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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 14 - Saturday, July 19: Nîmes - Digne les Bains, 194.5km
Freire flies to fourth career stage win
Maillot vert nabs victory on scorching day while race favourites bide their time
By Shane Stokes and Bjorn Haake
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Drawing on his solid climbing abilities in the tough finale and thus saving strength for the big bunch gallop, Oscar Freire burst out of the peloton to seize his fourth-ever Tour de France stage victory.
The Spanish Rabobank rider beat Leonardo Duque (Cofidis), Erik Zabel (Milram) and the rest of the main field into Digne les Bains, defending his green jersey in the best possible fashion and moving ever-closer to what would be a first-ever win in that classification.
The triple world champion was happy wiht the way things worked out. "In the end I was afraid of getting boxed in. But I was behind Zabel; I took the right wheel today and I went at the correct moment. It got pretty tight in the end, though, and I almost collided with him."
He won a Tour stage in 2002 and took two four years later, but is only this year really showing that he could take the final green jersey. He's also getting stronger as the Tour goes on. "I am in better shape now [than earlier in the race]," he stated. "I had some health problems, but now I feel good."
After a number of unsuccessful attacks on the final climb, Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) surged clear on the descent and tried to hold on for a solo victory. He was caught with just over two kilometres to go, though, and the stage was set for the third bunch finish in as many days.
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Dominant Tour sprinter Mark Cavendish (Columbia) had lost contact on the climb and thus missed out on the gallop. He was lying second in the maillot vert classification but Freire padded out his advantage over Cavendish and third-placed rider Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) with his victory. Hushovd and Zabel are now second and third overall, 47 and 52 points back respectively, and the Spaniard is pulling away.
"I hope to keep green," said Freire. "And in the mountains we have a leader like Menchov. We hope he can take yellow... For me, Menchov is the best candidate [to win] this Tour."
Menchov and all the main favourites finished in the peloton, preserving the overnight general classification positions. Cadel Evans remains in yellow and will thus head into the Alps tomorrow with a one-second lead over Fränk Schleck (CSC - Saxo Bank). Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) is third, 38 seconds back, with Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) and Menchov also less than a minute adrift.
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Evans was again happy with how Silence-Lotto worked. "It's a Belgian team and that is its specialty," he stated. "I felt the heat today. But I am satisfied with how things went. Everything is fine. I have recovered from my crash."
The 2007 Tour runner-up was not worried about the team having a lack of experience in the mountains: "Popovych is getting better and better. And then in the mountains I have to do my race. It will be interesting tomorrow…CSC has two strong climbers. Then there are Menchov, Kohl, Vande Velde."
The 194.5-kilometre stage was the final one before three tough days in the Alps and so it was unsurprising that a breakaway group tried its luck. Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole), Bram Tankink (Rabobank) and Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) went away with seventeen others after some ten minutes of racing, then forged ahead from this group approximately 45 kilometres after the start.
The quartet eked out a maximum lead of almost six minutes, before the Milram, Liquigas and Bouygues Telecom teams started working to bring this back. "It was very hard," Casar stated after the stage. "We got a good gap, then relaxed a bit. After the feed zone the peloton started riding really hard."
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Gutierrez took the top points on the category four Cote de Mane and also did the same at the intermediate sprint in Oraison; his ambitions extended further than this, though, and he jumped away from the other three with 28 kilometres remaining. However, even though he is a former Spanish time trial champion, he couldn't hold off the peloton and was finally reeled in with just over ten kilometres left.
A flurry of attacks followed, with Tour de Suisse winner Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) taking maximum points on the final climb. Bernhard Kohl added two more points to get closer to Gerolsteiner team-mate Sebastian Lang. Chavanel's move was the most impressive, though, but nothing was to stand in the way of a bunch gallop and, as it turned out, Freire's fourth-ever stage win in the Tour.
Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) finished eighth in the sprint, unable to fully capitalise on his team's work: "I felt good today," he stated. "We did tempo at the front. [On the last climb] some of the sprinters got dropped. It really moved in the front and it was very dangerous. Feillu went from far out. I think I had a better placing in my legs…if I had been five spots further up, I may have been able to stay on Freire's wheel. Who knows?"
Many may ask themselves the same but, as the maillot vert-holder underlined, he is the most consistent sprinter in this Tour de France. The green jersey battle is become a little easier to predict; the maillot jaune should follow suit once the Alps start tomorrow and the general classification gaps open a bit further.
How it unfolded
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With all yesterday's finishers present and correct, 158 riders took the départ réel at 12:23 local time for another hot day of racing in Southern France.
A large group formed after only five kilometres, containing Stijn Devolder (Quick Step), Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank), Juan José Oroz and Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), José Vicente Garcia and Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Bernhard Eisel (Columbia), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Matteo Bono (Lampre), William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole), Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Eduardo Gonzalo and David Le Lay (Agritubel), Bram Tankink (Rabobank), Matthieu Sprick and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Marco Velo (Team Milram), Sandy Casar and Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) and William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30)
After 20 kilometres the gap was just above the one-minute mark, and continued to hold steady as Devolder took the sprint in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (km 37) ahead of Frischkorn and Eisel.
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With the gap now coming down, Gutierrez, Bonnet, Tankink and Casar took a flyer as the break covered a staggering 52 kilometres in the first hour. The remaining breakaway riders were caught at kilometre 56.
The peloton then allowed the four escapees to continue undisturbed and the gap increased to 3'50 at kilometre 75. In the feed zone in Les Huguets, after 80 kilometres, Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) crashed while Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) abandoned the race.
With a 100 kilometres to go, the gap had increased to its maximum of over six minutes. Liquigas started to take over the work in the peloton, steadily reducing the break's advantage. In 10 kilometres it had dropped by two minutes and as the break passed through Cereste with 87 kilometres remaining it was down to 3'20.
Gutierrez took the points on the fourth category Côte de Mane, followed by Tankink, Casar and Bonnet as the Liquigas led bunch crested the summit three minutes later.
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With 49.5km to go the break passed the sprint in Oraison where Gutierrez took it uncontested from Bonnet, Tankink and Casar. The peloton was now just 2'21 in arrears.
Forty kilometres from the line the gap had melted in the hot sun even more, and was down to 1'12. The sprinters' teams held it steady, not wanting to make the catch too soon. Most of the work was still done by Liquigas, with Milram and Bouygues Telecom also pitching in, while Columbia sat back in the knowledge that today's finish was unlikely to suit Mark Cavendish.
When the gap dipped below the one-minute mark, Gutiérrez attacked hard with 27 kilometres remaining. Tankink tried to counter, but could get into the Spaniard's slipstream. Casar joined Tankink behind while Bonnet was dropped and caught by the peloton.
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Gutierrez hit the 20-kilometre to go sign 44 seconds ahead of the peloton. The 2007 Spanish time trial champion was trying desperately to use his skills against the clock, but the hungry peloton came to within 15 seconds with 12 kilometres to go.
With 10 to go Gutierrez was caught, but the pace stayed high and many riders were sent packing from the peloton, including Mark Cavendish. Over the top of the Col de l'Orne, Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) took maximum points from Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
On the descent it was Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) who made a brave solo move, but the Frenchman was allowed just a couple of hundred metres before being swallowed up inside the final two kilometres.
The bunch sprint was an exciting affair, for once not featuring Cavendish. Instead it was Oscar Freire (Rabobank) who had too much speed for Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) and Erik Zabel (Milram), taking his fourth Tour stage.
Stage 15 - Sunday, July 20: Embrun - Prato Nevoso, 183km
This stage was to have been a 216-kilometre epic from yesterdays' finish town of Digne les Bains. Because of rock falls on the Col de Larche the start has been moved to the ancient town of Embrun, shortening the stage by 33 kilometres.
The stage starts climbing almost immediately up to the vertiginously high Col Agnel at 2744 metres, which surprisingly is not the highest point of his year's Tour. It does mark a first for 2008 though, as the Tour has up until now been entirely contested in France and this is a border crossing into Italy.
The stage descends into the Italian province of Cuneo, part of the Piemonte region, crossing the rather sinister sounding third category Colle del Morte to an uphill finish at the ski resort of Prato Nevoso. The 11.4-kilometre ascent to the finish should provide a platform for the overall contenders to take time out of one another before the second rest day.
This is the first visit of the Tour to both towns, but Pratonevoso has been a stage finish in the Giro d'Italia. The most recent occasion was in 2000, when Stefano Garzelli (then Mercatone Uno, now Acqua e Sapone) put pressure on race leader Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) with stage victory. Garzelli went on to take the pink jersey two days later in the mountain time trial to Sestrieres.
Photography
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- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gets the win he's been chasing for nearly two weeks.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) extended his lead in the green jersey competition.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates his fourth Tour stage victory in Dignes-les-Bains.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) had to remain attentive in the finale but held onto yellow without serious trouble.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) has his eye on the Alpine stages to come.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) chews the fat in the Tour village.
- Performers keep the crowds entertained in at the start in Nimes.
- The Tour village is a massive operation that has to be setup before each stage.
- Best young rider Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) was popular with the autograph hunters.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) ponders a more relaxed form on transport.
- The riders line up for the start with the spectacular Arena of Nimes behind them.
- A large group of 20 riders went clear soon after the start.
- The peloton enjoyed another day of near perfect conditions in southern France.
- The sun beats down on the day's breakaway.
- Roman Kreuziger leads Liquigas team-mate Vincenzo Nibali.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) claims his fourth Tour stage and fifth victory this season.
- Freire now has a massive 47-point advantage of Thor Hushovd in the green jersey competition.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes the applause as stage winner.
- Five-time Tour winner Bernhard Hinault performing his jersey zipping duties for Cadel Evans.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) enjoys another day in yellow.
- Evans said he was hoping for a good sleep tonight in preparation for tomorrow's mountain stage.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Nîmes maison carré
- Nîmes
- The départ in Nîmes
- The Arena of Nimes made a nice backdrop for sign-in.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.13.08 (46.102 km/h) 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 17 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 18 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 19 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 28 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 29 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 30 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 34 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 38 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 42 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 43 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 46 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 49 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 53 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 54 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 56 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 61 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 62 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 63 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 64 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 67 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 69 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 76 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 78 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 79 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 82 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 83 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 85 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 86 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 87 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 0.17 92 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 0.44 94 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 0.49 95 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 96 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.04 97 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.50 98 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 99 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 105 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.27 107 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 108 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 109 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 110 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 111 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 112 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 113 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 114 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 116 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 117 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 118 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 119 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 120 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 4.58 121 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 122 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 125 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 131 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7.43 132 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 133 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 134 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 136 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 137 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 138 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 140 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 141 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 143 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 145 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 147 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 148 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 149 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 150 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 151 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 152 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 153 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 155 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8.29 156 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.33 157 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.04 DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel Sprints Saint-Remy-De-Provence - km 37 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 6 pts 2 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2 Oraison (D.4B-D.4) - km 145 1 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 Digne-Les-Bains - km 194.5 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 35 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 26 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 24 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 22 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 20 7 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 17 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16 11 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 14 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 11 16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 10 17 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 9 18 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 8 19 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 6 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 4 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Côte de Mane - km 128.5 1 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 pts 2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col de L'Orme - km 185 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Young rider 1 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.13.08 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 6 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 0.44 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.50 15 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.27 18 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.58 21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 22 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 7.43 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner Most aggressive rider 1 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Teams 1 Quick Step 12.39.24 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Team Milram 5 Team Columbia 6 Agritubel 7 Credit Agricole 8 Garmin Chipotle 9 Caisse d'Epargne 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11 Silence - Lotto 12 Team CSC Saxo Bank 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Lampre 15 Rabobank 16 Liquigas 17 Ag2R-La Mondiale 18 Francaise Des Jeux 19 Barloworld 2.50 General classification after stage 14 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 59.01.55 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.01 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.38 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.46 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.57 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 1.56 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.32 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.51 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.18 11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.26 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.41 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 5.23 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5.37 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.01 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.07 17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.26 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.07 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7.11 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.45 21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 9.23 22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.49 23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 11.59 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.00 25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 13.24 26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 13.51 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 14.15 28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 16.02 29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 16.39 30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.08 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 18.09 32 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 18.15 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.21 34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 21.38 35 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.55 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 25.42 37 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.05 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 29.51 39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.54 40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 30.37 41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 30.38 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 31.04 44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.24 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.52 46 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 35.22 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35.56 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 38.10 49 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 39.32 50 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 39.51 51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39.53 52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 40.09 53 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 42.20 54 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.23 55 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.32 56 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 42.59 57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 44.53 58 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.24 59 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 47.09 60 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47.40 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49.24 62 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52.24 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.12 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.16 65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 54.03 66 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 55.22 67 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 56.33 68 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57.09 69 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 57.13 70 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.44 71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.30 72 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.08 73 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.00.54 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01.12 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.02.07 76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.06.53 77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1.07.29 78 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.08.03 79 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.44 80 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.10.00 81 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.10.32 82 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.10.47 83 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.46 84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.11.59 85 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.42 86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1.12.49 87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.52 88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.13.00 89 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.15.28 90 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1.15.36 91 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1.16.19 92 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 1.16.21 93 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.22 94 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.16.36 95 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.20.37 96 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.08 97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 1.22.07 98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.22.08 99 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.22.37 100 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.09 101 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.26 102 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.23.42 103 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.53 104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 1.25.18 105 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.28.41 106 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.29.45 107 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.31.29 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.32.31 109 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.33.11 110 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.34.29 111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.03 112 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.35.33 113 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.36.07 114 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.37.38 115 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.40.02 116 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.40.24 117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.40.25 118 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.40.59 119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.41.21 120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.41.29 121 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.43.01 122 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.43.53 123 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.44.24 124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.46.20 125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.46.52 126 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.47.32 127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.47.34 128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.48.22 129 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.49.12 131 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.49.18 132 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.31 133 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.49.33 134 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.49.37 135 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.52.33 136 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.52.37 137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.54.08 138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.54.11 139 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.24 140 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.55.31 141 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.55.39 142 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.56.14 143 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.56.33 144 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.57.20 145 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.58.30 146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 1.59.02 147 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.01.34 149 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.02.34 150 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.02.38 151 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 2.03.08 152 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.03.58 153 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2.04.52 154 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.05.08 155 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.07.18 156 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10.53 157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.15.45 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 219 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 172 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 167 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 156 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 144 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 137 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 110 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 105 9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 94 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 88 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 80 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 77 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 76 16 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 75 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 73 18 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 60 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 59 23 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 58 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 50 29 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 30 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 45 31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44 32 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 33 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 35 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 36 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 39 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 31 40 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 41 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 47 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 48 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 24 49 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 23 50 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 51 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 53 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 55 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 17 57 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 58 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 17 59 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 60 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 61 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 62 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 64 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 65 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 66 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 67 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 12 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 69 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 70 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 71 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 74 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 76 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 77 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 78 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 79 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 81 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 82 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 83 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 8 84 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 85 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 86 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 88 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 89 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 90 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 91 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 93 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 95 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 96 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 97 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 98 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 99 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 100 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2 102 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 103 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 105 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 -5 106 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 107 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -10 Mountains classification 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 59 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 24 11 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 12 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21 14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 16 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 20 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 21 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 26 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 28 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 29 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 32 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10 33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 34 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 35 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 36 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 39 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 40 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 42 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 43 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 44 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 45 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 49 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 51 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3 53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 54 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 57 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 58 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 59 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 60 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 61 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 62 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 63 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 64 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 65 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 59.06.13 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.49 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.53 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.27 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 13.57 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 25.33 7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.35 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 38.02 9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 52.15 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 52.55 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.06.29 12 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 1.12.03 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.25.27 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.36.07 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.39.35 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.43.14 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.44.04 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.45.13 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.48.15 20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.49.53 21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.51.13 22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.51.21 23 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.52.15 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.54.44 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 176.57.55 2 Ag2R-La Mondiale 4.49 3 Gerolsteiner 15.23 4 Rabobank 18.46 5 Lampre 30.03 6 Caisse d'Epargne 32.45 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.45 8 Credit Agricole 41.49 9 Silence - Lotto 43.06 10 Liquigas 44.15 11 Team Columbia 47.30 12 Francaise Des Jeux 49.32 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 58.34 14 Barloworld 1.07.19 15 Garmin Chipotle 1.07.24 16 Quick Step 1.13.41 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.15.24 18 Team Milram 1.19.33 19 Agritubel 1.57.56 Back to top
