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67th Paris-Nice - HIS
France, March 8-15, 2009
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Stage 7 - March 14: Manosque - Fayence, 191km
Sánchez topples Contador
By Bjorn Haake
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Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) stormed to a solo victory in the penultimate stage of the 2009 Paris-Nice, taking the yellow jersey off the shoulders of favourite Alberto Contador (Astana). Stunning attacks in the final kilometres in an elite front group of six men tumbled the overall classification, with Contador losing almost three minutes.
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) put in a brilliant ride on a tough day with nine classified climbs, and moved himself into second overall, 1:09 behind Sánchez. Thanks to his fourth place finish on the stage, the Frenchman moved ahead of Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre-NGC) to take the green jersey for the points classification.
Sánchez could barely walk to the podium after the stage, suffering from cramps after his 17-kilometre solo escape. But the Spaniard was pleased to receive the yellow jersey. "I really want to thank my team today. Yesterday was our toughest day, but today it was better."
Sánchez will go into the final stage of Paris-Nice with the confidence of a rider who won the same stage in the 2008 edition. The Spaniard was pleased to find a selective few stages leading into the final day, which passes over three category one climbs before plunging down into Nice. "I was definitely looking forward to the medium and high mountains, where you have to be really strong."
In his victory moments, Sánchez had kind words for his main rival Contador, whom he still considers a great champion. "It is too bad for him, he had a jour sans. I hope he can recover well."
Sánchez may have been one of the best prepared riders for the stage into the hilltop town of Fayence. "I have done a similar stage in the Tour Méditerranéen and last week I was training here."
Even though he has a solid lead on the overall classification, the Caisse d'Epargne rider expects a tough final day. "The team is very motivated and we want to continue like today. We know that winning Paris-Nice will be difficult, but still, our chances are good."
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A visibly drained Contador was helped from his bike by his team soigneur after the finish. "Today has been a very hard day, the Astana rider admitted. He said he had a hunger knock in the finale and could not answer the attack of Sánchez.
"The break did not go until kilometre 65, and before then it was just chaos, which made me work from the start. That's where I was hurt. The race was very fast, and I forgot to eat and drink enough. At 40 km to go I was alone and though I was answering all the attacks well, at 15 km to my body was completely empty. I was left without any strength. From this moment the goal was just to get to the finish."
Fränk Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) moved onto a podium spot in the overall, by finishing in third, sandwiched between Colom and Chavanel. His directeur sportif Kim Andersen was pleasantly surprised with the day.
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"We most certainly got value for our money today, and the stage shows that anything can happen, and no one has won until the very last stage is over." Andersen noted that Caisse d'Epargne has a stronger team than Contador's Astana. "It is probably better at controlling the peloton, so we must secure the place on the podium by staying in front and possibly engage in a breakaway."
Antonio Colom (Team Katusha) was one of the most aggressive riders in the finale, netting him second place on the day. "I tried several times to get away from the break group, but they always brought me back. Then Sánchez countered and the others didn't follow him." Once he knew Sánchez would stay away, he changed tactics. "I concentrated on the sprint for second. I have a slight cold and yesterday I had some bronchial problems, but today I was feeling much better."
Colom moved up to sixth and is 2:16 behind Sánchez in the GC. "I hope to be just as good in the final stage tomorrow," he said.
A climb to start with
The race started off with the first of nine categorised climbs after only two kilometres. It was Tony Martin (Team Columbia - Highroad) to get more points for his jersey, followed by David Moncoutié (Cofidis, le crédit en ligne) and Matthieu Ladagnous (Française des Jeux).
Next up was the sprint, which was also a tight race heading into stage seven. Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre - N.G.C.) led the points classification with one point over Haussler and three points over Contador and Chavanel. Haussler won ahead of Chavanel, with Chris Sørensen (Team Saxo Bank) getting third and preventing Lorenzetto from getting points. That put Haussler in the virtual lead with 65 points, ahead of Lorenzetto (63) and Chavanel (61).
Martin also was ahead at the second climb of the day, leading Martin Velits (Team Milram) and Sørensen over the top. In that climb Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was in trouble and abandoned the race. He hurt his knee in the second stage and yesterday's efforts were too much for him. His inflamed knee had no desire to do seven more climbs.
There were a flurry of attacks until the break of the day was finally established after more than 60 km of racing. Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux), Karsten Kroon (Team Saxo Bank), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis, le crédit en ligne), Alexandre Pichot (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Joan Horrach (Team Katusha), Maxime Bouet (Agritubel) and Martin Velits (Team Milram) were the lucky ones.
The break covered the côte de Taradeau (km 96.0), the côte des Tuillières (km 110.0), the col de Saint-Andrieux (km 118.5) and the col du Défens (km 126.0), with various riders taking the various points.
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Shortly after the sprint in Fayence (Stéphane Augé ahead of Roman Kreuziger and Christophe Riblon) the race started in earnest. In the front group Martin Velits (Team Milram) attacked to get a head start for the category one col de Bourigaille.
Behind, the favourites moved into position to battle for the overall over the longest climb of the day, a 10.4 km drag race. A group of eight riders with Contador, Schleck, Voigt, Chavanel, Sanchez, Colom, Seeldraeyers and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), moved clear of the peloton.
Repeated attacks on the climb by Colom shattered the group, but the accelerations did little to prevent Velits from staying clear over the top. Behind the Milram rider the peloton was in tatters, and Colom, Contador, Sanchez and Schleck formed a four-person pursuit group. Evans led the peloton less than half a minute behind.
Schleck was dropped from the Contador group, and when Velits was caught, another attack by Colom ended the Milram rider's time at the front of the race.
Over the côte de Mons, Sanchez led Contador and Colom, while Schleck, 17 seconds behind, found a companion in his teammate Jens Voigt. Chavanel joined them, too, and after a few kilometres of furious chasing, there was a group of six on the front.
Stage 8 - March 15: Nice - Nice, 119km
The final stage tomorrow in Nice will have to decide the winner of the prestigious stage race. Three more category one climbs will test the riders' mettle and sort out who is the deserving champion of this year's Paris-Nice.
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- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) launched a courageous solo attack that paid off in a stage win and the overall lead.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) busted out a few classic stage win salutes: The corazón
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) does the "gracias a Dios"
- Alberto Contador (Astana) was shattered after losing three minutes on the final 15km.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) dons the yellow jersey.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) couldn't even get off his bike without help after cracking on stage seven.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) makes his move and Alberto Contador cannot hold the wheel.
- The attacks on the yellow jersey came fast and frequent.
- Sanchez leads the yellow jersey
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) flew to the finish putting enough time into his competitors to take the overall lead.
- The strain is evident on the faces of the lead group before the attacks came.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) took over the green jersey with a solid fourth place.
Images by Christophe Mury /www.velo-club.net
- Christian Knees (Milram) gets up one of the many climbs on today's route.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) looked strong today.
- Liquigas' Roman Kreuziger did plenty of time on the front today.
- Saxo Bank's Gustav Larsson kept in touch up the climbs.
- Columbia-Highroad was vigilant on the front of the peloton.
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia-Highroad) on his way to 101st place.
- Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) was part of the day's break.
- Heinrich Haussler (l) and Chris Sørensen head up one of the climbs.
- Roman Kreuziger leads the day's break that didn't stay away until the finish.
- Alexandre Pichot (BBox Bouygues Telecom) spent time in the break today.
- Stéphane Auge (Cofidis) finished the day in 69th place.
- Marcus Burghardt (Columbia-Highroad) was again active at the front of the peloton.
- Something's interesting... as the Columbia-Highroad boys take a peek ahead.
- Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) keeps it real in the group.
- Astana's Alberto Contador had an off day on stage seven.
- Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) had a day in the break.
Images by Florian & Susanne Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- The sun has hit Paris-Nice for good.
- Christophe Moreau always shows good form in Paris-Nice and is just outside the top 10 for now.
- Sammy Sanchez started the stage but had to abandon due to knee problems.
- Contador had to work hard from the beginning and forgot to eat in the process.
- Moreau powers along for a ninth place in stage 7.
- The bunch passes the Lac de St. Croix
- Marcel Sieberg (Team Columbia - Highroad) rides with the snowcapped mountains in the background.
- The break of the day
- Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) pulls in the break.
- Boys, this is the way to Fayence, the finishing town.
- The bunch chased behind
- Marcus Burghardt (Team Columbia - Highroad) tucked in and getting his training in for the Spring Classics.
- Luis Leon Sanchez on his solo flyer to victory.
- Sanchez celebrates his win
- He won the last stage last year but taking the GC with one day remaining to go tops it.
- Sanchez thanked his team for the hard work, but he had to finish it off solo.
- Sanchez always feels well in the medium and high mountains in southern France.
- Chavanel checks on his breakaway partners to see who would try to surprise him in the sprint for second.
- Colom stormed across the line for second, ahead of Schleck and Chavanel.
- An exhausted Jens Voigt rode his heart out for captain Fränk Schleck
- Contador had a hunger knock..
- ...and was suffering in the final kilometres
- He immediately went over to the barriers to catch his breath, not even getting off his bike
Results
1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.43.34 (40.414 km/h) 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 0.50 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0.56 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.31 7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 10 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 16 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 19 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 22 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 23 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1.39 25 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.00 26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.05 27 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 2.36 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.43 33 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 2.53 34 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.55 35 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3.15 36 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 4.55 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 7.20 39 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 40 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 43 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 46 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 47 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 48 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 49 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. 50 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 52 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 54 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 56 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 11.13 57 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 59 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 60 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 61 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 62 Kort de Koen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 64 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 67 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 68 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 70 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 71 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 73 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 74 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 76 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19.57 77 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 78 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 79 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 80 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 83 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 84 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 85 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 86 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 87 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 88 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 89 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 90 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 91 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 92 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 93 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 21.33 96 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 97 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 98 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 99 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 101 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 102 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 103 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 104 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 105 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 108 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 109 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 110 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 111 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 112 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 113 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 114 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 115 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 116 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 117 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 118 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 119 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 120 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream Sprints Riez, 29.0 Km 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 2 3 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Fayence, 150.0 Km 1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Fayance, 191 Km 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 22 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 20 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 18 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 16 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 15 7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 13 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 12 10 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 11 11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 12 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 13 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 6 16 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 18 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 19 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 Mountains Côte du Bois de Rousset - 6.5 Km 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Côte de Riez - 32.0 Km 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 pts 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 Côte de Taradeau - 96.0 Km 1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 7 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 5 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 5 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 Côte des Tuillières - 110.0 Km 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 4 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2 5 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Col de Saint-Andrieux - 118.5 Km 1 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 3 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1 Col du Défens (D.955-D.19) - 126.0 Km 1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 7 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 5 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 1 Col de Saint-Arnoux - 139.5 Km 1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 4 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Col de Bourigaille - 160.5 Km 1 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 10 pts 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 8 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 6 4 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 2 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 Côte de Mons - 165.0 Km 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 2 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 1 Fayence - 191.0 Km 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 2 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1 Young riders 1 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.45.05 2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 5 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.34 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.44 9 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.49 10 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.42 15 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 16 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 18.26 19 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 20 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 22 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 23 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 20.02 24 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 25 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 26 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 28 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream Teams 1 Team Saxo Bank 14.13.59 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.50 3 AG2R-La Mondiale 2.29 4 Caisse d'Epargne 6.03 5 Quick Step 6.24 6 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7.05 7 Française des Jeux 8 Rabobank 8.29 9 Garmin - Slipstream 9.15 10 Team Katusha 9.48 11 Cofidis 10.58 12 Silence - Lotto 12.42 13 Team Milram 14.38 14 Skil-Shimano 16.47 15 Lampre - NGC 16 Astana 18.09 17 Agritubel 20.40 18 Liquigas 26.05 19 Team Columbia - Highroad 41.20 20 Cervélo Test Team 49.26 General classification after stage 7 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.05.45 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 1.09 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1.21 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 1.50 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.59 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 2.16 7 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 2.29 8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2.57 9 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.37 10 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.00 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 4.44 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.06 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.13 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 5.14 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6.12 16 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6.40 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 18 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.59 19 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 7.03 20 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 8.15 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9.29 22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 11.07 23 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.39 24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11.42 25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12.56 26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 13.21 27 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 13.49 28 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.56 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14.12 30 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 14.40 31 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14.59 32 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 15.34 33 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 16.24 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 16.44 35 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 17.53 36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.55 37 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 17.57 38 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 18.29 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 19.40 40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 20.07 41 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21.46 42 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.13 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 22.50 44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24.05 45 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 24.06 46 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 24.13 47 Kort de Koen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25.11 48 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 26.35 49 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26.52 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 27.08 51 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 27.16 52 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.55 53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 28.13 54 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 28.26 55 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 28.55 56 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 29.19 57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 29.23 58 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 29.43 59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 29.58 60 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30.22 61 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 30.44 62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 30.45 63 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 30.49 64 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 65 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 31.18 66 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 31.25 67 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.43 68 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33.06 69 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. 33.18 70 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 34.01 71 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 35.11 72 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.42 73 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 37.03 74 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38.22 75 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 38.31 76 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 38.35 77 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 39.41 78 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 40.07 79 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 40.47 80 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 81 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 41.17 82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 41.55 83 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 42.26 84 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 42.40 85 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 43.46 86 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 43.56 87 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 44.00 88 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 44.22 89 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 44.33 90 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 46.21 91 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 47.01 92 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.26 93 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 48.54 94 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 49.43 95 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 50.36 96 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 50.49 97 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50.52 98 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51.46 99 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 52.46 100 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 53.32 101 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 54.50 102 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 55.24 103 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 55.25 104 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 55.57 105 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 56.01 106 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 56.03 107 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 108 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 56.19 109 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 56.24 110 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 57.02 111 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 57.21 112 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 57.24 113 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 57.42 114 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.14 115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 59.26 116 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.03.43 117 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 1.09.24 118 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.12.39 119 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 1.15.57 120 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 1.22.46 Points classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 79 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 65 4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 63 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 59 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 55 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 54 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 49 9 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 44 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 42 11 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 37 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 34 13 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 33 14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 32 15 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 31 16 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 31 17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29 18 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 29 19 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 27 20 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 26 21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 22 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 25 23 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 24 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 24 25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 23 26 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 22 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 20 28 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 20 29 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 20 30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 31 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 32 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 16 33 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 12 38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 39 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 11 40 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 11 41 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11 42 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 44 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 45 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 46 Kort de Koen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 47 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 8 48 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 8 49 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 7 50 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 51 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 6 53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 6 54 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 4 56 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4 57 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 4 58 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 3 59 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 60 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 61 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 2 62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 1 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 64 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 65 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Mountains classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 55 pts 2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32 3 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 23 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 21 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 20 6 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 7 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 14 10 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 13 11 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13 12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 12 14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 11 15 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 16 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 9 17 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 8 19 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 20 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 21 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 6 22 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 26 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 3 27 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 2 29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 30 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 33 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 1 35 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 37 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 38 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Young rider classification 1 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 28.08.14 2 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.28 3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.08 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3.43 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9.13 6 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.30 7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 13.55 8 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15.24 9 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 17.38 10 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.23 11 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 24.47 12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 25.57 13 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 26.50 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27.14 15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 28.15 16 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 28.56 17 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 32.42 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 34.34 19 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37.38 20 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 41.17 21 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 41.31 22 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 48.07 23 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 48.20 24 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 53.32 25 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 53.34 26 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 54.52 27 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 54.55 28 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 1.13.28 Teams classification 1 Team Saxo Bank 84.23.40 2 Quick Step 10.33 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.02 4 Caisse d'Epargne 13.37 5 Française des Jeux 14.01 6 AG2R-La Mondiale 16.58 7 Team Katusha 18.42 8 Cofidis 19.34 9 Silence - Lotto 22.04 10 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 27.09 11 Team Milram 29.19 12 Rabobank 29.34 13 Skil-Shimano 32.30 14 Agritubel 33.10 15 Garmin - Slipstream 33.22 16 Astana 39.25 17 Liquigas 49.57 18 Lampre - NGC 1.10.27 19 Team Columbia - Highroad 1.15.28 20 Cervélo Test Team 1.32.02
