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Tour de France 2008: Cavendish Shoots Like a Rocket Towards The Line

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12.07.2008/"The escape came back at the right time and we polished it off with a perfect one-two finish." Mark Cavendish and his lead-out man Gerald Ciolek finished first and second in the 172.5km stage from Figeac to Toulouse, earning the Columbia team its second stage victory. The squad still lead the general and young riders classifications and appears to be in complete control of the Tour de France on the eve of the first day in the Pyrenees. "It’s one of the last days for the sprinters,” said the stage winner, “and when it comes to a bunch sprint at the end, I’m usually fast enough to be able to finish off the job."

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Picture Gallery Tour de France 2008: Stage 8, Figeac - Toulouse (3 Pages)

The 172.5km seventh stage of the 2008 Tour de France began at 1.11pm with 170 riders still in the race. The non-starter was Manuel Beltran (LIQ). The day featured four climbs in the first half of the stage – the cat-4 cote de Loupiac (at 9km), the cat-3 cote de Macarou (36.5km), the cat-3 cote de la Guionie (52.5km) and the cat-3 cote du Port de la Besse (70.5km). There were also three intermediate sprints which were in La Slvetat-Peyrales (57.5km), Carmeaux (85km) and Rabastens (134.5km).

Establishing The Escape
Almost as soon as the flag fell to signal the start of racing seven riders attacked. Again the effervescent Garmin rider Frischkorn was part of the early action. The others involved were: Cheula (BAR) Rosseler (QST), Riblon (ALM), Terpstra (MRM), Vaugrenard (FDJ) and Auge (COF). After four kilometers it was all over. A handful of hopefuls also tried to escape but the bunch refused to let anyone go in the first hour. The average speed was 45.6km/h. On the approach to the second climb, Lefevere (BTL) gained a slight advantage and pushed on with his escape. At the second intermediate sprint he was 1’30” ahead of a counter attacking trio: Txurruka (EUS), Pineau (BTL) and Riblon (ALM). Then Columbia took control of the peloton and allowed the escapees to gain time. The best-placed of the escapees at the start of the stage was Pineau, ranked 30th on GC, 4’32” behind Kirchen.

Pineau Becomes Virtual Leader
Lefevere continued on alone over the final climb and then eased up and waited for the counter-attackers. They caught him at the 84km mark At the sprint in Carmaux the points were won by Riblon, Lefevere and Txurruka. The peloton was behind by 4’25”. The average speed for the second hour was 40.8km/h. The maximum gain for the escapees was 5’15” at the 110km mark.

The Chase Begins…
With 60km to go, Credit Agricole, Rabobank and Liquigas riders came to the front of the peloton to try and reel in the escapees. In Gaillac (55km from the finish) there was a crash that involved Voigt, Ciolek and Ricco. The winner of stage six lost about a minute to the peloton but, with the support of three Saunier Duval team-mates returned to the peloton after a five kilometer chase. The effort of the Credit Agricole team quickly diminished the advantage of Pineau’s group and, by the final intermediate sprint, the four led by just 50 seconds.

Attacking Finale
With 33km to go, Auge and Bichot attacked the peloton, they were chased down by Terpstra (MRM) who then insisted with his escape: 30km from the finish Pineau’s quartet led the Milram rider by 17” and the peloton by 32”. Liquigas has seven riders at the front of the peloton and, 25km from the line, they caught Terpstra and Pineau’s group was 50” ahead. With 20km to go, the four led by 45”. Pineau attacked with 13km to go, dropping Riblon and Lefevere but Txurruka was able to follow. With 10km to go, the two led the peloton by 40”.

Cavendish: “Fastest Man In The World…!”
The Liquigas team dominated the head of the peloton in the final kilometers but, once Pineau and Txurruka were caught 3.5km from the finish, Quickstep and Columbia took over. They led all the way to the final kilometer when Quickstep took charge leading Steegmans out for the sprint. The Belgian started the sprint with 350m to go but then Mark Cavendish hit overdrive and came from behind Ciolek to burst into the lead 50m from the line. He beat his German team-mate by about four bike lengths. Kirchen finished 41st and will keep the yellow jersey for another day. There was no reshuffle at the top of the general classification.

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Results Tour de France  2008
 
Stage 8
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         4.02.54 (42.61km/h)
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                
3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                     
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                
5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               
10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   
12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
14 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             
18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
21 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              
22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     
23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               
26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
27 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
28 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
29 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                    
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                 
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                
35 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                    
36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                 
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                             
38 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         
39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 
42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                         
43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                     
44 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                             
45 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        
46 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
47 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                           
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
49 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                         
50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
51 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
52 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                           
53 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                
54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                
55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                               
56 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
57 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
58 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
59 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
60 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
61 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   
63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
65 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                         
66 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 
67 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                     
68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   
70 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  
71 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
72 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                           
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 
74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                           
75 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                               
76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
77 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           
78 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                           
79 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                  
80 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
81 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                           
82 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
83 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
85 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                         
87 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                              
88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
89 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
90 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
91 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
92 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
93 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                      
94 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    
95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
96 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
97 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                      
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             
100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                       
101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                          
102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
103 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
104 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
105 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
106 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                            
107 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 
108 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
109 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
110 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
111 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                
112 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
113 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
114 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       
115 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
116 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
117 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                           
118 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                
119 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
120 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            
121 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                 
123 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 
125 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                             
126 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                               
127 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                         
128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                   
129 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  
130 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
132 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
133 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
134 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
136 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          
137 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                              
138 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                            
139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                 
141 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale              
142 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott         
143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                
144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
145 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
146 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             0.30
147 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.47
148 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           1.01
149 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.07
150 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                          1.09
151 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                
152 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                           
153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
154 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
155 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                             1.15
156 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               2.06
157 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   2.27
158 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
159 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
160 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       
161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                               4.42
162 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                   
163 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
164 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                
165 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
167 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
168 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
169 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                  6.35
170 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          7.17

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

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

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

Young rider Classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                       32.27.55
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       0.37
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        0.46
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                0.59
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                1.40
6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         2.20
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    2.31
8 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                       6.03
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 12.32
10 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          25.20
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               28.52
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              30.17
13 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   31.08
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                           32.32
15 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    34.59
16 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                         36.06
17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               41.03
18 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         42.44
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        42.46
20 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             43.06
21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                          43.54
22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          44.12
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              47.40
24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      48.40
25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        49.28
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         53.43
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                        97.22.08
2 Team Columbia                                                 2.52
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                              3.29
4 Liquigas                                                      3.50
5 Gerolsteiner                                                  4.41
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           4.52
7 Saunier Duval - Scott                                         6.04
8 AG2R-La Mondiale                                              6.25
9 Barloworld                                                    6.32
10 Rabobank                                                     7.32
11 Credit Agricole                                              8.56
12 Lampre                                                       9.28
13 Bouygues Telecom                                            10.13
14 Garmin Chipotle                                             10.59
15 Silence - Lotto                                             11.27
16 Quick Step                                                  12.03
17 Team Milram                                                 17.09
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                          20.08
19 Agritubel                                                   29.42
20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                29.43

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