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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 9 - Sunday, July 13: Toulouse - Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km
Riccò wins second mountain stage via solo Col d'Aspin flyer alla Pantani
Kirchen holds on to maillot jaune while Evans survives tumble
By Gregor Brown in Bagnères de Bigorre
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Italy's Riccardo Riccò opened up the throttle to distance his rivals on the Tour de France's Col d'Aspin in a move similar to the late Marco Pantani to gain a solo win in Bagnères de Bigorre. The chase including classification favourites finished over a minute behind Riccò and included race leader Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia) and a bruised Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), who crashed on the decent of the Col de Peyresourde.
Riccò had indicated that he is not at the Tour de France for the classification, and that fact must have put Team Silence-Lotto Evans' mind at ease when he saw the fiery Italian blaze up the road with 30 kilometres remaining overall and four kilometres to go until the top of the Col d'Aspin. The 31 year-old Australian, second overall in the race, crashed on a left-hand turn going on a slight downhill shortly following the race's feed-zone, at kilometre 106. Reports vary on whether it was due to a spectator's bag in his front wheel or due to Evans clipping the rear wheel of an Euskaltel rider.
"He had some sort of bag in his front wheel and it blocked it," claimed team-mate Christophe Brandt, who was just ahead of Evans when the crash occurred. "It was not a musette, but something from along the street. His front wheel stopped and he went over the bars."
Evans declined to comment following the stage while being ushered immediately to the team's car. He only indicated to gathered personnel not to touch his left shoulder.
During the stage, Evans received medical attention to his left shoulder and thigh some thirty kilometres later by race doctor Gerard Porte. The high-mountain passes of Col de Peyresourde (km 166.5) and Col d'Aspin (km 198) were still to come, but the 26-kilometre decent to the finish played into Evans' favour. Tomorrow, 156 kilometres to the mountaintop finish of Hautacam and the day before the race's first rest day, will be a different story and Evans will be looking to fend off the attacks that are sure to come.
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Evans survived the Col de Peyresourde and braced himself for the attacks on the Col d'Aspin. Sebastian Lang of Team Gerolsteiner was the only rider left from an early escape and had some four minutes when Riccò started his show. Backing an earlier attack by team-mate David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval - Scott), Riccò gunned up the left side of the road with an acceleration that had many pundits recalling the late Pantani, winner of the 1998 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France.
"We were talking yesterday and he said he wanted to try an attack similar to one of Pantani, and look, he followed through on his proposition," Piepoli said following the stage.
Riccò stormed past Lang with 1.1 kilometres to the top of the Col d'Aspin. He kept riding in a trance-like state to gain 35 seconds to Lang and 1'15" over the favourites' group by the 1489-metre summit.
"The Cobra" Riccò kept charging on the descent to preserve his advantage to the finishing line along Allée Jean Jaurès. Only Vladimir Efimkin of Team AG2R La Mondiale was able to work free of the chase group that was being led by Lampre. Efimkin finished at 1'03. His team-mate Dessel sprinted for third, 12 seconds later, ahead of the classification favourites.
Riccò had started the race with the stated ambition of taking a stage, but has now doubled that total. He also won the sixth stage to Super Besse.
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"The others sort of looked at each other. I gave it everything I had and rode a time trial to the finish," said Riccò of Team Saunier Duval following his second Tour win in four days. His win came only one day after a crash midway through stage eight. "I did not feel the pain this morning after I had warmed up, and then I just had the itch to go out and win."
Riccò was one happy man at the finish. "It was a formidable stage. I have now two victories – I am super happy. I was impressive, I went very fast [on the final climb]. My directeur sportif was impressed with my power output the last three kilometres of the climb." He already has his eyes on the next stage. "We will look to tomorrow. [Leonardo] Piepoli is in great form. After that we just look day by day."
Missing from the top group was Thomas Lövkvist, who has been working tirelessly for Columbia team-mate Kim Kirchen. Therefore, Andy Schleck of Team CSC-Saxo Bank took over Lövkvist's maillot blanc of best young rider. Kirchen took back the point's lead maillot vert from Rabobank's Oscar Freire, but the jersey will remain with the Spaniard as Kirchen is still occupied with the yellow top of race leader for the moment.
Kirchen had a tough day in the saddle, appearing under pressure on several occasions, but he was happy to have survived another day in yellow. "I didn't have the best legs today. I was just concentrated on following the wheels." He was impressed with Riccò, but didn't think the Italian would figure in Paris. "Riccò is strong in the mountains, but he is not so good in the chronos [time trials - ed.]. 50 kilometres is long and he may lose three or four minutes."
Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) – who started the day third overall – cracked on the final climb and slipped to fourth. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle H3O) consequently moved up to third place.
How it unfolded
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The riders enjoyed the neutral start, rolling through the streets of Toulouse. They knew today would be a tough day, and it was their last chance to relax. And sure enough, the first attack happened right when the neutral zone ended. It contained David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott), who was trying to defend his polka dot jersey. David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Björn Schröder (Team Milram) and Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld) went with him. But their move was brought to a halt at kilometre 14.
Then, at kilometre 22, a trio with Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) and Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) went clear and quickly gained a minute.
The sprint in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze after 29.5 kilometres was won by Kuschynski, ahead of Jalabert and Lang. The peloton passed the PMU sprint line 1'40 later.
The peloton was not interested in what the break was doing. The gap shot up to 5'40 at kilometre 37 and only 2.5 kilometres later it was 7'30. Next up was the Côte de Saint-Pey, after 42 kilometres.
Only four kilometres later the leaders passed the category four côte de Sainte-Quitterie. Again, Lang took the maximum points, this time ahead of Jalabert and Kuschynski. The laissez faire peloton rolled over the top 13'30 later.
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The break never got a larger gap then 14'20 and with 77 kilometres covered it was down to 10'30. Over the côte de Mane, another category four climb, it was again Lang who got three points. Jalabert and Kuschynski followed, receiving two and one point, respectively. Despite the three climbs, the average after two hours was 43.2 km/h.
The sprint at kilometre 113 was won by Jalabert, ahead of Kuschynski and Lang. At the same time, 11 minutes behind, the bunch was winding its way though the feed zone. Only three kilometres later, the category four Col de Buret followed. Lang took the points ahead of Jalabert and Kuschynski.
After the feed zone the Euskaltel-led bunch sped through Aspet at high speeds. Too high for Gorka Verdugo, who crashed in a left hand bend, while helping the team with the pulling. Favourite Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) also came to grief, but was quickly back. He suffered a bleeding elbow and a torn jersey and shorts. The entire team dropped back to get him back to the bunch as fast as possible.
With 100 kilometres to go the leaders went over the next climb, the Col des Ares. Lang led Kuschynski over the top, with Jalabert in third. De La Fuente moved up to the front in the peloton, wanting to secure the final point available. Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) moved out of the peloton before the top, but it was only to greet his family.
Approaching the top, Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) went clear to secure the final point of the climb. De La Fuente was left out in the cold this time.
With a little more than 80 kilometres to go Evans went to the car of Gerard Porte, the Tour doctor. Porte can work wonders from the passenger seat.
The gap had dropped to 10 minutes. That was also the gap when the break the first category one of this Tour, the col de Peyresourde. 13 kilometres and an average gradient of 7.1% awaited the riders.
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Jalabert, unable to follow the other two, was the first to get into trouble. Then Lang also dropped Kuschynski and did the last five kilometres to the top by himself. He crested the summit 34 seconds ahead of Kuschynski. Another half minute later it was Jalabert. Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) shot out of the peloton. De La Fuente secured fourth place and nine points. He was still 12 points ahead of Lang in the mountains classification. Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) took sixth and was tied with Lang (both 31).
On the descent the group came together with Jalabert, De La Fuente, Monfort and Sánchez. Kuschynski was dangling in-between.
Lang tackled the final climb of the day, the col d'Aspin, two minutes ahead of Kuschynski, five minutes ahead of the chasers and six minutes ahead to the peloton.
When Lang's team-mate Stefan Schumacher attacked all hell broke loose. Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) were the first to put pressure on some of the favourites. Race leader Kirchen was lucky to have Silence-Lotto pull for Cadel Evans and it came back together.
But the next attack by Riccò proved decisive. He flew by everyone, hands on the drops and with a kilometre to the top he passed leader Lang, who had nothing left. The peloton was 1'20 back. Lang hung on for second. Behind, his team-mate Bernhard Kohl attacked to get third, stealing a few more points from De La Fuente, he crested over the top in fourth. But it wasn't enough, as Lang was now still four points behind De La Fuente in the mountains classification.
Gerolsteiner got some more bad news when Schumacher was dropped on the ascent. His third place overall was in danger. All the other favourites were still there.
An attempt by Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) resulted in the Italian reaching Lang, but both got caught by the group of favourites.
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After the descent it was a time trial of Riccò on the flat run-in to the finish, with the group behind doing a multi-team trial. Riccò's bike held up in Sainte-Marie-de-Campan (where Eugene Christophe got his repaired in 1913, after breaking his fork in the descent of the Tourmalet).
With 10 kilometres to go the gap was still at 1'20. There was no cohesion in the group behind. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) and Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale) used the lull to a counter, but only Efimkin was able to hang on to a slim lead.
With five kilometres to go, the gap between the group and Riccò was still 1'12, with Efimkin not more than half a dozen seconds ahead.
The outcome didn't change much, with Riccò taking a solo victory, 1'03 ahead of Efimkin. The main contenders came in at 1'17, except for third-placed Schumacher, who dropped to fourth.
Stage 10 - Monday, July 14: Pau - Hautacam, 156km
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The peloton will see more high mountains in this stage which, despite being just 156 kilometres in length, should prove to be one of the toughest of this year's Tour. Despite a reasonably flat start, the stage finishes with the legendary ascents of the Col du Tourmalet and Hautacam. This stage should cause some real gaps to appear between the overall contenders as the favourites for victory in Paris start to show themselves.
Outside Paris and Bordeaux, Pau is the most-visited town for the Tour de France, featuring on the course no less than 61 times before. The first time was in 1930 too, meaning that have only been ten Tours since then that haven't called in at Pau. Last year – as with this year– the city was host to a stage start and a rest day, but the last time a stage finished here, in 2006, Spain's Juan Manuel Mercado (Agritubel) bested Cyril Dessel (Ag2r) in a two-up sprint. The Frenchman was consoled though by taking the yellow jersey for a few days.
Hautacam, a ski resort nestled above the pilgrimage centre of Lourdes, has been a stage finish three times before. The most recent, and most famous occasion was in 2000, when Javier Otxoa (Kelme) took the biggest win of his career. All the headlines went to the rampaging Lance Armstrong though as he stormed away from his rivals in the rain, taking the yellow jersey that he would hold all the way to Paris for his second victory.
This is the stage route used on the Etape du Tour, which was run on Sunday, July 6.
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- Evans needed treatment after his spill
- Evans feels the pain as the doc applies the disinfectant.
- Dr. Gerard Porte treats Evans' left shoulder after the Australian crashed hard in a left-hand bend.
- Dr. Gerard Porte has been with the Tour for a long time and the riders are happy they can get treatment while not losing contact with the peloton. Treatment at 40km/h is something else!
- A bloody Evans radios in about his condition and tells the team management he'll be alright.
- The French take their time when eating and will interrupt the meal for Le Tour, of course.
- Evans will need a new jersey after this stage!
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) pedals along and is closely shadowed by Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), who was the first to attack. He was then dropped and also sparked the attacking that saw his team-mate Sebastian Lang being caught just one kilometre from the top.
- Mountain man David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) sits behind the Euskaltel AVE
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) had a relaxed day in the bunch.
- Scenic mountain passes are always part of the Tour.
- A Gerolsteiner fan shouts encouragement to Sebastian Lang who came within four point of the polka dot.
- Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) did a great ride and won the most aggressive rider award of the day.
- The peloton in the mountains always is a lot smaller than in the flat stages.
- The group of favourites masters a switchback.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) didn't have the best of days but was strong enough to sit in with the group.
- Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale) attacked late and finished second.
- A polka dot fan admires Riccò as he whizzes by towards the col d'Aspin.
- Riccò's attack was impressive
- Riccò hit the descent at full speed
- Riccò went all out in the final kilometres and withstood the headwind and the chasers.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) takes the win after a brilliant solo ride.
- Riccò thanks the heavens for his win
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Riccò checks on his opponents anytime.
- Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Barloworld) before the start.
- John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld)
- John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) gets ready to roll
- The start scene
- Cunego starts
- Everything centred around Riccò today.
- Sunflower fields accompanied the riders
- The peloton was fast
- Today the weather was better.
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) powers along
- A chatty bunch in the early part
- But they were going fast anyway
- Euskaltel took control today
- The peloton in the valley
- Euskaltel led the bunch through south western France.
- Evans goes down a descent
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) rolls through France
- The break of the day is led by Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) and followed by Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) and Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner).
- The bunch near the water
- Cycling attracts young and old
- French country side impression
- Evans is paced back by Silence after his crash.
- A French cycling fan
- Kirchen on flat section before the final climb.
- Riccò's second attack
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) worked hard for Riccò.
- Riccò storms up the hill
- Riccò passes an exhausted De La Fuente
- Riccò came flying by everyone at tremendous speed.
- The fans went nuts
- Riccò resembled Pantani
- Riccò less than a kilometre from the top of the Aspin. Lang is dropped.
- Riccò on the descent
- Riccò drops the rest
- Riccò climbs the hill fast
- Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) on the climb
- Riccò wins
- Riccò wins it!
- Riccò crosses the line
- An outstanding win by the Italian
- Look at ME
- Riccò ha.d picked stage nine beforehand as his stomping ground
- Riccò celebrates his second win in this year's Tour.
- Riccò exhausted after the race
- Riccò drinks some well-deserved water after his escape.
- Kirchen struggled but finished with the group.
- Evans was bleeding after his crash.
- A smiling Cunego finished with the front runners.
- Andy Schleck shows the efforts after having mastered the first high mountains of the Tour.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) is glad the first mountains are passed.
- Riccò applauds and smiles
- Bernard Hinault congratulates Riccò, no doubt approving of the aggressive racing by the Italian.
Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
- Hushovd gets some help while going back to the team car.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is looking forward to the road heading up.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) clearly forgot to pack a razor.
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) before he knew he would lose major time on the climbs.
- A red number for Most aggressive rider Laurent Lefevre.
- Baden Cooke (Barloworld) hopes the barricades to get to his bike.
- Simon Gerrans takes a picture while waiting for Florent Brard to sign in.
- Mark Cavendish was apprehensive before the start of the first big day of climbing.
- Frank Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) works his way through the sign-in crowd.
- Matteo Tosatto and Steven de Jongh (Quick Step) relax before the start.
- Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld) looks genuinely happy to be heading toward the mountains.
- Agritubel team-mates Eduardo Gonzalo and Nicolas Jalabert.
- Gerolsteiner's Heinrich Haussler is in his first Tour.
- Frank Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) has prescription inserts in his Oakleys.
- Luis Leon Sanchez inspects his bike before the start of stage nine.
- Oscar Pereiro gives an interview before stage nine.
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) stretches before the start of stage nine.
- Feillu gets his hammies ready for the stage ahead.
- Evans had some technical problems with his bike at the start.
- The Silence-Lotto mechanic prepares Evans' bike.
- Cadel Evans signs an autograph at the start of stage nine.
- Kuschinsky leads the break in Figarol.
- Euskaltel-Euskadi still chasing for some unknown reason.
- Kuschinsky still leading the break as it heads through Figarol.
- For some reason Euskaltel-Euskadi felt compelled to chase and chase, and chase.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) looking not so happy in the bunch, still wrapped up from an earlier crash.
- Snack time for a Quick Step rider.
- Yoann Le Boulanger (FdJ) eats some baked goods.
Results
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.39.28 (39.59km/h) 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.17 4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 20 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 35 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 40 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57 42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 45 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 46 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 51 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 52 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.14 54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.34 55 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 58 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6.27 60 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 61 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 63 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.04 64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 65 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 66 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 68 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 70 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 71 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 76 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 78 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 79 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 82 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 83 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.57 86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 87 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 89 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 18.55 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 94 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 96 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 97 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 100 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 101 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 102 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 104 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 105 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 106 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 112 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 114 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 116 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 119 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 24.02 120 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 121 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 122 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 123 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.20 125 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 28.11 126 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 131 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 133 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 134 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 135 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 136 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 137 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 141 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 143 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 147 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 148 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 149 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 150 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 151 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 152 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 153 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 154 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 156 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 157 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 158 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 159 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 160 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 161 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 162 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 163 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 164 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 165 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 167 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 168 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 169 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 31.23 170 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel Sprints Sprint 1 - Saint-Sulpice-Sur-Leze (29.5km) 1 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Sprint 2 - Sengouagnet (111.0km) 1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 4 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Sprint 3 - Bagneres-de-Bigorre (224km) 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 17 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 6 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 4 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Côte de Saint-Pey (42.0km) 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountain 2 - Côte de Sainte-Quitterie (46.0km) 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Mountain 3 - Côte de Mane (91.0km) 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Mountain 4 - Col de Buret (113.5km) 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountain 5 - Col des Ares (123.5km) 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountain 6 - Col de Peyresourde (166.5km) 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 13 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 11 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 Mountain 7 - Col d'Aspin (198.0km) 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 30 pts 2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 16 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Most combative rider 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner Best young rider 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.39.28 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 6 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.57 9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6.27 13 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 16.57 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.55 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 17 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 18 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 28.11 19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 20 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 24 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 25 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Team 1 Saunier Duval - Scott 17.00.58 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 1.04 3 Caisse d'Epargne 1.17 4 Lampre 5 Team CSC Saxo Bank 6 Silence - Lotto 1.57 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Rabobank 9 Bouygues Telecom 4.34 10 Garmin Chipotle 5.14 11 Barloworld 12 Team Columbia 6.27 13 Liquigas 9.04 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Quick Step 16 Team Milram 9.44 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 18 Credit Agricole 19 Agritubel 16.51 20 Francaise des Jeux 16.57 General classification after stage 9 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 38.07.19 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.06 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.44 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.56 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.03 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.21 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27 10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.34 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.56 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.58 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.03 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.07 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2.09 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.16 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.19 18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.20 19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.31 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.33 21 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.35 22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.50 23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2.55 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3.01 25 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.31 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.33 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4.34 28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 5.17 29 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.00 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6.31 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.36 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.39 33 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 34 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 7.24 35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.43 36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.49 37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.42 38 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.53 39 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10.51 40 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.47 41 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.44 42 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 13.16 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.36 44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.50 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 14.13 46 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 14.22 47 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.33 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 15.05 50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.18 51 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 15.29 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16.05 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.03 55 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 17.46 56 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18.04 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 18.14 58 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 19.44 59 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.07 60 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.18 61 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.49 62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.21 63 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 25.26 64 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 26.30 65 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.27 66 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.01 67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 30.19 68 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 30.35 69 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30.53 70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 31.09 71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 31.23 72 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 31.31 73 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 32.18 74 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.29 75 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 33.06 76 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.04 77 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 35.27 78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 35.47 79 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.58 80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 36.37 81 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 36.51 82 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 37.30 83 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 38.05 84 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 38.07 85 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.45 86 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 39.48 87 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.02 88 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.31 89 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.57 90 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 42.21 91 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 43.23 92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 44.38 93 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.47 94 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 44.52 95 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.39 96 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.07 97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 46.34 98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 47.27 99 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 47.28 100 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 47.37 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48.25 102 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48.27 103 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.17 104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 50.17 105 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 50.33 106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 50.50 107 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 51.23 108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 51.31 109 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 51.35 110 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 51.48 111 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 53.06 112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 54.16 113 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.17 114 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 54.29 115 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 54.35 116 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.24 117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 55.57 118 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 55.59 119 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.14 120 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 56.49 121 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 57.02 122 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 57.22 123 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.39 124 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 59.34 125 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 59.58 126 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.00.55 127 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.01.05 128 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.01.35 129 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.02.05 130 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.02.18 131 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02.28 132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.06 133 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.08 134 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.03.14 135 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.03.36 136 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.04.06 137 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.04.07 138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.04.31 139 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.04.41 140 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.04.55 141 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.01 142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.05.54 143 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06.39 144 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.06.56 145 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.27 146 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.09.18 147 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.10.02 148 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.10.47 149 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.10.59 150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.11.01 151 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.12.09 152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.12.11 153 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.27 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.12.40 155 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.13.07 156 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.13.15 157 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.14.20 158 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.14.37 159 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.14.44 160 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.15.07 161 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.32 162 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.16.01 163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 1.16.13 164 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.16.55 165 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 1.17.11 166 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18.56 167 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.21.58 168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.22.19 169 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24.06 170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.25.48 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 123 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 119 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 105 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 92 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 86 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 82 8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 75 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 64 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 62 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 60 12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 56 13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 55 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 19 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 42 21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 40 23 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 24 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 38 25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 38 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 37 27 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 34 28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 30 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 33 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 32 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 34 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28 35 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 37 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 38 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 25 40 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 25 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 23 44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 23 45 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 46 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 22 47 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 48 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 51 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 55 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 57 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 14 58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 59 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 62 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 65 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 11 66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 67 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 68 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 69 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 10 70 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 71 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 72 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 9 73 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 74 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 75 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 76 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 7 77 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 6 78 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 79 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 80 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 81 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 82 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 83 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 84 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 85 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 86 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 87 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 88 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 89 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 90 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 92 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -5 93 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 61 pts 2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 50 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 9 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 10 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 19 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 12 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 19 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 20 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 22 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 24 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10 25 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 27 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 28 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 29 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 30 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 31 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 33 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 34 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 36 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 37 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 38 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 39 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 40 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 42 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 43 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 44 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 45 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 46 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Best young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 38.09.17 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.09 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.22 4 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.37 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.03 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 4.33 7 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5.26 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.35 9 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 28.37 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28.55 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 30.20 12 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.31 13 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 36.09 14 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 40.23 15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 49.33 16 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.00.07 17 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.01.16 18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.04.41 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06.29 20 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.07.20 21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.09.01 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.09.03 23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.10.11 24 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.29 25 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.14.57 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.20.00 Team classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 114.24.23 2 Caisse d'Epargne 3.29 3 Saunier Duval - Scott 4.47 4 Gerolsteiner 5.21 5 AG2R-La Mondiale 6.12 6 Team Columbia 8.02 7 Rabobank 8.12 8 Lampre 9.28 9 Barloworld 10.29 10 Liquigas 11.37 11 Silence - Lotto 12.07 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.39 13 Bouygues Telecom 13.30 14 Garmin Chipotle 14.56 15 Credit Agricole 17.23 16 Quick Step 19.50 17 Team Milram 25.36 18 Francaise Des Jeux 35.48 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 38.10 20 Agritubel 45.16
