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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 7 - Friday, July 11: Brioude - Aurillac, 159km
Sánchez storms to victory on tough Massif Central stage
Kirchen holds yellow; Cunego in red after crash
By Gregor Brown in Aurillac, with additional reporting from Hedwig Kröner
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Spaniard Luis León Sánchez dominated the final descent into Aurillac after an undulating stage through the Massif Central to win ahead of an elite group of riders containing yellow jersey Kim Kirchen and former leader Stefan Schumacher. Notably absent from this group was Italian Damiano Cunego, who suffered a crash earlier in the stage and further damage to his overall challenge.
"I had my chance today, but I am working for Valverde and the real goal is to take the jersey in Paris," said Sánchez after his victory in the Cantal département of southwestern France.
Sánchez, who spends most of his time working for Caisse d'Epargne leader Alejandro Valverde, made the most of his freedom to join the final escape of David De La Fuente, Josep Jufré (both Saunier Duval-Scott) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas).
He made contact with De La Fuente over the top of the final climb of Saint-Jean-de-Donne and with 4.5 kilometres of descending and another 4.5 kilometres of flat to Aurillac, Sánchez took matters into his own hands.
"I have really learnt a lot in this team, I am only 24, I hope that in three or four years I can fight for the race overall," he added.
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Sánchez was solo for the final four kilometres in a move similar to his two stage wins in Paris-Nice. He won with arms pointing to the sky and had six seconds in hand over Schumacher, Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Kirchen. The latter continues to hold the race lead over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) by six seconds.
The day in the Massif Central, despite only 159 kilometres in length, was marked by heavy winds and mayhem. The race splintered from the gun under numerous attacks on undulating roads. This made the going tough for Cunego, Lampre's earmarked rider for the overall classification, when he was caught out following a crash at kilometre 60.
Cunego was still on the ground as CSC-Saxo Bank were thundering along at the head of the peloton. A dramatic chase-back by his Lampre team worked, but his legs were weakened to the point that he was gapped on the final climb of Saint-Jean-de-Donne. He finished in a large group some 33 seconds down on the winner.
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"I crashed and everything was compromised," Cunego said, disappointed with his day. "I remained behind, chasing. We were able to catch up thanks to the last ditch effort by my team-mates. I have to give a big thanks to them. We caught up but I suffered a lot."
The classification favourites were also put on the rivet in what was expected to be part of two easier transitional stages leading to Monday's high-mountain finish at Hautacam. Team CSC-Saxo Bank rose to the top for its captains - Fränk and Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre - over the windy stage with five categorised climbs.
Although the race for the most part came back together by Aurillac, there were classification men who missed out - namely Cunego, but also Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Briton's David Millar (Garmin Chipotle - H30), who was once within reach of the maillot jaune, also fell a further 27 seconds behind the leaders.
The seventh stage also saw the first mass time cut of riders; Millar's team-mate Magnus Backstedt, Mauro Facci (Quick Step), John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale), Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) and Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) will all not be allowed to start tomorrow's stage from Figeac.
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"It was a hard day. I think it was the hardest stage so far," said Luxemburger Andy Schleck. Team-mate Jens Voigt added: "We had a cross-wind section, we managed to split it up. It looked promising for a moment, but we did not have the people there to help us. Even having the strongest team in the race is not good enough."
"The whole day, it was crazy," said former race leader Stefan Schumacher. The German attempted to get clear in the finale. "I tried it in the end. I got second. It was nice to win a stage but today I tried to attack for the jersey."
"It was a hard stage - very hard," added Pozzato. "We went all out from the first to the last kilometre."
A consolation for Spaniard De La Fuente, the most aggressive rider of the 2006 Tour de France, is that he moved into the lead of the mountains competition. Topping the final climb first helped him move into the maillot blanc à pois rouges by one point over Frenchmen Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom).
How it unfolded
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The day began with temperatures around 25° Celsius in Brioude. 176 riders took the start of the 7th stage with the départ réel at 1:17pm. There were no overnight abandons.
French darling Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) and US hope William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30) attacked right from the gun, but were reeled at kilometre four. Aggressive racing continued with further breakaway attempts, all of which were quickly marked.
On the Cat. 3 Côte de Fraisse (km 11), David Millar (Garmin Chipotle - H30) was first to take the points, followed by Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and Bram Tankink (Rabobank). Over the top the attacks continued. Quinziato (Liquigas), Arrieta (AG2R), Pineau (Bouygues), Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Gerard (Francaise des Jeux) - attacked at the 22km mark but never got to over 30 seconds ahead of the peloton before being caught at the 32km mark.
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The first sprint in St. Flour (km 46.5) was won by Robert Hunter (Barloworld), ahead of Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole). With a bit of rain coming down, the bunch approached the second KOM climb of the day, the Cat. 4 Côte de Villedieu (km 52). On the ascent, six riders managed to get a 20 second gap: David Millar (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Jens Voigt (CSC-Saxo Bank), Carlos Barredo (Quick Step), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) and Benoit Vaugrenard (Francaise des Jeux).
A few kilometres later, Lilian Jégou (Francaise des Jeux) crashed into a tree and had to abandon because of a broken wrist, and another crash took down Damiano Cunego (Lampre) at kilometre 61, splitting the bunch into several groups. As Millar was still in front, the pace was high in the first group, led by CSC riders.
But the break of Millar would not last, as he began the move with a slow leak in one of his tyres. ""I had a flat when I was in the break with Jens Voigt," Millar said. "Fortuantely it took 15km to deflate."
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As the break was reeled in the bunch was still split up, with Cunego in the second group being helped by strong man Marzio Bruseghin, but a third group behind was losing even more time.
The first group, led by CSC and Caisse d'Epargne riders, gave it full gas. leading the chasers by 30 seconds. The group included: Evans, Cioni, Sastre, Cancellara, Gustov, Schleck, Schleck, Voigt, Valverde, Pereiro, Sanchez, Kirchen, Lövkvist, Pozzato, Kreuziger, Nibali, Kohl, Valjavec, Menchov, Freire, Cobo, Ricco, Vaugrenard, Vande Velde and Millar.
Luis Leon Sanchez launched a solo attack at km 68, but didn't last long under the pressure of CSC' Voigt and Cancellara, who distanced the chase group more and more. 40 seconds mid-race, with 80 kilometres to go.
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At the sprint in Paulhac (km 74), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) took the points ahead of Kim Kirchen (Columbia).
With the race full-on, the riders in front didn't even slow as passed through the feed zone at km 85.5. and many missed out on their lunches. Damiano Cunego (Lampre), George Hincapie (Columbia) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) were amongst others were in the second group, desperately trying to come back, with Cunego doing a lot of the work himself. But Lampre also received some help from Quick Step, and the gap came down to 20 seconds at the feed zone.
They finally made it with 66 kilometres to the line, just before tackling the Cat. 2 Col d'Entremont. There was an immediate counter from Josep Jufré (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne), again. The two got a gap, and some company when Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) went after them.
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Team Columbia in the front of the bunch let the four-men escape have their way. The leaders had a 37 seconds-gap with 2.5 kilometres to go to the summit of the mountain.
De La Fuente passed ahead of Jufré, Sánchez and Nibali over the top to score some more KOM points, which would later give him the polka dot jersey. The bunch crested the summit 1'15 minutes behind, with Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) trying to bridge over to the break, but he never succeeded.
Halfway into the climb, two more riders quit the Tour: Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) and John Gadret (AG2R).
The next climb, the Cat. 2 Pas de Puy Mary (km117) was less hectic. The breakaway had two minutes over the bunch, with Le Mevel still hanging in there doing a chasse-patate. As he was caught, Eukaltel-Euskadi's Mikel Astarloza also tried to bridge up with four kilometres to the summit, but suffered a similar fate than the Frenchman later on.
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On a foggy mountaintop, De La Fuente scored another 10 points for the KOM jersey. On the descent, the Spaniard got scared and dropped a bit off the back. But he managed to stick with his breakaway companions nonetheless, catching up with them with 29 km to go.
20 kilometres to the line, Astarloza was caught by the bunch, which started putting some pressure on as it was still over one minute behind the leaders.
The Cat. 3 Côte de Saint-Jean-de-Donne (km 150) was the last climb of the day. De La Fuente was eager to get to the top first, as this would give him the polka dot jersey. He did so, saving a small margin ahead of the chasing bunch, out of which Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) attacked. But he was marked by Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) and did not get far.
In the descent towards Aurillac, De La Fuente continued his efforts, with the former breakaway riders all being caught. he sat up with 7.5 kilometres to go, seeing it was no use.
The climb had split the field, however, but the overall favourites were all together in the first group. Four kilometres to the line, the winning move went with Sanchez opening up a 20 seconds-gap. A reward for all of today's efforts, the Spaniard could hold his advantage all the way and saluted the heavens as he crossed the line. Yellow jersey Kim Kirchen (Columbia) crossed the finish in fourth position, securing his overall lead.
Photography
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- The jersey wearers line up on the front row in Brioude.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) rolls out behind leader Kim Kirchen (Columbia).
- Kirchen chews the fat with team-mate and best young rider Thomas Lövkvist.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) has one final look round but is well clear for the win.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) foiled the favourites to win stage seven in Aurillac.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) punches the air with delight after netting his team's second stage win at this Tour.
- The yellow jersey group sprints in for second behind Sánchez.
- Luis León Sánchez dedicated the victory to his brother who died in an accident in 2006.
- Sánchez accepts the kisses as stage winner.
- Exit stage left: today's winner makes his way to the post-race press conference.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) defended his lead on a tough, undulating stage.
- Kirchen kept an eye on all his rivals and finished fourth on the stage.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval - Scott) is the new leader of the mountains competition.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- David Millar (Garmin Chipotle) goes on the attack on the Côte de Fraisse.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) had a special bike for today's stage.
- CSC-Saxo Bank did its utmost to smash the race to pieces after the peloton was broken into two groups.
- Fabian Cancellara and his CSC-Saxo Bank team drive the front group.
- Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) shadowed by Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia).
- Jens Voigt (CSC-Saxo Bank) powers the yellow jersey group.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) has a few words for his team-mate.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) bridged up to the leaders on the final climb.
- He's back! German Didi Senft, otherwise know as the devil, was out to support the riders today.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) on the final climb of Saint-Jean-de-Donne.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) sweeps through a corner on the final descent before Aurillac.
- Closely followed by Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas).
- How about that! Luis León Sánchez broke away on the final climb to take victory.
- Caisse d'Epargne will be a force to be reckoned with once the race hits the mountains.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) takes the sprint for second.
- And has a little look across at the yellow jersey. Small revenge for yesterday perhaps.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) rolls into the finish at the back of the yellow jersey group.
- The face of Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) shows what a hard day it was.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) crashed today and lost around 30 seconds.
- The team congratulate their stage winner.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) is presented with his second yellow jersey.
- Kirchen adds another lion to his collection.
- And some more podium smooches.
Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
- Warm, sunny conditions greeted the riders in Aurillac for the start of stage seven.
- The promotional girls were smiling as always.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) is riding a retro-style Cannondale Super Six.
- Little and large: Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) is dwarfed by Johan Van Summeren (Silence - Lotto).
- 'Are you talkin' to me?'
- Team Garmin Chipotle leads the teams classification.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) signs a few polka dot jerseys.
- Frenchman David Le Lay (Agritubel) signs autographs for young fans.
- Hubert Dupont (AG2R La Mondiale) gets interviewed by Tour announcer Daniel Mangeas.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) - dreaming of victory at the start?
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) share a few words at the start.
- Valverde's right leg was still bandaged after his crash on Wednesday.
- Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) has a laugh. The Spaniard was in an altogether more somber mood later in the day after news broke of his positive test for EPO.
- And they're off! Stage seven of the Tour is go.
- The sprinters wind it up for the first intermediate sprint at Saint-Flour.
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) takes the points.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) celebrates his first victory at the Tour.
- Sánchez enjoys the praise from his team.
- And the applause of the crowd.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) continues to walk on water.
- Kirchen is looking at home in the maillot jaune.
- The Luxemburger also holds the green jersey.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval - Scott) took over the polka dot jersey of mountains leader.
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Magnus Backstedt (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) comes in totally exhausted and dejected as he didn't make the time cut.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Some want to see racers to go back to all using the same kind of bicycles.
- Message on a bottle
- The start town
- Le Tour fever
- The hexagon
- Départ fictif
- Time trialer
- The caravane pub
- Entertaining the public before the race
- The lion of France
- The caravane pub
- Polka dot car
- Supermarket Champion sponsors the polka dot
- Free ads
- The caravane pub
- The caravane pub
- The caravane pub
- Something for the kids
- Haribo makes kids happy
- Movie theatre ad
- Classic!
- Voeckler fans
- Sponsors enjoying the chance to shine.
- Gas ad
- Free stuff is what the public wants
- The green jersey signed by Kim Kirchen.
- Jonathan Vaughters
- Christian Vande Velde gets interviewed
- The Française des Jeux car
- The Saunier Duval monster truck
- The Saunier bus is gigantic
- My name is Riis – Bjarne Riis
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) gives an interview
- Andy Schleck lost some time in the finale on stage 6 put is otherwise in good spirits.
Results
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.52.53 (40.964 km/h) 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 13 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 18 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.33 25 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 26 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 27 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 29 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 31 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 32 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 38 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 40 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 42 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 49 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 50 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 54 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 55 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 56 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 57 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.30 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 61 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 62 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 63 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 67 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 3.17 68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 72 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 73 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 79 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.38 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.36 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 83 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.24 85 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 87 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8.28 88 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 10.57 89 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 91 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 93 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 96 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 97 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 98 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 99 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 100 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 101 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 103 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 104 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 15.02 105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 106 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 107 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15.15 108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.14 109 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.16 110 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.53 111 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 114 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 116 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 118 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 120 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 122 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 124 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 126 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 128 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 129 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 131 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 132 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 134 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 135 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 136 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 137 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 138 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 140 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 141 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 144 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 145 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 146 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 147 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 148 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 149 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 150 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 151 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 152 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 154 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 155 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 156 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 157 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 158 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 160 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 162 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 163 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 165 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 167 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 168 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 169 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 170 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 171 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne HD Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 32.25 DNF Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale Sprints Saint-Flour, 46.5 km 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 6 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2 Paulhac, 74.0 km 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 4 3 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 Saint-Simon, 148.0 km 1 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 pts 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 Mountains Côte de Fraisse (Cat. 3), 11.0 km 1 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 4 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Côte de Villedieu (Cat. 4), 52.0 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 pts 2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 Col d'Entremont (Cat. 2), 101.5 km 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 10 pts 2 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7 5 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 6 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 5 Pas de Peyrol (Puy Mary) (Cat. 2), 117.0 km 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 10 pts 2 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 5 Côte de Saint-Jean-de-Donne (Cat. 3), 150.0 km 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Young rider 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.52.53 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.06 3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.33 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 8 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10.57 11 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 15.02 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.53 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 18 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 19 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 22 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 23 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 24 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 25 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Most aggressive rider 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 11.38.51 2 Saunier Duval - Scott 0.06 3 Team CSC Saxo Bank 4 Liquigas 5 Gerolsteiner 0.33 6 Rabobank 1.00 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 AG2R-La Mondiale 9 Credit Agricole 1.27 10 Barloworld 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Silence - Lotto 2.57 13 Team Columbia 14 Quick Step 3.17 15 Team Milram 3.24 16 Lampre 4.11 17 Francaise des Jeux 6.08 18 Garmin Chipotle 11.24 19 Agritubel 22.47 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 24.44 General classification after stage 7 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 28.23.40 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.06 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.44 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.03 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12 7 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.14 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.21 9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27 12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.34 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.56 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.58 15 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.03 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.07 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2.09 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.16 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.19 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.20 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.31 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.33 23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2.55 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3.01 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 3.03 26 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 3.20 27 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.41 28 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.52 29 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.32 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.33 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4.34 33 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.57 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 5.17 35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.59 36 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.00 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.36 38 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 6.39 39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.03 40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 7.18 41 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 7.24 42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.31 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8.18 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.26 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.42 46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8.52 47 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8.53 48 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.13 49 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 9.59 50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10.17 51 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 10.27 52 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10.51 53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 11.05 54 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.01 55 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.20 56 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 12.36 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.46 58 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.50 59 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.53 60 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 14.13 62 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.22 63 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.38 64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 14.49 65 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.29 66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.36 67 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 17.39 68 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 17.49 69 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.45 70 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.30 71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 19.44 72 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.14 73 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20.22 74 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 20.27 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 20.57 76 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 21.33 77 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.02 78 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.07 79 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 22.10 80 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.21 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.53 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 23.22 83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23.36 84 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 23.39 85 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 23.56 86 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24.22 87 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.29 88 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 25.31 89 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 26.41 90 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 27.35 91 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.11 92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.13 93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.29 94 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28.42 95 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.22 96 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.28 97 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 29.49 98 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29.50 99 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 30.08 100 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.45 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 30.47 102 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.32 103 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 31.38 104 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 32.09 105 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 32.12 106 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.29 107 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 32.40 108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 33.06 109 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33.12 110 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.37 111 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 33.53 112 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 33.57 113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 34.01 114 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 34.10 115 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34.51 116 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 35.28 117 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35.36 118 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 36.12 119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 36.14 120 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 36.20 121 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 36.42 122 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.58 123 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.05 124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 37.13 125 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 37.27 126 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.33 127 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 37.41 128 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.46 129 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 38.21 130 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 39.00 131 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 39.11 132 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 39.44 133 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 40.02 134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 41.47 135 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42.10 136 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 42.24 137 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 42.44 138 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 42.48 139 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 43.01 140 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 43.08 141 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43.27 142 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 43.53 143 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 43.57 144 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 44.05 145 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 44.40 146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 44.46 147 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 45.07 148 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 45.15 149 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 45.17 150 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 45.33 151 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 45.46 152 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 45.48 153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 46.07 154 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.13 155 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.21 156 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 46.53 157 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 46.57 158 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 47.34 159 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 47.43 160 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 47.50 161 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48.13 162 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48.38 163 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.01 164 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49.35 165 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 50.17 166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 50.22 167 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.49 168 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 52.11 169 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52.58 170 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.12 171 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57.45 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 119 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 91 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 90 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 72 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 66 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 62 8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 51 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 49 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 49 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 15 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 42 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 40 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 20 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 21 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 37 22 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 34 23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 25 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 29 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 29 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 27 30 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 31 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 26 32 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 33 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 25 35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 25 36 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 38 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 23 39 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 40 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 22 41 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 42 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 43 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 44 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 19 45 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 46 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 47 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 49 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 50 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 51 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 52 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 14 53 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 54 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 11 57 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 58 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 11 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10 61 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 62 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 63 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 66 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 67 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 68 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 69 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 4 70 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 71 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 72 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 73 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 74 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 77 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 78 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 79 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 7 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 12 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 15 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10 16 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 18 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 19 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 20 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 22 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 24 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 25 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 26 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 28 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 30 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 28.25.01 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.37 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.46 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.59 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.40 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.20 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.31 8 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 6.03 9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.32 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 24.10 11 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 25.20 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 30.17 13 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.08 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 32.32 15 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 34.59 16 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 36.06 17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 41.03 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 41.27 19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 42.36 20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42.44 21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 43.54 22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 44.12 23 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 46.13 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47.40 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 49.01 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.28 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 85.13.26 2 Team Columbia 2.52 3 Caisse d'Epargne 3.29 4 Liquigas 3.50 5 Gerolsteiner 4.41 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.52 7 Saunier Duval - Scott 6.04 8 AG2R-La Mondiale 6.25 9 Barloworld 6.32 10 Rabobank 7.32 11 Credit Agricole 8.56 12 Lampre 9.28 13 Bouygues Telecom 10.13 14 Garmin Chipotle 10.59 15 Silence - Lotto 11.27 16 Quick Step 12.03 17 Team Milram 17.09 18 Francaise des Jeux 20.08 19 Agritubel 29.42 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 29.43
