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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 22: Cuneo - Jausiers, 157km

Second French win sees small GC shake-up

Vande Velde and Menchov lose ground in yellow jersey battle

By Bjorn Haake and Laura Weislo with reporting from Gregor Brown and Hedwig Kröner in Jausiers.

Frenchman Cyril Dessel (AG2R) outsprints compatriot Sandy Casar (Francaise des Jeux)
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AG2R La Mondiale's Cyril Dessel became the second Frenchman to win a stage of this year's Tour on the 157 kilometre route from Cuneo to Jausiers. On a day which passed over two massive climbs including the 2,802m Bonnett-Restefond peak, Dessel was part of a large breakaway which shattered on the final climb and came to the line as a group of four on the long and technical descent. He out-sprinted Sandy Casar (FdJ) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) to take revenge for his narrow miss at a victory in 2006. Maillot jaune Fränk Schleck retained the jersey heading into tomorrow's stage to Alpe d'Huez.

For Dessel, positioning was everything in the tight finishing sprint. Arroyo was the first one to attack, trying to get himself in the best spot. But in a drag race on the short straight stretches between curves, Dessel shot past Arroyo, clearly having done his homework. "I knew that if I could take the last turn ahead of the others, I could win. In fact, when I came out of the last corner, I heard someone scream 'You have won!' But I didn't want to take my hands off the bars." The finish area was so tight that riders had to make an immediate right after the sprint.

Silence-Lotto's Yaroslav Popovych was fourth on the stage, and was part of a popular strategy by the teams interested in the overall classification. All the teams of the major contenders were represented in the break in order to provide a buffer for their leaders. But the fireworks which team CSC-Saxo Bank exploded on the Hautacam stage didn't go off today, and all the GC men except for Garmin-Chipotle's Christian Vande Velde were able to stay in contact with yellow jersey Fränk Schleck on the eye-popping altitude of the final climb.

The treacherous descent to the finish, however, was a different situation, and Menchov was hesitant on the tight bends and lost 35 seconds. Vande Velde, who topped the climb 30 seconds behind the yellow jersey group, crashed on the descent and lost 2'36".

Schleck looked comfortable on the climb
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Schleck was relieved to have defended the yellow jersey, in particular on the dangerous descent which stirred up memories of his crash at the Tour de Suisse. "The last down down hill was very tricky and I had a lot of flash backs – of Pereiro and of my crash in Suisse where I flipped over the guardrail.

"At the Tour presentation in Brittany, Bernard Hinault told me some tricks and those seemed to have worked," Schleck admitted. "I am happy I was able to get some time on Menchov. The most important thing is that we win in Paris with the team – if it is me or Carlos Sastre."

CSC-Saxo Bank took control of the group of favourites once again with Andy Schleck setting a blistering pace up the final climb of the day to whittle down the group of favourites to ten riders. One of the victims was Vincenzo Nibali, who lost his lead in the young rider classification. "Andy Schleck was firing today and he also showed it two days ago." Andy Schleck on the other hand was pleased to take the lead in the under-25 competition. "It's great. I am very content. If I still have it tomorrow, I hope I can keep it."

Andy's brother Fränk was equally upbeat about the day's outcome. "Having two jerseys in the same team and in fact in the same family is great." He kept on joking. "Maybe tomorrow we will change the jerseys, to confuse everyone."

The huge climb of the Bonette put Garmin-Chipotle's Vande Velde in a bit of trouble, but with the help of his team-mate he had ridden well to limit his losses on the climb. Disaster struck on the way down, however. "On the final climb I was in difficulty. I had a lot of help from Ryder [Hesjedal] – he did an amazing job. We were really close, I was only 35 seconds behind. Then, on the way down, I crashed along with the Cofidis guy. We completely lost our rhythm and it took us a while to get going again. ... Anything can happen tomorrow. It is not over by any means." The mishap dropped Vande Velde to sixth overall, 3'15 behind Fränk Schleck.

Russian team leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
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Denis Menchov (Rabobank) also had trouble with the fast and furious downhill. Riding conservatively, he got dropped from the group and tried to bridge back up with Columbia's Kim Kirchen and Lampre's Sylvester Szmyd. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), who had been tailed off at the top, passed Menchov and managed to catch the group of the yellow jersey with a bit of white-knuckle free-falling. Menchov was joined by Kirchen and Szmyd but could never quite close down the gap to the group of Schleck.

Gerolsteiner had a good day, even if stage victory eluded them. Schumacher entered the breakaway in defence of his team-mate Bernhard Kohl's overall position, and nearly soloed to victory. After riding for 70 kilometres alone in front of the chasing group, he was caught with six kilometres to the top of the final climb.

"I tried, but it just wasn't enough. On the climb, I couldn't hold the pace anymore. There was a lot of headwind on the final climb, too, so it was hard being on my own. And it was very long." Schumacher did win the most aggressive rider award of the day. "It's nice to be most combative rider. I never received the red number so I'll be proud to stick it on my jersey tomorrow."

Kohl was thankful for how the day turned out. "For us, the situation was perfect. Schumacher was in the big escape of the day, and I stayed with Sastre and Schleck. We took three minutes out of Vande Velde and 30 seconds out of Menchov. It was a really good performance."

Kohl still has a solid lead in the mountains classification, 25 points ahead of his team-mate Sebastian Lang and 30 ahead of Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). Kohl was already thinking about the next day. "Now, I am happy about my GC placing and about my polka dot jersey. Nobody was able to take that away from me today, and I'll be very honoured to wear it tomorrow on the stage to L'Alpe d'Huez."

John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld)
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A surprise rider in the final four was Yaroslav Popovych. The team-mate of Evans was expected to stay with his leader. Instead, Popovych had the green light to go for the stage win. The Ukrainian came up short in the end, but was happy with the race. "It was good because I made the escape. I covered the break to give the team something and also to try to race a little for myself. If something dangerous would have happened to Evans, certainly, I would have waited." With Popovych in the big break of the day that pedaled at times more than five minutes ahead of the peloton, such a move could have been costly in a mountain stage.

No rider demonstrated the danger of the descent of the Bonette more than Barloworld's John-Lee Augustyn. The South African was the first over the top, but early on the long downhill was trying to match the acceleration of riders who had caught up and misjudged a bend. He rode up and over an earthen embankment and slid down the loose rocky pitch for several metres. He was unhurt, but had to wait for a spare bike and lost all chances of a potential stage victory.

At the end of the stage, the top six was only slightly different than at the start. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) dropped one place each, while CSC's Carlos Sastre moved up into fourth. Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) continues to lead the race with his slim margin of seven seconds over Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) and eight seconds over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto).

How it unfolded

Stefan Schumacher put in a solo bid
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153 riders took the start at 12:32 under sunny skies. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) was the first to attack, of course, but he was quickly brought back. Chavanel was again in a group when the first sprint in Vignolo was hit after 20.5 kilometres. The Frenchman took the points ahead of George Hincapie (Columbia) and Bram Tankink (Rabobank).

Chavanel resisted for a while, but was then taken back into the wings of the peloton. His team-mate David Moncoutié was the next to go, at kilometre 26. 15 minutes later it was over for him, too.

Then Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole), Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) went off the front. In the first hour of racing the peloton covered 49 km/h.

A large group of 24 riders was on the attack behind. There were some interesting names in there. Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto), Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Jens Voigt (CSC-Saxo Bank), Haimar Zubeldia and Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), David Arroyo, Iván Gutiérrez and Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Marcus Burghardt, George Hincapie and Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia), John-Lee Augustyn and Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld), Murilo Fischer (Liquigas), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre), Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Juan Antonio Flecha and Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Danny Pate (Garmin Chipotle - H30)

At the second sprint in Vinadio, after 50 kilometres Dumoulin preceded Schumacher and Le Mével. The chase group was 1'40 behind, the peloton 4'25.

With the climb of the Col de la Lombarde starting there was a flurry of activity. Notably Voeckler and Schumacher accelerated out of the front group. Schumacher then continued by himself, with almost 60 kilometres covered.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre) stayed in the group
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Behind, Damiano Cunego and Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre), Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) shot out of the peloton. They were quickly joined by Pieter Weening (Rabobank), Matteo Carrara (Quick Step), Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) to take up the chase.

Burghardt and Freire on the other hand were dropped out of the front group.

Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), who barely made the time cut yesterday, had to abandon. He was suffering from stomach trouble.

Five kilometres from the top of the col de la Lombarde, Schumacher had 1'40 on his first chaser, Le Mevel. The Dessel-Zubeldia-Chavanel group was 4'15 back and the Cunego group a further minute behind.

Schumacher kept a steady pace and was the first back in to France. The border was marked by the top of the Col de la Lombarde. Le Mevel followed around two minutes later. Voeckler followed at 3'35, with the first chase group at 4'35. The remaining points were taken by Popovych, Siutsou, Voigt, Dessel, Augustyn, Rosseler and Gutierrez. The CSC-led bunch was down 9'25.

On the descent the Cunego group made junction with the other large group, making it a solid 30 riders strong. Le Mevel attempted to reach Schumacher by himself. He came within two minutes before losing ground.

When the peloton was almost done with the descent, Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne) slid out and and a rough fall onto a dirt parking lot. He created a lot of dust, but after a bit of treatment continued with a new bike.

The landscape looks like something from the moon.
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In Isola, Schumacher was the first to hit the feed zone. He got there five minutes before the chase group. With 45 kilometres remaining, Le Mevel was finally caught on the lower slopes of the Bonette. The leaders had its maximum gap of 12 minutes, and the peloton started to pick up the pace again, the gap now quickly diminishing.

The pace increased with the first vertical metres of the climb. Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) set the pace initially, but soon was replaced again by CSC. Cancellara hit the front and did his work before dropping back. The acceleration brought the gap to 10 minutes within only a couple of kilometres.

What was worse for Schumacher was the fact that the chase group was within three minutes and there were still 16 kilometres to the top of the climb. From the yellow jersey group, sprinters like Hushovd, Freire and Zabel said good-bye to the peloton. The latter was shrinking with every switchback.

With 14 kilometres to the top, the gap was still two and a half minutes to the chasers for Schumacher. He did lose ground to the bunch, only eight and a half minutes behind.

Cunego was the next one to have trouble. He couldn't answer an acceleration by the Valjavec. Further back white jersey Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) also had trouble following the rhythm.

The yellow jersey group nears the top of the Bonette
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The yellow jersey group was down to 10 riders. Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Fränk Schleck, Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Kim Kirchen (Columbia) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Notably missing was Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), who was some 30 seconds back.

Arvesen dropped back after having done his work for CSC.

Schumacher kept losing ground and was caught less than four kilometres from the summit. Popovych, Arroyo, Portal, Hincapie, Siutsou, Augustyn, Valjavec, Schumacher, Dessel and Casar were heading the charge now. Voigt was dropping back and briefly offering his services for CSC, before riding his own pace to finish the race.

In the front group, Augustyn accelerated to be the first over the top of the Cime de la Bonette-Restefond. Popovych, Arroyo, Dessel and Casar followed closely. Augustyn then overshot a sharp right hand bend and crashed spectacularly. He was able to continue, but the race for the stage win was over.

Valverde and Kirchen had trouble following the others near the summit.

Valverde was able to get across on the descent, but Kirchen didn't manage. He found himself with Menchov, who also wasn't fast enough going down, and Szmyd, who was in the break earlier and started to get passed by others.

The four leaders stayed away, setting it up for an exciting finish. Behind Menchov and Vande Velde lost some valuable time, with Fränk Schleck conserving his slim lead.

Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 23: Embrun - L'Alpe d'Huez, 210.5km

This is the stage that all climbers want to win. Those mythical 21 hairpin bends have become synonymous with the Tour de France and a year without the Alpe seems somehow to have something missing. This is a long stage that takes in the familiar – but no less brutal – Cols du Galibier and Croix de Fer, although as a change they are tackled in a different order from usual.

In all likelihood, the main contenders will sit behind their team-mates for as long as possible and look to make their move on the final steep climb to Alpe d'Huez. The non super-climbers high up in the overall will be looking to hold on for as long as possible. For the sprinters however, this will be a day of pure suffering.

The small town of Embrun must think all of its Christmases have come at once as this is their second stage of the Tour this year (they have been awarded the start of stage 15 due to rock falls in the Alps forcing a course change.) Alpe d'Huez on the other hand has hosted the Tour 25 times since that first time in 1952 when Fausto Coppi won, this equates to almost every other year.

Last time the Tour finished here, in 2006, it saw the emergence of Fränk Schleck (CSC), now wearing yellow, as he dropped riders like former Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre) on the way to victory.

Photography

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Results

1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 4.31.27 (34.70 km/h)
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                       
3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                  
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                0.03
5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                    0.24
6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                      
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                      
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   1.03
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                1.28
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                          
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                         
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                  
13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                               
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                           
16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                                     
17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     1.32
18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                   
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                       2.03
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                                              
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                              
22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                     2.36
23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                        
24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 3.21
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                        4.04
26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                  
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              4.13
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    
30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                     4.27
31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                               4.30
32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                               4.49
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                        5.13
34 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                     5.27
35 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                        
36 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 5.43
37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                 6.39
38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                            
39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                         
40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                       6.50
41 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   
42 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                             
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                7.50
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                             8.25
45 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                    10.18
46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                           
47 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           10.31
48 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            10.57
49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                             
50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                               
51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              11.49
52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                         11.58
53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             13.18
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                              
55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 13.49
56 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                                     
57 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     13.57
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               14.11
59 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                                  14.41
60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                                   
61 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                 
62 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
63 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                       15.29
64 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                         17.24
65 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    19.05
66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            19.36
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                          20.57
68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                         21.53
69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                       
70 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                      
71 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                       
72 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                                      
73 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                              
74 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        
75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
76 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
77 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                 
78 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                            
79 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                               
80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                                
81 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
82 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                              
83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                       24.19
84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                              
85 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                              
86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                         
87 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                             
88 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                             
89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                
90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                           
91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                             
92 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                         
93 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                        28.32
94 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            31.56
95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                       
96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                           
97 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                          
98 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                            
99 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           
100 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                          
102 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                   
103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                          
104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                                       
105 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                         
106 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                                           
107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                           
108 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      
109 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        
111 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                        
112 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                      
113 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                       
114 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                           
115 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                            
116 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                          
117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                       
118 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                          
119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                      
120 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                    
121 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                   
122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                                 
123 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                
124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    
125 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                               
126 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                            
127 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                           
128 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                           
129 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                     
130 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             
131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                               
132 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                                  
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
134 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                      
135 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                        
136 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    
137 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    
138 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                      
139 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                            
140 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   
141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                         
142 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
143 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 
144 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                          
145 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                       
146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                                             
147 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                                          
148 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   
149 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                        
150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                                     
151 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     
HD  Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                    39.13
DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              
 
Sprints
 
Vignolo - 20.5 km
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  6 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                       4
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                               2
 
Vinadio - 50.0 Km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   6 pts
2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      4
3 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                 2
 
Jausiers - 157.0 Km
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                      20 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                     17
3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                15
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                  13
5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                      12
6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                    10
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                     9
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      8
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                   7
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                         6
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                        5
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 4
13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       3
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                              2
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                          1
 
Mountains
 
Col de la Lombarde (HC), 72.5 Km
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     20 pts
2 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                18
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   16
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                  14
5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                  12
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    10
7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                       8
8 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                        7
9 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                       6
10 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               5
 
Cime de la Bonette-Restefond (HC), 133.5 Km
1 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                       40 pts
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                      36
3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                32
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                  28
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                     24
6 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                      20
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                    16
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                  14
9 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                    12
10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    10
 
Young rider
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                             4.32.55
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                         2.36
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 2.45
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                         3.45
5 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                     3.59
6 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                               13.13
7 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                  
8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                        14.01
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                   20.25
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                              
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                        22.51
12 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                  30.28
13 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                    
14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                       
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                           
16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
17 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                                  
18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                            
19 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                       
20 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                             
21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                         
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                                      
23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   13.36.13
2 Team Columbia                                                                          2.07
3 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                                     2.32
4 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                                       3.02
5 Silence - Lotto                                                                        6.18
6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                                          12.17
7 Lampre                                                                                12.36
8 Liquigas                                                                              14.15
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                                      14.16
10 Gerolsteiner                                                                         14.36
11 Credit Agricole                                                                      15.48
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                                  17.11
13 Rabobank                                                                             17.47
14 Francaise des Jeux                                                                   27.30
15 Agritubel                                                                            29.57
16 Garmin Chipotle                                                                      30.58
17 Team Milram                                                                          38.06
18 Barloworld                                                                           40.58
19 Quick Step                                                                           52.12
 
General classification after stage 16
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                           68.30.16
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                       0.07
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                      0.08
4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                        0.49
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                           1.13
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                               3.15
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                        3.23
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     4.11
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      4.38
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 5.23
11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                               6.58
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                           7.43
13 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   8.03
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                               9.01
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                        9.07
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                        9.51
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               11.19
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                 12.32
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                            16.49
20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                       17.44
21 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                18.10
22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                              19.10
23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                              19.48
24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                    20.19
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                21.10
26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 22.05
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                        24.59
28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                              25.04
29 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                      25.18
30 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                                         32.39
31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                  32.49
32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              33.50
33 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            34.00
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     35.15
35 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                              37.40
36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    38.42
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                44.18
38 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                  44.59
39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                       53.50
40 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            55.25
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                          55.50
42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                         56.14
43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 58.19
44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                       1.00.20
45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   1.00.29
46 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                              1.01.26
47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                1.02.03
48 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                       1.04.47
49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                        1.05.54
50 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                 1.06.44
51 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          1.07.20
52 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         1.07.39
53 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 1.09.02
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             1.12.10
55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           1.13.38
56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                  1.15.40
57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1.16.22
58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                              1.17.07
59 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     1.17.37
60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           1.17.41
61 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            1.18.49
62 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          1.19.36
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                               1.21.36
64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                            1.21.56
65 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                    1.23.05
66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                        1.24.07
67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                       1.25.03
68 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                     1.31.00
69 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                      1.31.26
70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  1.32.27
71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                1.32.39
72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                  1.33.41
73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                    1.33.45
74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                        
75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                         1.34.06
76 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                       1.34.56
77 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                       1.35.50
78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      1.36.08
79 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         1.38.25
80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                  1.38.46
81 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                      1.40.45
82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                  1.41.13
83 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                              1.41.14
84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                      1.41.45
85 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        1.42.17
86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  1.45.14
87 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                               1.47.40
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             1.50.46
89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    1.51.47
90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                                1.52.26
91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       1.52.51
92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                    1.54.35
93 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  1.56.18
94 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      1.57.01
95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                     1.58.31
96 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                  2.00.27
97 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                2.01.47
98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                 2.01.51
99 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           2.07.09
100 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                               2.07.40
101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                        2.08.39
102 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            2.11.28
103 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                     2.12.27
104 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   2.14.45
105 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                              2.15.01
106 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      2.15.12
107 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2.15.13
108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                 2.16.25
109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                  2.18.01
110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                    2.22.05
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                    2.24.00
112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                                   2.24.30
113 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         2.25.40
114 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                   2.27.31
115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         2.28.57
116 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           2.30.53
117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                2.31.21
118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                          2.31.44
119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 2.32.40
120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                        2.32.48
121 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                               2.32.52
122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                     2.33.19
123 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         2.34.20
124 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                   2.35.22
125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                               2.38.11
126 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                     2.38.51
127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                                    2.38.53
128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               2.39.41
129 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                  2.40.31
130 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                    2.40.37
131 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              2.40.50
132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                   2.40.52
133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                              2.43.52
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   2.44.06
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                2.44.56
136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           2.45.00
137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  2.45.27
138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                               2.45.30
139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                             2.47.33
140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            2.47.52
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                 2.48.39
142 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             2.49.32
143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            2.49.49
144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                                      2.51.44
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 2.53.53
146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             2.54.22
147 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    2.54.34
148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                                2.56.11
149 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          2.56.27
150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            3.02.12
151 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             3.08.10
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                       219 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                      172
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                            167
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                         145
5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  137
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      110
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                          110
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                     105
9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                            94
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                       84
11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                          83
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                         78
13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                                   77
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                                            75
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                          73
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    72
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                68
18 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       68
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                    66
20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                       60
21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 59
22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                          59
23 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                        58
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            56
25 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            54
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    50
27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         48
28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 45
29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                44
30 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       44
31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                           44
32 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                   42
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                            38
34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 36
35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                     35
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                34
37 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                     34
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                   33
39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                        32
40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               32
41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                       31
42 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                         30
43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                          28
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              27
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                         27
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                     26
47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            25
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       24
49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                        24
50 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                     23
51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            20
52 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   20
53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                   20
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                 20
55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                          20
56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                         19
57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                       19
58 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     18
59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            18
60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                    17
61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 17
62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                         17
63 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  16
64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                               16
65 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                           16
66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               15
67 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                            15
68 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                             14
69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                       14
70 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      13
71 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                      13
72 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                           12
73 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                          12
74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  12
75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       12
76 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  12
77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                     12
78 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                      10
79 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                  10
80 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                             10
81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                10
82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                   10
83 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    9
84 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                  9
85 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 8
86 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                      8
87 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          7
88 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               6
89 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                      6
90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                           6
91 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                                  5
92 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                       5
93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                  4
94 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    4
95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                              4
96 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                     4
97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                               3
98 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                2
99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                              2
100 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                            2
101 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         2
102 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                     2
103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                                      2
104 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                       1
105 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   1
106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                           -5
107 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                                -5
108 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                          -5
109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                                   -5
110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                         85 pts
2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        60
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   55
4 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                       53
5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       50
6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                      50
7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                  49
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 46
9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                      44
10 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                       40
11 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                           37
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                    36
13 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                 36
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         35
15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                            34
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               33
17 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               31
18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            31
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    30
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                       30
21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      30
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                          30
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                27
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 24
25 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               24
26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                      22
27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   20
28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  20
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                     20
30 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                     19
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                   18
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                   16
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                    16
34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 15
35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        14
36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                          14
37 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                          13
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                   13
39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                         12
40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     12
41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                   12
42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                           12
43 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  11
44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                10
45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       10
46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            10
47 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              10
48 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    9
49 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                         9
50 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               8
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   8
52 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                           8
53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                             8
54 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                        8
55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        8
56 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        6
57 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                      6
58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          6
59 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                          5
60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                          5
61 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 5
62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                                4
63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  4
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                              3
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                     2
66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  2
67 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              2
68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                          2
69 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                   2
70 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 2
71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                  1
72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                             1
73 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                             1
74 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                        1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            68.39.17
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                         0.06
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                         0.50
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 2.18
5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                               28.39
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                   53.02
7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                    57.43
8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             58.19
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        1.07.21
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                     1.21.59
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      1.27.07
12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                1.58.39
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                  2.07.24
14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                           2.22.43
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                    2.26.21
16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                      2.29.50
17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                2.30.40
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               2.31.49
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                               2.34.51
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                 2.35.55
21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                2.36.29
22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             2.38.51
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     2.45.33
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                                205.22.34
2 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                                       4.02
3 Rabobank                                                                              43.28
4 Lampre                                                                                45.43
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                                   47.44
6 Gerolsteiner                                                                          47.54
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                      49.15
8 Silence - Lotto                                                                       53.21
9 Credit Agricole                                                                       56.04
10 Team Columbia                                                                        57.37
11 Liquigas                                                                           1.09.17
12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                                       1.18.28
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                                   1.37.16
14 Garmin Chipotle                                                                    1.43.30
15 Francaise des Jeux                                                                 1.43.45
16 Team Milram                                                                        2.10.27
17 Barloworld                                                                         2.24.29
18 Quick Step                                                                         2.36.05
19 Agritubel                                                                          2.48.02

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