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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 18 - Friday, July 27: Cahors - Angoulême, 211km
Casar holds out chasers in Angoulême's dog day afternoon
Contador loses three seconds to Evans in his first maillot jaune day
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Castelsarrasin with additional reporting by Shane Stokes
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Sandy Casar handed Française Des Jeux its premier win of the 2007 Tour de France in a dog-eat-dog day to Angoulême that was marked by an escape of four. The 28 year-old Frenchman took his first win in two years and his first in the Tour by going free in an escape at kilometre 23 after being knocked off his bike due to a (yet another) dog crossing the road. With his right buttock bruised and bleeding through torn shorts, he remarkably held off his fellow break-away companions - Axel Merckx (T-Mobile), Laurent Lefèvere (Bouygues Telecom) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) - in a thrilling finale down Avenue Jean Mermoz.
Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) spent his first full day in the leader's maillot jaune at a relaxed pace as the GC-favourites concentrated on tomorrow's race-deciding time trial. The peloton was led home by the sprint of maillot vert Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) but the 24 year-old Spaniard was caught off guard and could not close a three second gap that opened behind the sprint group including Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto).
"I waited for the last metres and when the sprint started at 200 metres, I attacked and launched my sprint," noted Casar at the finish. "I wanted this badly; it helped me and it has also helped the fans that have supported me."
Bad luck did not rule the day of Casar but it did affect his chances of victory when early on in the race a brown dog darted out of the left-hand side of the road to ram into his bike and tossed the Frenchman on the road. He collected himself and rejoined the escape with compatriot Lefèvere and two men who were riding their last Tour; Merckx and Boogerd, with the former going for his first ever Tour stage win in 13 years as a professional.
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"I had crashed around kilometre 20 or 30 on the downhill. ... We were surprised when the dog crossed the road," continued Casar. He was able to get up and continue despite pains and torn shorts; the condition of the brown dog who was tossed about is unknown. "My legs were very good; I only had back aches, also my arms and my backside hurt."
The group enjoyed a healthy gap of 17 minutes at one point as they made their way over the categorized climbs that dotted the early part of the parcours out of Cahors. The gap was stabilized and it was controlled by Discovery and then Euskaltel while the four men humped their way through the Périgord Blanc and into the Charente department, concentrating on the finish.
The peace-accord was broken by 35 year-old Dutchman Boogerd with a sortie at kilometre 9.7 to the finish. Lefèvere dug deep, riding into the sunrays to nail back the former winner of Amstel Gold. They re-grouped but the Frenchman returned the favour with an acceleration at 6.2 kilometres to go, right after the Les Effamiers Roundabout. This time it was Boogerd doing the chasing with Merckx contributing slightly to the chase. Casar, always in-tow, seemed to be saving himself to avoid the mishap of Marseille where he missed the win by 10 centimetres to Vasseur.
After the right-turn at four kilometres, it was Boogerd's turn again. He fired a missile down the right side of the road that Lefèvere closed once more. Merckx gave it a go when he went on a slow called-in attack at 3.2 kilometres to go. It was covered by Lefèvere and opened the door for Casar to make his bid.
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Casar used a traffic island to perfection when he shot on the left while the trio dodged right at 2.8 kilometres to go. Merckx was first to react and then Boogerd 200 metres later. Casar was committed and he stayed clear but behind him, Boogerd was burying his chances of a stage victory in an effort to close the gap.
After five hours and 12 minutes of racing, Casar approached the line, followed by Boogerd, Merckx and Lefèvere. They were steaming along the left side of the final stretch with the sun coming down on their left. The trio closed to Casar but just could not get in his slipstream - the Frenchman never gave up putting pressure on the pedals. Casar drew his strength from his Marseille near-miss and the fact that he was given a second chance after a run-in with the dog. He kept checking over his right and then he dug deepest, twisted back the throttle one more time at 200 metres remaining.
Merckx reacted first to close the gap. The 34 year-old Belgian looked to be closing in on his first Tour de France win in his last season as a pro but he was unsuccessful. He finished second over Lefèvere and Boogerd.
"I am not a sprinter," Merckx laboured an obvious point. "And second is okay because, if I can be honest, Casar was the best. ... This morning I realized it was my last chance when I rode to the start. I am not disappointed... It was a nice day."
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"I am disappointed because I had the legs to win today," Boogerd added. "I just went for the victory, nothing else, not for the classification. ... I would have preferred a harder race."
Eight minutes later Tom Boonen charged down the home straight to nab more points in his quest to win the maillot vert of best sprinter in Paris. He now leads by 24 points over Robert Hunter. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) edged his way up in the sprint to open a three-second gap on Contador. The Aussie will face tomorrow's 55.5 Tour-deciding time trial with 1'50" to close on Contador if he wants the Tour de France victory.
"Now I want to go to the hotel as soon as possible to relax and to have dinner," Contador stated. "I will need to focus. Maybe I will watch a movie with my teammate Noval. Tomorrow morning we will go and preview the time trial. [The maillot jaune] is very good to have and I hope to keep it. Tomorrow will be the most difficult day of my sporting career and it will change my life."
How it unfolded
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141 riders lined out for the 18th stage of this year's Tour and coming as it did one day before the crucial time trial, it was certain that the GC contenders would be saving their energies. The rouleurs in the bunch would however recognise this as probably their last opportunity, given that Sunday's final stage almost always ends in a bunch gallop.
For those that wanted to attack, the start of the stage was lumpy enough to facilitate breakaway groups. There were a total of three category four climbs in the first 39.5 kilometres, namely the Côte de Salvezou (km 15), the Côte de Lavercantière (km 24) and the Côte de Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat (km 39.5) and then, after the intermediate sprint at Saint-Cyprien (km 66), one more at the Côte de Saint-Cyprien (km 70.5). The 211 kilometre stage also featured another bonus sprint 19 kilomeres from the line in Angoulême.
There were a number of short-lived attacks in the first twenty minutes or so of racing. Then, on the first climb, Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) jumped clear, but Frederik Willems (Liquigas) bridged and sprinted over the top ahead of the two of them, Pineau taking second. The move was brought back over the summit and almost straight away Casar and Willems went clear once more with Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank).
The latter two led over the top of the Côte de Lavercantière in that order, with Casar taking third. Willems was next over the line while lone chaser Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) was 55" back at the summit. He was 1'05" down after 25 kilometres of racing and the peloton was 2'25" in arrears.
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Merckx led Lefèvre and Boogerd over the line at the intermediate sprint at Saint Cyprien and then, 4.5 kilometres later, Boogerd beat Casar and Lefèvre to the top of the climb of the same name. At this point the peloton was a massive 12'25" back and clearly fading quickly out of the picture for the stage win.
The four leaders were working well together and with a Discovery Channel-led peloton content to give them some space, the gap continued to grow. It was up to 14'11" by the time the bunch rolled through the feedzone, approximately 87 kilometres from the start and 124 clicks from the finish, then reached its maximum of 17'30" with 51 kilometres to go.
Boogerd had started the stage 14'08" behind Mikel Astarloza and in order to protect his tenth place overall, the Euskaltel Euskadi team started riding hard inside the final hour of racing. Their efforts meant that with 25 kilometres to go, the gap had dropped to 12'05".
Casar led Merckx and Boogerd over the sprint line in Dignac, 19 kilometres from the finish. With 15 kilometres remaining the quartet's advantage was 10'15''. It was clear that one of them would take the stage; Boogerd started the hostilities when he jumped with ten kilometres to go.
Lefèvre was next to try with just over six kilometres remaining. He was brought back by Boogerd and Merckx, while Casar sat on. Boogert then tried again with three and a half kilometres left but Lefèvre got him back. Merckx then had a go soon after but was instantly closed down by the Frenchman.
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Boogerd was determined and led the chase, with Lefèvre and Merckx dangling a few bike lengths off his back wheel. They finally got Casar back just inside the final kilometre and while he was left on the front, their presumption that he would have nothing left cost them dearly.
The four played it cagily until about 250 metres to go, moving at perhaps 30 kilometres per hour. Casar had a couple of bike lengths lead on the three others, who seemed more focussed on watching each other. Boogerd was closest to him but when Casar took the initiative and jumped hard, the Dutchman didn't have the gas to close him down.
The Française des Jeux rider was clearly the strongest between there and the line and took the sprint, finishing a second clear, while Merckx inched by Lefèvre for second. Boogerd had to be content with fourth and, 8'34" after Casar galloped home, maillot vert Boonen took the peloton sprint for fifth ahead of Hunter and Zabel.
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In terms of the overall standings, this gap means that Evans will start tomorrow's time trial 1'50" behind the maillot jaune, and 59" ahead of Leipheimer. Boogerd, meanwhile, is up to 13th overall, 19'10" back in what is his final Tour de France.
He spent several days sacrificing himself for Michael Rasmussen and must at this stage regret missing out on the chance to take what would have been the third top ten GC finish of his career. The Dutchman was fifth in 1998 and 10th in 2001, and also won stages in 1996 and 2002.
Stage 19 - Saturday, July 28: Cognac - Angoulême, 55.5km
The penultimate stage of the 2007 Tour de France sees the top three riders separated by 2'49" seconds. Race leader Alberto Contador has a buffer of 1'50" over Cadel Evans and while he has been riding very strongly in this race, the flat parcours and the fact that Evans has beaten him several times in past time trials means that there is still a possibility that the Australian could win. Much will depend on each rider's condition; a good day could secure yellow, a bad day could lose it. As for Leipheimer, he is almost certainly too far back, but then again, nothing is certain in this soap opera Tour de France.
Photography
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- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) signs for the fans.
- The stage sign on in Cahors.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) mobbed at the start.
- Photographers ready for the riders under the ceremonial start.
- French countryside.
- Church along the race route of the 94th Tour de France.
Images by AFP Photo
- Sandy Casar crashed into a dog and looked pretty banged up, but recovered well to win the stage.
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) wins the stage into Angoulême.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Casar celebrates with his right hand which got damaged in the encounter with a dog.
- Yellow numbers and yellow shirt - all is well for Discovery.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) hides behind his sunglasses.
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) does the same; it was worm after all.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) shows the effort of the final sprint.
- The Belgian looks set to take green and looks good in it, too.
- Christian Prudhomme can't always smile with bad news trickling in every day.
- Discovery in yellow again and the continuation of the dominance of the American team for yellow.
- Contador is a young winner but he may be around for a few years and win a few more.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) is leading the overall and the young rider classification.
- The sprint of the break and it's uphill. Ouch.
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) would have liked to end his Tour de France career with a win.
- Casar and Boogerd sprinting after a long escape.
- Boogerd wanted another stage win, but couldn't pull it off.
- Casar came close before but finally got his victory in the 2007 Tour.
- The French crowd loved it that a French won the stage into Angoulême.
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) wins despite his crash.
- He hit a dog early and his opponents later.
- He showed tremendous will and won the most aggressive rider award.
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) finally gets his win after coming close on a couple of occasions this Tour.
- Axel Merckx couldn't pull it off but can be happy about his performance today.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) also would have liked to end his career with a win, but it wasn't meant to be.
- The sprint for green and it was Boonen who prevailed once again.
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) couldn't get his wheel ahead of the Belgian's.
- Zabel looks at green rather than wearing it.
- Boonen looks set for a nice ride into Paris.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) had an easy day.
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) didn't have to defend his jersey today. He has it secured, baring accidents or other unforeseen misfortunes.
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) on the podium.
- Casar is banged up on his right arm but things are looking better on the left.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- The polka dot with sun protection signs autographs before the stage.
- Sun protection is indeed important but the French police relies on sun screen.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) before the start of the stage.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) concentrated before another hard work day ahead of him.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) signs in.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) needs to apply the sun screen a bit more evenly.
- Gert Steegmans (Quickstep-Innergetic) signs in. He was doing his leadout duties again and helped Boonen get more points.
- Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) signs in on a day where he didn't have to labour too much for Evans.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) is finally in yellow.
- The Spaniard intends to keep it until Paris
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) continues the Colombian climbing tradition.
- He wore the polka dot many days but sometimes on loan. Now it's his for good.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) is also looking to keep the jersey until Paris.
- Casar wins with incredible courage. Chapeau!
- Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) was quickest up the final uphill stretch.
- The Frenchman overcomes bad luck to beat the three other breakaway companions.
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) was less lucky. He crashed over Casar and was caught by the field. At least he finished the race, even though badly damaged.
- Boonen gets congratulated by Hunter in the sprint for 5th.
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) couldn't get around the Belgian in the end.
- The finish line slightly rose making a sprint rather challenging.
- Axel Merckx came ever so close with his first ever Tour stage win.
- Boonen enjoys the podium and the gifts.
- Casar looks exhausted but it was well worth the effort.
- He hugged DS Madiot earlier in an emotional celebration as Madiot was talking to French media.
- The yellow ladies with the yellow jersey.
- This looks familiar.
Results
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.13.31 (40.38 km/h) 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 0.01 3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.34 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.37 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 22 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 25 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 30 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 35 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 36 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 37 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 38 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 42 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 46 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 47 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 50 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 52 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 55 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 56 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 57 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 59 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 61 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 64 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 67 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 68 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 69 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.56 74 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.58 76 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 77 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 78 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.01 80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.17 81 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.24 82 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 85 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 87 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 94 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 96 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 97 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 98 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 99 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 101 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 102 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 103 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 104 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 106 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 108 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 109 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 110 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 111 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 113 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 114 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 117 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 121 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 122 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 123 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 124 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 125 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10.14 129 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 130 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 132 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 135 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.49 138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11.02 139 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 140 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 141 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas Points Saint-Cyprien (D.703-d.48-d.49) - km 66.0 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 6 pts 2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 Dignac - km 192.0 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 4 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 Angoulême - km 211.0 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 30 3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 24 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 22 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 20 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 19 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 17 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 5 22 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2 25 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1 Mountains Côte De Salvezou - km 15.0 1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Côte De Lavercantière - km 24.0 1 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Côte De Saint-martial-de-nabirat - km 39.5 1 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Côte De Saint-cyprien - km 70.5 1 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Young Rider 1 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.22.05 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.03 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 7 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 8 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.22 11 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 0.24 12 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.50 13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.40 21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.15 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux Teams 1 Française des Jeux 15.57.44 2 T-Mobile Team 0.01 3 Bouygues Telecom 0.04 4 Rabobank 1.38 5 Crédit Agricole 8.34 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.37 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 8 Team Milram 9 Barloworld 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Predictor-Lotto 12 Lampre-Fondital 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.40 14 Caisse D'Epargne 15 Liquigas 16 AG2r Prévoyance 17 Team CSC 9.27 18 Agritubel 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir General Classification After Stage 18 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86.04.16 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.50 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.49 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.02 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.29 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.18 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11.36 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.47 9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13.31 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.42 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.07 12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.58 13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 19.10 14 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22.14 15 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 23.12 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 24.27 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 28.38 18 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 29.48 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 33.21 20 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.32 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.13 22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.23 23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.54 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 54.05 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 54.10 26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54.35 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.01.47 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.04.44 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.05.44 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.07.47 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.11.07 32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.11.57 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.17.19 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.56 35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.28.42 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.29.20 37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.29.38 38 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.29.47 39 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.31.03 40 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.31.16 41 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.31.59 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.33.49 43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.34.39 44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.37.20 45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.41.52 46 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.46.10 47 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.47.42 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.49.01 49 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49.18 50 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1.52.45 51 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.53.31 52 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.55.11 53 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.00.49 54 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.01.29 55 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.01.38 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 2.04.29 57 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10.12 58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.11.53 59 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2.14.15 60 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.14.40 61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.14.50 62 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 2.16.02 63 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16.59 64 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.17.40 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19.09 66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.19.54 67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.20.12 68 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.21.26 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.25.37 70 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.26.37 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.27.31 72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.29.53 73 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.31.02 74 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.31.50 75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2.33.46 76 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.34.47 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.35.10 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.35.29 79 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 2.38.33 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.39.04 81 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.39.52 82 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.43.44 83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44.46 84 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.49.58 85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.50.01 86 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50.24 87 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.53.12 88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.53.52 89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55.36 90 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.55.45 91 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2.56.18 92 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57.07 93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.58.35 94 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 3.03.12 95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.03.18 96 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.03.24 97 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 3.05.37 98 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.07.15 99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3.07.26 100 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.08.27 101 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.09.47 102 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.11.09 103 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 3.11.40 104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.14.41 105 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3.15.16 106 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.15.55 107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.16.05 108 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.16.06 109 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.16.57 110 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.17.08 111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.17.35 112 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.17.58 113 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.18.05 114 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.18.46 115 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.19.23 116 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19.43 117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.19.45 118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.19.53 119 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.20.22 120 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 3.20.49 121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.20.57 122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.21.25 123 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.21.28 124 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 3.21.46 125 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3.22.12 126 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.22.22 127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.22.46 128 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.24.31 129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.26.22 130 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.27.28 131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.28.45 132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.28.48 133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.31.29 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.32.07 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.34.11 137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.34.45 138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.34.50 139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37.19 140 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 3.39.44 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.45.01 Points Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 234 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 210 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 206 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 156 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 125 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 97 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 93 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 84 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 83 12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 75 14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 65 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 64 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 63 19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 49 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 23 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 45 24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 25 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 43 29 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 43 30 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 31 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 32 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 33 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 34 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 40 35 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40 36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 38 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 39 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 36 41 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 42 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 36 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 34 47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 48 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 49 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 53 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 54 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 60 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 62 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 66 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17 68 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 17 69 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 70 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 72 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 73 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 74 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 75 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14 76 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 77 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 78 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 79 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 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 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 86 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 87 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 90 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 91 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5 93 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 94 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 95 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 96 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 98 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 99 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 100 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2 103 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1 104 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -1 106 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 107 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance -5 108 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 110 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -10 Mountains Classification 1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 206 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 92 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 74 8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 10 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 11 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 16 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 21 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 26 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 25 30 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23 32 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 38 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 39 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 14 42 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 43 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 12 47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 48 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10 52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 55 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 57 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5 59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 4 60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 61 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 62 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 65 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 66 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 67 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 68 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 69 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86.04.16 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13.31 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.54 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.11.07 5 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.11.57 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.28.42 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.29.38 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.29.47 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.19.54 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.39.52 11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.43.44 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44.46 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.58.35 14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.18.05 15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19.43 16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.20.22 17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.20.57 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.21.25 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3.22.12 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.26.22 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37.19 22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 3.39.44 Teams Classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 258.27.02 2 Team CSC 16.12 3 Caisse D'Epargne 16.51 4 Rabobank 28.01 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.07 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30.53 7 Predictor-Lotto 1.46.21 8 Lampre-Fondital 2.08.44 9 AG2r Prévoyance 2.11.04 10 Crédit Agricole 2.13.16 11 Liquigas 2.14.39 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 2.48.29 13 T-Mobile Team 3.11.20 14 Bouygues Telecom 3.35.23 15 Barloworld 3.44.02 16 Gerolsteiner 4.00.28 17 Agritubel 5.59.34 18 Française des Jeux 6.33.48 19 Team Milram 6.35.16
