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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 13 - Saturday, July 21: Albi - Albi, 54km
A mighty maillot jaune holds - Vino returns with stage win
Sun shines on GC Favourites in 'Albi la Rouge'
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Albi, with additional reporting by Tim Maloney
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Drawing on courage, stubbornness and the oft-mentioned boost of wearing the maillot jaune, Michael Rasmussen tore along the roads east of 'Albi la Rouge' to save his yellow jersey. The Rabobank Dane was expected by most to slip out of the lead but instead he held off a firing Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) by exactly a minute to hold on at the top. Alexander Vinokourov ruled the day and painfully proved to his rivals that he should not yet be counted out of the overall battle by covering the 42-kilometre parcours in a time of 1:06'34", followed by Evans and Andreas Klöden (Astana).
"I am happy with my performance," said Vinokourov after his run. "I am finding my legs again. Now I want to attack in the Pyrénées. I want to thank everyone in and around the team that encouraged me to get through the Alps."
The 33 year-old Kazakh of Team Astana smashed all the time checks of the day to prove that his crash in stage five to Autun has not finished him off as a race overall contender. He ousted early pacesetter Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) with times of 23'09" at kilometre 18, 44'00" at 35.6, 50'07" at 38.5 and 1:00'38" at 49.
Is the patron back? "Yes. You can say that, some people have already written me off." Vinokourov, winner of the 2006 Vuelta a España and third in the 2003 Tour, lost over three minutes in stage nine to Briançon. "I took revenge for Briançon." He gave out a warning to his rivals with the Pyrénées looming, "I still have a few days left."
Rasmussen is a known non-specialist in the time trials and many felt his time at the top would end on the roads to Albi. However he pulled out a defiant ride, finishing with the eleventh best time and only conceding 2'55 to Vinokourov.
"Obviously the yellow jersey is a big motivation factor," the clearly pleased leader said after the podium presentation. "Starting last today was a huge motivation. I went out and did the entire TT this morning with Eric Breukink behind me in the car and Erik Dekker on the bike.
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"They were then guiding me through the day and telling me how to get all the way to the finish line without blowing myself up. I also had more favourable conditions to ride in then many of my competitors. The roads had were drying up significantly at the end of the day compared to earlier on."
Like Rasmussen, Evans rode better and better as the stage wore on. He was sixth at the 18-kilometre check but moved up to second at the 38.5 kilometre check to threaten for the stage and for the overall. Perhaps the finish bodes well for the 30 year-old Aussie who avoided the spotlight of stage winner and allows for Rabobank to control the first stage in the Pyrénées, tomorrow.
"So far, so good. It was a good course for me. I had time checks from my team-mates," explained Evans to Jean-François Quénet of Cyclingnews. "I was going at half-speed compared to what they wanted at every corner. I understand that many people crashed.
"I'm happy with the time that made on Klöden. I am surprised by Vino. I am surprised by Rasmussen and Valverde, but not for the same reasons. I did not think about the GC. I only wanted to have a good time trial. It is a good sign. The best is yet to come."
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Evans is prepared for the following mountain stages. "During the Pyrénées, it may be tricky with Discovery's two riders and Astana with three riders. At this point, I am happy with how it is. I know there are steeper climbs in the Pyrénées. Contador has good team-mates; I don't know what will happen. I was interested to see how Contador goes because had done a good prologue."
Astana's other two men, Klöden and Andrey Kashechkin, rode amazingly well considering that they each crashed during their crono runs. The German took a right-hander a little over the pace and slid out. He jumped back on his BMC machine but had to dismount for the team mechanic to adjust. Despite this, he finished third with a time of 1:08'13", five seconds faster than 'Kash,' in fourth at 1:08'18".
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The Londoner Bradley Wiggins, out of the start house at 11 o'clock, handled the moistened roads with agility and hammered in with an early best time of 1:08'48". Many pundits figured that the time would stick as the roads became even worse with the heavy rains; however, the clouds cleared and the final men over the finish line in the city known for artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec could see their shadows.
Discovery Channel's Yaroslav Popovych, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer finished sixth, seventh and ninth. The time by Spaniard Contador moved him into third overall, 1'31" behind Evans, while the American's time lessened the chance of a win in Paris, but still is in reach of the podium. Kid Contador, maintaining the maillot blanc of best young rider, will aim for tomorrow's Pyrenean stage to Plateau de Beille .
"It is better to go slower today to be cautious, and then tomorrow I will be back," Kid Contador noted before the stage. If it was "cautious" today then he has a good chance of changing his blanc for jaune at the end of tomorrow's 197-kilometre romp.
Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) finished eighth while Spain's Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rounded out the top ten with a ride that moved him into eighth overall.
Rasmussen finished the day in 11th but saved his lead with an amazing time trial for a riders consiered as a 'pure climber.' "When I saw Valverde in front of me that was a great motivation," he noted after the stage. "Starting in the yellow jersey was an extream motivation. Today was better than St-Etienne [in 2005 with his multiple crashes]; I rode very carefully on the descents and I avoided any risks."
How it unfolded
After two weeks of racing, the 54 kilometre race of truth in Albi was an important step towards determining the eventual winner of the 2007 Tour De France. Starting in the birthplace of French artist Toulouse-Lautrec, stage 13 was a twisty, tricky out-and-back time test with the first 20 kilometres a long, gradual uphill false flat, then downhill and rolling until the 34 kilometres point.
Then followed a four kilometre power climb at a 3.4 % grade up the sinuous category 4 Côte de la Bauzie, a slick, difficult descent, and a return to Albi on the D999 road to the finish. Although many thought the high heat would play a major factor, Mother Nature decided otherwise. A cold front with raid and wind blew into the Departement du Tarn this morning, bringing cool temperatures, a gusty northwest wind and intermittent rain showers.
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The bad weather was much to the liking of Cofidis man Bradley Wiggins, as the big British rider is used to such conditions back home. Wiggins was off early, starting 19th at 11 am sharp. The Cofidis man was fastest at all time checks to honour the British time trialling tradition, powered home fastest in 1 hour 8'48".
Wiggins lead was threatened when prologue winner and World TT champion Fabian Cancellara got off to a fast start and was second fastest at the first time check in Villefranche-d'Albigeois after 18km, 29 seconds behind the big Brit. However Cancellara crashed on the tricky descent to Ambialet some four kilometres later and limped home 6'31" slower than Big Wig.
Rider after rider threw it down on the wet roads around Albi to try and unseat the Cofidis competitor but to no avail. The final 20 riders on GC started their bid at 15.21when Discovery Channel's Yaroslav Popovych got underway. The rain had stopped around mid-afternoon but the roads were still wet and skies overcast as the cold front moved east.
Just after Popo was Vino, the Astana tough man who was hoping to time trial himself back into contention at the 2007 Tour De France.
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With some generous whiskers and plenty of chin cabbage, French champ Christophe Moreau had nothing to lose and everything to win back as he started with huge cheers from the French crowd. While the long, lanky Ag2r rider was on the course, Astana's Vinokourov powered through the first time check in Villefranche-d'Albigeois in 23'09", the new fast time at that point. This was ten seconds quicker than Wiggins.
Clad in his Russian TT champs jersey, Discovery Channel's Gusev was also on a good ride and caught his three minute man Jens Voigt. He was sitting about 4th place, but 10 kilometres from the finish his front wheel slipped out on a slippery traffic circle and he crashed hard. He lost 30 seconds but managed to came back to provisional third, 42" slower than Wiggins.
Moreau had an extremely slow start, passing through the first time check in a surprising 54th place. He had already conceded 2'55" to Vino. The Kazakh rider remained in pole position at the second time check after 35 kilometres, and was powering home to Albi. The third check came atop the Côte de la Bauzie and he came past here in 50'07", 1'19" ahead of Wiggins. The rain had finally stopped but the roads were still wet.
Leipheimer then came through the first time check 1'31" behind Vino in 20th, well slower than expected, while his teammate Contador was up on schedule. He was just six seconds behind Levi and on his way to a good ride.
Vino's Astana teammate Klöden was now on the course and the classy German hit the first time check in the 3rd fastest time, 34" back. Back at the finish in Albi, it was Discovery Channel's Popovych who then finished second fastest, but right behind him was the hard charging Kazakh hoard in the person of Vinokourov, who had a fantastic time of 1h06'35". This was an average of 48.7 kilometres per hour and was a full 2'14" faster than Wiggo.
Back out on the course, Cadel Evans was next past the first time check and he was clearly off to a good start. He was sixth, 57 seconds back, while ahead of him Klöden slipped on a wet patch on the descent after 22 kilometres and crashed hard on his right hip. The German quickly got up and only lost 20".
Valverde was having a bad day at the office as he came through the first check 2'18" down and had already lost time on GC. In contrast, maillot jaune Rasmussen passed through the same check in a respectable 29th place, 1'42" behind Vino. He had lost 45 seconds to his closest GC rival Evans.
Levi continued his disappointing ride, being only 12th fastest at the top of the Côte de la Bauzie. He was by now 2'35" behind Vino's time.
Klöden had recovered from his crash and was coming up fast from behind on the Discovery Channel rider and passed the top third fastest, 1'19" behind Vino. Next across the summit of Côte de la Bauzie was Predictor's Cadel Evans, second quickest.
He was 1'01" behind Vino, but well ahead of Klöden and was faster up the 3.4 kilometres climb than the Kazakh.
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Moreau had a poor race today, finally finishing 125th, 9'26" behind. Astana's Kasheckhin had a super finish and caught his three minute man Astarloza, posting the second fastest time at that point. He would end up fourth on the stage.
Leipheimer finished in 1h09'13", 23 seconds slower than teammate Popovych's sixth place time. Contador was seventh, while Klöden had slowed over the last kilometers but still came home in third place.
Surprises from top two overall:
The next rider across the summit of Côte de la Bauzie was Valverde, who was having a horrible ride. He passed the top in 54'44", already losing 4'30 to Vino. Just behind him was Ramussen, who many expected to lose a lot of time today. However Rasmussen was going well and was surprisingly fast over the ascent. He wasn't losing enough time to Evans, his old rival from mountain bike racing, to lose his maillot jaune. In order to keep the Tour lead, the Dane needed to concede less than 1'10" over the next 15.5 kilometres and his riding was inspired today.
Contador came home to complete his superb ride, while next to finish was fighting Aussie Cadel Evans. He was second on the stage, beating Klöden and taking back 1'39" from Maillot Jaune. Caisse d'Epargne's Valverde had started second overall but was the day's major flop, losing almost five minutes to Evans and dropping nine places on GC to eleventh.
But it was the surprising Rasmussen, embattled the last few days over missed doping tests, who fought back hard today and finished the stage in 11th place. He even caught his three minute man Valverde and left the Spaniard rider, nicknamed "the unbeaten", well beaten on the streets of Albi. The Caisse d'Epargne rider was a dismal 47th on the stage, losing 6'08" to Vinokourov.
As predicted, Saturday's Stage 13 time test has markedly changed the overall picture at the 2007 Tour De France. Maillot Jaune Rasmussen has ridden well, far better than expected, to maintain his supremacy. He's still in yellow, even if he is only there by one minute from Cadel Evans, now second overall.
After the team's earlier troubles, Astana has re-emerged as a powerful force at the Tour De France, thanks to Vinokourov's win today and the excellent performances of his teammates Klöden (3rd) & Kasheckhin (4th). Both Astana riders have solidified their GC positions of fourth and sixth; Klodi is just 3'37" from the Maillot Jaune, while Vino's powerful win has catapulted him from 20th to 9th, 5'10" behind. Expect to hear a lot more from Astana as the Pyrenees begin tomorrow.
Evans is in a difficult spot, as he has to drop super-climber Rasmussen to take over the Maillot Jaune. His Predictor team isn't that strong and may have difficulty supporting the 30 year old Aussie should he do so. So he may just sit back, watch the action and wait for the right moment to make his move.
Now sitting pretty in 3rd is 24 year old Alberto Contador, and he must be the new leader of Discovery Channel if the US squad has any chance at Tour De France glory. Finishing 7th today, just behind his teammate Popovych and 21" ahead of supposed Discovery Channel team leader Leipheimer (9th), the emerging Spanish talent has now become the go-to guy for the squad.
Leipheimer, sitting 5th on GC, will have to be satisfied with a support role for here on in at Le Tour 2007. Contador now has a real chance to keep his Maillot Blanc of Best Young Rider until Paris, and perhaps even an outside chance of making the podium should his form continue to improve.
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CSC's Carlos Sastre has ridden himself back into the picture with a decent time trial. He is now sitting 7th, 4'45" behind Rasmussen, and while the Spanish climber has been quiet up until now, he must go on the offensive in the next few mountain stages to have a chance at the podium.
His CSC teammate Franck Schleck was slow today, losing 4'48" to Vino and over three minutes to the other GC contenders. He will have to focus on helping Sastre move up on GC. Valverde's Tour hopes went down the tubes today in Albi and the classy rider from Murcia, Spain will have to hope for a stage win to salvage his race.
Two T-Mobile riders, solid Kim Kirchen and 24 year old Linus Gerdemann are having respectable Tours and are now sitting 10th and 13th overall.
Stage 14: Sunday 22 July Mazamet-Plateau de Beille / 197 km
Saturday's first stage in the Pyrenees heads south from Mazamet, the hometown of Laurent Jalabert and climbs out of town via the 2nd Cat. 9 kilometres Côte de Saint-Sarraille. It then travels across the Montagne Noir massif and the flats of Carcassonne, Limoux and Quillan before ascending the steep 17 kilometres of the hors categorie Port de Pailhères. The final ascent finishes atop the steep 16 kilometre Plateau de Beille, rated the same.
Coming one day after the tough Stage 13 time trial, stage 14 will definitively separate the pretenders from the contenders as regards the win in the 2007 Tour De France. Astana will try to infiltrate an early break and maybe send Kashechkin on the long, steep Port de Pailhères. But the real action will happen on the final ascent of the Plateau de Beille.
This is a tough 15.9 kilometres climb at a 7.9 % grade where Rasmussen will try to gain more time with a decisive attack.
Look for hazy, cloudy weather on Sunday that will shroud the Pyrenees in their characteristic mists but even so, Rasmussen will be easy to spot. He'll be the one off the front in the yellow jersey on the way to Plateau de Beille.
Climbs:
kilometre 9: Côte de Saint-Sarraille: 9.0 kilometres climb @ 5.3 % grade / 2nd
Cat.
kilometre 146.5: Port de Pailhères: 16.8 kilometres climb @ 7.2 % / Beyond Category
kilometre 197: Plateau de Beille: 15.9 kilometres climb @ 7.9 % / Beyond Category
Sprint:
kilometre 46.5: Carcassone kilometres 105.5: Campagne-Sur-Aude
Photography
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- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) the Spanish time trial champion, during stage 13.
- Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) during his time trial. He finished 30th.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) overcame a crash to finish strongly in sixth.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) won the day's affair with his typical fighting spirit that shows he is not out yet.
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) thought that one cat 4 was just not hilly enough.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) on a "jour sans". Rien ne va plus in the overall now.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) managed a top 20 performance.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) did a brilliant ride and added to Astana's fortunes.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) finished strongly after being behind in the early time checks and oved up to 5th overall.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) was surprisingly slower than team-mate Alexander Vinokourov, but still got third.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) did very well and extended his young rider classification lead over Gerdemann.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) had a great day by himself and pmoved up to second overall.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Eargne) had a bad day and even got passed by Rasmussen, who had started three minutes later.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) did the time trial of his life and did what many didn't expect - he defended yellow.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- World Champion Fabian Cancellara was one of the many crash victims and couldn't compete for the win.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) finished strong despite a crash.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) is back with a stunning performance.
- The Kazakh beat the specialists and is now looking forward to the Pyréréenes.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) fought hard to stay in contention for white, but Contador is even considering yellow.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) checks clock after the race. He did finish in the top 20.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) had a day that he'd rather forget. Combined with the mishap on the flattest stage of the Tour he has lost enough time that he has no pressure to win anymore.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) completed the "Astanashing" performance.
- The Kazakh was the last of the trio but only five seconds behind Klöden.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) had a great time trial and is now 5th overall.
- His tiredness shows but he is enjoying the Tour so far.
- Leipheimer and Contador have now two cards to play in the mountains.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) had a good time, but was slower than Evans.
- The German crashed and lost some time.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) continues to amaze.
- The Discovery rider seeks Tour win after already clinching Paris-Nice.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) rode a great time trial.
- The Aussie finished second on the day and in the overall.
- Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is not too fond of riding time trials. His preferred terrain is coming up, though.
- Rasmussen passed Valverde for a gain of more than three minutes.
- Rasmussen gives everything.
- The Dane did the time trail of his life and saved the yellow jersey.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) did not have a great day and conceded a lot of time.
- Rasmussen exhausted after the race.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) is back.
- And he shows it, too. He won't give up yet on a podium spot in Paris.
- Vino celebrates his time trial win.
- Rasmussen celebrates his yellow jersey.
- Vino gets stormed by reporters right after the race.
- Lots of questions to answer!
- But first a well-deserved drop of water.
- Vino has the attention.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) wipes of the sweat of a hard day's work.
- The Kazakh is already plotting plans to challenge his rivals in the upcoming mountains.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) analyses his ride right after the finish.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) keeps white, but even eyes yellow.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) cools off after his great ride.
- Evans needed a full bottle of water before being able to give some interviews.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) did the ride of his life.
- The Dane conserved the maillot jaune by one minute.
- The smiling Kazakh shows his Trophée for the day, but isn't satisfied until he gets the big one in Paris.
- Rasmussen with lion, flowers and podium presenters on hand.
- The Dane may not be riding the Worlds but with a Tour de France victory looming who cares?
- Vino wipes the sweat off.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) was a blur to most as his speed proved too much for everyone else.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) defended his lead and has now a few days to increase the gap again before the final time trial a day before the Tour's end.
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 1.06.34 (48.661 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.14 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.39 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 1.44 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.14 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.16 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.18 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.38 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.39 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.42 11 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.55 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.56 13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.09 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.12 16 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.13 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3.17 18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3.18 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.23 20 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.27 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.30 22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.35 23 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.39 24 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 3.42 25 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.45 26 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 4.01 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.04 28 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4.16 29 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 4.20 30 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 4.21 31 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.28 32 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.31 33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.32 34 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.48 35 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.51 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4.57 37 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 5.13 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 5.18 39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.31 40 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 41 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.48 42 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.51 43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.52 44 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.53 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6.02 46 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.04 47 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.08 48 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 49 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.12 50 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.17 51 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.28 52 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 6.48 53 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 6.53 54 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 6.56 55 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 56 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 6.58 57 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 6.59 58 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.04 59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.05 60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7.09 61 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.10 62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.11 63 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.13 64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 7.14 65 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 7.17 66 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.24 67 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 68 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 7.25 69 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7.30 70 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 71 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.31 72 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.32 73 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7.33 75 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.35 76 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 77 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.39 78 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.45 79 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.46 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.48 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.50 82 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 7.51 83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7.53 85 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 86 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 7.59 87 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.03 88 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.05 89 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 8.08 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.09 92 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 8.13 93 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.15 94 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.20 95 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 8.21 96 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8.23 97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.24 98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 99 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.26 100 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.27 101 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 8.30 102 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 103 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.34 104 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 8.37 105 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 8.38 106 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.44 107 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 8.45 108 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.50 109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.52 110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.53 111 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.57 112 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 8.58 113 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.02 114 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9.04 115 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.06 116 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.14 117 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.17 118 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.18 119 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 9.19 120 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 9.21 121 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9.22 122 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 9.23 123 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 124 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9.26 125 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 126 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.27 127 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9.28 128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 9.30 129 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 130 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.34 131 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9.39 132 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 9.49 133 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 9.50 134 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9.51 135 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.52 136 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 9.59 137 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 10.01 138 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 10.06 139 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10.13 141 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10.18 142 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.21 143 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 10.25 144 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 10.28 145 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 10.30 146 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10.31 147 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.37 148 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 10.38 149 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 10.41 150 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 151 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.42 152 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 153 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 10.43 154 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 11.02 155 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.04 156 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 157 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.08 158 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.14 159 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 11.17 160 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 11.21 161 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.51 162 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11.59 163 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.18 164 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 12.42 165 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.25 166 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 13.44 Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 15 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 8 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1 Young Rider 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.08.52 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.38 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.51 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.46 5 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.58 6 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 2.02 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.30 8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 4.30 9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.38 10 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.13 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.28 12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.33 13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.35 14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.57 15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.08 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.16 17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 6.20 18 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.32 19 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 6.40 20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 7.05 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7.08 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.33 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.46 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 8.59 25 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.07 Teams 1 Astana 3.23.05 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.50 3 Predictor-Lotto 5.08 4 Rabobank 6.44 5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.21 6 Caisse D'Epargne 7.49 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 8.15 8 T-Mobile Team 8.52 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.21 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.07 11 Team CSC 10.23 12 Lampre-Fondital 13.41 13 Barloworld 14.38 14 Team Milram 15.34 15 Gerolsteiner 15.48 16 Liquigas 15.55 17 Crédit Agricole 17.33 18 Bouygues Telecom 19.58 19 Française des Jeux 20.09 20 AG2r Prévoyance 20.10 21 Agritubel 22.46 General classification after stage 13 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 58.46.39 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.00 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.31 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2.34 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.37 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 4.23 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 4.45 8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.07 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5.10 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.29 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.48 12 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.59 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.04 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.37 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.45 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.49 18 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.18 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9.13 20 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 10.25 21 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 10.37 22 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 10.50 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13.09 24 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.23 25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 13.41 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.46 27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.20 28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.21 29 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 15.47 30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.50 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 19.21 32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.42 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.55 34 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 20.54 35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27.11 36 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.25 37 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.53 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 30.33 39 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 31.37 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 33.01 41 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 33.32 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 35.21 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 37.34 44 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38.44 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 39.21 47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 40.12 48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 40.42 49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.43 50 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 44.54 51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.04 52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.17 53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 47.47 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 49.47 55 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 51.22 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.08 57 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.10 58 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 53.29 59 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.45 60 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 54.47 61 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 57.52 62 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 57.53 63 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 58.32 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 58.35 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.04 66 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.49 67 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.01.34 68 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.01.45 69 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.02.08 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.02.29 71 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02.39 72 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.02.48 73 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.03.10 74 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.03.49 75 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 1.04.25 76 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 1.05.53 77 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.22 78 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07.22 79 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.08.10 80 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.08.46 81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.09.23 82 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09.27 83 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.39 84 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.10.47 85 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.10.50 86 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.11.54 87 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12.15 88 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.12.40 89 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.13.07 90 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.13.36 91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.14.52 92 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.16.09 93 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.16.15 94 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.17.22 95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.18.34 96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.18.55 97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.21.09 98 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.43 99 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.21.52 100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.22.03 101 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.22.12 102 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 1.22.31 103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.23.01 104 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.23.13 105 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.23.38 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24.10 107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.25.14 108 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.26.05 109 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26.17 110 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.27.03 111 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.29.20 112 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.29.53 113 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.31.53 114 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.31.59 115 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32.00 116 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.32.21 117 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.33.18 118 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.33.41 119 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34.28 120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.34.29 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.34.34 122 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.35.06 123 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.35.11 124 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.35.26 125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.35.27 126 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.35.33 127 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.35.39 128 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.35.45 129 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36.05 130 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.36.11 131 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.36.24 132 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.36.40 133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.43 134 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36.55 135 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.37.02 136 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.37.05 137 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.37.18 138 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.34 139 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.38.29 140 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.38.47 141 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40.11 142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.40.30 143 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.40.36 144 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.41.18 145 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.49 146 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.43.11 147 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.43.44 148 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.43.54 149 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.44.28 150 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.44.31 151 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.44.36 152 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.45.25 153 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.45.57 154 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.46.13 155 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.17 156 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.49.30 157 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.41 158 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50.08 159 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.50.36 160 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.53.02 161 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.54.40 162 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.55.09 163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.56.41 164 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.57.07 165 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.58.33 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.03.34 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 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 51 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 50 18 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48 19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 46 20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 21 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 23 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 24 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 25 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 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 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 42 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 43 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 26 44 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 46 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 47 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 52 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 53 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 54 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 55 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 56 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21 57 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 58 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 59 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 19 60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 61 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 62 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 63 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 65 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 66 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 68 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 15 70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 71 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 73 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 74 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14 75 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 76 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 77 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 78 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 79 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 12 80 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 81 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 9 82 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 83 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9 84 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 85 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 87 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 88 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 89 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 92 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 93 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 94 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 95 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 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 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 108 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 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 48 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 8 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 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 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1 65 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 66 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 68 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 58.49.10 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.28 3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 7.54 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 8.19 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.19 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.54 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 30.30 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.00.17 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.00.39 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.05.39 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.18.38 12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.19.21 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.19.41 14 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.26.49 15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.32.55 16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33.34 17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.33.40 18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.34.12 19 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34.24 20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.35.03 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.38.47 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.18 23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.41.23 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50.31 25 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.52.09 Teams Classification 1 Astana 176.32.04 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.54 3 Team CSC 2.19 4 Rabobank 3.59 5 Caisse D'Epargne 4.47 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.11 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.49 8 Predictor-Lotto 28.32 9 T-Mobile Team 33.20 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 46.18 11 Crédit Agricole 50.36 12 AG2r Prévoyance 52.38 13 Lampre-Fondital 1.01.30 14 Liquigas 1.07.02 15 Gerolsteiner 1.23.32 16 Barloworld 1.25.40 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.31.22 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.51.04 19 Agritubel 2.30.48 20 Team Milram 2.40.51 21 Française des Jeux 2.44.51
