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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 23: Embrun - L'Alpe d'Huez, 210.5km
All for one, one for all!
CSC-Saxo Bank musketeers put Sastre on top and in yellow
By Hedwig Kröner in L'Alpe d'Huez
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This evening in L'Alpe d'Huez, more than one bottle of champagne will pop in team CSC-Saxo Bank's hotel. After continuously building up the pressure against its rivals in this Tour de France, the Danish squad pulled off its greatest coup on the Queen stage of the event. Dominated by Riis' riders, the stage saw team captain Carlos Sastre score the victory on the epic slopes of L'Alpe d'Huez and take over the yellow jersey from team-mate Fränk Schleck.
The Spaniard took advantage of a huge team effort to attack right in the first metres of the ascent, barely coming out of Bourg d'Oisans. Nobody of the general classification leaders was able to follow at this stage, and Sastre continued his raid towards the top solo, never to be seen again. He finally finished 2'03 minutes ahead of Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who came in second with Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) in third position.
"I decided to attack from the start because everyone was tired from the CSC efforts on the Col de la Croix de Fer," Sastre explained. "I took off from the start to get as much time as possible. I knew I could do better at my own pace instead of having to face constant attacks."
The stage winner said that it had been his idea to attack at the base of the climb, but that this had only been made possible thanks to his team-mates. "Without their help I would not have done it. The Schleck brothers sacrificed themselves, and that is the philosophy of the team," he added.
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The Spaniard was overjoyed to finally be wearing yellow, a jersey he had been chasing for years. Even in the Vuelta a España, where he has twice stood on the final podium, he only wore the leader's garment for one day, in 2006. "After so many years, I have to really thanks my team-mates, the Schleck bothers and Riis for the dream come true," an emotional Sastre said.
Team-mate Fränk Schleck wasn't unhappy to give away the jersey to Sastre, to the contrary. "That Carlos takes the jersey may be a little loss for me, but it's a full success today for the whole team," he said in the finish. "What we did today is fantastic. The boys were just so strong. Kurt, for example, did a hell of a job. Chapeau to him. He said this morning, 'boys, we need to hurt today', and he sacrificed himself completely."
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His younger brother Andy, who retained the white jersey of best joung rider, was of the same opinion. "I'm so proud to be in this team," he said. "Today, we showed again that we are by far the strongest. Even a guy like Cancellara dropped the hammer on the climb for Carlos - and he's not a climber at all. It was fantastic today and I'm really, really happy for Carlos, because he has been hunting this for a long, long time. He worked so hard for this for many years, and now he gets it."
Sastre now has a 1'34 minutes advantage over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) on the overall classification. Asked if that was enough of a lead for him to win the Tour, Fränk Schleck said, "I don't know. But as we want to win it, this was the right team tactic for today. The fact that we are the strongest team is our main asset. We tried, and it worked! First of all, we achieved a fantastic win here today, and secondly, Carlos has the jersey. Andy did a great job; he's in white; we have the team competition..."
Speculation now abounds as to the time trial capabilities of Sastre against his main rivals Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank), who also suffered today but finally managed to hold on to the main contenders' group. Evans lost 2'15 minutes on Sastre in L'Alpe d'Huez, finishing seventh. But the Australian played it cool, hoping to make up the gap again in the race's last time trial: "To be honest, I think it was not a time loss," he said in the finish. He started chasing Sastre and leading out the group by himself when the Spaniard's gap grew over two minutes. "There was no support, they all sat on. It was a headwind and the headwind probably worked in my advantage yesterday, but today they could obviously sit on the wheel and recover."
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Menchov got dropped by Sastre's attack in the early part of the climb, but then came back to the group. He was obviously disappointed as he also lost 2'15 minutes on Sastre, but made it into the finish in Evans' group, placing eighth. Evans is therefore 1'05 minutes ahead of him on general classification. Regarding the time trial, the Rabobank leader said, "Anything is possible because Evans is a specialist. However, Carlos is also good. We will see, patience."
Garmin-Chipotle's GC captain Christian Vande Velde, as well as polkoadot jersey Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) all crossed the line within Evans' group. Vande Velde had some words of praise for the stage winner, Carlos Sastre. "It was uncaracteristic of Carlos to attack, he's usually sitting on the back," the American said. "He deserved it. He was awesome."
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Vande Velde also thought that Sastre's advantage over Evans could be enough to take the yellow jersey to Paris. "Carlos isn't a horrible time triallist," he said. "Everyone has this perception, that if you're not in the top three then you can't time trial. But he's good. It's Cadel's race to lose."
Kohl now sits in third position on the overall, 1'33 minutes behind the new leader. But the Gerolsteiner rider's time trial abilities may not be enough to target a podium finish in Paris. "I don't think I can stay in the top three," Kohl said. "I might end up fifth or sixth, but even that is still very satisfying for me, as I hope to retain the polkadot jersey. That is more than I ever expected from this Tour, so I'm overjoyed."
The 2008 Tour de France overall victory is still very open after the race's last mountain day. With the top five riders all within 2'39 minutes, and a final time trial over 53 kilometres awaiting the riders next Saturday, the victory and podium placings will be decided between Sastre, Fränk Schleck, Kohl, Evans and Menchov. Place your bets.
How it unfolded
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At 11:25 the 151 remaining riders set off under sunny skies and nervous stomachs as the day's hardest stage awaited: with three hors categorie climbs and the finish at Alpe d'Huez. It would be a make or break day for the main contenders, and they had perfect weather to wage their war. The temperature at the start was a comfortable 17 degrees, but the day would heat up as much as the racing action.
As the peloton passed the real start at 11:40, riders didn't hesitate to attack. Inside the first kilometre the first three to take off were Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) and Peter Velits (Team Milram), and they quickly built up a lead of 1'30. After 14 kilometres, the previous day's most aggressive rider, Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), left the bunch and joined the break.
The four riders held 2'14" on the peloton as they crested the first climb of the day, the relatively miniscule category three côte de Sainte-Marguerite. Schumacher preceded Di Gregorio, Pérez and Velits. At the sprint in Monêtier-les-Bains 16 kilometres later, where Di Gregorio took the points ahead of Velits and Schumacher, the lead had doubled.
The leaders would enjoy an advantage of 5'47 at the base of the massive Col du Galibier, and once the CSC-Saxo Bank team put Nicki Sørensen on the front, his pace started to gradually eat away at the gap.
As the leaders neared the top of the Galibier, Pérez started to have trouble, but was close enough to catch up on the descent. Schumacher led Di Gregorio and Velits over the top. A bit more than five minutes later, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) jumped out of the bunch to battle for the mountain points. Fabian Wegmann led Bernhard Kohl back up to the Frenchman, with John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) up there as well. Augustyn had obviously recovered from his crash yesterday.
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Voeckler had dropped back and then sprinted full gas in an attempt to surprise the Austrian between the motor bikes. A nice tactic, but it didn't work. Kohl paid attention and took the points for fifth, with Voeckler edging out Augustyn. Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) received the remaining points.
The descent saw a number of crashes, but fortunately all riders were relatively unscathed and able to continue. In the breakaway, Di Gregorio had a bit of trouble and unclipped in a left hand turn. That threw off Perez, who ended up riding off to the right, but the meadow softened his fall.
In the peloton Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Adam Hansen (Columbia) went down as well, and later George Hincapie also had his turn on the pavement.
Voeckler kept going after the summit and descended by himself. He had done that multiple times during the Tour and seemed to be more comfortable riding down by himself. But he was joined by Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step). Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) also jumped across, but the four were caught by the fast charging peloton, still led by CSC.
The break was now losing ground. With 108 kilometres to go, the four hit the top of the Télégraphe, which didn't offer any mountain points this year. The lead was down to 3'29.
On the descent from the Télégraphe, Di Gregorio was going extremely careful and quickly lost contact with the leaders. At the bottom in Saint-Martin-d'Arc he was already down by half a minute with 97 kilometres left to go.
As the leaders approached the Col de la Croix de Fer, a sign read 29 kilometres to the top which was not a pretty sight. The lead of the trio out front had reached seven minutes, while Di Gregorio never made it back to the front.
With the start of the climb over, O'Grady had done his work. Cancellara took over for CSC and the gap started to drop. He set a terrible pace, catching and dropping Di Gregorio and putting the sprinters off the back. Even white jersey contenders Nibali and Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) gave up the ghost. Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) had been dropped early in the stage and was now 18 minutes behind and nearly assured of being time cut.
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Up front, Pérez lost contact with Velits and was caught by the peloton, while Schumacher and Velits had only three minutes on the thinning bunch with ten kilometres to the top of the climb.
Seven kilometres from the top Schumacher couldn't hang on and was dropped by Velits. Schumacher was caught with less than five kilometres to the top. Velits still had a two-minute lead.
Velits crested the top of the Croix de Fer by himself. The yellow jersey group followed 1'11 later. The group had grown again towards the top and included Fränk Schleck, Andy Schleck, Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Chris Froome (Barloworld), Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto).
The order over the top was Velits, Kohl, Arvesen, Andy Schleck, Vande Velde, Fränk Schleck, Froome, Siutsou and Sastre.
Cunego, who has struggled on the climbs for the entire Tour was once again chasing over the top, but was able to make it back to the front on the descent. Others like Popovych and even Van Summeren came back as well.
On the early part of the descent, Pineau jumped out of the group and while he struggled to make ground on the descent, the Frenchman worked his way up to Velits in the valley, and caught up with 30 kilometres to go, just in time to 'win' the sprint in Bourg-d'Oisans.
Even though the pair worked together, it was clear that the pace of the CSC-Saxo Bank squad would not let any break survive. Velits dropped back first, then Pineau got reeled in thanks to the work of Arvesen and Cancellara.
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At the base of the Alpe, Sastre was the first to give it a go. He was marked by Menchov, and the accelerations quickly thinned the group, dropping Cunego and Kirchen, among many others. Sastre's second attack was the bonne. He sped away, while the group behind formed around yellow jersey Fränk Schleck. His brother Andy, Kohl, Evans, Valverde, Vande Velde, and the very strong AG2R trio of Efimkin, Valjavec and Goubert hanging on.
Menchov soon paid for his efforts to stay with Sastre. He fell out of the yellow jersey group and quickly lost 30 seconds. But he measured himself well, and inched his way back to within some ten seconds.
On the front, Sastre fought on by himself. He had 55 seconds on the group with eight kilometres to go. Accelerations by riders like Goubert were always answered by Andy Schleck. With the younger brother easily able to answer any attack, the group stayed together and with six kilometres to go, Menchov was finally back in the group.
Sastre hit the five-kilometre to go sign with a lead of 1'50. It was now up to Evans to take over the pace making to limit his time loss to the Spaniard. CSC had the best cards to play, but an expected attack from Fränk Schleck never came.
3.5 kilometres from the finish Efimkin attacked, but again Andy Schleck marked him. The final acceleration came from Samuel Sánchez, less than two kilometres from the line. The two came in two minutes after Sastre and ten seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group.
Stage 18 - Thursday, July 24: Bourg d'Oisans - Saint Étienne, 196.5km
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The Alps are behind us now, but this stage is by no means flat with a third, a second and a fourth category climb en route. The course doesn't suit the sprinters, but neither is it tough enough for the climbers and overall contenders, for this reason it has breakaway written all over it. Anyone who has managed to save a bit of energy over the preceding few days will have a go here and in all likelihood the time gap allowed will be enormous providing nobody of any note is in the break.
Bourg d'Oisans has been a stage start time 19 times before, but has never hosted a finish. Sitting as it is at the foot of Alpe d'Huez, it is a natural choice for the next day's stage. The last time a stage started here was in 2006 when the course headed north to another mountaintop finish at La Toussuire. Danish super-climber Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) took the victory alone on his way to taking the polka dot mountain jersey.
Saint Etienne is another regular Tour host, having been a stage town 23 times before, partly because it used to be the centre of the French bicycle industry. Last time the Tour was here it saw Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) cement his seventh and final Tour de France by taking victory in the final time trial of the 2005 race. That day also saw the tragicomic end to Michael Rasmussen's (Rabobank) hope of a podium place, as a disastrous ride saw him crash twice and change his bike three times.
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- The Alps offered a stunning scenery and made stage 17 a full success for fans and tourists.
- Fans make every effort to enjoy the race in the Alps.
- Sastre stormed up the 21 bends in a furious rhythm.
- Vande Velde tried to attack and was quickly marked by Andy Schleck, who killed all the moves today.
- Menchov overestimated himself at first and was dropped, but fought back up to the Schleck group.
- Fränk Schleck couldn't shake Cadel Evans and the latter holds all the cards in his time trial hands – and feet.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) wins and takes over the yellow jersey on L'Alpe d'Huez.
- Sastre takes the win after a grand solo ride up to Alpe d'Huez.
- Sastre had four legs and four hands to finish two minutes ahead of everyone else.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Sastre rides through the crowd as he solos to victory
- Sastre takes the win in Alpe d'Huez!
- With his stellar ride Sastre took also the overall lead.
- Sastre stands tall with the lion in the left and Michael Douglas to his right.
- Sastre had all kind of help to get the yellow jersey on.
- The Col du Galibier.
- Sastre makes his way through the fans who were relatively tame in comparison with previous years.
- The view of the Col du Galibier.
- Sastre gets help with the maillot jaune.
- Carlos Sastre had the support of Dutch fans.
- Carlos Sastre dons his first ever yellow jersey.
- Andy Schleck kept the jersey of best young rider.
- The peloton climbs on the Col du Galibier.
- Evans had to dig deep to stay in contact on the steeper sections of the Alpe.
- Evans leads Andy Schleck under the flags of Luxembourg.
- Luxembourg supporters were out en force on Alpe d'Huez
- The devil has a new suit as he cheers on Peter Velits.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) had another tough day, finishing 12' back.
- Fans of all nationalities cheer on Carlos Sastre on Alpe d'Huez.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) rode a brilliant Alpe d'Huez.
- Kohl was spent after a tough final climb.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) confirmed his place as one of the best young riders by finishing 13th.
- Evans rode well to limit his loss to Sastre but had to respond to several attacks, which might have cost him.
- Schleck checks the position of Evans.
- Frank Schleck seemed a bit wistful to have to give up the yellow jersey to his team-mate.
- Andy Schleck follows Samuel Sanchez but did not come around to take second place.
- French champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) had a great ride to finish 15th.
- Had Andy Schleck not suffered on the Hautacam stage who knows what might have happened?
- Andy Schleck was barely breathing hard while working for his brother and Sastre.
- Evans had to do the pace making at the end in order to save his overall classification hopes.
- Bernhard Kohl's podium ambitions helped Evans, as the Gerolsteiner rider matched several attacks.
- Could this be what inspired Carlos Sastre to storm away from the group on Alpe d'Huez?
- Frank Schleck put in an acceleration but couldn't drop Evans.
- Valverde's attack briefly drew Frank Schleck away from the group of Evans, but the pair were chased down.
- The peloton falling behind on one of the three HC climbs of stage 17.
- Bernhard Kohl in the mirror showing off his dots.
- The peloton heads down the Alpine road.
Images by Stephen McMahon/st.mcmahon@gmail.com
- An aerial view of the legendary climb of L'Alpe d'Huez. The weather conditions were ideal and the stage was set for high drama on Stage 17.
- Support for the riders and messages from around the world adorned the revered road.
- A detailed view of the climb with about four kilometres to go.
- As usual, the Dutch fans were among the most colourful and enthusiastic.
- This group of fans did some extreme camping in order to have a bird's eye view of the action.
- The searing heat did little to discourage those in search of a good vantage point.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) passed in a flurry of colour and noise on his way to a thoroughly well deserved victory on Stage 17.
- Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) takes a quick glimpse to see who is maintaining contact with the chase group.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) keeps a close eye on the other GC contenders as his team mate hunts for the finish line.
- The race leader looked calm and composed.
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone) on his way to 14th on the stage.
- Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) counting down the corners. The Kazakh rider would eventually finish 17th on the stage.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) concentrates on his rhythm.
- French national champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) was a particularly colourful sight.
- Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) rode with determination to finish 16th on the stage, 5 minutes and 25 seconds down on Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank).
- Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) grinds out the pedal strokes with six turns remaining to the top.
- Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia) maintained a steady pace.
- Mario Aerts (Silence Lotto) was not far behind and eventually finished in the same time as Kirchen.
- Aside from team leader Denis Menchov, Koos Moerenhout was the first of a cluster of Rabobank riders to pass.
- Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom).
- Laurens Den Tam (Rabobank) under pressure.
- Pieter Weening (Rabobank).
- Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) grimaces as he battles his way onward and upward.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale).
- Christopher Froome (Barloworld).
- Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).
- Peter Velits (Team Milram) on his way to the Most Aggressive Rider award on the stage.
- Looking as focused and motivated as ever, Erik Zabel (Team Milram) searches for the next corner on his way to an impressive 40th place on the stage.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) hunches over his handlebars and digs deep.
- Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) breaks through another pain barrier.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner).
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC-Saxo Bank).
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) makes his way up the climb after another busy day in the saddle.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre).
- Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) concentrates on maintaining progress.
- Grace under pressure: Oscar Friere Gomez (Rabobank).
- Trent Lowe (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30).
- Marcus Burghardt (Team Columbia).
- Rivalries put aside and with a common sense of purpose, one of the many small groups on riders approaches five kilometres to go.
- Gianpaolo Cheula (Barloworld) was glad of a short, sharp shunt from one of the Basque fans.
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) could be satisfied with another excellent day's work.
- Before he could reflect on and celebrate his team's dominant performance, there was unfinished business to complete: L'Alpe d'Huez.
- The grupetto grapple with the gradient and battle against the ticking clock.
- Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) was yo-yoing off the back of the grupetto as they passed under the 5 kilometre to go banner. The Frenchman was most unfortunate to finish outside the time limit.
- A hive of activity and energy: a view of the press room at the top of Alpe d'Huez.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Chris Froome (Barloworld) rides up Alpe d'Huez
- Barloworld's Froome showed that he has talent in the mountains and his Kenyan high altitude background comes in handy.
Results
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Saxo Bank 6.07.58 (34.32 km/h) 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.03 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.13 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.15 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3.11 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 3.36 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.50 14 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.57 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 5.16 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.25 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 5.28 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5.32 19 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.40 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 6.01 21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 6.08 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.59 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9.22 25 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.12 27 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 10.17 29 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 10.42 30 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.44 31 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 11.41 32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 12.05 33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.10 34 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.21 35 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.08 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 37 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 17.10 40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 41 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 17.21 42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 18.19 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.52 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19.10 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 20.24 46 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22.13 48 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 23.08 50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.18 52 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 54 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 58 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 61 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 62 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 63 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 65 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 66 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 68 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 24.37 70 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.39 71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 27.55 72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28.02 73 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 28.05 74 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 75 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 77 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 31.48 78 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 79 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 80 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 35.45 81 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 38.00 82 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 84 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 86 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 87 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 88 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 92 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 93 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 97 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 98 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 101 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 102 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 103 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 105 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 106 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 107 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 108 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 109 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 111 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 112 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 115 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 118 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 119 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 122 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 123 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 124 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 129 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 130 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 133 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 134 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 136 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 137 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 140 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 141 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 142 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 143 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 147 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 148 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 149 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 150 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel HD Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel Sprints Monêtier-les-Bains - 57.5 km 1 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Bourg-d'Oisans - 195.0 km 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 Alpe-d'Huez - 210.5 km 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 10 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 4 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 14 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains Côte de Sainte-Marguerite (Cat.3), 31.0 km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 Col du Galibier (HC), 79.0 km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 pts 2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 8 8 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 6 10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 5 Col de la Croix de Fer (HC), 156.0 km 1 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 20 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 7 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 8 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 6 10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 Alpe-d'Huez (HC), 210.5 km 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 20 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 Young riders 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.10.01 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.08 3 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 9.38 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 15.07 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15.18 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.15 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.36 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 29.45 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 33.42 12 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.57 13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 16 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel Most aggressive rider 1 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram Teams 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 18.28.10 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 5.25 3 Rabobank 17.38 4 Silence - Lotto 20.08 5 Caisse d'Epargne 22.30 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.17 7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 30.39 8 Team Columbia 32.11 9 Lampre 32.22 10 Credit Agricole 32.29 11 Bouygues Telecom 34.14 12 Gerolsteiner 41.09 13 Garmin Chipotle 48.06 14 Francaise des Jeux 50.06 15 Liquigas 54.16 16 Team Milram 54.22 17 Barloworld 56.01 18 Quick Step 1.08.31 19 Agritubel 1.17.00 General classification after stage 17 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74.39.03 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.24 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.33 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.34 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.39 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.41 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.35 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.52 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8.10 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 8.24 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 8.35 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10.15 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.13 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12.26 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.08 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 22.59 17 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.01 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.22 19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 24.29 20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 25.39 21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.49 22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.05 23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 29.10 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.48 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 35.07 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.08 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 42.32 28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42.44 29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43.23 30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 43.48 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43.54 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 44.34 33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.09 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.44 35 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 1.02.29 36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.18 37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.08.28 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.40 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.11.31 40 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.51 41 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.18.54 42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 1.20.02 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.21.08 44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.22.57 45 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.23.49 46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.58 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.24.15 48 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.25.32 49 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.30.13 50 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.10 51 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32.31 52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.33.01 53 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.33.08 54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.33.10 55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37.07 56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.38.12 57 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.38.37 58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.39.26 59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.43.55 60 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.44.50 61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.46.27 62 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.47.21 63 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.47.36 64 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.50.18 65 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.53.33 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.18 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.54.48 68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.52 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.56.20 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 1.59.07 71 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.00.16 72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2.00.57 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2.01.12 74 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.02.15 75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2.03.33 76 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.14 77 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.04.51 78 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.05.46 79 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.07.07 80 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.08.37 81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09.38 82 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.09.50 83 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.10.56 84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.11.09 85 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2.13.01 86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.15.36 87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 2.18.24 88 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.18.32 89 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.20.51 90 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.22.25 91 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.22.28 92 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.23.56 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27.57 94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.28.58 95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.29.30 96 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.37 97 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30.12 98 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.31.46 99 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.34.12 100 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 2.35.55 101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2.38.58 102 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.39.02 103 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.45.17 104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.49.38 105 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.51.56 106 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52.12 107 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.52.23 108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.52.24 109 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.53.36 110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.59.16 111 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.00.27 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.01.11 113 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 3.01.41 114 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.02.51 115 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.03.47 116 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3.04.42 117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.06.08 118 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.08.04 119 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 3.08.32 120 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.08.55 121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.09.51 122 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10.03 123 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.10.30 124 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.11.31 125 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.12.33 126 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.13.01 127 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3.15.22 128 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.16.02 129 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 3.16.04 130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.16.52 131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3.17.42 132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.17.48 133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.18.11 134 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.18.48 135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.21.17 136 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.22.07 137 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.22.11 138 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.22.38 139 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.22.41 140 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.24.44 141 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.25.03 142 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 3.25.50 143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.27.00 144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.31.04 145 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.31.33 146 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.31.45 147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3.33.22 148 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.33.38 149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.39.23 150 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.45.21 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 123 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 93 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 83 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 77 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 75 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 73 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 20 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 60 23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 59 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 55 26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51 29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46 31 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44 33 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38 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 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 33 39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 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 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 26 47 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 24 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 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 20 53 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 20 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 56 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 19 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 58 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 59 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 60 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 17 62 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 64 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 66 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 67 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 68 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 69 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 70 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 71 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 72 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 73 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 75 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 76 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 77 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 78 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 79 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 80 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 82 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 83 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 84 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 85 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 86 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 87 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 7 88 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 89 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 90 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 91 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 92 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 93 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 94 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 95 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 96 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 4 97 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 98 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 99 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 101 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 102 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 103 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 105 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2 106 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 107 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 108 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank -5 109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 110 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 111 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank -5 112 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains classification 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 125 pts 2 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 5 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 61 6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 50 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 48 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 44 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 44 19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 42 20 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 40 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37 22 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 37 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34 25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 29 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 31 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 32 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 33 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 34 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 20 35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 18 38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 16 39 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 41 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 42 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 43 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 44 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 46 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 50 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 51 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 53 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 54 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 55 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 57 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 58 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 59 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 60 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 62 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 63 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 64 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 65 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 66 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 67 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 5 68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3 71 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 72 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 73 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 74 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 75 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 76 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 77 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 78 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74.49.18 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.58 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15.24 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.33 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.04.36 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.15.17 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.19.58 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.20.55 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.37.06 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.43.18 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.56.52 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.08.17 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.43.21 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.58.40 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.02.18 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.05.47 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.06.37 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.07.56 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.08.33 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.11.52 21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.12.26 22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.14.48 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.21.30 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 223.50.44 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 9.27 3 Rabobank 1.01.06 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11.01 5 Caisse d'Epargne 1.11.45 6 Silence - Lotto 1.13.29 7 Lampre 1.18.05 8 Credit Agricole 1.28.33 9 Gerolsteiner 1.29.03 10 Team Columbia 1.29.48 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.49.07 12 Liquigas 2.03.33 13 Bouygues Telecom 2.11.30 14 Garmin Chipotle 2.31.36 15 Francaise des Jeux 2.33.51 16 Team Milram 3.04.49 17 Barloworld 3.20.30 18 Quick Step 3.44.36 19 Agritubel 4.05.02
