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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 23: Embrun - L'Alpe d'Huez, 210.5km

All for one, one for all!

CSC-Saxo Bank musketeers put Sastre on top and in yellow

By Hedwig Kröner in L'Alpe d'Huez

Carlos Sastre (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) wins and takes over the yellow jersey
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This evening in L'Alpe d'Huez, more than one bottle of champagne will pop in team CSC-Saxo Bank's hotel. After continuously building up the pressure against its rivals in this Tour de France, the Danish squad pulled off its greatest coup on the Queen stage of the event. Dominated by Riis' riders, the stage saw team captain Carlos Sastre score the victory on the epic slopes of L'Alpe d'Huez and take over the yellow jersey from team-mate Fränk Schleck.

The Spaniard took advantage of a huge team effort to attack right in the first metres of the ascent, barely coming out of Bourg d'Oisans. Nobody of the general classification leaders was able to follow at this stage, and Sastre continued his raid towards the top solo, never to be seen again. He finally finished 2'03 minutes ahead of Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who came in second with Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) in third position.

"I decided to attack from the start because everyone was tired from the CSC efforts on the Col de la Croix de Fer," Sastre explained. "I took off from the start to get as much time as possible. I knew I could do better at my own pace instead of having to face constant attacks."

The stage winner said that it had been his idea to attack at the base of the climb, but that this had only been made possible thanks to his team-mates. "Without their help I would not have done it. The Schleck brothers sacrificed themselves, and that is the philosophy of the team," he added.

Kohl was spent after a tough final climb.
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The Spaniard was overjoyed to finally be wearing yellow, a jersey he had been chasing for years. Even in the Vuelta a España, where he has twice stood on the final podium, he only wore the leader's garment for one day, in 2006. "After so many years, I have to really thanks my team-mates, the Schleck bothers and Riis for the dream come true," an emotional Sastre said.

Team-mate Fränk Schleck wasn't unhappy to give away the jersey to Sastre, to the contrary. "That Carlos takes the jersey may be a little loss for me, but it's a full success today for the whole team," he said in the finish. "What we did today is fantastic. The boys were just so strong. Kurt, for example, did a hell of a job. Chapeau to him. He said this morning, 'boys, we need to hurt today', and he sacrificed himself completely."

Andy Schleck covered every single attack
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His younger brother Andy, who retained the white jersey of best joung rider, was of the same opinion. "I'm so proud to be in this team," he said. "Today, we showed again that we are by far the strongest. Even a guy like Cancellara dropped the hammer on the climb for Carlos - and he's not a climber at all. It was fantastic today and I'm really, really happy for Carlos, because he has been hunting this for a long, long time. He worked so hard for this for many years, and now he gets it."

Sastre now has a 1'34 minutes advantage over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) on the overall classification. Asked if that was enough of a lead for him to win the Tour, Fränk Schleck said, "I don't know. But as we want to win it, this was the right team tactic for today. The fact that we are the strongest team is our main asset. We tried, and it worked! First of all, we achieved a fantastic win here today, and secondly, Carlos has the jersey. Andy did a great job; he's in white; we have the team competition..."

Speculation now abounds as to the time trial capabilities of Sastre against his main rivals Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank), who also suffered today but finally managed to hold on to the main contenders' group. Evans lost 2'15 minutes on Sastre in L'Alpe d'Huez, finishing seventh. But the Australian played it cool, hoping to make up the gap again in the race's last time trial: "To be honest, I think it was not a time loss," he said in the finish. He started chasing Sastre and leading out the group by himself when the Spaniard's gap grew over two minutes. "There was no support, they all sat on. It was a headwind and the headwind probably worked in my advantage yesterday, but today they could obviously sit on the wheel and recover."

Evans had to do the pace making at the end
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Menchov got dropped by Sastre's attack in the early part of the climb, but then came back to the group. He was obviously disappointed as he also lost 2'15 minutes on Sastre, but made it into the finish in Evans' group, placing eighth. Evans is therefore 1'05 minutes ahead of him on general classification. Regarding the time trial, the Rabobank leader said, "Anything is possible because Evans is a specialist. However, Carlos is also good. We will see, patience."

Garmin-Chipotle's GC captain Christian Vande Velde, as well as polkoadot jersey Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) all crossed the line within Evans' group. Vande Velde had some words of praise for the stage winner, Carlos Sastre. "It was uncaracteristic of Carlos to attack, he's usually sitting on the back," the American said. "He deserved it. He was awesome."

Fränk Schleck may have lost yellow, but at least it satyed with the team
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Vande Velde also thought that Sastre's advantage over Evans could be enough to take the yellow jersey to Paris. "Carlos isn't a horrible time triallist," he said. "Everyone has this perception, that if you're not in the top three then you can't time trial. But he's good. It's Cadel's race to lose."

Kohl now sits in third position on the overall, 1'33 minutes behind the new leader. But the Gerolsteiner rider's time trial abilities may not be enough to target a podium finish in Paris. "I don't think I can stay in the top three," Kohl said. "I might end up fifth or sixth, but even that is still very satisfying for me, as I hope to retain the polkadot jersey. That is more than I ever expected from this Tour, so I'm overjoyed."

The 2008 Tour de France overall victory is still very open after the race's last mountain day. With the top five riders all within 2'39 minutes, and a final time trial over 53 kilometres awaiting the riders next Saturday, the victory and podium placings will be decided between Sastre, Fränk Schleck, Kohl, Evans and Menchov. Place your bets.

How it unfolded

The Alps offered a stunning scenery
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At 11:25 the 151 remaining riders set off under sunny skies and nervous stomachs as the day's hardest stage awaited: with three hors categorie climbs and the finish at Alpe d'Huez. It would be a make or break day for the main contenders, and they had perfect weather to wage their war. The temperature at the start was a comfortable 17 degrees, but the day would heat up as much as the racing action.

As the peloton passed the real start at 11:40, riders didn't hesitate to attack. Inside the first kilometre the first three to take off were Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) and Peter Velits (Team Milram), and they quickly built up a lead of 1'30. After 14 kilometres, the previous day's most aggressive rider, Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), left the bunch and joined the break.

The four riders held 2'14" on the peloton as they crested the first climb of the day, the relatively miniscule category three côte de Sainte-Marguerite. Schumacher preceded Di Gregorio, Pérez and Velits. At the sprint in Monêtier-les-Bains 16 kilometres later, where Di Gregorio took the points ahead of Velits and Schumacher, the lead had doubled.

The leaders would enjoy an advantage of 5'47 at the base of the massive Col du Galibier, and once the CSC-Saxo Bank team put Nicki Sørensen on the front, his pace started to gradually eat away at the gap.

As the leaders neared the top of the Galibier, Pérez started to have trouble, but was close enough to catch up on the descent. Schumacher led Di Gregorio and Velits over the top. A bit more than five minutes later, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) jumped out of the bunch to battle for the mountain points. Fabian Wegmann led Bernhard Kohl back up to the Frenchman, with John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) up there as well. Augustyn had obviously recovered from his crash yesterday.

Menchov overestimated himself at first, but recovered well to finsih wit the Evans group
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Voeckler had dropped back and then sprinted full gas in an attempt to surprise the Austrian between the motor bikes. A nice tactic, but it didn't work. Kohl paid attention and took the points for fifth, with Voeckler edging out Augustyn. Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) received the remaining points.

The descent saw a number of crashes, but fortunately all riders were relatively unscathed and able to continue. In the breakaway, Di Gregorio had a bit of trouble and unclipped in a left hand turn. That threw off Perez, who ended up riding off to the right, but the meadow softened his fall.

In the peloton Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Adam Hansen (Columbia) went down as well, and later George Hincapie also had his turn on the pavement.

Voeckler kept going after the summit and descended by himself. He had done that multiple times during the Tour and seemed to be more comfortable riding down by himself. But he was joined by Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step). Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) also jumped across, but the four were caught by the fast charging peloton, still led by CSC.

The break was now losing ground. With 108 kilometres to go, the four hit the top of the Télégraphe, which didn't offer any mountain points this year. The lead was down to 3'29.

On the descent from the Télégraphe, Di Gregorio was going extremely careful and quickly lost contact with the leaders. At the bottom in Saint-Martin-d'Arc he was already down by half a minute with 97 kilometres left to go.

As the leaders approached the Col de la Croix de Fer, a sign read 29 kilometres to the top which was not a pretty sight. The lead of the trio out front had reached seven minutes, while Di Gregorio never made it back to the front.

With the start of the climb over, O'Grady had done his work. Cancellara took over for CSC and the gap started to drop. He set a terrible pace, catching and dropping Di Gregorio and putting the sprinters off the back. Even white jersey contenders Nibali and Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) gave up the ghost. Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) had been dropped early in the stage and was now 18 minutes behind and nearly assured of being time cut.

Sastre stormed up the 21 bends like a man possessed
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Up front, Pérez lost contact with Velits and was caught by the peloton, while Schumacher and Velits had only three minutes on the thinning bunch with ten kilometres to the top of the climb.

Seven kilometres from the top Schumacher couldn't hang on and was dropped by Velits. Schumacher was caught with less than five kilometres to the top. Velits still had a two-minute lead.

Velits crested the top of the Croix de Fer by himself. The yellow jersey group followed 1'11 later. The group had grown again towards the top and included Fränk Schleck, Andy Schleck, Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Chris Froome (Barloworld), Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto).

The order over the top was Velits, Kohl, Arvesen, Andy Schleck, Vande Velde, Fränk Schleck, Froome, Siutsou and Sastre.

Cunego, who has struggled on the climbs for the entire Tour was once again chasing over the top, but was able to make it back to the front on the descent. Others like Popovych and even Van Summeren came back as well.

On the early part of the descent, Pineau jumped out of the group and while he struggled to make ground on the descent, the Frenchman worked his way up to Velits in the valley, and caught up with 30 kilometres to go, just in time to 'win' the sprint in Bourg-d'Oisans.

Even though the pair worked together, it was clear that the pace of the CSC-Saxo Bank squad would not let any break survive. Velits dropped back first, then Pineau got reeled in thanks to the work of Arvesen and Cancellara.

Vande Velde tried to attack, but eventually could not gain any ground on the others
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At the base of the Alpe, Sastre was the first to give it a go. He was marked by Menchov, and the accelerations quickly thinned the group, dropping Cunego and Kirchen, among many others. Sastre's second attack was the bonne. He sped away, while the group behind formed around yellow jersey Fränk Schleck. His brother Andy, Kohl, Evans, Valverde, Vande Velde, and the very strong AG2R trio of Efimkin, Valjavec and Goubert hanging on.

Menchov soon paid for his efforts to stay with Sastre. He fell out of the yellow jersey group and quickly lost 30 seconds. But he measured himself well, and inched his way back to within some ten seconds.

On the front, Sastre fought on by himself. He had 55 seconds on the group with eight kilometres to go. Accelerations by riders like Goubert were always answered by Andy Schleck. With the younger brother easily able to answer any attack, the group stayed together and with six kilometres to go, Menchov was finally back in the group.

Sastre hit the five-kilometre to go sign with a lead of 1'50. It was now up to Evans to take over the pace making to limit his time loss to the Spaniard. CSC had the best cards to play, but an expected attack from Fränk Schleck never came.

3.5 kilometres from the finish Efimkin attacked, but again Andy Schleck marked him. The final acceleration came from Samuel Sánchez, less than two kilometres from the line. The two came in two minutes after Sastre and ten seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group.

Stage 18 - Thursday, July 24: Bourg d'Oisans - Saint Étienne, 196.5km

The peloton is leaving the high mountains now
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The Alps are behind us now, but this stage is by no means flat with a third, a second and a fourth category climb en route. The course doesn't suit the sprinters, but neither is it tough enough for the climbers and overall contenders, for this reason it has breakaway written all over it. Anyone who has managed to save a bit of energy over the preceding few days will have a go here and in all likelihood the time gap allowed will be enormous providing nobody of any note is in the break.

Bourg d'Oisans has been a stage start time 19 times before, but has never hosted a finish. Sitting as it is at the foot of Alpe d'Huez, it is a natural choice for the next day's stage. The last time a stage started here was in 2006 when the course headed north to another mountaintop finish at La Toussuire. Danish super-climber Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) took the victory alone on his way to taking the polka dot mountain jersey.

Saint Etienne is another regular Tour host, having been a stage town 23 times before, partly because it used to be the centre of the French bicycle industry. Last time the Tour was here it saw Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) cement his seventh and final Tour de France by taking victory in the final time trial of the 2005 race. That day also saw the tragicomic end to Michael Rasmussen's (Rabobank) hope of a podium place, as a disastrous ride saw him crash twice and change his bike three times.

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Results

1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Saxo Bank                            6.07.58 (34.32 km/h)
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               2.03
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              2.13
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         2.15
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 3.11
12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          3.36
13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        3.50
14 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        4.57
15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                5.16
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           5.25
17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          5.28
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    5.32
19 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          5.40
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                6.01
21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                        6.08
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      6.59
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  9.22
25 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     10.12
27 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                10.17
29 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  10.42
30 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           10.44
31 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                           11.41
32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                12.05
33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          12.10
34 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     14.21
35 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      16.08
36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                            
37 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
38 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
39 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                17.10
40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       
41 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                17.21
42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             18.19
43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          18.52
44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   19.10
45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 20.24
46 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                    
47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  22.13
48 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                         23.08
50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
51 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     24.18
52 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  
54 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
55 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
56 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
57 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                 
58 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                
61 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                               
62 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       
63 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                        
65 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                
66 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                  
67 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
68 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                  
69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  24.37
70 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     24.39
71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                    27.55
72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         28.02
73 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                    28.05
74 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  
75 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   
77 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                31.48
78 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
79 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      
80 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                          35.45
81 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     38.00
82 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                     
83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                     
84 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                
85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                  
86 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
87 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                   
88 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                
89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
90 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
91 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 
92 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                 
93 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                    
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                    
95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                     
97 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    
98 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
99 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
100 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
101 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               
102 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
103 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     
105 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                          
106 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                       
107 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                    
108 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
109 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                 
111 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                      
112 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
113 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
114 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             
115 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                     
116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
117 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
118 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
119 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
121 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
122 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
123 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           
124 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
125 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
126 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
127 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             
129 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                           
130 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
131 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
132 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
133 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
134 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
135 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
136 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
137 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
139 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                   
140 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   
141 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                
142 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 
143 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
145 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
146 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
147 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
148 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
149 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     
150 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     
HD Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                       
 
Sprints
 
Monêtier-les-Bains - 57.5 km
1 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          6 pts
2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     4
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2
 
Bourg-d'Oisans - 195.0 km
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               6 pts
2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     4
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       2
 
Alpe-d'Huez - 210.5 km
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   20 pts
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 17
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           15
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                13
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          12
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           10
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                  9
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       8
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           7
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  6
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    5
12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                             4
13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           3
14 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2
15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Sainte-Marguerite (Cat.3), 31.0 km
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               4 pts
2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          3
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     1
 
Col du Galibier (HC), 79.0 km
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              20 pts
2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         18
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    16
4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      14
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  12
6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            10
7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                 8
8 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           7
9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                            6
10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        5
 
Col de la Croix de Fer (HC), 156.0 km
1 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    20 pts
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  18
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      16
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           14
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          12
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          10
7 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                8
8 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            7
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                    6
10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   5
 
Alpe-d'Huez (HC), 210.5 km 
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   40 pts
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 36
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           32
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                28
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          24
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           20
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 16
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      14
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          12
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 10
 
Young riders
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      6.10.01
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  1.08
3 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                             9.38
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 15.07
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 15.18
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         22.15
7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                  
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                 
9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                      22.36
10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 29.45
11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                          33.42
12 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        35.57
13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                
15 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                           
16 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                            
17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 
20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                  
21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    
23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                          18.28.10
2 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                5.25
3 Rabobank                                                       17.38
4 Silence - Lotto                                                20.08
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                               22.30
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            23.17
7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                   30.39
8 Team Columbia                                                  32.11
9 Lampre                                                         32.22
10 Credit Agricole                                               32.29
11 Bouygues Telecom                                              34.14
12 Gerolsteiner                                                  41.09
13 Garmin Chipotle                                               48.06
14 Francaise des Jeux                                            50.06
15 Liquigas                                                      54.16
16 Team Milram                                                   54.22
17 Barloworld                                                    56.01
18 Quick Step                                                  1.08.31
19 Agritubel                                                   1.17.00
 
General classification after stage 17
 
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             74.39.03
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        1.24
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                1.33
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               1.34
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    2.39
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        4.41
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              5.35
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               5.52
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                           8.10
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        8.24
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                8.35
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       10.15
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                12.13
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   12.26
15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          17.08
16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     22.59
17 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         23.01
18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           23.22
19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       24.29
20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                25.39
21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         25.49
22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       28.05
23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                29.10
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        34.48
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                       35.07
26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          40.08
27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  42.32
28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           42.44
29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     43.23
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             43.48
31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             43.54
32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 44.34
33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       49.09
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              58.44
35 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                             1.02.29
36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              1.03.18
37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                         1.08.28
38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        1.09.40
39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       1.11.31
40 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                     1.14.51
41 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   1.18.54
42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                1.20.02
43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                1.21.08
44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.22.57
45 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                1.23.49
46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.23.58
47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 1.24.15
48 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                         1.25.32
49 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          1.30.13
50 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   1.31.10
51 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          1.32.31
52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                 1.33.01
53 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.33.08
54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           1.33.10
55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.37.07
56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             1.38.12
57 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       1.38.37
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.39.26
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        1.43.55
60 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.44.50
61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.46.27
62 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.47.21
63 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.47.36
64 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               1.50.18
65 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                1.53.33
66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.54.18
67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                              1.54.48
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.54.52
69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.56.20
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                     1.59.07
71 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             2.00.16
72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           2.00.57
73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                  2.01.12
74 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           2.02.15
75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       2.03.33
76 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               2.04.14
77 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           2.04.51
78 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 2.05.46
79 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               2.07.07
80 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               2.08.37
81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           2.09.38
82 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         2.09.50
83 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          2.10.56
84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                        2.11.09
85 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                2.13.01
86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  2.15.36
87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           2.18.24
88 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         2.18.32
89 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.20.51
90 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           2.22.25
91 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    2.22.28
92 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                           2.23.56
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.27.57
94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.28.58
95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                              2.29.30
96 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         2.29.37
97 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                2.30.12
98 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             2.31.46
99 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               2.34.12
100 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                 2.35.55
101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        2.38.58
102 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                         2.39.02
103 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           2.45.17
104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              2.49.38
105 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            2.51.56
106 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       2.52.12
107 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               2.52.23
108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                            2.52.24
109 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          2.53.36
110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             2.59.16
111 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            3.00.27
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             3.01.11
113 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            3.01.41
114 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  3.02.51
115 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 3.03.47
116 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            3.04.42
117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  3.06.08
118 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    3.08.04
119 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         3.08.32
120 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   3.08.55
121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          3.09.51
122 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        3.10.03
123 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              3.10.30
124 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  3.11.31
125 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            3.12.33
126 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      3.13.01
127 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        3.15.22
128 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              3.16.02
129 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             3.16.04
130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        3.16.52
131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           3.17.42
132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             3.17.48
133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       3.18.11
134 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       3.18.48
135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            3.21.17
136 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         3.22.07
137 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    3.22.11
138 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           3.22.38
139 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        3.22.41
140 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      3.24.44
141 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     3.25.03
142 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          3.25.50
143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     3.27.00
144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          3.31.04
145 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      3.31.33
146 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             3.31.45
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         3.33.22
148 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   3.33.38
149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     3.39.23
150 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      3.45.21
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                219 pts
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               123
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                                93
11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   83
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         80
13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  78
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                            77
15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                     75
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             74
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   73
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             72
19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  68
20 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                68
21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                61
22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                60
23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          59
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   59
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          55
26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     54
27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         51
28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          51
29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     51
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     46
31 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             45
32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    44
33 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            42
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 38
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 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   33
39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            33
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 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     27
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       27
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  27
46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              26
47 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            24
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 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  20
53 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            20
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                          20
55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   20
56 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                19
57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              18
58 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     18
59 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             17
60 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          17
61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  17
62 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           16
63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        16
64 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    16
65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        15
66 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     15
67 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      14
68 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                14
69 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               13
70 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                               13
71 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    12
72 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   12
73 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           12
74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                12
75 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           12
76 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              12
77 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                               10
78 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           10
79 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      10
80 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         10
81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            10
82 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             9
83 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                           9
84 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          8
85 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    8
86 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                               8
87 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   7
88 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           7
89 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         6
90 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6
91 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               6
92 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    6
93 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           5
94 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                5
95 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             4
96 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       4
97 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              4
98 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        3
99 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         2
100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2
101 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      2
102 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                     2
103 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2
104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2
105 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                               2
106 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                1
107 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            1
108 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                  -5
109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    -5
110 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                         -5
111 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   -5
112 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                            -5
113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 125 pts
2 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   80
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          80
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            65
5 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                61
6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 60
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                58
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              54
9 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         52
10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               50
11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              50
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                          49
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     48
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          47
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                46
16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                46
17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          44
18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              44
19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                          42
20 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                40
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   37
22 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    37
23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             36
24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         34
25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        33
26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     31
27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   30
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         27
29 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        24
30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     24
31 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                               22
32 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            20
33 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           20
34 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                              20
35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              19
36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            18
37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                  18
38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            16
39 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             16
40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     16
41 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          15
42 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 14
43 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   14
44 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   13
45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            13
46 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              12
47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         12
48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            12
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    12
50 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11
51 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     10
52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       10
53 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             9
54 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  9
55 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           9
56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        8
57 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            8
58 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    8
59 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 8
60 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                               8
61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 8
62 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 6
63 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                               6
64 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   6
65 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   5
66 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   5
67 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        5
68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         4
69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4
70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       3
71 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2
72 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2
73 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2
74 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2
75 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          2
76 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1
77 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                      1
78 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                 1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     74.49.18
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  1.58
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 15.24
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         24.33
5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                      1.04.36
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                          1.15.17
7 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                           1.19.58
8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                    1.20.55
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               1.37.06
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                1.43.18
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.56.52
12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         2.08.17
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                           2.43.21
14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    2.58.40
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             3.02.18
16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               3.05.47
17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         3.06.37
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        3.07.56
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        3.08.33
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          3.11.52
21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         3.12.26
22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      3.14.48
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              3.21.30
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                         223.50.44
2 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                9.27
3 Rabobank                                                     1.01.06
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          1.11.01
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                             1.11.45
6 Silence - Lotto                                              1.13.29
7 Lampre                                                       1.18.05
8 Credit Agricole                                              1.28.33
9 Gerolsteiner                                                 1.29.03
10 Team Columbia                                               1.29.48
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                1.49.07
12 Liquigas                                                    2.03.33
13 Bouygues Telecom                                            2.11.30
14 Garmin Chipotle                                             2.31.36
15 Francaise des Jeux                                          2.33.51
16 Team Milram                                                 3.04.49
17 Barloworld                                                  3.20.30
18 Quick Step                                                  3.44.36
19 Agritubel                                                   4.05.02