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Stage 18 - Thursday, July 24: Bourg d'Oisans - Saint Étienne, 196.5km
Burghardt chalks up another Columbia win
By Laura Weislo and Bjorn Haake with reporting from Hedwig Kröner and Daniel Benson in Saint Étienne
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Marcus Burghardt took home another Tour stage win for Team Columbia on the 196.5-kilometre trip away from the Alps from Bourg d'Oisans to Saint Étienne. Burghardt bested his breakaway companion, Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) in a hotly contested sprint. The Quick Step rider, desperate to salvage his team's lackluster Tour, attacked repeatedly in the final kilometres, but just could not shake the big German. Romain Feillu led home a second group which had chased the two leaders throughout the stage.
"It's a huge success for me and for our team," Burghardt said. His team already had four stage wins in this Tour thanks to sprinter Mark Cavendish, while Quick Step has had no luck at all. "I really wanted to win this stage. Even before the Tour, I had targeted this and tomorrow's stage as perfect opportunities for a break, and it worked out!"
Barredo put in several attacks, and then sat on Burghardt in the final kilometres to try and gain an advantage. "In the finale, Barredo said he wouldn't lead anymore because he doesn't have the better legs in the sprint," Burghardt explained. "I was very concentrated, because Barredo always tried to get into second position and wanted to attack when I stopped focusing. Like when I tried to zip up my jersey."
The win was Burghardt's first Tour stage in his second appearance in the event, and he was motivated from the start to have a go. "I really wanted to be in the break today," he said. "I worked a lot in the beginning of the Tour. I wanted to do something for the team."
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In the finish, the German was stuck on the front as Barredo tried to gain an advantage, but Burghardt had a secret weapon - a background on the track. "I tried to close one side in the sprint," he explained. "Fortunately, I had a good track school, which may have been the key to my success here today."
Romain Feillu, who wore the yellow jersey for one day after stage three, was hoping to get across to the leaders and try to win the stage, but just could not make the juncture. He had to be content with a third place finish on the day. "[Third] is great, but I wanted to win," he explained. The Frenchman was with Burghardt as he was trying to bridge to Barredo early in the stage, but then a little obstacle got in his way: the category three Col de Parmenie. "Over the hill I was all out and I couldn't follow Burghardt."
Feillu then fell back to the chasing group with Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole). "I was able to hang on to the other two. In the sprint I am the fastest [smiles]." Overall, Feillu, who suffered from toxoplasmosis over the winter and had a slow start to the year, was happy with his Tour. "I have had a great Tour in all. Now I want to arrive in Paris, then I am happy. I do hope for the sprint on the Champs. Cavendish isn't there anymore," Feillu said.
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Le Mevel explained why his group failed to make up time on the two leaders. "Mikel and I believed in the move from the beginning. But eventually we had to realise it was over. The two up front were really strong. Romain [Feillu] didn't pull much," he said, but realised that nobody had much strength left. "It is the third week. Everybody wants to win, but sometimes it doesn't work out. C'est comme ça in the Tour..."
Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) gained some minutes on GC thanks to his breakaway, but his initial goal when setting out in the chase was to win the stage. "In the end, we didn't win the stage, nor did I get much time on the bunch [3'04 minutes -ed.]," he said in the finish. "We went out too late. They had three minutes advantage, and afterwards it was impossible to bridge up.
"We were three, but only two of us were working. I don't know if Feillu was just weak or maybe he was saving himself for a sprint, but sprinting for third place... Le Mevel and I tried everything, but it didn't work out." Astarloza now sits in 15th position on GC. "The most important thing would be to finish in the top ten, anything that comes afterwards is not really important. I will try everything in the last time trial. Tomorrow, I'll just take it easy to save some forces."
GC men take a breather
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The day saw a détente between the men battling for the overall classification. Carlos Sastre finished in the group with all of his rivals to hold the yellow jersey for another day. "It was a pretty nice day, it was a fast start but as soon as the break went away we were able to put the team on the front and ride a steady tempo - it was a nice day," Sastre said.
The day could have been used by the other GC hopefuls to try and gain some time. Sastre and his team-mate Fränk Schleck both could use a bit more time on Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov going into the time trial. Schleck said today wasn't an ideal time to try anything, but he hasn't discounted the idea. "We'll see how things go tomorrow but there was no use in me attacking today. It was very difficult but we had great teamwork today and that's what's important."
The race for the jersey of best young rider, on the other hand, did see some action. On the final climb, Roman Kreuziger followed the attack of Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), forcing Andy Schleck to give up pacing the yellow jersey and go with the move. Dumoulin was disappointed that the white jersey followed what was just a 'bit of fun'. "[The attack] was for best local rider. I saw Cyril [Dessel], another local rider. We wanted to have a little bit of fun. I didn't think Kreuziger and Andy Schleck would follow us. That sort of messed up our plan. But we are just trying to enjoy the race. And I think the fans found it sympa and enjoyed our attacking," Dumoulin said.
Schleck was caught off guard when Kreuziger went with the move. "When Roman attacked I wasn't on his wheel. I had to get out of the peloton. Chapeau, that was a good move," Schleck said. He didn't need to wait for instructions from his team director to know when to follow. "I am professional enough that I can look after myself," he said.
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The younger Schleck has had a strong Tour with the exception of his single bad day in the Pyrenees, and even his brother Fränk said he would win the Tour one day. Andy prefers to stay more down to earth. "I hope to return stronger next year and will give it 100%. Before I think about the overall, I am thinking about a stage win. I was ready yesterday," he said.
Despite not being able to fight for the stage win on Alpe d'Huez, Schleck the younger is pleased to have had the experience of racing for the team. "Now, I have more kilometres and more experience. People kept telling me to stay calm, which is what I am doing now."
There was some disturbing news during the stage that the Schlecks' father had been detained by customs police, who searched the car and detained him for several hours. Andy Schleck wasn't too concerned. "Customs is just doing its job. It doesn't bother me at all."
The day's biggest casualty was Damiano Cunego, who crashed early in the stage and spent the day riding to make the finish within the time limit with three team-mates.
How it unfolded
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150 riders rolled from Bourg d'Oisans under sunny skies at 12:28 for the drop of the flag, and as has been the case for the entire Tour, the attacks began immediately. Marcus Burghardt (Columbia), Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Björn Schröder (Team Milram), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) made up the first solid breakaway which gained nearly a minute advantage, but the field was still chasing at breakneck speeds.
The high pace made for a dangerous time in the peloton. Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) crashed on a straight piece of road. Cunego took the longest to get rolling again as he received medical attention for a bloodied chin.
After 43 kilometres, Bichot took the sprint in Grenoble, ahead of Schröder and Augé. Shortly thereafter, the group was caught by the peloton. The first hour of the race was done in the incredible speed of 55.7 km/h - the fastest hour of the Tour. At kilometre 63, Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) was able to escape the bunch, despite the high speeds. The pace had put Cunego ten minutes behind, despite the assistance of four team-mates.
Marcus Burghardt (Columbia) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel) attacked to join Barredo, and gained a quick minute over the peloton. As the leader crested the top of the first climb, the category three col de Parmenie (km 78), he was just 10 seconds ahead Burghardt, who had dropped Feillu on the climb. The German managed to catch Barredo on the descent, and the pair would ride together for the remainder of the stage.
Although the peloton had fallen behind the leaders by several minutes, the attacks continued unabated. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) went clear on the climb, and were chasing two minutes behind Feillu by the top, and 3'40 behind Burghardt and Barredo.
The peloton set a steady pace on the climb, keeping a five minute gap to the leaders, while Cunego was struggling almost a quarter of an hour behind.
With a long, gradual descent following the feed zone, the gaps stabilized between the four groups on the road: The two leaders were holding steady 4'15 ahead of the three chasers, 10 minutes ahead of the peloton and 22 minutes ahead of Cunego. Barredo led Burghardt into Chavanay, which marked the start of the next difficulty, the category two Croix de Montvieux.
Barredo led the duo over the top of the climb, while Astarloza led the chasing group ahead of Le Mevel and Feillu. The bunch followed 10'09 later with Team CSC-Saxo Bank letting Stuart O'Grady set the tempo. Cyril Dessel passed him in a rather pointless move to catch the last mountain points. Barredo and Burghardt were momentarily separated through a roundabout, but hit the final intermediate sprint in Saint-Chamond together. Burghardt preceded Barredo, and 4'39 later, Astarloza led Feillu and Le Mevel over the line.
Approaching the category four Côte de Sorbiers, the two leaders began eyeing each other nervously. With less than a kilometre to the top, Barredo opened up the attacks, but Burghardt quickly marked him. Barredo tried once again just before the top. He managed to cross the KOM line first, but couldn't shake the German. The third time he tried was when Burghardt was zipping up his jersey, leaving Burghardt slightly angry.
With less than eight kilometres left in the stage, it was Burghardt who tried to get away, but that was equally unsuccessful. The duo continued to carefully mark each other, chat a little bit amongst themselves and ask their directeurs sportifs for advice. Le Mevel preceded Feillu and Astarloza over the top of the Côte de Sorbiers, 4'50 after the leaders. Astarloza then attacked out of the break, but was brought back immediately. Burghardt and Barredo settled things in the front. Kreuziger attacked out of the peloton in the fight for the white jersey, but Andy Schleck was attentive and followed the move to take 10th on the stage just a handful of seconds ahead of Oscar Freire.
Twenty minutes after the first rider had crossed the line, a battered and defeated Damiano Cunego crossed the line with his four team-mates, happy just to make the time limit.
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- The CSC-Saxo Bank team had to work for yellow jersey Carlos Sastre, but was up to the job as usual.
- Fränk Schleck and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) talk things over during the stage.
- Marcus Burghardt (Columbia) had too much power in the final sprint for Carlos Barredo (Quick Step).
- Barredo bangs his handlebars in frustration as Burghardt celebrates his first victory of the season.
- A nervous wave from Carlos Sastre whose mind is most likely focused on Saturday's race deciding time trial.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) does the pre-stage bike check.
- Carlos Sastre has the yellow jersey while his CSC-Saxo Bank squad wear the yellow numbers of best team.
- Damiano Cunego crashed 30 minutes into the stage and had to be shepherded to the finish by his Lampre team-mates.
- Cunego and his three team-mates finished over 20 minutes down but made the time cut.
- Sastre was enjoying his first day in the Tour leader's jersey.
- Race leader Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) was closely shadowed by Cadel Evans and Christian Vande Velde.
- Fränk Schleck with younger brother Andy on his wheel.
- In the breakaway, Romain Feillu (Agritubel) gets some food from his team car.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) made the break but ended up fourth.
- Sastre and Andy Schleck have a chat during the stage.
- Stuart O'Grady had to work a lot in the last few days of the Tour.
- The yellow jersey sits comfortably in the bunch on what was a comfortable first day for Sastre.
- Carlos Sastre during his first day in yellow.
- Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) and Marcus Burghardt (Columbia) during their two-man escape.
- The car belonging to Johnny Schleck, father of Fränk and Andy, was stopped and searched by French customs officers.
- Nothing suspicious was found during the search, according to French customs chiefs.
- Marcus Burghardt was much too strong for the featherweight Carlos Barredo.
- Burghardt takes the win as Barredo slams his handlebars in frustration.
- Burghardt celebrates while Barredo is left wondering what might have been.
- Marcus Burghardt (Team Columbia) powers home ahead of Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Quick Step).
- Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) sprints home for fourth place.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) will have to wait for Saturday's time trial before making his final bid for victory.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) rolls into Saint Étienne with team-mate Jens Voigt behind.
- Damiano Cunego's shredded jersey shows just what a miserable stage it was for the Italian.
- Cunego gets a medical checkup from Lampre staff at the finish.
- Carlos Sastre passed his first day in yellow without any problems.
- Marcus Burghardt enjoys his first victory of the season.
- Sastre pulls on yellow for the second time.
Results
1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 4.30.21 (43.61 km/h) 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.33 4 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.35 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.39 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 6.50 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 23 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 29 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 39 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 40 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 44 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 50 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 52 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 54 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 60 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 75 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 76 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 77 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 80 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 82 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 83 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 84 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 92 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 94 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.07 95 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 98 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 103 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 106 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 107 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 108 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 109 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 111 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 114 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 119 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 123 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 124 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 126 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 128 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 130 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 131 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7.17 134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.44 135 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.08 136 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.11 138 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 139 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.14 140 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.30 141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8.37 143 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 144 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 145 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 20.12 147 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 148 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 149 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 150 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre Sprints Grenoble - 43.0 km 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Saint-Chamond - 181.5 km 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 6 pts 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 4 3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Saint-Etienne - 196.5 km 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 25 pts 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 22 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 20 4 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 9 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 10 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 8 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 4 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Col de Parmenie (Cat. 3), 78.0 km 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 4 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Croix de Montvieux (Cat. 2), 163.0 km 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 10 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 9 3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 4 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6 6 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 Côte de Sorbiers (Cat. 4), 188.0 km 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 2 3 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Young riders 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 4.30.21 2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.33 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6.39 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.50 6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 11 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 13 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 14 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.07 17 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 18 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 19 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 21 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.30 23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram Most aggressive rider 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia Teams 1 Team Columbia 13.44.43 2 Quick Step 3 Credit Agricole 3.33 4 Agritubel 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.35 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.39 7 Silence - Lotto 8 AG2R-La Mondiale 9 Liquigas 10 Team CSC Saxo Bank 11 Rabobank 6.50 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Team Milram 14 Garmin Chipotle 15 Lampre 16 Caisse d'Epargne 17 Bouygues Telecom 7.07 18 Barloworld 19 Francaise des Jeux General classification after stage 18 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79.16.14 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.24 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.33 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.34 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.39 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.41 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.35 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.52 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8.10 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 8.24 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 8.35 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10.04 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.02 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.08 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.07 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 22.59 17 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.01 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 24.29 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 25.39 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 25.48 21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.49 22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.05 23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 29.27 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.48 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 35.07 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.08 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 42.32 28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42.33 29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43.40 30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 43.48 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43.54 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 44.34 33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.26 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.44 35 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 1.02.29 36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.18 37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.08.28 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.40 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.11.31 40 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.51 41 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.37 42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.21.08 43 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.23.14 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.23.49 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.58 46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.24.15 47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.25.32 48 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.30.13 49 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.27 50 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32.31 51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.33.01 52 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.33.10 53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 1.33.24 54 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.33.25 55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37.24 56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.38.29 57 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.38.54 58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.39.26 59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.43.55 60 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45.07 61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.46.27 62 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.47.21 63 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.47.36 64 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.50.35 65 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.53.50 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.18 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.54.48 68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.52 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.57.14 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 1.59.07 71 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.00.16 72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2.00.57 73 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.02.32 74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2.03.33 75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.31 76 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.05.08 77 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.06.03 78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.07.07 79 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.08.37 80 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09.38 81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.10.07 82 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.11.13 83 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.11.26 84 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2.13.01 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2.14.34 86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.17.23 87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 2.18.24 88 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.18.49 89 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.21.08 90 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.22.45 91 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.23.43 92 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.25.14 93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.28.58 94 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 2.29.05 95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.18 96 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.29.30 97 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.54 98 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30.12 99 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.32.03 100 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.35.59 101 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.39.02 102 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2.39.15 103 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.45.34 104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.49.38 105 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52.12 106 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.52.13 107 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.52.23 108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.52.24 109 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.53.53 110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.59.16 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.01.11 112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 3.01.41 113 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.01.48 114 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.03.08 115 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3.04.59 116 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.06.08 117 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.07.53 118 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 3.08.32 119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.09.12 120 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10.03 121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.11.15 122 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.11.48 123 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.11.58 124 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.12.17 125 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.12.45 126 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.13.18 127 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.14.13 128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.17.09 129 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3.17.42 132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.17.48 133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.18.11 134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.21.34 135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.22.07 136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.22.11 137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.22.27 138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.24.21 139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.24.44 140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.25.03 141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 3.26.07 142 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.27.00 143 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 3.29.26 144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.31.21 145 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.31.33 146 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.31.45 147 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.33.38 148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3.33.39 149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.39.40 150 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.45.48 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 229 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 180 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 176 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 145 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 115 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 114 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 105 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 93 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 83 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 79 14 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 77 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 20 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 62 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 62 23 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 24 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 60 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 55 26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51 28 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 29 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 46 32 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44 34 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38 36 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 38 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34 39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 31 42 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 43 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 29 44 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 28 45 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 47 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 48 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 26 49 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 26 50 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 24 51 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 52 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 23 53 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 54 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 20 55 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 20 57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 58 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 59 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 19 60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 18 61 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 63 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 64 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 17 65 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 67 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 68 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 69 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 70 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 72 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 73 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 74 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 75 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 76 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 78 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 79 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 80 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 81 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 82 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 84 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 87 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 88 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 89 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 90 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 7 91 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 92 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 93 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 94 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 95 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 96 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 97 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 99 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 4 100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 101 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 103 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 105 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 106 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 107 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2 109 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 110 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank -5 111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 112 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 113 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank -5 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains classification 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 125 pts 2 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 5 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 61 6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 50 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49 13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 48 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 44 19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 42 20 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 40 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37 22 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 37 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34 25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 26 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 31 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 22 32 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 33 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 35 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 36 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 20 37 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 18 40 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 16 41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 42 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 43 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 44 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 45 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 46 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 14 47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 49 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 50 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 51 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 52 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 55 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 57 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 58 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 59 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 60 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 61 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 62 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 64 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 8 65 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 66 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 67 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 68 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 71 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3 73 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 76 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 77 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 79 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 80 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79.26.18 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.58 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15.35 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.44 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.04.47 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.15.28 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.20.09 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.21.23 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.37.17 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.43.46 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.57.03 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.08.45 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.43.49 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.59.08 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.01.54 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.02.41 17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.04.09 18 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.07.05 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08.07 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.12.03 21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.14.17 22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.14.59 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.21.41 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 237.42.06 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 9.27 3 Rabobank 1.01.17 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.07.57 5 Caisse d'Epargne 1.11.56 6 Silence - Lotto 1.13.29 7 Lampre 1.18.16 8 Team Columbia 1.23.09 9 Credit Agricole 1.25.27 10 Gerolsteiner 1.29.14 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.49.07 12 Liquigas 2.03.33 13 Bouygues Telecom 2.11.58 14 Garmin Chipotle 2.31.47 15 Francaise des Jeux 2.34.19 16 Team Milram 3.05.00 17 Barloworld 3.20.58 18 Quick Step 3.37.57 19 Agritubel 4.01.56
