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Stage 15 - Monday, July 23: Foix - Loudenvielle - Le Louron, 196km
Vinokourov solos to second consolation win
Contador puts pressure on Rasmussen on Col de Peyresourde but the maillot jaune holds
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Loudenvielle, with additional reporting by Tim Maloney
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Alexander Vinokourov may not realize his dream of winning the Tour de France but the aggressive Kazakh captured a second 2007 stage victory as a consolation prize. The 33 year-old attacked from the day's escape on the Col de Peyresourde and then edged clear 3.5 kilometres from the top, with 15 kilometres remaining to the finish.
"I rode the stage at my best, especially on the descent," explained Vinokourov in barely audible French. "I was very motivated to show I have good condition and I also wanted to motivate my team."
Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) lit up the day's GC battle by repeatedly attacking maillot jaune Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) on the final climb and into the finish in Loudenvielle but he was unable to drop the Dane, who leads the Spaniard by 2'23" in the overall classification. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) was one of the GC-Favourites left behind in the Rasmussen/Contador fight; he trailed home with a group containing Leipheimer and Klöden 6'27" down. The Aussie is in third overall, now at 4'00".
"I could not go with them because I was alone," he said to Cyclingnews' John Trevorrow. Yesterday he seemed to be racing for the overall win but today it was more for the podium placing in Paris. "Unfortunately that is the way it is, you have to play the cards as they fall," he responded. "Unfortunately, the team does not have the budget to buy a rider who can close those gaps for me." Chris Horner was the last Predictor rider to stay with the team's captain.
'Vino' may have been ejected from the overall fight yesterday when he cracked and crashed on the Port de Pailhères, losing 28'50" by stage-end, but today he showed why he is admired by so many with his 'never say die' attacking style. The Astana rider, who turned professional in 1998 with Casino, went on the hunt with an early escape of 25 at kilometre 40. Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) were the first to look like they could profit from the escape but 'Vino' had other plans.
Kirchen led over the misty Port de Balès to start the fast 18-kilometre descent in France's Haute-Garonne's department but Vino was leading the chase behind that also contained Americans Hincapie and Vande Velde, and Spaniards Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
"We went fast, then they went faster, and I could only go [so] fast," commented Vande Velde after his day's efforts. "Then [towards the line] I caught all the guys who thought they could go faster but Bernie K. sprinted past me. It was a great day to be in the break, though and I am pleased with my day."
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'Vino' hammered across to the escape's remaining duo of Kirchen and Tschopp at 6.6 kilometres to climb. The Luxemburger and Swiss latched on but they were discarded only three kilometres later when 'Vino' lifted the pace to ride clear. "I had very good legs, I was very concentrated and I think I couldn't do better today," said the 29 year-old Kirchen. "I finished second again but behind a champion like 'Vino' that was fantastic, doing better was impossible."
He topped the Col de Peyresourde and descended as if he was a train on rails into Loudenvielle, site of Indurain's victory over Chiappucci in 1991. "I knew the final climbs from the past," continued the stage winner. "On the Port de Balès with the three leaders I was calm because I knew it was possible to catch them. On the Peyresourde, I knew if I was alone I could win. I know the last kilometres."
The GC-favourites had marked one another over the Col de Port, Col de Portet d'Aspet, Col de Menté and Port de Balès, however, on the Peyresourde it was time for Contador to give it a go. The 24 year-old Spaniard showed mucho gusto with multiple attacks on the wafer-thin race leader, which produced cheers heard all the way up and down the 9.7-kilometre climb.
Contador's first attack put the two off on their own with Evans, Leipheimer, Klöden, Valverde and Sastre trailing behind. Rasmussen was all over his machine to stay with the Spaniard as the fans, especially Basque, increased towards the summit. The young Contador attacked again two kilometres later, but it was his third attack which distanced 'The Chicken' by 40 metres. It took the Dane a good half minute to latch back to Contadors's wheel. Rasmussen then went to the front as the road space narrowed to ensure that Contador's options were limited.
"It was very hard, obviously," said a smiling Rasmussen post-stage as he ate candy. "[Contador] had a bit of advantage behind the motor bikes. He used them. But he has the best acceleration on the climbs. I was under pressure but luckily I managed to get back each time."
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Was Contador held up by the officials' cars that seemed to be stalled? "No, No, No," replied the respected Spaniard.
They summited the Peyresourde together but Contador was not giving up. He hit it again on the last little rise available, two kilometres before the finish. It stretched Rasmussen to his limits but the Dane was able to keep the reins on Contador to arrive in Loudenvielle together with the Spaniard and will be looking forward to a needed rest day.
How it unfolded
Stage 15 from Foix to Loudenville was the Queen stage of the 2007 Tour De France, coming after Saturday's time trial and Sunday's hard mountaintop finish on the Plateau de Beille. The long, difficult stage traversed the heart of the Hautes-Pyrénées, departing from Foix in the Ariège region and hitting the top of the Col de Port after just 27.5km.
It was another cool, fresh day with partly cloudy skies and even a few early raindrops for the 163 remaining riders. Two were missing from the sign on, namely stage 5 winner Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), who came down with a flu and fever, and the Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux). He had stomach problems during yesterday’s stage.
The peloton passed kilometre zero at 11.28 and almost straight away, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) attacked with Frederik Willems (Liquigas). A big group came across to them but were chased down by Rabobank after some seven kilometres. There was then a counterattack with Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d’Epargne), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel Euskadi) that had a ten second lead by the 14.5 kilometre point. These were joined by Alexander Vinokourov (Astana), who then accelerated again to be off the front with Verdugo after some 20 kilomeres of very fast racing.
In the meanwhile, Moreau and Valverde had come across to the big chasing group. But as the Col de Port started Pereiro, Menchov, Verdugo and Vinokourov were still 12 seconds ahead.
Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) then bridged across to Vinokourov and Verdugo, who were 15 seconds ahead of a major counter move with David Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne), Jens Voigt (CSC), John Gadret (Ag2r Prévoyance), Tadej Valjavec (Lampre Fondital), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom), Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas), Daniel Navarro (Astana) and Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval – Prodir). These were chasing the three V's: Verdugo, Vino and Voeckler; after 22 kilometres, Verdugo was now solo, 12 seconds ahead of 10 chasers.
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Those in pursuit were Arroyo, Menchov, Gadret, Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r Prévoyance), Kohl, Tschopp, Beltran, Garrate, Vinokourov and Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval – Prodir), with the peloton at 30 seconds.
Garate was first to the top of Col de Port. Tschopp and Verdugo were next, while the peloton was at 25 seconds. The front riders had covered 37.5 kilometres in the first hour, but this wasn't fast enough; they were absorbed by the peloton after 38 kilometres near the base of the descent.
On this downhill, Crédit Agricole rider Le Mével crashed and was hit by the bike of an Euskaltel rider. He abandoned with a suspected broken collarbone, while another French rider Cyril Dessel (Ag2r Prévoyance), one of the stars of last years Tour de France, also pulled out.
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Up front, Kohl and Tshopp were on the attack again as the road levelled out near Castet-d'Aleu. They had a 25 second lead on a group of counterattackers, with the Rabobankers riding on the front of the peloton 55 seconds back. After 55 kilometres the front groups joined up, meaning that the leaders were now Kohl, Tschopp, Kirchen, Arroyo, Arvesen, Vandevelde, Menchov, Turpin, Zubeldia, Landaluze, Perez, Bennati, Vila, Halgand, Hincapie, Lefèvre, Albasini, Vaugrenard, Garate, Knees, Vinokourov, Ivanov, Navarro and Cobo. The peloton was five minutes back.
This big break raced onwards towards the next climbs, passing through the beautiful countryside around Saint-Girons where Bennati won the sprint after 68 kilometres. At this point Rabobank had Flecha, Weening and Niermann riding tempo on the front for maillot jaune Rasmussen.
The lead was up to 8'05" by the feed zone in Aucazien. The pace of the break across the Salat river valley floor had been torrid, with 45.7 kilometres covered in the second hour. That made for an average speed of 41.6 kilometres per hour. The best placed on GC in the break was Euskaltel's Haimar Zubeldia, sitting 13th at 12'13", and he was understandably keen on making up as much time as possible.
Consolidating the advantage
Next up for the riders was the second category Col de Portet d'Aspet, a 5.7-kilometre climb averaging 6.9 percent which was the location of the tragic death of Olympic champion Fabio Casartelli on July 15th 1995. As the bells of the village church rang out, the break rode through the village of St. Lary at the base of the ascension and then climbed hard to the summit, where Lefèvre got the points ahead of Halgand and Garate.
The break sped down the descent, passing the memorial monument to Fabio Casartelli who had crashed nearby. Ivanov flew downhill, pulling clear of the others, while Arroyo had to stop just past the monument and change bikes.
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Next up was the difficult category one Col de Menté, a 7-kilometre climb which averaged 8.1 percent. The break stayed together to the top, 82 kilometres from the finish, and here Garate took the KOM ahead of Lefèvre, Halgand and the surprise sprinter-turned-climber Bennati.
Once down to the valley floor, Bennati put back on his sprinting legs and took the second intermediate prime of the day, in Marignac after 127km. The peloton was now 8’20” back and the leaders had 13 kilometres to go to the base of the hors categorie ascent of the Port de Balès. This was the first time for the Tour de France to climb the mountain as it was unpaved until last year. It was a tough 19,5 kilometre test for the riders, averaging 6.2 percent and having a final ten kilometres at an 8.5 percent grade.
Once onto the climb, Landaluze accelerated clear and was then joined by Kohl, Ivanov, Arroyo and Tschopp. These five opened up a one minute lead over the others, but Menchov attacked the second group after a few kilometres and bridged across to the front of the race.
Vinokourov was in the second half and so Ivanov dropped back to pace him up. Up front, Tschopp went clear of the leaders with 9km still to ascend. There were attacks back in the peloton, too; Astana's Andrey Kashechkin attacked and opened up a gap over the Rabobank-led main bunch. The groupe maillot jaune was down to thirty riders at this point, with Boogerd and Dekker driving ahead of Rasmussen. They were in turn followed by Yaroslav Popovych, Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto), Andreas Klöden (Astana), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel Euskadi), Carlos Sastre (CSC), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) and several others, while John Gadret (Ag2r Prévoyance), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d’Epargne), Mikel Astarloza and his Euskaltel teammate Amets Txurruka had come out the back of the groupe maillot jaune.
As the hazy clouds crowning the summit of the Port de Balès came ever closer, Tschopp was five kilometres from the top and cruising along with a 30" advantage. Kirchen had attacked the chase group, followed by Landaluze, while Vino, Arroyo, Garate, Zubeldia, Cobo, Kohl, Turpin and the others didn't follow.
Kasheckhin was 6'30" back but still out in front of the Rasmussen group, which was now being led by Boogerd. Kirchen attacked near the top and passed Tschopp to reach the summit alone. Arroyo caught and left Tschopp just before the KOM line, then joined up with Kirchen on the tricky descent. Fortunately the thick fog on the climb cleared after a couple of kilometres, making things much safer for him, Kirchen and Tschopp, who had bridged after a few minutes’ chasing. The Vinokourov group had been 50” back at the top and were still behind at this point, while the Rasmussen group had reeled in Kashechkin and hit the top of the climb six and a half minutes back.
Passing under the 25 kilometre to go banner, the three leaders had half a minute on the chasing group, which included Vinokourov, Kohl, Garate, Zubeldia and Cobo. Menchov had dropped back to wait for the 25 strong Rasmussen group, giving his team-mates a hand. At this point they were still 7’30” back.
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The leaders hit the bottom of the first category Col de Peyresourde, starting the nine kilometre, 7.8 percent climb together. The finish was just 20.5 kilometres away and they knew that the mountain would play a vital role in determining the eventual stage winner.
As they road up, the climb got steeper and Kirchen and Arroyo dropped Tschopp just under the 20 kilometre to go banner. Kohl had attacked from the chase group but Vinokourov got across to him, followed by Cobo and Garate. He then put in a big attack but the latter two got back to him, as did Zubeldia. However the Kazakh went again soon afterwards and bridged up to the two leaders.
Fighting out the finale
With 17 kilometres to go Vinokourov attacked those up front, dropping Kirchen. The Astana man couldn’t hold the gap, and so Cobo, Arroyo, Zubeldia and then Kirchen came back together.
Shortly before that, Popovych had attacked the yellow jersey group, opening up a decent lead. He stayed clear for several kilometres but was eventually absorbed and then dropped when the rapidly-shrinking Rasmussen group accelerated.
Halfway up the climb, Vino was firing off multiple attacks. He was trying to bust the other riders wide open with multiple attacks, while Kirchen just tried to hang tough. Zubeldia went with approximately four kilometres left and then Vinokourov countered to finally break the elastic. He rode strongly from there to the summit, with Zubeldia and Cobo chasing together before the former pushed on ahead. Kirchen got back up just before the top but by then Vino had built would prove to be a crucial lead.
At the same time further down the mountain, Contador attacked hard and drew Rasmussen clear. The other GC contenders were immediately distanced. The Spaniard kicked a second and then a third time, and the last of these efforts put Rasmussen into serious difficulty. Contador managed to get clear but the determined Dane was still in control of the situation, clawing his way back up.
Contador went two more times and, on the last of these, was unfortunate enough to be slowed by a gaggle of press motors and the Mavic neutral support car. However, while these accelerations were really hurting the maillot jaune, Rasmussen was able to gradually get back on terms each time. Just before the summit the duo caught Hincapie, while Evans and the remains of the chasers including Leipheimer, Sastre and Boogerd were 40" back.
Vino bombed the descent down towards Loudenvielle. Behind, Zubeldia, Cobo and Kirchen had joined up and were chasing 50" behind. The remains of the break were further back, and then came the Contador- Hincapie-Rasmussen trio. The two Discovery Channel riders were trying to work over the maillot jaune but he was grimly hanging on.
On the final rise 2km from the finish, Contador attacked Rasmussen again, but he just couldn't crack the chicken. There was no stopping Vino and he hit the line to take his second stage win of the race.
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The tough Kazakh had been on the attack all day and won a hard fought comeback victory in Loudenvielle, averaging 36.15 kilometres per hour. Kirchen beat Zubeldia in the sprint for second, 50" back, while Cobo was fourth at 58".
Behind the first wave of chasers, Arroyo held on to finish fifth at 3'20", while Kohl and Vande Velde were sixth and seventh at 4'25". It was an excellent result for the American from Lemont, Illinois.
Ludo Turpin (Ag2r Prévoyance) chugged in at 5'15", with Contador then finishing ahead of Rasmussen, 5'30" behind Vino. Big George Hincapie and his Captain America jersey was 11th at 5'45", while Cadel Evans sprinted in ahead of Kloden, Leipheimer, Sastre and the rest of the former group Maillot Jaune at 6'28", the Aussie losing another minute to Rasmussen today.
Discovery Channel's Popovych & Predictor's Chris Horner came home at 7', while CSC's Franck Schleck finshed at 7'20".
More than ever, after today's stage 15 Rabobank's maillot jaune Michael Rasmussen is in control of the 2007 Tour De France. However the upstart maillot blanc Alberto Contador of Discovery Channel is making a great race of it. He is currently second on GC, just 2'38" behind.
Aussie Cadel Evans is still in third place, but is now four minutes back. Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer is sitting 4th at 5'25" and is poised for his best-ever Tour De France finish as the American looks to be getting stronger day by day.
Astana's Andreas Kloden is on the outside looking in in fifth, just 9" behind Leipheimer, but is still a long way from the podium.
The Tour's top 10 is rounded out by Sastre (CSC) at 6'46", Zubeldia at 7’27”, Kashechkin at 7’54”, Kirchen at 8’24” and Astarloza at 9’21. Zubeldia and Kirchen were the day’s big movers, improving from 13th and 14th respectively to seventh and ninth overall. Kashechkin dropped one place to eighth.
Rest Day: Tuesday 24 July / Pau
Stage 16: Wednesday 25 July Orthez Gourette-Col d'Aubisque / 218,5 km
After a well-earned final rest day in Pau at the 2007 Tour De France, the race continues with five more stages before the finish line in Paris. They are not yet done with the Pyrenees, or rather, the Pyrenees are not yet done with them.
Stage 16 has four difficult climbs on the program, including the hors categorie Port de Larrau, a steep 14,5 km monster that leads the Tour for a short visit into Spain, then a finish atop the hors categorie Col d’Aubisque. This stage will be the last chance for riders who are looking to move up the ladder on GC; watch out for a huge turnout of Basque fans to support their orange clad Euskaltel-Euskadi riders.
Contador will have to go on the attack early to try and break the Rabobank hegemony at this years Tour De France. Although he did have a little trouble covering Contador's fantastic attacks on the Peyresourde Monday, yellow jersey Rasmussen and his Rabobank squad should be able to contain the Discovery Channel onslaught which is coming on Wednesday's Stage 16.
Climbs:
Km 79: Port de Larrau: 14.7 km climb @ 8.1 % grade / Beyond Category (Spain)
Km 93: Alto Laza - 3.5km climb @ 6.8 % grade / 3rd Cat. (Spain)
Km 131: Col de la Pierre-Saint-Martin: 14.2 km climb @ 5.2 % grade / 1st Cat.
Km 180.5: Col de Marie-Blanque: 9.3 km climb @ 7.4 % grade / 1st Cat.
Km 218.5: Col d'Aubisque: 16.7 km climb @ 7 % grade / Beyond Category
Sprint:
Km 36: Mauleon-Licharrre
Photography
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Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) at the start.
- Ralf Aldag cats at the start.
- A fan watches the start of stage 15.
- Sunflowers typical of this area.
- Foix post office.
- Château Comtle in Foix
- Caravan Volkswagen bus truck.
- Château Comtle in Foix
- Carlos Barredo (Quickstep-Innergetic) signs for the fans.
Images by AFP Photo
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) is back on top of his game!
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) wins the second stage in the Pyrénées
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- The Pyrénées were stunning for spectators and the racers wished they could enjoy it, too.
- Sylvain Chavanel smiles in the mountains. He even held the polka dot for a few days.
- Tadej Valjavec (Lampre-Fondital) the Slovenian champion.
- Christian Knees and Laurent Lefèvre were part of the break of the day.
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) could not gain points to really get the polka dot that he has on loan from Rasmussen.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) was aggressive today, but still is not 100% after his crash a few days ago.
- Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC) rode strongly today.
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic) had a good day in the break and in the mountains.
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) recovered from yesterday and got second.
- Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was also a factor and was rewarded with 4th.
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) showed great form in the area close to the Basque country.
- Fans were cheerful as the Pyrénées provided them with a stunning setting for stage 15.
- Dropped riders get the occasional push to get them over the gradients.
- The fans came out in numbers and cheered the riders on.
- John Gadret (Ag2r Prévoyance) had an ok day in the mountains.
- Stage winner Alexander Vinokourov celebrates as he wins stage 15.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) has to dig deep to be able to hold Contador's wheel.
- Alberto Contador tried everything but couldn't shake the Dane.
- This looks like cheating.
- Le Mevel crashed out of the Tour with a broken collarbone.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic) is digging deep on the Peyresourde.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) is trying to stay on the wheel of the compatriot Garate.
- Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC) had an excellent day out in the mountains and was pretty happy about it.
- Contador checks on the whereabouts of Rasmussen.
- The mano a mano was a fan's delight
- Contador tried very hard to distance the Dane.
- Rasmussen gave it all and responded to each attack.
- Contador attacked the hairpins like a man possessed.
- Evans and Leipheimer were further back with the American unable to pull as Contador was up the road.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) lost some time today. It looks like it's over for first place.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) with another strong showing in the mountains, but held back by team tactics.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) was there to help team-mates
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) couldn't respond to attacks on the front.
- The domestiques stayed together from left to right: Schleck, Horner, Popovych
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) showed heart today.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) won the stage.
- Rasmussen is still in yellow.
- Contador leads young rider classification.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) wins the stage to Loudenville
- The Kazakh attacked solo off the remainder of the break.
- The ever aggressive Vino secured his second stage win in this year's Tour
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana)
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) got third after a good day for him.
- Kirchen showed better form than the day before to get second.
- Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) also rode a good race and finished fourth.
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic) showed a lot of courage, but couldn't hang with the very top guys.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) was another highly motivated Spaniard.
- Kohl and Van de Velde come in
- Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r Prévoyance) had a good showing for the Ag2r team, after Moreau's overall hopes were dashed.
- Contador and Rasmussen finish together and made sure that the overall is between them only now.
- Contador in white
- The sprint of the Evans group
- The group with the main overall threats behind the two leaders.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) would rather have the mountain stage replaced with a time trial.
- The Aussie has still a shot at the podium.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) celebrates victory
- Tour de France madness in the mountains.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rides through the crowds.
- Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) tries to squeeze every drop out of his seemingly empty bottle.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) shows off his descending skills.
- The Quick.Step Innergetic mountain train
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) took the honours on stage 15
- Michael Rasmussen with another yellow jersey and lion.
- Alberto Contador once again extended his lead in the young rider classification.
- French champ Christophe Moreau fights his way past some Basque fans.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) on the climb.
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) in his terrain.
- Vinokourov showed his courage again.
- The Kazakh attacked hard at the bottom and was never to be seen again until the finish.
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) enjoyed the encouragement of 'his' fans.
- Kirchen chases Cobo.
- Kirchen got second at the end. Job well done.
- Bernhard Kohl in the action again to finish seventh this time.
- Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC) likes the encouragement.
- Ludovic Turpin took over from Moreau as main guy for Ag2r.
- Hincapie rides towards Spanish flag and the top of the climb.
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5.34.28 (35.160 km/h) 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.51 3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.58 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.14 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.23 7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.25 8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.16 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.31 11 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.47 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 6.27 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 21 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 22 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.05 24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.21 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.39 27 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8.34 28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.00 29 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 30 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 34 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 9.23 37 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10.39 38 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.07 40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 44 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 45 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12.59 46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.21 47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.35 48 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 14.48 49 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 52 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 54 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 55 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 15.36 56 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.02 57 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 21.09 58 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 22.20 59 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 60 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25.23 61 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 28.25 62 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 66 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 71 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 72 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 77 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 80 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 81 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 83 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 85 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 87 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 88 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 89 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 91 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 92 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 93 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 95 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 97 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.51 98 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 99 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 101 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 102 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 103 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 104 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 105 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 106 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 107 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 109 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 111 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 35.45 114 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 115 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 117 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 119 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 120 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 122 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 124 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 125 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 129 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 132 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 133 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 135 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 138 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 139 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 140 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 141 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 143 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 144 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 145 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 146 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 147 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 148 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 149 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 150 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 151 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 152 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 157 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 158 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 159 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 160 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux DNS Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux DNS Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas DNF Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto Points Saint-Girons - km 68.0 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 pts 2 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 4 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 Marignac - km 127.0 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 pts 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 Loudenvielle-le-Louron - km 196.0 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 20 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 17 3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 11 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5 12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Col de Port - km 27.5 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 pts 2 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9 3 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 6 6 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 Col de Portet D'Aspet - km 98.5 1 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 pts 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 7 5 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Col de Menté - km 114.0 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 15 pts 2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 Port de Balès - km 159.5 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 20 pts 2 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 8 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 Col de Peyresourde - km 184.5 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 30 pts 2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 22 4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 12 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 Young rider 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.38.53 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.06 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.02 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.35 5 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.42 6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.23 7 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 8 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 11.11 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 24.00 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.26 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31.20 17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 21 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner Most aggressive rider 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Teams 1 Astana 16.56.18 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.24 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.51 4 Team CSC 5.19 5 Caisse D’epargne 5.56 6 Rabobank 12.03 7 AG2r Prévoyance 12.08 8 Bouygues Telecom 19.00 9 Lampre-Fondital 23.24 10 Crédit Agricole 24.29 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.29 12 Liquigas 26.15 13 Predictor-Lotto 29.03 14 Barloworld 43.33 15 Quickstep-Innergetic 46.10 16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 47.54 17 T-Mobile Team 48.13 18 Gerolsteiner 51.47 19 Agritubel 52.39 20 Team Milram 54.35 21 Française des Jeux 58.44 General classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 69.52.14 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.23 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4.00 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.25 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5.34 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.46 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.27 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 7.54 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 8.24 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.21 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.41 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.29 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.30 14 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 15.00 15 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.11 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 18.27 17 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 18.57 18 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.00 19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25.08 20 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 26.02 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 26.25 22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26.46 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 28.21 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 28.56 25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 32.46 26 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 32.58 27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.28 28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.17 29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39.25 30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 39.47 31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40.17 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.35 33 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 45.11 34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 46.02 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 48.00 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 50.21 37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.01 38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 57.10 39 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 57.34 40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 57.46 41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.40 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.21 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02.37 44 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03.59 45 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.05.37 46 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.24 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.10.02 48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.13.22 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.14.53 50 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 1.18.59 51 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 1.20.16 52 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.21.03 53 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.25.22 54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.26.31 55 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.24 56 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1.31.19 57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.31.28 58 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34.45 59 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35.04 61 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.36.05 62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 1.37.12 63 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 1.38.10 64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.39.13 65 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.01 66 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.41.46 67 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.56 68 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.42.40 69 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.42.52 70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45.01 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 1.46.01 72 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47.23 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.47.45 74 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.48.09 75 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.51.10 76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.52.15 77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.52.55 78 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.54.42 79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.56.30 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57.26 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.28 82 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 1.58.47 83 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.00.06 84 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.00.27 85 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.00.36 86 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.01.08 87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2.03.51 88 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.04.11 89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.05.28 90 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07.52 91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.08.42 92 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.08.45 93 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.09.35 94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.10.02 95 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10.38 96 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.13.44 97 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15.00 98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.15.20 99 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.16.27 100 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2.16.32 101 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.18.49 102 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 2.22.13 103 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 2.24.13 104 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.24.25 105 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.25.02 106 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.26.35 107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2.26.38 108 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 2.27.49 109 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.28.27 110 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.29.11 111 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.29.15 112 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.28 113 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.29.51 114 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.31.23 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.32.26 116 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32.27 117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 2.33.23 118 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36.35 119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.37.39 120 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.38.09 121 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.38.19 122 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2.38.36 123 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.38.59 124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.39.52 125 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.40.14 126 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2.40.24 127 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.40.44 128 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.40.45 129 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.40.51 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.40.57 131 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 2.41.03 132 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.41.23 133 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 2.41.42 134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.41.54 135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.41.58 136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 2.42.00 137 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.42.01 138 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.42.20 139 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 2.42.23 140 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2.42.52 141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.43.23 142 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.43.47 143 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.05 144 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.45.42 145 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.46.36 146 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.47.37 147 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.47.49 148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.48.29 149 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.49.02 150 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.49.49 151 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.49.54 152 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.51.31 153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.52.35 154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.54.48 155 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.54.59 156 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.55.54 157 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.20 158 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 2.59.58 159 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.01.59 160 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.04.58 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 195 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 175 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 174 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 132 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 93 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 84 9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 73 10 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 71 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 67 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 63 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 62 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 57 16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 56 17 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 52 18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 48 20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48 21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 22 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 44 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 26 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 39 29 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 30 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 32 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 33 35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 40 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 42 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 43 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 26 44 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 48 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 49 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 24 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 53 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 56 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 57 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21 60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 61 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 62 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 63 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 64 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 65 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 66 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17 67 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 17 68 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 72 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 15 74 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 75 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 77 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 78 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14 79 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 80 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 81 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 82 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 83 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 84 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 10 85 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 86 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9 87 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 88 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 89 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 91 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 92 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 93 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 95 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 96 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6 97 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 98 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 99 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 100 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 4 101 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 102 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 103 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 104 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 105 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 106 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 108 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 110 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 111 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2 112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 113 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -1 115 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 116 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -5 117 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 118 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 119 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -20 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 142 pts 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 140 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 64 8 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 13 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 50 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 44 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 32 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 28 27 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 28 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 29 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 25 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 24 33 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 34 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 35 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 36 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 39 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 41 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 42 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 44 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 45 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 12 48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 50 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10 52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 54 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9 55 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7 57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 7 58 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 59 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 60 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 62 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 63 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 65 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 66 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 67 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 68 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 69 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 71 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 72 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 73 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 75 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 76 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69.54.37 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 12.37 3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 30.35 4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.54 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 59.17 6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59.58 7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.03.14 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07.01 9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.57.43 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.58.45 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.03.05 12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.14.04 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.16.26 14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 2.19.50 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.35.56 16 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.37.51 17 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.38.21 18 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.39.00 19 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.39.38 20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2.40.29 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.44.13 22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55.57 23 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 2.57.35 Teams classification 1 Astana 209.52.24 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.53 3 Team CSC 15.01 4 Caisse D’epargne 15.22 5 Rabobank 18.03 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.52 7 Predictor-Lotto 1.16.18 8 AG2r Prévoyance 1.28.47 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.01 10 Crédit Agricole 1.33.40 11 Liquigas 1.51.58 12 Lampre-Fondital 1.52.45 13 T-Mobile Team 2.09.50 14 Quickstep-Innergetic 2.13.33 15 Bouygues Telecom 2.26.00 16 Gerolsteiner 2.46.13 17 Barloworld 2.50.20 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.30.15 19 Agritubel 4.33.40 20 Team Milram 4.49.25 21 Française des Jeux 5.21.33
