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94th Tour de France - ProT

France, July 7-29, 2007

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Stage 3 - Tuesday, July 10: Waregem - Compiègne, 236.5km

Maillot Jaune Cancellara jumps clear

By Gregor Brown, Shane Stokes and Brecht Decaluwé in Compiègne with additional reporting from Laura Weislo

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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Race leader Fabian Cancellara stunned the sprinters in the finish of the third stage in Compiègne, jumping clear of the peloton as they charged to the end of the 236.5 kilometre run from Waregem to Compiègne to take his second stage win of the Tour. The 26 year-old world time trial champion, who took the Maillot Jaune in the prologue in London, timed a powerful jump perfectly with 750 metres to go and rocketed past the day's four-man escape.

Cancellara held off the oncoming sprint led by Erik Zabel (Milram), with Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) coming a close second. Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Robert Hunter (Barloworld) filled out the top four, while CSC's Cancellara added to his race lead with the 20-second bonus gained on the line.

The winner of the 2006 Paris-Roubaix added to his successful Tour by winning the stage in the city which starts that legendary cobbled Classic, but it wasn't something that was in the plan for his day. "I didn't think that I could win this stage. I only wanted to get to the finish and not crash," said Cancellara after the finish. "I still need to register what I have done today. I think it was the hardest final kilometre of my life."

The day was marked by an early escape by Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) and Mathieu Ladagnous (Française Des Jeux), while the peloton enjoyed a slow and leisurely day in the saddle. But when Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Frederik Willems (Liquigas) bridged up to the pair with 62 kilometres to go, they turned a somewhat predictable stage into a nail-biting, tension-filled finale.

The break
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Augé, who started the day tied on points with Saunier Duval's David Millar in the mountains classification moved himself into the jersey by taking maximum points on the day's only climb, the category four Blérancourt at 34 kilometres to go, but it was Willems who provided the impetus for the break to stay clear all the way to Compiègne.

The Belgian Willems opened attacked his three French companions with nine kilometres remaining when the pace began to slacken, but the three men rallied to come back to the Liquigas rider's wheel. After six and a half hours of racing, the 27 year-old Willems launched another attack with 2000 metres to go, but again the three men came back in a series of turns heading into the finale.

But as the peloton came rampaging down the finishing straight, hot on the tail of the four men, it would be the pavé for which this region is famous that would be the deciding factor. With an advantage of extra room to manoeuvre, the Frenchmen led by Vogondy held Willems in check as the peloton slowed slightly to negotiate the cobbles behind, but suddenly a bright yellow jersey shot off the front of the main bunch and barrelled down the road toward them.

Chatting during 35 km/h.
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At first, it seemed as though Saunier Duval had sent one of its men up the road, but it was in fact the colours of the Maillot Jaune that had attacked the bunch at 750 metres to go. The men of speed had been caught napping in the finale of a decisively sleepy and long day. As Cancellara gritted his teeth to hold his advantage over the bunch, he caught and passed the quartet, and only Ladagnous could fight his way into the CSC rider's wake.

In the end, no rider could touch the speed of the yellow jersey, and Cancellara took his third Tour de France stage with a heaping helping of panache. "It is really great to win here in Compiègne," Cancellara declared after the finish. "I am in very good condition but I didn't think I could do that, to win here.

"I was scared about losing the jersey because the four riders at the front were riding well and had a good gap. My team worked with the other teams of sprinters and they helped me to be here at the front."

"It is fantastic, it is a surprise," said Directeur Sportif Kim Andersen. "It was not planned that he would have a go, but he could see that the jersey was hanging by a few seconds. He is strong, he is powerful and he hadn't worked the whole time. So it was perfect." Denied on a stage that should have been theirs, the sprinters expressed their disappointment after the line. Today, Boonen was looked after by stage two winner Gert Steegmans, but he could only managed to finish fourth.

"We lost a lot of energy to catch those guys," said Belgian Steegmans, who crashed earlier in the stage. "[In the lead-out] Tom lost my wheel, after that I lost the wheel of Steven De Jongh. ... On the pavé [during the sprint] I could not get my way back to the front because of my crash."

The Robs came in fifth to seventh - with Barloworld's Robert Hunter, Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) rolling in in quick succession. The Aussie was quick to the bus after the stage finish, reportedly upset with the sprint tactics of the South African that preceded him. Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile), Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) rounded-out the top ten.

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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32 year-old Augé moved into the Maillot Blanc à Pois Rouges of best mountain-man thanks to his day's escape and now leads with a slim three points over Scot David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir). "I will lose the jersey tomorrow but at least I had it for one day. That is what I wanted when I broke away on stage one.

"The pavé slowed us down, we played cat-n-mouse," the winner of this year's Cholet-Pays de Loire commented on the finale. "In the final kilometre, we missed that win by very little."

How it unfolded

A battered and bruised peloton rolled out at high noon from the Belgian town of Waregem to begin their 236.5 kilometre journey into France for the finish in Compiègne, just metres from the traditional start of Paris-Roubaix. Tomas Vaitkus (Discovery Channel) had overnight surgery to repair a broken thumb he sustained in the crash of the stage two finish and did not start, but the rest of the 187 riders took to the streets under sunny skies.

Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)
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As is normal with the Tour de France, the attacks began from the first few kilometres, and after a very active start, two riders were able to break clear just six kilometres into the stage.

Frenchman Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) and Mathieu Ladagnous (Française des Jeux), winner of the 4 Days of Dunkerque, built up a lead of 20 seconds by kilometre 10, and then Vogondy, who was 54 seconds behind leader Fabian Cancellara on the general classification, became the 'virtual' yellow jersey just a few minutes later.

By the time the leading duo reached the first intermediate sprint in Tournai (km 33.5), the peloton, riding piano on the longest stage of the Tour, seemed content to have an easy day to soothe the wounds of the crash victims. Vogondy crossed the line ahead of Ladagnous, both spinning in their small ring, and it was 11 minutes and 35 seconds before Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) jumped to take third place and two bonus seconds.

The early breakaway
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The gap reached its maximum at 13'50 at kilometre 44 before the CSC team decided enough is enough and picked up the pace ever so slightly. Still, after the first hour, the average was just over 40 km/h in the first hour.

The second hour would see the peloton practically competing with the breakaway to see who could ride slower, and the race fell farther and farther behind the scheduled time as the riders averaged a mere 30.7 km/h in the second hour, and the riders passed by the roads near Paris-Roubaix's famed Arenberg forest 45 minutes behind schedule.

It was a sleepy summer afternoon for the fans, and former Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc must have been shaking his head in dismay as the race passed through his hometown of Fontaine-au-Bois, where he stood with the rest of the spectators on the side of the road.

Still in their small chain rings, Ladagnous and Vogondy rolled through intermediate sprint number two in front of Leblanc without even a change in effort. Eight minutes later, Frenchman Roman Feillu (Agritubel) decided to liven things up for the crowds as he took a risky dive up the curb and across the gutter to attack around the bunch and take the remaining points.

After Laurent Lefevre rolled ahead to wave to family and friends in the feed zone town of Landrecies, the peloton, fuelled by their mid-afternoon snack, finally got to chasing in earnest once the race turned the halfway point, with Quickstep and Crédit Agricole leading the effort.

The moderate amount of work being done in the field halved the advantage of the two escapees in just 20 minutes, showing that the pair didn't seriously consider their chances of staying clear to the finish. But the chasers weren't ready to catch the duo yet, and let the gap hover around the five minute mark for another hour until 61 kilometres to go when Cofidis' Stéphane Augé decided to attack.

Augé was quickly marked by Liquigas' Frederick Willems, and the two successfully bridge to Ladagnous and Vogondy 9 kilometres later, lending serious weight to the move. Now taking the breakaway more seriously, the CSC team put some men back on the front to protect Cancellara's yellow jersey and brought the leaders within 2'50 by the 40 kilometre to go mark.

Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
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However, as the pace heated up, a minor crash in the field took down stage two winner Gert Steegmans and Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), but both were relatively unscathed and returned to the peloton. The peloton briefly eased as Quickstep stepped off the gas to let their man rejoin, and Augé was able to take the mountain points on the category four Côte de Blérancourt while the break maintained a 3'20 advantage. Ladagnous and Willems rolled through in second and third.

When the breakaway still held a 2'27 advantage with 20 kilometres to go, all the French fans were on tenterhooks hoping the three-fourths French break would hold on, and as the kilometres ticked down, it was clear the catch would be inside the last kilometre, if at all.

While Quickstep tried to get organised at the front, and CSC pitched in to raise the speed, the four men dangling just 90 seconds ahead of the ravenous clutches of the peloton got nervous, and with 9 kilometres to go, Willems bolted from the three Frenchmen.

An ever attentive Augé jumped right up to the Belgian's wheel, and soon enough the four were back together. The energetic rider from Liquigas encouraged his companions to keep working, and the four gathered themselves for the final push to the line.

With the peloton rampaging into Compiègne just metres behind at the 2 kilometres to go sign, Willems attacked again, but in a series of sharp turns, he did not get far, and the four were together as they hit a section of cobblestones with 1500 metres to go.

As the breakaway entered the final straightaway, Willems put in his final effort, and once more jumped away from the other three. But from the charging peloton, the yellow jersey himself launched out of the pack with 750 metres to go, and putting his time trialling prowess to good use, powered his way past the fading escape and held off Erik Zabel to win the stage. Zabel led the charge to the line ahead of Sicilian bulldog Danilo Napolitano (Lampre).

Stage 4 - Wednesday, July 11: Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193km

Stage four is a classic early Tour de France stage run in the countryside to the east of Paris that traverses the rolling hills of the Champagne region, the wide plains of Brie before the final hills across the Yonne. Once again, an early break will certainly escape before the sprinters' teams pull it back in the final 50 kilometres before the finish in Joigny.

Climbs:
Km 23.5: Côte de Veuilly-la-Poterie: 1.0 km climb @ 5.2% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 62.5: Côte de Doucy: 1.9 km climb @ 4.9% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 144: Côte de Galbaux: 2.4 km climb @ 3.8% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 148.5: Côte de Bel-Air: 1.3 km climb @ 5.4% avg. grade / 4th Cat.

Sprints:
Km 69: La Ferte-Gaucher
Km 122.5: Soligny-Les-Etangs

Photography

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  • Cancellara went out of the saddle and squeezed every ounce of energy to win the stage.
  • Cancellara just before the line
  • The stage winner celebrates before Zabel, who is not unfamiliar with runner-up.
  • Robbie McEwen is on the very left, behind Zabel, and is still suffering from his injuries sustained in stage one.
  • Cancellara used the cobbles to beat the sprinters at their own game.
  • The yellow jersey shows tremendous panache to take a stage designed for sprinters.
  • Zabel beat all the top sprinters today but it wasn't enough to win.
  • Fabian Cancellara crosses the line in first.
  • German speakers Haussler, Cancellara, Eisel (left to right).
  • Cancellara gets a well-deserved hug.
  • CSC is one happy family these days.
  • The Swiss power attacker gets to wear another yellow jersey.
  • He is wearing the real version behind a picture of the same.
  • Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis finally got what he wanted since stage 1 - the polka-dot jersey.
  • The bunch at the finish. You can tell by the happy smile of Christian Vande Velde (37) that a CSC guy won.
  • Cancellara didn't stretch his overall lead, but he sure stretched the sprinters' patience today.
  • Cancellara does not mind the ceremonial trying on of clothing.
  • Tom Boonen didn't win again but was comforted with the green jersey.
  • Fabian Cancellara celebrates his unexpected stage victory on the podium.

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      6.36.15 (35.81km/h) 
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                               
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                        
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                           
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                           
10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
11 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                          
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                 
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                               
16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
17 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                 
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                              
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                              
25 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                             
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                    
30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
31 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                           
32 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                              
33 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
34 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                               
35 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                            
37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                             
38 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                         
39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                              
40 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                      
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                             
44 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
45 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
46 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                                
47 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                                
48 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                    
49 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                         
51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
52 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          
53 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                           
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
56 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
57 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
58 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                      
60 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            
61 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       
62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
63 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
65 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                            
66 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                           
67 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
68 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
69 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       
71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
72 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                          
73 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                   
74 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
75 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
76 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                        
77 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                         
78 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                   
79 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                          
80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
81 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
83 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                   
85 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
86 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                      
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                     
88 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                
89 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                
90 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                             
91 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                       
92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
95 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
97 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
98 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
99 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
100 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
101 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                            
103 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
104 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
105 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                             
108 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
109 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  
110 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                       
111 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
112 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
113 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                           
114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
115 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
116 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
117 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                         
118 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
120 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            
121 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
122 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
123 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                      
124 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         
125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
126 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
127 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                           
128 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
130 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
131 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          
132 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
133 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                              
134 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
135 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                        
136 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
137 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                       
138 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                      
139 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                                
140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
141 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
142 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          
143 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
144 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            
145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            
146 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
147 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
148 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                             
149 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
150 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
151 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                             
152 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
153 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
154 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 
155 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                            
156 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
157 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
158 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                              
159 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
160 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                            
161 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
162 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                          
163 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              
164 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                              
165 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
166 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
167 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
168 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      
169 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                         
170 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
171 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                          
172 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
173 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
174 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       0.37
175 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         0.43
176 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
177 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                0.49
178 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.52
179 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                
180 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
181 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                               
182 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
183 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
184 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     0.57
185 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
186 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                              
187 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                         1.05
DNS Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel

Sprints
 
Tournai - 33.5 Km
 
1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                             6 pts
2 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  4
3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2
 
Fontaine-Au-Bois - 104.5 Km
 
1 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                             4
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                               2
 
Achery - 167.5 Km
 
1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                             6 pts
2 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  4
3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2
 
Compiègne - 236.5 Km
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                           35 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               30
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  26
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    24
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                             22
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          20
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      19
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                         18
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                         17
10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      16
11 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                15
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        14
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               13
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               12
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                             11
16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  10
17 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                9
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   8
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                7
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               6
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                             5
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             3
24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                             2
25 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Blérancourt - 202.5 Km
 
1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       3 pts
2 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
3 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                             1
 
Young rider
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                    6.36.15
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
3 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                
5 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                     
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                             
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
13 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
14 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            
16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
19 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                         
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                
22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
23 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
24 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
25 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
26 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                       
28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                             
29 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                          
30 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          0.43
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     15.12.08
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              0.33
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                0.41
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.43
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  0.45
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  0.46
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       0.49
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                       0.50
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.51
13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.52
14 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.53
16 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                          0.55
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                              
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                     0.56
21 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      0.57
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
26 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            0.58
27 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                             
28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
29 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                               
30 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         0.59
31 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
32 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                1.00
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        1.03
35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
36 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                              
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        1.04
38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
39 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
40 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.05
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
42 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               1.06
44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                         1.07
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                            1.08
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                    
52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                             
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                   
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.09
56 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                       
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                            
58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          1.10
60 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                          1.11
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
64 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  1.12
66 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        1.13
69 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                        
70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
72 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
73 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                        
74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
75 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.14
76 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
77 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                      
78 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                             
79 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                             1.15
80 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                             
81 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                          
82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
83 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
84 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                           
85 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
86 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
87 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            
88 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         1.16
89 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                         
90 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                             
91 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            1.17
92 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                   
94 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               
95 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                          
96 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   1.18
97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                 
98 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                               
100 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                   1.20
101 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
102 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          
103 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
104 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
105 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
106 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      1.21
107 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            
108 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                           
109 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                      
110 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                             
111 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.22
112 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                             
113 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                     
114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.23
115 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                            
116 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      
117 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
118 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
119 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  1.24
120 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
121 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                              
122 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
123 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.25
124 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  1.26
125 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                             
126 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                  
127 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
129 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
130 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 
131 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  
132 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              1.27
133 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.28
134 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         
135 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                1.29
137 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            1.30
138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
139 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
140 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
141 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                         
142 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.32
143 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                   
144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
145 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1.33
146 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
147 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
148 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.34
149 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.35
150 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.36
151 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                           
152 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
153 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                          1.38
154 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          
155 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
156 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
157 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1.39
158 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
159 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                     1.40
160 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                          
161 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         1.41
162 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              1.45
163 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                           
164 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                  1.46
165 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
166 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                    1.47
167 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                         1.50
168 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                1.55
169 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.59
170 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    2.01
171 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2.05
172 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           
173 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           2.06
174 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       2.11
175 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                            2.12
176 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           2.19
177 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                2.21
178 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2.31
179 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                      2.35
180 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          2.40
181 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     2.44
182 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     3.57
183 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  4.14
184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                4.21
185 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                               
186 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                         4.24
187 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     9.01
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    80 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      74
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               62
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                              57
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                           54
6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                53
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                             51
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                         47
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                46
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        44
11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         40
12 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                39
13 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                         36
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      34
15 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 33
16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                            28
17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      25
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               24
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               24
20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  22
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 21
22 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                             20
23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                        17
24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                           16
25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              16
26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              15
27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      15
28 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                              14
29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               14
30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   13
31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 12
32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             12
33 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                            12
34 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                          10
35 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                        10
36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                            10
37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                           10
38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   9
39 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    8
40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            8
41 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   8
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    6
43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               6
44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                             5
46 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        4
47 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                          4
48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                              4
50 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                         4
51 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               3
52 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                            3
53 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             3
54 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            2
55 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1
56 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      1
57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1
58 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       8 pts
2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   5
3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                               3
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              2
5 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
6 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                          2
7 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                             1
8 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              15.12.53
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             0.06
3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               0.07
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           0.08
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.10
6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     0.11
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      0.13
8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         0.19
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                0.21
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                         0.22
11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                0.23
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          0.25
14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                              0.26
15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        0.30
16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                      0.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   0.33
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.35
19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                         0.38
20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.39
21 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                0.43
22 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             0.45
23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                           0.47
24 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 0.48
25 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
26 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             0.51
27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 0.54
28 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                     1.02
29 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1.20
30 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      3.12

Most aggressive rider

Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 
 
Team classification
 
1 Astana                                                               45.38.42
2 Team CSC                                                                 0.02
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       0.05
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         0.18
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                          0.20
6 T-Mobile Team                                                            0.45
7 Rabobank                                                                 0.47
8 Française des Jeux                                                       0.48
9 Liquigas                                                                 0.52
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    0.54
11 Gerolsteiner                                                                
12 Crédit Agricole                                                             
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       0.57
14 Team Milram                                                             1.01
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                             
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                        1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                         1.10
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                        
19 Barloworld                                                              1.23
20 Agritubel                                                               1.25
21 AG2r Prévoyance                                                             

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