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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 9: Cholet - Châteauroux, 232km
'Manx Express' takes first Tour stage in long, hot day
Schumacher passes first day in maillot jaune
By Gregor Brown in Châteauroux with additional reporting from Bjorn Haake
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Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish claimed his much-anticipated first victory in the Tour de France on the race's longest stage to Châteauroux. The 23 year-old from the Isle of Man benefited from perfect team-work to capture the day's three-man escape and launch his sprint over Spain's Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Germany's Erik Zabel (Team Milram).
"I could only win with guys like that," said Cavendish, who also garnered two stage wins in the Giro d'Italia in similar fashion.
Two days on from Samuel Dumoulin and Romain Feillu's success, the French riders almost ruled again. Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), Florent Brard (Cofidis) and Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) were clear for most of the 232-kilometre stage in an escape that only came to a close in the final two kilometres.
The move began to look hopeful when the trio held a 33-second advantage with 10 kilometres remaining. Five kilometres later however, the pace of the Columbia-led peloton brought the gap down to just over 20 seconds. French champion Vogondy was the first to show his cards with an attack at 1300 metres from the finish on Avenue de la Châtre. Jégou gave chase but couldn't get on terms, with the Agritubel rider being swept up 75 metres from the line.
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"I would be okay with it if we were caught back at 10 kilometres from the finish, but now I have come so close," said Vogondy on being caught so late in the finale.
Cavendish has often been referred to as the new Robbie McEwen, but with his dedicated lead-out train is quite something else. The Columbia team - formerly named Team High Road - took control of the stage with Marcus Burghardt and Thomas Lövkvist while the speed work was done by Adam Hansen, George Hincapie, Bernhard Eisel and Kim Kirchen in the final 10 kilometres. Hincapie led from 1600 metres, Kirchen took over into the final kilometre while Eisel eased off the gas to gap his captain's rivals.
The US-sponsored team held off challenges from both Liquigas and Quick Step, who were trying to lead out for Francesco Chicchi and Gert Steegmans. "It was a little hectic at the end," described Cavendish. "I lost Gerald [Ciolek]'s wheel and then he picked me up at 1200 metres to go and then Gerald went at 600 metres to go."
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The German lead-out man carried Cavendish to about 250 metres, until an early start by Norway's Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) forced Cavendish to fire. He barrelled down Avenue de la Châtre to hold off Freire and Zabel who were charging down his left side.
"I did my best and that is the most important," said Freire, who has three Tour de France stage wins in his palmarès. "I saw the Cavendish was very, very strong."
Italy's Chicchi could not finish off Liquigas' work. "I was a little caught out when the road closed down and was not able to keep the wheel," Chicchi stated after finishing ninth. Belgium's Steegmans finished 12th after his train was derailed by Sébastien Rosseler's sickness and Matteo Tosatto going too soon. "I was in the wind twice. On such a finish with such a speed, being in the wind is like riding into a wall. At 500 metres before the finish, I was already blown up."
As a consolation for his fourth place, Hushovd gained enough points to take the points classification maillot vert from Kim Kirchen. He now leads by three points over Freire. Baden Cooke and Robert Hunter (both Barloworld), Leonardo Duque (Cofidis), Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto), Chicchi and Julian Dean (Garmin-Chipotle) rounded out the top ten.
How it unfolded
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The départ réel of the longest stage of this year's Tour was taken at 11:42, but the drama had started beforehand when Barloworld's Mauricio Soler, already struggling with injuries from an earlier crash, fell in the neutral zone and abandoned after only 12 kilometres. He quit the race just after a trio of Frenchmen - Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), Florent Brard (Cofidis) and Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) - had started to accelerate away from the peloton, quickly gaining a lead of two minutes.
The sprint in Argenton-les-Vallées, after 33.5 kilometres, was taken by Jégou, followed by Vogondy and Brard, with the gap at 8'15 already. However, the sprinters didn't want to repeat past mistakes and started to ride tempo, with the lead gradually starting to fall. The trio covered 45.8 kilometres in the first hour. At kilometre 60 the gap was down to 7'40 and after two hours the break reached the 88-kilometre mark.
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In the second sprint at Richelieu after 98.5 kilometres, Brard took the points from Vogondy and Jégou as the feed zone approached. Back in the peloton, race favourite Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) hit the deck and required some treatment to his knee, but was then guided back by his team.
With 107 kilometres to go, the gap had dropped to six minutes as the peloton was led by Gerolsteiner, fulfilling its obligation to race leader Stefan Schumacher. It was a somewhat unusual picture, but one that will certainly do no harm to the team's hunt for a new sponsor.
With 97 kilometres to go, Cyril Dessel flatted but was quickly back in the bunch as the gap continued to fall steadily. The sprinters' teams were using different calculators this time after the costly mistake on Monday where the break was allowed too much freedom.
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The third hour was ridden at 40.7 km/h, dropping the overall average to 42.9 km/h, but the peloton was still building speed and brought the gap down to five minutes. The final sprint at Grand-Pressigny after 152 kilometres was given to French champion Vogondy, with Brard in second and Jégou third. Crédit Agricole started to help out the blue Gerolsteiner boys and the gap dropped to around three minutes with less than 70 kilometres remaining.
Despite the fourth hour being ridden at 'only' 38 km/h, the break's lead fell inside two minutes with 45 kilometres remaining. The sprinters were looking much happier, salivating at the prospect of a near two-kilometre long finishing straight.
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With 25 kilometres remaining the gap was down to 1'30 with the peloton now in full swing. The break was riding its heart out to stay ahead, but the sprinters' teams were all up front: Columbia, Crédit Agricole, Liquigas and Gerolsteiner, riding in support of yellow jersey Schumacher and sprinter Robert Förster.
Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) then had a mechanical at a bad time and had to fight back to the peloton. Under the 20-kilometre to go banner and the gap was 1'12, then 10 kilometres later George Hincapie suffered a flat tyre. It was a bad time for the Columbia rider, but he was quickly back in the bunch before things got serious.
With five to go a spectator brought down Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval-Scott), as the gap was down to just 23 seconds. A sharp right with three kilometres remaining was too tight for the fast-moving bunch and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) went down when he came too close to a Lampre rider's rear wheel.
The gap was still 14 seconds, but the peloton was flying along with the Columbia train in full flight for Mark Cavendish. With 1.5 kilometres left Vogondy attacked to try to avoid the inevitable, but was caught a few metres before the line as Cavendish blasted down the middle for his first Tour stage victory.
Stage 6 - Thursday, July 10: Aigurande - Super Besse, 195.5km
After five stages featuring no more than a smattering of fourth and third category climbs – and with none at all for the last three days – the course takes a decidedly hillier turn. After turning east yesterday, the race resumes its southerly course across France's hot Massif Central. The roads will be up and down all day, with two fourth category climbs in the first half.
The final 50 kilometres is where the action starts with two second category climbs, including the 11-kilometre drag up to the finish at Super Besse. This is the Tour's first visit to the small, fortified town of Aigurande, but it has been to the ski resort of Super Besse twice before. The last time it finished here, the stage was won by Dane Rolf Sørensen in a breakaway between the Alps and the Pyrenees.
The ski resort sits 1289 metres high, above the town of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, which the stage passes through on the way to the finish. Every year, Super Besse is the host of "La Géminiani," a cyclesportif event named after legend Raphaël Géminiani, who hails from the nearby city of Clermont-Ferrand.
Photography
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- The break of the day with Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) leading Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) and Florent Brard (Cofidis).
- Schumacher checks if he can see the break already.
- Alejandro Valverde had a small crash but seems OK.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) receives treatment from the race doctor after crashing during today's stage.
- The Spaniard sustained abrasions to his right side but finished the stage without losing time.
- The day's breakaway of Florent Brard (Cofidis), Lilian Jegou (Francaise des Jeux) and Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel).
- Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) showing the French champion's colours in the breakaway.
- Vogondy is swallowed up in the final metres as Cavendish bursts through the centre.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) wins the longest stage of the Tour de France in Châteauroux.
- The Manxman edged out Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Erik Zabel (Milram) for his first Tour stage win.
- A massive result for Team Columbia and even Cavendish himself can't quite believe it.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) celebrates his first Tour stage win and the first by a British rider since David Millar in 2003.
- Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) hit the deck on the fast run-in to the finish.
- Aurelian Passeron (Saunier Duval) collided with a spectator.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Baden Cooke gets aero
- A sprinter's hair cut for Baden Cooke
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) was all smiles before the start, if not a tad dizzy.
- Bruseghin was in good spirits despite not getting to the front of the time trial this time.
- Bruseghin at the sign-in
- Liquigas tries some local seafood
- Liquigas fills up the musettes
- Schumacher in yellow
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) took over the lead with his time trial win.
- Barloworld is all smiles but that was before Soler crashed again.
- The peloton rides along
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) rolls in
- Mark Cavendish takes his first Tour stage win.
- Cav finished off a great job by Columbia.
- Cavendish won clearly
- Cav takes out the win!
- Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) leads the break.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) waves to the crowd from his first Tour podium appearance.
- Stefan Schumacher adjusts to his first day in yellow.
- Not just for the Dutch the windmill is also a fixture in breezy Northern France.
- Cavendish opened up the sprint early but was able to hold his speed to take the win.
- Fans wave the French flag in support of Nikolas Vogondy, the French champion, who was in the break.
- Mark Cavendish gets his first Tour stage on the Tour's longest stage.
- The Schleck brothers give some room to the riders in the feed zone.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) takes his feed bag on a long, hot day in the saddle.
- Valverde gets a push from Luis Leon Sanchez after crashing.
- Alejandro Valverde's team rallies around its captain after he crashed in the feed zone.
- Credit Agricole takes up the chase to deliver Thor Hushovd to a chance at sprint victory.
- The riders pass through fields of flowers but not the usual sunflowers.
- A fan of Agritubel at full gallop.
- Stefan Schumacher rides in yellow for the first time in his career.
- It was a hot and hazy day for the three men who broke away at kilometre 11.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) relaxes early in the stage.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- A big bike, little guy!
- Fans await the start in Cholet.
- Tour de France Director Christian Prudhomme's car
- The car of the Tour director Christian Prudhomme.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) phone's home.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux)
- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) signs in
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) looking forward to a sprint stage.
- Yaroslav Popovych is Cadel Evans' new right hand man.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5.27.52 (42.45 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 16 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 28 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 36 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 44 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 47 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 49 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 50 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 53 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 55 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 56 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 57 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 59 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 66 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 67 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 69 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 70 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 71 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 72 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 75 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 76 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 78 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 79 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 81 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 82 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 83 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 85 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 88 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 92 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 94 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 97 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 100 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 106 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 109 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 110 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 111 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 113 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 114 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 115 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 116 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 117 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 118 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 119 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 120 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 121 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 122 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 125 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 126 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 127 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 128 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 129 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 132 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 133 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 136 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 137 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 138 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 139 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 141 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 142 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 143 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 144 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 147 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 148 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 150 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 151 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 152 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 153 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 154 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 156 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 157 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 158 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 159 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 160 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 161 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 162 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 163 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 164 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 166 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 167 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 168 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 169 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 171 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 172 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 173 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 0.33 174 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 0.57 175 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.41 176 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.55 177 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.30 DNF Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld Sprints Argenton-les-Vallees - 33.5 Km 1 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Richelieu - 98.5 Km 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 Le Grand-Pressigny - 152.0 Km 1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 Châteauroux - 232.0 Km 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 35 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 26 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 22 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 20 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 18 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17 10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 14 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 13 14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 11 16 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 9 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 21 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 5 22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 2 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5.27.52 2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 9 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 12 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 18 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 0.57 26 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.55 27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.30 Most aggressive 1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel Teams 1 Barloworld 16.23.36 2 Agritubel 3 Rabobank 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Silence - Lotto 6 Credit Agricole 7 Garmin Chipotle 8 Team Columbia 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Liquigas 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12 Team Milram 13 Quick Step 14 Lampre 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 AG2R-La Mondiale 17 Caisse d'Epargne 18 Francaise des Jeux 19 Saunier Duval - Scott 20 Team CSC Saxo Bank General classification after stage 5 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.32.33 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 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.07 78 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.13 79 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.17 80 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 5.19 81 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 5.21 82 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.22 83 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5.23 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 85 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5.26 86 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 87 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.29 88 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 5.32 89 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.38 90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5.40 91 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 5.41 92 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 5.42 93 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.45 94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5.50 95 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.55 96 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.58 97 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6.00 99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.02 100 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.03 101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.04 102 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6.16 103 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 6.21 104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.23 105 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 6.24 106 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6.26 107 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.27 108 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.29 109 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6.31 110 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 6.34 111 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.43 112 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 6.46 113 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 6.50 114 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.56 115 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.57 116 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 7.02 117 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.04 118 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.13 119 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 120 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 7.29 121 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.31 122 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.33 123 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 7.35 124 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.36 125 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 7.40 126 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.42 127 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.43 128 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7.49 129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 7.51 130 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 7.59 131 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 132 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.17 133 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.23 134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 8.33 135 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 8.34 136 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.36 137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.39 138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 8.40 139 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 8.46 140 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.47 141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 8.52 142 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.53 143 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.56 144 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9.01 145 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.21 146 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.23 147 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.33 148 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9.40 149 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.44 150 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.49 151 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.18 152 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.22 153 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 154 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 155 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 10.37 156 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.39 157 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 10.46 158 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 10.59 159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 11.00 160 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 161 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.05 162 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 11.08 163 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 11.23 164 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11.25 165 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11.26 166 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.32 167 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 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.55 177 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.05 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 88 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 85 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 81 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 72 5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 60 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 51 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 49 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 49 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 12 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 13 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 14 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 34 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 33 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 17 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 29 19 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 20 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 27 21 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 24 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 23 25 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 22 28 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 29 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 30 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 31 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 20 32 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 19 35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 19 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 37 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 38 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 39 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 41 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 43 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 44 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 45 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 46 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 47 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 11 50 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 51 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 9 52 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 53 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 54 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 56 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 59 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 60 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 61 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 63 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 66 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 67 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 68 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 19.33.20 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 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.35 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 4.45 14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5.11 15 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5.29 16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5.39 17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5.59 18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7.02 19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 7.12 20 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.30 21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.52 22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.57 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 9.35 24 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 10.13 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.18 26 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 10.21 27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.45 Teams classification 1 Garmin Chipotle 58.37.35 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
