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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 9 - Tuesday, July 17: Val-d’Isère - Briançon, 159.5km
Soler shines in Briançon
Disco detonate Galibier with Popo and Contador
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Briançon, with additional reporting by Tim Maloney
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Mauricio Soler stamped his authority on the mountainous romp to Briançon. The 24 year-old Colombian won by 38 seconds and gave his Barloworld team a huge boost after arriving at the Tour de France via a wildcard invite.
For the young, unknown Barloworld rider it was a grand Bonjour to the world of cycling. His only previous win came in 2006, his first year as a professional, when he won stage two and the overall of the Circuit de Lorraine with team Acqua & Sapone. Barloworld's Directeur Sportif Claudio Corti scored big over the winter by signing the mountain-man from Ramiriqui and finding a wild card invite to the Tour de France along side team Agritubel.
"It is my first time to race here in the Tour so I didn't know the climbs," said Soler who went on the attack as the stage departed and immediately climbed the Col de l'Iseran. "I attacked like a loco and I did not imagine it would come true. It is like a dream. It is the best thing in my life."
Discovery duo Alberto Contador and Yaroslav Popovych lit up for the finale of Galibier but were pulled back by Michael Rasmussen's groupe maillot jaune. The Dane of Rabobank continues to lead with 2'35" over Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), while pre-Tour favourite Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) was eliminated from the overall after finishing over three minutes back.
The Col du Galibier proved to be the stomping ground for Soler but also Team Discovery. 'Popo' attacked on the Col d'Iseran, some five kilometres into the race, and had gone over the top with a group containing eventual stage winner Soler. The Ukrainian launched a solo offensive on the 34.8 kilometres uphill of the Télégraphe and the Galibier. The move put 'Vino' in difficulty but also set up for Contador's subsequential move two kilometres from the top.
With Popo solo, Contador struck fear into the yellow jersey gruppo with a blast. His teammate got the orders to wait for the Spaniard and, starting from Galibier's summit,the duo commenced a two-man downhill time trial to put time into the favourites and vie for a stage win while Aussie Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) briefly fought in no-man's land.
There was some panic in the groupe maillot jaune. Valverde and Iván Gutiérrez of Caisse d'Epargne hit the front of Rasmussen's group hard to pull back the Disco duo but also to distance Vinokourov, who was struggling in a group with Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) and Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel).
As Caisse put the juice into the chase the GC men collected themselves. The move worked and it was a group of seven with six kilometres to go, and later 14, when Rasmussen, Valverde, Gutiérrez, Astarloza and Kirchen bridged followed by Evans, Arroyo, Sastre, Moreau, Leipheimer, Cobo, Mayo and Klöden.
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"Everyday that is past us is staying according to plan," said Evans to Cyclingnews. "I'm sticking to myself and following my plan." The Aussie was left alone after his Predictor teammates faded. "I didn't have many teammates and was a bit isolated, and I had the legs to go with Contador when he went. For me he was one of the strongest guys ... Lance Armstrong had a whole team for him but I don't," Evans laughed. "I had Chris [Horner], Mario [Aerts] and Van Summeren with me all the way to the Galibier. My guys did their best."
"I have never coped really well with a mountain stage after a rest day," Moreau noted to Cyclingnews' Jean-François Quénet. "I am getting old and there is no way I can improve that. It was a difficult day but I never panicked. The most important thing was to keep myself in one piece but at the top of the Galibier, I was feeling better already."
He spoke of the lack of cohesion. "There is a new fashion in cycling and it is non-collaboration. It is sometimes hard for me understand the different strategies of the other riders. I can't have the legs everyday like I had in Tinges." The new French President road along with the race organisers. "I have been honoured with the support of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy," Moreau added.
The big loser of the day was Astana's Alexander Vinokourov. Struggling from the knee injuries sustained in the stage to Autun, the punchy Kazakh effectively lost the 94th Tour de France. He crossed the line in 3'24" (2'46" behind Valverde) in arrears and was exhausted from the chase.
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"It has been a very difficult day for me. I hung on alright on the Télégraphe but I had pain everywhere. The team has worked well. I have tried to limit the gap to the best riders but it has been a day in hell," said a teary-eyed Vino, who was the last Tour stage winner in Briançon. He had received help from trusted companions Kashechkin and Iglinskiy but it was not enough to save the 33 year-old's run for the race overall.
The race resumes tomorrow with three transitional stages leading to the feared Pyrénées. The GC is still undecided but there is a 99-percent chance that Vino will not figure in the fight for the yellow jersey.
"For the moment I will fight for the yellow. I can take the polka-dot jersey later," concluded current maillot jaune Rasmussen, who holds a lead of 2'35" over Valverde.
For his work Popovych received the Prix de la Combativité for most aggressive rider while teammate Contador took the maillot blanc of best young rider.
How It Unfolded
After two consecutive Alpine stages plus the Tour's first rest day in Tignes on Monday, the race started again in the beautiful Alpine village of Val d'Isère. In front of the riders loomed a 159.5-kilometre race from there to Briançon, with the hors catégorie Iseran pass, the first category Télégraphe and the hors catégorie Galibier coming before the drop down towards the finish and the tough final kilometre and a half.
At 12:36, 171 riders departed with T-Mobile's Patrik Sinkewitz being the only non-starter. And bang, right from the start of Stage 9, the Tour peloton began ascending the winding, wide-open slopes on the 15 kilometres climb to the summit of the Col de l'Iseran. At 2770 metres, it is one of the highest roads in Europe.
The first to make a move was Ag2r's José Luis Arrieta. He went after three kilometres, and when Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) counterattacked, he quickly got across to Arrieta after 6.5 kilometres of the long ascent. The powerful Ukrainian then left the Spaniard behind and crossed the summit of the Iseran first, 50 seconds ahead of chasers Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom), Mauricio Soler (Barloworld), Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), Francisco Pérez (Caisse d'Epargne), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom).
On the long, fast downhill into the Maurienne valley to St.Michel-de-Maurienne, Popo took the sprint in Le Villaron (33.5 km). The chasers were at 15" and the Rabobank-led peloton was chasing at 1'15".
The gap had swelled to 2'42" with 100 kilometres to race. Rabobank couldn't contain things up front. Then, as the long, legendary double ascent of the Télégraphe (12.0 kilometres climb at 6.7 percent grade / 1st Cat) and the Galibier (17.5 kilometres at 6.9 percent) began, Astarloza attacked the break and gained time. The rest of this group fractured under the pressure of chasing the Basque rider, who had 30" on the chasers and 3'02 on the groupe maillot jaune halfway up the Télégraphe.
At the summit of the 12-kilometre ascent, Astarloza was in the lead by 21" ahead of Popovych, Clement, Gutiérrez and Gusev. Soler was at 40", Vaugrenard at 50" and the group Maillot Jaune was 2'55". There, Vinokourov was visiting the medical car of Dr. Porte, so clearly the Astana leader was still in some discomfort.
Astarloza remained ahead until the hors catégorie Col du Galibier commenced, a 17.5-kilometre climb with a 6.9 percent grade. Suddenly, from behind the front group, the long, lean silhouette of Colombian climber Soler appeared and he immediately passed the break. The rest struggled to hold his wheel and had to let go.
The groupe maillot jaune was three minutes behind, and it was blown apart when Valverde attacked hard. With 15 kilometres to the summit, this new, reduced group comprised Michael Rasmussen and Denis Menchov (Rabobank), David Arroyo & Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Carlos Sastre (CSC), Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance), Vladimir Gusev, Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel), Andrey Kashechkin and Andreas Klöden (Astana) plus Juan Jose Cobo and Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval).
Soler was riding superbly off the front with Popovych chasing hard 30 seconds behind. The rest of the break had exploded. Valverde went on the attack once again, causing Moreau, Kashechkin, Arroyo and Menchov to be dropped from the Rasmussen group. With five kilometres to the summit for that group, Contador made a hard attack and only Evans could get close. The Aussie didn't last long on the wheel of the Discovery climber and once again, as always in the Tour De France, the steep final ten kilometres of the Galibier was making the day's crucial selection.
Soler passed the KOM alone at the summit, the point being just above the monument to Tour founder Henri Desgranges. With 34 kilometres to go to the finish in Europe's second-highest city of Briançon, he was two minutes ahead of Popovych, who was caught by his team-mate Contador right at the top. Evans was chasing solo at 2'30, and the groupe maillot jauneof Rasmussen, Valverde, Kirchen, Sastre, Leipheimer, Klöden, Cobo, Mayo and Moreau were at 3'15. Vinokourov was struggling at 4'45", flanked by teammates Iglinskiy and Kashechkin.
From here it was down, down, down the long wide-open descent to Briançon. There was a full-gas pursuit match going on, with Valverde's teammate Gutierrez coming back to the group on the descent. He was chasing all out in pursuit of the Discovery duo and Evans.
With 20 kilometres to go, Soler still had 1'30" on the Discovery duo. Evans, meanwhile, had sat up as he realized he was going nowhere fast as regards staying away from the Rasmussen group.
Once he was back in the fold, there was a split in this yellow jersey group. Rasmussen, Valverde, Gutierrez, Astarloza and Kirchen got away from Evans, Arroyo, Sastre, Moreau, Leipheimer, Cobo, Mayo and Klöden and with ten kilometres to go, they were ten seconds apart. Soler was 1'18" ahead of the first of these two, while Popovych and Contador were between, a minute behind the Colombian. Then with six kilometres left Contador and Popovych were reeled in and the subsequent slight easing in pace enabled the other eight to get back up.
The inspired Soler was still out front with a 50" lead as he began the final ascent into the old town of Briançon. He dug deep and hit the line well clear of the others, taking the first Tour de France stage win by a Colombian rider since Santi Botero at les Deux Alpes in 2002. Indeed, it was the same Botero who won here in Briançon seven years ago.
Soler's super solitary ride to a stage win confirmed his teams wildcard invitation to the 2007 Tour. Valverde blasted home at the front of the groupe maillot jaune, 38" behind the Barloworld rider. A strong Evans was in third.
Rasmussen kept yellow with his sixth place stage finish, while the Tour's 2005 stage winner in Briançon, a suffering Alexandre Vinokourov, was 20th on the stage. He lost almost another two minutes to his main GC rivals. His Astana teammate Klöden was in the front, taking ninth, and looks set to be the leader of Astana after today.
In the general classification, Valverde has moved into second, 2'35" behind Rasmussen. Iban Mayo is four seconds further back in third, with Evans, Contador, Moreau, Sastre, Klöden, Leipheimer and Kirchen rounding out the Top 10.
The status quo should reign for the next four, flat stages, but with only 1'18 covering the riders from 2nd to 9th place, next Saturday's 54 kilometres Albi ITT will be crucial to determine who controls the Tour De France in the difficult Pyrénées stages that begin Sunday.
Stage 10 - Wednesday, July 18: Tallard - Marseille, 229.5km
Tallard-Marseille / 229,5km
After the final Alpine effort, Stage 10 heads south from Tallard, just south of Gap through the Alpes de Haute Provence to the port city of Marseille. Opportunistic riders who are looking for a result will certainly be on the attack.
The two Cat. 3 climbs Bastides and Gineste, which come in the final 30 kilometres, will be decisive in determining who gets the winners big bowl of bouillabaisse for the stage that finishes in front of Marseille's Stade Vélodrome.
Climbs:
km 57: Côte de Châteauneuf-Val-Saint Donat: 3.3-kilometre climb to 3.1 % / 4th Cat.
km 93: Côte de Villedieu: 1.1-kilometre climb at 5.2 % grade / 4th Cat.
km 201.5: Côte des Bastides: 7.5-kilometre climb at 2.9 % grade / 3rd Cat.
km 219.5: Col de la Gineste: 7.5-kilometre climb at 3.2 % grade / 3rd Cat.
Sprints:
km 82.5: Oraison kilometres
km154.5: Saint-Maximin-La-Sainte-Baume
Photography
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- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) wins after a great escape to hold off the favourites
- Rasmussen gets congratulations from French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor) is accompanied by a fan for a little while.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) rides in the Alps, which offers skiing even in the summer.
- Thousands of fans lined the road up the Galibier.
- The field would see spectatcular scenery if they only had a moment to stop and enjoy it.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The Iseran offered a spectacular view but most riders enjoyed its ascent better on the rest day.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) storms up the mountains
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, both winners in their own right, share a lighter moment
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) rides well in the mountains, came back from behind and passed the front group immedately.
- Soler went solo and came in more than half a minute ahead of the rest to give Barloworld its first win in the Tour.
- The Colombian had a scenic backdrop but all he had eyes for was the prize ahead.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) wins with a bold solo attack on the Galibier
- Rasmussen and Sarkozy share a laugh on the podium.
- Soler happy on the podium giving Colombioans the first victory in Brianço sionce Botero.
- French president Nicolas Sarkozy in Prudhommes car. He talked to Laurent Jalabert during the race.
- Soler in the stunning Alps and the Alps see a stunnign perfomance of the Barloworld rider.
- Soler liked riding alone as he didn't trust his sprinting capabilities.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) in tears after coming to realize his injuries were really bad.
- Vino wipes off the tears and rolls off. His Tour dream is dashed.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Saunier Duval before the start.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) signs in.
- The start line in Val d'Isère.
- Looking down to the riders starting in Val d'Isère.
- Start Village.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) starts a hard day.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) wins the stage into Briançon b y going all out, all solo.
- Soler gets a handshake from the French president. That doesn't happen everyday.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) keeps yellow and the best wishes from France.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) takes over the white jersey from Gerdemann, thanks to his incredible performance today.
- Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) helped Evans as long as he could do before setting into his own rhythm.
- Bikes of cyclo-tourists are parked while Pereiro, Valjavec and Kashechkin (r-l) ride by.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) struggling up the barren hills of the Galibier.
- The fans lined the roads and the cyclists lined up. If you are not a mountain goat, it's a bad day in the office.
- Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana tows his captain Vinokourov over the Galibier.
- George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel finished 39th on the day.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis dropped to eight and will now definitely surrender the polka dot that he wore for Rasmussen.
- Linus Gerdemann struggled all day and lost the white jersey a day after he lost yellow.
- The French flag was flying high as the riders flew by.
- The scenery was incredible and the fans were out in force.
- Rabobank led CSC up the hill.
- The fans have polka-dot hats and the strugglers behind zip up their vests and drink a coke.
- The Alpine mountains are beautiful for some bike racing action.
- The road is not very wide sometimes, but the only accident happened in the valley with a dog.
Results
1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.14.24 (37.618 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.38 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 5 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.42 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.46 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.54 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.32 14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.36 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.49 16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.24 17 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 18 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 19 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 21 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 23 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.43 30 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 3.58 31 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.33 33 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 4.57 34 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.26 35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6.29 36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 37 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 6.32 39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.44 40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 42 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.58 46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.16 47 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 7.25 49 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.59 50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.48 51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 52 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.13 53 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 60 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 61 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 63 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 64 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 66 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 15.01 67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 17.34 68 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 69 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 70 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 72 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 73 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.50 76 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 77 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 78 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 79 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 87 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 88 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 89 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 90 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 91 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 92 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 93 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 95 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 96 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.52 99 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 28.51 100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 102 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 103 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 105 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 106 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 110 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 111 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 112 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 113 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 114 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 116 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 117 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 120 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 122 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 123 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 124 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 125 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 128 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 129 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 130 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 131 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 132 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 134 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 135 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 136 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 137 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 138 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 139 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 140 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 142 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 143 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 144 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 145 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 146 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 147 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 148 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 149 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 150 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 151 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 152 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 154 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 155 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 157 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 158 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 159 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 160 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 161 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 162 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 163 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 164 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 165 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 166 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 169 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 171 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC DNS Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Points Le Villaron (Bessans) - Km 33.5 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2 Bramans - Km 60.0 1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 Briancon - Km 159.5 1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 20 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 15 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 5 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 8 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 7 10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Col De L'iseran - Km 15.0 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 pts 2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16 4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 Col Du Télégraphe - Km 99.0 1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 pts 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 6 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 7 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 8 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Col Du Galibier - Km 122.0 1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 40 pts 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 28 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 14 9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 12 10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Young Rider 1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.14.24 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3.24 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.43 5 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.29 6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.44 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9.48 8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.13 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 17.34 11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.50 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.52 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 28.51 16 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 19 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 21 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 24 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld Most Aggressive Rider 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.46.06 2 Caisse D’Epargne 2.57 3 Astana 4.40 4 Team CSC 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.53 6 Predictor-Lotto 8.06 7 AG2r Prévoyance 8.40 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.37 9 Rabobank 12.34 10 Crédit Agricole 14.30 11 Lampre-Fondital 17.27 12 Bouygues Telecom 24.01 13 T-Mobile Team 27.26 14 Liquigas 27.56 15 Agritubel 28.51 16 Quickstep-Innergetic 29.08 17 Barloworld 29.21 18 Gerolsteiner 36.10 19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.54 20 Française des Jeux 52.34 21 Team Milram 1.06.21 General Classification after stage 9 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 43.52.48 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.35 3 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.41 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.08 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.18 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.39 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3.50 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.06 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.20 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5.34 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.56 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.36 15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.42 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.45 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 6.49 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.10 19 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.33 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 7.45 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 8.05 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.16 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8.51 24 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 9.00 25 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 9.11 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.45 27 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 10.09 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.20 30 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.44 31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.12 33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.58 34 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.08 35 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.45 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24.39 37 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 25.59 38 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.21 39 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 28.10 41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28.23 42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 29.25 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.58 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 30.41 45 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.45 46 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.47 47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 32.46 48 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 32.47 49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 33.06 50 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 33.09 51 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.55 52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 37.14 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.32 54 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 39.50 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40.36 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.01 57 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.49 58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.22 59 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.14 60 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44.28 61 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 44.45 62 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44.55 63 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 45.58 64 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46.20 65 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47.01 66 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 47.07 67 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 47.43 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 51.59 69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 52.06 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52.32 71 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 52.47 72 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 52.56 73 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 54.39 74 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 55.39 75 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 56.45 76 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.01 77 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 57.03 78 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 57.17 79 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 57.22 80 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 57.39 81 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.44 82 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 59.10 83 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00.53 84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.02.20 85 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.02.57 86 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.01 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.07 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.11 89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.03.52 90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.04.00 91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.19 92 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06.06 93 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.06.25 94 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.07.10 96 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.08.00 97 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09.23 98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09.36 99 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.07 100 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.37 101 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.14.14 102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.14.50 103 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 1.14.58 104 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.15.19 105 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.15.43 106 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.19 107 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.16.29 108 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.18.35 109 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.56 110 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.19.42 111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.19.47 112 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.21.02 113 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.21.11 114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.38 115 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.21.39 116 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.24.00 117 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.24.35 118 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 119 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.24.56 120 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.25.57 122 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 123 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.26.15 124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.26.41 125 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.27.38 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.27.44 127 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.28.01 128 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.09 129 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.28.15 130 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.22 131 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.34 132 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.28.58 133 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.29.22 134 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.29.36 135 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29.49 136 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.29.55 137 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.29.59 138 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.30.15 139 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.24 140 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.30.37 141 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.31.05 142 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.31.31 143 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.31.33 144 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.31.39 145 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.31.45 146 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.31.51 147 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.32.05 148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.32.21 149 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.33.30 150 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.33.39 151 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33.49 152 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34.23 153 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.34.50 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.35.05 155 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35.22 156 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.35.39 157 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.35.41 158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.37.23 159 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.37.26 160 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.37.31 161 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.38.25 162 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.38.34 163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.39.08 164 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.39.34 165 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.39.44 166 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.41.38 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.41.46 168 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.41.55 169 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.42.23 170 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.42.49 171 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.45.23 Points Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 147 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 134 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 103 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 101 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 63 9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 53 10 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 11 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 47 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 18 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 22 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 33 23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 32 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 31 25 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 26 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30 27 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 29 29 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 33 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 34 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 35 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 36 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 38 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 39 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 40 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 19 43 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 44 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 45 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 46 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 48 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 14 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 52 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 53 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 55 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 12 56 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 57 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 58 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 61 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 63 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 64 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 66 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 67 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 68 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 71 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 74 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 75 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 76 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 77 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 78 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 79 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 80 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 81 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 82 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 83 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 84 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 85 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 2 86 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2 87 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 89 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 90 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 92 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1 93 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 95 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto -4 96 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 98 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -5 99 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 100 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -5 101 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -20 Mountains Classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 98 pts 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 79 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 46 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20 18 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 20 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 26 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 28 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 30 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 32 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 34 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 36 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 37 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 38 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 39 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 40 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 43 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 44 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 45 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 46 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 47 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 48 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 49 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 52 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 53 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 54 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 56 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 57 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43.55.56 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.37 3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.41 4 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 5.52 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.12 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.00 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25.15 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 41.37 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49.24 10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 53.55 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.44 12 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.03.17 13 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.15 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.29 15 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.11 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.12.35 17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.22.49 18 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.24.30 19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.25.01 20 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.25.07 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.41 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.26.47 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.28.25 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.28.37 25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1.28.43 26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.22 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.34.23 Teams Classification 1 Caisse D’Epargne 131.52.51 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.06 3 Astana 3.02 4 Team CSC 5.34 5 Rabobank 8.19 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.46 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.30 8 AG2r Prévoyance 25.12 9 Predictor-Lotto 26.26 10 T-Mobile Team 37.05 11 Crédit Agricole 46.41 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 51.41 13 Lampre-Fondital 1.00.51 14 Gerolsteiner 1.10.46 15 Liquigas 1.12.47 16 Barloworld 1.14.04 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.14.26 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.46.45 19 Agritubel 2.00.55 20 Française des Jeux 2.31.40 21 Team Milram 2.35.13
