was still over seven minutes.
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The French/Basque combination kept plugging away and atop the 10.4 km Jeante ascent, they still had 5'15" in hand with some 48km to go. Liquigas had left it to Caisse d'Epargne and Discovery Channel to keep the chasing going as a headwind picked up.
Over the next 15km, the road rolled up and down through a deep pine forest before the descent towards Castres. It was at this point that Lampre-Fondital hit the front to try and bring the break back for their sprinter Daniele Benatti. Big Marzio Bruseghin and Daniele Righi were pulling hard and were joined by Française de Jeux.
The gap then fell rapidly and, as the descent began with 20km to go, was down to 2'08". That meant it was going to be close as to whether the break would be pulled back or not, as there were only nine kilometres of flat roads between the base of the descent and the finish in Castres.
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The pursuit match was on. As Castres grew closer, the sprinters’ teams were pounding hard in a bid to pull back the break. Quick.Step, Lampre and Credit Agricole were all chasing the two men up front and this was eating into their lead. With five kilometres to go the gap was half a minute and falling, and with two clicks to go it was only eight seconds. Finally, with 1200 metres left before the line, the break was caught after some 134 kilometres of freedom.
Quick.Step was clearly in charge with Tom Boonen sitting third wheel as the final 500 meters approached. Steegmans launched hard around that point and delivered a perfect leadout for Boonen, who looked to have an extra gear thanks to the boost of wearing the maillot vert.
Boonen took off right up the middle of Avenue Charles DeGaulle and quickly got a bike length’s lead on the riders behind. Erik Zabel tried to sneak by on the right as Robbie Hunter went on the left. Both came up on Boonen in the final meters but not soon enough to prevent the Quick.Step Innergetic rider solidifying his lead in the competition for the green jersey.
Stage 13: Saturday 21 July - Albi-Albi Individual Time Trial / 54 km
After two weeks of racing, the race of truth in Albi will make another important selection towards determining who will win the 2007 Tour De France. A twisty, tricky out and back time test, Stage 13 could prove unlucky for riders who are not competent at the discipline.
The first 20 kilometres are a gradual uphill, then the course is downhill and flat until the 34 kilometre point, where the four kilometre climb up the sinuous Cat. 4 Côte de la Bauzie' awaits. Then there is a difficult descent and return to Albi on the D999 road where an experienced tester can make a difference.
CSC's London prologue winner and World TT champion is probably the favourite to win, while Astana's Kloden also a rider who may have a good chance to take the stage. But the race for the Maillot Jaune is the key to the test and will show which riders truly have a chance to land victory in the 2007 Tour De France.
Current Maillot Jaune Michael Rasmussen is a pure climber and claims to have done little work on his time trial skills. Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde is in second on GC, 2'35" behind Rasmussen while Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval – Prodir) is at 2’39” and Predictor's Cadel Evans is fourth, two seconds further back.
Top Astana rider Kloden is sitting sixth at 3'50" while Discovery Channel has Levi Leipheimer at 3'53", and don't forget T-Mobile's Kim Kirchen in 9th on GC, 5'06" behind.
Valverde and Evans have the best chance to take over the Maillot Jaune, as conventional wisdom sees Rasmussen losing 4" per kilometre to good time trialists over the 54km distance. That's 216 seconds, or 3'36" which puts both riders well within striking distance.
It's not likely that either Klodi or Levi can take the Maillot Jaune, but with strong rides, they can move up on GC and remain in the hunt for the Tour title. CSC's duo of Carlos Sastre and Franck Schleck have to have excellent rides if they expect to contend for the final Tour win in Paris.
Valverde has improved much in time trialling over the past few years, but his best performances have come at shorter distances. Cadel Evans may find himself in the maillot jaune Saturday evening, but don't be surprised if he's not that far ahead of Rabobanker Rasmussen, who really has something to prove at this years Tour De France.
Climbs:
Km 38.5: Côte de la Bauzie': 4km climb @ 3.4 % grade / 4th Cat.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins again and stays in green
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) gets another win in stage 12 to Castres.
- Double joy for Quick.Step
- Boonen used his head but mostly his legs to overpower the other sprinters.
- Boonen indicates his second win in this Tour to the public.
- Tom Boonen celebrates his victory, which brings him closer to green in Paris.
- He said it helps with motivation and we can't argue with that.
- He needs the motivation to get him across the Pyrénées.
- Michael Rasmussen just needs motivation or the Albi time trial.
- Tom Boonen extends his points lead by beating Erik Zabel.
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) was also beaten and conceded points to the Belgian.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) has a tough Tour with crashes and sickness preventing him to be on top of his game.
- Quick.Step teammates received the news about Boonen's win quickly.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) had another good day on the road and wasn't disturbed much by the day's news of his missed doping tests.
- Tom Boonen on the podium
- The smiling Belgian got his second win of the Tour.
- The smiling Dane with another yellow. Will he be in yellow still after tomorrow's time trial?
- Boonen puts on 'his' shirt.
- The Quick.Step reflects on the sprint and hopes he can survive the next few days.
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- Pot Belge, anybody?
- Me too, me too!
- This yellow jersey arrived an hour before Rasmussen.
- Freebies for the kidees.
- The French celebrate the Tour.
- Grandma's coffee is simply the best.
- The real reason for fans to come out to the Tour. Lots of goodies.
- Everything about the Tour.
- Spectators getting sprayed.
- The kids love Le Tour and they usually get off school when the race comes by. Coooool.
- Pierrick Fédrigo and Amets Txurruka during their break that only got caught one kilometre form the line. Sprinters' timing.
- Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) leading the bunch.
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) in his last Tour and just another good week of work ahead of him.
- Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) on terrain that is not known to be good for sprinters.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) in the French Champ jersey before the final KOM of the day.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) rides up the hill.
- One kilometre to the top.
- The Vikings were out in force but Hushovd couldn't them give reason for celebrating.
- Tom Boonen wins the sprint.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- The riders head to the start in Montpellier.
- Montpellier arches.
- Port into Montpellier.
- Calling home from the Tour.
- Haircut to look good for an important stage.
- Doctor Porte's ride gets a shine.
- Michael Rasmussen is waited on by the media for both good and bad reasons.
- Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) talking about the mountains to come.
- Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) will likely figure in the Pyrénées.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Boonen gets his second win of this Tour
- See mum, two, thats how many I got so far.
- Boonen and Voelker having words en route to the finish.
- The break making their way through the fields.
- The peloton screaming through this tunnel.
- Ongarato doesn't look happy to be here.
- Press conference before the start.
- Rasmussen was popular with the press this morning.
- Somewhere in there is the leader of the tour.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.25.32 (40.33 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 11 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 33 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 38 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 39 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 43 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 45 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 48 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 57 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 58 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 64 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 66 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 68 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 70 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 71 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 73 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 75 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 76 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 77 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 79 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 80 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 81 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 82 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 85 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 86 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 87 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 88 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 89 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 90 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 93 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 94 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 95 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 97 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 98 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 103 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 104 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 105 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 106 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 107 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 108 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 110 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 111 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 112 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 114 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 116 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 120 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 121 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 122 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 123 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 124 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 125 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 126 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 128 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 132 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 133 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 134 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 136 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 138 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 139 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 141 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.24 142 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 143 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.28 144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.36 145 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.37 146 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 2.54 147 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 148 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 150 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 151 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 152 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.53 153 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.34 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 156 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 157 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 158 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 159 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 160 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 161 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 162 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.38 163 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 9.27 164 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 165 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 166 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram hors délais Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom Points Herepian (D.909a-d.908) - Km 81.5 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 Olargues - Km 101.0 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 Castres - Km 178.5 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 35 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 30 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 26 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 24 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 20 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16 11 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 15 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 14 13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 14 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 9 18 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8 19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 7 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 5 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2 25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Côte De Cantagal - Km 27.5 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Côte Du Mas-rouet - Km 58.0 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Col Du Buis - Km 74.5 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Montée De La Jeante - Km 130.5 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 pts 2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 6 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 10 Young Rider 1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 4.25.32 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.53 21 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 6.34 22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.27 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir Most Aggressive Rider 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi Teams 1 Barloworld 13.16.36 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Française des Jeux 4 Team Milram 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Crédit Agricole 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Agritubel 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Lampre-Fondital 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Liquigas 14 Rabobank 15 Caisse D’Epargne 16 Predictor-Lotto 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Astana 19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 Team CSC 21 AG2r Prévoyance General Classification After Stage 12 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 57.37.10 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.35 3 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.41 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.08 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.39 7 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3.50 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.06 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.20 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5.34 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.56 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.36 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.38 15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.42 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.45 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 6.49 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.10 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 8.05 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.16 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8.51 22 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 9.00 23 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 9.11 24 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.02 25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 11.05 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.05 27 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 13.29 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.44 30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.49 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 17.19 32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.58 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 20.07 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.12 35 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.29 36 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.45 37 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.21 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 28.10 39 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 29.28 40 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.41 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 30.41 42 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31.52 43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 32.46 44 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 33.06 45 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 33.09 47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 33.18 48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.20 49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 34.07 50 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.38 51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 39.25 52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.15 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 40.43 54 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 43.10 55 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.14 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.21 57 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44.49 58 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 45.43 59 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 47.43 60 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.48 61 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 49.27 62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 52.06 63 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 52.56 64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53.35 65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 54.39 66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 54.48 67 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.56 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 55.28 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.50 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55.52 71 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.33 72 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.01 73 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.14 74 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 58.59 75 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.00.51 76 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00.55 77 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.13 78 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.03.00 79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.19 80 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.05.33 81 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.05.37 82 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05.49 83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.06.09 84 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.06.27 85 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.06.49 86 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.06.58 87 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.07.10 88 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.08.00 89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.26 90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09.36 91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.45 92 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.07 93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.10.41 94 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.10.46 95 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.11.56 96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.12.20 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.24 98 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.14.52 99 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 1.14.58 100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.15.41 101 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.15.57 102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.16.18 103 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.19 104 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.17.28 105 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.18.50 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.56 107 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.19.42 108 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.21.02 109 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.21.11 110 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.48 111 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.21.59 112 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.22.29 113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.24.35 114 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.26.09 116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.26.21 117 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27.20 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.27.56 119 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.16 120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.22 121 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.28.58 122 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.29.17 123 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.29.22 124 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.29.35 125 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.29.55 126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.30.15 127 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.24 128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.30.37 129 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.31.03 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.31.04 131 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.29 132 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.35 133 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.31.41 134 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.31.45 135 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.31.51 137 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.03 138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33.09 139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.33.18 140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.33.39 141 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33.49 142 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.35.24 143 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.36.10 144 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.36.14 145 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.36.16 146 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.36.21 147 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.36.33 148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.37.43 149 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.37.51 150 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.38.25 151 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.38.30 152 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.38.34 153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.41.45 154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.42.00 155 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.42.15 156 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.43.13 157 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.58 158 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.45.24 159 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.08 160 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.23 161 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.50.47 162 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.51.08 163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.51.28 164 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.52.14 165 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.10 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.57.10 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 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 87 9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 73 10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 72 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 71 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 67 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 63 15 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59 16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 19 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 20 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 42 22 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 23 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 39 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 36 29 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 30 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 32 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 34 33 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 33 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 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 40 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 26 43 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 45 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 48 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 49 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 50 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 51 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 52 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 53 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 54 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21 55 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 56 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 57 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 58 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 61 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 62 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17 63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 64 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 66 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 68 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 15 69 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 70 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 71 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 72 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 73 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 75 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 77 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 12 78 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 79 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 80 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 9 81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 82 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9 83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 84 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 85 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 86 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 90 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 91 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 92 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 93 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 94 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 95 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 96 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 97 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 99 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 100 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 101 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 102 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 103 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 104 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 2 105 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2 108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 109 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 110 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 111 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 113 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto -4 114 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 115 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 116 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -5 117 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 118 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -20 Mountains Classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 98 pts 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 89 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 46 7 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 26 15 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 16 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 17 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 19 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20 20 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 20 21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 24 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16 26 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 28 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 29 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 30 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 31 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 34 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 37 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 39 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 41 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 42 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 7 45 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 46 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 48 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 49 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 51 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 53 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 54 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 57 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 58 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 59 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 63 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 64 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 66 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 67 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57.40.18 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.37 3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.41 4 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 5.52 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.41 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.21 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28.44 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 51.40 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52.44 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.03.41 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.12.33 12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.49 13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.13.10 14 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.15.42 15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.26.47 16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.21 17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.27 18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.28.37 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.28.43 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.30.01 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.10 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.33.13 23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.34.43 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.44.15 25 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.47.39 Teams Classification 1 Team CSC 173.00.55 2 Caisse D’Epargne 5.02 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.08 4 Rabobank 5.19 5 Astana 8.04 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.08 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.32 8 Predictor-Lotto 31.28 9 T-Mobile Team 32.32 10 AG2r Prévoyance 40.32 11 Crédit Agricole 41.07 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 46.07 13 Lampre-Fondital 55.53 14 Liquigas 59.11 15 Gerolsteiner 1.15.48 16 Barloworld 1.19.06 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.19.28 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.51.47 19 Agritubel 2.16.06 20 Française des Jeux 2.32.46 21 Team Milram 2.33.21
