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61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - UPT
France, June 7-14, 2009
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Stage 8 - June 14: Faverges - Grenoble, 146km
A first for Clement, a last for Valverde?
By Jean-François Quénet in Grenoble, France
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Time trial specialist Stef Clement (Rabobank) won the first road race of his career on Sunday as he outsprinted breakaway companions Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) and Sébastien Joly (Française Des Jeux) in Grenoble. French cancer survivor Sébastien Joly attacked Clement and Duggan with inside of two kilometres remaining in the 146-kilometre stage, but Clement clawed his way back with Duggan in tow. Clement neutralised Joly's attack with 400 metres to go and neither Clement nor Duggan, who also made a sensational return as a healthy cyclist after the brain surgery he had last year, could come around the Dutchman at the finish.
"I was jealous of my compatriot who won earlier this week," said Clement in reference to Niki Terpstra's stage win in Saint-Etienne. "I also wanted to win a stage at the beginning of the Dauphiné but I didn't have much freedom because of the time trials. Today was my last opportunity to make it but when I went in the early break, it was mainly for gaining some positions on GC. Unfortunately, there were too many riders in that group so I had to go again. When I was away at the end, I had no doubt that I'd win. I was sure of myself even when Joly attacked. I knew he'd be cooked from his efforts to come across.
"I'm so happy to finally win something other than a time trial," said the Dutchman who got the bronze medal at the world championship two years ago and won the Chrono des Nations last year as a good-bye present to the French team Bouygues Telecom he left for Rabobank.
Despite Cadel Evans' attacks on the main climb of the day, Valverde successfully defended his slim 16-second lead over the Australian. "My team did a phenomenal job," said Valverde who thanked his three teammates José Ivan Gutierrez, Oscar Pereiro and Javier Zandio who made the early break in order to assist him later in the stage. But the Caisse d'Epargne rider forgot to mention the most valuable help he got and that was from Alberto Contador (Astana).
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"Alberto did his own race," Valverde said. "He wanted to keep his third place and stayed attentive. This second win at the Dauphiné means a lot to me. I don't externalize my anger but I know it's an injustice to suspend me and I'm confident that everything will be proved in my favour at the end.
"This win is a message to the organisation of the Tour de France, yes," Valverde continued. "I still hope to do it. The decision is not in my hands. I have had so many ups and downs, but the win at the Tour of Catalunya helped me to find the right motivation for the Dauphiné. To have won two ProTour races in a row is meaningful to me, my team and all the people who have supported me in these difficult moments."
After the Dauphiné, Valverde becomes the world's number one rider on the UCI ranking but the governing body will decide within one week to globalize or not the ban given to Valverde on Italian soil.
How it unfolded
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A group of 28 riders attacked from the start and after only 10 kilometres had passed they had a 1:30 lead. The break contained José Ivan Gutierrez, Oscar Pereiro and Javier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Stef Clement (Rabobank), Igor Anton and Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Hubert Dupont (Ag2r La Mondiale), Sébastien Joly and Anthony Geslin (Française des Jeux), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Marco Velo and Martijn Wynants (Quick Step), Cyril Gautier and William Bonnet (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Christian Kux and Martin Velits (Team Milram), Daniele Righi (Lampre-NGC), Bert Grabsch, Adam Hansen and Frantisek Rabon (Team Columbia-Highroad), Nikolay Trussov (Team Katusha), Aliaksandr Kuschinski (Liquigas), Beñat Intxausti (Fuji-Servetto), Brent Bookwalter and Alexander Moos (BMC Racing Team), Jurgen Van Goolen (Team Saxo Bank), Tim Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) and Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana).
The highest ranked of the escapees on GC was Clement, 15th at 9:40. When the gap was just over 2:20 to the peloton, Grabsch attacked on his own at km 48. The current time trial world champion stayed away until km 111 after gaining a maximum lead of 3:00. As soon as the German was caught, his teammate Hansen counter-attacked at the bottom of the Saint-Bernard-de-Touvet climb. The Team Columbia-Highroad Australian was soon joined by Duggan on the ascent.
On the Saint-Bernard-de-Touvet, Evans attacked several times but Contador was always prompt to respond with Valverde on his wheel. In a race with a lot of dynamic action, Duggan dropped Hansen but was soon joined by Clement in the lead. The duo had a 1:30 advantage over the Valverde group with 20 kilometres to go and were joined by Joly with 8 kilometres remaining. Joly attacked 1.5 kilometres before the line but Clement had enough strength to catch Joly and outsprint his breakaway companions for the stage victory.
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- Stef Clement (Rabobank) outsprints Timothy Duggan (Garmin - Slipstream) to win the final stage of the Dauphiné.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the Dauphiné Libéré for the second year in a row.
- Dauphiné winner Alejandro Valverde shakes hands with runner up Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) on the podium.
- The final podium of the Dauphiné Libéré (L-R) Alberto Contador (Astana), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto).
- Stef Clement (Rabobank)
- Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) pushed the pace on the Côte de Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet in an attempt to crack race leader Alejandro Valverde.
- Timothy Duggan (Garmin - Slipstream) climbs alone at the head of the race on the Côte de Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet.
Results
1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 3.30.17 (41.658 km/h) 2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.02 4 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 1.31 5 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.33 7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.56 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 9 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.58 10 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 2.05 11 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 21 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 30 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 31 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 32 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 33 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 35 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 36 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 41 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 43 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 44 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 45 Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana 46 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 48 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 49 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 50 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 3.57 52 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 53 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 54 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 55 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 58 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 61 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 62 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 64 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 65 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 66 Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 67 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 68 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 70 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 71 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 72 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 74 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 76 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 77 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 78 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 80 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 81 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 82 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6.39 83 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 84 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 85 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 86 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 87 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 88 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 89 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 90 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 91 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 92 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 93 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 94 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 95 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 98 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 99 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 9.37 101 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 102 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 103 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 105 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 107 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 12.06 108 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 109 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 110 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 111 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 112 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 114 Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 115 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 116 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 117 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 118 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 119 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 120 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 121 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 122 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 123 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C 124 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 125 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto 126 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 127 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 128 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 129 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 130 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 13.31 131 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 13.34 132 Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 133 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha 134 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 135 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 13.36 DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram DNF Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Points Finish - Grenoble - km 146 1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 17 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 4 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 13 5 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 9 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 8 9 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 10 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 6 11 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 13 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 2 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Mountains Col de Leschaux - km 29.5 1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 7 pts 2 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 5 3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 3 4 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 5 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1 Col du Frêne - km 57 1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 7 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 3 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 5 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 1 Côte de Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet - km 119 1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 30 pts 2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26 3 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 22 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 5 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 6 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 7 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 8 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 6 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2 12 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 10.35.01 2 Française des jeux 0.02 3 Liquigas 1.31 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.33 5 Garmin - Slipstream 1.52 6 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 1.56 7 AG2R - La mondiale 1.58 8 BMC Racing Team 2.05 9 Caisse d'Epargne 10 BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 Astana 12 Team Columbia - Highroad 3.23 13 Team Saxo Bank 3.57 14 Silence - Lotto 15 Team Katusha 16 Quick Step 5.49 17 Team Milram 18 Lampre-N.G.C. 6.30 19 Fuji-Servetto 7.41 Final general classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.33.15 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.16 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1.18 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.41 5 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.40 6 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.08 7 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.21 8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 5.05 9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 5.28 10 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.19 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 6.58 12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 6.59 13 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 7.35 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 8.12 15 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 8.43 16 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10.41 17 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10.52 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.09 19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 13.44 20 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.46 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 15.14 22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 15.39 23 Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana 15.41 24 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 16.18 25 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 16.53 26 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18.00 27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 18.10 28 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 19.14 29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19.33 30 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 31 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 19.37 32 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 20.34 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.49 35 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 23.36 36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 23.43 37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 24.34 38 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.33 39 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26.09 40 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 26.59 41 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 27.46 42 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.04 43 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 28.49 44 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30.08 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31.33 46 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31.36 47 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.44 48 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 32.09 49 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.40 50 Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 33.07 51 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 34.05 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 34.06 53 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 35.09 54 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 36.54 55 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 37.30 56 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 38.23 57 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 40.49 58 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 41.05 59 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 41.07 60 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 41.10 61 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 41.54 62 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 41.56 63 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 42.25 64 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 43.26 65 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 43.33 66 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 44.08 67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 44.24 68 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44.56 69 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.10 70 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 46.16 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 46.47 72 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.10 73 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 49.48 74 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 49.59 75 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 50.03 76 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 50.24 77 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C 51.48 78 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 52.38 79 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 53.00 80 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53.29 81 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 54.12 82 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 54.32 83 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 55.44 84 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 55.53 85 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 56.00 86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 59.17 87 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.00.26 88 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00.37 89 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.01.28 90 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.02.25 91 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02.45 92 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 1.03.04 93 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.03.57 94 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.04.52 95 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.05.10 96 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.05.54 97 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.05.56 98 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.06.10 99 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.06.55 100 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.08.22 101 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 1.08.36 102 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.08.51 103 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.09.37 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 1.11.01 105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11.08 106 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.11.17 107 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 1.11.58 108 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.12.07 109 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 1.12.27 110 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.31 111 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.12.41 112 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.13.42 113 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 1.15.42 114 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 1.17.21 115 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.17.27 116 Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.17.49 117 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 1.17.52 118 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.20.31 119 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.21.19 120 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.21.51 121 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.22.48 122 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 1.23.55 123 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 1.24.05 124 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 1.24.30 125 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1.24.43 126 Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.25.24 127 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 1.25.59 128 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 1.27.11 129 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 1.29.03 130 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha 1.29.13 131 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.36.33 132 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.41.34 133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.41.53 134 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.43.26 135 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 1.46.08 Points classification 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 97 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 66 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 4 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 43 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 42 6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 41 7 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 40 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 40 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 37 10 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 36 11 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 35 12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 33 13 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30 14 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 29 15 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 16 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 23 17 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 18 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 22 19 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 21 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 20 21 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 20 22 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 20 23 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 18 24 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 17 25 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 17 26 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 27 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 29 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 30 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 13 31 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 13 32 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 13 33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 12 34 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 12 35 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 11 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 11 38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 11 39 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 40 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 41 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 9 42 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 8 43 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8 44 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 46 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6 48 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 6 49 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 6 50 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 51 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 5 52 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 54 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 55 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 56 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 57 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3 58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 3 59 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 3 60 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2 61 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 62 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 2 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 2 64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1 66 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 5 68 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 Mountains classification 1 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 111 pts 2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 88 3 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 71 4 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 57 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 52 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 48 8 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 47 9 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 10 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 44 11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 40 12 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 38 13 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 36 14 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 36 15 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 31 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 30 17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 30 18 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 19 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 29 20 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 28 22 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 24 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 24 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23 26 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 22 27 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 22 28 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 21 29 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 20 30 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 31 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 19 32 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 18 33 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 34 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 35 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 16 36 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15 37 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12 38 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 12 40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 41 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 12 42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 43 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 44 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 45 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 47 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 48 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 7 49 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 50 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 51 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 5 52 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 4 53 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C 4 54 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 3 56 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 3 57 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 3 58 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 59 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 60 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 61 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 62 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 63 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 64 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1 65 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Astana 79.58.20 2 Rabobank 4.41 3 AG2R - La mondiale 5.56 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.27 5 Française des jeux 18.33 6 Liquigas 18.34 7 BMC Racing Team 19.58 8 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 21.26 9 Garmin - Slipstream 22.34 10 BBox Bouygues Telecom 25.58 11 Silence - Lotto 26.24 12 Team Saxo bank 27.06 13 Caisse d'Epargne 47.23 14 Team Katusha 48.58 15 Team Columbia - High Road 51.19 16 Quick Step 1.01.27 17 Team Milram 1.05.44 18 Lampre-N.G.C. 1.16.17 #REF!
