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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 19 - Friday, July 25: Roanne - Montluçon, 165.5km
Chavanel, finalement!
By Laura Weislo and Bjorn Haake with reporting from Hedwig Kröner and Gregor Brown in Montluçon
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Sylvain Chavanel has been on the attack more than any other rider in this year's Tour de France, and at last his efforts have paid off with his career's first Tour stage win. The Cofidis rider broke free from the peloton at the midpoint of the 165.5 kilometre stage with fellow Frenchman Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux). Riding his eighth Tour, Chavanel had the advantage over neophyte Roy, and out-powered his younger companion in the two-man sprint.
Chavanel briefly broke down in tears of joy after the finish for having finally been able to taste Tour success. "It's a big relief, and so emotional as you could see at the finish. I thought about my best friend who passed away one year ago, last year at the start of the Vuelta. So many things came out as the pressure disappeared..."
After crashing on the first stage, Chavanel was awarded most aggressive rider for his breakaway on stage two, and then again on stage six, where he took over the polka dot jersey. He tried to foil the sprinters with a late solo move on stage 13, and again the following day - both without success. He was back in the early break on stage 16 but once again was denied.
"This victory proves that if you don't give up, you can one day achieve your goal. Today was my day. I missed out several times at this Tour, and if I hadn't won today, I would have been frustrated, one more time. But I would have tried again!"
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With the Tour's last day for a break to realistically stand a chance at succeeding, Chavanel had nearly given up hope for winning the stage. "I was frustrated when the first break got away and I wasn't in it. So I stayed within the first 15 to 20 riders when Liquigas chased them down, and jumped away when the break was caught.
"Jérémy Roy caught up with me and we just held on. And in the end, I proved to everyone that if you hold on, you can do it!," he said. "I didn't even attack and I didn't panic. I felt really good and I was saving myself. I gave it all in the sprint. And I didn't mess it up, like Barredo did yesterday."
Chavanel is now well on his way to winning the overall most aggressive rider competition after getting the red number for the third time. "I got more points. We will see what happens Sunday." After the final stage a panel will decide on the most aggressive rider of the entire Tour. With today's move, he passed Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) with most kilometres spent in a break, however Jégou had to abandon the race after crashing heavily in stage seven.
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Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) took up the aggressive style of his team-mate, Jégou, but said that getting into the break was difficult. "I had a flat tyre [just before the first break was caught -ed.] There was a big chase, but I came back. When I went to the front, I saw an opening, so I went after Sylvain."
The pair worked together to gain up to five minutes on the peloton, and weren't assured of staying clear until the final 10 kilometres. Unlike Thursday's battle between Carlos Barredo and Marcus Burghardt, the pair kept working smoothly together until the final few hundred metres.
"It's the third week and I am really tired. I just tried to hang on," said Roy. "I expected Chavanel to attack, and I thought in that case it would be really difficult to get second, with the peloton chasing." Roy said that he and Chavanel worked hard to establish the breakaway. "We really dug in deep to get the gap to one minute, as we knew that the bunch would sit up a bit when we had a minute's advantage. Afterwards, we got on well until the end. We both played fair, there was no problem."
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When they arrived together, Roy gave himself "a 50-50 chance" to win. Roy positioned himself behind Chavanel - the preferred spot for the two man sprint, but just couldn't get around. "Sylvain was just stronger," he said. "In the end, I just didn't have enough explosiveness. I try to work it in training, but it's not enough."
He was clearly unhappy with the second place finish. "It's a big disappointment, even if finishing second is a great placing. In the Tour, only victories count. Nobody remembers who placed second afterwards."
The peloton, lagging behind by just over one minute, timed the chase too late. Gerald Ciolek (Team Columbia) led the group across the line ahead of Erik Zabel and all the general classification contenders. Oscar Freire secured the points leader's jersey with his 11th place finish, while Bernhard Kohl's polka dot jersey of best climber never came under threat.
Sastre tranquilo, unsuccessful teams quite the opposite
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The maillot jaune of Carlos Sastre also never came under pressure, as his CSC-Saxo Bank team was undaunted by the day's brisk pace. "Today was another recovery day," said Sastre. "It was very fast in the beginning, but the team was working great and I had no trouble." With the decisive time trial looming and his lead over Cadel Evans at just 1'34", Sastre has started to focus on the day ahead, but was not nervous. "It is the opportunity of my life. It will be tough, but I am calm," he said.
"The last few days, since I won at Alpe d'Huez and took yellow, everything went very well. I am relaxed for tomorrow. I am healthy, I am in good physical condition and I am tranquilo." Even the Spaniard could not predict what would happen, but he knows what he has to do. "Of course I don't know what the outcome will be tomorrow. I am at a 100% and I will give it my all."
CSC-Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis is quietly confident in his riders, and was pleased with how the day went. "It was great, the other teams worked for us, really. At some point we were towards the front and the others stopped working. We took the front for a bit, but we weren't trying to reel the break in."
Even though the situation in the overall classification is tense, Riis shares his team leader's calm state of mind. "Tomorrow will be very exciting. We are ready to give it all. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. We are proud of the way we raced anyway."
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Friday's casualties were Damiano Cunego, who did not start after crashing face-first into a concrete barricade on stage 18, as well as Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel), who fell behind the peloton and failed to make the time cut.
With time running out to win stages, the teams which have been unsuccessful so far in the Tour were keen to get into a breakaway, and the course from Roanne to Montluçon was tailor-made for a group to stay clear. With a long gradual climb from the start, followed by a relatively flat middle, the rolling approach to the finish would make a chase by the sprinters' teams difficult.
When four riders went clear on the La Croix-du-Sud, it should have been the move of the day. In it, Alessandro Ballan, whose Lampre team lost its leader this morning after a nasty crash on stage 18, Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) were all motivated to get their teams' first stage. With the added firepower of Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher, it was a break that should have, but didn't succeed.
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"I joined the escape, but unfortunately the some two or three teams were not wanting to let something work out," said Ballan. "Afterwards, it was one counter-attack after another," he said, but was philosophical about missing out. "The other teams are trying to do their own races and I am sorry my chance did not work out. Next year."
Schumacher, on the other hand, was a bit more frustrated. "I was sure after the first climb there would be a group and that would be it. We had four strong guys - Fédrigo, Ballan and Martínez. The group was working really well," he sighed. The winner of the stage four time trial in Cholet was annoyed at getting caught. "Sometimes cycling is so stupid. Three teams pull us back and the next thing two guys go and no one pulls. It was not easy. We were fighting for 75 kilometres at full speed and then two guys go, then the teams go full bore to try to pull back the escape in the last minute!"
Barloworld sent its entire team to the front at one point - all three of them sans sprinter Robbie Hunter. "I did not send anyone to the front and I had nothing to do with the decision," said Hunter. "I am giving my all for Paris."
How it unfolded
Another sunny day, with temperatures around 27 degrees centigrade greeted the remaining 149 riders. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was the only rider not to start, following his bad crash yesterday. The start was at 13:30 and with the road tilting upwards from the start, the attacks started right away. Before the climb of the La Croix-du-Sud (category three) started, several riders were dropped, including Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel).
Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) went the other way, storming out of the field. Steegmans tried to bridge up in the climb, but didn't manage. Over the top at km 17.5 Schumacher was first, ahead of Fédrigo, Ballan and Martínez.
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The peloton was not far behind, and came over just 27 seconds later, but then allowed the foursome to gain one minute's advantage with the Liquigas team setting tempo. The second climb, the category four côte de la Croix-Rouge came after 42 kilometres. Schumacher was ahead again, preceding Fédrigo and Ballan. Martínez followed in fourth and didn't receive any points.
On the long, gradual descent the peloton was able to slowly reel in the quartet, and after 69 kilometres the break was over and the attacks began anew. Eventually it was Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) who took off at kilometre 72. He was joined by Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) a couple of kilometres later. The bunch now sat up and let the duo get away.
At the feed zone in Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule, at kilometre 87, the gap was above two minutes. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel) were still struggling behind. Christophe Brandt (Silence-Lotto) was even further back. The Belgian was ill and decided to end his Tour de France in the feed zone.
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When the gap was above five minutes with 65 kilometres to go, the bunch got itchy and started to pick up the pace. Nonetheless, the break reached the sprint in Chantelle, 63 kilometres from the finish, still four and a half minutes clear. Chavanel preceded Roy across the line. In the bunch, Erik Zabel (Team Milram) went ahead to get the final two points, very much undisturbed by the field.
The gap dipped below the four-minute mark with a little more than 50 kilometres to go. But the bunch lost interest again and the gap started going back up. 47 kilometres from the line it was 4'20.
Another group was dropped on the unclassified climb, including Nicolas Vogondy and Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Bernhard Eisel (Columbia), Marco Marzano (Lampre), Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Niki Terpstra (Team Milram), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) and Dario Cioni (Silence-Lotto). They were some ten minutes behind the break.
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The final intermediate sprint of the day was in Commentry with 22 kilometres to go. Roy rolled over the line ahead of Chavanel, the pair still working to hold off the peloton, which had begun chasing in earnest. All the sprinters' teams were at the front – Barloworld was pulling for Hunter, and Cheula managed to be ahead when they crossed the sprint line. He received two points that he was unlikely to care about.
The peloton was still almost four minutes behind at the sprint, ,and with 16 kilometres to go the gap was still just above three minutes. It took another five kilometres to dip below three minutes, clearly not falling quickly enough to bring back the leaders before the line.
With five kilometres to go and a lead of 2'30, the pair in front could be assured of a two man battle for the line. They continued to take even pulls, however, until the final 500 metres. Roy was able to force Chavanel to lead the sprint, but could not come around the more experienced rider. Just over a minute later, Gerald Ciolek (Columbia) lead the bunch home.
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- Oscar Freire and Alejandro Valverde are all smiles while Carlos Sastre is probably worrying about tomorrow.
- The two breakaway riders Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) get some vocal encouragement.
- The peloton's pace was relentless all day, with the stage ridden at an average speed of more than 45 km/h.
- Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) fight out the sprint.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) finally took the stage win he's been chasing for nearly three weeks.
- Chavanel was rewarded for his relentless attacking with a stage win.
- Gerald Ciolek (Columbia) led home the peloton ahead of Erik Zabel (Milram).
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) pulls on what could be his last yellow jersey.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The Schleck brothers were looking cool in the start village as usual.
- The two breakaways go hard to make their move stick.
- Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) is another rider with much at stake in tomorrow's time trial.
- Race leader Carlos Sastre was thinking ahead to tomorrow's crucial time trial.
- The Spaniard will have to ride the time trial of his life to keep hold of yellow.
- Sylvain Chavanel knows he has it won but Jérémy Roy keeps on trying.
- 'Yeeaaah!' Chavanel silenced his critics in the French press with a Tour stage victory.
- The Cofidis rider also proved his talents to his new team, Quick Step, with whom he will ride in 2009.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) rolls into the finish in Montluçon.
- Sylvain Chavanel tops the winner's podium in Montluçon.
- Chavanel delighted the French crowd with his plucky stage win.
- Carlos Sastre receives his third, and possibly his final, yellow jersey.
- Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) is now untouchable as king of the mountains leader.
- Best young rider Andy Schleck is greeted by five-time Tour winner Bernhard Hinault.
Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.37.09 (45.73 km/h) 2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.13 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 13 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 18 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 20 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 28 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 33 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 38 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 43 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 45 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 50 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 52 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 56 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 59 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 63 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 65 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 67 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 68 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 73 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 74 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 77 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 78 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 80 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 81 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 82 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 83 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 86 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 87 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 88 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 91 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 95 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 98 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 100 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 101 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 102 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 103 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 105 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 106 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 111 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 112 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 114 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 116 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 117 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 121 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 122 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 124 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.37 126 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.40 127 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.47 128 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.54 131 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 2.26 134 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 3.08 135 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.35 136 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.45 138 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 139 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 140 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 141 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 142 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 143 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 144 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia DNS Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto HD Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank HD Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel HD Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner Sprints Chantelle - 102.5 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 Commentry - 143.5 km 1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 Montlucon - 165.5 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 pts 2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 24 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 19 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 18 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 15 12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 14 13 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 11 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 9 18 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 20 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6 21 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 24 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 25 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains La Croix-du-Sud (Cat. 3), 17.5 km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Côte de la Croix-Rouge (Cat. 4), 42.0 km 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1 Young riders 1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.37.09 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.13 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.47 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 2.26 19 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 3.08 20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.45 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram Most aggressive rider 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Teams 1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 10.53.53 2 Francaise des Jeux 3 Gerolsteiner 1.13 4 Garmin Chipotle 5 Rabobank 6 Silence - Lotto 7 Caisse d'Epargne 8 AG2R-La Mondiale 9 Credit Agricole 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Team CSC Saxo Bank 12 Team Columbia 13 Lampre 14 Team Milram 15 Liquigas 16 Agritubel 17 Quick Step 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Barloworld 2.21 General classification after stage 19 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 82.54.36 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 10.04 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.02 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.08 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.07 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 22.59 17 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.01 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 24.29 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 25.39 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.49 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.05 22 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 29.27 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.48 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 35.07 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.08 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 42.32 27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42.33 28 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43.40 29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 43.48 30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43.54 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 44.34 32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.26 33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.44 34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 1.02.29 35 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.18 36 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.08.28 37 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.40 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.11.31 39 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.51 40 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.37 41 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.21.08 42 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.23.14 43 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.23.49 44 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.58 45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.24.15 46 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.25.32 47 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.30.47 48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32.31 49 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.33.10 50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 1.33.24 51 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.33.25 52 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37.24 53 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.38.54 54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.39.26 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.43.55 56 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.44.59 57 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45.07 58 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.46.27 59 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.47.21 60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.47.36 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.50.35 62 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.52.01 63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.53.39 64 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.00 65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.18 66 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.54.48 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.59.36 68 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.00.16 69 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2.00.57 70 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.02.32 71 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2.03.33 72 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.31 73 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.05.08 74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.06.37 75 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.07.07 76 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.08.37 77 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09.38 78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.10.07 79 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.11.13 80 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.11.26 81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 2.12.39 82 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2.13.01 83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.17.23 84 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 2.18.24 85 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.20.44 86 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.21.08 87 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.22.45 88 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.25.48 89 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2.28.06 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.28.58 91 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 2.29.05 92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.18 93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.29.30 94 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.29.54 95 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30.12 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.32.03 97 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.35.59 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.39.02 99 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2.39.15 100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.45.34 101 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.49.38 102 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52.12 103 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.52.13 104 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.52.23 105 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.53.53 106 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.54.46 107 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.59.16 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.01.11 109 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 3.01.41 110 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.01.48 111 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.03.08 112 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3.05.23 113 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.06.08 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.07.53 115 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.09.12 116 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10.03 117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.11.15 118 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.11.48 119 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.13.11 120 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.13.18 121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.15.56 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3.17.09 123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.17.36 124 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3.17.42 125 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.17.48 126 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.18.11 127 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 3.22.04 128 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.22.07 129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.22.15 130 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.22.27 131 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.24.21 132 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.24.44 133 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.25.03 134 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.25.49 135 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 3.26.07 136 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.27.00 137 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.27.45 138 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 3.29.26 139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.31.33 140 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.32.02 141 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.33.38 142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.39.40 143 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.45.17 144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.46.29 145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3.47.11 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 244 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 202 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 198 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 164 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 145 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 115 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 114 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 105 10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 99 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 98 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 97 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 86 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 79 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 77 19 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 73 22 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 62 26 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 27 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 55 29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51 31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46 33 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 46 34 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 46 35 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 45 36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44 37 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 42 38 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38 40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 41 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 36 42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 44 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 29 46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 28 47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 48 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 27 50 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 26 52 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 26 53 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 26 54 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 24 55 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23 56 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 23 57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 58 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 20 59 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 61 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 62 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 20 63 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 19 64 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 18 65 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 67 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 68 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 70 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 71 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 73 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 74 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 75 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 76 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 77 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 80 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 81 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 82 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 84 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 87 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 88 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 89 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 90 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 7 91 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 92 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 93 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 94 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 95 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 96 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6 97 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 99 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 4 100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 101 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 103 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 105 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 106 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 107 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2 109 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 110 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank -5 111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank -5 113 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 114 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 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 6 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 61 7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 50 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49 13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 48 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) 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 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 31 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 22 32 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 33 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 35 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 36 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 20 38 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 40 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 18 41 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 16 43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 44 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 45 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 46 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 14 47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 49 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 50 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 51 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 52 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 55 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 57 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 58 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 59 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 60 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 61 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 62 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 64 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 8 65 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 66 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 67 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 68 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 71 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3 73 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 76 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 77 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 79 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 80 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 83.04.40 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.58 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15.35 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.44 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.04.47 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.15.28 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.20.43 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34.55 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.37.17 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.43.56 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.57.03 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.10.40 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.43.49 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.59.08 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.03.07 16 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.05.52 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08.07 18 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.12.03 19 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.14.17 20 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.14.59 21 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.17.41 22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.35.13 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 248.37.12 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 9.27 3 Rabobank 1.01.17 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.07.57 5 Caisse d'Epargne 1.11.56 6 Silence - Lotto 1.13.29 7 Lampre 1.18.16 8 Team Columbia 1.23.09 9 Credit Agricole 1.25.27 10 Gerolsteiner 1.29.14 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.47.54 12 Liquigas 2.03.33 13 Bouygues Telecom 2.11.58 14 Garmin Chipotle 2.31.47 15 Francaise des Jeux 2.33.06 16 Team Milram 3.05.00 17 Barloworld 3.22.06 18 Quick Step 3.37.57 19 Agritubel 4.01.56
