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Tour de France 2008: Valverde Beat Kirchen And Wins Opening stage And Yellow Jersey

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05.07.2008Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Eüargne) proved that his reputation is warranted by winning the opening stage, taking the yellow and relegating some of the other major general classification contenders to the minor places. On a course that many suggested would suit the strong sprinters who can also climb, the first Spanish winner of la Fleche Wallonne bolted past this year’s champion of the Ardennes Classic, Kim Kirchen, in the final 200 metres and into the lead to claim his second Tour de France stage win.

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Alejandro Valverde won the first stage. (© Cyclingheroes)

Picture Gallery Tour de France 2008: Stage 1, Brest - Plumelec (6 Pages)

The 197.5 kiklometres long opening stage from Brest to Plumelec, started at 12.29pm. 180 riders from 20 teams started at this years Tour de France. The first stage contained four category-four climbs: the cote de Ty-Jopic (at 29.5km), cote de Kerivarc’h (at 48.5km), the col de Toullaeron (at 85.5km) and the cote de Guenerve (at 146.5km). There were also three intermediate sprints: in Plonevez-du-Fauo (at 62km), Gourin (90.5km), and Remungol (157km). The weather was cool with the temperature at the start 18 degrees Celsius but the roads were dry and the threat of rain never eventuated. There was a strong wind, with gusts up to 50km/h, blowing from the south west.

Eight-Man Breakaway Group
The first attack of the 2008 race was from Lilian Jegou (FDJ) after 3 kilometres. The Francaise des Jeux rider was joined by Perez (EUS), Voeckler (BTL), Schroder (MRM), De La Fuente (SDV), Arrieta (ALM), Lequatre (AGR), and Auge (COF). At 10km, their advantage was 2’20” and it grew rapidly. At the summit of the first climb, the advantage of the eight was 8’15”. This was the maximum gain of the escape. Voeckler attacked on the cote de Ty-Jopic but was outsprinted by Schroder at the top. An array of teams – primarily Liquigas, Credit Agricole, Rabobank and Caisse d’Epargne – led the peloton for most of the day.
The average speed for the first hour was 43.1km/h. At the second climb the peloton was 6’55” behind. The advantage diminished relatively quickly and, by the third climb, the bunch was behind by 4’55”. The average speed for the second hour was 40.4km/h.

First Retirement…
In the feedzone (with 100km to go), Duclos-Lassalle (COF) crashed and fractured his left wrist. He was the first rider who had to abandon the 2008 Tour.

The third hour was raced at an average of 42.5km/h. The advantage continued to drop slowly: with 60km to go 3’55”; 3’10 with 45km to go, etc. De La Fuente led Schroder and Voeckler over the final categorized climb meaning the German and Frenchman were equal on points, so the best placed in the stage was awarded the polka-dot jersey. There was a crash involving Popovych, Chavanel, Casper, F. Schleck and a number of others with about 55km to go in the stage. All quickly remounted and rejoined the peloton. At the third sprint, Lequatre, Perez and Jegou claimed the points and their group was just 2’05” ahead of the peloton.

The attacks in the lead group began with 36km to go when the peloton was just 1’30” behind. With 30km to go Jegou and De La Fuente found themselves in the lead by 20”. The others were caught by the peloton with 26km to go, when the two leaders had an advantage of 1’25” but it would diminish… 35” with 15km to go; 15” 10km from the line; and all over with 7km to go. Soler (BAR) was involved in a crash. He would suffer the biggest losses of the day.

Columbia dominated the head of the peloton in the closing kilometers and set Kirchen up to launch an attack on the final climb. He built a good lead but was caught by Valverde after the final turn. The Spanish champion outsprinted Philippe Gilbert on the Belgian’s 26th birthday to take the win, his second after victory at Courchevel in his Tour debut in 2005.

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Results Tour de France  2008
 
Stage 1
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.36.07 (42.91 km/h)
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            0.01
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                         
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                       
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
11 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                        
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                        
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.07
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 
26 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                    
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                        
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                           
35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                          
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                    
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
41 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
42 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
47 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
48 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.18
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                          
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
53 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         
59 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                           
60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.26
62 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.31
64 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                                  
65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
67 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       0.37
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
69 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.39
71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                     
73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                  
77 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                  
79 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                   0.42
80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                      0.49
81 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
82 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      0.52
83 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.57
84 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          
85 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    
86 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.59
87 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                    1.01
88 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                         
89 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                               
90 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
91 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
92 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                       
93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
94 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.12
95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
96 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
97 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                   
98 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
99 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                          
100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
102 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   
103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                       
104 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
105 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
106 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
107 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
108 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                     
109 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.37
111 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         0.52
112 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                       1.52
113 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
114 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                   
115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
116 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
117 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
118 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 2.00
119 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                  
120 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                    
121 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                     
122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                        
123 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                          
124 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
125 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                               
126 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
128 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
129 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
131 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
132 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
133 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
134 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
135 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
136 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                       
137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                    
138 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
139 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
140 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
141 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                          
142 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
143 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
144 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       
145 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                       
146 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
147 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
148 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
149 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
150 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
151 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
152 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     
153 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
154 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
155 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
156 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
157 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
158 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
159 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        
160 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         
161 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
162 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            
163 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
164 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
165 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
166 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
167 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
169 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       2.08
170 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                             3.04
171 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                    3.21
172 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                      
173 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           0.52
174 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                4.04
175 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                     
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              4.56
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
178 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
179 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    
DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone

General Classification after stage 1
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.36.07
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            0.01
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                         
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                       
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
11 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                        
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                        
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.07
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 
26 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                    
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                        
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                           
35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                          
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                    
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
41 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
42 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
47 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
48 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.18
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                          
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
53 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         
59 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                           
60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.26
62 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.31
64 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                                  
65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
67 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       0.37
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
69 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.39
71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                     
73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                  
77 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                  
79 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                   0.42
80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                      0.49
81 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
82 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      0.52
83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 0.57
84 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                        
85 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                       
86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      0.59
87 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            1.01
88 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
89 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
90 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                       
91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
92 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
93 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
94 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.12
95 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                   
96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
97 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                                                    
98 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                        
99 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                       
102 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
103 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
104 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
105 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
106 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                     
107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            
110 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                       1.37
111 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.52
112 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.52
113 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                   
114 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
115 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
116 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
117 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
118 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                               2.00
119 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                    
120 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                     
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                        
122 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                          
123 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
124 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                               
125 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
126 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
127 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
128 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
129 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
130 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
131 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
133 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
134 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
135 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                       
136 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                    
137 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
138 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
139 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
140 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                          
141 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
142 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
143 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       
144 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                       
145 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
146 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
147 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
148 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
149 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
150 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
151 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     
152 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
153 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
154 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
155 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
157 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
158 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        
159 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         
160 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
161 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            
162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
163 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
164 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
165 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
166 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
167 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
168 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
169 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                             2.08
170 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                    3.04
171 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   3.21
172 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
173 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      0.52
174 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                4.04
175 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                     
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              4.56
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
178 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
179 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas

Points Classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     35 points
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              30
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   26
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                        24
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             22
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      20
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               19
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      18
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         18
10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     17
11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              16
12 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                       15
13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      14
14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                       13
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       12
16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    11
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          10
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                9
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               8
20 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  8
21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      7
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   6
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6
24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            5
25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           4
26 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  4
27 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             3
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2
29 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 1

Mountain Classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  8 points
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        8
3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  4
4 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   3
5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       1
Young Rider Classification
 
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                        4.36.07
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                           
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                     
6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
10 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                
11 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
12 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                     
13 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                      
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          
16 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            0.01
17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
18 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
19 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                   
23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                     
24 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
25 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
27 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                     0.03
28 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                 0.04
 
Team Classication
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 13.48.26
2 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                   0.07   
3 Team Columbia                                                           
4 Garmin Chipotle                                                         
5 Quick Step                                                              
6 Liquigas                                                                
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  0.13   
8 Saunier Duval - Scott                                                0.20   
9 Credit Agricole                                                      0.24   
10 Lampre                                                                 
11 Gerolsteiner                                                           
12 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                       
13 Rabobank                                                            0.26   
14 Team Milram                                                         0.43   
15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        0.48   
16 Agritubel                                                           1.07
17 Silence - Lotto                                                     1.09  
18 Barloworld                                                          1.12   
19 Francaise des Jeux                                                  1.52
 

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