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Tour de France 2008: Riccò Conquered Super Besse - Kirchen New Overall leader

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10.07.2008/Once again the Tour de France has seen a sprint of the overall favourites. While the yellow jersey was picking himself up from the tarmac after crashing into the rear wheel of Kim Kirchen in the final sprint, Riccardo Ricco was lighting up the front of the stage with a blistering sprint ahead of Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans. The Italian reached the line to claim his first stage win, the Spaniard finished second in the stage and the Australian shifted up to second overall. But Columbia can again celebrate a coup with their Luxembourg recruit become the fourth rider in 2008 to wear the yellow jersey.

© Heinz Zwicky
(© Heinz Zwicky)

© Heinz Zwicky
Riccardo Riccó took Super Besse. (© Heinz Zwicky)

Picture Gallery Tour de France 2008: Stage 6, Aigurande - Super Besse (4 Pages)

The sixth stage of the 2008 Tour de France, a 195.5km journey from Aigurande to Super Besse, began at 12.25pm. There were 176 riders in the race, with one of the crash victims of stage five, Aurelien Passeron (SDV) the overnight retiree. The itinerary included four categorized climbs two category-four ascents (the Cote de L’Armelle at 70km and the Cote de Crocq at 89km) and the first category-two rises in the 95th edition (the Col de la Croix-Morand at 158km and the climb to the finish). Although it was widely regarded as a mountain stage there were still three intermediate sprints in Chatelus-Malvaleix (23.5km), Cressat (44.5km) and La Bourboule (144km).

French Fugitives A Feature Again Today…
At the six kilometer Chavanel (COF) attacked and opened a gap on the peloton. This prompted a reaction from Vaugrenard (FDJ) and Bichot (AGR) who chased down the rider voted most aggressive in stage two and caught him at the 14km mark. Others attempted to bridge the gap – including Pate (TSL) and Augustyn (BAR) – but their efforts didn’t last long. At the 26km mark, a truce of sorts was declared as the yellow jersey opted to answer nature’s call and by the 28km mark, the bunch’s deficit was 2’10”. This grew to 4’00” by the end of the first hour when the leading trio contested the second sprint after racing at an average of 44.5km/h. At the 50km mark, the three were ahead by 5’00”.

Gerolsteiner led the peloton for the early part of the stage and kept the escapees within a reasonable distance. The average speed for the 2nd hour was 37.6km/h. Chavanel led over the two small climbs and, by the cote de Crocq the peloton was 4’15” behind. Silence-Lotto moved up and road on the coat-tails of the yellow jersey’s squad. At 95km, the peloton was 5’15” behind, this was the maximum gain before Gerolsteiner really picked up the pace. By the feedzone (111km), the bunch’s deficit was just 3’20”.

Col de la Croix-Morand
At the base of the first category-two climb of the 2008 Tour, the leading trio was 2’00” ahead of the peloton that was led by Gerolsteiner. The first attack came from Pauriol (C.A) but he was reeled in before the summit. There was a brief flurry with other riders – including Astarloza (EUS), De La Fuente (SDV). Vaugrenard was dropped and Chavanel did most of the work in the lead and crested the Croix-Morand climb in first. Voeckler (BTL) attacked the peloton in the final meters and claimed third place, 56” behind. The Caisse d’Epargne team which led the yellow jersey’s peloton all the way up the ascent. With 20km to go, Chavanel quit his effort and waited for the peloton. Bichot insisted and had an advantage of 25”.

Setting Up The Finale
Botcharov attacked the peloton with 18km to go. He tried to catch Bichot but the Agritubel rider refused to wait and the Russian was caught after four kilometers. The Frenchman finally surrendered with 13km to go. What happened in the lead-up to the final ascent mattered little for it was only when Piepoli (SDV) and Vande Velde (TSL) attacked that the real action began. These two got as far as 18” ahead of the peloton that was controlled by Caisse d’Epargne all the way to the final kilometer. It prompted the lead group to split until only about 20 riders remained before the steepest part of the climb. That’s when Valverde, Ricco and Evans found themselves at the front of the pack. As they began to sprint, Schumacher suffered a fall 300m from the line after crashing into Kirchen’s rear wheel. No one else fell. Ricco bolted into the lead with 300m to go and led Valverde and Evans over the line. Kirchen finished the stage in fifth place and inherited the yellow jersey from the German. Sandwiched in between the former race leader and the former green jersey leader at the top of the general classification is Cadel Evans.

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Results Tour de France  2008
 
Stage 6
 
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                        4.57.52 (39.38 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.01
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             0.04
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                         
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       0.07
7 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                                   
8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
11 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                              0.12
12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.15
14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.19
15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                 0.23
16 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  
17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                  
18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
21 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.27
22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                
23 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                
24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.32
26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
30 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
31 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                     
32 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.41
33 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                        
34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
36 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                           
37 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             0.45
38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                             0.49
39 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     0.51
40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
41 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1.00
42 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
43 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                             1.08
44 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.13
45 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                 1.20
46 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             1.36
47 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
48 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   1.45
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.49
50 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               1.55
51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.56
52 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                        2.04
53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
54 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.19
55 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
56 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                                 
57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
58 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            
59 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
60 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
61 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
62 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           2.54
63 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2.57
64 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                      
65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3.31
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
68 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        3.45
69 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                
71 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            4.48
73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             
74 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
76 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
77 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
78 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
79 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                    
80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
81 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
82 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
83 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
84 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                5.42
86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                6.02
87 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
88 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  6.13
89 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                      7.20
90 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
91 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 7.30
92 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                7.49
93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       8.05
94 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    
95 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                       8.30
96 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                        
97 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        8.53
98 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             
99 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
100 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
101 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 13.14
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                       
103 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                        
104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
105 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
107 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        
108 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                     
109 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
110 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
111 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                         
112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                       
113 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     14.00
114 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           14.35
115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
116 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                    
118 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                     
120 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
121 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                         
122 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
123 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 15.11
124 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         17.46
125 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                        
126 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                      
127 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                 
128 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
129 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
131 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    
132 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                      
133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
134 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         
135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       
136 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             
137 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
138 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       
139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                          
140 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                        
141 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                              
142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
143 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
144 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
145 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
146 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
147 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
148 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                        
149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       
152 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
153 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
154 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
155 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                     
156 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                          
157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
158 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                      
159 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                        
160 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
162 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    
163 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                     
164 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
165 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                  
166 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            
167 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
168 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                    
169 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
171 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
172 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
173 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                          
174 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
175 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
176 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
DNS Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott

General Classification after stage 6
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                  24.30.41
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 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      0.47
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                  0.54
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         1.03
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.12
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                      1.21
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.27
12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     1.34
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.40
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         1.42
15 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                 1.45
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.49
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            1.56
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             1.58
19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    2.03
20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   2.04
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                       2.06
22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                               2.19
23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      2.20
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                             2.36
25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                              2.53
26 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                     2.55
27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               3.01
28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
29 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               3.14
30 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    3.33
31 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                          3.52
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                4.05
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                             4.07
34 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          4.30
35 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    4.33
36 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   4.43
37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                      4.50
38 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                  4.54
39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           5.32
40 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 5.33
41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 5.42
42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   5.44
43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               6.09
44 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                               6.12
45 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              6.24
46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              6.26
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    6.36
48 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6.42
49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         6.51
50 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   6.55
51 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                             6.57
52 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             7.41
53 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        7.51
54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         7.53
55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         7.59
56 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   8.02
57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                        8.03
58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                8.15
59 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                             8.27
60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      8.41
61 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          8.46
62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                      8.52
63 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             8.53
64 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     8.58
65 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                              9.32
66 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        9.45
67 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           9.56
68 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                       10.22
69 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                         10.25
70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  10.35
71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                      10.42
72 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
73 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                       11.02
74 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               11.11
75 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              11.19
76 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           11.50
77 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                               12.10
78 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 12.12
79 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              12.14
80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                            12.15
81 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                12.23
82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      12.45
83 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       13.31
84 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                13.41
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               13.49
86 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                       13.50
87 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            13.55
88 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       13.59
89 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                        14.05
90 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 14.10
91 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       14.15
92 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                       14.28
93 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      14.40
94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           14.54
95 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             15.11
96 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                         15.18
97 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                15.40
98 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 15.46
99 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                    15.54
100 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         16.09
101 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    16.34
102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   17.13
103 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 17.22
104 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             17.24
105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   17.46
106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  18.15
107 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   18.38
108 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 18.56
109 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 19.10
110 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   19.21
111 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     19.42
112 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         19.55
113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                 20.00
114 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                       
115 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             20.11
116 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       20.14
117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                    20.17
118 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           20.23
119 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     20.37
120 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                             20.45
121 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    20.47
122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     20.57
123 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                21.06
124 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         21.14
125 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        21.18
126 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             21.21
127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 21.38
128 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   21.46
129 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    21.49
130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  22.06
131 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   22.10
132 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               22.18
133 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         22.21
134 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                  22.53
135 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                22.59
136 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 23.02
137 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               23.10
138 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                      23.12
139 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                             23.15
140 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     23.20
141 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                23.28
142 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                23.30
143 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                23.46
144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       23.59
145 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   24.01
146 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                      24.04
147 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                      24.20
148 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             24.26
149 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           24.34
150 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        25.06
151 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     25.10
152 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    25.21
153 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                          25.29
154 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            25.47
155 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                 25.56
156 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                 26.03
157 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      26.17
158 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                    26.22
159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               26.23
160 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 26.26
161 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            26.51
162 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                    26.57
163 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    27.14
164 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          27.48
165 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                              27.52
166 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
167 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  28.30
168 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               28.35
169 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  28.53
170 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott            28.55
171 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              29.02
172 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                30.24
173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             31.11
174 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         32.36
175 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            35.25
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             37.35

Points Classification
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                        97 points
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     88
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      85
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           72
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     71
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                         60
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      53
8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                     51
9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          49
10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   49
11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                            47
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  46
13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                46
14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               43
15 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 38
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              37
17 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                 34
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             32
19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     32
20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                          29
21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              28
22 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      27
23 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                      27
24 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                       26
25 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     26
26 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                     26
27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       25
28 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                 25
29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 25
30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              24
31 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                        23
32 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          22
33 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                          22
34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  21
35 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   21
36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        20
37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                       19
38 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                       19
39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       19
40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                     18
41 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 18
42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          17
43 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   16
44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               16
45 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                               16
46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          16
47 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           16
48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        15
49 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            14
50 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                                 14
51 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              13
52 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                         12
53 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 12
54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                12
55 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                11
56 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                          11
57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                 10
58 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          10
59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                  9
60 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    9
61 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          8
62 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                        7
63 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                    7
64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                    6
65 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         6
66 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            5
67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  4
68 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                     4
69 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  4
70 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            3
71 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             3
72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      3
73 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      2
74 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         2
75 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                           2

Mountain Classification
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               27 points
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 27
3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             20
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     18
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      16
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               14
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                        12
8 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                          12
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         10
10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       9
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   7
12 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      6
13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           5
14 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 4
15 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  3
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                      3
17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             3
18 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                           1
19 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              1
20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      1
 
Young rider Classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              24.31.35
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               0.46
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              1.04
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       1.26
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                       2.07
6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                2.20
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           2.58
8 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                   4.00
9 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                              6.03
10 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           9.48
11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       13.05
12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      13.46
13 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                14.46
14 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      19.43
15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     19.53
16 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    21.16
17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                21.24
18 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                  22.08
19 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                 22.34
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 22.52
21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                           24.35
22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             24.53
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     26.20
24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                               26.58
25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                27.41
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               28.08
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Garmin Chipotle                                                  73.34.10
2 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                   0.19
3 Team Columbia                                                        0.20
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     3.54
5 Liquigas                                                             4.09
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  4.17
7 Gerolsteiner                                                         4.33
8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         5.24
9 Barloworld                                                           5.30
10 Lampre                                                              5.42
11 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                    5.50
12 Saunier Duval - Scott                                               6.23
13 Rabobank                                                            6.57
14 Agritubel                                                           7.20
15 Credit Agricole                                                     7.54
16 Silence - Lotto                                                     8.55
17 Quick Step                                                          9.11
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                       
19 Team Milram                                                        14.10
20 Francaise des Jeux                                                 14.25

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