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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 21 - Sunday, July 27: Étampes - Paris/Champs Élysées, 143km
Sastre and Steegmans speed to success
Triumph for CSC as Quick Step salvages its Tour
By Shane Stokes, with additional reporting by Hedwig Kröner in Paris
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Kicking early and immediately getting a gap over the other sprinters, Belgian rider Gert Steegmans galloped to final-stage victory in the Tour de France and thus saved Quick Step's Tour. The 27-year-old finished comfortable clear of Gerard Ciolek (Columbia) and points victor Oscar Freire (Rabobank), while overnight race leader Carlos Sastre stayed out of trouble on the Parisian finishing circuit and won his first Tour de France.
Sastre started the race as one of three possible leaders for the CSC team but, having gone close without ever winning a Grand Tour before, few thought it likely that he could end up with the final maillot jaune. The quiet Spaniard kept a low profile in the first half of the race, then took over the role of domestique du luxe once team-mate Fränk Schleck grabbed the yellow jersey on Prato Nevoso.
Unlike Schleck, race favourite Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) and most of the other main contenders, Sastre was clearly still building form as the race headed into the third week and he capitalised on these fresher legs to win the Alpe d'Huez stage and then defend his lead in the time trial. He was, as expected, delighted with his success.
"Today was a really nice day," Sastre said after the finish. "The team has done everything to make this Tour as easy as possible for me and even as we came to Paris for the final stage, they continued to work for me. It's a great atmosphere now; relief has set in and now everyone is happy."
The 33-year-old Spaniard has finished as runner-up in two Vueltas and also been third, fourth, eighth and ninth in previous Tours. After banging on the door of a Grand Tour victory for several seasons, he said that he understood the disappointment of his closest challenger.
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"There are so many Australians here because of Cadel Evans," he stated. "For him to finish second again in the Tour de France... well, I feel for him. I have finished third and fourth and I know what it is to get close. But I believe he has every right to be happy because he did his best."
Prior to this edition of the race, Sastre's biggest win in the Tour was his stage victory on Plateau de Bonascre back in 2003. He crossed the line with a pacifier in his mouth, dedicating the victory to his new daughter, and once again his family were at the forefront of his mind today.
"It was beautiful to have my children with me on the podium," he stated, underlining their importance. "It's great to win the Tour de France but my kids represent the biggest victory in my life. They are so important to me and I want to share that moment with them and have them close to me.
"Now I have a couple of races to do in Belgium and Holland before I go to the Olympic Games and then start to consider the Vuelta a España."
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Cadel Evans finished second last year and with fellow podium-getters Alberto Contador, the 2007 champion, and his Astana team-mate Levi Leipheimer missing from this year's race, many were expecting the Australian to continue his upwards trajectory. It was not to be.
He said that his strength was depleted by a number of factors, including his hard fall. His team was also weak, although he didn't specifically refer to that when giving a post-stage reaction.
"There were more dramas than I expected or wanted and fighting for every second at the end was exhausting," he stated. "The crash before the race reached the Pyrenees was very taxing and it cost me a fair bit of strength; I used everything I had in the second week and perhaps that's the price I paid in the third week.
"It showed in the final time trial - I rode consistently and reached all the time checks well, but I was just not riding as fast as the other guys. That's the way it goes. I'm cursing one Spanish rider, number 29, who brought me down by accident but, well, that's racing and there are a few years ahead of me yet."
Steegmans quickest of the quick
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The final stage was, as per usual, run off at a relaxed pace until the peloton hit the Champs Elysees and began eight laps of the finishing circuit. A flurry of attacks ensued but none of these moves looked like staying clear until the end. The principal aggressors included Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and Jose Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne), the pairing of Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) and Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), a later trio comprising Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia) and Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), plus two subsequent solo attacks by Française des Jeux team-mates Arnaud Gerard and Philippe Gilbert.
However, the CSC, Rabobank, Garmin Chipotle and Quick Step squads were determined to keep things together for a bunch gallop and ultimately had their way. Steegmans was the one who profited most from that.
"The team worked perfectly so that I could win this sprint," he said, explaining that judging the right moment and place to go was everything. "I knew the last turn very well and I knew I'd timed it well enough not to be harassed by anyone in the final expect perhaps the two or three who were right on my wheel. Matteo Tossato gave me a pace that was so fast that I could not even get around him.
"It's great to win here. Tom [Boonen] is usually our leader. The fact that he is not here added pressure on me and also Stijn Devolder. It was not easy, and this victory has been a long time in coming. Still, the team has consistently done its best and finally the work they were doing helped give me that little bit of extra confidence."
It's a huge relief for the Belgian team, which normally starts the race with very high expectations. Boonen's absence was part of the problem, but there were other reasons too. "Several factors have prevented the Quick Step team from winning," he explained. "The first is, of course, Cavendish. And then, Barredo was a little too nervous when he had the opportunity to win the stage a few days ago. Yet the team did not need to save its Tour; we had a meeting yesterday and our managers praised our work, even though we had not yet won a stage."
Second placed Ciolek and third placed Freire had very different feelings about the sprint. When Cyclingnews caught up with Ciolek, the Columbia rider didn't look happy at all. "I guess the efforts are still visible [on my face]. Second place is not what I had hoped for. I made a mistake in the last 250m and that has decided the outcome of the race. I let a small gap open to the guy in front of me and I didn't close it quickly enough."
On the other hand Oscar Freire felt good, despite not taking pout the win. "I was in a perfect position, but I just didn't have the legs. I am still happy, it was a great Tour de France for me. The green jersey is an accomplishment that was one of my biggest career goals."
How it unfolded
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As is the tradition on the final stage of the Tour each year, the mood was relaxed and jovial in the peloton as the riders rolled out from Étampes. Clear skies increased the festive atmosphere and there were plenty of laughs, as well as the obligatory photographs of the teams, the jersey holders and the champagne celebrations.
The speed inched up as the bunch neared Paris and there Carlos Sastre's CSC squad led the peloton into the heart of the French capital. Longtime team-member Stuart O'Grady had the honours of taking the riders across the line on the Champs Elysees, beginning what would be eight full laps of the fast, flat 6.5 kilometre finishing circuit.
First to attack was Stéphane Augé, the Cofidis rider going clear just as the riders approached the Arc du Triomphe. He was quickly joined by French champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), but the break was soon closed down by the peloton. A subsequent solo move by Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) also suffered the same fate.
Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) was next to try and was joined by fellow Spaniard Jose Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne). The latter took the sprint points at the end of lap one, but they were caught several minutes later, 41 kilometres from the finish. Another group then went away for a short while, this number including Florent Brard (Cofidis), Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) plus several others.
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Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) and Vogondy were clear the next time across the Place de la Concorde and took the race across the finish line for the fourth time. CSC's Stuart O'Grady led the peloton across some ten seconds later. This gap increased to twenty seconds, the most significant of the day by that point, but it had dropped to eight by the time Barredo took the prime at the end of four laps of racing.
The duo were then joined by Laurent Lefevere (Bouygues Telecom) plus several others on the drop down from the Arc du Triomphe, before finally being caught at the end of that long stretch.
Gianpaolo Cheula (Barloworld) kicked clear and got Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Bram Tankink (Rabobank), and Johann Van Summeren (Silence – Lotto) for company. These two were recaptured, after which Augé, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia) and Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) forged ahead and started the penultimate lap with a lead over the CSC-led main bunch.
The peloton was having none of it and closed back up to the trio on the drop down from the Arc du Triomphe, only for Botcharov to solo clear alone and stay out front for another couple of minutes.
After his recapture, Arnaud Gerard (Française des Jeux) was next to try, surging ahead just before the Place de la Concorde and leading the race across the start/finish line for the start of the final lap. Oscar Freire's Rabobank team hit the front and ramped up the speed on the rise up to the Arc du Triomphe, bringing back Gerard. However his team-mate Philippe Gilbert countered almost immediately, wheeling around the bend near the Arc du Triomphe and driving hard on the slight descent.
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Gilbert was trying to take the first stage win for the French team but Rabobank were determined to give Freire a shot to secure his green jersey in style. They hauled him back by the end of the return stretch.
Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) then went with just over three kilometres to go. The Frenchman was chased down by future team-mates Quick Step, while at the back of the bunch Jens Voigt (CSC) had a broken saddle and dropped off the back.
A bunch gallop was looking inevitable at this point and, with this in mind, Garmin Chipotle's David Millar led the peloton under the kite in order to help Julian Dean prepare for the sprint. The Scot was then passed by a Quick Step train intent on paving the way for Gert Steegmans.
Once around the sweeping bend on the Champs Elysees, the big Belgian jumped clear and immediately got a gap over Gerard Ciolek (Columbia) and the other riders. Ciolek did what he could to close him down but ran out of road, crossing the finish line a length back. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) was next home, sealing his win in the points competition, while maillot jaune Sastre, mountains leader Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) and white jersey wearer Andy Schleck (CSC) finished close behind, sealing their victories in those classifications.
Aside from the overall and best young rider awards, CSC also secured the prize for best team. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) was the most aggressive competitor while Wim Vansevenant (Silence – Lotto) was Lanterne Rouge for the third year running, the novelty value of this title ensuring more post-Tour criterium contracts for the Belgian.
Photography
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- The peloton sweeps down the Champs Élysées.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) passes by the Arc de Triomphe.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) held off Gerald Ciolek (Columbia) to salvage Quick Step's Tour de France with a stage win.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) can breathe a massive sigh of relief after delivering on the Champs Élysées.
- Cadel Evans celebrated his second second place in the Tour.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Carlos Sastre is flanked by Norwegian champion Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Fabian Cancellara as CSC-Saxo Bank are presented as best team.
- Carlos Sastre gives the crowd a wave at the sign on.
- Riders await the start of stage 21 in Étampes, south of Paris.
- The four jersey wearers (l-r): Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank).
- Kohl and Freire shakes hands on the start line.
- Everyone wants a shot of the four jersey wearers.
- CSC celebrated an incredible Tour and got white and yellow, plus the teams' win.
- The peloton flies down the Champs Élysées with the Arc de Triomphe behind.
- Sastre was closely shadowed by Evans in the final laps in Paris.
- Sastre turns at the Arc de Triomphe for his biggest success in his career.
- Sastre was concentrated to not crash and he got some practice in for the pots-Tour crits.
- Barloworld tried to set up Robert Hunter.
- Sastre with his yellow handle bar tape looked good in Paris.
- Sastre corners well at high speed on the cobbles.
- Sastre stayed out of trouble on the final stage.
- Carlos Sastre indulged in some yellow handlebar tape but was one of the more understated Tour winners in recent times.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) proved he belongs with the best sprinters after today's win.
- Steegmans will hope to continue his sprinting success in the colours of Russian team Katusha, where he will move next year.
- The top-three of the 2008 Tour de France.
- The Spaniard was joined by his two children on the podium.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) enjoys his second Tour stage victory after grabbing stage two last year.
- Sastre enjoys a glass of champagne with Bjarne Riis in the CSC team car.
- The Spaniard on his victory lap complete with Spanish flag.
- Number 11 is numero uno
- The Lampre team was in good spirits despite Cunego's non-optimal Tour.
- Barloworld arrived at the Arc de Triomphe with a decimated team of four riders.
- Liquigas celebrated its arrival with a souvenir for the photo album.
- Sastre will now be on the post-Tour criterium circuit in Belgium and Holland.
- The four jerseys: Best young rider Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank), winner Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), points winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and king of the mountains Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
- The top-three overall: Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
- The riders listen to the Spanish national anthem.
- The riders are applauded by Tour chiefs Christian Prudhomme (far right) and Patrice Clerc.
- Sastre savours the moment for as long as possible, joined by his son and daughter.
- "Next year, mate, I'm gonna come back with a decent team and take that jersey back!"
Images by Víctor Solís
- Andy Schleck rode in support of Carlos Sastre and still managed to get the white jersey.
- Stuart O'Grady puts the final touch on the Tour victory.
- George Hincapie (Columbia) finished yet another Tour de France.
- CSC needed a domestique just for carrying all the prizes.
- Garmin during its lap of honour around the Champs-Elysées.
- Valverde smiled with his Caisse d'Epargne colleagues although the Spaniard wanted to be much closer to the podium than ninth.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- A son who is proud of his father meets a father who is proud of his son.
- Sastres father was obviously happy with his son's success.
Results
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.51.38 (37.04 km/h) 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 15 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 19 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.07 25 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 34 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 35 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 38 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 39 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 43 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 46 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 48 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.14 50 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 56 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 57 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 61 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 62 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 63 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 65 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 66 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 69 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 70 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 71 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 72 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 76 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 80 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 81 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 82 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 85 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 87 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 88 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 92 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 93 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 97 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.23 99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.24 100 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 101 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 104 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 105 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 107 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 108 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 110 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 112 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 113 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 114 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 115 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 116 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 117 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 118 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 121 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 122 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 123 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 124 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 125 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 130 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 131 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 0.34 133 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 134 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 136 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 137 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.43 138 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 139 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.14 140 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 141 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.08 142 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 143 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.26 144 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 1.28 145 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.37 Sprints Haut des Champs-Elysées - 99.0 km 1 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 Haut des Champs-Elysées - 118.5 km 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 6 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 Paris, Champs-Elysées - 143.0 km 1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 35 pts 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 30 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 26 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 24 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 6 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 16 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 15 12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 15 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 10 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 9 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 8 19 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 7 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 21 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 5 22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 3 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 25 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains Côte de Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse (Cat. 4), 48.0 km 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 2 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1 Côte de Châteaufort (Cat. 4), 51.5 km 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1 Young rider 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3.51.38 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.07 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.14 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 10 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.24 14 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 0.34 19 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.36 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.43 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.14 22 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.37 Most aggressive rider 1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel Teams 1 Quick Step 11.34.54 2 Team Milram 3 Gerolsteiner 0.07 4 Liquigas 5 Silence - Lotto 0.14 6 Team Columbia 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Caisse d'Epargne 9 AG2R-La Mondiale 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11 Credit Agricole 0.21 12 Garmin Chipotle 13 Rabobank 14 Agritubel 15 Lampre 0.28 16 Team CSC Saxo Bank 17 Bouygues Telecom 0.42 18 Francaise des Jeux 0.51 19 Barloworld 0.57 Final General classification 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 87.52.52 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.58 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.13 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.10 5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.05 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.28 7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.25 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 6.55 9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.12 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9.05 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 9.55 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11.32 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.59 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.23 15 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.31 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.40 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 24.55 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27.11 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 28.31 20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 28.33 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31.50 22 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 32.59 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.41 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 36.24 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.20 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 44.43 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 45.19 28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46.31 29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 47.43 30 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48.23 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48.58 32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.19 33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01.04 34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.05.38 35 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.08.15 36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 1.09.25 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.11.55 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.58 39 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.20.06 40 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.20.24 41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.25.27 42 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.26.22 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.26.40 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.26.42 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27.00 46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.29.59 47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.33.22 48 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.36.21 49 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 1.36.57 50 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37.00 51 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.39.37 52 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.59 53 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.24 54 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.47.22 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.47.24 56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.48.27 57 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.49.40 58 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.49.49 59 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.49.54 60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.50.24 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.25 62 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.55.39 63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.55.52 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.56.04 65 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.57.09 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.58.16 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.59.13 68 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.59.39 69 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.05.10 70 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2.05.46 71 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2.06.21 72 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.07.33 73 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.08.23 74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.08.50 75 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09.23 76 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.13.03 77 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.13.41 78 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.13.50 79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.14.25 80 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.16.33 81 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2.16.43 82 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.19.33 83 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 2.20.49 84 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.22.33 85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 2.23.04 86 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.23.16 87 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.27.04 88 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.30.12 89 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 2.30.36 90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.32.19 91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.33.55 92 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2.34.08 93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.34.12 94 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.35.08 95 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.36.29 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.38.07 97 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.38.13 98 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2.39.58 99 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.45.20 100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.48.33 101 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.53.51 102 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.55.29 103 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56.12 104 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.57.44 105 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.58.31 106 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.58.34 107 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.04.02 108 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 3.04.52 109 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.07.46 110 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.07.57 111 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.08.23 112 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.09.56 113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3.13.38 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.14.37 115 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.15.53 116 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.16.11 117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.16.36 118 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.17.01 119 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.17.45 120 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.20.28 121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.21.32 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3.22.36 123 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.23.17 124 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.23.53 125 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3.24.08 126 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.25.34 127 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.26.16 128 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 3.26.47 129 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 3.27.29 130 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.28.03 131 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.28.07 132 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.30.00 133 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.30.47 134 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.31.30 135 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.32.25 136 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.33.40 137 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.35.24 138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.35.30 139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.35.52 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 3.37.22 141 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.39.48 142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.48.18 143 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.51.55 144 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3.54.52 145 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.55.45 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 270 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 220 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 217 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 181 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 155 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 136 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 131 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 129 9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 119 10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 116 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 113 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 110 13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 103 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 87 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 80 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 79 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 22 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 62 25 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 59 28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 55 30 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 55 31 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 51 32 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 48 34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 46 35 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 46 36 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43 37 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 42 38 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 39 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 37 43 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 44 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 35 45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 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 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 24 55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 24 56 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 24 57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 23 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 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 64 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 19 65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 66 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 67 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 69 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 70 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 71 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 72 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 73 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 74 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13 75 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 76 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 77 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 79 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 80 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 81 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 82 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 84 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 85 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 86 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 87 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 8 88 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 7 89 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 90 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 7 91 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 92 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 93 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 94 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 6 95 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6 96 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 97 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 98 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 99 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 4 100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 101 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 102 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 103 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 104 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 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 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank -3 110 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank -5 111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 112 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains classification 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 128 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 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 61 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 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 15 46 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 47 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 14 48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 49 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 51 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 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 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 64 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 65 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 66 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 67 Matteo Carrara (Ita) 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 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 2 75 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 76 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 77 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 78 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 79 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1 81 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1 Young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 88.04.24 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.27 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 17.01 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.09 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.08.34 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.13.55 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.24.49 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.38.17 9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.38.22 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.44.07 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.02.09 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 2.11.01 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 2.47.02 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.05.04 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 3.08.56 16 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.10.00 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.14.02 18 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 3.16.35 19 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.18.28 20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.19.58 21 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.22.08 22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.40.23 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 263.29.57 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 15.35 3 Rabobank 1.05.26 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.26 5 Silence - Lotto 1.17.15 6 Caisse d'Epargne 1.20.28 7 Team Columbia 1.23.00 8 Lampre 1.26.24 9 Gerolsteiner 1.27.40 10 Credit Agricole 1.37.16 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.51.35 12 Liquigas 2.13.21 13 Bouygues Telecom 2.19.07 14 Garmin Chipotle 2.31.05 15 Francaise des Jeux 2.41.37 16 Team Milram 3.13.24 17 Barloworld 3.33.45 18 Quick Step 3.44.10 19 Agritubel 4.15.57
