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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 15 - Sunday, July 20: Embrun - Prato Nevoso, 183km

See-saw day for Australian cycling as Schleck takes over

Gerrans wins, Evans loses race lead

By Shane Stokes and Bjorn Haake, with additional reporting by Gregor Brown, Hedwig Kröner and Brecht Decaluwé in Prato Nevoso

Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) produced a masterful ride
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Suffering on the climb but shining in the sprint, an ecstatic Simon Gerrans sped to his first ever Tour de France stage at the summit finish of Prata Nevoso in Italy. The Australian from Crédit Agricole was away for much of the tough, wet Alpine stage with Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Danny Pate (Garmin-Chipotle) and Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale), and decisively out-galloped the first two in the final 200 meters. Arrieta finished 55 seconds back.

There was a ferocious scrap behind for the yellow jersey, with Fränk Schleck and his CSC -Saxo Bank team-mates Andy Schleck and Carlos Sastre putting considerable pressure on race leader Cadel Evans on the final climb. Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Sastre, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) managed to jettison the maillot jaune, while Fränk Schleck was more conservative, waiting for the final few hundred metres to jump away in a bid for yellow. Schleck finished 4'41" behind Gerrans, but more importantly nine seconds ahead of Evans.

This saw the Luxembourg national road race champion seize the yellow jersey, ending the day seven seconds ahead of Kohl and a further second up on the previous GC leader.

Menchov had initially appeared the strongest in the finale, and had launched a dangerous attack but slipped and crashed on a hairpin bend, then had to chase back to the group he had previously left behind. He was later part of the Kohl break, yet cracked towards the end and lost 20" to the new King of the Mountains leader. The net result was that he moved to fourth overall, 38 seconds off the race lead.

American Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle) is a further second back, gaining a little time on Evans but dropping two places to fifth, while Sastre is now sixth overall, 49" away from team-mate Schleck.

Gerrans was delighted with his stage victory. "It is a very big surprise for me that I climbed with Martinez and Pate, because they are normally much stronger than me in the mountains," he stated. "I was dropped, but fought back and then won the sprint. I wasn't sure about my legs on the last climb. The Tour is a super race, I am very happy."

He was asked about his compatriot's day. "I am sorry Cadel lost the jersey. I don't know by how much, but I think he can get it back."

Fränk Schleck gets his first feel of the golden fleece
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Schleck had a lot of reason to celebrate. He won the stage to Alpe d'Huez two years ago, but this moment clearly eclipses that. "Every day people asked me when I would take that one second.... I first want to thank my team. Sastre was really strong. Andy put everyone in the red. Andy may take the maillot blanc, too. Luxembourg will do all we can! And my father is here, too… this is so great!"

"It didn't start too well with the rain. We had all the cards to play, we had all the possibilities. Too bad Andy had a fringale [hunger knock] in Hautacam, otherwise we would have been three today. Sastre is always good in the last week of the Tour. Today, he went in a very good moment. And my brother did great work today... merci, brother!"

The younger of the two was delighted with the family success. "This is super," he said, responding to Fränk's comment while speaking to French television. "I saw that he was very good. I am very content. Having jaune in the team and in the family is great!"

Kohl was visibly distressed after the finish, both due to the effort he had put out and also the disappointment to go so close to the jersey without taking it. However he soon saw the positive side of things, having jumped to second overall and taken over from team-mate Sebastian Lang in the King of the Mountains jersey.

"I dreamed about getting up on that podium once in my life, so it's unbelievable. Moreover, to be second on the classification is enormous. My fan-club was here today, too; my whole family cheered me on with two kilometres to go. That gave me so much motivation.

"It was a really hard race today. Sebastian Lang sacrificed himself to get me to through the first climb and to the mountain points at the top. I don't take that for granted, you know."

Menchov is now fourth overall, 38 seconds back, and is surely rueing his crash while on the attack. "It was a dangerous road and very slippery," he told Cyclingnews. "I don't know how I would have done had that not happened. I was pulling hard and feeling good…I was strong [today], but I was a bit unlucky.

"It will be a good finale, lots of riders and it will be really close. There are six or seven riders who can win the tour."

Americans chasing stage and yellow

One of those in contention is Vande Velde, now 39" in arrears. "I am very happy. I would say 'break even'," he stated. "I am very happy with how I rode. The break [by Pate] could have helped more than it did, but it is always nice to have numbers up the road. I took time out of Cadel Evans, so I don't think I did so bad. I limited my loses on a really hard climb."

Team-mate and compatriot Pate had an excellent ride, growing stronger as the stage went on and actually appearing to be the most powerful on the final mountain. However the time trial specialist was unable to shake off the other two and had to be content with third.

"I thought we only had a slim chance in the escape, and then when we had 15 minutes it looked better," he stated. "It depended who would chase behind."

Pate had clearly been in a little difficulty on the first big ascent, yet improved. "I was the worst on the HC climb. I was worried about Prato Nevoso. I skipped on a few pulls on the end, because they had proved stronger than me before. I was a little better in the end than I thought. I had a good chance for the win but Simon was too fast."

It was part of a pre-conceived team plan. "We wanted to get into a escape and to keep an eye on a big move going free. We needed a guy up the road in case Christian needed help. He gained some time on Cadel today, but he is not in yellow. Everyone wants this, but maybe it is better so that we don't have to defend it yet. I am not looking [too far] ahead now…only to the rest day for now."

Martinez had attacked early on the final climb, the first category Prato Nevoso, but Pate and then Gerrans got back up to him. The latter was the weakest of the three on the climb but had the necessary explosiveness to win the sprint.

Arrieta was expected to be closer to that fight. "It was important to get into the break today; we had tried a lot of times already. In the end, I thought that one of us Spaniards maybe could have won but, after hitting the final climb so hard, neither of us could make it in the end."

Andy and Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Meanwhile CSC's strong driving softened up the peloton prior to those slopes, with Andy Schleck setting the pace much of the way up the final mountain. Menchov was the most impressive of the GC contenders there but went from a solo breakaway to a solo chaser due to his crash on a slippery uphill bend. CSC stepped off the gas to allow the Russian to rejoin, and he was then able to combine with the other classification riders to put Evans under pressure with repeated attacks.

Kohl, Sastre, Valverde and the Russian Rabobank rider finally managed to get clear of the yellow jersey near the summit, finishing in that order, while Schleck, Vande Velde and Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) all gained a handful of seconds just before the line. That reshuffled the general classification but, with first to sixth place separated by just 49 seconds, the Tour de France remains wide open in advance of tomorrow's rest day and the remaining two Alpine stages.

One big name who is still 4'11 adrift is Alejandro Valverde. Had he not lost 5'24 to Schleck on stage ten, he would be in the race lead by a clear 1'13 now. "After Pereiro crashed, I just had to continue," said the Spanish champion. "This stage was important. I made up some time today so I'm happy. But to say that I'm back in contention for the podium is exaggerated."

Schleck's team-mate Jens Voigt will be happy to hear Valverde and the other big names playing down their chances, given that CSC-Saxo Bank has riders in first and sixth overall. "We took control of it and showed we are a team that wants to decide this race," he said. "I guess it worked out pretty well so far. I think now Fränk needs two more minutes to be safe."

How it unfolded

156 riders tackled the 15th stage, with only Mark Cavendish (Columbia), who has had enough success for this year's Tour with his four stage wins, deciding to quit the race in order to prepare for the Olympic Games. The first Alpine climbing stage began under dreary weather. It was 16 degrees at the start and raining and there was speculation that there could be snow on the first climb of the day.

Unfazed by this news, Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Danny Pate (Garmin Chipotle - H30) and José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale) took off at kilometre 12. The first sprint in Guillestre after 14.5 kilometres was taken by Martínez, ahead of Arrieta and Pate. Shortly thereafter the three were joined by Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole).

Silence-Lotto led the peloton on the Col Agnel
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After 25 kilometres the gap had already gone out to five minutes. The peloton let the four get a good gap quickly. With four kilometres covered on the first climb, the Col Agnel, the gap was at 12 minutes. The 20.5-kilometre climb averages 6.6 % and is an hors catégorie climb.

During that climb, Mark Renshaw and Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) were dropped and abandoned the race, but it was not due to a high pace in the peloton. Two kilometres from the top, the gap was 13'40. Over the top of the Col Agnel, Martínez went over ahead of Arrieta. Gerrans struggled a bit in third to get his vest on, while Pate was busy pulling a rain jacket out of his musette.

The bunch followed 11'37 later. Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) edged out Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) for the fifth spot in the mountains sprint. Kohl still received 10 points. Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto), John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) and Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) were the remaining riders to get polka dot points.

Strong winds and intermittent showers
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Voeckler decided to keep going after taking out the mountain sprint from the peloton and pedaled ahead 45 seconds ahead of the bunch.

The weather over the top wasn't as bad as expected, and the descent was mostly dry, but on the lower part of the mountain the roads became suddenly wet and slick. Oscar Pereiro suffered a terrible crash just before a switchback turn to the right. He went over the guard rail and fell down onto the lower part of the road and was out of the race.

Voeckler found his way back to the bunch once the peloton, which had waited on the 2006 Tour winner after his crash, began to pick up the pace again. Once the bunch got rolling, the gap had gone out to 17 minutes with 70 kilometres to go.

Gerrans led the break over the sprint in Rossana, with 68.5 kilometres to go. Pate followed his wheel, with Arrieta getting the final points. Martínez received no points. The peloton passed the sprint line 17'10 minutes later.

Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) injured his shoulder
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With 50 kilometres to go the gap finally started to come down and was at a bit more than 14 minutes, but once again the peloton was stopped by a crash. This time a large portion of the peloton slid out on a roundabout. Included in the fall was maillot blanc Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and polka dot Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner). Maillot jaune Cadel Evans remained upright.

With just 31 kilometres to go, the mayhem had disrupted the chase enough to ensure that the four leaders, with a 14'40 gap, would stay ahead of the peloton at the finish in Prato Nevoso.

26 kilometres from the finish the break went over the Colle del Morte, a cat 3 climb. Arrieta accelerated. Martínez initially countered but then let the Arrieta go over the top first. Gerrans followed in third, with Pate hanging on the back. The peloton followed less than 13 minutes later.

On the final climb the action started front and back. Martínez put in several accelerations with eight kilometres to go. It did shell his compatriot Arrieta off the back. The Anglophones Gerrans and Pate bravely fought back and the trio continued to ride up the final climb, still with a good lead of almost ten minutes.

Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) was in a world of pain
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At the bottom of the climb the main bunch accelerated enough to quickly thin the group. When the group was only a good dozen, Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) attacked. But he was quickly brought back, with the group down to 10 riders. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Carlos Sastre, Fränk Schleck and Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank), Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

Andy Schleck set an incredible pace at the front. Menchov was the first to attack. Andy Schleck went after him. Menchov was still leading when he slipped and fell in a left hand turn. The group passed him and waited for the Russian to return.

Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank) sprints away from Cadel Evans
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The trio in front started to play cat and mouse. The group of favourites did almost the same, some five minutes further down the slopes. Andy Schleck accelerated hard, taking Kreuziger with him. Menchov got back on, then Kohl countered. With Kreuziger dropping back, it was eventually Kohl, Menchov and Sastre who emerged at the front, with Evans having some trouble with the attacking and change of pace.

In the very front the trio entered the finishing straight, with Gerrans taking a convincing victory.

Valverde countered from the back, but neither Evans nor Fränk Schleck were too concerned. Valverde joined up with the Kohl, Menchov and Sastre less than two kilometres from the finish.

The Evans-led chase group passed the flamme rouge 35 seconds behind the quartet in front. The quartet reduced to a trio when Menchov lost contact 500 metres from the line. Fränk Schleck then sprinted away from Evans and took the yellow jersey.

Photography

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Results

1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          4.50.44 (37.77 km/h)
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              0.03
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   0.10
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               0.55
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                4.03
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              4.12
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    4.23
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        4.41
10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30       4.43
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 4.46
12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4.50
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                  
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        4.58
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                5.34
16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                   5.42
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        5.44
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          5.46
20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     
21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                            
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          6.00
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6.09
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          6.26
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    6.48
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                      
28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                              7.14
30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              7.35
31 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                        7.46
32 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
33 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                            
35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.52
36 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      8.15
37 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      8.27
39 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                   9.00
40 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                9.11
41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               9.20
42 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         9.35
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      10.54
44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
45 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                            
46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                       
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                        
48 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                
49 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                 
50 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       
51 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                         
54 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        14.03
56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   15.11
57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                16.29
58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       
59 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
60 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                    
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
62 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                
65 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
66 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                               
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     
68 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          20.46
69 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   
71 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    
72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                  
73 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
74 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                              
76 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                  
77 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
78 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
79 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
80 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
81 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
82 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
83 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                
84 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
86 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
87 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
88 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
89 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
90 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                         
91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              
92 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
93 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  
94 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                
95 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                     
96 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      
97 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                    
98 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                    
99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                     
100 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                     
101 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            20.54
102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        21.08
103 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
104 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 21.25
105 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              21.57
106 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           23.31
107 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              25.33
109 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     
110 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
111 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
112 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  
113 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                
114 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                 
115 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
116 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
117 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    
118 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                    
119 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
120 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                   
121 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
122 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
123 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
124 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                          
125 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
126 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
127 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                               
128 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
129 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                
131 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   
133 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        
135 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
136 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
137 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
139 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
140 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     
141 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                              
142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
143 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
144 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
146 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                           
147 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     
148 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        26.39
149 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                 26.56
150 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               29.46
151 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                             30.52
152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  42.59
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                   
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                
DNF Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
DNS Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                
 
Sprints
 
Guillestre - 14.5 Km
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 6 pts
2 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                  4
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      2
 
Rossana - 114.5 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                6 pts
2 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      4
3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                  2
 
Prato Nevoso - 183 km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               20 pts
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                17
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     15
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 13
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  12
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   10
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 9
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       8
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           7
10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          6
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    5
12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 4
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 3
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           2
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Col Agnel (Hors Categorie), 58.0 Km
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                20 pts
2 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 18
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               16
4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     14
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            12
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  10
7 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          8
8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                            7
9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                 6
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          5
 
Colle del Morte (Cat. 3), 157.0 Km
1 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                  4 pts
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 3
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                2
4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      1
 
Prato Nevoso (Cat. 1), 183 km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               30 pts
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                26
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     22
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 18
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  16
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   14
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                12
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      10
 
Young riders
 
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               4.55.30
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         0.12
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  1.00
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1.23
5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                         6.08
6 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                  
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      
8 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                      11.43
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                 
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  16.00
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      
12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                             16.08
13 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                            18.45
14 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           20.47
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
17 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
18 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                           
19 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                
20 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                               
22 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                25.00
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
 
Teams
 
1 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         14.43.14
2 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                1.23
3 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                              2.40
4 Credit Agricole                                                 3.39
5 Lampre                                                          8.16
6 Silence - Lotto                                                 9.09
7 Garmin Chipotle                                                10.20
8 Rabobank                                                       12.07
9 Bouygues Telecom                                               12.48
10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                  12.49
11 Team Columbia                                                 13.12
12 Liquigas                                                      15.59
13 Team Milram                                                   18.00
14 Caisse d'Epargne                                              21.42
15 Gerolsteiner                                                  23.07
16 Agritubel                                                     25.21
17 Francaise des Jeux                                            31.55
18 Quick Step                                                    35.24
19 Barloworld                                                    41.24
 
General classification after stage 15
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    63.57.21
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                0.07
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               0.08
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    0.38
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        0.39
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 0.49
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 2.48
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         3.36
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              4.11
10 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4.34
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            5.18
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 5.22
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          6.27
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 7.15
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    7.43
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         8.34
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        9.01
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      9.52
19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                12.33
20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         13.55
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          14.00
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 15.30
23 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         15.59
24 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                               16.28
25 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       19.06
26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             19.11
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                       21.13
28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       21.23
29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          22.30
30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              22.46
31 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                       24.27
32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       28.28
33 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  32.04
34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                33.25
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             33.31
36 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           34.17
37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     35.28
38 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  37.29
39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              40.04
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                           41.38
41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         42.25
42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  44.22
43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  45.44
44 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     45.56
45 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          45.58
46 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                           46.03
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                   46.21
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   46.25
49 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            48.37
50 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                       51.28
51 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               52.37
52 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     54.07
53 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                54.46
54 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  55.57
55 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    58.36
56 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        59.27
57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        1.01.11
58 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       1.01.26
59 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.01.28
60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.01.48
61 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.02.11
62 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          1.02.45
63 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           1.03.13
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.03.42
65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.08.28
66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.09.36
67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               1.10.07
68 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.12.05
69 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           1.12.41
70 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.13.13
71 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.13.17
72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                  1.13.41
73 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.14.56
74 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.15.34
75 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.16.59
76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.18.11
77 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           1.18.21
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               1.18.54
79 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                1.19.54
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.22.23
81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             1.24.07
82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               1.26.04
83 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                        1.27.15
84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                              1.28.03
85 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             1.28.23
86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       1.28.53
87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.28.56
88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.29.04
89 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.29.57
90 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          1.31.23
91 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           1.32.23
92 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                1.32.26
93 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.32.37
94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.36.41
95 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         1.37.12
96 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                  1.38.11
97 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.38.41
98 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         1.39.13
99 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.41.00
100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        1.41.22
101 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              1.41.59
102 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.44.17
103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.44.24
104 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       1.44.33
105 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.44.44
106 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                            1.44.45
107 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          1.45.57
108 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           1.47.33
109 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             1.51.37
110 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             1.53.22
111 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            1.54.02
112 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          1.56.28
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            1.57.03
114 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.58.29
115 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         2.00.53
116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   2.01.16
117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          2.02.12
118 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 2.02.20
119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        2.02.24
120 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  2.03.52
121 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            2.04.44
122 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  2.05.15
123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        2.07.43
124 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              2.08.23
125 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             2.08.25
126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        2.09.13
127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           2.10.03
128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             2.10.09
129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       2.10.22
130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            2.10.24
131 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              2.10.28
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       2.13.24
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            2.13.28
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         2.14.28
136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    2.14.32
137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           2.14.59
138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        2.15.02
139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      2.17.05
140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     2.17.24
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          2.18.11
142 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.19.04
143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     2.19.21
144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               2.21.16
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          2.23.25
146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.23.44
147 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.24.06
148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         2.25.43
149 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   2.25.59
150 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           2.29.18
151 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     2.31.44
152 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      2.37.42
153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                2.42.15
 
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 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   110
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               107
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              105
9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     94
10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   88
11 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      80
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                79
13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  78
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                            77
15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                     75
16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   73
17 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                68
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             66
19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         64
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             60
21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                60
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 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          53
27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             50
28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  47
29 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          45
30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         44
31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                44
32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    44
33 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            42
34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     38
35 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              34
36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            33
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        32
38 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                31
39 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  30
40 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          29
41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         28
42 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   28
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       27
44 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  27
45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              26
46 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 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 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     20
51 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            20
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   20
53 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  19
54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                19
55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              18
56 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     18
57 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          17
58 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  17
59 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           16
60 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        16
61 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    16
62 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     15
63 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              15
64 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                14
65 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               13
66 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                               13
67 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  12
68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    12
69 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   12
70 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      12
71 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           12
72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                12
73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           12
74 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              12
75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                            11
76 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                               10
77 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           10
78 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      10
79 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         10
80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             9
81 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                           9
82 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          8
83 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                               8
84 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           7
85 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                               7
86 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6
87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               6
88 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    6
89 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             6
90 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           5
91 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                5
92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           4
93 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             4
94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              4
95 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        3
96 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       2
97 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       2
98 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                      2
99 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   2
100 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2
101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                               2
102 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                1
103 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                         -5
104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    -5
105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                            -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  85 pts
2 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 60
3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                50
4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               50
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          46
6 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 40
7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            39
8 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     37
9 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   35
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     34
11 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        31
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     31
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                30
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               30
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   30
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         27
17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          24
18 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                               22
19 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            20
20 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           20
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              19
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             16
23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          15
24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 14
25 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   14
26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   13
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            13
28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                  12
29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              12
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             12
31 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    12
32 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11
33 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         10
34 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                10
35 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                          10
36 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     10
37 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       10
38 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             9
39 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  9
40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             8
41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            8
42 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    8
43 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 8
44 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      8
45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 8
46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           7
47 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         6
48 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                6
49 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 6
50 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   6
51 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   5
52 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   5
53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          5
54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         4
55 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4
56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        3
57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       3
58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2
59 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2
60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2
61 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2
62 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2
63 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          2
64 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           1
65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1
66 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1
67 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                      1
68 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                 1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                              64.02.43
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  1.53
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          3.12
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         3.39
5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                        19.05
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                            36.16
7 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                      48.45
8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   50.35
9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                             57.23
10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.07.55
11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.11.37
12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         1.31.50
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                           1.40.35
14 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    1.55.54
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             1.59.22
16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               2.03.01
17 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         2.03.51
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        2.05.00
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        2.08.02
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          2.09.06
21 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         2.09.40
22 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      2.12.02
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              2.18.44
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                         191.43.49
2 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                3.32
3 Rabobank                                                       28.13
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            33.05
5 Lampre                                                         35.39
6 Gerolsteiner                                                   35.50
7 Credit Agricole                                                42.48
8 Silence - Lotto                                                49.35
9 Caisse d'Epargne                                               51.47
10 Liquigas                                                      57.34
11 Team Columbia                                                 58.02
12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                1.08.43
13 Garmin Chipotle                                             1.15.04
14 Francaise des Jeux                                          1.18.47
15 Bouygues Telecom                                            1.25.32
16 Team Milram                                                 1.34.53
17 Barloworld                                                  1.46.03
18 Quick Step                                                  1.46.25
19 Agritubel                                                   2.20.37

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