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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 3 - Monday, July 7: Saint-Malo - Nantes, 208km
French fantasy: Dumoulin with win and Feillu yellow
By Gregor Brown in Nantes, with additional reporting by Hedwig Kröner
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The Tour de France was treated to a local delight in stage three to Nantes thanks to a four-man escape that produced a stage win by Samuel Dumoulin and new overall leader Romain Feillu. The move that formed at kilometre zero – including USA's William Frischkorn and Italy's Paolo Longo Borghini – concluded the rainy and blustery 208-kilometre stage through France's Brittany with 2'03" on former-race leader Alejandro Valverde's group.
"We got into a good break and we really worked well all day to stay away," stated 27 year-old Dumoulin of Team Cofidis. "It is really a fantastic experience."
Overall classification favourites Italian Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) lost time in the technical arrival to the likes of Valverde, Evans, Sastre and Cunego. Strong winds and a crash forced a split that put their teams to work to limit a gap that counted 38 seconds ton the main GC group in Nantes.
"Perhaps you journalists don't understand that I am not here for the classification," blasted Riccò after the finish. The 24 year-old, winner of two stages and second overall in the Giro d'Italia, indicated the team's work was all for Juan José Cobo. His maillot blanc of best young rider was lost, passing to Feillu.
The charge to the line was first led by Quick Step and then by Columbia, Crédit Agricole and Liquigas. It was too little too late on a gap that counted 3'05" at ten kilometres remaining. The four escapees were left to fight for the win.
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Dumoulin opened the aggressions on his former escape companions when he fired on Rue Sembat, at 1500 metres remaining. Frischkorn bridged and the duo briefly held a lead. Feillu wanted more than just the yellow top. He left his Italian companion behind and immediately attacked when catching the front duo. However, the two came back. Dumoulin succeeded in the three-man sprint over Frischkorn and took his second season win on top of a stage in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe. Longo Borghini finished 14 seconds back in fourth.
"It was great for the morale and the team, but a stage win would have been cool," confessed 27 year-old Frischkorn, who is a member of one of two USA teams in the Tour de France this year. "I had thought of attacking right when the first attack went [by Dumoulin], but my directeur was in the ear-piece saying, 'Don't pull now, careful of Dumoulin.'"
"I think we started to believe we could make it when we arrived with 25 kilometres remaining," Longo Borghini explained. "It was a dream; it is a dream of every cyclist. Now, I just miss the win."
The work of Longo Borghini and Frischkorn was shuffled to the side by the French stampede following the stage finish in Nantes. While Dumoulin was busy displaying French amour with his fiancee, Team AG2R La Mondiale Vincent Lavenu's daughter, Feillu was being ushered to the podium presentation and the famous maillot jaune.
"I had toxoplasmosis this spring and it really messed me up," Feillu explained, exhausted, on the Quai de la Fosse finishing straight. The problems were quickly forgotten as he neared the podium to be presented the race leader's jersey. "It is great to take the maillot jaune."
He faces a strong possibility of losing the top in tomorrow's 29.5-kilometre time trial. He admitted, "I don't know if I can keep the jersey. 1'52 is not a lot on a strong rouleur like Cancellara."
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The charge behind the four turned into a test run for Wednesday's stage to Châteauroux and a chance at maillot vert points. Australia's Robbie McEwen zapped ahead despite a Silence-Lotto team that is dedicated to Cadel Evans' GC campaign. The 36 year-old multiple Tour de France stage winner topped birthday boy Erik Zabel (Team Milram), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Mark Cavendish (Columbia).
"I knew that once they were out to 15 minutes we weren't going to catch the escape because the teams built around the other sprinters just didn't start chasing in time," evaluated McEwen. "When they did start chasing it was not enough and we came up way too short.
"When we turned into that last cross-tail-wind section all hell broke loose," continued McEwen. He was the last one of the riders to make it across to the leading group as it charged to the line. Additionally, he noted that first in the bunch sprint was a good consolation and a indicator that he is riding well. "I went from a fair way out and held everyone off."
Columbia's man for the sprint, Mark Cavendish, came close to his rival despite battling winds along the Brittany roads. "The group split into three pieces," he noted of the gusts. Cavendish added that the group did not have a chance at catching the four and so the team did not put full gas into the chase.
Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (Columbia) continues to carry the green top.
How it unfolded
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The start in Saint-Malo was taken at 12:31. 179 riders still remained in the Tour, as the only retiree so far was Hervé Duclos-Lassalle, who crashed out in the feed zone of stage one. Stéphane Goubert sustained a broken rib in a crash during stage two but was at the sign-on for stage three. Barloworld rider Mauricio Soler also took the start despite the pain in his hand.
In the second kilometre, four riders attacked and stayed clear right away: US talent William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Italian Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Frenchman Romain Feillu (Agritubel) and his compatriot Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis). The quartet had built a lead of 1'40 minutes at the five-kilometre mark already.
The four collaborated well and quickly extended their advantage. The sprinters' teams let them go, firmly believing that the flat parcours, the cross wind gusts and the scattered showers would make it easy to reel them back in sometime in the last kilometres.
But the leaders proved them wrong. The maximum gain of the escape was 14'50 when the peloton was at the 64-kilometre mark. Shortly before that, Gerolsteiner' Fabian Wegmann crashed, but was able to move on.
Columbia sent some riders to the front and started a chase. They were joined by some Crédit Agricole and Liquigas riders a few clicks later, and the gap started to melt. Everything looked fine for the sprinters at this point. At kilometre 103, the time deficit was 9'50.
But the peloton hadn't counted in the determination of the breakaway. The quartet still worked together flat out and believed in its chances. As the pace of the chase began to pick up in the third hour of racing, the average speed increased from 35.1 km/h during the second hour to 38.2 km/h.
With 57 kilometres to go, some protesters blocked the road of the Tour. The break was a little delayed, but as the bunch came through 6'55 later, they could pass without stopping. Tour director Christian Prudhomme's intervention calmed down the protesters.
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The average speed for the fourth our was 43.3km/h. FDJ and Bouygues Telecom also engaged in the chase. But 32 kilometres away from the line, the gap had only diminished by about one minute, to 5'50. It could have still been do-able for the sprinters, but the lead group dug in so deep that a moment of hesitation amongst the chasers turned out to be fatal. Also, the last 30 kilometres of the course provided a more favourable wind for the break.
A crash with 23 kilometres to go took down Nicki Sørensen (CSC-Saxo Bank), Ángel Gómez (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom). The Dane and the French could continue the race, while the Spaniard had to be transported to hospital.
After the accident, the peloton split into three groups. The Quick Step team seized the opportunity to set a furious pace at the front of the peloton.
In the second group, GC contender Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and climber Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) were trapped. The first bunch still included yellow jersey Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Tour favourite Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto). They had about 15 seconds on the second group, with the third group 35 seconds back.
And even if Quick Step and Liquigas now really put on a tempo, the leaders could start to believe in their chances as the gap was still 3'40 with 15 kilometres to go. The two chase groups behind now mainly tried to limit their losses, but knew that a bunch sprint was impossible at this point. Under the 10-kilometre mark, the Menchov/Riccò group was 40 seconds behind the yellow jersey group, still more than three minutes behind the leaders.
Feillu was the best-placed rider of the escape group on GC and could look forward to wearing the yellow jersey in the evening. Still, he attacked from behind Longo as Dumoulin took off with 1500 metres to go, taking with him Frischkorn. Feillu came back on them like a rocket and passed them impressively. But in the end, he may have started his violent effort a little too soon, as Dumoulin was able to catch him 500 metres before the line. And the Cofidis rider pulled through, with Feillu desperately trying to come back. Frischkorn, on his wheel, finally passed the Frenchman and took second behind Dumoulin, the smallest rider in the peloton, for whom it was the first Tour de France victory.
Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 8: Cholet - Cholet (ITT), 29.5km
The first time trial of this year's Tour comes earlier than usual, perhaps because of the absence of a prologue. The stage is also just over half the distance as usual, being just 29-kilometre in length. The stage route, as well as being short, is very flat so – weather permitting – speeds should be high. The stage should appeal to the specialists, but gaps should be small so none of the favourites for the overall classification will be able to take too much time out of their rivals.
The Tour has visited Cholet just twice before, the last time when Dutchman Jeroen Bliijlevens (TVM) out-sprinted Italian Nicola Minali (Riso Scotti) and Ján Svorada (Mapei-Bricobi). By picking up time bonuses throughout the stage, Australian Stuart O'Grady (then GAN, now CSC) took the first maillot jaune of his career. The town sits on the banks of the Moine river and is most famous for the production of linen fabrics.
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- Chris Froome (Barloworld) is the first rider from Kenya to compete at the Tour, although he has recently taken British nationality.
- French champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) makes his way to the start beneath threatening skies.
- Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) has been keeping his powder dry to far this Tour.
- The race is neutralised as the peloton rides out of San-Malo along the coast.
- Race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) flanked by mountains leader Thomas Voeckler (Bouyges Telecom) and best young rider Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
- GC contenders Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) ride together out of Saint-Malo.
- Voeckler must have been hoping for a quieter day after two long breakaways in the first two stages.
- The day's four-man break of Romain Feillu (Agritubel), Will Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis).
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) drives the break knowing that he would take the yellow jersey if it stayed clear.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) wins stage three of the Tour into Nantes.
- The Frenchman shed tears of joy after claiming his first Tour victory.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) edged out Will Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel) at the line.
- Dumoulin on the podium after his victory in Nantes.
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) is the new leader of the Tour de France.
- The Frenchman has a 35-second lead over Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld).
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The Caisse train was again impressive but the sprinters' teams didn't do their job this time.
- And the wheat fields waving... as the rain was threatening - this Tour is made for you and me.
- The peloton rides through northwestern France
- Valverde had an easy day and he and his team managed to avoid any crashes.
- The spectators could barely make out Voeckler's polka dot jersey as the peloton approached Nantes at high speeds.
- Spandexed cyclists met traditional clad folks in the picturesque town of Dinan.
- Barloworlders rush through Dinan.
- The break worked well together and managed to foil the sprinters.
- Longo Borghini leads Frischkorn during a sunny section of the race.
- The peloton wasn't in a real hurry to get back to the breakaway.
- Riccò lost his white jersey today but snapped that he is only here for stage wins anyway.
- Valverde smiles during the stage and was not too upset to lose the jersey. Less pressure that way.
- Nobody could stop Feillu's quest for yellow and certainly not a few bonehead protesters.
- Prudhomme tried to calm down the protesters which he eventually did. The peloton passed without delay.
- The protesters tried to interrupt the race.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) takes a well deserved win as he proved the least tired of the four breakaway riders.
- Dumoulin gets his biggest career win to date.
- The day's winner, Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis)
- Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) fought hard in the break, but had no answers to the attacks some 1500m from the finish.
- Longo Borghini muses about what he could have done differently.
- Longo Borghini with a missed expression of satisfaction that the break stayed away and disappointment that he couldn't win.
- Robbie McEwen out-sprinted birthday boy Erik Zabel and the other fast men, but only for fifth.
- Menchov and Riccò did not look happy when they arrived some 40 seconds after the main group.
- Riccò's face says it all
- Riccò shows the effort.
- Riccò was caught behind in the furious finale and is now wondering if he took a decisive hit in the GC battle.
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) takes yellow with a superb ride.
- A protester tried to steal the show
- But the Badger quickly showed him who the patron is.
- Feillu celebrates as his last-minute jump on the Tour team proved a good move by the team.
- A lion for the fighting Frenchman
- Feillu puts on yellow which he likes a tad better than the green of Agritubel.
- Feillu is thinking of maybe one day taking the yellow all the way to Paris.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) starts out the Tour in great style.
- He attributed it to the great team he is riding for.
- The wind didn't bother him today but the Monroes had to be a bit careful...
Results
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.05.27 2 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.14 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.03 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 21 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 25 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 28 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 30 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 31 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 37 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 39 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 44 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 47 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 48 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 49 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 54 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 61 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 62 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 63 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 65 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 67 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 68 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 70 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 71 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 74 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 75 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 79 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 81 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 82 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 83 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 85 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.41 92 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 93 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 94 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 96 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 97 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 99 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 101 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 104 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 105 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 106 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 107 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 108 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 110 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 111 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 113 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 114 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 115 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 116 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 118 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 119 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 120 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2.50 121 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.00 122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 123 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.26 124 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.31 125 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.55 126 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 127 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 128 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 129 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 130 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 132 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 133 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 134 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 135 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 137 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 138 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 139 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 140 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 141 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 142 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 143 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 145 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 146 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 148 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 149 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 151 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 152 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 153 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 155 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 156 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 159 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 160 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 161 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 162 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 163 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 164 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 165 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 166 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 167 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 169 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 170 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 171 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 172 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 173 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 174 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 175 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7.57 177 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 178 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.24 DNF Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott Sprints Saint-Piat (Lanvallay) - 21.5 km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 4 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 2 Becherel - 48.5 km 1 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 6 pts 2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2 Montauban-de-Bretagne (D.71-D.61) - 62.0 km 1 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6 pts 2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Nantes - 208.0 km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 pts 2 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 26 4 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 24 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 22 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 18 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 16 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 15 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 14 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 10 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 9 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 8 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 20 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 6 21 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 2 25 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 Young rider 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5.05.27 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 2.03 3 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 13 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.41 15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.26 18 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.55 19 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 27 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 28 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux Most aggressive rider 1 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 Teams 1 Garmin Chipotle 15.20.27 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 Barloworld 0.14 4 Agritubel 0.38 5 Team Columbia 2.03 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Quick Step 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Team Milram 10 Liquigas 11 Silence - Lotto 12 Ag2R-La Mondiale 13 Lampre 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Credit Agricole 16 Caisse D’Epargne 17 Francaise Des Jeux 18 Team Csc Saxo Bank 19 Rabobank 3.19 20 Saunier Duval - Scott 3.57 General classification after stage 3 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 13.27.05 2 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.35 3 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.42 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 1.46 6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.52 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 22 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 31 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 33 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 36 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 39 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03 40 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 44 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 46 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.22 47 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 48 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.24 49 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 50 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 52 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.30 53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.37 58 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.41 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 61 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.42 62 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 63 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.44 65 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.46 66 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.54 68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.57 70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 71 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 74 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2.58 77 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.00 78 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.02 79 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3.05 80 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.12 81 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.24 82 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.37 83 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3.43 85 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.45 86 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 90 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 4.00 94 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.12 95 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 4.20 96 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4.22 97 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.23 98 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 4.42 101 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 102 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.44 103 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 104 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 105 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.54 106 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 4.55 107 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 4.56 109 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.03 110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5.07 111 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 5.08 112 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 5.11 113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 5.16 114 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 115 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 117 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 5.27 118 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.38 119 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.44 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 5.49 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 5.55 122 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6.05 123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 6.15 124 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 127 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.19 128 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 6.24 129 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.29 130 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 6.33 131 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 6.37 132 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 136 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 140 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 142 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 144 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.45 145 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 146 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.53 147 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 148 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.59 149 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.02 150 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7.36 151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.38 152 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.43 153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.48 154 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.19 155 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 8.47 156 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.51 157 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.59 158 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.07 159 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 160 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 163 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 164 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 165 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 9.13 166 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 10.04 167 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.28 168 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 11.11 169 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 170 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.29 171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 172 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 12.03 173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 12.44 175 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.45 176 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 14.59 177 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.32 178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.40 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 69 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 64 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 55 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 46 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 40 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 9 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 36 11 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 34 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 31 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 21 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 20 22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 19 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18 27 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 18 28 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 29 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 30 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 16 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15 35 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 37 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 40 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 10 41 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 43 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 44 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 45 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 47 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 48 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 5 49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 50 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 51 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 52 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 54 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 55 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 57 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 58 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 1 59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 5 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 8 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Young rider classification 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 13.27.05 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.52 3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.03 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.24 8 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.30 10 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.46 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3.05 12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37 13 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.45 14 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 4.20 15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.44 16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.54 18 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 4.55 19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 4.56 20 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.03 21 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.19 22 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.37 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.48 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.07 27 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 11.11 28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 14.59 Teams classification 1 Garmin Chipotle 40.24.42 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.41 3 Barloworld 1.16 4 Agritubel 1.17 5 Caisse D’Epargne 1.56 6 Team Columbia 2.03 7 Team Csc Saxo Bank 8 Quick Step 9 Liquigas 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.09 11 Ag2R-La Mondiale 2.20 12 Credit Agricole 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Team Milram 2.39 15 Silence - Lotto 3.04 16 Francaise Des Jeux 3.08 17 Rabobank 3.38 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.48 19 Lampre 4.00 20 Saunier Duval - Scott 4.10
