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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 8: Cholet - Cholet (ITT), 29.5km
Schumacher's stage victory garners yellow
Evans hits fellow classification contenders hard
By Gregor Brown, Brecht Decaluwé and Shane Stokes in Cholet
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Germany's Stefan Schumacher bettered the cream of the time trialing crop to capture the 29.5-kilometre Tour de France stage around Cholet and move into the race leader's maillot jaune. The 26 year-old Gerolsteiner rider recorded a time of 35'44" that stood against the hammering of Luxemburger Kim Kirchen – second at 35'54" – and Briton's David Millar – third at 36'02".
"It's extraordinary to be on the podium in this jersey," noted the same rider who captured the pink leader's jersey of the Giro d'Italia in 2006 by winning stage three. "Because this is the Tour de France and everybody dreams of wearing this jersey. Also, the moment on the podium, you see it 1,000 times on television and then you're there yourself, it's impossible to imagine."
Team Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans delivered a blow in the windy Loire countryside side to his fellow general classification rivals. He finished third place, 27 second back on Schumacher, but more important was the distance he put on competitors like Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Stijn Devolder (Quick Step), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne). He put seven seconds into Menchov, around a minute into Cunego and Schleck, and 1'07" on Valverde.
"It is a good start but it is a long, long way to Paris," said Evans in a media scrum. "In my mind this is the first appointment for the GC favourites. So far so good. Super Besse will be the next big showing for the GC riders."
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Despite the 21-second displacement in the overall, Evans now leads his nearest serious contender, Russia's Menchov, by 51 seconds. Devolder is 57 seconds back from the second place finisher in last year's Tour de France. Cunego, Valverde and Andy Schleck are all at about one minute, and Carlos Sastre is at 1'22" while Fränk Schleck is at 1'47".
The gaps will stay equal in tomorrow's sprinters' stage, but we should see Evans playing defence on the Tour de France's first mountaintop finish of Super Besse. The final climb – rising nearly 500 metres to 1,289 metres – will allow a perfect opportunity for Kirchen to take the maillot jaune from Schumacher.
France's star, Romain Feillu of Team Agritubel, was quickly forgotten today as Schumacher and Evans took control. The overnight race leader is not noted for his crono skills and suffered a loss of 4'59".
"It was fantastic with all those people supporting me," said the charismatic Frenchman. "It was very special to wear everything in yellow: my shoes, short, shirt, helmet..."
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Feillu surely was a little shy of his best as he admitted to only sleeping three hours the night before his run.
American Dan Pate (Garmin Chipotle - H30), 2001 Espiors World Champion, was an early leader and time setter for team-mate Millar. "I rode as well as I could today and I was happy with it. We will see how much better the other guys are."
Voigt was next to make a strong showing, with a time of 36'19". "Today, [Bjarne Riis] said that I could go for it. We are also keeping an eye on the team GC."
The time of Voigt was followed by the day's heavy hitters. Kirchen was a threat to the stage win and the maillot jaune, and in the end did well by adding 12 points to his maillot vert lead. "I'm in very good form," said Kirchen, resting on the Avenue Anatole Manceau finishing straight. "I've been trying to win stages every day and today as well, but although I didn't win I'm happy with my time trial anyway."
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The Columbia rider's time just pipped that of David Millar (Garmin Chipotle - H30), who had been targeting this stage since the final time trial of the Giro d'Italia. "I just enjoyed it so much, being back to my best," Millar revealed. "It was fun. It's not a disappointment. I went one hundred percent, I could really push myself. I am happy. Second isn't bad, the person who beat me was better."
Behind Millar in third was Evans and time trial World Champion Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank). The 27 year-old Swiss had a disappointing run. The expectation was heavy, and he was tipped to be the rider taking the stage and the yellow, not Schumacher.
Menchov was the second best of the classification riders on the day, finishing sixth. "The [winning] time is not so important because I felt good," Menchov said. He looked ahead to Thursday's stage to Super Besse, "It is important, the first contact with the mountains is always important."
Voigt, Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), George Hincapie (Columbia) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) rounded out the top ten. "This has been the focus for us since the route was released," confessed American Vande Velde, who now sits 16 seconds behind Evans. "If I have some good legs on the mountaintop finishes I could be within the hunt. ... I am happy with how I rode today."
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Stijn Devolder has been sick and was struck with back luck along the parcours. "I had to change bikes. I am happy, especially considering I had to change bikes," the Belgian said following his ride.
Italy's Damiano Cunego was pleased with his ride. "It was a decent time today," he said. "It is only the fourth day and I don't have all the energy to spend, as the days go on I will be able to use more of my forces. ... Tonight, I will have a good look at the classification and see what the combinations are."
"That's okay," when Andy Schleck saw his time of 37'13". "Three seconds to Cunego? I can make that up in the climbs I hope."
Tour de France top favourite Valverde suffered a setback. The rider who dominated the Dauphiné Libéré time trail lost ground to many of his rivals, but was not too concerned. "I am satisfied with my time," declared Valverde. "For me the most important [point] was not to lose time compared with the other favourites for the general classification and I achieved what I wanted to."
How it unfolded
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The first rider off was Wim Vansevenant (Silence - Lotto) who is again competing for the lanterne rouge of last place in this year's Tour. He would end up with a time of 41'02, which wasn't quite good enough for last place. But the Belgian kept his "lead" over Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) by more than two minutes.
Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) also took the start and, despite his crash injuries, was slightly faster than Vansevenant.
Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) went off the ramp the ramp at 11:10 and he was the one to set the tempo and the intermediate times. At km 11 he had a 14'30, at km 19.5 a 25'52 and he finished with a 37'30. The Spaniard was in the hot seat. But soon trouble was brewing, as Garmin's Danny Pate was two seconds faster than Bertogliati at the second check. And the American would eventually unseat the Saunier Duval rider by over half a minute!
Pate was in the hot seat for quite some time. Then, it was Jens Voigt's turn to stomp on those pedals and get the lead. He dominated each check (14'09, 25'05) and ended the day with a 36'19.
Even Denis Menchov (Rabobank), one of the pre-race favourites for the overall, couldn't touch the German in the first two checks. However, the Russian turned around and managed to squeeze past the CSC rider by a single second.
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) looked like he was trying, but, in his own words, he is not here for the overall. He ended the day in 115th with a 39'20. Vincenzo Nibali took off at 15:20 and had a very good ride. While he couldn't touch Menchov, he only lost 14 seconds to the Russian by the stage's end.
Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) also had a decent ride, with a 37'13. He would end up in the vicinity of riders like Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre). The latter had a good day and posted a 37'10.
A few riders before Cunego, it was the turn young Swede Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia), who was having a good day. He had 14'23 at the first check, 25'27 at the second and finished with a 36'32. This turned out to be good enough to take over the young rider classification.
But all eyes were on Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank). The Swiss was expected to win the stage, but the first check showed that it would be a difficult task - he was ranked two seconds behind Voigt. At the second check, Cancellara had drifted a further five seconds back. But by the finish the Swiss turned it around and was ahead of Menchov and Voigt but just by one and two seconds respectively.
Shortly after 16:00 Christian Vande Velde and Stefan Schumacher took off in a two-minute span. Vande Velde had a good ride, but his 14'13 on the first check was blasted by Schumacher, who was the first rider under 14 minutes, with a 13'54.
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After George Hincapie (Columbia) got underway, he clocked in at the first check with a 14'08. Vande Velde and Schumacher continued their drag race, with a 24'42 to 25'12 advantage for the German. Hincapie was four seconds slower than his compatriot.
Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and David Millar (Garmin Chipotle - H30) were the next to rush out of the start house. Evans with a 14'16 couldn't quite match Millar's speed, who was nine seconds faster. The gap between the two remained virtually the same, with Millar the second rider under 25 minutes (24'57).
Everybody was on the road when Romain Feillu (Agritubel) set of at 16:56 in his yellow jersey. Valverde constantly lost time and couldn't quite repeat his stunning Dauphiné performance. Kirchen, on the other hand, looked pretty good in his green outfit. He had a 14'05 at the first check and was the only one somewhat within challenging distance of Schumacher.
Vande Velde had finished with a 36'21, but Schumacher kept his unbelievable pace, averaging almost 50km/h and scored a 35'44.
Hincapie hit the line with a 36'26, while Evans clocked a 36'12. Millar seemed to be catching up with Schumacher at the second check, but lost time on the return to town and eventually finished just outside the 36-minute mark 36'03. Kirchen rode home one second faster. It turned out to be the podium was made, with Schumacher winning closely ahead of Kirchen and Millar.
Schumacher said "I didn't believe it until the end. It was darn close. I constantly calculated if it would be enough and was really nervous. I dreamt of the stage win and yellow. Both is a reality now. Unbelievable."
The riders who were in the break yesterday and mingled at the top of the overall were off last, but they could not challenge the leader and Feillu could not even dream to defend his yellow jersey. He had 1'46 on the contenders, but ended the day in 169th, almost five minutes down.
Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 9: Cholet - Châteauroux, 232km
This is the longest stage of this year's Tour. However, with no classified climbs it will be far from the toughest as it heads eastwards towards the centre of France. Once again, the flat straight roads give every advantage to the sprinters' teams in the last chance before the terrain gets decidedly hillier tomorrow. Aspiring breakaway specialists may have other ideas though, and those who took it a bit easy in the time trial yesterday might fancy a tilt at this one.
This is the third Tour de France to feature the town of Cholet, and the second stage of this year's race as it hosted both the start and finish of yesterday's time trial. Châteauroux has only hosted the Tour de France once before – in 1998 – when Mario Cipollini finally managed to open his account that year after a first week of crashes and bad luck.
The route is slightly different – and a few kilometres longer – but the stage start and finish are the same as those ten years ago. Apart from the Château Raoul, that gives the city its name, Châteauroux's big claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of French acting legend Gérard Depardieu.
Photography
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- German Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) on his way to a stage victory and a yellow jersey.
- Rabobank team leader Denis Menchov of Russia
- German Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) grimaces in concentration on his way to a win.
- Italian Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) takes a corner.
- Luxembourger Andy Schleck (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) put in a performance good enough for 20th place.
- American George Hincapie (Team Columbia) time trials in stage four.
- Luxembourger Frank Schleck (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) finished 46th for the stage.
- Spaniard Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) in the aero position.
- Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
- Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) finished fourth for the stage.
- Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) is in his aerobars as he powers to the line.
- David Millar (Garmin-Chipotle) gives it some gas to the finish line.
- Great Britain's David Millar (Garmin-Chipotle) demonstrates his time trialing prowess.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia Team) makes his final push.
- Columbia team leader Kim Kirchen sprints to the line.
- Frenchman Romain Feillu (Agritubel) started the day in yellow.
- Frenchman Romain Feillu (Agritubel) wasn't able to keep his leader's jersey.
- Silence Lotto team leader Cadel Evans of Australia
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld had a good ride yesterday but was too tired today.
- David Millar powers along and posted the third fastest time today.
- Kim Kirchen finished second and is now 12 seconds away from yellow.
- Cadel Evans put in a good ride to climb up to fourth on GC.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) had a good ride
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) enjoyed the day in yellow.
- David Millar (Garmin Chipotle - H30) had hoped for the stage win and or yellow, but a third place is nothing to be ashamed off.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) defended his green jersey and is now within reach o yellow as well.
- Even the handle bar tape was yellow on Feillu's machine.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank) rode powerful as ever put some were stronger today.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) produced a good ride and is lying fourth overall.
- Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Scott) lost more time today in addition to the 38 seconds yesterday.
- Feillu didn't win the stage but may have taken out the prize for most interesting colour
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) during his ride.
- Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) gets aero on a descent.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) did a decent ride.
- Cunego is not a specialist but he managed to end up in 16th, 1'26 back.
- Feillu enjoyed being the last rider on the course today.
- Feillu in the French country side.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) looks good
- Cunego in the French wheat fields
- The Italian can still dream of a good overall performance.
- Schumacher went all out and took every corner at full risk.
- Schumacher wants to keep the yellow jersey as long as possible.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) gave it his all and finished second.
- David Millar close to being done for the day.
- Feillu in the final kilometre.
- Schumacher waves to the crowd and walks off with the lion firmly in his hands.
- A happy stage winner.
- Schumacher in yellow and a "dream come true."
- This jersey is either new or washed with Perwoll.
- Schumi II looks happy in his yellow outfit.
- There go the flowers but I will keep the lion.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- The Aussie are out to support Evans, McEwen and the other seven.
- Crepes are the bets pre- and post-race food
- If you can't race for the yellow jersey you can at least buy the official T-shirt.
- A sand version of the Tour de France
- Crash of the yellow jersey!
- The mini Tour.
- Garmin's bikes never get lost
- Martyn Maaskant (Garmin Chipotle - H30)
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) warms up
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
- Time trial bikes are Specialized
- Barredo's machine
- Christophe Moreau (Agritubel)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto)
- Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia)
- The finish
- Prizes await
- McEwen relaxed before the start
- Voigt tired after his all-out effort
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre)
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30)
- Vande Velde kept control in the time trial
- Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank)
- Schleck was OK with his ride.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- French legends Bernhard Hinault and Richard Virenque rode the TT course around Cholet.
- George Hincapie (Columbia) piloted his new stealthy looking TT bike to ninth place.
- Race favourite Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) showed that his form is right where it needs to be.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) took a surprise second today and now sits in second overall.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) struggled against the TT specialists and lost 1'34.
- Will Frischkorn (Garmin-Chipotle) started the day third overall but lost four minutes in the TT.
- Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) slid down the classification after being in the break yesterday.
- Yellow jersey Romain Feillu (Agritubel) really gave it everything but finished well down.
- Feillu slipped to 41st overall after today's time trial.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) maintained his hold on the green jersey.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) enjoyed another day as mountains leader.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) accepts the yellow jersey as Bernhard Hinault looks on.
- The German will hope to keep yellow until Thursday's stage to Super Besse.
- Riccò was faster than expected thanks to some extra EPO.
- Riccò warms up for the time trial.
Results
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.44 (49.534 km/h) 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 0.18 3 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.27 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.33 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.34 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.35 8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.37 9 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 0.41 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.47 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 12 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.50 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08 14 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.10 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.18 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1.26 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.31 22 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.34 23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.38 25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.41 26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.42 27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.43 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.45 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.46 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.47 32 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 1.48 33 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.49 34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.51 35 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.53 36 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.54 37 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 38 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.55 39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 40 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.58 41 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2.04 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.06 43 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.08 44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.12 45 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.14 47 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2.17 49 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.18 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.20 51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.26 52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.30 53 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.31 55 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2.33 56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.34 57 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 2.36 58 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 59 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 60 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.38 61 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 62 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.43 63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.46 64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.49 66 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.50 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.53 69 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.54 70 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55 71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.56 72 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.57 73 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 75 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.58 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 77 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 3.01 78 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 3.03 79 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.04 81 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 3.05 82 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 83 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.06 84 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 85 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 86 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3.08 87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.10 88 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.11 91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.12 92 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3.13 93 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.14 95 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3.15 96 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.17 99 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3.19 100 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.22 101 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 103 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3.23 104 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.24 105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.26 106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 3.28 106 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 108 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.30 109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 3.31 110 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.32 111 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.34 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 113 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.35 114 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.36 115 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 117 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3.38 118 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.39 119 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3.42 120 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 121 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 3.43 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 123 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.45 124 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3.46 126 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.48 127 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 3.49 129 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.50 130 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.51 132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 133 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.52 134 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.54 135 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 136 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 139 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.57 140 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.00 141 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.01 142 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 143 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.05 144 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.06 145 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.08 146 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.11 147 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4.15 148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 4.17 149 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 4.19 150 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4.21 151 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.24 152 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.29 153 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.32 154 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 155 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.33 156 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.35 157 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 4.36 158 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 160 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 4.38 161 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 4.39 162 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 4.40 163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 4.42 164 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.44 165 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 4.49 166 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.50 167 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 4.55 168 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.59 169 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 170 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 171 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.00 172 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5.16 173 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.17 174 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.34 175 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 5.42 176 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.19 177 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.44 178 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 7.10 Points 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 3 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3 9 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 2 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 Young rider 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 36.31 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.37 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.42 5 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.51 6 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.02 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.04 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.43 9 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.07 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2.17 11 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.20 12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30 13 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.47 14 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.49 15 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 2.56 16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.01 17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.03 19 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.07 21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.18 23 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 3.19 24 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3.32 25 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.52 26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.53 27 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 4.08 28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4.12 Teams 1 Team Columbia 1.48.58 2 Garmin Chipotle 0.19 3 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.51 4 Gerolsteiner 1.30 5 Caisse d'Epargne 2.06 6 Liquigas 2.46 7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.58 8 Lampre 3.06 9 Rabobank 3.20 10 Quick Step 3.24 11 AG2R-La Mondiale 4.22 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.24 13 Bouygues Telecom 4.34 14 Barloworld 15 Silence - Lotto 16 Team Milram 4.46 17 Saunier Duval - Scott 4.52 18 Agritubel 6.09 19 Credit Agricole 6.12 20 Francaise des Jeux 6.28 General classification after stage 4 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.04.41 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 0.12 3 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.21 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.33 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.37 7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 0.41 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.47 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.58 10 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.01 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.12 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.13 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.18 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.22 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1.26 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.27 18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.29 19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.31 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40 21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.41 22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.42 23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.43 24 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.47 25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.48 26 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.53 28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.08 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.10 30 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.12 31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.25 32 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2.27 33 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.29 34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2.30 35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32 36 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.47 37 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2.57 38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.01 39 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 3.05 40 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 41 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 42 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.09 43 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.15 44 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3.19 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.22 46 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.30 47 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 3.31 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3.34 49 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.35 50 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3.36 51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.38 53 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 54 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.44 55 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.46 56 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.48 57 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.51 58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.55 59 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.08 60 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4.15 62 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 63 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 4.16 64 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.17 65 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 4.19 66 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 67 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4.34 68 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 4.36 69 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.38 70 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.40 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.46 72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 4.48 73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 74 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 75 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.51 76 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.56 77 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.02 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.07 79 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.13 80 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.17 81 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 5.19 82 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 5.21 83 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.22 84 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5.23 85 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 86 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5.26 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 88 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.29 89 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 5.32 90 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.38 91 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5.40 92 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 5.41 93 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 5.42 94 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.45 95 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5.50 96 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.55 97 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.58 98 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 99 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 5.59 100 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6.00 101 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.02 102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.03 103 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.04 104 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.05 105 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6.16 106 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 6.21 107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.23 108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 6.24 109 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6.26 110 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.27 111 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.29 112 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6.31 113 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 6.34 114 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.43 115 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 6.46 116 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 6.50 117 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.56 118 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.57 119 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 7.02 120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.04 121 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.13 122 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 123 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 7.29 124 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.31 125 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.33 126 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 7.35 127 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.36 128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.42 129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.43 130 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7.49 131 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 7.51 132 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 7.59 133 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 8.00 135 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.17 136 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.23 137 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 8.34 138 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.36 139 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.39 140 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 8.40 141 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 8.46 142 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.47 143 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 8.52 144 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.53 145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.56 146 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9.01 147 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.21 148 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.23 149 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 9.25 150 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.33 151 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9.40 152 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.44 153 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.49 154 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.18 155 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.22 156 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 157 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 10.37 158 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.39 159 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 10.46 160 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 10.59 161 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 11.00 162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.05 163 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 11.08 164 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 11.23 165 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11.25 166 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11.26 167 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.07 168 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 12.38 169 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 12.54 170 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 12.58 171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.31 172 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.41 173 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.59 174 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09 175 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.06 176 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 17.46 177 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.55 178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.05 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 81 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 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 33 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 31 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 16 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 17 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 18 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 20 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 21 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 22 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 20 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 25 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 19 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 28 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18 29 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 18 30 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 31 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 32 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 33 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 35 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 16 36 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 38 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 40 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 41 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 11 42 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 10 43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 44 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 45 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 46 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 49 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 51 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 53 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 54 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 55 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 57 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 58 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 59 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 60 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 61 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) 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 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 14.05.28 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.11 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.37 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.42 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.42 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.20 7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.21 9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 3.51 10 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.53 11 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.01 12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.15 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.35 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 4.45 15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5.11 16 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.18 17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5.29 18 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5.39 19 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5.59 20 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7.02 21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 7.12 22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.30 23 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.52 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 8.38 25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.57 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.18 27 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 10.21 28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16.59 Teams classification 1 Garmin Chipotle 42.13.59 2 Team Columbia 1.44 3 Team CSC Saxo Bank 2.35 4 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.20 5 Gerolsteiner 3.31 6 Caisse d'Epargne 3.43 7 Liquigas 4.30 8 Quick Step 5.08 9 Barloworld 5.31 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.14 11 AG2R-La Mondiale 6.23 12 Rabobank 6.39 13 Lampre 6.47 14 Team Milram 7.06 15 Agritubel 7.07 16 Silence - Lotto 7.19 17 Bouygues Telecom 8.03 18 Credit Agricole 8.13 19 Saunier Duval - Scott 8.43 20 Francaise des Jeux 9.17
