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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 8 - Saturday, July 12: Figeac - Toulouse, 172.5km
Columbia carries Cavendish to second stage victory
USA team celebrates with second stage and Kirchen's race lead
By Gregor Brown in Toulouse, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake
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Team Columbia ushered its sprint captain Mark Cavendish over the rain-soaked roads of Toulouse and to a second stage win in the 95th Tour de France. German team-mate Gerald Ciolek powered on after his lead-out to claim second over Frenchman Jimmy Casper.
"For Ciolek to finish second was beautiful," described Cavendish, 23 years old from the Isle of Man.
Not only did 'The Manx Express' have the help of Ciolek, but also team-mate and race leader Kim Kirchen. The 30 year-old Luxemburger pulled double-duty leading to Boulevard Lascrosses by helping Cavendish and keeping safe in the race leader's top.
With the last two of the four escapees hanging on by seconds, the day into France's southwestern département of Haute-Garonne was destined for a sprint win. Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) were left for the peloton's picking with 13 kilometres remaining and only nine seconds separated Spaniard Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Frenchman Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) with five kilometres to go in the 172.5-kilometre stage.
"When I am away it always comes back," said Pineau. "I thought the escape could work until the last four kilometres. ... I will continue to attack every chance I can."
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Liquigas and Crédit Agricole turned the screws on Pineau and company in the final 20 kilometres for its captains Francesco Chicchi and Thor Hushovd. The reins changed hands in the final four kilometres to Quick Step and Columbia. Led by Marcus Burghardt, Columbia finished off the escape at 3500 metres out. Belgian's Quick Step followed with a brief surge for Gert Steegmans.
"We did a lead-out for Mark by taking over at five kilometres before the finish. Everyone did their job really well. It is amazing with two stage wins and the yellow jersey," described Burghardt, the 2007 winner of Gent-Wevelgem. His lead-out was followed by Thomas Lövkvist, George Hincapie, Kirchen and Gerald Ciolek.
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Lövkvist took over from Burghardt at 2200 metres, along the Rue de Lyon. Havoc plagued the Columbia train entering a right-hand turn and the final kilometre. Quick Step took control with Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) moving into third and fourth slot
"It was a really tight corner to the right," said Cavendish of the turn that started the last 1000 metres. "I did not panic, although I lost the wheel of Ciolek. He was three places ahead of me, but it was not a problem. I could move up and when he accelerated I had a perfect lead-out."
Freire held on for fourth over Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner), Erik Zabel (Team Milram), Steegmans, Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Robert Hunter (Barloworld).
"The last corner I lost seven metres and then I was no good for the sprint. I tried but it was impossible," said Spain's Freire, who took over the lead of the maillot vert from Kirchen.
Norwegian Hushovd, winner of the stage to Saint Brieuc, slipped ahead of his lead-out Mark Renshaw during the final kilometre. "It was a very fast sprint on slippery roads," Hushovd described. "I felt good throughout stage, but eventually I lacked the force to launch the sprint."
How it unfolded
170 riders started the day after stage seven brought a few DNFs, one rider not making the time cut and one arrested on suspicion of doping. Unlike the previous days there was no intermittent rain or showers; instead, it rained from start to finish.
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The action started quickly although Will Frischkorn (Team Garmin-Chipotle) was again denied to be in the move of the day. With the first climb, the côte de Loupiac, after only nine kilometres, Saunier Duval-Scott wanted to make sure that David De La Fuente would get the mountain points and he managed to do just that ahead of Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
While De La Fuente sat up, Gerrans and Martínez continued off the front. But they were soon caught too and further attempts to go clear were kept in check by an attentive peloton. It wasn't until after more than 35 kilometres when Stéphane Goubert (AG2R La Mondiale) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) got ahead in a promising move. Soon it was Lefèvre by himself, and he crossed the côte de Macarou solo. Behind, De La Fuente added more points to his mountains tally, with Yoann Le Boulanger (Française des Jeux) taking third over the top.
Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) countered the move, followed by Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale). After 52.5 kilometres, Lefèvre was still ahead over the top of the côte de Guioni. The trio followed 1'30 later, led by Txurruka and Riblon over the top.
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The gaps and the order were the same at the sprint in Salvetat-Peyrales (km 57.5) when the bunch was already almost five minutes behind.
Over the final climb of the day, the côte du Port de la Besse (km 78.5) Lefèvre was 1'40 ahead. Txurruka was leading the break again as it crested the summit. This time, Pineau was in third, ahead of Riblon, who still got one point for the category three climb.
After 80 kilometres the break came within half a minute of Lefèvre, who had decided to wait. The junction was made at kilometre 83. The peloton kept its gap at around five minutes.
The sprint in Carmaux after 85 kilometres was taken by Riblon, ahead of Lefèvre and Txurruka. With more than 100 kilometres already raced in the rain, Riblon had had enough of his tubulars. He changed his back wheel to one with a clincher tire. Then, the peloton took the opportunity for a mass nature break, so the gap stayed fairly constant, at a good five minutes.
At 57 kilometres form the finish, Crédit Agricole decided to assist Columbia in the chase. Crédit Agricole was hoping to have Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) win the stage and stay in contention for the green jersey.
With 49 kilometres to go, a roundabout spelled trouble for some riders, who slipped when they entered into it. Jens Voigt (CSC-Saxo Bank) was one of the victims, but he calmly collected his bottles and went on. Gerald Ciolek (Columbia) also was back up quickly. However, Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott), took a long time to get going. He rode slowly for some time before picking up speed again.
The break's gap shrunk to 2'15.
Lefèvre won the last sprint in Rabastens, after 134.5 kilometres, ahead of Txurruka and Pineau.
With 33 kilometres to go and the break almost visible from the main peloton, Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) went clear, but were soon recaptured. The ever aggressive Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) was the next to give it a go. He came within 17 seconds of the break before realizing that the move wasn't going to work.
The bunch cut the gap to the quartet in front to less than a minute in the meantime, with rain still coming down hard. The break hit the 20-kilometre to go banner still some 45 seconds behind the break.
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The gap didn't go down an further as of the 15-kilometre mark. The break started to believe in its chances, but also all four believed they could do better without the others, so the attacking started. Bouygues Telecom had a good shot with two riders, and under the encouragement of Didier Rous in the team car, Pineau went clear with Txurruka.
Liquigas did a lot of work in the peloton, but couldn't get much closer. With ten kilometres to go, Lefèvre and Riblon were caught. The gap to the two leaders had shrunk to 37 seconds.
When Liquigas, Crédit Agricole, Quick Step and Gerolsteiner hit the front, the gap shrunk still more and with six kilometres to it was only 21 seconds. As the duo went under the five-kilometre to go sign, the lead was just ten seconds.
With 3.5 kilometres to go Columbia took over at the front, but was then replaced by Quick Step. Despite the wet roads, the final corner more than one kilometre from the line was safely mastered by everyone. Ciolek finished the job off for Columbia by leading out Mark Cavendish to a win.
Stage 9 - Sunday, July 13: Toulouse - Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km
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The Tour will head upwards into the high passes of the Pyrenees. Leaving the city of Toulouse, the course heads south and east over a number of small hills, until it reaches Luchon where the climbing really starts. The two first category Cols de Peyresourde and Aspin are not the toughest climbs of the Tour, but both are tough enough to punish anyone who isn't on top form. A descent to the finish should make that any gaps between the contenders small.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre features on the Tour route on a regular basis, sitting as it does at the foot of the infamous Col du Tourmalet, which the race tackles in stage 10, but has only been a start or finish town nine times before. Recently, the town has tended to feature as a start town, rather than a finish. The last time was that incredible day in 2003 when Lance Armstrong took stage victory at Luz-Ardiden. He stormed away to win alone after being brought down by a spectator's bag at the foot of the final climb, the incident leading to the "did Ullrich wait?" debate that kept internet chat rooms buzzing for years afterwards.
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- It's all blue at the front as Cavendish wins ahead of team-mate Ciolek. Zabel (l) and Förster (hidden) were in the top six.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes out the second win.
- A happy Cav proved the strongest in the rain.
- Number two for Cav
- It was a wet day out there.
- Kirchen in yellow was well protected by his team-mates.
- Columbia passes a scenic bridge ahead of the bunch.
- Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) takes a drink during his solo effort.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- De La Fuente was optimistic to defend his jersey.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) relaxed before the start.
- Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) at the start.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) was eager to defend his polka dot jersey.
- Cunego climbs on his machine
- Cunego waits for the start flag to drop.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) deep in thought before stage eight.
- Evans thought a repeat of yesterday and its hectic racing was possible.
- The early jumping to get breaks established.
- Almost all the teams were represented in the early efforts to get a break going.
- George Hincapie is always close to team leader Kim Kirchen.
- George Hincapie (Columbia) radios in for instructions.
- The break of the day rolling past sun flower fields, but there was no sun today.
- A wet summer in France between the wheat and the sun flower fields.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) getting his feed safely, as he was in the break.
- Rubén Pérez with a puncture
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) needed a rain cape just like the other dudes.
- Baden Cooke (Barloworld) rolls over wet roads
- Saunier Duval does a team time trial to get Riccardo Riccò back into the peloton after his crash.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) leads a small break
- Cavendish takes the win
- Riccò looked in pain after a spill in a roundabout.
- Riccò not a happy camper
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) gets treated from the Tour doctor.
- Riccò hangs on to the doc's car while getting treatment for his crash injuries.
- Ouch! The pain from the crash hurts just as much as the disinfectant.
- Riccò at the rolling hospital
- A soft touch on the knee can work wonders.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) is not happy with the weather.
- Cunego rides in the rain
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes out the win in a rainy finish.
- Cavendish got his second stage win.
- Cav is the only who smiles while the sprinters look dejected, including his team-mate Ciolek.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) rolls to the finish.
- The mood is good these days in team Columbia.
- Cav takes number two
- Kirchen's yellow dream continues.
- Kirchen gets another yellow jersey
- Bernard Hinault is le patron on the podium.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) celebrates
- Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) checks in with the team after the finish.
- Kirchen after the wet stage
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Castles aren't uncommon here
- The neutral start
- Reading up on the news
- Art on the Tour
- Liquigas in high demand
- The Liquigas management had lots of explaining to do
- The press was all over Liquigas
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) sums up the day
Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
- A local painter shows off his work.
- Vasseur and Miss Sport Belgium share some training details.
- 'The Tour forever'
- Bernhard Kohl is thinking about the day ahead in the rain.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) rolls up to the start.
- Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) gets ready for the wet battle.
- Fabian Cancellara and Kurt-Asle Arvesen unwrap their early Christmas presents.
- De La Fuente shares a laugh and that's easy, having the polka dot.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) gets ready to defend his mountains lead.
- Julian Dean is wondering why the Tour doesn't have more sprint finishes this year.
- Hey! Did you just let air out of my tyre???
- Riders waiting for the start
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) figured that in the neutral section the helmet rule doesn't apply. Every opportunity to save his hair from getting smashed.
- Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) was all smiles despite the miserable weather.
- Lefèvre broke away solo before being joined by three others.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) waves to the crowd
- Two victories for the Manxman
- A water company provides the sprinters prize. Is that a sign in the fight against doping?
- Cavendish all smiles with his flowers
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) gets another yellow jersey
- Kirchen with the lion
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) took over the lead in the battle for green.
- Freire gets flowers and kisses
- Triple green on the podium
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) on the podium
- Kisses for the polka dot man
- De La Fuente extended his one point lead today
- Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia) is the best youngster
- Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) was the most aggressive rider of the day.
- ...which also earned him a kiss
- Lefèvre celebrates
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.02.54 (42.61km/h) 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 27 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 29 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 38 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 44 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 45 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 46 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 53 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 56 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 58 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 66 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 67 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 70 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 71 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 77 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 78 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 80 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 82 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 83 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 85 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 87 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 89 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 91 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 92 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 94 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 97 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 105 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 107 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 108 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 111 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 112 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 113 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 114 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 115 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 118 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 119 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 120 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 121 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 123 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 125 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 126 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 127 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 129 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 130 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 132 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 134 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 137 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 138 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 141 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 142 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 146 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.30 147 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 148 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.01 149 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07 150 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.09 151 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 152 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 154 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.15 156 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.06 157 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.27 158 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 159 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 160 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4.42 162 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 163 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 164 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 165 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 167 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 168 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 169 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 6.35 170 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.17 Sprints Sprint 1 - La Salvetat-Peyrales (57.5km) 1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 Sprint 2 - Carmaux (85.0km) 1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 pts 2 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Sprint 3 - Rabastens (134.5km) 1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 Sprint 4 (final) - Toulouse (172.5km) 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 35 pts 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 30 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 26 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 24 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 19 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 17 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 16 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 15 12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 11 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 4 23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Côte de Loupiac (9.0km) 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 pts 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountain 2 - Côte de Macarou (36.5km) 1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Mountain 3 - Côte de la Guionie (52.5km) 1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Mountain 4 - Côte du Port de la Besse (70.5km) 1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Best young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.02.54 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 10 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 17 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 19 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.30 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.09 24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.27 25 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.42 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux Most aggressive rider 1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Team Columbia 12.08.42 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Rabobank 4 Agritubel 5 Team Milram 6 Credit Agricole 7 Quick Step 8 Liquigas 9 Barloworld 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Garmin Chipotle 12 Silence - Lotto 13 Caisse D'Epargne 14 Saunier Duval - Scott 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 16 Lampre 17 Team CSC Saxo Bank 18 AG2R-La Mondiale 19 Francaise Des Jeux 20 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 8 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 32.26.34 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 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.41 27 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.52 28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.32 30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.33 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4.34 32 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.57 33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 5.17 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.59 35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.00 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.36 37 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 6.39 38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.03 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 7.18 40 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 7.24 41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.31 42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8.18 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.26 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.42 45 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8.52 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8.53 47 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.13 48 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 9.59 49 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10.17 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 10.27 51 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10.51 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 11.05 53 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.01 54 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.20 55 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 12.36 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.46 57 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.50 58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.53 59 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 60 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 14.13 61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.22 62 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.38 63 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 14.49 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 17.39 65 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 17.49 66 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.45 67 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.30 68 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 19.44 69 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.14 70 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 20.27 71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 20.57 72 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.09 73 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.11 74 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.18 75 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 21.33 76 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.02 77 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.07 78 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 22.10 79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.21 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.53 81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 23.22 82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23.36 83 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 23.39 84 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 23.56 85 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24.22 86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.29 87 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 26.41 88 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 27.35 89 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.11 90 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.29 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.20 92 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.22 93 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 29.43 94 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 29.49 95 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29.50 96 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 30.08 97 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30.13 98 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.45 99 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 30.47 100 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.32 101 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 31.38 102 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.29 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 32.40 104 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 33.06 105 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33.12 106 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.37 107 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 33.53 108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 33.57 109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 34.01 110 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.10 111 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 112 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 35.28 113 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35.36 114 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 36.12 115 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 36.14 116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 36.20 117 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 36.42 118 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 36.51 119 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 36.57 120 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.05 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 37.13 122 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 37.27 123 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.46 124 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.07 125 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 38.21 126 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 38.47 127 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 38.50 128 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 39.00 129 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 39.11 130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 39.44 131 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 40.02 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42.10 133 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 42.24 134 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 43.08 135 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43.27 136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 43.53 137 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 44.05 138 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 44.07 139 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 44.27 140 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 44.40 141 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.50 142 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 45.07 143 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 45.15 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 45.17 145 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 45.33 146 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 45.46 147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 45.55 148 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 46.07 149 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.13 150 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.21 151 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46.28 152 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 46.29 153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 46.53 154 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 46.57 155 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 47.03 156 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 47.26 157 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 47.43 158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 47.50 159 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48.13 160 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48.38 161 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.01 162 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 50.01 163 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 50.17 164 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.49 165 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52.02 166 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 52.11 167 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.04 168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55.25 169 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.12 170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 58.54 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 119 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 119 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 105 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 92 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 86 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 82 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 64 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 62 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 60 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 56 12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 55 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 19 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 42 21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 40 23 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 24 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 38 25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 38 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 37 27 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 34 28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 31 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 33 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28 34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 35 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 26 37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 25 39 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 25 40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 42 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 43 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 22 44 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 45 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 48 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 49 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 50 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 51 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 54 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 14 55 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 56 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 59 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 11 60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 61 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10 63 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 64 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 65 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 66 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 67 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 7 68 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 70 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 72 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 73 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 75 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 76 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 77 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 78 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 79 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 80 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 81 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 82 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 83 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 84 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 34 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 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10 17 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 19 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 20 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 21 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 22 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 28 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 29 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 32 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 34 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 35 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 36 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 37 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 Best young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 32.27.55 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 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 25.20 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28.52 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 (GBr) Barloworld 36.06 17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 41.03 18 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42.44 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 42.46 20 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 43.06 21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 43.54 22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 44.12 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47.40 24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.40 25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.28 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 53.43 Team classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 97.22.08 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
