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Criterium Du Dauphiné Libéré 2008: Leipheimer Stormed To Victory

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08.06.2008/Astana's Levi Leipheimer stormed to victory at todays 5.7 kilometres long prologue between Le Pontet and Avignon. Credit Norwegian rider Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) clocked the second best time and Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde came in third. US National Road Champion Leipheimer also leads the overall.

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Picture Gallery Criterium Du Dauphiné Libéré 2008: Prologue, June 8, 2008

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Levi Leipheimer won todays prologue. (© Sirotti)

Astana's Levi Leipheimer clocked 6:10:05 after he absolved the 5.7 kilometres long course. The US rider had an average speed of 54,486km/h, the prologue record still belongs to Belgian rider Rik Verbugghe. Verbrugghe had an average speed of 58,874 km/h during the prologue of the 2001 Giro d'Italia. 
 
The winner of the prologue of last years Tour de France, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) clocked the second best time. Hushovd needed one second more as prologue winner Leipheimer.
 
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) completed todays podium. Valverde was six seconds behind Leipheimer. Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) showed why he was selected by his team for next month's 'Grand Boucle'. The Belgian rider came in fourth, almost 12 seconds behind todays winner.
 
The race will continue tomorrow with the first stage from Avignon to Privas. The 194 kilometres long hilly stage has an uphill finish (294 metres). Click here to view the map and profile of stage1.

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Results Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré 2008
 
Prologue
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                       6.10.05 (54.486 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 0.01.42
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.06.24
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                       0.11.98
5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                            0.12.16
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                    0.13.17
7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  0.13.31
8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.13.93
9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                    0.13.99
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           0.14.37
11 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                       0.14.38
12 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                     0.14.77
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.15.39
14 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                       0.15.92
15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           0.15.96
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                      0.16.20
17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                      0.16.57
18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            0.16.65
19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      0.16.75
20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      0.16.98
21 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           0.17.46
22 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                              
23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.17.65
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   0.17.72
25 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                   0.17.78
26 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                       0.18.16
27 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                   0.18.26
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              0.18.29
29 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                0.18.63
30 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                         0.19.43
31 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                    0.19.49
32 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                            0.19.59
33 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.20.15
34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.20.17
35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                0.20.55
36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               0.20.62
37 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                         0.20.69
38 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                               0.20.82
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              0.21.74
40 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              0.21.76
41 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    0.21.84
42 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          0.21.85
43 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              0.21.87
44 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                   0.22.05
45 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.22.10
46 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.22.23
47 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     0.23.55
48 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     0.23.62
49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               0.24.35
50 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                              0.24.36
51 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                            
52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      0.24.56
53 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                0.25.03
54 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                             0.25.36
55 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.25.39
56 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              0.25.93
57 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.26.26
58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   0.26.42
59 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                        0.26.91
60 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            0.27.12
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                          0.27.39
62 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              0.27.44
63 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.27.46
64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                     0.27.54
65 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.27.62
66 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                0.27.79
67 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.27.95
68 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                       0.28.12
69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  0.28.25
70 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                    0.28.37
71 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                   0.28.52
72 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.28.66
73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               0.28.97
74 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            0.29.01
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     0.29.02
76 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                   0.29.81
77 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                  0.30.15
78 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                               0.30.34
79 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                   0.30.50
80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       0.30.95
81 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           0.31.10
82 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             0.31.45
83 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         0.31.57
84 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.31.94
85 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                      0.32.09
86 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              0.32.25
87 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  0.32.30
88 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                             0.32.35
89 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                       0.32.48
90 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       0.33.30
91 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                0.33.33
92 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               0.33.55
93 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.33.66
94 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             0.33.78
95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                     0.33.93
96 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           0.33.98
97 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        0.34.24
98 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                       0.34.38
99 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                     0.34.51
100 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         0.35.01
101 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                0.35.11
102 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                   0.35.17
103 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                    0.35.23
104 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  0.35.35
105 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.35.46
106 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                      0.35.57
107 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              0.35.72
108 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  0.35.79
109 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              0.35.99
110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   0.36.05
111 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.36.18
112 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            0.36.44
113 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      0.36.75
114 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                          
115 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 0.36.88
116 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                             0.36.94
117 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      0.37.05
118 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                   0.37.10
119 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.37.12
120 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     0.37.35
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                 0.37.65
122 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  0.37.66
123 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                      0.38.60
124 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.38.95
125 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.38.98
126 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         0.39.21
127 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                     0.39.55
128 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott             0.39.71
129 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.40.48
130 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                0.40.80
131 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 0.41.14
132 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                            0.41.36
133 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.41.77
134 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          0.41.87
135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.42.72
136 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                       0.43.40
137 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott         0.43.64
138 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           0.43.92
139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                    0.44.56
140 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                  0.45.81
141 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                             0.47.06
142 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  0.53.37
143 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           0.54.25

General Classification after Prologue
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          6.10
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    0.01
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.06
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                          0.12
5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                       0.13
7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                        
8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                       0.14
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
11 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                             
12 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                           
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.15
14 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                             
15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              0.16
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                            
17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                            
18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         0.17
21 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                 
22 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                              
23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         
25 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                         
26 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                          0.18
27 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                         
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
29 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      
30 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                            0.19
31 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                          
32 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
33 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.20
34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                      
36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     
37 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                               
38 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                     
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 0.21
40 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
41 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          
42 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
43 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
44 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                      0.22
45 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
46 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                          
47 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                        0.23
48 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                           
49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  0.24
50 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                    
51 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                            
52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                            
53 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                   0.25
54 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
55 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
56 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
57 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.26
58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         
59 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
60 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.27
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                
62 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
63 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                           
65 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                          
66 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
67 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.28
68 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                             
69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        
70 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                          
71 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         
72 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  0.29
74 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
76 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                         
77 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.30
78 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
79 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                         
80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                          0.31
81 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
82 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
83 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
84 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
85 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                         0.32
86 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
87 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
88 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                   
89 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                             
90 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                          0.33
91 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
92 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
93 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
94 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           
96 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              0.34
97 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                              
98 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                             
99 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                           
100 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            0.35
101 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                      
102 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                         
103 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                          
104 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
105 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
106 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                            
107 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
108 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                        
109 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 0.36
110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                         
111 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
112 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
113 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                            
114 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                          
115 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                       
116 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   
117 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                         0.37
118 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                         
119 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
120 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
122 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                        
123 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                         0.38
124 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.39
125 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
126 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               
127 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                           
128 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
129 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.40
130 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                      
131 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    0.41
132 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                                  
133 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
134 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                       0.42
136 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                          0.43
137 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               
138 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                       0.44
140 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     0.45
141 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                0.47
142 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     0.53
143 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              0.54

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