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95th Tour de France - GT
France, July 5-27, 2008
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Stage 12 - Thursday, July 17: Lavelanet - Narbonne, 168.5km
Manx Missile grabs number three
Evans retains maillot jaune on tough day for the Tour
By Shane Stokes and Bjorn Haake
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Bursting out of the peloton and opening up a clear lead, Mark Cavendish rocketed to his third stage victory of the Tour de France today. The 23 year old positioned himself perfectly in the chaotic run-up to the sprint, then made his move at precisely the right time to beat Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) to the line in Narbonne.
Cavendish was all smiles after his latest win. "It was a perfect sprint. I am the first [rider] who has won three times in this Tour. The team has done great work," he said.
Cavendish also commented on the variety of victories. "It's brilliant – all three wins came in different conditions." It was raining hard in Toulouse when Cavendish took out his second sprint. Cavendish had a bandage around his right arm. "I crashed a day before the rest day. There was a football rolling across the street! I went down with 50 km/h. It hurt, but that's le Tour!"
Cavendish has already set his eyes on future Tours de France. "I want to return to fight for the green jersey in the coming years. Now, I am really tired."
Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) knew the battle was for second place today. "I was in third wheel when I launched my sprint with 400 metres to go. I tried to get in the best wheel, but Cavendish was just too strong. I sprinted side by side with Gert [Steegmans]," he said.
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Steegmans was next to Chavanel in the sprint, and was disappointed to not deliver after more strong work from his Quick Step team. "With 400m to go I was behind [team-mate Steven De Jongh]. We did the sprint for me today. It's a pity it didn't work out. It was tough with the head wind on the finishing straight. We will try again and hopefully we can succeed."
Race leader Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) stayed out of trouble and maintained his one second gap over closest rival Frank Schleck (CSC – Saxo Bank). Evans was seen on his own coming into the final kilometres, and didn't get an easy ride. "It is hard to stay in the top twenty. My team worked a lot, so they were tired in the end."
The Australian doesn't expect the battle for the overall classification to continue in earnest until the Alps, but said he and his team have a clear strategy. "For us it is important to have the jersey in Paris. We will see if we defend it – it depends on how the race develops." Having the jersey all the way until Paris may be added stress, but Evans stated that all his jerseys go to charity, so he is motivated to keep it.
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The general classification was largely unchanged, with two considerable exceptions; Riccardo Riccò, ninth overnight, was thrown out of the race after a positive A sample, while his Saunier Duval team-mates withdrew following the news. This removed Juan Jose Cobo Acebo from the eighth place he had occupied.
The accomplishment of Cavendish was overshadowed by the news of Riccò's positive, but he looked at the situation with a brighter outlook than most. "It's a great deception," said Cavendish. "But to me it means the tests are working and we are catching the cheaters."
Evans made a brief comment concerning the Riccò case. "I am sorry for the sport. But in cycling there are more controls than in any other sport." He confirmed that he was tested since taking the yellow jersey.
With Riccò and David De La Fuente gone, Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) took over the mountains jersey he had tried so hard to seize on stage nine. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) inherited the maillot blanc as best young rider.
The stage was one of the most straightforward of this year's Tour, with peloton in a muted mood after the news of Riccò's exclusion. Following a number of early attacks, Arnaud Gérard (Francaise des Jeux) and Samuël Dumoulin (Cofidis) attacked 36 kilometres after the start, and quickly opened up a lead of 3'55.
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Dumoulin led Gerard over the top of the Col de Camperié, 57.5 kilometres into the stage, with Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) taking third and fortifying his slight lead over Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner). Gerard then beat Dumoulin for the first bonus sprint, with points leader Freire netting third.
The duo continued on, but the peloton kept the advantage between a minute and a minute and a half, almost guaranteeing a bunch sprint. The gap dropped to 35" with approximately 55 kilometres remaining, yet it went up to over a minute once again when Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel Eukadi) scarpered across the gap and added some welcome power to the move.
Dumoulin, Gerard and Oroz crossed the second prime line in that order and hung on until nine kilometres remaining, when they were finally gobbled up. From there until the line it was all about setting things up for the evitable bunch gallop and the almost equally-inevitable sprint victory by Columbia's 23 year-old Manx missile.
Arnaud was awarded the most aggressive rider of the day, and said he enjoyed his time in the front. "I had fun out there! It was good for the team and obviously a great day. Sébastien [Chavanel] then finished second, so the team had a really good day," he said. "In the end we were very tired, but it's great to race the way we did."
Arnaud was happy to be with Française des Jeux. "It's a team with a lot of young riders." Regarding the three doping positives which have hit the Tour this year, Arnaud said, "It's bad for the cycling image. But you have to catch the cheaters to get the trust back into cycling."
How it unfolded
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What should have been a quiet, relaxing morning before a transitional stage to the Mediterranean turned out to be quite a hectic morning, with Riccardo Riccò testing positive for EPO and being taken to the police station for questioning. His team, Saunier Duval-Scott, decided to pull out of the Tour.
The peloton minus Saunier Duval-Scott set off at 13:25. A few early attempts to break away were reeled back in, but after five kilometres a group with Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Steven De Jongh (Quick Step), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Bram Tankink (Rabobank), Martin Müller (Team Milram), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30) formed. However, after 12 kilometres their adventure was over.
The pace was very fast right from the start. Baden Cooke (Barloworld) crashed in this early, nervous phase. He would abandon a short while later. Another break at kilometre 25 was brought back quickly.
After 36 kilometres Arnaud Gerard (Française des Jeux) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) accelerated out of the peloton. They made good time and after four kilometres on the front, they had a minute on the bunch.
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Dumoulin led Gerard over the top of the col de Camperié, at kilometre 57.5. The bunch followed 3'40 later. Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) had stormed out of the bunch on that category three climb. With Riccò and De La Fuente out of the picture, Lang could hope again to take out the climber's jersey.
The peloton picked up the pace again and by the sprint in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet at kilometre 76 the gap was down to 1'40. Gerard preceded Dumoulin over the line. In the bunch the green jersey dudes started to muscle to the front. Hushovd tried hard for the remaining two points, but Oscar Freire was able to hold him off and extend his lead for another two points.
When the duo passed the feed zone eight kilometres later they were only 50 seconds ahead. However, the bunch took its time to munch and the gap was again a minute and a half before the 100km marker was passed.
Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) decided to take some action by crashing. He got to get some treatment, but quickly was back up in the bunch.
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Despite the fast pace of over 48 km/h, the two leaders kept losing ground. When it was not much more than half a minute, Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rocketed out of the bunch. With 53 kilometres to go he joined the leaders. The three had more power, so the gap went up again to a minute and a half.
With 34 km the gap was down to 35 seconds, and it yo-yoed a bit. When it was 50 seconds and the riders hit the 30-kilometre marker, Dumoulin attacked. It was still four kilometres to the final intermediate sprint.
Oroz was attentive and dragged himself and Gerard back up to the attacker. After this little bras de fer, the trio continued to work together again, extending its lead past the one-minute mark.
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Dumoulin took the sprint in Thezan-des-Corbieres, ahead of Gerard and Oroz. The gap was down below the minute marker again. Peter Velits (Team Milram) suffered a flat tyre, which was bad timing. The peloton had given it some stick and Velits had a hard time catching up, but eventually did.
With 15 kilometres to go the gap was down to 30 seconds, with the peloton led by Quick Step, Columbia, Milram, Liquigas. The roads were dead straight for the most part.
Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) also suffered an untimely flat tyre, while the peloton came within a dozen seconds and a dozen kilometres to go. Thomas Lövkvist flatted as well, reducing the pulling power for Columbia on the front.
With nine kilometres to go the break was finally caught, despite a last ditch effort by the three. CSC was leading the charge at the time of the junction.
The sprinters' teams kept it together. Then Cavendish delivered for Columbia as scripted.
Stage 13 - Friday, July 18: Narbonne - Nîmes, 182km
With just three fourth category climbs in the way, this should be another stage for the sprinters. The route continues its way across the southern edge of France between the Pyrenees and the Alps. It's likely that a break will try to get away, but even more likely that the sprinters' domestiques will bring them back before they reach the finish.
The stage travels from one Roman settlement to another: leaving the oldest one in Narbonne, and arriving in probably the most famous one in Nîmes. The capital of the Gard department, Nîmes is home to probably the highest concentration of historic Roman sites outside Italy. These include the best preserved arena in France – which still gets used for concerts and bullfights, the Maison Carrée – a temple dedicated to the sons of Agrippa, and most famously: the Pont du Gard – a three level aqueduct which lies 20 kilometres to the north.
Nîmes' other big claim to fame is as the origin of Serge de Nîmes, an indigo blue fabric that has changed the world. Over the years its name has been shortened to one word that most people will recognise: Denim. The city has hosted the Tour 15 times before, with Aitor Gonzales (Fassa Bortolo) taking the victory in 2004, the last time it finished here.
Photography
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- ASO president Patrice Clerc answers a call at the stage start in Lavelanet.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) talks with Tour director Christian Prudhomme before the stage gets underway.
- Evans keeps an eye on his main rival - second placed Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank).
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) collides with the fallen Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole).
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) chases back to the peloton after a puncture.
- The Silence-Lotto team was forced to work hard for its leader Cadel Evans.
- It's that man Cav again! Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish takes his third stage victory in Narbonne.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) is a happy man after another stage win.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) pulls on another yellow jersey after what he said was a difficult day for him and his team.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Saunier Duval riders were ready but the race wasn't ready for them.
- The team was dressed but they got pulled before the roll-out.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) was still hoping he could continue, but to no avail.
- Pozzato is not too pleased with Riccò.
- Josep Jufré catches up with his colleagues.
- Saunier rider discuss the events as they unfolded.
- What are we going to do?
- Riccò comes out of the bus.
- Riccò steps into the team car
- Riccò gets into the team car before being driven off to the police station.
- Riccò looks puzzled
- The car drives off
- The police was all over the place.
- The car with Riccò and a police officer inside drives off
- Riccò gets driven off
- Riccò was well protected
- The town of Mirepoix where Riccò was brought for questioning.
- The building where Riccò could reflect about his mistakes.
- The lawyer of Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) leaves the police station.
- Saunier Duval-Scott leaves the Tour
- Baden Cooke hit the ground hard and had to abandon later.
- The stage went on and the fans happily celebrated.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes another convincing victory.
- Cav takes number three
- Cav beat green jersey Freire once again
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Fans were outraged by yet another doping scandal. "Let the oven of transfusions live on."
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.40.52 (45.77 km/h) 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 6 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 21 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 22 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 26 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 35 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 36 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 40 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 42 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 44 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 54 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 55 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 56 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 58 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 60 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 62 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 64 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 66 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 68 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 70 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 71 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 75 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 76 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 78 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 80 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 82 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 84 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 86 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 88 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 91 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 92 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 94 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 95 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 97 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 99 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 101 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 102 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 105 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 112 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 113 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 116 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 118 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 119 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 120 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 121 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 122 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 125 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 130 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.20 131 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 132 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.21 133 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.29 135 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.56 136 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.13 137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 138 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.15 139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 140 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 141 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.17 142 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 143 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 145 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 146 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 147 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 148 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 149 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 150 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 151 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 152 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.49 153 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 154 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 155 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.12 156 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.40 157 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 158 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.06 DNS Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld Sprints Saint-Paul-De-Fenouillet - 76.0 Km 1 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2 Thezan-Des-Corbieres - 142.5 Km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 3 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Narbonne - 168.5 Km 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 35 pts 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 26 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 24 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 22 6 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 20 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 17 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 15 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 14 13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 13 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 12 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 11 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 10 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6 21 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 22 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Col du Camperié (Cat. 4), 57.5 Km 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.40.52 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 13 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 14 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 18 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 19 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.13 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1.17 24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.40 Most aggressive rider 1 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux Teams 1 Team Columbia 11.02.36 2 Silence - Lotto 3 Garmin Chipotle 4 Quick Step 5 Liquigas 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Lampre 8 Rabobank 9 Team CSC Saxo Bank 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Credit Agricole 12 Caisse d'Epargne 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 14 Agritubel 15 AG2R-La Mondiale 16 Team Milram 17 Barloworld 18 Francaise des Jeux 19 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 12 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 50.23.05 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 6.11 18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7.00 19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.07 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.34 21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 8.48 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 13.36 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 14.04 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 20.10 34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 21.38 35 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.50 36 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 22.43 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 25.42 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27.00 39 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.05 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 29.53 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.54 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 30.38 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 30.49 44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.09 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 35.41 49 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 36.27 50 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36.48 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 37.10 52 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 38.10 53 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.15 54 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 39.51 55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 40.09 56 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.12 57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 42.44 58 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.11 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 49.13 62 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.42 63 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51.06 64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52.09 65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.12 66 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 53.28 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 55.07 68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.59 69 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 56.18 70 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 56.28 71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 56.56 72 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.29 73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 58.51 74 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 59.35 75 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.45 76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.01.54 77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.06.38 78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1.06.57 79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.07.48 80 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.12 81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.42 82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.09.45 83 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.10.32 84 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 85 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.31 86 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.11.59 87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.39 88 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.12.41 89 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1.12.49 90 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.13.40 91 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.15.11 92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1.15.21 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 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 97 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.22 98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.16.55 99 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.24 100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.18.31 101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 1.19.02 102 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.19.44 103 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.08 104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 1.21.36 105 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.53 106 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.05 107 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.28.13 108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.29.45 109 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.31.03 110 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.32.06 111 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 1.34.16 117 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.35.22 118 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.35.32 119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.52 120 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36.07 121 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.36.42 123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.39.09 124 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.39.19 125 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.40.19 126 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1.40.32 127 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.41.20 128 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41.22 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.41.50 130 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.42.21 131 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.43.09 132 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.08 133 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.44.09 134 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.45.26 135 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.46.27 136 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.41 137 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.47.32 138 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.48.16 139 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.49.01 140 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.49.13 141 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.50.25 142 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.50.26 143 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.50.28 144 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.50.41 145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.50.54 146 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.51.21 147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.52.04 148 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.53.19 149 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.53.46 150 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.54.09 151 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.38 152 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 1.57.10 156 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.01.48 157 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02.20 158 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.06.14 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 162 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 138 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 136 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 123 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 121 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 95 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 88 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 76 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 75 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 69 12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 68 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 62 16 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 59 18 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 58 19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 56 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 22 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 47 24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 45 26 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 27 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 28 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 38 29 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37 30 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 33 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 31 35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 37 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 38 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 39 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 27 40 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 26 41 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 43 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 44 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 25 45 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 23 46 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 47 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20 48 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 19 49 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18 51 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 52 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 53 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 55 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 56 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 15 57 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 58 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 59 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 61 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12 62 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 63 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 64 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 65 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 68 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 69 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 70 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 11 71 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 72 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 10 73 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 75 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 76 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia 9 77 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 78 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 8 79 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 80 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 7 81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 6 82 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 83 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 5 84 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5 85 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 86 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 87 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4 88 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 89 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3 90 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 91 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 2 92 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 94 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 95 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 96 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto -5 97 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre -5 98 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 -5 99 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia -5 100 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -10 Mountains classification 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 56 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 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 17 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 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 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 8 39 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 41 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 42 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 43 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 44 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5 46 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 52 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 53 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2 54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 55 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 56 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 58 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 60 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 61 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 1 62 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 50.27.23 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.42 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.49 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.16 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 13.57 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 25.35 7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.30 8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 34.57 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 46.48 10 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 52.00 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.06.14 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 1.31.49 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.36.01 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.42.23 19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.43.14 20 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.44.55 21 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.46.08 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 1.46.10 23 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.23 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.47.46 Teams classification 1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 151.01.25 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 44.04 11 Team Columbia 47.30 12 Francaise des Jeux 49.17 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 58.34 14 Barloworld 1.04.14 15 Garmin Chipotle 1.07.24 16 Quick Step 1.13.30 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.15.24 18 Team Milram 1.19.33 19 Agritubel 1.57.56
