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94th Tour de France - ProT

France, July 7-29, 2007

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Stage 18 - Friday, July 27: Cahors - Angoulême, 211km

Casar holds out chasers in Angoulême's dog day afternoon

Contador loses three seconds to Evans in his first maillot jaune day

By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Castelsarrasin with additional reporting by Shane Stokes

Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux)
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Sandy Casar handed Française Des Jeux its premier win of the 2007 Tour de France in a dog-eat-dog day to Angoulême that was marked by an escape of four. The 28 year-old Frenchman took his first win in two years and his first in the Tour by going free in an escape at kilometre 23 after being knocked off his bike due to a (yet another) dog crossing the road. With his right buttock bruised and bleeding through torn shorts, he remarkably held off his fellow break-away companions - Axel Merckx (T-Mobile), Laurent Lefèvere (Bouygues Telecom) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) - in a thrilling finale down Avenue Jean Mermoz.

Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) spent his first full day in the leader's maillot jaune at a relaxed pace as the GC-favourites concentrated on tomorrow's race-deciding time trial. The peloton was led home by the sprint of maillot vert Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) but the 24 year-old Spaniard was caught off guard and could not close a three second gap that opened behind the sprint group including Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto).

"I waited for the last metres and when the sprint started at 200 metres, I attacked and launched my sprint," noted Casar at the finish. "I wanted this badly; it helped me and it has also helped the fans that have supported me."

Bad luck did not rule the day of Casar but it did affect his chances of victory when early on in the race a brown dog darted out of the left-hand side of the road to ram into his bike and tossed the Frenchman on the road. He collected himself and rejoined the escape with compatriot Lefèvere and two men who were riding their last Tour; Merckx and Boogerd, with the former going for his first ever Tour stage win in 13 years as a professional.

Sandy Casar crashed into a dog
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"I had crashed around kilometre 20 or 30 on the downhill. ... We were surprised when the dog crossed the road," continued Casar. He was able to get up and continue despite pains and torn shorts; the condition of the brown dog who was tossed about is unknown. "My legs were very good; I only had back aches, also my arms and my backside hurt."

The group enjoyed a healthy gap of 17 minutes at one point as they made their way over the categorized climbs that dotted the early part of the parcours out of Cahors. The gap was stabilized and it was controlled by Discovery and then Euskaltel while the four men humped their way through the Périgord Blanc and into the Charente department, concentrating on the finish.

The peace-accord was broken by 35 year-old Dutchman Boogerd with a sortie at kilometre 9.7 to the finish. Lefèvere dug deep, riding into the sunrays to nail back the former winner of Amstel Gold. They re-grouped but the Frenchman returned the favour with an acceleration at 6.2 kilometres to go, right after the Les Effamiers Roundabout. This time it was Boogerd doing the chasing with Merckx contributing slightly to the chase. Casar, always in-tow, seemed to be saving himself to avoid the mishap of Marseille where he missed the win by 10 centimetres to Vasseur.

After the right-turn at four kilometres, it was Boogerd's turn again. He fired a missile down the right side of the road that Lefèvere closed once more. Merckx gave it a go when he went on a slow called-in attack at 3.2 kilometres to go. It was covered by Lefèvere and opened the door for Casar to make his bid.

The sprint of the break
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Casar used a traffic island to perfection when he shot on the left while the trio dodged right at 2.8 kilometres to go. Merckx was first to react and then Boogerd 200 metres later. Casar was committed and he stayed clear but behind him, Boogerd was burying his chances of a stage victory in an effort to close the gap.

After five hours and 12 minutes of racing, Casar approached the line, followed by Boogerd, Merckx and Lefèvere. They were steaming along the left side of the final stretch with the sun coming down on their left. The trio closed to Casar but just could not get in his slipstream - the Frenchman never gave up putting pressure on the pedals. Casar drew his strength from his Marseille near-miss and the fact that he was given a second chance after a run-in with the dog. He kept checking over his right and then he dug deepest, twisted back the throttle one more time at 200 metres remaining.

Merckx reacted first to close the gap. The 34 year-old Belgian looked to be closing in on his first Tour de France win in his last season as a pro but he was unsuccessful. He finished second over Lefèvere and Boogerd.

"I am not a sprinter," Merckx laboured an obvious point. "And second is okay because, if I can be honest, Casar was the best. ... This morning I realized it was my last chance when I rode to the start. I am not disappointed... It was a nice day."

Axel Merckx couldn't pull it off
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"I am disappointed because I had the legs to win today," Boogerd added. "I just went for the victory, nothing else, not for the classification. ... I would have preferred a harder race."

Eight minutes later Tom Boonen charged down the home straight to nab more points in his quest to win the maillot vert of best sprinter in Paris. He now leads by 24 points over Robert Hunter. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) edged his way up in the sprint to open a three-second gap on Contador. The Aussie will face tomorrow's 55.5 Tour-deciding time trial with 1'50" to close on Contador if he wants the Tour de France victory.

"Now I want to go to the hotel as soon as possible to relax and to have dinner," Contador stated. "I will need to focus. Maybe I will watch a movie with my teammate Noval. Tomorrow morning we will go and preview the time trial. [The maillot jaune] is very good to have and I hope to keep it. Tomorrow will be the most difficult day of my sporting career and it will change my life."

How it unfolded

Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux)
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141 riders lined out for the 18th stage of this year's Tour and coming as it did one day before the crucial time trial, it was certain that the GC contenders would be saving their energies. The rouleurs in the bunch would however recognise this as probably their last opportunity, given that Sunday's final stage almost always ends in a bunch gallop.

For those that wanted to attack, the start of the stage was lumpy enough to facilitate breakaway groups. There were a total of three category four climbs in the first 39.5 kilometres, namely the Côte de Salvezou (km 15), the Côte de Lavercantière (km 24) and the Côte de Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat (km 39.5) and then, after the intermediate sprint at Saint-Cyprien (km 66), one more at the Côte de Saint-Cyprien (km 70.5). The 211 kilometre stage also featured another bonus sprint 19 kilomeres from the line in Angoulême.

There were a number of short-lived attacks in the first twenty minutes or so of racing. Then, on the first climb, Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) jumped clear, but Frederik Willems (Liquigas) bridged and sprinted over the top ahead of the two of them, Pineau taking second. The move was brought back over the summit and almost straight away Casar and Willems went clear once more with Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank).

The latter two led over the top of the Côte de Lavercantière in that order, with Casar taking third. Willems was next over the line while lone chaser Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) was 55" back at the summit. He was 1'05" down after 25 kilometres of racing and the peloton was 2'25" in arrears.

Zabel looks at green
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Two kilometres later a dog walked onto the course and Casar hit it, coming down heavily. Willems also fell hard, while the other two were unaffected. Casar had however a bit of luck after that misfortune, as he was able to join up with Merckx and chase Lefèvre and Boogerd. The two leaders decided to wait for Merckx and Casar and the four were united at the 36 kilometre point.

Merckx led Lefèvre and Boogerd over the line at the intermediate sprint at Saint Cyprien and then, 4.5 kilometres later, Boogerd beat Casar and Lefèvre to the top of the climb of the same name. At this point the peloton was a massive 12'25" back and clearly fading quickly out of the picture for the stage win.

The four leaders were working well together and with a Discovery Channel-led peloton content to give them some space, the gap continued to grow. It was up to 14'11" by the time the bunch rolled through the feedzone, approximately 87 kilometres from the start and 124 clicks from the finish, then reached its maximum of 17'30" with 51 kilometres to go.

Boogerd had started the stage 14'08" behind Mikel Astarloza and in order to protect his tenth place overall, the Euskaltel Euskadi team started riding hard inside the final hour of racing. Their efforts meant that with 25 kilometres to go, the gap had dropped to 12'05".

Casar led Merckx and Boogerd over the sprint line in Dignac, 19 kilometres from the finish. With 15 kilometres remaining the quartet's advantage was 10'15''. It was clear that one of them would take the stage; Boogerd started the hostilities when he jumped with ten kilometres to go.

Lefèvre was next to try with just over six kilometres remaining. He was brought back by Boogerd and Merckx, while Casar sat on. Boogert then tried again with three and a half kilometres left but Lefèvre got him back. Merckx then had a go soon after but was instantly closed down by the Frenchman.

Robert Hunter (Barloworld)
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An injured Casar had been playing things quiet until this point and appeared to be the weakest of the four. However this illusion was shattered when he took off shortly after the three kilometre to go mark, intelligently going on the left hand side of the road while the others were stuck on the far side of a traffic island and couldn't take his wheel.

Boogerd was determined and led the chase, with Lefèvre and Merckx dangling a few bike lengths off his back wheel. They finally got Casar back just inside the final kilometre and while he was left on the front, their presumption that he would have nothing left cost them dearly.

The four played it cagily until about 250 metres to go, moving at perhaps 30 kilometres per hour. Casar had a couple of bike lengths lead on the three others, who seemed more focussed on watching each other. Boogerd was closest to him but when Casar took the initiative and jumped hard, the Dutchman didn't have the gas to close him down.

The Française des Jeux rider was clearly the strongest between there and the line and took the sprint, finishing a second clear, while Merckx inched by Lefèvre for second. Boogerd had to be content with fourth and, 8'34" after Casar galloped home, maillot vert Boonen took the peloton sprint for fifth ahead of Hunter and Zabel.

Casar looks exhausted
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Of the GC contenders, Evans was closest to the head of the bunch and took 14th on the stage. The significance of this was that a split in the peloton meant that Alberto Contador and his Discovery Channel team-mate Levi Leipheimer, first and third overall, lost three seconds to those ahead.

In terms of the overall standings, this gap means that Evans will start tomorrow's time trial 1'50" behind the maillot jaune, and 59" ahead of Leipheimer. Boogerd, meanwhile, is up to 13th overall, 19'10" back in what is his final Tour de France.

He spent several days sacrificing himself for Michael Rasmussen and must at this stage regret missing out on the chance to take what would have been the third top ten GC finish of his career. The Dutchman was fifth in 1998 and 10th in 2001, and also won stages in 1996 and 2002.

Stage 19 - Saturday, July 28: Cognac - Angoulême, 55.5km

The penultimate stage of the 2007 Tour de France sees the top three riders separated by 2'49" seconds. Race leader Alberto Contador has a buffer of 1'50" over Cadel Evans and while he has been riding very strongly in this race, the flat parcours and the fact that Evans has beaten him several times in past time trials means that there is still a possibility that the Australian could win. Much will depend on each rider's condition; a good day could secure yellow, a bad day could lose it. As for Leipheimer, he is almost certainly too far back, but then again, nothing is certain in this soap opera Tour de France.

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Results

1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        5.13.31 (40.38 km/h)
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                0.01
3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                        8.34
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                     
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                       
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                                 
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 
13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                               
15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           
16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             8.37
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                               
22 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                   
25 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                              
26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                
27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                      
30 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
31 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                                  
32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                             
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                            
34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
35 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                            
36 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                                    
37 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
38 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       
39 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
40 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
41 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                     
42 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
43 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         
45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                          
46 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                   
47 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
49 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                     
50 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                              
51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                               
52 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
53 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
54 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                               
55 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                              
56 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                                
57 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
58 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                    
59 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                  
60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                             
61 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                           
62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                                
63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                            
64 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                             
65 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                         
67 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                  
68 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                       
69 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
71 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    8.56
74 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                             8.58
76 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                  
77 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
78 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                           
79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   9.01
80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   9.17
81 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    9.24
82 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
83 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                    
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                         
85 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                               
86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                              
87 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
89 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
90 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                         
92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         
94 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                  
95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                   
96 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
97 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                          
98 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                           
99 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
100 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                  
101 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                               
102 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                  
103 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                            
104 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
105 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
106 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                  
108 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
109 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
110 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                
111 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                             
112 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
113 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                       
114 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
115 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
116 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                             
117 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 
118 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          
120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                 
121 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                                  
122 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                      
123 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                        
124 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                      
125 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                            
126 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           
128 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                             10.14
129 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
130 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
131 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           
132 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                
133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
134 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
135 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
136 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        10.49
138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                            11.02
139 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                        
140 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                    
141 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  
 
Points
 
Saint-Cyprien (D.703-d.48-d.49) - km 66.0
1 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                   6 pts
2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            4
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    2
  
Dignac - km 192.0
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              6 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                   4
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    2
  
Angoulême - km 211.0
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             35 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                  30
3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           26
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                   24
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                          22
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                   20
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     19
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      18
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                               17
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                              16
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         15
12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               14
13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      13
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                             12
15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         11
16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               10
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         9
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     8
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            7
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         6
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                              5
22 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 4
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     3
24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                  2
25 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                             1
 
Mountains
 
Côte De Salvezou - km 15.0
1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                   3 pts
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              1
  
Côte De Lavercantière - km 24.0
1 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            3 pts
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              1
  
Côte De Saint-martial-de-nabirat - km 39.5
1 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            3 pts
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              1
  
Côte De Saint-cyprien - km 70.5
1 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    3 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              2
3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            1
 
Young Rider
 
1 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     5.22.05
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.03
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     
4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                           
6 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                    
7 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                                
8 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               
9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    0.22
11 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                              0.24
12 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    0.50
13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                    
14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                               
15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                  
17 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                   
18 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                             
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                  1.40
21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          2.15
 
Most Aggressive Rider
 
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
 
Teams
 
1 Française des Jeux                                                         15.57.44
2 T-Mobile Team                                                                  0.01
3 Bouygues Telecom                                                               0.04
4 Rabobank                                                                       1.38
5 Crédit Agricole                                                                8.34
6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                             8.37
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                               
8 Team Milram                                                                        
9 Barloworld                                                                         
10 Gerolsteiner                                                                      
11 Predictor-Lotto                                                                   
12 Lampre-Fondital                                                                   
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                             8.40
14 Caisse D'Epargne                                                                  
15 Liquigas                                                                          
16 AG2r Prévoyance                                                                   
17 Team CSC                                                                      9.27
18 Agritubel                                                                         
19 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                              
 
General Classification After Stage 18
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          86.04.16
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                            1.50
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       2.49
4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                            6.02
5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               6.29
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            10.18
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                               11.36
8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    12.47
9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                               13.31
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          13.42
11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     14.07
12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    17.58
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                               19.10
14 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  22.14
15 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                         23.12
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                      24.27
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                 28.38
18 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                       29.48
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                       33.21
20 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            34.32
21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                              36.13
22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          45.23
23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     45.54
24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                        54.05
25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                         54.10
26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     54.35
27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     1.01.47
28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                   1.04.44
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  1.05.44
30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      1.07.47
31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                           1.11.07
32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                        1.11.57
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  1.17.19
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           1.26.56
35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    1.28.42
36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.29.20
37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        1.29.38
38 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               1.29.47
39 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                       1.31.03
40 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.31.16
41 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.31.59
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  1.33.49
43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1.34.39
44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1.37.20
45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            1.41.52
46 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              1.46.10
47 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.47.42
48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          1.49.01
49 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         1.49.18
50 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                1.52.45
51 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               1.53.31
52 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                           1.55.11
53 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          2.00.49
54 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           2.01.29
55 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                2.01.38
56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  2.04.29
57 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     2.10.12
58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                      2.11.53
59 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                            2.14.15
60 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.14.40
61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          2.14.50
62 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                            2.16.02
63 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     2.16.59
64 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 2.17.40
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       2.19.09
66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   2.19.54
67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           2.20.12
68 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    2.21.26
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       2.25.37
70 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  2.26.37
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        2.27.31
72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            2.29.53
73 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    2.31.02
74 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             2.31.50
75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                       2.33.46
76 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             2.34.47
77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               2.35.10
78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                             2.35.29
79 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 2.38.33
80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            2.39.04
81 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             2.39.52
82 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                2.43.44
83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2.44.46
84 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                2.49.58
85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            2.50.01
86 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    2.50.24
87 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  2.53.12
88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               2.53.52
89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       2.55.36
90 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                         2.55.45
91 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                            2.56.18
92 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          2.57.07
93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                      2.58.35
94 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                        3.03.12
95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      3.03.18
96 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      3.03.24
97 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                         3.05.37
98 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      3.07.15
99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                              3.07.26
100 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     3.08.27
101 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                             3.09.47
102 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          3.11.09
103 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                             3.11.40
104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               3.14.41
105 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          3.15.16
106 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         3.15.55
107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                           3.16.05
108 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                         3.16.06
109 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           3.16.57
110 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          3.17.08
111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                          3.17.35
112 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          3.17.58
113 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                3.18.05
114 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   3.18.46
115 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                            3.19.23
116 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      3.19.43
117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                            3.19.45
118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        3.19.53
119 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   3.20.22
120 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                             3.20.49
121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   3.20.57
122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      3.21.25
123 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                     3.21.28
124 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                   3.21.46
125 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                          3.22.12
126 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        3.22.22
127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              3.22.46
128 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             3.24.31
129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      3.26.22
130 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                          3.27.28
131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   3.28.45
132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        3.28.48
133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         3.31.29
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    3.32.07
136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               3.34.11
137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              3.34.45
138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        3.34.50
139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            3.37.19
140 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                           3.39.44
141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   3.45.01
 
Points Classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                         234 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                  210
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                    206
4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     161
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                              156
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         125
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               123
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                              97
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                 93
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                              84
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     83
12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               82
13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                   75
14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            72
15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            71
16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                 65
17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 64
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                            63
19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              54
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                       49
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        48
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      47
23 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                              45
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    45
25 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        45
26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                45
27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            44
28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                     43
29 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                             43
30 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          43
31 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           43
32 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     41
33 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        41
34 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                 40
35 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                 40
36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      39
37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       38
38 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            38
39 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     37
40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                  36
41 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                 36
42 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           36
43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         36
44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         36
45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                35
46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    34
47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   33
48 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  32
49 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             30
50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            30
51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                  29
52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    27
53 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               27
54 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    27
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         25
56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           24
57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             22
58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       22
59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 21
60 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            21
61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     21
62 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           20
63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                   19
64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           18
65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                                18
66 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                 18
67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                17
68 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                            17
69 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                 16
70 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         15
71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               15
72 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         14
73 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       14
74 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                               14
75 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              14
76 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  13
77 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                13
78 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             11
79 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                10
80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                        9
81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                         9
82 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            9
83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         8
84 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 8
85 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                             7
86 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                             7
87 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                           6
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           6
89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  6
90 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          6
91 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          5
92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               5
93 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                           4
94 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               4
95 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                              3
96 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                     3
97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       3
98 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                           2
99 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                           2
100 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                               2
101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 2
102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                  2
103 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                            1
104 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
105 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                               -1
106 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                             -3
107 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                               -5
108 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                     -5
109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                -5
110 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              -10
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 206 pts
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               128
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      104
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                              92
5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           85
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  77
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                              74
8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                68
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         64
10 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                64
11 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              61
12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         54
13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     53
14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       52
15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             51
16 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        50
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                 45
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              43
19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         43
20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                42
21 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               41
22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           31
23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             30
24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             30
25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    27
26 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           26
27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          25
28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    25
29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                           25
30 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         24
31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  23
32 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       22
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         18
34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            16
35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                       16
36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                           15
37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         15
38 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            15
39 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                  14
40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    14
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                            14
42 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                          14
43 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        13
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      13
45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        12
46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                            12
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          12
48 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         12
49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          10
50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                10
51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                               10
52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                               10
53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             9
54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      8
55 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   8
56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                             6
57 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                               5
58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                            5
59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  4
60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             4
61 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                  4
62 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                              3
63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                    3
64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                      3
65 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                    2
66 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             2
67 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                   2
68 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                               2
69 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       2
70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                 1
 
Young Rider Classification
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          86.04.16
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                               13.31
3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      45.54
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            1.11.07
5 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                         1.11.57
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     1.28.42
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         1.29.38
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                1.29.47
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                    2.19.54
10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             2.39.52
11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                2.43.44
12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2.44.46
13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                      2.58.35
14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3.18.05
15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       3.19.43
16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    3.20.22
17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    3.20.57
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       3.21.25
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                           3.22.12
20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       3.26.22
21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             3.37.19
22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                            3.39.44
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                        258.27.02
2 Team CSC                                                                      16.12
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                                              16.51
4 Rabobank                                                                      28.01
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                             39.07
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                        1.30.53
7 Predictor-Lotto                                                             1.46.21
8 Lampre-Fondital                                                             2.08.44
9 AG2r Prévoyance                                                             2.11.04
10 Crédit Agricole                                                            2.13.16
11 Liquigas                                                                   2.14.39
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                       2.48.29
13 T-Mobile Team                                                              3.11.20
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                           3.35.23
15 Barloworld                                                                 3.44.02
16 Gerolsteiner                                                               4.00.28
17 Agritubel                                                                  5.59.34
18 Française des Jeux                                                         6.33.48
19 Team Milram                                                                6.35.16

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