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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

Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) es todo corazón!
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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."

Alberto Contador (Astana) couldn't even get off his bike
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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.

The attacks on the yellow jersey
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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.

The strain is evident on the faces of the lead group
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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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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

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