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Tour de France 2008: Double French Victory In The Alps - Menchov And Vande Velde Lose Ground

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22.07.2008/On a stage that boasted the highest pass in Europe, the winner was truly determined by the riders who established an escape at the end of the first hour of racing. Cyril Dessel may not have claimed many climbing points on a day with two “HC’ cols – that honor went to an aggressive Stefan Schumacher and an inspire John-Lee Augustyn – but the French AG2R rider dropped all but three riders on the final descent and outwitted them at the finish to win his first stage of the Tour de France. Augustyn was first at the top of the Cimme de la Bonette-Restefond but his speed on the descent was too much: he crashed over the edge and would limp home on a spare bike. The battle for general classification standings did take a shake with Menchov losing time on the descent and Vande Velde slipping down the rankings after being shed on the ascent. But Frank Schleck retains his yellow jersey after finishing 12th, one place shy of Cadel Evans.

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(© Heinz Zwicky)

Peloton TV: Tour de France 2008

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Cyril Dessel took stage 16. (© Heinz Zwicky)

Picture Gallery Tour de France 2008: Stage 16, Cuneo - Jausiers (5 pages)

The 157km 16th stage of the 2008 Tour de France, from Cuneo in Italy to Jausiers in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, began at 12.32pm. There were 153 riders in the race with no riders retiring on the second rest day of the 95th edition. The itinerary featured two ‘Hors Categorie’ mountains, the Col de la Lambarde – a 2,351m high pass that peaked at the 72.5km mark – and the highest road in Europe, the 2,802m Cime de la Bonette-Restefond with the summit at 133.5km. While the final 23.5km were essentially all downhill, the finish was still at altitude of 1,210m. The intermediate sprints were both in Italy: Vignolo (at 20.5km) and Vinadio (50km). The return to France was at the 73km mark.

Fast First Hour & 29 Eventually Break Free
Before Christian Prudhomme could even announce the official start of racing, Sylvain Chavanel attacked. He was one of the most insistent in a rapid volley of escape attempts in the first hour of racing. It wasn’t until the 42km mark, however, that anyone was able to gain a real advantage. Then the aggressor was Dumoulin (COF) who was soon joined by Stefan Schumacher (GST), Le Mevel (C.A), Rosseler (QST). A counter attacking group of 24 was composed of: Popovych, Arvesen, Voigt, Zubeldia, Txurruka, Arroyo, Gutierrez, Portal, Burghardt, Hincapie, Siutsou, Augustyn, Cheula, Fischer, Tiralongo, Dessel, Lequatre, Flecha, Freire, Knees, Gilbert, Syl. Chavanel, Pate and Hesjedal. At the base of the climb, the five led 24 by 40” at the peloton by 4’25”. The average speed for the first hour was 49.2km/h.

Col de la Lombarde
Schumacher was the strongest of the lead group; after 5km of climbing he was on his own at the front of the stage. Cunego attacked the peloton early on the first ascent along with Szmyd, Valjavec, Monfort and Casar. CSC was in control of the peloton and allowed numerous other riders room to move when they attacked. Astarloza (EUS) was the highest ranked rider on GC to attack and he did so with about 8km to climb. At the summit the situation was: Schumacher in the lead; Le Mevel at 2’10”; Voeckler at 3’15”; Popovch’s group at 4’35”; Cunego’s group at 5’05” and the yellow jersey’s peloton at 9’35”.

There was a general regrouping on the descent. Schumacher led a group of 30 riders including: Popovych, Arvesen, Voigt, Txurrka, Arroyo, Gutierrez, Portal, Hincapie, Siutsou, Augustyn, Cheula, Fischer, Cunego, Szmyd, Tiralongo, Pauriol, Dessel, Valjavec, Lequatre,
Flecha, Tschopp, Voeckler, Knees, Casar, Chavanel, Dumoulin, Moncoutie, Monfort, Hesjedal and Pate by 5’50” at the 93km mark. The peloton was at 10’50”.

Cime de la Bonette-Restefond
Schumacher had a lead of 4’40” on a group including Popovych and Cunego at the base of the final climb and the peloton was at 11’45”. Schumacher led until six kilometers from the 2nd summit when he was caught by Popovych, Arroyo, Portal, Hincapie, Siutsou, Augustyn, Valjavec, Schumacher and Casar. They had a lead of 2’35” on the yellow jersey’s group which had dwindled to eight: Frank and Andy Schleck, Sastre, Evans, Menchov, Valverde, Samuel Sanchez and Kohl. In the last 700m of the climb Augustyn attacked and claimed the 40pts and ‘Souvenir Henri Desgrange’ but he would tumble over the end on the descent and lose his chance of winning the stage.

Dessel Wins After Speedy Descent
Dessel, Casar, Arroyo and Popovych gained an advantage on all other escapees early on the climb and raced into Jausiers in that order after a dramatic, rapid descent. Dessel burst into the lead in the final kilometer after brief attacks from Popovych and Arroyo. It is his first stage win at the Tour de France. In the yellow jersey’s group, Menchov lost ground and descended with Cunego and Kirchen, losing 29 seconds to the yellow jersey. Frank Schleck finished 12, 1’28” behind the stage winner and will retain his lead in the general classification.

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Results Tour de France  2008
 
Stage 16
 
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 4.31.27 (34.70 km/h)
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                      
3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                0.03
5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                    0.24
6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                     
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                     
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   1.03
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                1.28
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                         
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                        
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 
13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                              
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                          
16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                                    
17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     1.32
18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                  
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                       2.03
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                                             
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                             
22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                     2.36
23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                       
24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 3.21
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                        4.04
26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                 
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              4.13
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                     4.27
31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                               4.30
32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                               4.49
33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                        5.13
34 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                     5.27
35 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                       
36 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 5.43
37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                 6.39
38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                        
40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                       6.50
41 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
42 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                            
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                7.50
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                             8.25
45 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                    10.18
46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                          
47 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           10.31
48 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            10.57
49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                            
50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                              
51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              11.49
52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                         11.58
53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             13.18
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                             
55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 13.49
56 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                                    
57 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     13.57
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               14.11
59 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                                  14.41
60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                                  
61 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                
62 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              
63 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                       15.29
64 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                         17.24
65 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    19.05
66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            19.36
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                          20.57
68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                         21.53
69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                      
70 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                     
71 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                      
72 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                                     
73 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             
74 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         
76 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
77 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                
78 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
79 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                              
80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                               
81 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  
82 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                       24.19
84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                             
85 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                             
86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        
87 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                            
88 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                            
89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                          
91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                            
92 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        
93 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                        28.32
94 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            31.56
95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                      
96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                          
97 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                         
98 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                           
99 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
100 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                         
102 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                  
103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                         
104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                                      
105 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                        
106 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                                          
107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                          
108 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                     
109 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                         
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
111 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                       
112 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                     
113 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
114 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                          
115 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
116 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                         
117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                      
118 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                         
119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                     
120 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                   
121 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                  
122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                                
123 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                               
124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
125 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                              
126 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                           
127 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                          
128 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                          
129 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                    
130 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            
131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                              
132 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                                 
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
134 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                     
135 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                       
136 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                   
137 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
138 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                     
139 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                           
140 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
141 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                        
142 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       
143 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                
144 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                         
145 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                      
146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                                            
147 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                                         
148 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
149 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                       
150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                                    
151 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
HD  Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                    39.13
DNS Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux

General Classification after stage 16
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                           68.30.16
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                       0.07
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                      0.08
4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                        0.49
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                           1.13
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                               3.15
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                        3.23
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     4.11
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      4.38
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 5.23
11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                               6.58
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                           7.43
13 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   8.03
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                               9.01
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                        9.07
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                        9.51
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               11.19
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                 12.32
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                            16.49
20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                       17.44
21 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                18.10
22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                              19.10
23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                              19.48
24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                    20.19
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                21.10
26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 22.05
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                        24.59
28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                              25.04
29 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                      25.18
30 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                                         32.39
31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                  32.49
32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              33.50
33 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            34.00
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     35.15
35 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                              37.40
36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    38.42
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                44.18
38 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                  44.59
39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                       53.50
40 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            55.25
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                          55.50
42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                         56.14
43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 58.19
44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                       1.00.20
45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   1.00.29
46 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                              1.01.26
47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                1.02.03
48 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                       1.04.47
49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                        1.05.54
50 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                 1.06.44
51 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          1.07.20
52 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         1.07.39
53 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 1.09.02
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             1.12.10
55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           1.13.38
56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                  1.15.40
57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1.16.22
58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                              1.17.07
59 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     1.17.37
60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           1.17.41
61 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            1.18.49
62 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          1.19.36
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                               1.21.36
64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                            1.21.56
65 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                    1.23.05
66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                        1.24.07
67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                       1.25.03
68 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                     1.31.00
69 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                      1.31.26
70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  1.32.27
71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                1.32.39
72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                  1.33.41
73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                    1.33.45
74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                       
75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                         1.34.06
76 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                       1.34.56
77 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                       1.35.50
78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      1.36.08
79 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         1.38.25
80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                  1.38.46
81 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                      1.40.45
82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                  1.41.13
83 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                              1.41.14
84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                      1.41.45
85 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        1.42.17
86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  1.45.14
87 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                               1.47.40
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             1.50.46
89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    1.51.47
90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                                1.52.26
91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       1.52.51
92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                    1.54.35
93 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  1.56.18
94 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      1.57.01
95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                     1.58.31
96 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                  2.00.27
97 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                2.01.47
98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                 2.01.51
99 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           2.07.09
100 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                               2.07.40
101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                        2.08.39
102 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            2.11.28
103 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                     2.12.27
104 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   2.14.45
105 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                              2.15.01
106 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      2.15.12
107 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2.15.13
108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                 2.16.25
109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                  2.18.01
110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                    2.22.05
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                    2.24.00
112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                                   2.24.30
113 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         2.25.40
114 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                   2.27.31
115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         2.28.57
116 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           2.30.53
117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                2.31.21
118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                          2.31.44
119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 2.32.40
120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                        2.32.48
121 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                               2.32.52
122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                     2.33.19
123 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         2.34.20
124 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                   2.35.22
125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                               2.38.11
126 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                     2.38.51
127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                                    2.38.53
128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               2.39.41
129 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                  2.40.31
130 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                                    2.40.37
131 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              2.40.50
132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                   2.40.52
133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                              2.43.52
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   2.44.06
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                2.44.56
136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           2.45.00
137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  2.45.27
138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                               2.45.30
139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                             2.47.33
140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            2.47.52
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                 2.48.39
142 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             2.49.32
143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            2.49.49
144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                                      2.51.44
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 2.53.53
146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             2.54.22
147 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    2.54.34
148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                                2.56.11
149 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          2.56.27
150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            3.02.12
151 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             3.08.10

Points Classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                       219 points
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                      172
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                            167
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                         145
5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  137
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      110
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                          110
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                     105
9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                            94
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                       84
11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                          83
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                         78
13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                                   77
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                                            75
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                          73
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    72
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                68
18 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       68
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                    66
20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                       60
21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 59
22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                          59
23 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                        58
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            56
25 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            54
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    50
27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         48
28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 45
29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                44
30 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       44
31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                           44
32 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                   42
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                            38
34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 36
35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                     35
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                34
37 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                     34
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                   33
39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                        32
40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               32
41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                       31
42 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                         30
43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                          28
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              27
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                         27
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                     26
47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            25
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       24
49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                        24
50 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                     23
51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            20
52 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   20
53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                   20
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                 20
55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                          20
56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                         19
57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                       19
58 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     18
59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            18
60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                    17
61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 17
62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                         17
63 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  16
64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                               16
65 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                           16
66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               15
67 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                            15
68 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                             14
69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                       14
70 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      13
71 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                      13
72 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                           12
73 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                          12
74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  12
75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       12
76 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  12
77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                     12
78 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                      10
79 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                  10
80 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                             10
81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                10
82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                   10
83 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    9
84 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                  9
85 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 8
86 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                      8
87 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          7
88 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               6
89 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                      6
90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                           6
91 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                                  5
92 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                       5
93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                  4
94 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    4
95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                              4
96 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                     4
97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                               3
98 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                2
99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                              2
100 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                            2
101 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         2
102 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                     2
103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                                      2
104 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                       1
105 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   1
106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                           -5
107 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                                -5
108 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                          -5
109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                                   -5
110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        -5

Mountain Classification
 
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                         85 points
2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        60
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   55
4 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                       53
5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       50
6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                      50
7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                                  49
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 46
9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                      44
10 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                       40
11 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                           37
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                    36
13 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                                 36
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                         35
15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                            34
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               33
17 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               31
18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            31
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    30
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                       30
21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      30
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                          30
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                27
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 24
25 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               24
26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                      22
27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   20
28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  20
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                                     20
30 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                     19
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                   18
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                                   16
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                    16
34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 15
35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        14
36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                          14
37 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                          13
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                   13
39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                                         12
40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     12
41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                   12
42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                           12
43 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  11
44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                10
45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       10
46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            10
47 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              10
48 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    9
49 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                         9
50 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               8
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   8
52 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                           8
53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                             8
54 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                        8
55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                        8
56 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        6
57 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                                      6
58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          6
59 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                          5
60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                          5
61 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 5
62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                                4
63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  4
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                                              3
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                     2
66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  2
67 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              2
68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                          2
69 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                   2
70 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 2
71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                  1
72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                             1
73 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                                             1
74 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                                        1

Young Riders Classification
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                            68.39.17
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                         0.06
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                         0.50
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 2.18
5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                               28.39
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                                   53.02
7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                                    57.43
8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             58.19
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        1.07.21
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                     1.21.59
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                      1.27.07
12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                                1.58.39
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                                  2.07.24
14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                           2.22.43
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                    2.26.21
16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                      2.29.50
17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                2.30.40
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               2.31.49
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                               2.34.51
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                 2.35.55
21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                                2.36.29
22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             2.38.51
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     2.45.33
 
Team Classification
 
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                                205.22.34
2 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                                       4.02
3 Rabobank                                                                              43.28
4 Lampre                                                                                45.43
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                                   47.44
6 Gerolsteiner                                                                          47.54
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                      49.15
8 Silence - Lotto                                                                       53.21
9 Credit Agricole                                                                       56.04
10 Team Columbia                                                                        57.37
11 Liquigas                                                                           1.09.17
12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                                       1.18.28
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                                   1.37.16
14 Garmin Chipotle                                                                    1.43.30
15 Francaise des Jeux                                                                 1.43.45
16 Team Milram                                                                        2.10.27
17 Barloworld                                                                         2.24.29
18 Quick Step                                                                         2.36.05
19 Agritubel                                                                          2.48.02

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