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94th Tour de France - ProT

France, July 7-29, 2007

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Stage 14 - Sunday, July 22: Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille, 197km

Rasmussen takes control of the Tour

Kid Contador strengthens GC position with stage win

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

Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel)
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'Chicken' Michael Rasmussen proved his fighting abilities while taking a huge step towards wining the 94th Tour de France. The 33 year-old Dane escaped with Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) with 5.5 kilometres to go in stage 14 on Plateau de Beille to distance Australian Cadel Evans by 1'52". Contador came through to win his first ever Tour stage with 100 metres to go and now sits 2'23" behind Rasmussen on the general classification, while Evans slipped to 3'04".

"Contador and Discovery Channel were the ones making the race hard in the end," explained Rasmussen, clad in yellow, of the charge led by Contador, Leipheimer and Popovych. "I tried to take advantage of that. Eventually Alberto Contador and I became isolated, and we had a common interest to take as much time from our competitors as possible. In the end he was better and he passed me in the sprint for the win."

The 24 year-old stayed locked on the Rabobank rider's wheel for the final metres before he shot clear to take his first stage win in his second ever Grand Tour. "It is a dream come true," stated a pleased Contador. "This was so impressive with all the fans along the road. I thought of my family and everyone who has supported me, not only in the good moments but also in the hard moments.

"It was a very important result but there are still three very difficult stages to come: two in the mountains and one time trial." Thinking of the overall, he added, "I can have a bad day, but it is the same for Rasmussen."

Rasmussen moved into the maillot jaune on stage eight to Tignes but his lead never seemed so secure as it did at the end of the 197-kilometre run today. He started the day with only one minute to Evans and 2'31" to Spaniard Contador but by the end of the day the gap to Evans was stretched by two minutes. The gap is significant for the wafer-thin climber considering the 55.5-kilometre final time trial that comes on the Tour's penultimate day.

He was in a move with Evans, Contador, Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel), Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) when the final shake up started to develop. After some kicks by Rasmussen, which Evans successfully followed, Contador delivered a punch at 5.8 kilometres to go that was initially let go. Evans forced Rasmussen to chase but as he did the pace became too much and the fighting Aussie faded on the nine percent gradients.

"It was too hard, Rasmussen and Contador were stronger," said an exhausted Evans. "Maybe they did [take more time in the GC] but I can still gain time against the clock on them."

The two front riders, who glanced at each other to confirm their task ahead, set about in a two-up mountain time trial to ditch Evans. At five kilometres to go they were 25 seconds back on Colom who was the only rider left of the day's major escape that once contained Rubén Pérez, Amets Txurruka and Carlos Barredo.

Colom was caught with 3.4 kilometres remaining while Evans was chasing but fading fast, and about to be picked up by Soler, Leipheimer and Sastre. He was further jettisoned and he found himself with Klöden around the 2.5 kilometres to go mark. They finished the stage together, with the German taking sixth and Evans seventh.

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Soler, who had tried a couple of digs just before Contador stomped clear, finally broke lose of his companions just prior to the sprint for mountain points at 500 metres to go. The Colombian, in the maillot à pois rouges on loan from Rasmussen, now trails in the competition by 2 points.

American Leipheimer may not have lit up the stage but his team sure did. His consistency has paid off, allowing him to sneak into fourth for the day and fourth overall, 4'29" back. Johan Bruyneel must be happy with his charges who took one step towards achieving his three race goals; a stage (accomplished today), the white jersey of young rider (Contador leads by 9'08") and a podium spot for Leipheimer (he is only 1'25" out).

Sastre looked laboured on the demanding 15.9-kilometre climb. While Contador and Rasmussen were storming up the road the Spaniard was steadily marching his way through France's Montagne de Tabe with Leipheimer, eventually finishing fifth and is now 5'50" back on the overall.

Colom held on to take eighth over Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) and Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel).

Pre-Tour GC-favourites Valverde, Vinokourov and Moreau slid further out of contention. Valverde was popped at 12.2 kilometres to go and had the help of teammate Pereiro and then Arroyo to pace him up the climb. The 27 year-old 'Green Bullet' ended his day at 3'45" back and is now in 9'45" out of the running in a race he has yet to finish in his career.

Vinokourov crashed on the Port de Pailhères when a fan's flag became caught in Astana teammate's Serguei Ivanov wheel. The Kazakh is reported with bruises but he lost his chance of winning the race overall; he is at 34'12". "I had no legs today," said 'Vino' after the hard day of riding. Moreau, who continues to struggle, finished in the sprinters' gruppetto and is 48'13" back in the GC.

How It Unfolded

Sunday's first stage in the Pyrénées began in Mazamet, the hometown of Laurent Jalabert, and headed South into the big mountains. The route climbed out of town via the second category, nine kilometre Côte de Saint-Sarraille, across the Montagne Noir massif and then across the flats, past the medieval walled city of Carcassonne, then on to Limoux and Quillan. It continued through the pays de l'Aude before ascending the steep 17km of the hors catégorie Port de Pailhères and then the final ascent that finishes atop the similarly ranked, steep 16 kilometre Plateau de Beille climb.

Andreas Klöden (Astana)
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165 riders set off at 11.49 AM, missing just one - Saunier Duval's sprinter Francisco Ventoso wasn't there thanks to the hard final kilometre crash he had endured two days earlier in Montpellier.

The weather was beautiful; sunny and temperatures in the mid-twenties, which was a welcomed break from the hot days of the previous week. There was a light headwind from the east-southeast, which meant the Tour riders would have the wind in their face as they approached the Pyrenean climbs.

Just outside of Mazamet was the first ascent of the day, the nine kilometre, 5.3 percent second category climb of the côte de Saint-Sarraille. The first ramps inspired an attack from Euskaltel's Ruben Perez and he was quickly joined by Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step Innergetic), David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval - Prodir) and Barloworld's Felix Cardenas. Schumacher touched a wheel and fell as the peloton surged after the attackers and absorbed them after three kilometres of climbing. Immediately there was a new attack by Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel - Euskadi), with Barredo and de la Fuente also going again. At the back of the race, Nicolas Jalabert and Cyril Dessel were already in trouble.

The peloton was close behind and by the summit of the Saint-Saraille climb, it was De la Fuente who led Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick.Step – Innergetic), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel – Euskadi), and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom). This surge provoked a small gap off the front, with David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), Jens Voigt (CSC), John Gadret (Ag2r Prévoyance), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Verdugo, Lefèvre, Aleksandr Kushynski (Liquigas), Barredo, Garate, Antonio Colom (Astana), de la Fuente, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Barloworld) and his team-mate Soler twenty seconds ahead of the group maillot jaune as the long descent began. The peloton was a further twenty seconds behind.

In the group maillot jaune, Rasmussen had José Ivan Gutierrez, Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Jorge Azanza, Ruben Perez (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Sergio Paulinho, Popovych (Discovery Channel), Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom), Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel), Benoit Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Daniel Navarro (Astana) for company. This big group caught the break to make it 27 up front, and they had almost a minute after some twenty kilometres of racing.

Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto)
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Cadel Evans' Predictor Lotto team were not going to let Rasmussen go anywhere and they worked hard to bring the break back fifteen kilometres later, in Villegailhenc.

This was the perfect moment for a counterattack and 6 riders managed to extricate themselves from the general confusion. The break was compact – Gutierrez, Perez, Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Barredo, Colom and Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas).

It was the right move at the right moment and after a half-hearted chase by the bunch, this sextet began to gain ground fast on the unmotivated peloton. Kuschynski took the points in the sprint in the beautiful medieval walled city of Carcassonne [46.5km], while the peloton was five minutes behind.

As the escape worked hard and the peloton awaited the upcoming assault by Astana, their lead soared and at Cepie, deep in the pays de l'Aude after some 63 kilometres of racing, the lead was now 10'10". They were no immediate threat to Rasmussen's jersey; the best placed rider in the escape was Spanish TT champ Gutiérrez, who was 28th at 15'21".

Saunier Duval was hoping to launch their climber Iban Mayo on the upcoming slopes, so they came to the front and lent the orange men of Rabobank a hand in the chase. Then, at the day's second intermediate sprint in Campagne sur Aude, Barredo beat Kuschynski. The break's lead was still ten minutes', with lunch waiting at the feed zone just ahead. There was still 37 kilometres to race to Usson-les-Bains at the base of the penultimate climb of Stage 14, the 16.8 km ascent of the Port de Pailhères. As the mountains approached, the cloud cover increased and temperatures began to drop to the mid-teens. The downslope headwind had increased to 15km/hr.

The big climbs whittle things down

The French and Norwegian
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As the Tour De France threaded its way through the narrow defile of the Gorges du Saints Georges to confront the Port de Pailhères for the third time in its history, Saunier Duval was still riding hard on the front. The gap to the break was starting to fall as a result. The two Basque, two Castilian and one Belorussian rider were working well together and with 77 kilometres to race, the gap was now seven minutes. Guti was up front for Valverde, who needed to attack to get back into the race, while the two Euskaltel riders were looking to help their teammate Astarloza. Barredo and Kuschynski were opportunists looking for Tour glory.

After 129 kilometres of racing in Usson-les-Bains at the base of the Port de Pailhères, the cooler weather and strong winds had rendered the asphalt less sticky than usual on the rough, rustic country roads. While Barredo and Guti cranked up the pace in the break, causing Kuschynski to suffer on the back, Saunier Duval's Christophe Rinero and David Canada were hammering hard in the peloton, now 6 minutes behind.

The 17 kilometre ascent of the Port de Pailhères was divided in two parts; the first six kilometres are relatively easy, but after Mijanes the climb gets steeper. The final five kilometres average 8 percent. Already wearing the red dossard of most combative rider, sophomore pro Txurruka was putting the hurt on the break. First victim was Kuschynski, who dropped off the pace up front, while Colom was just hanging on the back. He was awaiting the eventual arrival of Vino & Co. Saunier Duval were still riding hard for Mayo in the peloton, where their intense rhythm had dropped French champion Moreau. He was having another bad day and had been shelled from what was left of the main bunch, as was German champion Fabian Wegmann.

As the road steepened with 6 kilometres to go, the Euskaltel boys were pulling away from Gutiérrez and Barredo, with Colom hanging on behind. The Saunier Duval led peloton was now just forty strong and 4'45" behind and closing. Rabobank was right behind Saunier Duval, with Miki Boogerd, riding his last season, protecting maillot jaune Rasmussen.

Up front, Colom had attacked and only Txurruka could cover his move at first. But as the road flattened out Perez got back, on as did Gutiérrez.

Trouble for the Tour favourite

Somewhat dramatically, with seven kilometres to go to the summit of the Port de Pailhères and with 57 kilometres left to race, the hard pace up front put stage 13 winner Vinokourov in trouble. He had vowed that his GC recovery would continue today but instead he quietly slipped out the back, soon to be joined by Discovery Channel's Popovych.

The groupe maillot jaune was still 30 strong, with riders such as Thomas Dekker, Michael Boogerd and Denis Menchov of Rabobank, Cadel Evans and Chris Horner for Predictor, Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador and George Hincapie for Discovery Channel, Andreas Klöden, Paolo Savodelli and Andrey Kashechkin for Astana, Carlos Sastre and Frank Schleck for CSC, Iban Mayo for Saunier Duval, maillot à pois Soler for Barloworld, John Gadret for Ag2r, Mikel Astarloza for Euskaltel, Triki Beltrán for Liquigas and Alejandro Valverde for Caisse d'Epargne. Dekker's hard pace was reducing this group meter by meter, as USPRO champ Hincapie and Langeveld went out the back with 3 kilometres still to ascend.

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
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Among the huge crowds at the summit of 17-kilometre ascent, the four-man break still had a lead of 2'39" as terrible Txurruka took the KOM from the break. Long, tall Soler sprinted off the front of the chasing group to take the 5th place in the battle for KOM points, and at this point Iban Mayo – who had talked up his chances of a stage win - couldn't stay with the chase and dropped off in the final steep kilometre. However he was sure to get back on during the long descent to Ax-les-Thermes.

Five minutes after the Rasmussen group had passed, Vino finally reached the summit, waving the white flag of surrender.

A long fast descent was ahead, with 25 kilometres to Ax-les-Thermes, then another 10 kilometres of false flat to the base of the final climb of the day. Caisse d'Epargne's Pereiro tried an attack on the descent, but his move was quickly covered by super-descender Savodelli.

The leaders still had three minutes at Ax-les-Thermes with 32 kilometres to go. By this point George Hincapie and ten others had gotten back on to the chasing group and this was now 30 riders strong. His comeback would come in handy for Contador as the groupe maillot jaune chased the break across the valley floor towards the beginning of the ascent of Plateau de Beille. The USPRO champ hit the front in his Captain America jersey, leading ahead of the Rabobank teammates of Rasmussen.

With 25 kilometres to race, the four man break was still working hard together while their former companion Barredo was 15” back and chasing hard to try to get back on. Rasmussen's group was at 3'20", a large chasing group containing Merckx and 18 others was at seven minutes and Vinokourov was in another group ten minutes back.

Barredo finally clawed his way back to the break with 23km to go as behind, big George was humping hard in his 53X11 to reduce the escapees' margin. At the base of the final ascent, the gap was now down to 2'30". Perez dropped off the front group, his work done, and next was Barredo.

Final climb

Tiny Txurruka was making the pace on the steep first ramps of the Plateau de Beille ascent while behind Hincapie peeled off after pulling back a minute of the breaks' lead in ten kilometres.

Rabobank's Dekker then pulled hard and dropped after 300m, so it was now Miki Boogerd's turn to ride the killer tempo for Rasmussen. Although his nickname from mountain bike days is Chicken (not from his appearance, but because he likes to eat that meat!), Rasmussen was showing himself to be more fighting cock than egg-layer as he was clearly in charge of the Tour De France.

The Dane realized that the best defence was a strong offence and Boogerd's tough pace was taking its toll as Savodelli, Beltrán, Kirchen, Langeveld, Gadret, Voigt, Karpets, Horner, Zubeldia and Mayo came off the back one after the other in the group, approximately twelve kilometres from the end. .

Two minutes up the road in the break, Astana's Colom - who hadn't taken a decent pull all day - attacked and quickly got a fifty metre gap on the others. Popovych had now hit the front in the 11 strong groupe maillot jaune to crank up the pace for an eventual attack by Contador.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Valverde had croaked with 11.5km to go and went out the back, then Menchov dropped off while Klöden was just barely hanging on, riding last wheel. Meanwhile, Miki Boogerd showed his massive character and experience as he got back to the group and immediately hit the front. He was pounding away in a huge gear, with Rasmussen, Sastre, Evans, Leipheimer, Contador, Popovych, Kashechkin, Klöden and Soler all along for the ride.

With ten kilometres to go, Colom, Txurruka and Guti were 55" behind the stage leader Colom. The Rasmussen group was 1'50" back as Popo hit the front once again and accelerated hard. His action then popped Klöden, but the Discovery Channel rider, Rasmussen and maillot blanc Contador were right there, with Evans clearly suffering and Klödi just trying to stay close. Discovery Channel had opened a big can of whup-ass on the rest of the group as Popo was having a great day on the front and Contador and Leipheimer were just behind. Rasmussen, Evans, Kashechkin and the surprising Soler were still there. Suddenly, Popo peeled off with eight kilometres to climb, then Levi went as the set-up for Contador, who made a powerful counterattack that dusted everyone except Rasmussen and Evans. Leipheimer, Sastre and Soler got back on.

Finale

Multiple attacks by Rasmussen and counters by Contador ensured that the pace yo-yoed wildly. This is the worst thing that can happen to a rider with bad legs in the mountains. With 6.5 kilometres to go, Rasmussen leaned over to maillot à pois Soler and said something to the long, lean Colombian. He immediately made multiple attacks. Contador then went again. Rasmussen went after him and suddenly it was too much for Evans, who finally cracked. The Australian lost the wheels of the two best climbers in the Tour De France and from that point tried to defend himself on the remaining kilometres of the climb.

Leipheimer fan club
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Colom was still in the lead as Rasmussen and Contador passed the five kilometres to go banner, but his 22" margin was falling fast. Evans was at 40”, chasing desperately with Soler, Sastre and Leipheimer on his wheel, while Klöden and Kashechkin were at one minute. Rasmussen was making the pace as Contador was taking occasional pulls. Sastre accelerated hard and popped Evans again, the second time in one kilometre that the Aussie was blown out the back.

With 3.5km to race to the summit of the Plateau de Beille, Astana's last chance for glory went up in smoke as Rasmussen and Contador caught Colom. He then tried to hang on the front duo as long as possible but cracked. Sastre was leading the chase behind with Soler and Leipheimer at 30", Evans at 55" and Klöden and Kashechkin at 1'20".

As the battle of the super skinnies continued up front, Contador gesturing for Rasmussen to come through, Colom came off the back. He was was caught by the three chasers as the final kilometre began, while Evans tried to stay with the two Astana riders.

Amidst the huge crazy crowds atop the Plateau de Beille, Rasmussen and Contador finally got inside the race barriers and continued their mano a mano.

Contador and Rasmussen
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Rasmussen was riding against the left side barriers to deny the draft to Contador as there was clearly no love lost between the two riders. However it was the Discovery Channel rider who took the stage in the sprint. Soler loped across the line 37" behind, finishing just ahead of Discovery Channel's tenacious Leipheimer at 40", with CSC's Sastre at 53". He had attacked them with two kilometres to go.

Astana's Klöden and Evans came in 1'52" back, while two more Astana riders - early breakaway Colom and Kazakh rider Kashechkin - finished at 2'22". Discovery Channel's heroic Popovych was 10th, with Rabobankers Boogie Boogers and Thomas Dekker at 3'07". Alejandro Valverde's group came home at 3'45", while Vino was 81st at 28'50". This was just six minutes and two seconds ahead of the gruppetto.

There was no change to the yellow jersey after the first stage in the Pyrénées. Rabobank's Maillot Jaune Rasmussen has gone from strength to strength as the final difficult mountain stages of the 2007 Tour De France commenced. Thanks to his excellent time trial yesterday and his win today, Discovery Channel's 24 year old rising Spanish star Alberto Contador has moved from 3rd to 2nd place on GC. He is 2'23" behind the Dane and has a firm grip on the Maillot Blanc of Best Young rider.

Following his big blowup on the Plateau de Beille, Evans has now dropped to third at 3'04", losing over two minutes to Rasmussen today. However Predictor-Lotto's tough Aussie is still in the hunt. Just behind him is Leipheimer, now sitting fourth at 4'29", while Klöden has dropped two places to fifth at 4'38".

Carlos Sastre (Team CSC)
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CSC's Carlos Sastre has come up one place on GC to sixth and is 5'50"back.

The rest of the top 10 is rounded out by Astana's Kashechkin (7th @ 6'58"), Euskaltel's Astarloza (8th @ 8'25"), Caisse d'Epargne's Valverde (9th @ 9'45") and another Discovery Channel rider, Yaroslav Popovych (10th @ 10'55).

Former Tour favourite and Stage 13 winner Alexandre Vinokourov moved back into the top 10 yesterday, but his poor performance today pushed the Kazakh rider down to 30th on GC, 34'14" behind the maillot jaune.

Stage 15: Monday 23 July Foix-Loudenvielle Le Louron / 196 km:

After a difficult time trial and then a hard mountaintop finish atop Plateau de Beille, Stage 15 to Foix Loudenvielle to Le Louron is the Queen stage of the 2007 Tour De France. The long, difficult Stage 15 traverses the heart of the Hautes-Pyrénées from Foix in the Ariege region, with the Col de Port as the opener after just 27.5km. It then rolls through the beautiful countryside around Saint-Girons before assaulting the challenging second half of the stage, with the steep Cat.2 Col de Portet d'Aspet and then the steeper Cat.1 Col de Menté following. The new hors catégorie ascent of the Port de Balès comes next, a 19,5km climb that averages a 6,2% grade, and with the final 10 km at a steep 8,5% this should really show who is the strongest in this years Tour.

But the terrible Stage 15 isn't done yet, as the steep 10km Col de Peyresourde awaits before the technical descent to Loudenvielle Le Louron awaits. Rabobank's Maillot Jaune Michael Rasmussen will battle the resurgent forces of Discovery Channel (who have taken command of the Team General Classification today from Astana) across the five cols of Stage 15, so look for another exciting stage Monday.

Climbs:
Km 27.5: Col de Port: 11.4 km climb @ 5.3 % grade / 2nd Cat.
Km 98.5: Col de Portet d'Aspet: 5.7 km climb @ 6.9 % grade / 2nd Cat.
Km 114: Col de Menté: 7.0 km climb @ 8.1 % grade / 1st Cat.
Km 159.5: Port de Balès: 19.2 km climb @ 6.2 % grade / Beyond Category
Km 184.5: Col de Peyresourde: 9.7 km climb @ 7.8 % grade / 1st Cat.

Sprint:
Km 68: Saint-Girons
Km 127: Marignac

Rest Day: Tuesday 24 July / Pau

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Results

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5.25.48 (36.28 km/h)
2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                   
3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                0.37
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       0.40
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                            0.53
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                    1.52
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                                
8 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                 2.23
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                     
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    3.06
11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      3.45
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                  
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     3.47
18 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           4.04
19 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
20 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                             4.48
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                       5.33
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                         
23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
24 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                             
26 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                        6.34
27 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                              
28 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                          7.07
29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                               7.35
30 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                                   
31 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                          
32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                              
33 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     8.02
34 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                        8.27
35 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   9.31
36 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                  10.20
37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                 11.00
38 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                           11.10
39 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       11.25
40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        11.38
41 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                            
42 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                                     
43 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                          12.16
44 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           12.28
45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     12.38
46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                12.56
48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                         
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         13.37
50 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                             14.13
51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                         
53 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 14.54
54 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                              15.43
55 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            
56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                            16.55
57 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
58 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
59 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
60 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                              
62 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                      
63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      18.02
64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     18.27
65 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                              18.30
66 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         
67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            19.34
68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                              22.05
69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       26.26
70 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
71 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        27.15
72 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                       
73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                   
74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                    28.02
75 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
76 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          28.50
77 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
78 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
79 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                                
80 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                                       
81 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                                 
82 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                    
83 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      30.28
84 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  31.29
85 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
86 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         33.37
87 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             34.52
88 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
89 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                       
90 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         
91 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
92 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                
93 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
94 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                                
95 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                           
96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   
97 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                      
98 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                             
99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                                
100 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     
101 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                             
102 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                          
103 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
104 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    
105 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
106 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                             
107 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                          
108 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                 
109 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                                   
110 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
111 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                 
112 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
113 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
114 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                              
115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                 
116 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                 
117 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                         
118 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                  
119 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                               
120 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
121 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
122 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                   
123 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                                     
124 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
125 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
126 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                        
127 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                   
129 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                            
130 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
131 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
132 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                               
133 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                                 
134 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          
135 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          
136 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
137 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                  
138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
140 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                
141 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                           
142 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            
143 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            
144 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           
145 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
146 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                            
147 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
148 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
149 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
150 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                    
151 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           
152 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
153 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
155 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
156 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                       
157 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
158 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                              
159 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                                
160 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
161 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                  
162 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                    
163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
164 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
165 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   42.08
DNS Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
 
Points
 
Carcassonne - km 46.5
1 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                6 pts
2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      4
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               2
 
 
Campagne-sur-Aude - km 91.5
1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            6 pts
2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                4
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               2
 
 
Plateau-de-Beille - km 197.0
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                20 pts
2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                 17
3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                  15
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         13
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                              12
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                      10
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                               9
8 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                    8
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                    7
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       6
11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                   5
12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              4
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         3
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               2
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 1
 
Mountains
 
Côte De Saint-Sarraille - km 9.0
1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          10 pts
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                   9
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        8
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   7
5 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                6
6 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            5
 
Port De Pailhères - km 146.5
1 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     20 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         18
3 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                   16
4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              14
5 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                           12
6 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                  10
7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                  8
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                      7
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                    6
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                     5
 
Plateau-de-Beille - km 197.0
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                40 pts
2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                 36
3 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                  32
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         28
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                              24
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                      20
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                              16
8 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                   14
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                   12
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      10
 
Young Rider
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5.25.48
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                0.37
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                               3.45
4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       4.04
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                   5.33
6 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                           12.16
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           28.50
8 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                                 
9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                     
10 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      30.28
11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  31.29
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         33.37
13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      34.52
14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                              
16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                          
18 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                  
21 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                   
22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                             
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                    42.08
 
Most Aggressive Rider
 
1 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                     
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                         16.21.10
2 Astana                                                                         2.52
3 Rabobank                                                                       4.53
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                              7.09
5 Caisse D’Epargne                                                               7.31
6 Team CSC                                                                      10.15
7 Crédit Agricole                                                               21.27
8 Liquigas                                                                      21.33
9 Predictor-Lotto                                                               21.35
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                              26.53
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                              30.43
12 Gerolsteiner                                                                 33.46
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                             38.30
14 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                         39.35
15 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                         43.57
16 Barloworld                                                                   43.59
17 T-Mobile Team                                                                51.09
18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                              54.09
19 Agritubel                                                                  1.13.05
20 Team Milram                                                                1.16.51
21 Française des Jeux                                                         1.40.50
 
General Classification After Stage 14
 
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                           64.12.15
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              2.23
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                            3.04
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       4.29
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                    4.38
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                            5.50
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                 6.58
8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            8.25
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             9.45
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   10.55
11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     11.01
12 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                              11.31
13 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             12.15
14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                              13.16
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                      14.58
16 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  15.31
17 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                         17.23
18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                 18.57
19 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    19.19
20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          19.33
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                       22.20
22 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                       22.33
23 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                          22.53
24 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                               24.12
25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                 24.56
26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                    25.06
27 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     31.41
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     32.45
29 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             34.07
30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                            34.12
31 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          36.01
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                              36.03
33 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    36.07
34 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                        36.18
35 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                 38.46
36 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            40.01
37 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
38 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                     41.19
39 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       43.08
40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      46.30
41 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                         47.08
42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      48.13
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                    48.29
44 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       50.34
45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    51.59
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        54.33
47 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                               57.22
48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         57.49
49 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.00.30
50 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              1.04.30
51 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1.04.31
52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          1.04.50
53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          1.04.54
54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                           1.06.45
55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  1.06.58
56 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                1.08.25
57 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              1.09.42
58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       1.12.53
59 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          1.14.27
60 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                               1.15.16
61 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                       1.16.05
62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1.17.14
63 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1.18.52
64 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         1.19.02
65 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.19.46
66 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1.19.58
67 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            1.20.27
68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.20.56
69 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                            1.23.07
70 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.24.29
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        1.24.51
72 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                           1.25.15
73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     1.27.12
74 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               1.28.09
75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            1.28.14
76 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 1.28.33
77 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  1.29.21
78 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    1.30.22
79 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                                1.30.36
80 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                             1.33.36
81 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     1.34.53
82 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             1.37.12
83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       1.37.33
84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     1.37.38
85 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   1.38.14
86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                      1.38.25
87 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            1.39.21
88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1.40.57
89 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             1.41.17
90 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                1.43.42
91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            1.45.48
92 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               1.45.51
93 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1.48.40
94 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           1.49.56
95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                            1.51.13
96 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             1.52.26
97 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1.53.33
98 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                            1.53.38
99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                        1.53.59
100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1.56.13
101 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1.57.07
102 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                 1.57.35
103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1.58.05
104 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                            1.58.17
105 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 1.58.42
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     1.59.14
107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                        2.00.18
108 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          2.01.09
109 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2.01.21
110 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                             2.02.07
111 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              2.03.41
112 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 2.04.32
113 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                        2.06.21
114 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     2.06.57
115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          2.07.03
116 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           2.07.25
117 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                          2.08.22
118 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          2.08.45
119 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 2.09.32
120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         2.09.33
121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   2.09.38
122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      2.10.00
123 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                            2.10.10
124 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         2.10.15
125 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      2.10.30
126 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     2.10.31
127 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                            2.10.37
128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        2.10.43
129 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                             2.10.49
130 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2.11.09
131 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                     2.11.28
132 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               2.11.44
133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   2.11.47
134 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                2.11.59
135 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   2.12.06
136 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                             2.12.09
137 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                             2.12.22
138 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                          2.12.38
139 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                        2.12.56
140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              2.13.33
141 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             2.13.51
142 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.15.15
143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                           2.15.34
144 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                   2.15.40
145 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2.16.22
146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     2.17.35
147 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                     2.17.53
148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                          2.18.15
149 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        2.18.48
150 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        2.19.32
151 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   2.19.35
152 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               2.19.40
153 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        2.20.29
154 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                    2.21.01
155 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                         2.21.17
156 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         2.22.21
157 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               2.24.34
158 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              2.24.45
159 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    2.25.11
160 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        2.25.40
161 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            2.28.06
162 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                           2.29.44
163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       2.31.45
164 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    2.32.11
165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   2.38.38
 
Points Classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                         195 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                  175
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                    174
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                              132
5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     127
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                95
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                 93
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   87
9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    73
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         72
11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            72
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     71
13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                              67
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                       63
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                             60
16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                  57
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                     56
18 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 48
19 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                     48
20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              48
21 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                47
22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               45
23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                 45
24 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                              44
25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            44
26 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           43
27 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    42
28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     41
29 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      39
30 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            38
31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        37
32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                 36
33 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     35
34 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            35
35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                            33
36 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         32
37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             30
38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            30
39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      29
40 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                  29
41 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           29
42 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         27
43 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    27
44 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   26
45 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       26
46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                       26
47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        25
48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        25
49 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         25
50 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                             24
51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    24
52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           24
53 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        23
54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    23
55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       22
56 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            21
57 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         21
58 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  21
59 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             20
60 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           20
61 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                               19
62 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                   19
63 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                                18
64 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                 18
65 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                17
66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                 16
67 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                15
68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               15
69 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         15
70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                 15
71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         15
72 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         14
73 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                       14
74 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                               14
75 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              14
76 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          13
77 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                13
78 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       12
79 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             11
80 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                  10
81 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  9
82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                             9
83 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                         9
84 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            9
85 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         8
86 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 8
87 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                             7
88 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                     7
89 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   7
90 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                           6
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           6
92 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  6
93 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 6
94 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          6
95 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          5
96 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                   5
97 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                5
98 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                           4
99 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                 4
100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             4
101 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                             3
102 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    3
103 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                          2
104 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          2
105 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                               2
106 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              2
107 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          2
108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 2
109 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                  2
110 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      1
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     1
112 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
113 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                             -3
114 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                         -4
115 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               -5
116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                -5
117 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                     -5
118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                               -5
119 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         -20
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                                142 pts
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 140
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      104
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                85
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                              64
6 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           55
7 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          54
8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              51
9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         50
10 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                                  50
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         43
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        42
13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              33
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                     32
15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             30
16 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             30
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        28
18 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                                  28
19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                       26
20 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     26
21 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           26
22 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                             24
23 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         24
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    21
25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       20
26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          20
27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    19
28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                19
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         18
30 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            16
31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       16
32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                           15
33 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         15
34 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            15
35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    14
36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 14
37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                          14
38 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        13
39 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          12
40 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              12
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                            12
42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           11
43 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       11
44 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          10
45 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                    10
46 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               10
47 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                               10
48 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            9
49 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   8
50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       8
51 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                                   7
52 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          6
53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                5
54 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                               5
55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                        5
56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             4
57 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             4
58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                  4
59 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                              3
60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                    3
61 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                                  3
62 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                      3
63 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        3
64 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                    2
65 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                   2
66 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           2
67 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                               2
68 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       2
69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  1
70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                                 1
71 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              1
 
Young Rider Classification
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          64.14.38
2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                9.08
3 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                           20.30
4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      29.18
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           33.38
6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                  36.23
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       44.07
8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            1.04.22
9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              1.34.49
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   1.35.51
11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1.51.10
12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1.53.50
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  2.02.09
14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       2.07.37
15 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       2.08.07
16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    2.08.46
17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    2.09.24
18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2.09.36
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                           2.10.15
20 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                         2.10.33
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       2.13.59
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                      2.15.30
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             2.25.43
24 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                            2.27.21
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                        192.54.08
2 Astana                                                                         1.58
3 Rabobank                                                                       7.58
4 Caisse D’Epargne                                                              11.24
5 Team CSC                                                                      11.40
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                             25.26
7 Predictor-Lotto                                                               49.13
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                        1.05.30
9 Crédit Agricole                                                             1.11.09
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                            1.18.37
11 T-Mobile Team                                                              1.23.35
12 Liquigas                                                                   1.27.41
13 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                       1.29.21
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                            1.31.19
15 Gerolsteiner                                                               1.56.24
16 Barloworld                                                                 2.08.45
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                           2.08.58
18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                            2.44.19
19 Agritubel                                                                  3.42.59
20 Team Milram                                                                3.56.48
21 Française des Jeux                                                         4.24.47

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