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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 2 - Sunday, July 6: Auray - Saint Brieuc, 164.5km
Thor thunders to sixth tour stage win
Valverde holds onto maillot jaune, Voeckler fortifies mountains lead
By Shane Stokes and Brecht Decaluwé in Saint Brieuc, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake
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Tipped by some as the likely top contender for the maillot vert this year, Thor Hushovd showed he is certainly in the right kind of form with a powerful sprint victory into Saint Brieuc. The Crédit Agricole rider jumped hard and held off the other riders in the uphill rise to the line, nabbing his sixth career stage win in the race and driving the Norwegian supporters crazy.
"It was a really hard sprint, with the wind in the finale and in the climbs, but I knew it was a sprint that fits me well," he said after the podium presentation. "My team-mates did a good job again, and especially Mark Renshaw. He was awesome until with 200 metres to go and then it was just up to me to do a sprint. Today everything worked out 100 percent."
Hushovd timed his gallop to perfection even though new points leader Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia) was the quickest in the final 100 metres. He finished a close second and might well have taken the stage had the line been a little further away.
"I was held up by a crash and had to come from behind. I fell short, but it is okay," he stated. The Luxembourg rider took over at the top of the points classification from race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), who himself sprinted home in twelfth place and maintained his one second lead in the general classification.
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"Because of the course, the wind and the fact we had to chase behind the breakaway, today's stage was a very fast one, very hard and also a little bit dangerous," said the Spaniard afterwards. "I particularly want to highlight the fact that it was really beautiful to spend this second stage of the Tour with the yellow jersey upon my shoulders. I was really moved when I saw all those people along the road who encouraged me and shouted my name.
"I believe that today, all the riders of the bunch spent some energy. We will see if tomorrow's stage and its easier profile will be a quieter one in advance of the time trial on Tuesday."
Kirchen is now second and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) third, while Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) – who had started the day second overall - crashed with just over a kilometre to go. He was later awarded the same time as the bunch but dropped to twelfth.
French fans were first tantalised and then frustrated by the day's events, with ongoing mountains leader Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and today's most aggressive rider Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) going clear early on and then later being joined by the Agritubel duo of Christophe Moreau and David Le Lay.
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This quartet resisted the peloton's chase until the final three kilometres, with a solo move by Chavanel taking him a little further before his own recapture. CSC-Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara tried to do what worked twice in the Tour de Suisse – namely a strong solo attack on the run in towards the line – but he was hauled back by Liquigas' Filippo Pozzato. The sprinters then opened up the jets, with Hushovd thundering home ahead of Kirchen and his Columbian team-mate Gerald Ciolek. Robert Hunter (Team Barloworld), Erik Zabel (Milram) and Yury Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) completed the top six places.
"When Cancellara went away you know it's always dangerous," the Norwegian said. "I told Renshaw not to panic. With 450 metres to go we went. It was a perfect lead-out for me."
The brisk winds, twisting roads and undulating course combined to make the stage another testing one for the rider's concentration. Both Franck Schleck (Team CSC) and Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) spoke of this challenge after the stage, the riders crediting team-mates with helping to keep them safe.
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"Everything was really, really nervous in the final," Schleck said. "I have to give a big, big thanks to Fabian [Cancellara], he was just amazing today for me. I was on his wheel for the last 50 kilometres in order to keep out of danger."
Devolder also spoke of the gusts. "It was dangerous with the wind, but I have a very good team to ride in front of the peloton and I had no problems. They then rode for [Gert] Steegmans in the finale, but it was very difficult to win a stage like that with the wind. And, with that climb, the finale was tough."
With the Tour de France being the biggest race of the season, everyone is at the limit trying to help a team leader or to win themselves. Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish articulated this after the finish, saying that even the flatter stages of the Tour are tougher than the other events on the calendar.
"These sprints are very fast. Obviously the human body is restricted as to how fast it actually can go, so the last couple of hundred metres of every sprint is more or less the same speed. But it is the 50 kilometres before it which are between five and ten kilometres per hour faster than any other race. And that's with it being five to ten kilometres per hour faster than anything else for the rest of the stage.
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"You also have got all the GC riders trying to stay up there as well, which makes it a bit more hectic."
Cavendish was dropped on the run-in to the finish but managed to get back on to the peloton, finishing 27th. He – along with many of the other gallopers – are relishing the thought of tomorrow's flatter parcours, and hopes that this will make a difference for his chances.
One who will also be happy to see the finish in Nantes – albeit for different reasons - is Barloworld's Juan Mauricio Soler. The Colombian started the race as a possible general classification contender but suffered after his crash yesterday, finishing seven minutes 18 seconds down in last place. He's also last on GC after two stages, the damage being done due to his crash yesterday and possible fractured wrist.
"He is tired because of the problem with his hand," said directeur sportif Alberto Volpi. "But he finished the stage, it showed a bit of character. I think that tomorrow after the race we will have another examination if we can get a scanner {x-ray] and the decision about him continuing or not will be taken then. If there is no fracture, fine. If there is one, we will see..."
How it unfolded
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179 riders lined up in Auray after Hervé Duclos-Lassalle was forced to abandon following his feed zone crash on stage one. He broke his arm in a crash which happened when a musette from another rider got stuck in his front wheel. The temperatures were nice (18 degrees), but slight rain dampened the spirits a bit. At 12:59, the riders took the départ fictif, led by the distinctive jerseys of Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in yellow, Philippe Gilbert (FdJ) in green, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) in the polka dot and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) in white.
After rolling along for a good ten minutes, Christian Prudhomme waved the flag at 13:11 and the pace immediately hastened. After less than one kilometre Garmin-Chipotle's Danny Pate was the first to attack. He took several riders with him, but after a few kilometres, only Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) remained on the front.
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After 22 kilometres, when the riders headed up the first climb of the day, the break was caught. Protecting Voeckler's jersey, the Bouygues Telecom team kept the race together ahead of the Côte de Bieuzy-Lanvaux. Sylvain Chavanel attacked on the climb, and took the maximum points, while behind him second placed in the mountains classification Björn Schröder (Team Milram) led out the sprint, but Voeckler easily passed the German before the line.
Chavanel and Voeckler kept going while Schröder dropped back into the bunch, and the pair extended their lead to over half a minute. Chavanel passed the sprint in Camors at kilometre 28.5 in first, with Voeckler behind. Robert Hunter stormed out of the peloton to get third and the last remaining sprint points.
As the duo continued to extend their advantage, Caisse d'Epargne was doing the work behind, leaving everyone to wonder if Alejandro Valverde wants to defend the jersey all the way to Paris.
A gentleman's agreement in the break saw Voeckler take the mountain points on the Côte de Kergroix, giving Voeckler an even bigger lead over Schröder in the mountains classification, while Chavanel mopped up all the intermediate sprint points along the way.
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Behind the leaders, two sprinters suffered from mechanical incidents: McEwen had to change bikes and return to the bunch by himself as Silence Lotto dedicates all its resources to Cadel Evans this year. In contrast, Mark Cavendish, who flatted after the descent of the Côte de Kergroix, had a team helper almost immediately.
The leaders gained a maximum advantage of six and a half minutes with 100km to go, but then the gap began to shrink steadily. Philippe Gilbert, who wore the green jersey as second placed in that competition behind Valverde, secured third place in Pontivy before the peloton gingerly entered the feed zone, taking caution to avoid a crash like that which took out Duclos-Lassalle.
But it was to no avail, as Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) touched wheels with Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank). Jalabert went down, but could continue without problems. Whereas in the early part of the stage, rain and sun were taking turns over the riders, the rain became more steady as the break went up the Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne, the first category three climb of the Tour.
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Voeckler was able to add more points again as the leaders went up through an enthusiastic crowd. But after a brief discussion, Chavanel crossed the line ahead of Voeckler. The peloton followed almost three minutes later, led over the summit by Christophe Moreau (Agritubel).
The final climb of the day, the Côte de Saint-Mayeux, followed almost immediately. Moreau and team-mate David Le Lay (Agritubel) kept going and Moreau also took third place on the final climb. There, Voeckler led Chavanel over the line, giving the Bouygues Telecom rider a comfortable lead in the mountains classification. Le Lay and Moreau quickly got to within a minute and a half of the leaders.
Voeckler flatted just before the final sprint of the day, in Corlay. But a quick bike change brought him back up to Chavanel. The two decided to sit up and wait for the fast charging Agritubel duo. Le Lay was allowed to cross the sprint line ahead of his captain. With about 56 kilometres left to race, the two groups joined forces, giving Chavanel, Voeckler, Le Lay and Moreau quadruple power.
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Française des Jeux took over the work at the front now, as Gilbert's stunt at the intermediate sprint indicated that he was feeling well today. Under the French team's pressure the gap was reduced to 2'40 with 52 kilometres remaining.
The rain let up as the Caisse/Française des Jeux led peloton inched closer to the leaders. With 40 kilometres remaining, the gap was just above the two-minute mark. Five kilometre later it was 1'35.
Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) had a crash with less than 30 kilometres to go. It was bad timing, as Quick Step began pouring its power into reeling in the break. The high speed chase brought the gap down to about 1'20 when the leaders hit Mississipi -a town that should made all the US riders feel at home. Mauricio Soler (Barloworld), who lost three minutes due to a crash yesterday, also got spit out the back.
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There was a heavy cross wind and Quick Step took full advantage of their Belgian experience to build up an impressive echelon at the front. Without Tom Boonen, they were looking to Gert Steegmans, while the black and white flags of the Bretagne were snapped to attention in the wind.
The peloton passed the 20-kilometre marker about a minute behind. Despite giving it some stick now, the peloton couldn't make up ground and with 14 kilometres to go the gap was still 59 seconds. Bertogliati and Soler were fighting behind, trying not to lose too much time.
With 11 kilometres to go it was also Crédit Agricole who helped out at the front. Moreau was doing a tremendous amount of work at the front of the break, but now the gap came down. 10 kilometres from the finish it was 42 seconds.
Jimmy Engoulvent was doing most of the pulling for Crédit Agricole in the peloton. The break hit the five-kilometre marker just 30 seconds ahead – it was touch and go. The final part was uphill, so the break eventually didn't succeed, and Chavanel was the last rider caught.
Fabian Cancellara tried his trademark last-minute attack, but was not successful this time. Thor Hushovd launched the sprint perfectly and won in St. Brieuc.
Stage 3 - Monday, July 7: Saint-Malo - Nantes, 208km
This should be a stage for the sprinters, especially as there are no classified climbs on today's route. After a rolling start over the small roads of Brittany, the course joins the fast, wider roads as it heads south to the finish in Nantes. The port town of Saint-Malo is the most-visited place in the region of Brittany. From here it is possible to catch a ferry to and from various ports in the UK and the Channel Islands.
This will be the Tour's eighth visit to Saint-Malo, the last time was 1980 when Dutchman Bert Oosterbosch took victory. This will be the 31st visit of the Tour to Nantes, situated as it is on the river Loire close to where it enters the Atlantic Ocean. The city was one of the original stage towns visited in 1903, where victory – and the race lead – was taken by eventual winner Maurice Garin.
The last time was 100 years later when Britain's David Millar (then Cofidis, now Slipstream-Chipotle) won a rain-soaked time trial as Lance Armstrong (US Postal) and a crashing Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) shadowed each other for the overall.
Photography
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- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) signs an autograph before the start. The Belgian wears green because Valverde already wears yellow.
- It was a rainy day today and an umbrella for spectators and rain jackets for riders was advised.
- The peloton still sees the break in the distance, but soon they vanished out of sight for a while.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) was in the break for a second day running.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was well protected by his team-mates.
- Valverde gets a push as he removes his long sleeve jersey.
- Thomas Voeckler on the right and Sylvain Chavanel powered away at the first KOM of the day.
- Voeckler consolidated his lead in the polka dot jersey competition.
- The French duo under the threatening skies in the Bretagne.
- Chavanel did an equal amount of work in the break.
- Valverde thanks Belgian Gilbert for carrying the Spaniard's green jersey through northwestern France.
- Gilbert sprinted ahead of the peloton on one intermediate sprint to take third place and two points.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) holds off Kim Kirchen (Columbia) for the stage victory.
- The big Norwegian let it all hang out and came up with a stage win.
- A delighted Hushovd steps onto the podium.
- The mighty Thor stoops down for his winner's kiss.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) was rewarded for his second place with the green jersey.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) takes another yellow jersey.
- The Spaniard may be hoping to offload the jersey, and take it back in a couple of weeks.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) at the start.
- Riccó signs autographs for the fans in Auray.
- Christophe Moreau and team-mate David Le Lay (Agritubel) rode across to the break after the final climb.
- Here comes Thor Hushovd!
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) takes the uphill sprint into Saint Brieuc.
- Hushovd got the better of two Columbia riders, Kim Kirchen (right) and Gerald Ciolek.
- It was the Norwegian's sixth Tour de France stage victory.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) comes across the line in the front group.
- The Italian's ripped sock indicates a crash during stage two.
- Cunego discusses the stage with reporters.
- The peloton rolls in to the finish in Saint Brieuc.
- A happy Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had a comfortable day in yellow.
- Valverde still leads by a single second over Kim Kirchen.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) celebrates the green jersey with his wife.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval - Scott) held onto the best young rider's jersey.
- The young Italian lies eighth overall after two stages.
Images by Xavier Lecointe
- David Le Lay (Agritubel) with his father Gilbert at the finish in Saint Brieuc.
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.45.13 (43.84 km/h) 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 22 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 23 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 25 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 26 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 27 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 32 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 35 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 38 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 42 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 45 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 46 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 53 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 56 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 58 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 63 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 64 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 65 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 66 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 73 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 74 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 75 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 76 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 77 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 78 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 79 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 82 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 84 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 85 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 87 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 88 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 90 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 93 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 94 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 95 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 96 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 97 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 104 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 105 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 106 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 107 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 108 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 112 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 113 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 114 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 115 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 116 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 118 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 119 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 120 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 122 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 1.25 123 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.40 124 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 125 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 126 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.59 127 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 129 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.10 130 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 131 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 132 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 133 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 134 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 135 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.16 136 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.30 137 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 138 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 139 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 140 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 141 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 143 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 144 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 145 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 146 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 147 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 148 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 151 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 152 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 153 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 156 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 157 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 160 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 161 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 162 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 163 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 164 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 165 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.00 166 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.22 167 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.25 168 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.27 169 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3.35 170 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.05 171 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 172 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.00 173 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.00 174 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.00 175 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.52 176 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 177 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 178 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.18 179 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld Sprints Camors - 28.5 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 Pontivy - 74.0 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 Corlay - 103.0 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 Saint-Brieuc - 164.5 km 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 30 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 24 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 22 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 20 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 18 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 13 14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5 22 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 23 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 25 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains Côte de Bieuzy-Lanvaux - 23.5 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1 Côte de Kergroix - 43.0 km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne - 92.0 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 Côte de Saint-Mayeux - 96.0 km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3.45.13 2 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 13 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 14 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 18 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.59 21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.10 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.30 23 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 26 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.22 27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 7.18 Most aggressive rider 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Teams 1 Team Columbia 11.15.39 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 3 Credit Agricole 4 Barloworld 5 Team Milram 6 Garmin Chipotle 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Silence - Lotto 9 Rabobank 10 Liquigas 11 Team CSC Saxo Bank 12 Caisse d'Epargne 13 Saunier Duval - Scott 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Agritubel 16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 Quick Step 19 Francaise des Jeux 20 Lampre 1.40 General classification after stage 2 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.21.20 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 0.01 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.07 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 25 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 26 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 31 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 32 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 37 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 44 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 46 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.18 47 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 55 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 56 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 58 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.26 60 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 62 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 64 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 0.37 65 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 66 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 0.39 68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 69 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 71 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 0.42 76 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.49 77 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.52 78 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.57 79 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 80 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.59 81 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.01 82 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 83 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.12 86 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 88 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 89 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 91 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 93 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 94 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 1.37 95 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 1.47 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.52 97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.58 100 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 2.00 101 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 103 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 104 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 105 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 106 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 108 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 109 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 110 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 115 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 116 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 118 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 119 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 120 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 121 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 122 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 123 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 124 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 127 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.06 128 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 2.08 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.37 130 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2.48 132 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.09 133 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.11 134 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.22 136 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3.42 137 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 138 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 139 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.59 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 4.10 141 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 142 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 143 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.16 144 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.22 145 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 146 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.30 147 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 148 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 149 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 153 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 154 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 156 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 157 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 158 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 160 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 161 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 162 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.34 163 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.36 164 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 165 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.17 166 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 5.27 167 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5.51 168 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 169 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.53 170 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 6.34 171 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 172 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.52 173 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 174 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7.06 175 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 7.26 176 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 177 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.07 178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.01 179 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 10.22 Points classififcation 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 54 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 46 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 36 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 26 9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 26 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25 12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 13 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 20 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18 18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 18 19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17 21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 24 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15 26 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 13 27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 29 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 32 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 33 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 34 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 35 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 36 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 38 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 39 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 40 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 41 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 42 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 43 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 44 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 45 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 46 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 1 47 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 5 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 8 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Young rider classification 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.21.21 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.06 3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.17 10 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.25 13 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 0.38 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 0.41 15 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.00 16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.11 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.51 18 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.59 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.08 23 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.10 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.29 26 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.33 27 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 6.33 28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 10.21 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 25.04.08 2 Team Columbia 0.07 3 Team CSC Saxo Bank 4 Garmin Chipotle 5 Quick Step 6 Liquigas 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.13 8 Saunier Duval - Scott 0.20 9 AG2R-La Mondiale 0.24 10 Credit Agricole 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Rabobank 0.26 13 Team Milram 0.43 14 Agritubel 0.46 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.48 16 Silence - Lotto 1.08 17 Barloworld 1.09 18 Francaise des Jeux 1.12 19 Bouygues Telecom 1.52 20 Lampre 2.04
