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94th Tour de France - ProT

France, July 7-29, 2007

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Stage 12 - Friday, July 20: Montpellier - Castres, 178.5km

Boonen blasts in Castres for second win

Fédrigo and Txurruka caught in final kilometre

By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Castres, with additional reporting by Tim Maloney

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins again
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Tom Boonen blasted to his second success in the 2007 Tour de France after the peloton charged down the Montée de la Jeante and into Castres to capture the day's escape. Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) and Amets 'The Kid' Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) tried their hardest but were no match to the pace making of the sprinters' teams and were caught with one kilometre to race. Quick.Step's Steegmans led Boonen to the line for his second win in this Tour while Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) stayed tucked safely in the pack to maintain his 2'35" advantage over Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).

The win in Castres came exactly one week after Boonen's first win in the 2007 Tour in Bourg-en-Bresse and added points to the Maillot Vert that he wore so proudly crossing the finish line on the Avenue Charles de Gaulle. For the 2005 World Champion, who went winless in the 2006 Tour even though he had the Maillot Jaune, his second win in the 2007 Tour is a huge satisfaction and a giant boost for taking the sprinter's green jersey home after the final day in Paris. Thanks to the effort today, he now leads the competition by 20 points over Hunter.

The win gave Quick.Step its fourth win in the Tour de France after those of Steegmans (Gent), Vasseur (Marseille) and Boonen's previous victory. Team Manager Patrick Lefevere must have been proud of his team's final march after the earlier muscling of Française Des Jeux and Lampre-Fondital that resulted in Fédrigo and Txurruka being nailed back at one kilometre remaining.

Quick.Step led the charge down the right hand side with Tankink and then Steegmans for Boonen. Behind the 2005 World Champion followed Erik Zabel (Milram), yesterday's winner Robert Hunter (Barloworld), Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas). Boonen's look-alike, Steegmans, took over from five hundred metres remaining.

Although Crédit Agricole's Julian Dean looked perfectly perched to lead-out Thor Hushovd it was German Zabel and South African Robert Hunter that swarmed Boonen on the right (second) and left (third), respectively. Boonen threw his arms in the air to celebrate Tour win number sixth by a half-wheel's length over the trailing duo.

"With the victory of today I am perfectly motivated to take the green jersey to Paris... After the rest day, there is a very long and hard mountain stage that will be tough. ... I am better than 2005, when I won the Worlds, and that is going to be necessary for next week."

Daniele Bennati and Sébastien Chavanel did not fully profit from the work of their teams. 'Benna' nabbed fourth over Hushovd and Eisel, while Chavanel took seventh with Jalabert, Förster and Kashechkin completing the top ten.

'The Kid' Txurruka took home the Prix de la Combativité for most aggressive rider after his escape with Frenchman Fédrigo. The duo formed its move 57 kilometres into the race but was running out of gas after crossing over the category two Montée de la Jeante with only 5'15" in hand. Fédrigo, stage winner in 2006, equally traded pulls with the Basque along the River Durenque leading to the finish but their gap was squashed to less than 20 seconds by Lagarrigue, with four kilometres remaining.

"The peloton did not let go of a big group, so that is why we only had two of us up front," remarked Fédrigo. "The wind did not blow in our advantage; the head wind did it for us." He added with a smile, "I had fun today."

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
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Rasmussen finished with yellow on his back and a huge weight on his shoulders. The Dane may be leading the race on the time classification but with the honour has come an onslaught of allegations to his where-abouts during pre-Tour training resulting in missed controls.

"I believe I am the most controlled riders in the Tour," commented the 33 year-old race leader. He was asked how much the allegations have affected his riding. "This much," he responded as he indicated a tiny space between his fingers.

Rasmussen will likely lose the race lead with tomorrow's time trial in Albi but the magnifying glass above cycling will not go away as the quest for cleaner competition continues.

 

How It Unfolded

Friday’s hot twelfth stage started in Montpellier, capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, and was another transitional stage which took the riders inland from the Mediterranean coast to the textile town of Castres.

Grandma's coffee
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It was slightly overcast when the stage began at 12:58, and this lowered the temperatures slightly to the low 30’s for the 168 riders taking the start. The action began right away with eight riders hitting out, namely Axel Merckx (T-Mobile), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic), Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel Euskadi), Daniel Navarro (Astana) and Ralf Grabsch (Milram).

As they attacked, Alberto Ongarato (Milram) crashed and had to abandon with a suspected broken collarbone. The gap for the 8 escapees grew to 20", but they were all pulled back after 20km. At this point another move went with Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile), Francisco Perez (Caisse d’Epargne), Juan Manuel Gárate and Christian Moreni (Cofidis) but they came back fast before the first KOM of the day, the fourth category Côte de Cantagal.

This 1.6km, 4.3 % climb topped out 27.5 kilometres after the start. At the top, it was Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) who took the points ahead of David Millar (Saunier Duval - Prodir). Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) was third.

The acceleration provoked a counter-attack of seven riders, including Millar, Scheirlinckx, Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital), Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom), Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas), Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Moisés Dueñas (Agritubel). They did what they could to build a decent lead but this escape came to an end after 35 kilometres

The Vikings were out in force
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43.4 kilometres were covered in the first hour of racing and things remained relatively quiet until the 57 kilometre point, when Amets Txurruca (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) attacked one kilometre from the summit of the second KOM of the day, the fourth category Côte du Mas-Rouet. They got a good gap and remained clear after a chasing group containing John Gadret (Ag2r Prévoyance), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel Euskadi), Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) and Juan Manuel Garate was caught.

Ten kilometres later the leading duo’s advantage had ballooned to 3'15" and this jumped to ten minutes by the time Txurruka led over the fourth category Col du Buis, a 2.6km climb at a 4.8% grade.

Big Markus Burghardt (T-Mobile) jumped clear of the peloton before the top to nab the points for third and then continued on to try to bridge up to the front duo. Fedrigo took the two sprints in Herepian after 81.5km and Olargues after 101km and after the second of these, with 77 kilometres remaining, the lead was 8'30". Burghardt was still trying hard and got halfway across, but he finally ran out of gas near the tiny village of Riols, 64 kilometres from the line, and sat up.

As the final climb of the day, the 2nd Cat. Montée de la Jeante approached after 120 kilometres of racing, Liquigas moved to the front and ramped up the pace. However Fedrigo, the winner of Tour stage fourteen in 2006, and the young Basque climber Txurruca were riding well together and their gap was still over seven minutes.

Pierrick Fédrigo and Amets Txurruka
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The French/Basque combination kept plugging away and atop the 10.4 km Jeante ascent, they still had 5'15" in hand with some 48km to go. Liquigas had left it to Caisse d'Epargne and Discovery Channel to keep the chasing going as a headwind picked up.

Over the next 15km, the road rolled up and down through a deep pine forest before the descent towards Castres. It was at this point that Lampre-Fondital hit the front to try and bring the break back for their sprinter Daniele Benatti. Big Marzio Bruseghin and Daniele Righi were pulling hard and were joined by Française de Jeux.

The gap then fell rapidly and, as the descent began with 20km to go, was down to 2'08". That meant it was going to be close as to whether the break would be pulled back or not, as there were only nine kilometres of flat roads between the base of the descent and the finish in Castres.

Tom Boonen wins the sprint.
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The pursuit match was on. As Castres grew closer, the sprinters’ teams were pounding hard in a bid to pull back the break. Quick.Step, Lampre and Credit Agricole were all chasing the two men up front and this was eating into their lead. With five kilometres to go the gap was half a minute and falling, and with two clicks to go it was only eight seconds. Finally, with 1200 metres left before the line, the break was caught after some 134 kilometres of freedom.

 

Quick.Step was clearly in charge with Tom Boonen sitting third wheel as the final 500 meters approached. Steegmans launched hard around that point and delivered a perfect leadout for Boonen, who looked to have an extra gear thanks to the boost of wearing the maillot vert.

Boonen took off right up the middle of Avenue Charles DeGaulle and quickly got a bike length’s lead on the riders behind. Erik Zabel tried to sneak by on the right as Robbie Hunter went on the left. Both came up on Boonen in the final meters but not soon enough to prevent the Quick.Step Innergetic rider solidifying his lead in the competition for the green jersey.

Stage 13: Saturday 21 July - Albi-Albi Individual Time Trial / 54 km

After two weeks of racing, the race of truth in Albi will make another important selection towards determining who will win the 2007 Tour De France. A twisty, tricky out and back time test, Stage 13 could prove unlucky for riders who are not competent at the discipline.

The first 20 kilometres are a gradual uphill, then the course is downhill and flat until the 34 kilometre point, where the four kilometre climb up the sinuous Cat. 4 Côte de la Bauzie' awaits. Then there is a difficult descent and return to Albi on the D999 road where an experienced tester can make a difference.

CSC's London prologue winner and World TT champion is probably the favourite to win, while Astana's Kloden also a rider who may have a good chance to take the stage. But the race for the Maillot Jaune is the key to the test and will show which riders truly have a chance to land victory in the 2007 Tour De France.

Current Maillot Jaune Michael Rasmussen is a pure climber and claims to have done little work on his time trial skills. Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde is in second on GC, 2'35" behind Rasmussen while Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval – Prodir) is at 2’39” and Predictor's Cadel Evans is fourth, two seconds further back.

Top Astana rider Kloden is sitting sixth at 3'50" while Discovery Channel has Levi Leipheimer at 3'53", and don't forget T-Mobile's Kim Kirchen in 9th on GC, 5'06" behind.

Valverde and Evans have the best chance to take over the Maillot Jaune, as conventional wisdom sees Rasmussen losing 4" per kilometre to good time trialists over the 54km distance. That's 216 seconds, or 3'36" which puts both riders well within striking distance.

It's not likely that either Klodi or Levi can take the Maillot Jaune, but with strong rides, they can move up on GC and remain in the hunt for the Tour title. CSC's duo of Carlos Sastre and Franck Schleck have to have excellent rides if they expect to contend for the final Tour win in Paris.

Valverde has improved much in time trialling over the past few years, but his best performances have come at shorter distances. Cadel Evans may find himself in the maillot jaune Saturday evening, but don't be surprised if he's not that far ahead of Rabobanker Rasmussen, who really has something to prove at this years Tour De France.

Climbs:
Km 38.5: Côte de la Bauzie': 4km climb @ 3.4 % grade / 4th Cat.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   4.25.32 (40.33 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                   
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                               
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                               
7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                                 
9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                  
11 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                   
12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                            
13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
14 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
18 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                           
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                 
20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                               
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     
24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                
25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                       
27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        
28 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         
29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
32 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                             
33 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                             
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
35 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                 
36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
38 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                               
39 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
40 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     
41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                
42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   
43 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                     
45 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                                  
46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        
47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                
48 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                       
49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                            
50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
51 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                          
52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            
53 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
54 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                              
55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                       
56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
57 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       
58 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                            
59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
60 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                       
64 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                         
65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 
66 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
67 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                                   
68 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                
69 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                
70 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
71 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                                    
72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                 
73 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          
74 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
75 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                                     
76 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                               
77 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     
79 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                       
80 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                       
81 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 
82 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
83 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
84 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                             
85 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                     
86 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    
87 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
88 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                              
89 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
90 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          
91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           
92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                           
93 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                
94 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                  
95 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                         
96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                             
97 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
98 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
99 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         
100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
101 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
102 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
103 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                 
104 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
105 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
106 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                                  
107 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       
108 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         
109 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
110 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                       
111 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                         
112 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
113 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
114 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
115 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                    
116 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
118 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
119 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
120 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
121 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
122 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                               
123 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
124 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                              
125 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                   
126 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
127 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
128 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
129 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
130 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
131 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                           
132 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                
133 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                             
134 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
136 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     
137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                                
138 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                  
139 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
140 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                      
141 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                0.24
142 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
143 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                              0.28
144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.36
145 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            0.37
146 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                       2.54
147 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         
148 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
149 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
150 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                
151 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                
152 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             3.53
153 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     6.34
154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                             
156 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                          
157 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                             
158 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                       
159 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                              
160 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                               
161 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                         
162 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     6.38
163 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 9.27
164 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
165 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 
166 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
hors délais Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                    
 
Points
 
Herepian (D.909a-d.908) - Km 81.5
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         6 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        4
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            2
 
 
Olargues - Km 101.0
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         6 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        4
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            2
 
Castres - Km 178.5
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                        35 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                   30
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                 26
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                        24
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                             22
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                             20
7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    19
8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                               18
9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              17
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                16
11 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                 15
12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                          14
13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       13
14 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  12
15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         11
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          10
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                 9
18 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                          8
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                7
20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              6
21 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                              5
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           4
23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    3
24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                               2
25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        1
 
Mountains
 
Côte De Cantagal - Km 27.5
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                       3 pts
2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       2
3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       1
 
Côte Du Mas-rouet - Km 58.0
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        3 pts
2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         2
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 1
 
Col Du Buis - Km 74.5
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        3 pts
2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         2
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            1
 
Montée De La Jeante - Km 130.5
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       20 pts
2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        18
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     16
4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        14
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                   12
6 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                10
 
Young Rider
 
1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                           4.25.32
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        
6 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
8 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                              
9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            
12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                
13 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 
14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                              
15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             
16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
17 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
18 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        
19 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
20 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              3.53
21 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                       6.34
22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                        
23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        9.27
24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
25 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
 
Most Aggressive Rider
 
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         
 
Teams
 
1 Barloworld                                                               13.16.36
2 Gerolsteiner                                                                     
3 Française des Jeux                                                               
4 Team Milram                                                                      
5 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                             
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                                 
7 Crédit Agricole                                                                  
8 T-Mobile Team                                                                    
9 Agritubel                                                                        
10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                              
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                                 
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                               
13 Liquigas                                                                        
14 Rabobank                                                                        
15 Caisse D’Epargne                                                                
16 Predictor-Lotto                                                                 
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                            
18 Astana                                                                          
19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                                 
20 Team CSC                                                                        
21 AG2r Prévoyance                                                                 
 
General Classification After Stage 12
 
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         57.37.10
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           2.35
3 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  2.39
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                          2.41
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            3.08
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                          3.39
7 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                  3.50
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     3.53
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                              5.06
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         5.20
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                              5.34
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                5.56
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    6.36
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     6.38
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            6.42
16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         6.45
17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                             6.49
18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                7.10
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                           8.05
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  8.16
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     8.51
22 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                         9.00
23 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                        9.11
24 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  11.02
25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                     11.05
26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          13.05
27 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                     13.29
28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        13.44
30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    15.49
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  17.19
32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           18.58
33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                             20.07
34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   20.12
35 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   22.29
36 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  22.45
37 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   26.21
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                      28.10
39 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                   29.28
40 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     29.41
41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  30.41
42 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               31.52
43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                       32.46
44 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                               33.06
45 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                            
46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  33.09
47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  33.18
48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      33.20
49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     34.07
50 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          37.38
51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                39.25
52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    40.15
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        40.43
54 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          43.10
55 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            44.14
56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     44.21
57 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              44.49
58 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 45.43
59 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                             47.43
60 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      47.48
61 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                49.27
62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                             52.06
63 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              52.56
64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       53.35
65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                                54.39
66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   54.48
67 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     54.56
68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   55.28
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       55.50
70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                           55.52
71 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    56.33
72 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           57.01
73 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    57.14
74 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                            58.59
75 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               1.00.51
76 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                     1.00.55
77 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1.02.13
78 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        1.03.00
79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          1.04.19
80 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                     1.05.33
81 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                         1.05.37
82 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.05.49
83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             1.06.09
84 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    1.06.27
85 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           1.06.49
86 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          1.06.58
87 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         1.07.10
88 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.08.00
89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1.09.26
90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1.09.36
91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             1.09.45
92 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                1.10.07
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          1.10.41
94 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.10.46
95 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                              1.11.56
96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                      1.12.20
97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   1.13.24
98 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    1.14.52
99 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                1.14.58
100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               1.15.41
101 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             1.15.57
102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.16.18
103 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                          1.16.19
104 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 1.17.28
105 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             1.18.50
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   1.18.56
107 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        1.19.42
108 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               1.21.02
109 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                      1.21.11
110 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.21.48
111 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                           1.21.59
112 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                        1.22.29
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         1.24.35
114 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                        1.26.09
116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 1.26.21
117 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.27.20
118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.27.56
119 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   1.28.16
120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.28.22
121 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                           1.28.58
122 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                           1.29.17
123 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                       1.29.22
124 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                           1.29.35
125 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    1.29.55
126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                   1.30.15
127 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        1.30.24
128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                          1.30.37
129 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                          1.31.03
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      1.31.04
131 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1.31.29
132 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.31.35
133 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         1.31.41
134 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1.31.45
135 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                        
136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        1.31.51
137 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.32.03
138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.33.09
139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.33.18
140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.33.39
141 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.33.49
142 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        1.35.24
143 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                  1.36.10
144 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 1.36.14
145 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         1.36.16
146 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   1.36.21
147 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                      1.36.33
148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 1.37.43
149 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                      1.37.51
150 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.38.25
151 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      1.38.30
152 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 1.38.34
153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1.41.45
154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1.42.00
155 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                       1.42.15
156 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      1.43.13
157 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   1.44.58
158 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      1.45.24
159 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            1.46.08
160 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          1.47.23
161 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                         1.50.47
162 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      1.51.08
163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     1.51.28
164 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  1.52.14
165 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1.54.10
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.57.10
 
Points Classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                       195 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                175
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                  174
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                            132
5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   127
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              95
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                               93
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                 87
9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                  73
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       72
11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          72
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   71
13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                            67
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                     63
15 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   59
16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                   48
17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            46
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                               45
19 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                          44
20 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         43
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                42
22 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   41
23 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    39
24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                           39
25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  38
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          38
27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      37
28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                   36
29 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                               36
30 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   35
31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          35
32 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                            34
33 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                               33
34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                          33
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       32
36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           30
37 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                              30
38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          30
39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                29
40 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         29
41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  27
42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 26
43 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     26
44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                     26
45 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       25
46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  24
47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         24
48 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  23
49 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      22
50 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     22
51 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       21
52 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             21
53 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          21
54 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       21
55 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                21
56 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      20
57 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         20
58 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                 19
59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    18
60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                              18
61 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                               18
62 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                              17
63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                               16
64 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           15
65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              15
66 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             15
67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       15
68 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                               15
69 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       15
70 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       14
71 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     14
72 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                             14
73 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                            14
74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        13
75 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                              13
76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     12
77 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                           12
78 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      10
79 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                9
80 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                           9
81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                       9
82 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                          9
83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       8
84 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               8
85 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                   7
86 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                           7
87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            7
88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 7
89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         6
90 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                6
91 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        6
92 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               5
93 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                        5
94 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              5
95 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                              4
96 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                         4
97 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                               4
98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            4
99 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                            3
100 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                  3
101 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                        2
102 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        2
103 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                             2
104 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                2
105 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            2
106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        2
107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                2
108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               2
109 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    1
110 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   1
111 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
112 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                           -3
113 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                       -4
114 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              -5
115 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                   -5
116 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             -5
117 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                             -5
118 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       -20
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                               98 pts
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                89
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     86
4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            51
5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         50
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                            46
7 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        44
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        43
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       42
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             42
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            33
12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      32
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           30
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                     26
15 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   26
16 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         26
17 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       24
18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     20
19 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        20
20 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                20
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                              19
22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       18
23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          16
24 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     16
25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                16
26 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           16
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                         15
28 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       15
29 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                          15
30 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  14
31 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        14
32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      13
33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                   12
34 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                  12
35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                          12
36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         11
37 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     11
38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        10
39 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             10
40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                             10
41 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          9
42 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 8
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     8
44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                7
45 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        6
46 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             6
47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                              5
48 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                             5
49 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                   5
50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      5
51 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           4
52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           4
53 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                4
54 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                            3
55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                  3
56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                3
57 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                    3
58 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      3
59 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                 2
61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         2
62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                             2
63 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     2
64 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   1
65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                1
66 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                               1
67 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            1
 
Young Rider Classification
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        57.40.18
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          3.37
3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                              3.41
4 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                          5.52
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     12.41
6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    19.21
7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                28.44
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                    51.40
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            52.44
10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           1.03.41
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                1.12.33
12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              1.12.49
13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.13.10
14 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              1.15.42
15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     1.26.47
16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.28.21
17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.28.27
18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  1.28.37
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                         1.28.43
20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1.30.01
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     1.30.10
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                    1.33.13
23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                       1.34.43
24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           1.44.15
25 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                          1.47.39
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                                173.00.55
2 Caisse D’Epargne                                                             5.02
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                           5.08
4 Rabobank                                                                     5.19
5 Astana                                                                       8.04
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                           17.08
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                        25.32
8 Predictor-Lotto                                                             31.28
9 T-Mobile Team                                                               32.32
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                            40.32
11 Crédit Agricole                                                            41.07
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                       46.07
13 Lampre-Fondital                                                            55.53
14 Liquigas                                                                   59.11
15 Gerolsteiner                                                             1.15.48
16 Barloworld                                                               1.19.06
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                         1.19.28
18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                          1.51.47
19 Agritubel                                                                2.16.06
20 Française des Jeux                                                       2.32.46
21 Team Milram                                                              2.33.21

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