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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 6 - Thursday, July 10: Aigurande - Super Besse, 195.5km
Riccò delivers on promise ahead of maillot jaune scuffle
Kirchen takes lead from roughed up Schumacher
By Gregor Brown in Super Besse
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Italy's Riccardo Riccò followed through on his promise to win the Tour de France's Super Besse stage with an uphill charge finishing ahead of Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans. Behind him the rest raced for the prestigious maillot jaune.
The finish was overshadowed by a crash by yellow jersey wearer Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), who was in the lead group in the final kilometre, but touched wheels and crashed to the pavement. Official do not apply the same time rule for crash victims on hilltop finishes, so the German lost his overall lead to Kim Kirchen (Columbia) who finished fifth behind compatriot Fränk Schleck.
"I came here to gain experience and to win a stage," said Riccò of Team Saunier Duval. The experience of winning ahead of cycling's biggest names, Valverde of Team Caisse d'Epargne, Evans of Silence Lotto and Frank Schleck of CSC – will provide confidence for the fiery 24 year-old.
Free from the battle for the maillot jaune taking place in his wake, Riccò charged up the final 200 metres of Route de Besse. After Schumacher clipped the rear wheel of Team Columbia's Kirchen and fell on his left side, the 28 year-old Schleck accelerated forward. Schleck, who won the 2006 Alpe d'Huez stage, attacked, passing Riccò and then Valverde. Riccò responded immediately and moved up the left side of the road with Valverde and Evans in tow.
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Schleck drifted back on road's right while Kirchen bridged to his compatriot. Kirchen's efforts gave him the race leader's yellow jersey with six seconds overall on Evans and 16 seconds on Schumacher, who struggled to finish in 25th place.
Schumacher blamed the new race leader for his tumble. "I am very surprised to hear that," said Kirchen after being fitted for his maillot jaune. "I tried to move up on the right side. The guy in front of me [Valverde - ed.] braked and I had to brake too, there was not much I could do," said Kirchen, who also moved back into the maillot vert of the points leader although Thor Hushovd will wear the green in stage seven on Thursday while Kirchen wears yellow.
"The consequences are that I crashed and lost time, and Kim made a move and I had no chance – I couldn't avoid it," a disappointed Schumacher said after crossing the line. Schumacher, a 26 year-old German, won the 2006 Benelux Tour in a similar fashion when previous race leader George Hincapie crashed following the pair's entanglement.
Like Kirchen and Riccò, Valverde concluded the first of the Tour's five mountaintop finishes on a positive note. His Caisse d'Epargne team put the hammer down over the final 20 kilometres, including the 11-kilometre romp up Super Besse. None other than 2006 Tour winner Oscar Pereiro finished off the work for Caisse's captain. Along with David Arroyo, he shut down the escaped duo of the USA's Christian Vande Velde and Italy's Leonardo Piepoli.
"I really have to thank my team-mates," noted Valverde. "Considering my crash of yesterday and the fact that I slept only two hours last night, ... I think that I must be satisfied with my stage."
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Vande Velde of Team Garmin Chipotle launched his way up the classification with his attack at five kilometres out. He was joined by Riccò's main gun, Piepoli, for a move that lasted 3,800 metres. Vande Velde held on to finish 23 seconds back and is now fourth (at 44") on in the classification behind Schumacher.
"The attacked was planned," said Vande Velde, whose intentions were try to help team-mate Millar move into the yellow jersey. "My legs felt great, but with Piepoli I found myself a little out gunned." Millar lost time and now sits fifth overall, three seconds behind his team-mate Vande Velde.
By finishing third on the stage and ending up second overall by just six seconds behind Kirchen, Evans made a huge impression with his staying power today. He played defence, as he had to do. He held on to the winning express while his closest contender heading into the stage, Denis Menchov (Rabobank), came in another six seconds later. In the GC, Evans now sits ten seconds ahead of the unfortunate Schumacher.
"I expected Valverde to accelerate. It was the same situation as the first day," said a happy Evans. "There were two main objectives: not to lose time on guys like Valverde and to gain time on other guys if it is possible. I saw that I gained time on Menchov and Cunego."
Cunego finished 32 seconds back and now is 1'42" back on the overall, in 14th place.
The day's breakaway belonged again to three Frenchmen. This time it was Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux). Chavanel took over the lead in the mountains classification, where he is tied on points with Thomas Voeckler.
How it unfolded
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The start in Aigurande was taken by 176 riders at 12.25pm. One more rider to bail out of the race was Aurélien Passeron from Saunier Duval, who had crashed into a spectator yesterday. Under a beautiful sky and in warm temperatures, the peloton took off on the 195.5km journey to Super Besse.
Quickly, breakaway attempts moved off the front, with three Frenchmen finally managing to jump away: Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux). Chavanel was the one to initiate the escape at km 6, while Bichot and Vaugrenard countered soon after to join him.
Three more riders tried to make it to the leaders, but failed: Stéphane Goubert (AG2R), John Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) and Danny Pate (Garmin-Chipotle). The gap grew continuously. After 33 kilometres, it was already over two minutes.
At km 57, the leaders had 4'50 advantage over the bunch. On the Côte de l'Armelle (Cat. 4, km 70), Chavanel took the points before Vaugrenard and Bichot. The Cofidis rider was out to get the polka dot jersey today.
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The trio was given a maximum advantage of five minutes at the summit of the first categorized climb - after that, their lead started to shrink. By the Côte de Crocq (Cat 4, km 89), taken again by Chavanel, the peloton was 4'15 behind.
By the feed zone (km 111), the bunch led by Gerolsteiner was just 3'20 behind. The German squad wanted to keep Stefan Schumacher's yellow jersey, with the other teams also looking forward to a showdown of the GC favourites later on Super Besse. While grabbing his musette, Florent Brard (Cofidis) crashed, but was not hurt badly.
With 76km to go, Cadel Evans had a mechanical, but it was quickly fixed. A bit of rain came down on the riders, but it soon stopped again.
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When the escape group got to the foot of the first Cat 2 climb of this year's Tour, the Col de la Croix-Morand (km 158), their advantage was a mere two minutes. Chavanel accelerated with six kilometres to go before the summit and dropped Vaugrenard.
Out of the bunch came Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole) but he was reeled in before the summit, together with Vaugrenard. Chavanel remained in front, together with Bichot, while polka dot jersey wearer Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) came out of the peloton to defend his mountains lead in the final metres before the KOM. He claimed third place, 56 seconds behind the two leaders.
On the climb, a sprinter's autobus formed around green jersey Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), which was almost four minutes back as the favourites geared up for the final ascent to Super Besse.
With 25 kilometres to go, Bichot accelerated, but Chavanel stayed put. But the bunch was only half a minute away, so Chavanel ended his effort and waited for the peloton five kilometres later. Bichot insisted and held an advantage of 25 seconds.
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With 18 kilometres to the line, Crédit Agricole's Alexandre Botcharov tried to bridge up to Bichot but failed. He was swallowed by the bunch - led out by Caisse d'Epargne - three clicks later. Bichot himself finally surrendered with 13km to go.
With 11 km to the line, French champ Nicolas Vogondy went down, as well as Erik Zabel, but both were able to continue. Now started a series of attacks that were all countered by a favourites-led group that got decimated in number as the kilometres went by and Caisse d'Epargne maintained a furious rhythm.
First, Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) attacked with Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), but they didn't go far. Next up were Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) and Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale), with David Moncoutié (Cofidis) bridging up to them a little later. Efimkin and Moncoutié managed to hold a gap, while the others were reeled in.
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With five kilometres to go, Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin) countered. Moncoutié couldn't hold the pace, and neither could Efimkin. Piepoli and Vande Velde continued and hit the steep section of the climb with 1.5km to go just before getting caught again.
Caisse d'Epargne led the favourites group through the flamme rouge. Evans, Valverde, Ricco, Sastre and Kirchen were in front watching each other, with Cunego getting dropped. As they began to sprint, yellow jersey Schumacher crashed 300 metres from the line after touching Kirchen's rear wheel. He was quickly up again, but lost some time.
Ricco outsprinted everyone and led Valverde and Evans over the line. Frank Schleck came in fourth, with Kirchen finishing fifth and therefore taking the yellow jersey from the German.
Stage 7 - Friday, July 11: Brioude - Aurillac, 159km
Stage seven will mark the Tour's second day in France's Massif Central. Despite being on of the shortest stages of the race, it will be no easy day for the peloton. Like the previous stage, the course will be nervous as it traverses the twisting and rolling roads of this part of the country. There will be very little flat riding all day, but the main obstacle will be the second category Pas de Peyrol (Puy Mary) with 42 kilometres remaining.
The historic city of Brioude is another of this year's first-time stage towns, but Aurillac has been visited six times before. The last time the Tour finished here was 1985, and the 237.5-kilometre stage from Saint-Étienne was won by Spain's Eduardo Chozas. Race leader Bernard Hinault had crashed in the sprint on the previous stage and was riding to his fifth overall victory with a fractured nose.
Photography
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- Tour director Christian Prudhomme (R) was joined by Prince Albert II of Monaco in the red Skoda today.
- The three Frenchmen working hard in the day's break (l-r): Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux).
- Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) drives the all-French breakaway on stage six.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval - Scott) hammers up the finish.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval - Scott) beats Valverde and Evans to the line at Super Besse.
- The Italian celebrates his first Tour stage win.
- Riccò brushed off any comparisons to his idol Marco Pantani.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) is the new leader of the Tour de France.
- Kirchen has now held both the green and yellow jerseys at this year's Tour.
- Kirchen will hope to keep the jersey at least until Monday's stage to Hautacam.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The favourites round the final corner all together at 300 metres to go.
- Valverde was heavily bandaged on his right side after yesterday's crash in the feed zone.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) hits the deck after touching wheels with Kim Kirchen.
- Moises Dueñas Nevado (Barloworld) and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) swerve to avoid the fallen yellow jersey.
- Schumacher's team-mate Bernhard Kohl then falls on top of him.
- The German begins to pick himself up, knowing the jersey is gone.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval - Scott) was comfortably ahead in the final metres
- And takes the stage with apparent ease from Valverde and Evans.
- Moises Dueñas Nevado (Barloworld) comes in seventh.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was dropped on the climb and lost 32 seconds.
- Riccò receives congratulations from team-mate Leonardo Piepoli.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) spent one day in his regular jersey before exchanging it for yellow.
- The Luxemburger will hope to hold it until the Pyrenees at least.
- The jersey gets a kiss from its new owner.
- As does the souvenir lion!
- Kirchen salutes the crowd at the Super Besse ski station.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Which way to Besse?
- Under the 15 kilometre banner. The climb begins at Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise with 11 kilometres remaining.
- The road ramps up with 1300 metres remaining.
- The flamme rouge indicates one kilometre to the finish.
- With 500 metres to go the gradient shallows once more.
- Crystal clear skies will greet the riders when they climb up to Super Besse today.
- Gendarmes keep an eye on the final 200 metres.
Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
- The tough finish in Super-Besse was perfect for Riccardo Riccò.
- Evans and Valverde chase after Riccò but couldn't hold his wheel.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) celebrates after winning stage six to Super Besse.
- Riccardo Riccò takes his first Tour stage win.
- Alejandro Valverde gave it all he could but couldn't match the pace of Ricco' on the final climb.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) rode well to finish sixth.
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) showed his climbing abilities on Super-Besse.
- Stefan Schumacher's time in yellow ended when he crashed in the final kilometre on Super-Besse.
- David Millar's dreams of yellow ended on the climb to Super-Besse
- The Saunier Duval spare bikes are ready for stage six.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) is interviewed before the start of stage six.
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskalte-Euskadi) obliges the French fans with autographs.
- Markus Burghardt (Team Columbia) gets ready for more hard work on stage six.
- Nikolas Vogondy, the French champion signs autographs.
- Vladimir Efimkin put in a brilliant attack on the final climb, but couldn't hold the effort.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) enjoy the sunny start to stage six.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval - Scott) signs autographs before the stage.
- A kiss for the lion from Kim Kirchen.
- Kim Kirchen takes the spoils of the yellow jersey podium.
- No longer 'Grim Kim', Kirchen couldn't help by smile after getting the yellow jersey.
- Kirchen is savouring his victory in both the GC and points classifications.
- Kim Kirchen (Columbia) took over the green jersey , but Thor Hushovd will wear it as long as Kirchen is in yellow.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) gained the polka dot jersey after being in the break of the day and taking all of the early climbs.
Results
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.57.52 (39.38 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.04 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.07 7 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 0.12 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.15 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.19 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.23 16 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27 22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 30 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 31 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 32 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 0.41 33 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 36 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 37 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.45 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 0.49 39 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.51 40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 41 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00 42 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 1.08 44 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.13 45 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.20 46 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.36 47 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.45 49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.49 50 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.55 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.56 52 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2.04 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.19 55 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 56 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 58 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 59 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 62 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.54 63 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.57 64 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.31 67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 68 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3.45 69 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 71 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.48 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 74 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 76 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 77 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 78 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.42 86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 6.02 87 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.13 89 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 7.20 90 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 91 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7.30 92 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.49 93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.05 94 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 95 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.30 96 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 97 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.53 98 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 99 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.14 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 103 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 107 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 108 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 109 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 111 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 113 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14.00 114 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14.35 115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 116 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 118 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 120 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 121 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 122 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 123 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 15.11 124 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17.46 125 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 126 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 127 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 128 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 129 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 131 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 132 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 136 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 137 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 138 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 140 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 141 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 143 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 152 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 156 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 158 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 159 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 160 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 162 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 163 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 164 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 165 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 166 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 167 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 168 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 169 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 171 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 172 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 173 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 174 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 175 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 176 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux DNS Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott Sprints Châtelus-Malvaleix - 23.5 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2 Cressat - 44.5 km 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 La Bourboule - 144.0 km 1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Super-Besse - 195.5 km 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 20 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 16 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 7 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 14 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 11 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 10 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 7 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 16 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 5 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Mountains Côte de L'Armelle (Cat. 4), 70.0 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1 Côte de Crocq (CAt. 4), 89.0 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col de la Croix-Morand, (Cat. 2), 158.0 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 pts 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 9 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 5 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Super-Besse (Cat. 2), 195.5 km 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 Young rider 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.57.52 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.07 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.23 4 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 0.27 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.32 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.45 9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.19 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 11 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 4.48 12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.30 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.53 14 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 13.14 15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.46 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 18 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 20 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 25 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux Most aggressive rider 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Scott 14.54.15 2 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.04 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.23 4 Team Columbia 0.56 5 Lampre 1.15 6 AG2R-La Mondiale 1.47 7 Liquigas 1.59 8 Credit Agricole 2.01 9 Barloworld 2.19 10 Garmin Chipotle 2.20 11 Caisse d'Epargne 2.31 12 Agritubel 2.33 13 Rabobank 2.38 14 Gerolsteiner 3.22 15 Bouygues Telecom 3.28 16 Silence - Lotto 3.56 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.24 18 Quick Step 6.23 19 Francaise des Jeux 7.28 20 Team Milram 9.24 General classification after stage 6 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 24.30.41 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.06 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.44 5 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.47 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.54 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.03 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.21 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27 12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.34 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.40 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1.42 15 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.45 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.56 18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.58 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.03 20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.04 21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.06 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.19 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.20 24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.36 25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2.53 26 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2.55 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.01 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 29 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.14 30 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.33 31 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.52 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.05 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4.07 34 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.30 35 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.33 36 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.43 37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4.50 38 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.54 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.32 40 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.33 41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5.42 42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 5.44 43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.09 44 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 6.12 45 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.24 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.26 47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.36 48 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.42 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 6.51 50 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6.55 51 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 6.57 52 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.41 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7.51 54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 7.53 55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.59 56 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 8.02 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 8.03 58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.15 59 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 8.27 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 8.41 61 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.46 62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8.52 63 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.53 64 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.58 65 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 9.32 66 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.45 67 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.56 68 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 10.22 69 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 10.25 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.35 71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 10.42 72 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 11.02 74 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.11 75 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 11.19 76 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.50 77 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 12.10 78 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.12 79 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.14 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 12.15 81 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 12.23 82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12.45 83 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.31 84 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13.41 85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.49 86 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.50 87 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.55 88 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.59 89 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.05 90 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.10 91 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.15 92 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 14.28 93 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 14.40 94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14.54 95 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.11 96 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 15.18 97 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 15.40 98 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.46 99 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 15.54 100 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.09 101 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 16.34 102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 17.13 103 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 17.22 104 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17.24 105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 17.46 106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.15 107 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 18.38 108 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.56 109 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.10 110 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.21 111 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19.42 112 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.55 113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 20.00 114 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 115 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 20.11 116 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.14 117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 20.17 118 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.23 119 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 20.37 120 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 20.45 121 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 20.47 122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 20.57 123 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 21.06 124 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 21.14 125 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.18 126 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.21 127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.38 128 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 21.46 129 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.49 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 22.06 131 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 22.10 132 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22.18 133 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22.21 134 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 22.53 135 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 22.59 136 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 23.02 137 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 23.10 138 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 23.12 139 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.15 140 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 23.20 141 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 23.28 142 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 23.30 143 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 23.46 144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.59 145 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 24.01 146 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 24.04 147 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 24.20 148 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.26 149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.34 150 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 25.06 151 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 25.10 152 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 25.21 153 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 25.29 154 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.47 155 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 25.56 156 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 26.03 157 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26.17 158 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 26.22 159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26.23 160 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.26 161 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.51 162 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 26.57 163 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.14 164 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.48 165 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 27.52 166 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 167 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 28.30 168 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.35 169 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 28.53 170 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.55 171 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.02 172 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 30.24 173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.11 174 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32.36 175 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.25 176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37.35 Points classification 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 97 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 88 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 85 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 72 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 60 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 53 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 51 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 49 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 49 11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 47 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 15 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 17 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 34 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 29 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 22 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 23 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 27 24 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 25 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 26 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 26 27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 28 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 25 29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 31 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 23 32 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 33 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 22 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 35 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 38 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 19 39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 19 40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 41 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 43 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 45 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 47 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 49 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 50 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld 14 51 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 13 52 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 53 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 55 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 11 56 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10 58 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9 60 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 9 61 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 62 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 7 63 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 65 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 66 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 68 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 69 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 70 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 71 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 73 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 74 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 75 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 Mountains classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 12 8 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 12 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 14 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 15 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3 17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 18 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 19 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 24.31.35 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.46 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.04 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.26 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.07 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.20 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.58 8 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.00 9 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 6.03 10 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.48 11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.05 12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 13.46 13 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 14.46 14 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 19.43 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 19.53 16 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 21.16 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.24 18 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 22.08 19 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 22.34 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 22.52 21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 24.35 22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.53 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.20 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 26.58 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.41 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.08 Teams classification 1 Garmin Chipotle 73.34.10 2 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.19 3 Team Columbia 0.20 4 Caisse d'Epargne 3.54 5 Liquigas 4.09 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.17 7 Gerolsteiner 4.33 8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 5.24 9 Barloworld 5.30 10 Lampre 5.42 11 AG2R-La Mondiale 5.50 12 Saunier Duval - Scott 6.23 13 Rabobank 6.57 14 Agritubel 7.20 15 Credit Agricole 7.54 16 Silence - Lotto 8.55 17 Quick Step 9.11 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Team Milram 14.10 20 Francaise des Jeux 14.25
