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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 13 - Friday, July 18: Narbonne - Nîmes, 182km
Cavendish winning streak continues, no change in overall
Evans retains yellow after another bunch sprint
By Shane Stokes and Bjorn Haake
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Galloping head down with his trademark aerodynamic style, Mark Cavendish continued his domination of the Tour de France sprints when he thundered to his fourth stage win of this year's race. The Columbia rider was momentarily blocked inside the final 700 metres of the stage but then got a clear run to the line in Nîmes, beating Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto), Romain Feillu (Agritubel), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the mass bunch gallop.
It is the second successive stage win for the Isle of Man competitor, and doubles the previous British record of two stage wins in a single Tour, as set by Barry Hoban in 1969 and again in 1973.
"I heard over the radio that there was a lot of wind [near the finish]," said Cavendish immediately after embracing his team-mates and then visiting the podium. "I wasn't well placed with 700 metres to go and had a hard time accelerating."
However his fourth win worked out in dominating fashion, with the victory seeing him move up to second overall in the battle for the green jersey. His velodrome experience has helped thus far, and he'll hope that strong kick will carry him to more success. "Track riding when I was younger definitely helped to develop my speed," he said. "I can hold my speed."
Asked whether he does any special training for the bunch sprints, Cavendish replied: "I just ride my bike. I enjoy it. I sometimes do a bit of sprint training. But I have a really great team that pulls very hard for me in the final kilometres."
Second-placed McEwen was not too disappointed with the outcome, having had his chance for a head-to-head sprint against Cavendish. "I went on the right and he went on the left, and he was just too strong," said McEwen. "I tried to stay on his wheel, but he was just four or five kilometres faster - it was not possible today."
Still, the Australian believes he has the legs for a stage victory at this Tour, and hopes to face Cavendish again on the Champs-Élysées in just over a week's time. "I hope that he does not go home before Paris because I want to win over him," McEwen added.
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Race leader Cadel Evans benefited from good work by his Silence-Lotto squad, with team-mates keeping him near the front and out of trouble during the stage. He and all of his rivals finished in the same time as Cavendish, ensuring that the general classification remains unchanged. "It was very hot and in the end it was pretty dangerous, with all the roundabouts," he said after the stage. "The team was great again."
The Australian continues to hold a slender one-second lead over Fränk Schleck. He's a little worried about what might happen in the high mountains, given the numerical strength of his rivals. "CSC has the numbers. Schleck is very close. Sastre gets better in the third week. Tomorrow, the Alps start 'a little bit'. We will see."
Evans said before the stage that he's finding the volume of media requests to be intense, and the general demands of the maillot jaune mean that he doesn't get to communicate with his parents and family each day. "It's sometimes maybe only every other day," he said, showing how busy his life has become since he took over the race lead. "But they send SMS [messages] right after the stage, asking how I feel. There are many Australians following the Tour."
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As was the case yesterday, the stage was marked by a long-distance breakaway by two riders. Niki Terpstra (Milram) and Florent Brard (Cofidis) attacked in the first kilometre and had opened up a maximum gap of 9'55 after some 21 kilometres of racing.
Brard led Terpstra over the day's first climb, Côte de la Resclauze, and did likewise over the other two, the Côte de Puechabon and the Pic Saint-Loup. Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) accelerated out of the peloton and picked up the remaining point on the first and third ascents, while his team-mate – and closest challenger – Bernhard Kohl nabbed third on the Côte de Puechabon. The net result was that Lang added a point to his overall total, ending the day three points clear of Kohl in the King of the Mountains ranking.
Terpstra nabbed both bonus sprints near the end of the stage, attacking just before the final one and soloing ahead. Brard was joined by team-mate Stephane Auge after the prime line but the duo could not get back up to the Milram rider. The leader was himself caught just before the ten kilometre to go sign, with a short lived move by Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) being followed by a better effort by Sylvain Chavanel.
The Cofidis rider pulled out an advantage of several seconds, riding strongly. However he was overhauled with three clicks remaining and this paved the way for the bunch gallop and yet another decisive Cavendish victory. The Cannonball is fast becoming the Cannibal in the sprints.
How it unfolded
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158 riders took the start in Narbonne on a sunny day in southern France. Some riders undoubtedly would have preferred to put in a few rest days near the Mediterranean, but the schedule dictated the riders to set off at 13:00 precisely towards Nîmes.
Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) and Florent Brard (Cofidis) couldn't wait for the action to start and took off inside the first kilometre. The bunch let the two go and after only four kilometres they were clear by a minute. The gap kept extending until km 21, when it was 9'55.
Finally, the peloton reacted and the gap started to come down, albeit gradually. After 35 kilometres the gap was 8'45.
At kilometre 62, the leaders hit the Côte de la Resclauze, a category four climb, seven minutes ahead of the bunch. Brard rolled over the top ahead of Terpstra. Lang stormed ahead in third, increasing his lead over team-mate Kohl to three points.
No worries this time in the feed zone. The peloton got better as the race went on. The gap had dropped to 6'35, though.
Over the top of the Côte de Puéchabon, Brard was gesturing for Terpstra, who had done less of the pulling, to come through. But the Dutchman wasn't used to the heat so much and was visibly suffering, 76 kilometres from the finish. So Brard passed the top ahead of Terpstra. The bunch followed four minutes later. The Gerolsteiners were ahead again. This time, Kohl was allowed to take the points, ahead of Lang, who was still wearing the polka dot jersey.
Pic-Saint-Loups was the next climb. Terpstra had a bit of trouble again holding Brard's wheel, but he managed to hang on. He got sprayed by a spectator and wasn't happy about it – understandably, as being surprised by cold water on a hot day is not great.
The peloton followed two and a half minutes later. Lang and Kohl were playing around at the front and smiling. Lang got the points, which left them still close together in the overall standings.
Terpstra definitely tried hard and Brard let him take the sprints points in Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel. In the peloton, Flecha escaped to take the third spot, 1'16 behind the leaders. Flecha's job was really to take away the points from Freire's green jersey competitors. With still more than 40 kilometres to go, Flecha sat up right after the line.
The next sprint was located at Villevieille, 26 kilometres from the finish. Just before it, Terpstra attacked, getting the six points and distancing Brard, who had worked harder in the break. From the peloton, Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) went after Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), who was again out to spoil the sprint points for Hushovd et al. Augé then dropped Flecha before the sprint and with 25 kilometres to go caught up with his team-mate Brard.
Terpstra augmented his lead over the two chasers to 35 seconds in a couple of kilometres. The bunch was 1'24 behind.
With 20 kilometres to go Terpstra was up by one minute, with the bunch 1'42 behind. But Terpstra started to have cramps. He was caught with 10 kilometres to go.
Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) did the next counter, but was quickly brought back. Sven Krauss had a spectacular crash when he hit a small sign in the middle of the road that was supposed to warn car drivers about a divider. Krauss saw it too late, somersaulted through the air, damaged the sign and broke his bike in half. However, he was up fast, albeit in pain.
Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) countered and pedaled ahead of the bunch. With five to go he had about a dozen seconds. Milram was pulling hard to bring the Frenchman back. But Chavanel was caught with three kilometres to go.
Liquigas pitched in to the work as well. Nobody was able to attack and the bunch sprint proved once again that Mark Cavendish (Columbia) is virtually unbeatable for the moment.
Stage 14 - Saturday, July 19: Nîmes - Digne les Bains, 194.5km
Despite not being a mountainous stage – and only featuring two fourth category climbs – at the end of stage 14, the Tour will arrive in the Alps. Although those two climbs are the only ones to count, the altitude rises steadily from 46 metres at the start in Nîmes to 599 metres at the finish in Digne les Bains. The route crosses Provence and the Luberon wine area between Mont Ventoux and the Côte d'Azur before finishing in the spa town in the shadow of the high mountains that divide France from its neighbour Italy.
Digne les Bains is a fairly regular host to the Tour, having been a stage town eleven times before. Last time – in 2005 – David Moncoutié took the second of his two career stage wins after attacking the break on the road from Briançon to the north.
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- The Silence-Lotto team was relieved to see a break go away in the first kilometre of today's stage.
- Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) leads Florent Brard (Cofidis) in the day's break.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) went head-to-head with Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) and came up with another victory.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) receives congratulations from Romain Feillu (Agritubel) after his fourth stage win of the Tour in Nîmes.
- Cavendish can still count his Tour victories on the fingers of one hand for the time being.
- Race leader Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) adds another cuddly lion to his collection.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) takes win number four in Nimes.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) looked a bit more tired following his fourth win that after the other three.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) leads the best young rider classification.
- Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) hopes to hold onto his mountains jersey until the race hits the Alps.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) with his ever present bodyguard Serge Borlee.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was sporting a new lightweight haircut as the race approached the Alps.
- The peloton rolls over the Tour de France's 13th stage.
- Stage 13 of the Tour de France went through wine country on its way to Nîmes.
- Even the traffic lights gave Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) the all clear for a fourth stage victory.
- Good job: Romain Feillu (Agritubel) congratulates Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) after a tough sprint finish.
- The riders enjoyed perfect weather with temperatures getting up into the 30s Celsius.
- The peloton negotiates a narrow river crossing on its way to Nimes.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Départ Narbonne
- Narbonne river
- Tour de France art
- Tour de France Director Christian Prudhomme
- Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner)
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.25.42 (41.10 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 13 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 22 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 35 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 36 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 38 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 39 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 41 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 43 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 45 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 59 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 61 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 63 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 64 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 70 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 72 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.11 73 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 75 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 76 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 78 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.15 82 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 83 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 84 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 85 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 89 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 91 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 94 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 97 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 98 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 99 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 104 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 105 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 108 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 109 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 110 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 111 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 112 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 114 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 116 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 121 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 122 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 125 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 126 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 128 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 132 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 133 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 134 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 0.29 135 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 136 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 0.34 137 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.39 138 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 139 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.17 140 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.19 141 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.21 142 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 143 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.48 144 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 145 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.27 146 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 147 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.40 148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 149 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 150 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 151 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 152 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.34 154 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 156 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.17 157 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.12 Sprints Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel - 139.5 km 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 Villevieille - 155.5 km 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Mountains Côte de la Resclauze - 62.0 km 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Côte de Puéchabon - 105.5 km 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Pic Saint-Loup - 126.0 km 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Nîmes - 182.0 km 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 35 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 26 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 22 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18 9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 17 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 15 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 14 13 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 15 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 9 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 8 19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 6 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 5 22 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3 24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.25.42 2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 8 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 9 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 11 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 12 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.11 14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.15 16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.22 20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.40 21 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.34 23 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.17 Teams 1 Agritubel 13.17.06 2 Garmin Chipotle 3 Team Columbia 4 Caisse d'Epargne 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Silence - Lotto 7 Credit Agricole 8 Rabobank 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Lampre 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12 Bouygues Telecom 13 Team Milram 14 AG2R-La Mondiale 15 Team CSC Saxo Bank 16 Quick Step 0.11 17 Liquigas 18 Francaise des Jeux 0.15 19 Barloworld General classification after stage 13 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 54.48.47 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.01 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.38 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.46 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.57 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 1.56 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.32 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.51 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.18 11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.26 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.41 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 5.23 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5.37 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.01 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.07 17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.26 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.07 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7.11 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.45 21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 9.23 22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.49 23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 11.59 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.00 25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 13.24 26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 13.51 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 14.15 28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 16.02 29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 16.39 30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.08 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 18.09 32 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 18.15 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.21 34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 21.38 35 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.05 36 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 22.54 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 25.42 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27.11 39 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.05 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 29.51 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.54 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 30.38 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 31.04 44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.24 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.52 46 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.49 47 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 35.22 48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35.56 49 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 36.42 50 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37.03 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 37.10 52 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 38.10 53 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.30 54 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 39.51 55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 40.09 56 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.23 57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 42.59 58 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.24 59 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 47.09 60 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47.40 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49.24 62 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52.24 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.12 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.16 65 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 53.46 66 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 54.03 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 55.22 68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.14 69 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 56.33 70 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 56.41 71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57.09 72 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.44 73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.30 74 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 59.50 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.02.07 76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.06.53 77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1.07.12 78 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.08.02 79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.08.03 80 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.27 81 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.10.00 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.10.32 83 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.10.47 84 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.46 85 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.11.59 86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.42 87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1.12.49 88 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.52 89 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.12.54 90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.15.26 91 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.15.28 92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1.15.36 93 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.59 94 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1.16.19 95 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.16.21 96 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.22 97 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.16.36 98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.17.10 99 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.39 100 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 1.19.17 101 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.19.59 102 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.20.58 103 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.08 104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 1.21.51 105 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.53 106 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.20 107 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.29.45 108 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.30.40 109 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.32.19 110 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.32.22 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.32.31 112 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.32.42 113 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.32.43 114 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33.38 115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.34.11 116 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.34.29 117 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.36.01 118 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.36.07 119 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.36.57 120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.38.02 121 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.39.09 122 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.39.34 123 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.41.01 124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41.22 125 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.41.35 126 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.41.50 127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.42.36 128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.43.24 129 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 130 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.43.53 131 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.44.24 132 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.54 133 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.46.25 134 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.41 135 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.46.47 136 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.47.32 137 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.48.31 138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.49.12 139 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.49.13 140 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.50.41 141 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.50.54 142 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.51.19 143 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.51.49 144 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.52.04 145 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.53.05 146 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.53.06 147 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.53.53 148 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.24 149 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.51 150 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.55 151 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.55.03 152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 1.55.25 153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 1.55.35 154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.57.09 155 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.57.25 156 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02.20 157 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.04.28 158 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.08.02 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 184 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 156 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 156 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 141 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 138 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 110 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 105 9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 94 11 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 80 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 76 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 75 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 64 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 64 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 62 19 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 58 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 56 22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 45 29 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 30 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 39 31 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 33 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 34 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 34 35 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 33 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 38 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 39 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 40 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 29 41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 42 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 44 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 45 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 23 47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 21 48 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 49 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 50 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 51 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 53 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 54 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 56 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 58 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 59 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 60 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 62 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 12 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 64 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 65 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 66 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 69 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 70 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 71 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 72 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 11 73 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 74 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 10 75 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 76 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 77 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 78 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 79 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 80 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 81 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 82 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 83 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 84 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 85 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 86 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 87 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 88 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 89 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 90 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 91 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 92 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 93 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 94 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 96 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 97 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 98 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 100 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 -5 101 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 102 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -10 Mountains classification 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 57 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 24 11 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 12 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 22 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21 14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 19 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 21 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 22 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13 25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 26 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 27 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 28 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 10 34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 35 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 36 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 40 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 42 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 43 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 44 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 45 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 46 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 47 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 48 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 50 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 53 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 55 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 57 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 58 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 60 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 62 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 63 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 64 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 54.53.05 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.49 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.53 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.27 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 13.57 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 25.33 7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.45 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.12 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 49.28 10 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 52.15 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.06.29 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 1.12.03 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.25.27 14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.28.24 15 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.39.06 16 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.39.35 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.42.23 18 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.43.14 19 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.44.55 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.23 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.01 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.47.31 23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.47.46 24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.48.48 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 164.18.31 2 AG2R-La Mondiale 4.49 3 Gerolsteiner 15.23 4 Rabobank 18.46 5 Lampre 30.03 6 Caisse d'Epargne 32.45 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.45 8 Credit Agricole 41.49 9 Silence - Lotto 43.06 10 Liquigas 44.15 11 Team Columbia 47.30 12 Francaise des Jeux 49.32 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 58.34 14 Barloworld 1.04.29 15 Garmin Chipotle 1.07.24 16 Quick Step 1.13.41 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.15.24 18 Team Milram 1.19.33 19 Agritubel 1.57.56
