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June 6, Prologue: Evian-les-Bains (ITT) 6.8km
Contador wins Critérium du Dauphiné prologue TT
Tour winner beats Van Garderen and Brajkovic
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Alberto Contador (Astana) showed a flash of his excellent form by the Critérium du Dauphiné by winning the 6km prologue around Evian-les-Bains but quickly reiterated that he is not looking for overall victory as he keeps his eye on July and the bigger prize of the Tour de France.
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) stunned the big favourites and looked to have won the time trial with a time of 8:36 but then Contador blasted home to beat the young American by two seconds. Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) was third at five seconds, with Britain's Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) fourth at 10 seconds.
Contador was almost embarrassed to have won his first race since riding Liege-Bastogne-Liege over a month ago. He insisted in a pre-race press conference that he was not specifically targeting overall success at the Critérium du Dauphiné and said that he would let the race lead go during Monday's 191km first road stage from Evian-les-Bains to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont.
"I don’t always win and my form is not as good now as it is usually in July. I had a good race today," Contador said.
"The downhill was pretty technical. This is my first competition since I took a break after Liège-Bastogne-Liège. I’m here to prepare for the Tour, it remains my main goal this week. Tomorrow, I’ll be happy to give the yellow jersey to another rider. I’ll ride more cautiously than at the Tour de France in three weeks time from now."
The climb was the key
The 6km time trial course followed a loop over a hill behind Evian-les-Bains with the false flat on the top of the short climb, the key to a winning ride. Whoever had something left in their legs to keep a high cadence and high speed on the false flat managed to gain time and a place in the top ten.
Contador got it perfect. Using his super high cadence, he blasted up the climb, kept it going on the false flat and then dived down the descent. He carefully but precisely cut each corner, gaining his winning edge on Van Garderen.
The 21 year-old American has shown consistently good form this spring, first in the Tour of Turkey in April, then while working for teammate Michael Rogers at the Amgen Tour of California and now riding for himself at Critérium du Dauphiné. It will be fascinating to see what he can do against the likes of Contador in the next seven days.
The prologue results were packed with other talented young riders, with Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) fifth at 12 seconds and Adriano Malori (Lampre-Farnese Vini) seventh at the same time.
Somewhat surprisingly, there were some bigger names off the pace. David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) was only 13th at 15 seconds, Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was 35th at 24 seconds. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) was back in action after the Achilles heel problems that wrecked his spring Classics campaign but did not push it and was 50th at 29 seconds. Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) was also back after injury and finished 77th at 34 seconds.
Contador said he will let the race leader's yellow jersey go but also pulled on the special green points, jersey, the polka-dot climber's jersey. Thanks to top ten placings by Van Garderen and Patrick Gretsch, HTC-Columbia leads the team standings going into Monday's 191km stage one from Evian-les-Bains to Saint-Laurent-du-Pont.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:08:34 | |
| 2 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:02 | |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack | 0:00:05 | |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:10 | |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:00:12 | |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 7 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 8 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:13 | |
| 9 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | ||
| 10 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:14 | |
| 11 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 12 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:15 | |
| 13 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 14 | Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 15 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 16 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 17 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:16 | |
| 18 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | ||
| 19 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:17 | |
| 20 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | ||
| 21 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 22 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 23 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack | 0:00:18 | |
| 24 | Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack | ||
| 25 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 26 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:19 | |
| 27 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 28 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:20 | |
| 29 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:21 | |
| 30 | Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:22 | |
| 31 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 32 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:23 | |
| 33 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 34 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 35 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:00:24 | |
| 36 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 37 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 38 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:25 | |
| 39 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 40 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 41 | Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 42 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:26 | |
| 44 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 45 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:28 | |
| 46 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 47 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 48 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:29 | |
| 49 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 50 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 51 | Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 52 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 53 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 54 | Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 55 | Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:30 | |
| 56 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 57 | Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 58 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 59 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack | ||
| 60 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 61 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:31 | |
| 62 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 63 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | ||
| 64 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 65 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:32 | |
| 66 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 67 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 68 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 69 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 70 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana | 0:00:33 | |
| 71 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 72 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 73 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | ||
| 74 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 75 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:34 | |
| 76 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 77 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 78 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 79 | Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 80 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:35 | |
| 81 | Thibault Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 82 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 83 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 84 | Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 85 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 86 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:36 | |
| 87 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | ||
| 88 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 89 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 90 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 91 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 92 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack | 0:00:37 | |
| 93 | Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 94 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 95 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 96 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 97 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 98 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:38 | |
| 99 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 100 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 101 | Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 102 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 103 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:39 | |
| 104 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 105 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 106 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack | ||
| 107 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 107 | Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step | ||
| 109 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | 0:00:40 | |
| 110 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 111 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 112 | Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:41 | |
| 113 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | ||
| 114 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:42 | |
| 115 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 116 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 117 | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | ||
| 118 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 119 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:43 | |
| 120 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:00:44 | |
| 120 | Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 122 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 123 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 124 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 125 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 126 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Team Milram | ||
| 127 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:45 | |
| 128 | Davide Appollino (Ita) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 129 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 130 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 131 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 132 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | ||
| 133 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Katusha | ||
| 134 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:46 | |
| 135 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 136 | André Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:47 | |
| 137 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 138 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana | ||
| 139 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 140 | Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 141 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 142 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 143 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team Radioshack | 0:00:48 | |
| 144 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 145 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:49 | |
| 146 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 147 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana | ||
| 148 | Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:00:50 | |
| 149 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 150 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 151 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:51 | |
| 152 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 153 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:52 | |
| 154 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:53 | |
| 155 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 156 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:54 | |
| 157 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 158 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana | ||
| 159 | David Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 160 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:56 | |
| 161 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:00:57 | |
| 162 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 163 | John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 164 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 165 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | 0:00:59 | |
| 166 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 167 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 168 | David Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:01 | |
| 169 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:03 | |
| 170 | Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:04 | |
| 171 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 172 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:05 | |
| 173 | Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:06 | |
| 174 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:01:10 | |
| 175 | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:01:25 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | 22 | |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack | 20 | |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 18 | |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 16 | |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 15 | |
| 7 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 14 | |
| 8 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | 13 | |
| 9 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 12 | |
| 10 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 11 | |
| 11 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
| 12 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | |
| 13 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions | 8 | |
| 14 | Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 7 | |
| 15 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 6 | |
| 16 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | |
| 17 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
| 18 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | 3 | |
| 19 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
| 20 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2 | |
| 3 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:26:17 | |
| 2 | Team Radioshack | 0:00:05 | |
| 3 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:15 | |
| 4 | Rabobank | 0:00:17 | |
| 5 | Quick Step | 0:00:18 | |
| 6 | Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:00:25 | |
| 7 | Astana | 0:00:26 | |
| 8 | Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:27 | |
| 9 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:29 | |
| 10 | Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:33 | |
| 11 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:34 | |
| 12 | Team Katusha | 0:00:36 | |
| 13 | Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 14 | Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:37 | |
| 15 | Team Milram | 0:00:41 | |
| 16 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:42 | |
| 17 | Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:44 | |
| 18 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:47 | |
| 19 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:55 | |
| 20 | Française Des Jeux | 0:00:56 | |
| 21 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:06 | |
| 22 | Footon-Servetto | 0:01:25 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:08:34 | |
| 2 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:02 | |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack | 0:00:05 | |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:10 | |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:00:12 | |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 7 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 8 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:13 | |
| 9 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | ||
| 10 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:14 | |
| 11 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 12 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:15 | |
| 13 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 14 | Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 15 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 16 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 17 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:16 | |
| 18 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | ||
| 19 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:17 | |
| 20 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | ||
| 21 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 22 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 23 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack | 0:00:18 | |
| 24 | Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack | ||
| 25 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 26 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:19 | |
| 27 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 28 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:20 | |
| 29 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:21 | |
| 30 | Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:22 | |
| 31 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 32 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:23 | |
| 33 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 34 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 35 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:00:24 | |
| 36 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 37 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 38 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:25 | |
| 39 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 40 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 41 | Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 42 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:26 | |
| 44 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 45 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:28 | |
| 46 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 47 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 48 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:29 | |
| 49 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 50 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 51 | Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 52 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 53 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 54 | Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 55 | Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:30 | |
| 56 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 57 | Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 58 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 59 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack | ||
| 60 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 61 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:31 | |
| 62 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 63 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | ||
| 64 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 65 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:32 | |
| 66 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 67 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 68 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 69 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 70 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana | 0:00:33 | |
| 71 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 72 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 73 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | ||
| 74 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 75 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:34 | |
| 76 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 77 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 78 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 79 | Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 80 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:35 | |
| 81 | Thibault Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 82 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 83 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 84 | Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 85 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 86 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:36 | |
| 87 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | ||
| 88 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 89 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 90 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 91 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 92 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack | 0:00:37 | |
| 93 | Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 94 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 95 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 96 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 97 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 98 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:38 | |
| 99 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 100 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 101 | Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 102 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 103 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:39 | |
| 104 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 105 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 106 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack | ||
| 107 | Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step | ||
| 108 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 109 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | 0:00:40 | |
| 110 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 111 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 112 | Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:41 | |
| 113 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | ||
| 114 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:42 | |
| 115 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 116 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia | ||
| 117 | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | ||
| 118 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 119 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:00:43 | |
| 120 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:00:44 | |
| 121 | Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 122 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 123 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 124 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 125 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 126 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Team Milram | ||
| 127 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:45 | |
| 128 | Davide Appollino (Ita) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 129 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 130 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | ||
| 131 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
| 132 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | ||
| 133 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Katusha | ||
| 134 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:46 | |
| 135 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 136 | André Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:47 | |
| 137 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 138 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana | ||
| 139 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 140 | Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 141 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | ||
| 142 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 143 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team Radioshack | 0:00:48 | |
| 144 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 145 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:49 | |
| 146 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 147 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana | ||
| 148 | Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:00:50 | |
| 149 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 150 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | ||
| 151 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:51 | |
| 152 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 153 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:52 | |
| 154 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:53 | |
| 155 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 156 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:54 | |
| 157 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 158 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana | ||
| 159 | David Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 160 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:56 | |
| 161 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:00:57 | |
| 162 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 163 | John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 164 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 165 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | 0:00:59 | |
| 166 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | ||
| 167 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | ||
| 168 | David Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:01 | |
| 169 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:03 | |
| 170 | Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:04 | |
| 171 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 172 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:05 | |
| 173 | Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:06 | |
| 174 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:01:10 | |
| 175 | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:01:25 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | 22 | |
| 3 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack | 20 | |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 18 | |
| 5 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 16 | |
| 6 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 15 | |
| 7 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 14 | |
| 8 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | 13 | |
| 9 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 12 | |
| 10 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 11 | |
| 11 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
| 12 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | |
| 13 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions | 8 | |
| 14 | Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 7 | |
| 15 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 6 | |
| 16 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | |
| 17 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
| 18 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | 3 | |
| 19 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
| 20 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2 | |
| 3 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:26:17 | |
| 2 | Team Radioshack | 0:00:05 | |
| 3 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:15 | |
| 4 | Rabobank | 0:00:17 | |
| 5 | Quick Step | 0:00:18 | |
| 6 | Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:00:25 | |
| 7 | Astana | 0:00:26 | |
| 8 | Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:27 | |
| 9 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:29 | |
| 10 | Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:33 | |
| 11 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:34 | |
| 12 | Team Katusha | 0:00:36 | |
| 13 | Liquigas-Doimo | ||
| 14 | Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:00:37 | |
| 15 | Team Milram | 0:00:41 | |
| 16 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:42 | |
| 17 | Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:44 | |
| 18 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:47 | |
| 19 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:55 | |
| 20 | Française Des Jeux | 0:00:56 | |
| 21 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:06 | |
| 22 | Footon-Servetto | 0:01:25 |