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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 22: Cuneo - Jausiers, 157km
Second French win sees small GC shake-up
Vande Velde and Menchov lose ground in yellow jersey battle
By Bjorn Haake and Laura Weislo with reporting from Gregor Brown and Hedwig Kröner in Jausiers.
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AG2R La Mondiale's Cyril Dessel became the second Frenchman to win a stage of this year's Tour on the 157 kilometre route from Cuneo to Jausiers. On a day which passed over two massive climbs including the 2,802m Bonnett-Restefond peak, Dessel was part of a large breakaway which shattered on the final climb and came to the line as a group of four on the long and technical descent. He out-sprinted Sandy Casar (FdJ) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) to take revenge for his narrow miss at a victory in 2006. Maillot jaune Fränk Schleck retained the jersey heading into tomorrow's stage to Alpe d'Huez.
For Dessel, positioning was everything in the tight finishing sprint. Arroyo was the first one to attack, trying to get himself in the best spot. But in a drag race on the short straight stretches between curves, Dessel shot past Arroyo, clearly having done his homework. "I knew that if I could take the last turn ahead of the others, I could win. In fact, when I came out of the last corner, I heard someone scream 'You have won!' But I didn't want to take my hands off the bars." The finish area was so tight that riders had to make an immediate right after the sprint.
Silence-Lotto's Yaroslav Popovych was fourth on the stage, and was part of a popular strategy by the teams interested in the overall classification. All the teams of the major contenders were represented in the break in order to provide a buffer for their leaders. But the fireworks which team CSC-Saxo Bank exploded on the Hautacam stage didn't go off today, and all the GC men except for Garmin-Chipotle's Christian Vande Velde were able to stay in contact with yellow jersey Fränk Schleck on the eye-popping altitude of the final climb.
The treacherous descent to the finish, however, was a different situation, and Menchov was hesitant on the tight bends and lost 35 seconds. Vande Velde, who topped the climb 30 seconds behind the yellow jersey group, crashed on the descent and lost 2'36".
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Schleck was relieved to have defended the yellow jersey, in particular on the dangerous descent which stirred up memories of his crash at the Tour de Suisse. "The last down down hill was very tricky and I had a lot of flash backs – of Pereiro and of my crash in Suisse where I flipped over the guardrail.
"At the Tour presentation in Brittany, Bernard Hinault told me some tricks and those seemed to have worked," Schleck admitted. "I am happy I was able to get some time on Menchov. The most important thing is that we win in Paris with the team – if it is me or Carlos Sastre."
CSC-Saxo Bank took control of the group of favourites once again with Andy Schleck setting a blistering pace up the final climb of the day to whittle down the group of favourites to ten riders. One of the victims was Vincenzo Nibali, who lost his lead in the young rider classification. "Andy Schleck was firing today and he also showed it two days ago." Andy Schleck on the other hand was pleased to take the lead in the under-25 competition. "It's great. I am very content. If I still have it tomorrow, I hope I can keep it."
Andy's brother Fränk was equally upbeat about the day's outcome. "Having two jerseys in the same team and in fact in the same family is great." He kept on joking. "Maybe tomorrow we will change the jerseys, to confuse everyone."
The huge climb of the Bonette put Garmin-Chipotle's Vande Velde in a bit of trouble, but with the help of his team-mate he had ridden well to limit his losses on the climb. Disaster struck on the way down, however. "On the final climb I was in difficulty. I had a lot of help from Ryder [Hesjedal] – he did an amazing job. We were really close, I was only 35 seconds behind. Then, on the way down, I crashed along with the Cofidis guy. We completely lost our rhythm and it took us a while to get going again. ... Anything can happen tomorrow. It is not over by any means." The mishap dropped Vande Velde to sixth overall, 3'15 behind Fränk Schleck.
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Denis Menchov (Rabobank) also had trouble with the fast and furious downhill. Riding conservatively, he got dropped from the group and tried to bridge back up with Columbia's Kim Kirchen and Lampre's Sylvester Szmyd. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), who had been tailed off at the top, passed Menchov and managed to catch the group of the yellow jersey with a bit of white-knuckle free-falling. Menchov was joined by Kirchen and Szmyd but could never quite close down the gap to the group of Schleck.
Gerolsteiner had a good day, even if stage victory eluded them. Schumacher entered the breakaway in defence of his team-mate Bernhard Kohl's overall position, and nearly soloed to victory. After riding for 70 kilometres alone in front of the chasing group, he was caught with six kilometres to the top of the final climb.
"I tried, but it just wasn't enough. On the climb, I couldn't hold the pace anymore. There was a lot of headwind on the final climb, too, so it was hard being on my own. And it was very long." Schumacher did win the most aggressive rider award of the day. "It's nice to be most combative rider. I never received the red number so I'll be proud to stick it on my jersey tomorrow."
Kohl was thankful for how the day turned out. "For us, the situation was perfect. Schumacher was in the big escape of the day, and I stayed with Sastre and Schleck. We took three minutes out of Vande Velde and 30 seconds out of Menchov. It was a really good performance."
Kohl still has a solid lead in the mountains classification, 25 points ahead of his team-mate Sebastian Lang and 30 ahead of Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). Kohl was already thinking about the next day. "Now, I am happy about my GC placing and about my polka dot jersey. Nobody was able to take that away from me today, and I'll be very honoured to wear it tomorrow on the stage to L'Alpe d'Huez."
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A surprise rider in the final four was Yaroslav Popovych. The team-mate of Evans was expected to stay with his leader. Instead, Popovych had the green light to go for the stage win. The Ukrainian came up short in the end, but was happy with the race. "It was good because I made the escape. I covered the break to give the team something and also to try to race a little for myself. If something dangerous would have happened to Evans, certainly, I would have waited." With Popovych in the big break of the day that pedaled at times more than five minutes ahead of the peloton, such a move could have been costly in a mountain stage.
No rider demonstrated the danger of the descent of the Bonette more than Barloworld's John-Lee Augustyn. The South African was the first over the top, but early on the long downhill was trying to match the acceleration of riders who had caught up and misjudged a bend. He rode up and over an earthen embankment and slid down the loose rocky pitch for several metres. He was unhurt, but had to wait for a spare bike and lost all chances of a potential stage victory.
At the end of the stage, the top six was only slightly different than at the start. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) dropped one place each, while CSC's Carlos Sastre moved up into fourth. Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) continues to lead the race with his slim margin of seven seconds over Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) and eight seconds over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto).
How it unfolded
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153 riders took the start at 12:32 under sunny skies. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) was the first to attack, of course, but he was quickly brought back. Chavanel was again in a group when the first sprint in Vignolo was hit after 20.5 kilometres. The Frenchman took the points ahead of George Hincapie (Columbia) and Bram Tankink (Rabobank).
Chavanel resisted for a while, but was then taken back into the wings of the peloton. His team-mate David Moncoutié was the next to go, at kilometre 26. 15 minutes later it was over for him, too.
Then Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole), Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) went off the front. In the first hour of racing the peloton covered 49 km/h.
A large group of 24 riders was on the attack behind. There were some interesting names in there. Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto), Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Jens Voigt (CSC-Saxo Bank), Haimar Zubeldia and Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), David Arroyo, Iván Gutiérrez and Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Marcus Burghardt, George Hincapie and Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia), John-Lee Augustyn and Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld), Murilo Fischer (Liquigas), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre), Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Juan Antonio Flecha and Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Danny Pate (Garmin Chipotle - H30)
At the second sprint in Vinadio, after 50 kilometres Dumoulin preceded Schumacher and Le Mével. The chase group was 1'40 behind, the peloton 4'25.
With the climb of the Col de la Lombarde starting there was a flurry of activity. Notably Voeckler and Schumacher accelerated out of the front group. Schumacher then continued by himself, with almost 60 kilometres covered.
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Behind, Damiano Cunego and Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre), Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) shot out of the peloton. They were quickly joined by Pieter Weening (Rabobank), Matteo Carrara (Quick Step), Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) to take up the chase.
Burghardt and Freire on the other hand were dropped out of the front group.
Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), who barely made the time cut yesterday, had to abandon. He was suffering from stomach trouble.
Five kilometres from the top of the col de la Lombarde, Schumacher had 1'40 on his first chaser, Le Mevel. The Dessel-Zubeldia-Chavanel group was 4'15 back and the Cunego group a further minute behind.
Schumacher kept a steady pace and was the first back in to France. The border was marked by the top of the Col de la Lombarde. Le Mevel followed around two minutes later. Voeckler followed at 3'35, with the first chase group at 4'35. The remaining points were taken by Popovych, Siutsou, Voigt, Dessel, Augustyn, Rosseler and Gutierrez. The CSC-led bunch was down 9'25.
On the descent the Cunego group made junction with the other large group, making it a solid 30 riders strong. Le Mevel attempted to reach Schumacher by himself. He came within two minutes before losing ground.
When the peloton was almost done with the descent, Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne) slid out and and a rough fall onto a dirt parking lot. He created a lot of dust, but after a bit of treatment continued with a new bike.
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In Isola, Schumacher was the first to hit the feed zone. He got there five minutes before the chase group. With 45 kilometres remaining, Le Mevel was finally caught on the lower slopes of the Bonette. The leaders had its maximum gap of 12 minutes, and the peloton started to pick up the pace again, the gap now quickly diminishing.
The pace increased with the first vertical metres of the climb. Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) set the pace initially, but soon was replaced again by CSC. Cancellara hit the front and did his work before dropping back. The acceleration brought the gap to 10 minutes within only a couple of kilometres.
What was worse for Schumacher was the fact that the chase group was within three minutes and there were still 16 kilometres to the top of the climb. From the yellow jersey group, sprinters like Hushovd, Freire and Zabel said good-bye to the peloton. The latter was shrinking with every switchback.
With 14 kilometres to the top, the gap was still two and a half minutes to the chasers for Schumacher. He did lose ground to the bunch, only eight and a half minutes behind.
Cunego was the next one to have trouble. He couldn't answer an acceleration by the Valjavec. Further back white jersey Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) also had trouble following the rhythm.
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The yellow jersey group was down to 10 riders. Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Fränk Schleck, Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Kim Kirchen (Columbia) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Notably missing was Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), who was some 30 seconds back.
Arvesen dropped back after having done his work for CSC.
Schumacher kept losing ground and was caught less than four kilometres from the summit. Popovych, Arroyo, Portal, Hincapie, Siutsou, Augustyn, Valjavec, Schumacher, Dessel and Casar were heading the charge now. Voigt was dropping back and briefly offering his services for CSC, before riding his own pace to finish the race.
In the front group, Augustyn accelerated to be the first over the top of the Cime de la Bonette-Restefond. Popovych, Arroyo, Dessel and Casar followed closely. Augustyn then overshot a sharp right hand bend and crashed spectacularly. He was able to continue, but the race for the stage win was over.
Valverde and Kirchen had trouble following the others near the summit.
Valverde was able to get across on the descent, but Kirchen didn't manage. He found himself with Menchov, who also wasn't fast enough going down, and Szmyd, who was in the break earlier and started to get passed by others.
The four leaders stayed away, setting it up for an exciting finish. Behind Menchov and Vande Velde lost some valuable time, with Fränk Schleck conserving his slim lead.
Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 23: Embrun - L'Alpe d'Huez, 210.5km
This is the stage that all climbers want to win. Those mythical 21 hairpin bends have become synonymous with the Tour de France and a year without the Alpe seems somehow to have something missing. This is a long stage that takes in the familiar – but no less brutal – Cols du Galibier and Croix de Fer, although as a change they are tackled in a different order from usual.
In all likelihood, the main contenders will sit behind their team-mates for as long as possible and look to make their move on the final steep climb to Alpe d'Huez. The non super-climbers high up in the overall will be looking to hold on for as long as possible. For the sprinters however, this will be a day of pure suffering.
The small town of Embrun must think all of its Christmases have come at once as this is their second stage of the Tour this year (they have been awarded the start of stage 15 due to rock falls in the Alps forcing a course change.) Alpe d'Huez on the other hand has hosted the Tour 25 times since that first time in 1952 when Fausto Coppi won, this equates to almost every other year.
Last time the Tour finished here, in 2006, it saw the emergence of Fränk Schleck (CSC), now wearing yellow, as he dropped riders like former Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre) on the way to victory.
Photography
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- Frenchman Cyril Dessel (AG2R) outsprints compatriot Sandy Casar (Francaise des Jeux) and Spaniard David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne)
- French team leader Cyril Dessel (AG2R) sprints to a win in stage 16.
- Russian team leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- American Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) rides ahead of overall leader Frank Schleck (Team CSC) part-way through stage 16.
- Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Australian Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) ride in the yellow jersey group.
- The pelton rides on stage 16.
- Overall leader and Luxembourger Frank Schleck (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) rides through the Alps
- Frenchman Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is awarded for his stage win.
- Overall leader Frank Schleck (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) celebrates another day in yellow on the podium.
- Cyril Dessel (right) (AG2R/Fra) leads a chase group.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) crashed off the side of the mountain and had to wait for a bike change as his machine tumbled into the valley below.
- Dessel takes a turn on the nasty descent of the Bonette.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) wins stage 16 in Jausiers.
- Bernhard Kohl is happy in polka dots.
- It was a long road for Vincenzo Nibali after losing touch with the lead chase group.
- Rémi Pauriol (Credit Agricole)
- Schleck heads to Alpe d'Huez in yellow after holding tight on stage 16.
- Stefan Schumacher put in a solo bid but fell short on the Bonette, being caught after 70 kms alone out front.
- Yellow suits Frank Schleck and he rode a perfect race to hold that jersey.
- Vincenzo Nibali's last day in white. He gave up the best young rider's slot to Andy Schleck.
- Most of the Quick Step team was in the gruppetto, but Matteo Carrara made the break.
- The landscape looks like something from the moon.
- The amazing view from the final climb.
- Andy Schleck set a vicious tempo for his brother and Carlos Sastre.
- Schleck looked comfortable on the climb leading Bernhard Kohl and Cadel Evans.
- The scene on the final climb.
- Vande Velde rode within himself to stay within shouting distance of the yellow jersey on the climb.
- Schleck picked up descending tips from Bernard Hinault.
- Cadel Evans keeps an eye on the yellow jersey of Frank Schelck.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) struggled a touch on the climb, but lost most of his time on a crash during the descent.
- Augustyn on the solo attack heading for the top of the Bonette.
- Elvis impersonators cheer for John-Lee Augustyn.
- Cyril Dessel leads Arroyo on the climb
- Alejandro Valverde lost some ground on the climb, but caught back up on the descent.
- Cunego takes a quick peek at the views from the highest point in the Tour.
- John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) took off from the breakaway on the final climb.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) stayed in the group of the yellow jersey.
- The yellow jersey group nears the top of the Bonette which looks like the edge of the world.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) chases ahead of Liquigas' Roman Kreuziger.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) surrendered the white jersey to Schleck.
Results
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.31.27 (34.70 km/h) 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 0.03 5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 0.24 6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 2.03 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.36 23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.21 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4.04 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.13 28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.27 31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 4.30 32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.49 33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5.13 34 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5.27 35 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 36 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.43 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.39 38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 6.50 41 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.50 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8.25 45 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 10.18 46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 47 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.31 48 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.57 49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.49 52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 11.58 53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.18 54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.49 56 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.57 58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.11 59 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 14.41 60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 61 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 62 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 15.29 64 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 17.24 65 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.05 66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.36 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20.57 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 21.53 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 70 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 72 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 73 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 77 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 78 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 79 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 81 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 24.19 84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 85 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 88 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 92 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28.32 94 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 31.56 95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 97 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 98 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 99 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 102 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 105 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 106 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 108 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 109 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 112 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 113 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 114 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 115 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 116 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 118 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 120 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 121 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 123 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 126 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 127 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 129 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 130 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 132 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 134 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 135 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 136 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 137 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 139 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 140 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 142 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 143 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 144 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 145 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 147 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 148 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 151 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner HD Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 39.13 DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux Sprints Vignolo - 20.5 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 4 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 Vinadio - 50.0 Km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 Jausiers - 157.0 Km 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 13 5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 12 6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Mountains Col de la Lombarde (HC), 72.5 Km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 pts 2 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 14 5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 12 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 8 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 7 9 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 10 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Cime de la Bonette-Restefond (HC), 133.5 Km 1 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 40 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 28 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 6 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 20 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 16 8 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 14 9 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Young rider 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.32.55 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.36 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.45 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3.45 5 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 3.59 6 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 13.13 7 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 14.01 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 20.25 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22.51 12 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.28 13 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 17 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 20 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner Most aggressive rider 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.36.13 2 Team Columbia 2.07 3 Team CSC Saxo Bank 2.32 4 AG2R-La Mondiale 3.02 5 Silence - Lotto 6.18 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12.17 7 Lampre 12.36 8 Liquigas 14.15 9 Bouygues Telecom 14.16 10 Gerolsteiner 14.36 11 Credit Agricole 15.48 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.11 13 Rabobank 17.47 14 Francaise des Jeux 27.30 15 Agritubel 29.57 16 Garmin Chipotle 30.58 17 Team Milram 38.06 18 Barloworld 40.58 19 Quick Step 52.12 General classification after stage 16 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68.30.16 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.07 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.08 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.49 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.13 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.15 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 3.23 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.11 9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.38 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 5.23 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 6.58 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7.43 13 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.03 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9.01 15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 9.07 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9.51 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.19 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.32 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16.49 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 17.44 21 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.10 22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 19.10 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 19.48 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 20.19 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 21.10 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.05 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 24.59 28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25.04 29 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 25.18 30 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 32.39 31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32.49 32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.50 33 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.00 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.15 35 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 37.40 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 38.42 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44.18 38 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 44.59 39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 53.50 40 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55.25 41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 55.50 42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 56.14 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58.19 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.00.20 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00.29 46 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.01.26 47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.02.03 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.04.47 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.05.54 50 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.06.44 51 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.07.20 52 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07.39 53 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.02 54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.12.10 55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.13.38 56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.15.40 57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.16.22 58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17.07 59 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.17.37 60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17.41 61 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.18.49 62 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.19.36 63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.21.36 64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 1.21.56 65 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.23.05 66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.24.07 67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.25.03 68 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.31.00 69 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.31.26 70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32.27 71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.32.39 72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1.33.41 73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.33.45 74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1.34.06 76 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.34.56 77 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1.35.50 78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.36.08 79 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.38.25 80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.38.46 81 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.40.45 82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1.41.13 83 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1.41.14 84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.41.45 85 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.42.17 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.45.14 87 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.47.40 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.50.46 89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.51.47 90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.52.26 91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.52.51 92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.54.35 93 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.56.18 94 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.57.01 95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.58.31 96 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.00.27 97 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2.01.47 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.01.51 99 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.07.09 100 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.07.40 101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 2.08.39 102 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.11.28 103 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.12.27 104 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.14.45 105 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.15.01 106 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.15.12 107 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.15.13 108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.16.25 109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.18.01 110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.22.05 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.24.00 112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 2.24.30 113 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.25.40 114 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.27.31 115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.28.57 116 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.30.53 117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.31.21 118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.31.44 119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.32.40 120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.32.48 121 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32.52 122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.33.19 123 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.34.20 124 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.35.22 125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.38.11 126 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 2.38.51 127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.38.53 128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.39.41 129 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2.40.31 130 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2.40.37 131 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.40.50 132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.40.52 133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 2.43.52 134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.44.06 135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.56 136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.45.00 137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.45.27 138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.45.30 139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.47.33 140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.47.52 141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.48.39 142 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.49.32 143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.49.49 144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 2.51.44 145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.53.53 146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.54.22 147 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.54.34 148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2.56.11 149 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.56.27 150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.02.12 151 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.08.10 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 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 145 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 137 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 110 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 105 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 94 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 84 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 83 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 77 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 75 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 73 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 18 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 60 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 59 23 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 58 24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 25 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48 28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 45 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 44 30 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44 32 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 38 34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 37 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 31 42 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 28 44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 26 47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 24 50 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 23 51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 52 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 20 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 20 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 19 58 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 17 63 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 65 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 67 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 68 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 70 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 71 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 72 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 73 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 76 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 78 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 79 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 80 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 83 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 84 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 85 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 86 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 87 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 7 88 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 89 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 91 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 92 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 94 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 4 96 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 98 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 100 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 101 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 102 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2 104 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 105 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 107 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 108 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank -5 109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains classification 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 85 pts 2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 4 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 53 5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 50 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 44 10 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 40 11 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 37 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 13 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 36 14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 17 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30 21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 24 25 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 20 30 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 16 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 37 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 43 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 47 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 48 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 49 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 50 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 52 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 54 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 56 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 57 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 59 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 61 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 67 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 69 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 70 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 73 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 74 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68.39.17 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.06 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.50 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.18 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 28.39 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 53.02 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 57.43 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 58.19 9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07.21 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.21.59 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.27.07 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.58.39 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.07.24 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.22.43 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.26.21 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 2.29.50 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.30.40 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.31.49 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 2.34.51 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.35.55 21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.36.29 22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.38.51 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.45.33 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 205.22.34 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 4.02 3 Rabobank 43.28 4 Lampre 45.43 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.44 6 Gerolsteiner 47.54 7 Caisse d'Epargne 49.15 8 Silence - Lotto 53.21 9 Credit Agricole 56.04 10 Team Columbia 57.37 11 Liquigas 1.09.17 12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.18.28 13 Bouygues Telecom 1.37.16 14 Garmin Chipotle 1.43.30 15 Francaise des Jeux 1.43.45 16 Team Milram 2.10.27 17 Barloworld 2.24.29 18 Quick Step 2.36.05 19 Agritubel 2.48.02
