95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

Virtual GC after stage 10 with time bonuses as applied in 2007 (*)

Photography

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• The peloton sweeps down the Champs Élysées.
• Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) passes by the Arc de Triomphe.
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) held off Gerald Ciolek (Columbia) to salvage Quick Step's Tour de France with a stage win.
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) can breathe a massive sigh of relief after delivering on the Champs Élysées.
• Cadel Evans celebrated his second second place in the Tour.

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• Carlos Sastre is flanked by Norwegian champion Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Fabian Cancellara as CSC-Saxo Bank are presented as best team.
• Carlos Sastre gives the crowd a wave at the sign on.
• Riders await the start of stage 21 in Étampes, south of Paris.
• The four jersey wearers (l-r): Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank).
• Kohl and Freire shakes hands on the start line.
• Everyone wants a shot of the four jersey wearers.
• CSC celebrated an incredible Tour and got white and yellow, plus the teams' win.
• The peloton flies down the Champs Élysées with the Arc de Triomphe behind.
• Sastre was closely shadowed by Evans in the final laps in Paris.
• Sastre turns at the Arc de Triomphe for his biggest success in his career.
• Sastre was concentrated to not crash and he got some practice in for the pots-Tour crits.
• Barloworld tried to set up Robert Hunter.
• Sastre with his yellow handle bar tape looked good in Paris.
• Sastre corners well at high speed on the cobbles.
• Sastre stayed out of trouble on the final stage.
• Carlos Sastre indulged in some yellow handlebar tape but was one of the more understated Tour winners in recent times.
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) proved he belongs with the best sprinters after today's win.
• Steegmans will hope to continue his sprinting success in the colours of Russian team Katusha, where he will move next year.
• The top-three of the 2008 Tour de France.
• The Spaniard was joined by his two children on the podium.
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) enjoys his second Tour stage victory after grabbing stage two last year.
• Sastre enjoys a glass of champagne with Bjarne Riis in the CSC team car.
• The Spaniard on his victory lap complete with Spanish flag.
• Number 11 is numero uno
• The Lampre team was in good spirits despite Cunego's non-optimal Tour.
• Barloworld arrived at the Arc de Triomphe with a decimated team of four riders.
• Liquigas celebrated its arrival with a souvenir for the photo album.
• Sastre will now be on the post-Tour criterium circuit in Belgium and Holland.
• The four jerseys: Best young rider Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank), winner Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), points winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and king of the mountains Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
• The top-three overall: Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
• The riders listen to the Spanish national anthem.
• The riders are applauded by Tour chiefs Christian Prudhomme (far right) and Patrice Clerc.
• Sastre savours the moment for as long as possible, joined by his son and daughter.
• "Next year, mate, I'm gonna come back with a decent team and take that jersey back!"

Images by Víctor Solís

• Andy Schleck rode in support of Carlos Sastre and still managed to get the white jersey.
• Stuart O'Grady puts the final touch on the Tour victory.
• George Hincapie (Columbia) finished yet another Tour de France.
• CSC needed a domestique just for carrying all the prizes.
• Garmin during its lap of honour around the Champs-Elysées.
• Valverde smiled with his Caisse d'Epargne colleagues although the Spaniard wanted to be much closer to the podium than ninth.

Images by John Pierce/Photosport International

• A son who is proud of his father meets a father who is proud of his son.
• Sastres father was obviously happy with his son's success.

Results

1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                           42.29.01
2 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        0.46
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                0.54
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.05
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 1.36
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 1.48
8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      1.57
9 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                2.06
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        2.28
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            3.59
12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             4.17
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 4.22
14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4.34
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          5.31
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    5.45
17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           6.07
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       6.09
19 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                          6.51
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6.55
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 7.08
22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        8.42
23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 8.56
24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                  11.15
25 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                               12.07
26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          13.08
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 13.32
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                               13.44
29 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       16.10
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             16.47
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              18.16
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                       18.17
33 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                       18.23
34 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       20.18
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     20.55
36 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                       22.51
37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         26.17
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         27.08
39 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           28.13
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                           28.44
41 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         28.49
42 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          30.08
43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             30.46
44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  30.57
45 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     32.17
46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              34.00
47 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    34.57
48 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               35.30
49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   35.47
50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  36.25
51 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                36.35
52 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
53 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  36.36
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                   37.18
55 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  38.18
56 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     39.23
57 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                           39.59
58 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                   40.17
59 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  40.27
60 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    40.52
61 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     42.20
62 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     44.02
63 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                        44.15
64 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             46.43
65 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        47.44
66 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          49.21
67 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            49.50
68 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   50.08
69 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       51.02
70 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 51.14
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             53.20
72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         53.22
73 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 53.36
74 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  54.10
75 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         55.19
76 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                            56.26
77 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                57.19
78 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      57.31
79 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                   59.04
80 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             59.43
81 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      1.01.16
82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               1.02.30
83 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.03.18
84 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.06.03
85 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.06.46
86 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                1.06.49
87 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                  1.07.05
88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             1.07.36
89 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.07.52
90 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           1.08.46
91 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         1.09.06
92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           1.09.40
93 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.09.41
94 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               1.09.50
95 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
96 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          1.10.20
97 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.10.38
98 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.10.44
99 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                             1.10.47
100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1.11.30
101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                 1.11.47
102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.13.22
103 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                       1.13.48
104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        1.14.01
105 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        1.15.19
106 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       1.15.46
107 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                            1.16.15
108 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.16.30
109 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.16.38
110 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.19.52
111 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              1.21.16
112 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                               1.21.32
113 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                      1.21.39
114 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          1.22.10
115 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            1.23.48
116 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             1.25.16
117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   1.25.27
118 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             1.25.28
119 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              1.25.44
120 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          1.26.23
121 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.26.56
122 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                             1.26.58
123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.27.01
124 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                      1.27.48
125 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott             1.28.01
126 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           1.28.21
127 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        1.28.50
128 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
129 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         1.30.47
130 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        1.31.52
131 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.32.04
132 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            1.33.04
133 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                           1.33.07
134 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             1.34.05
135 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        1.34.07
136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            1.34.35
137 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  1.34.51
138 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             1.35.06
139 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 1.35.30
140 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            1.35.40
141 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.35.44
142 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.35.54
143 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          1.36.50
144 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            1.36.53
145 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           1.37.55
146 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              1.37.59
147 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       1.39.26
148 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              1.39.55
149 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      1.40.41
150 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           1.41.46
151 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        1.41.58
152 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       1.42.00
153 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.43.10
154 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         1.43.22
155 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                1.43.39
156 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphon e   1.43.46
157 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.43.54
158 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         1.44.09
159 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          1.45.43
160 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          1.46.06
161 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     1.46.31
162 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     1.47.54
163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               1.48.04
164 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           1.48.10
165 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         1.48.41
166 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   1.49.55
167 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.53.14
168 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.55.05
169 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      1.56.47

Time bonuses awarded (*)

Finish

First place: 20 seconds
Second place: 12 seconds
Third place: 8 seconds

Intermediate sprints

First place: 6 seconds
Second place: 4 seconds
Third place: 2 seconds

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