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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 3 - Monday, July 7: Saint-Malo - Nantes, 208km

French fantasy: Dumoulin with win and Feillu yellow

By Gregor Brown in Nantes, with additional reporting by Hedwig Kröner

Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) took a brilliant win in Nantes
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The Tour de France was treated to a local delight in stage three to Nantes thanks to a four-man escape that produced a stage win by Samuel Dumoulin and new overall leader Romain Feillu. The move that formed at kilometre zero – including USA's William Frischkorn and Italy's Paolo Longo Borghini – concluded the rainy and blustery 208-kilometre stage through France's Brittany with 2'03" on former-race leader Alejandro Valverde's group.

"We got into a good break and we really worked well all day to stay away," stated 27 year-old Dumoulin of Team Cofidis. "It is really a fantastic experience."

Overall classification favourites Italian Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) lost time in the technical arrival to the likes of Valverde, Evans, Sastre and Cunego. Strong winds and a crash forced a split that put their teams to work to limit a gap that counted 38 seconds ton the main GC group in Nantes.

"Perhaps you journalists don't understand that I am not here for the classification," blasted Riccò after the finish. The 24 year-old, winner of two stages and second overall in the Giro d'Italia, indicated the team's work was all for Juan José Cobo. His maillot blanc of best young rider was lost, passing to Feillu.

The charge to the line was first led by Quick Step and then by Columbia, Crédit Agricole and Liquigas. It was too little too late on a gap that counted 3'05" at ten kilometres remaining. The four escapees were left to fight for the win.

Riccò was caught behind in the furious finale
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Dumoulin opened the aggressions on his former escape companions when he fired on Rue Sembat, at 1500 metres remaining. Frischkorn bridged and the duo briefly held a lead. Feillu wanted more than just the yellow top. He left his Italian companion behind and immediately attacked when catching the front duo. However, the two came back. Dumoulin succeeded in the three-man sprint over Frischkorn and took his second season win on top of a stage in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe. Longo Borghini finished 14 seconds back in fourth.

"It was great for the morale and the team, but a stage win would have been cool," confessed 27 year-old Frischkorn, who is a member of one of two USA teams in the Tour de France this year. "I had thought of attacking right when the first attack went [by Dumoulin], but my directeur was in the ear-piece saying, 'Don't pull now, careful of Dumoulin.'"

"I think we started to believe we could make it when we arrived with 25 kilometres remaining," Longo Borghini explained. "It was a dream; it is a dream of every cyclist. Now, I just miss the win."

The work of Longo Borghini and Frischkorn was shuffled to the side by the French stampede following the stage finish in Nantes. While Dumoulin was busy displaying French amour with his fiancee, Team AG2R La Mondiale Vincent Lavenu's daughter, Feillu was being ushered to the podium presentation and the famous maillot jaune.

"I had toxoplasmosis this spring and it really messed me up," Feillu explained, exhausted, on the Quai de la Fosse finishing straight. The problems were quickly forgotten as he neared the podium to be presented the race leader's jersey. "It is great to take the maillot jaune."

He faces a strong possibility of losing the top in tomorrow's 29.5-kilometre time trial. He admitted, "I don't know if I can keep the jersey. 1'52 is not a lot on a strong rouleur like Cancellara."

Robbie McEwen out-sprinted the other fast men for fifth
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The charge behind the four turned into a test run for Wednesday's stage to Châteauroux and a chance at maillot vert points. Australia's Robbie McEwen zapped ahead despite a Silence-Lotto team that is dedicated to Cadel Evans' GC campaign. The 36 year-old multiple Tour de France stage winner topped birthday boy Erik Zabel (Team Milram), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Mark Cavendish (Columbia).

"I knew that once they were out to 15 minutes we weren't going to catch the escape because the teams built around the other sprinters just didn't start chasing in time," evaluated McEwen. "When they did start chasing it was not enough and we came up way too short.

"When we turned into that last cross-tail-wind section all hell broke loose," continued McEwen. He was the last one of the riders to make it across to the leading group as it charged to the line. Additionally, he noted that first in the bunch sprint was a good consolation and a indicator that he is riding well. "I went from a fair way out and held everyone off."

Columbia's man for the sprint, Mark Cavendish, came close to his rival despite battling winds along the Brittany roads. "The group split into three pieces," he noted of the gusts. Cavendish added that the group did not have a chance at catching the four and so the team did not put full gas into the chase.

Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (Columbia) continues to carry the green top.

How it unfolded

Feillu is the new leader of the Tour
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The start in Saint-Malo was taken at 12:31. 179 riders still remained in the Tour, as the only retiree so far was Hervé Duclos-Lassalle, who crashed out in the feed zone of stage one. Stéphane Goubert sustained a broken rib in a crash during stage two but was at the sign-on for stage three. Barloworld rider Mauricio Soler also took the start despite the pain in his hand.

In the second kilometre, four riders attacked and stayed clear right away: US talent William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Italian Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Frenchman Romain Feillu (Agritubel) and his compatriot Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis). The quartet had built a lead of 1'40 minutes at the five-kilometre mark already.

The four collaborated well and quickly extended their advantage. The sprinters' teams let them go, firmly believing that the flat parcours, the cross wind gusts and the scattered showers would make it easy to reel them back in sometime in the last kilometres.

But the leaders proved them wrong. The maximum gain of the escape was 14'50 when the peloton was at the 64-kilometre mark. Shortly before that, Gerolsteiner' Fabian Wegmann crashed, but was able to move on.

Columbia sent some riders to the front and started a chase. They were joined by some Crédit Agricole and Liquigas riders a few clicks later, and the gap started to melt. Everything looked fine for the sprinters at this point. At kilometre 103, the time deficit was 9'50.

But the peloton hadn't counted in the determination of the breakaway. The quartet still worked together flat out and believed in its chances. As the pace of the chase began to pick up in the third hour of racing, the average speed increased from 35.1 km/h during the second hour to 38.2 km/h.

With 57 kilometres to go, some protesters blocked the road of the Tour. The break was a little delayed, but as the bunch came through 6'55 later, they could pass without stopping. Tour director Christian Prudhomme's intervention calmed down the protesters.

Protesters tried to interrupt the race.
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The average speed for the fourth our was 43.3km/h. FDJ and Bouygues Telecom also engaged in the chase. But 32 kilometres away from the line, the gap had only diminished by about one minute, to 5'50. It could have still been do-able for the sprinters, but the lead group dug in so deep that a moment of hesitation amongst the chasers turned out to be fatal. Also, the last 30 kilometres of the course provided a more favourable wind for the break.

A crash with 23 kilometres to go took down Nicki Sørensen (CSC-Saxo Bank), Ángel Gómez (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom). The Dane and the French could continue the race, while the Spaniard had to be transported to hospital.

After the accident, the peloton split into three groups. The Quick Step team seized the opportunity to set a furious pace at the front of the peloton.

In the second group, GC contender Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and climber Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) were trapped. The first bunch still included yellow jersey Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Tour favourite Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto). They had about 15 seconds on the second group, with the third group 35 seconds back.

And even if Quick Step and Liquigas now really put on a tempo, the leaders could start to believe in their chances as the gap was still 3'40 with 15 kilometres to go. The two chase groups behind now mainly tried to limit their losses, but knew that a bunch sprint was impossible at this point. Under the 10-kilometre mark, the Menchov/Riccò group was 40 seconds behind the yellow jersey group, still more than three minutes behind the leaders.

Feillu was the best-placed rider of the escape group on GC and could look forward to wearing the yellow jersey in the evening. Still, he attacked from behind Longo as Dumoulin took off with 1500 metres to go, taking with him Frischkorn. Feillu came back on them like a rocket and passed them impressively. But in the end, he may have started his violent effort a little too soon, as Dumoulin was able to catch him 500 metres before the line. And the Cofidis rider pulled through, with Feillu desperately trying to come back. Frischkorn, on his wheel, finally passed the Frenchman and took second behind Dumoulin, the smallest rider in the peloton, for whom it was the first Tour de France victory.

Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 8: Cholet - Cholet (ITT), 29.5km

The first time trial of this year's Tour comes earlier than usual, perhaps because of the absence of a prologue. The stage is also just over half the distance as usual, being just 29-kilometre in length. The stage route, as well as being short, is very flat so – weather permitting – speeds should be high. The stage should appeal to the specialists, but gaps should be small so none of the favourites for the overall classification will be able to take too much time out of their rivals.

The Tour has visited Cholet just twice before, the last time when Dutchman Jeroen Bliijlevens (TVM) out-sprinted Italian Nicola Minali (Riso Scotti) and Ján Svorada (Mapei-Bricobi). By picking up time bonuses throughout the stage, Australian Stuart O'Grady (then GAN, now CSC) took the first maillot jaune of his career. The town sits on the banks of the Moine river and is most famous for the production of linen fabrics.

Photography

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Results

1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    5.05.27
2 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     
4 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                         0.14
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                           2.03
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      
7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                               
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                  
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                            
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
20 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
21 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  
22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                              
25 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
26 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                    
28 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   
29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  
30 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                       
31 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
32 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          
35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   
36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              
37 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
38 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
39 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                
40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
41 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                
44 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                           
45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                          
46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      
47 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
48 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         
49 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
51 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            
52 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
53 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                               
54 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
55 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
57 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     
58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                
59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   
60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
61 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                             
62 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
63 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                       
65 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  
67 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
68 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
69 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
70 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  
71 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                
72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
73 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 
74 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
75 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                              
76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
78 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   
79 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     
80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
81 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
82 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  
83 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
85 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
86 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
87 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              
88 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                               
89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
90 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
91 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  2.41
92 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     
93 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
94 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                     
96 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
97 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        
99 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                       
101 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
102 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             
104 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                
105 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                               
106 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
107 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                    
108 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
109 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
110 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
111 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
112 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                  
113 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                           
114 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
115 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                   
116 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
117 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                   
118 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                 
119 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   
120 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                 2.50
121 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               3.00
122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
123 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          3.26
124 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      3.31
125 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           4.55
126 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
127 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
128 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
129 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    
130 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 
131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                
132 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                               
133 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                         
134 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                              
135 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    
136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
137 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                         
138 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                    
139 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
140 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
141 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                      
142 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
143 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
144 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
145 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                           
146 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
147 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
148 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
149 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
150 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                             
151 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                          
152 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                               
153 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
154 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
155 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  
156 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                            
157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                         
158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               
159 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
160 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  
161 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
162 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
163 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                           
164 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
165 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
166 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
167 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
168 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
169 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
170 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
171 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
172 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                 
173 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
174 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
175 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       7.57
177 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     12.20
178 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  13.24
DNF Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
 
Sprints
 
Saint-Piat (Lanvallay) - 21.5 km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6 pts
2 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                            4
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    2
 
Becherel - 48.5 km
1 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                            6 pts
2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    4
3 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            2
 
Montauban-de-Bretagne (D.71-D.61) - 62.0 km
1 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            6 pts
2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    4
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2
 
Nantes - 208.0 km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         35 pts
2 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           30
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   26
4 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                           24
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             22
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    20
7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               19
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              18
9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               17
10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                             16
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                15
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                 14
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           13
14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   12
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         11
16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               10
17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             9
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                           8
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  7
20 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                 6
21 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 5
22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     4
23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               3
24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                             2
25 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 1
 
Young rider
 
1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              5.05.27
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                            2.03
3 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                
10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   
12 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
13 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
14 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   2.41
15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   
17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           3.26
18 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                4.55
19 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                          
20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
22 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                              
23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             
24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
26 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                  
27 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
28 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
 
Teams
 
1 Garmin Chipotle                                           15.20.27
2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                      
3 Barloworld                                                    0.14
4 Agritubel                                                     0.38
5 Team Columbia                                                 2.03
6 Gerolsteiner                                                      
7 Quick Step                                                        
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               
9 Team Milram                                                       
10 Liquigas                                                         
11 Silence - Lotto                                                  
12 Ag2R-La Mondiale                                                 
13 Lampre                                                           
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                 
15 Credit Agricole                                                  
16 Caisse D’Epargne                                                 
17 Francaise Des Jeux                                               
18 Team Csc Saxo Bank                                               
19 Rabobank                                                     3.19
20 Saunier Duval - Scott                                        3.57
 
General classification after stage 3 
 
1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                             13.27.05
2 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                         0.35
3 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         1.42
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            1.45
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                               1.46
6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
8 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           1.52
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                            
17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                              
20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
21 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
22 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                       
23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                
24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         
26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            
27 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                           
28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                    
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
30 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     
31 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  
32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
33 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
35 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      
36 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              
39 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       2.03
40 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          
41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                          
43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   
44 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
46 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.22
47 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
48 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott             2.24
49 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
50 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                               
51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        
52 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                 2.30
53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        
54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
55 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   
56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
57 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               2.37
58 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            2.41
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    
61 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                          2.42
62 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  
63 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 
64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                               2.44
65 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          2.46
66 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               2.54
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
69 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            2.57
70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
71 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                
73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
74 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  
75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  
76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                  2.58
77 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         3.00
78 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          3.02
79 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            3.05
80 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  3.12
81 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                             3.24
82 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           3.37
83 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                               3.43
85 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                           3.45
86 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
87 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
88 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
90 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
92 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
93 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                 4.00
94 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      4.12
95 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           4.20
96 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                          4.22
97 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            4.23
98 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                  
99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              4.42
101 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
102 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.44
103 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
104 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
105 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             4.54
106 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                     4.55
107 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
108 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    4.56
109 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott               5.03
110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                  5.07
111 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                       5.08
112 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                5.11
113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                       5.16
114 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                               
115 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
116 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     
117 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                        5.27
118 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       5.38
119 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             5.44
120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                              5.49
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                              5.55
122 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               6.05
123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                          6.15
124 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
125 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
126 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
127 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      6.19
128 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                     6.24
129 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     6.29
130 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       6.33
131 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                     6.37
132 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    
133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
134 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 
136 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
138 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                            
140 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               
142 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
143 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  
144 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         6.45
145 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                          
146 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        6.53
147 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                   
148 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               6.59
149 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      7.02
150 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                            7.36
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         7.38
152 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      7.43
153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              7.48
154 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          8.19
155 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                8.47
156 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         8.51
157 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          8.59
158 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                9.07
159 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
160 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
161 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
162 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
163 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                      
164 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
165 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                9.13
166 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           10.04
167 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   10.28
168 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                        11.11
169 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                               
170 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  11.29
171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
172 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         12.03
173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
174 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott             12.44
175 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  13.45
176 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                            14.59
177 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     16.32
178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      16.40
 
Points classification
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 69 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              64
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               55
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              49
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    46
6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         43
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  40
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            39
9 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           38
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                  36
11 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                          34
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      32
13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            31
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         27
15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               27
16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                              26
17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              25
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                          25
19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                     22
20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            21
21 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                          20
22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       19
23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                19
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       18
25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                              18
26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 18
27 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                   18
28 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              17
29 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              17
30 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                16
31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       16
32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        16
33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                             16
34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        15
35 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            13
36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                12
37 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   12
38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         12
39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   10
40 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               10
41 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        8
42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                           8
43 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                           8
44 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  7
45 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            6
46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    6
47 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                           6
48 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                             5
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                     5
50 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 5
51 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                              4
52 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     4
53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4
54 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                      3
55 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               3
56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                               2
57 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    2
58 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                          1
59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          19 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        11
3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 9
4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott           4
5 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                            3
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                3
7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                1
8 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                     1
9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                             13.27.05
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       1.52
3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                2.03
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    2.24
8 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                2.30
10 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          2.46
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            3.05
12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         3.37
13 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                           3.45
14 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           4.20
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 4.44
16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              4.54
18 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                      4.55
19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                     4.56
20 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                5.03
21 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       6.19
22 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                    6.37
23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             
24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
25 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               7.48
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          9.07
27 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                         11.11
28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                             14.59
 
Teams classification
 
1 Garmin Chipotle                                           40.24.42
2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                  0.41
3 Barloworld                                                    1.16
4 Agritubel                                                     1.17
5 Caisse D’Epargne                                              1.56
6 Team Columbia                                                 2.03
7 Team Csc Saxo Bank                                                
8 Quick Step                                                        
9 Liquigas                                                          
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          2.09
11 Ag2R-La Mondiale                                             2.20
12 Credit Agricole                                                  
13 Gerolsteiner                                                     
14 Team Milram                                                  2.39
15 Silence - Lotto                                              3.04
16 Francaise Des Jeux                                           3.08
17 Rabobank                                                     3.38
18 Bouygues Telecom                                             3.48
19 Lampre                                                       4.00
20 Saunier Duval - Scott                                        4.10

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