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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 8 - Saturday, July 12: Figeac - Toulouse, 172.5km

Columbia carries Cavendish to second stage victory

USA team celebrates with second stage and Kirchen's race lead

By Gregor Brown in Toulouse, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake

A happy Cav proved the strongest
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Team Columbia ushered its sprint captain Mark Cavendish over the rain-soaked roads of Toulouse and to a second stage win in the 95th Tour de France. German team-mate Gerald Ciolek powered on after his lead-out to claim second over Frenchman Jimmy Casper.

"For Ciolek to finish second was beautiful," described Cavendish, 23 years old from the Isle of Man.

Not only did 'The Manx Express' have the help of Ciolek, but also team-mate and race leader Kim Kirchen. The 30 year-old Luxemburger pulled double-duty leading to Boulevard Lascrosses by helping Cavendish and keeping safe in the race leader's top.

With the last two of the four escapees hanging on by seconds, the day into France's southwestern département of Haute-Garonne was destined for a sprint win. Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) were left for the peloton's picking with 13 kilometres remaining and only nine seconds separated Spaniard Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Frenchman Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) with five kilometres to go in the 172.5-kilometre stage.

"When I am away it always comes back," said Pineau. "I thought the escape could work until the last four kilometres. ... I will continue to attack every chance I can."

Riccò at the rolling hospital
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Liquigas and Crédit Agricole turned the screws on Pineau and company in the final 20 kilometres for its captains Francesco Chicchi and Thor Hushovd. The reins changed hands in the final four kilometres to Quick Step and Columbia. Led by Marcus Burghardt, Columbia finished off the escape at 3500 metres out. Belgian's Quick Step followed with a brief surge for Gert Steegmans.

"We did a lead-out for Mark by taking over at five kilometres before the finish. Everyone did their job really well. It is amazing with two stage wins and the yellow jersey," described Burghardt, the 2007 winner of Gent-Wevelgem. His lead-out was followed by Thomas Lövkvist, George Hincapie, Kirchen and Gerald Ciolek.

Kirchen in yellow was well protected, but even helped pulling in the end
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Lövkvist took over from Burghardt at 2200 metres, along the Rue de Lyon. Havoc plagued the Columbia train entering a right-hand turn and the final kilometre. Quick Step took control with Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) moving into third and fourth slot

"It was a really tight corner to the right," said Cavendish of the turn that started the last 1000 metres. "I did not panic, although I lost the wheel of Ciolek. He was three places ahead of me, but it was not a problem. I could move up and when he accelerated I had a perfect lead-out."

Freire held on for fourth over Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner), Erik Zabel (Team Milram), Steegmans, Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Robert Hunter (Barloworld).

"The last corner I lost seven metres and then I was no good for the sprint. I tried but it was impossible," said Spain's Freire, who took over the lead of the maillot vert from Kirchen.

Norwegian Hushovd, winner of the stage to Saint Brieuc, slipped ahead of his lead-out Mark Renshaw during the final kilometre. "It was a very fast sprint on slippery roads," Hushovd described. "I felt good throughout stage, but eventually I lacked the force to launch the sprint."

How it unfolded

170 riders started the day after stage seven brought a few DNFs, one rider not making the time cut and one arrested on suspicion of doping. Unlike the previous days there was no intermittent rain or showers; instead, it rained from start to finish.

Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) takes a drink during his break
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The action started quickly although Will Frischkorn (Team Garmin-Chipotle) was again denied to be in the move of the day. With the first climb, the côte de Loupiac, after only nine kilometres, Saunier Duval-Scott wanted to make sure that David De La Fuente would get the mountain points and he managed to do just that ahead of Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

While De La Fuente sat up, Gerrans and Martínez continued off the front. But they were soon caught too and further attempts to go clear were kept in check by an attentive peloton. It wasn't until after more than 35 kilometres when Stéphane Goubert (AG2R La Mondiale) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) got ahead in a promising move. Soon it was Lefèvre by himself, and he crossed the côte de Macarou solo. Behind, De La Fuente added more points to his mountains tally, with Yoann Le Boulanger (Française des Jeux) taking third over the top.

Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) countered the move, followed by Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale). After 52.5 kilometres, Lefèvre was still ahead over the top of the côte de Guioni. The trio followed 1'30 later, led by Txurruka and Riblon over the top.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was not happy with the rain
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The gaps and the order were the same at the sprint in Salvetat-Peyrales (km 57.5) when the bunch was already almost five minutes behind.

Over the final climb of the day, the côte du Port de la Besse (km 78.5) Lefèvre was 1'40 ahead. Txurruka was leading the break again as it crested the summit. This time, Pineau was in third, ahead of Riblon, who still got one point for the category three climb.

After 80 kilometres the break came within half a minute of Lefèvre, who had decided to wait. The junction was made at kilometre 83. The peloton kept its gap at around five minutes.

The sprint in Carmaux after 85 kilometres was taken by Riblon, ahead of Lefèvre and Txurruka. With more than 100 kilometres already raced in the rain, Riblon had had enough of his tubulars. He changed his back wheel to one with a clincher tire. Then, the peloton took the opportunity for a mass nature break, so the gap stayed fairly constant, at a good five minutes.

At 57 kilometres form the finish, Crédit Agricole decided to assist Columbia in the chase. Crédit Agricole was hoping to have Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) win the stage and stay in contention for the green jersey.

With 49 kilometres to go, a roundabout spelled trouble for some riders, who slipped when they entered into it. Jens Voigt (CSC-Saxo Bank) was one of the victims, but he calmly collected his bottles and went on. Gerald Ciolek (Columbia) also was back up quickly. However, Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott), took a long time to get going. He rode slowly for some time before picking up speed again.

The break's gap shrunk to 2'15.

Lefèvre won the last sprint in Rabastens, after 134.5 kilometres, ahead of Txurruka and Pineau.

With 33 kilometres to go and the break almost visible from the main peloton, Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) went clear, but were soon recaptured. The ever aggressive Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) was the next to give it a go. He came within 17 seconds of the break before realizing that the move wasn't going to work.

The bunch cut the gap to the quartet in front to less than a minute in the meantime, with rain still coming down hard. The break hit the 20-kilometre to go banner still some 45 seconds behind the break.

Liquigas raced hard to try to get race-related questions again, but that will be difficult
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The gap didn't go down an further as of the 15-kilometre mark. The break started to believe in its chances, but also all four believed they could do better without the others, so the attacking started. Bouygues Telecom had a good shot with two riders, and under the encouragement of Didier Rous in the team car, Pineau went clear with Txurruka.

Liquigas did a lot of work in the peloton, but couldn't get much closer. With ten kilometres to go, Lefèvre and Riblon were caught. The gap to the two leaders had shrunk to 37 seconds.

When Liquigas, Crédit Agricole, Quick Step and Gerolsteiner hit the front, the gap shrunk still more and with six kilometres to it was only 21 seconds. As the duo went under the five-kilometre to go sign, the lead was just ten seconds.

With 3.5 kilometres to go Columbia took over at the front, but was then replaced by Quick Step. Despite the wet roads, the final corner more than one kilometre from the line was safely mastered by everyone. Ciolek finished the job off for Columbia by leading out Mark Cavendish to a win.

Stage 9 - Sunday, July 13: Toulouse - Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km

Former pro Cédric Vasseur was in the start village as well
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The Tour will head upwards into the high passes of the Pyrenees. Leaving the city of Toulouse, the course heads south and east over a number of small hills, until it reaches Luchon where the climbing really starts. The two first category Cols de Peyresourde and Aspin are not the toughest climbs of the Tour, but both are tough enough to punish anyone who isn't on top form. A descent to the finish should make that any gaps between the contenders small.

Bagnères-de-Bigorre features on the Tour route on a regular basis, sitting as it does at the foot of the infamous Col du Tourmalet, which the race tackles in stage 10, but has only been a start or finish town nine times before. Recently, the town has tended to feature as a start town, rather than a finish. The last time was that incredible day in 2003 when Lance Armstrong took stage victory at Luz-Ardiden. He stormed away to win alone after being brought down by a spectator's bag at the foot of the final climb, the incident leading to the "did Ullrich wait?" debate that kept internet chat rooms buzzing for years afterwards.

Photography

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Results

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         4.02.54 (42.61km/h)
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 
3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                      
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      
7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    
12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              
18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               
22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      
23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
27 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
28 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
29 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     
31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
35 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     
36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              
38 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          
39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                
41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                  
42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                          
43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
44 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                              
45 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         
46 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
47 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                            
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
49 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                          
50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
51 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
52 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                            
53 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                 
54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 
55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                
56 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
57 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
58 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
59 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
60 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
61 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                    
63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
65 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                          
66 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  
67 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      
68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        
69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    
70 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   
71 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
72 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  
74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            
75 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                
76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
77 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            
78 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                            
79 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                   
80 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
81 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            
82 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   
83 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
85 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                          
87 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                               
88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
89 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
90 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
91 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
92 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
93 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                       
94 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     
95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
96 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    
97 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                       
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        
101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
103 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
104 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
105 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
106 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                             
107 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  
108 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
109 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
110 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
111 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                 
112 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
113 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
114 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
115 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
116 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
117 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                            
118 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
119 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
120 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             
121 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
123 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
125 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                              
126 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                
127 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                          
128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                    
129 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                   
130 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
132 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
133 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
134 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
136 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                           
137 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                               
138 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                             
139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  
141 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               
142 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott          
143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 
144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
145 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
146 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             0.30
147 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.47
148 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           1.01
149 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.07
150 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                          1.09
151 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                 
152 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                            
153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
154 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
155 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                             1.15
156 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               2.06
157 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   2.27
158 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
159 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
160 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                               4.42
162 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    
163 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
164 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 
165 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
167 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
168 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
169 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                  6.35
170 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          7.17
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1 - La Salvetat-Peyrales (57.5km)

1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         4
3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         2
 
Sprint 2 - Carmaux (85.0km)

1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         6 pts
2 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           4
3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2
 
Sprint 3 - Rabastens (134.5km) 

1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         4
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2
 
Sprint 4 (final) - Toulouse (172.5km)

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                              35 pts
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                               30
3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                    26
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               24
5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               22
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    20
7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 19
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     18
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              17
10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                 16
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                  15
12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             14
13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   13
14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   12
15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               11
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           10
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             9
18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          8
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  7
20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6
21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              5
22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     4
23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            3
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2
25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               1
 
Mountains

Mountain 1 - Côte de Loupiac (9.0km)

1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott           3 pts
2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              2
3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1
 
Mountain 2 - Côte de Macarou (36.5km)

1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           4 pts
2 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott           3
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                      2
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1
 
Mountain 3 - Côte de la Guionie (52.5km)

1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2
3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         1
 
Mountain 4 - Côte du Port de la Besse (70.5km)

1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           4 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         3
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2
4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         1
 
Best young rider

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         4.02.54
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    
10 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                          
11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
12 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   
14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
15 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                               
16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
17 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
19 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
20 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                              
21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              0.30
23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                         1.09
24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2.27
25 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                4.42
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
 
Most aggressive rider

1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
 
Teams

1 Team Columbia                                             12.08.42
2 Gerolsteiner                                                      
3 Rabobank                                                          
4 Agritubel                                                         
5 Team Milram                                                       
6 Credit Agricole                                                   
7 Quick Step                                                        
8 Liquigas                                                          
9 Barloworld                                                        
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                              
11 Garmin Chipotle                                                  
12 Silence - Lotto                                                  
13 Caisse D'Epargne                                                 
14 Saunier Duval - Scott                                            
15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     
16 Lampre                                                           
17 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                               
18 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                 
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                               
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                 
 
General classification after stage 8
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                           32.26.34
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             0.06
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.16
4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      0.44
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  1.03
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            1.12
7 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.14
8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                               1.21
9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              
11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.27
12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank              1.34
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     1.56
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      1.58
15 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             2.03
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       2.07
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                  2.09
18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          2.16
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                        2.19
20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               2.20
21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            2.31
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                2.33
23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              2.55
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                               3.01
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                      3.03
26 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        3.41
27 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   3.52
28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             4.00
29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         4.32
30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott             4.33
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                      4.34
32 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   4.57
33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               5.17
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    5.59
35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          6.00
36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        6.36
37 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                        6.39
38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             7.03
39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                  7.18
40 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                      7.24
41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        7.31
42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                 8.18
43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  8.26
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                         8.42
45 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                               8.52
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          8.53
47 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   9.13
48 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                       9.59
49 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                 10.17
50 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                10.27
51 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                     10.51
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              11.05
53 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           12.01
54 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   12.20
55 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                         12.36
56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           13.46
57 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                13.50
58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                13.53
59 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
60 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                14.13
61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     14.22
62 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       14.38
63 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                     14.49
64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                17.39
65 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           17.49
66 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                18.45
67 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          19.30
68 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     19.44
69 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 20.14
70 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           20.27
71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             20.57
72 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   21.09
73 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 21.11
74 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   21.18
75 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          21.33
76 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        22.02
77 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           22.07
78 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                             22.10
79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           22.21
80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             22.53
81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       23.22
82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               23.36
83 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                23.39
84 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                       23.56
85 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                24.22
86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  24.29
87 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          26.41
88 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                              27.35
89 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      28.11
90 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    28.29
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      29.20
92 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      29.22
93 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           29.43
94 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           29.49
95 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    29.50
96 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott              30.08
97 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               30.13
98 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             30.45
99 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                30.47
100 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               31.32
101 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                             31.38
102 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                  32.29
103 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             32.40
104 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                      33.06
105 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  33.12
106 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   33.37
107 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          33.53
108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                       33.57
109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        34.01
110 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    34.10
111 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                             
112 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        35.28
113 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       35.36
114 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             36.12
115 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        36.14
116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   36.20
117 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            36.42
118 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                               36.51
119 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              36.57
120 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                 37.05
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             37.13
122 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                        37.27
123 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          37.46
124 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     38.07
125 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                             38.21
126 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                 38.47
127 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            38.50
128 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            39.00
129 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                      39.11
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           39.44
131 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           40.02
132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    42.10
133 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              42.24
134 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      43.08
135 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  43.27
136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           43.53
137 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        44.05
138 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       44.07
139 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            44.27
140 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                           44.40
141 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         44.50
142 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              45.07
143 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         45.15
144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         45.17
145 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         45.33
146 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                45.46
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         45.55
148 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               46.07
149 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      46.13
150 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    46.21
151 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  46.28
152 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                            46.29
153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 46.53
154 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                              46.57
155 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            47.03
156 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              47.26
157 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          47.43
158 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          47.50
159 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          48.13
160 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     48.38
161 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             49.01
162 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     50.01
163 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           50.17
164 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       50.49
165 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   52.02
166 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         52.11
167 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        55.04
168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      55.25
169 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     57.12
170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      58.54
 
Points classification

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              119 pts
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                119
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             105
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    92
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              87
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                              86
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  82
8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   64
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               62
10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            60
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                              56
12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                     55
13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                   55
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         54
15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              54
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           48
17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           46
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       45
19 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        43
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       42
21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              40
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 40
23 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          38
24 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                38
25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               38
26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               37
27 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                          34
28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   34
29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                    34
30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      32
31 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 30
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       28
33 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                28
34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        27
35 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                26
36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                26
37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   25
38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30       25
39 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                          25
40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                          25
41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   23
42 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   23
43 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                   22
44 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            21
45 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    19
46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                19
47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                              18
48 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         16
49 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            16
50 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        16
51 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   16
52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 15
53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     14
54 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                          14
55 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             14
56 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          12
57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                  12
58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         12
59 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                11
60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          11
61 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   11
62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          10
63 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       10
64 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           10
65 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        8
66 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                   8
67 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     7
68 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                             7
69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                             6
70 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  6
71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  6
72 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                     5
73 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              5
74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           4
75 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                              4
76 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4
77 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               3
78 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                      3
79 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2
80 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                               2
81 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     2
82 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott          2
83 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    2
84 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                1
85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               1
86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                        -5
87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                           -5
 
Mountains classification

1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott          34 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        27
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          27
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    24
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      20
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              18
7 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     18
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               16
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        14
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 14
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                12
12 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                  12
13 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         11
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           11
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 10
16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                        10
17 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                9
18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             6
19 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               6
20 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       6
21 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 5
22 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        5
23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           3
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      3
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2
26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             2
28 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                     2
29 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 2
30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        2
32 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    1
34 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              1
35 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                               1
36 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       1
37 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    1
 
Best young rider classification

1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                       32.27.55
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       0.37
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        0.46
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                0.59
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                1.40
6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         2.20
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    2.31
8 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                       6.03
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 12.32
10 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          25.20
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               28.52
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              30.17
13 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   31.08
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                           32.32
15 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    34.59
16 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                         36.06
17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               41.03
18 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         42.44
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        42.46
20 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             43.06
21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                          43.54
22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          44.12
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              47.40
24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      48.40
25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        49.28
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         53.43
 
Team classification

1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                        97.22.08
2 Team Columbia                                                 2.52
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                              3.29
4 Liquigas                                                      3.50
5 Gerolsteiner                                                  4.41
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           4.52
7 Saunier Duval - Scott                                         6.04
8 AG2R-La Mondiale                                              6.25
9 Barloworld                                                    6.32
10 Rabobank                                                     7.32
11 Credit Agricole                                              8.56
12 Lampre                                                       9.28
13 Bouygues Telecom                                            10.13
14 Garmin Chipotle                                             10.59
15 Silence - Lotto                                             11.27
16 Quick Step                                                  12.03
17 Team Milram                                                 17.09
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                          20.08
19 Agritubel                                                   29.42
20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                29.43

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