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Tour de France, France, GT

Date range:
July 4-26 2009
  • Tour de France, France, GT
  • Stages. Expand the race menu

    • Stage 1

      Distance:
      15.5km
      Start location:
      Monaco
      End location:
      Monaco (ITT)

    • Stage 2

      Distance:
      187km
      Start location:
      Monaco
      End location:
      Brignoles

    • Stage 3

      Distance:
      196.5km
      Start location:
      Marseille
      End location:
      La Grande-Motte

    • Stage 4

      Distance:
      39km
      Start location:
      Montpellier
      End location:
      Montpellier (TTT)

    • Stage 5

      Distance:
      196.5km
      Start location:
      Le Cap d'Agde
      End location:
      Perpignan

    • Stage 6

      Distance:
      181.5km
      Start location:
      Gérone
      End location:
      Barcelone

    • Stage 7

      Distance:
      224km
      Start location:
      Barcelone
      End location:
      Andorre Arcalis

    • Stage 8

      Distance:
      176.5km
      Start location:
      Andorre-la-Vieille
      End location:
      Saint-Girons

    • Stage 9

      Distance:
      160.5km
      Start location:
      Saint-Gaudens
      End location:
      Tarbes

    • Rest day

      Location
      Limoges

    • Stage 10

      Distance:
      194.5km
      Start location:
      Limoges
      End location:
      Issoudun

    • Stage 11

      Distance:
      192km
      Start location:
      Vatan
      End location:
      Saint-Fargeau

    • Stage 12

      Distance:
      211.5km
      Start location:
      Tonnerre
      End location:
      Vittel

    • Stage 13

      Distance:
      200km
      Start location:
      Vittel
      End location:
      Colmar

    • Stage 14

      Distance:
      199km
      Start location:
      Colmar
      End location:
      Besançon

    • Stage 15

      Distance:
      207.5km
      Start location:
      Pontarlier
      End location:
      Verbier

    • Rest day

      Location
      Verbier

    • Stage 16

      Distance:
      159km
      Start location:
      Martigny
      End location:
      Bourg-Saint-Maurice

    • Stage 17

      Distance:
      169.5km
      Start location:
      Bourg-Saint-Maurice
      End location:
      Le Grand-Bornand

    • Stage 18

      Distance:
      40.5km
      Start location:
      Annecy
      End location:
      Annecy (ITT)

    • Stage 19

      Distance:
      178km
      Start location:
      Bourgoin-Jallieu
      End location:
      Aubenas

    • Stage 20

      Distance:
      167km
      Start location:
      Montélimar
      End location:
      Mont Ventoux

    • Stage 21

      Distance:
      164km
      Start location:
      Montereau-Fault-Yonne
      End location:
      Paris Champs-Élysées
  • Race history

July 5, Stage 2: Monaco - Brignoles 187km

Cavendish wins sprint in Brignoles

By:
Anthony Tan
Published:
July 5, 10:40,
Updated:
July 22, 17:24

Goal 1 of 2 complete: Cavendish no failure in Brignoles; Cancellara keeps maillot jaune, but the heat is on in Provence

Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) wins stage two of the 2009 Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) wins stage two of the 2009 Tour de France.

Ever since he took the race every sprinter longs to win at the precocious age of 24, the fastest, strongest and smartest sprinter in the world has virtually done no wrong.

Before March 21, many doubted his ability to claim the longest major Classic so young, this year 298 kilometres long, but on that day, Mark Cavendish put his cycling cynics in their place with a magnificent victory in the centenary edition of Milano-Sanremo, and picked up 20,000 Euros for his effort.

His fantastic form returned at the Giro d'Italia (though he wasn't quite at his peak), where he found himself up against a rejuvenated Alessandro Petacchi, and when the Italian beat him twice in the opening week, it was exactly what he needed to repay his wrongs with the three convincing stage victories that followed.

For the many rivals who envy him, it would have been a season complete, but the day of his last Giro stage win in Florence, he returned to his Italian home in Quarrata to prepare for the season's grand objective: the 96th Tour de France.

With expectations almost without peer, even though he did say before the race that going for green would be optimistic - "I want to win stages and get to Paris: those are my two goals", he demanded of himself - if he didn't win a stage at Le Tour, he claimed he would've failed.

Sunday in Brignoles, he discovered success, and the maillot vert to boot.

"When the team goes so perfect, there can be only one result," said Cavendish. "We took control of the race, and finished off in spectacular fashion. It's beautiful to wear the green jersey; it's a big goal for any sprinter. It's emotional for me, it's emotional to be able to wear it."

Frenzied finale

In what was a messy final thousand metres that rather comically left three Columbia-HTC riders - George Hincapie, Mark Renshaw and Cavendish - pitted against Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Slipstream, the squad owned by entrepreneur Bob Stapleton showed how they thrive at the height of chaos, Hincapie dropping off 800 metres from the line, Renshaw at 250, then 'Cav' methodically finishing it off.

"The last k' was anything but difficult," Cavendish said. "Before that, it was a bit physical but it's always going to be - it's the Tour de France. Everyone wants to win, but we had eight guys keeping me out of trouble at the front.

"My goal now, my pride, my personal goal, is to reach Paris. But if there's a bunch sprint, I'm going to contest it with 100 percent commitment. And maybe that puts me in contention for the green jersey."

Farrar and AG2R's Roman Feillu were left to pick up the scraps, second and third, respectively, with Cervelo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd fourth and BBox Bouygues Telecom's Japanese sprinter, Yukiya Arashiro, a surprise fifth.

Despite the chaotic finale, the sweat-stained maillot jaune of Fabian Cancellara finished safely in the first bunch, albeit a kilo or two lighter due to the baking heat, and will most likely retain the Golden Fleece till at least Tuesday's fourth stage team time trial. "[It was] a fast start, as soon as the first climb, but the team did a great job today. They were focused on [retaining] the yellow jersey," said Cancellara, who, from either heat or wont, answered just three questions in Sunday's press conference.

"The heat hurt me a lot, as it did all the riders in the peloton. I focused on drinking as much water as possible, and then with 30, 40 k's to go, I began to throw water on my head. With my extra kilos compared to the others, it makes things a lot tougher [for me]. I'm hanging for a massage and some rest," he said.

Asked if there was ever a chance of crashing in the frenzied finale, Cancellara said he was never at risk.

Maillot vert for Cav - oui ou non?

So - is Cavendish going for green or not?

"I don't think it's wise to go for the green jersey at this stage, but at the moment I've got it so I want to keep it," he said.

"Okay, I haven't won it yet but I'm wearing it. Hopefully, I can win the [final] stage on the Champs-Élysées and wear the green jersey but that's a dream - a dream that doesn't come true for many people. I'm not going to set it as a target, but for sure, it would be a dream."

Nous allons en (We go into) France!

It took all of 500 metres before the Tour de Monaco became the Tour de France, which will remain so till Thursday's seventh stage, when another cross-country excursion was planned from Gerona to Barcelona in Spain.

Fourteen kilometres in on what turned out to a wood-fire pizza-hot Sunday, Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) instigated the echapée du jour, who was soon joined by Stef Clement (Rabobank), Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale), a stage winner to Jausiers at last year's Tour, and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis). Of the quartet, Clement was the best-placed man GC, 1:28 off Cancellara's scintillating time trial performance of yesterday, where the Dutchman finished in the top 50 riders.

A further 50 clicks into the 187-kilometre leg to the medieval village of Brignoles, the break's advantage grew to the three-minute mark, the peloton behind them duly controlled by white and black colours of Saxo Bank, the team of race leader and time trialer extraordinaire, Cancellara. Double that distance later, the peloton was prepared to allow the quartet a little more freedom, and as the tar on the roads began to melt - a sure sign that France was entering the height of summer - our front-some foursome established their maximum lead of 5:23.

Not long after, however, and with 70-km left to race, their toil insidiously began to turn to trouble.

And so, as the race progressed and their advantage regressed, the team of Columbia-HTC gradually assumed pace-making duties from Saxo Bank at the head of affairs, who had done 80 percent of the load, according to those clever GPS measuring devices. Fifteen kilometres from Brignoles, what was once a healthy five-and-a-half minute buffer could now be measured in seconds. And when the capture was made just outside the 10-km banner, Katusha's ever-aggressive Mikhail Ignatiev chose to counter in an unlikely bid for victory.

To his credit, the Russian rode solo to the three-kilometre marker, but from there, it was all Milram and Columbia-HTC to the kilometre kite. But in those final thousand metres, confusion reigned supreme as a group at the peloton's head, flying at 50-plus kilometres an hour with their heads down, did not watch where they were going, leaving just four riders at the front.

One was Cavendish.

For images of stage two click here

Results
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC04:30:02  (41.57km/h)
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
7 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
9 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
13 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
16 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
18 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
20 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
21 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step4:30:02
23 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step4:30:02
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana4:30:02
25 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
27 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
28 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
29 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
30 Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
31 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
32 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
33 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
35 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
37 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
38 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
40 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
42 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
43 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
45 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
46 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha4:30:02
47 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram4:30:02
48 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana4:30:02
49 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
50 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas4:30:02
51 David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
52 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
53 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank4:30:02
54 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
55 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana4:30:02
56 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
57 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step4:30:02
58 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana4:30:02
59 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha4:30:02
60 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
61 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
62 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step4:30:02
64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank4:30:02
65 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
66 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas4:30:02
67 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas4:30:02
68 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
70 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
71 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
72 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
73 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
74 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
75 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
76 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
77 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank4:30:02
79 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
80 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana4:30:02
81 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
82 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
83 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank4:30:02
84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step4:30:02
85 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
86 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
87 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank4:30:02
88 Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank4:30:02
89 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
90 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
91 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
92 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
93 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
94 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
95 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
96 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank4:30:02
97 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
98 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
99 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
100 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
101 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
102 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
103 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
104 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
105 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana4:30:02
106 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
107 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
108 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
109 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
110 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
111 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
112 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
113 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas4:30:02
114 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
115 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel4:30:02
116 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
117 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
118 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank4:30:02
119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram4:30:02
120 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step4:30:02
121 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
122 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
123 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
124 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana4:30:02
125 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank4:30:02
126 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
128 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
129 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
130 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
131 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
132 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
133 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
134 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
135 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana4:30:02
136 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
137 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
138 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
139 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step4:30:02
140 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
141 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
142 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
143 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
144 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
145 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
146 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha4:30:02
147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
148 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
149 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana4:30:02
150 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
151 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
152 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
153 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
154 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
155 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
157 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
158 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
159 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
160 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
161 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4:30:02
162 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step4:30:02
163 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
164 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
165 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
166 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
167 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
168 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux4:30:02
169 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
170 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
171 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram4:30:02
172 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
173 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
174 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step4:30:02
175 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
176 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
177 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4:30:02
178 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha4:30:02
179 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux+0:07:14
180 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team+0:07:14
Points
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC35
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream30
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel26
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team24
5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom22
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram20
7 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom19
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale18
9 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano17
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale16
11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha15
12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC14
13 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom13
14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC12
15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team11
16 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC10
17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom9
18 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne8
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC7
20 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano6
21 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi5
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step4
23 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step3
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana2
25 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha1
St. 2 Sprint 1: Nice, 27km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne6
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4
3 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank2
St. 2 Sprint 2: Fayence, 91.5km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank6
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne4
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale2
St. 2 Sprint 3: Lorgues, 138km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank6
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale4
3 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne2
St. 2 Mountain 1: La Turbie, Cat 3, 8.5 Km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC4
2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram3
3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom2
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne1
St. 2 Mountain 2: Côte de Roquefort-les-Pins, Cat 4, 49.5 Km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux3
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale2
3 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne1
St. 2 Mountain 3: Côte de Tournon, Cat 4, 81.5 Km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux3
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne2
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale1
St. 2 Mountain 4: Col de l'Ange, Cat 4, 129.0 Km
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux3
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale2
3 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank1
Young rider
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC04:30:02
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream4:30:02
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale4:30:02
7 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team4:30:02
9 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC4:30:02
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
11 Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
13 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha4:30:02
14 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram4:30:02
15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas4:30:02
17 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank4:30:02
20 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
21 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
22 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
23 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
24 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne4:30:02
25 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom4:30:02
26 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha4:30:02
27 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
28 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel4:30:02
29 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram4:30:02
30 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux4:30:02
31 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto4:30:02
32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank4:30:02
33 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
34 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano4:30:02
35 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram4:30:02
36 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas4:30:02
37 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC4:30:02
Teams
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Cervelo Test Team13:30:06
1 Team Milram13:30:06
1 Agritubel13:30:06
1 Skil-Shimano13:30:06
1 Silence - Lotto13:30:06
1 Astana13:30:06
1 Team Katusha13:30:06
1 Française des Jeux13:30:06
1 BBOX Bouygues Telecom13:30:06
1 AG2R La Mondiale13:30:06
1 Colombia13:30:06
1 Caisse d'Epargne13:30:06
1 Euskaltel - Euskadi13:30:06
1 Garmin - Slipstream13:30:06
1 Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne13:30:06
1 Quick Step13:30:06
1 Team Saxo Bank13:30:06
1 Lampre - NGC13:30:06
1 Liquigas13:30:06
1 Rabobank13:30:06
General classification
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank04:49:34
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana+0:00:-18
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream+0:00:-19
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana+0:00:-22
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto+0:00:-23
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana+0:00:-30
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas+0:00:-32
8 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC+0:00:-33
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas+0:00:-37
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana+0:00:-40
11 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank+0:00:-41
12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:00:-44
13 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream+0:00:-47
14 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream+0:00:-48
15 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:00:-51
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step+0:00:-56
17 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream+0:00:-57
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:00
19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram+0:-1:-3
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-1:-5
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team+0:-1:-6
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-1:-7
23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-1:-10
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-1:-10
25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto+0:-1:-11
26 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-12
27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-1:-13
28 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-13
29 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-14
30 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-1:-14
31 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank+0:-1:-15
32 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-1:-15
33 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana+0:-1:-15
34 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-1:-17
35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-1:-17
36 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-19
37 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream+0:-1:-20
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:-22
39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:-24
40 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-24
41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas+0:-1:-26
42 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-26
43 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-27
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream+0:-1:-27
45 David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-28
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank+0:-1:-28
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step+0:-1:-28
48 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team+0:-1:-29
49 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:-1:-29
50 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-1:-30
51 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux+0:-1:-30
52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step+0:-1:-31
53 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank+0:-1:-31
54 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana+0:-1:-31
55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team+0:-1:-31
56 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:-32
57 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-32
58 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-33
59 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram+0:-1:-33
60 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas+0:-1:-33
61 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas+0:-1:-33
62 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-1:-35
63 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank+0:-1:-36
64 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-36
65 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step+0:-1:-36
66 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-36
67 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:-36
68 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:-1:-36
69 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-1:-38
70 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram+0:-1:-38
71 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-1:-38
72 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram+0:-1:-39
73 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram+0:-1:-39
74 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-39
75 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC+0:-1:-40
76 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-42
77 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream+0:-1:-42
78 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram+0:-1:-43
79 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step+0:-1:-43
80 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas+0:-1:-44
81 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas+0:-1:-44
82 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-1:-45
83 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-45
84 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-45
85 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-47
86 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-47
87 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team+0:-1:-48
88 Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank+0:-1:-48
89 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-48
90 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:-48
91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-49
92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto+0:-1:-49
93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-1:-49
94 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team+0:-1:-50
95 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-1:-50
96 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano+0:-1:-50
97 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank+0:-1:-50
98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-1:-51
99 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-53
100 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-1:-54
101 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha+0:-1:-54
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step+0:-1:-54
103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-1:-54
104 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto+0:-1:-55
105 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank+0:-1:-55
106 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream+0:-1:-55
107 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-55
108 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-56
109 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-1:-57
110 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-57
111 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team+0:-1:-57
112 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-57
113 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-1:-57
114 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step+0:-1:-58
115 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-1:-59
116 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana+0:-1:-59
117 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-2:00
118 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-1
119 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto+0:-2:-2
120 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team+0:-2:-2
121 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:-2:-3
122 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana+0:-2:-3
123 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale+0:-2:-3
124 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step+0:-2:-3
125 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-4
126 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-2:-5
127 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-2:-7
128 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:-2:-7
129 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:-2:-9
130 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank+0:-2:-10
131 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream+0:-2:-11
132 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank+0:-2:-11
133 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram+0:-2:-12
134 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team+0:-2:-13
135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-2:-13
136 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-2:-13
137 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-2:-14
138 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha+0:-2:-15
139 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto+0:-2:-15
140 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-2:-15
141 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-2:-15
142 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto+0:-2:-17
143 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel+0:-2:-17
144 Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel+0:-2:-18
145 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-2:-19
146 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto+0:-2:-20
147 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC+0:-2:-22
148 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-2:-22
149 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:-2:-22
150 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram+0:-2:-22
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-2:-23
152 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-2:-23
153 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-24
154 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-2:-25
155 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram+0:-2:-26
156 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel+0:-2:-27
157 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-2:-27
158 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank+0:-2:-27
159 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-2:-32
160 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas+0:-2:-33
161 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto+0:-2:-34
162 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-2:-35
163 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-35
164 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC+0:-2:-36
165 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas+0:-2:-37
166 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-38
167 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana+0:-2:-39
168 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:-2:-40
169 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:-2:-42
170 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-43
171 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel+0:-2:-44
172 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha+0:-2:-52
173 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-52
174 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha+0:-2:-52
175 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step+0:-2:-56
176 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-3:-14
177 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-3:-19
178 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano+0:-3:-24
179 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team+0:-9:-59
180 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux+0:42:56
Points classification
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC35
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream30
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel26
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team24
5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom22
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram20
7 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom19
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale18
9 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano17
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale16
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank15
12 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha15
13 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank14
14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC14
15 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC13
16 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom13
17 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne12
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana12
19 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC12
20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team11
21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream10
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana10
23 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale10
24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom9
25 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne8
26 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC7
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto6
28 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano6
29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana5
30 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi5
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas4
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step4
33 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step3
34 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas2
35 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana1
36 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha1
Mountains classification
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux9
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC6
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale5
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana3
5 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram3
6 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne3
7 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom2
8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream1
9 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank1
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne1
Young rider classification
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas04:50:06
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC+0:00:-1
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas+0:00:-5
4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux+0:00:-19
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank+0:00:-28
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank+0:00:-43
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale+0:00:-55
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team+0:00:-57
9 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram+0:-1:-1
10 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-4
11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram+0:-1:-6
12 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-1:-6
13 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram+0:-1:-7
14 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-7
15 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC+0:-1:-8
16 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-10
17 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream+0:-1:-10
18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas+0:-1:-12
19 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne+0:-1:-15
20 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano+0:-1:-18
21 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto+0:-1:-23
22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-25
23 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-33
24 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:-1:-35
25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank+0:-1:-38
26 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-1:-41
27 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha+0:-1:-43
28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto+0:-1:-43
29 Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel+0:-1:-46
30 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram+0:-1:-50
31 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha+0:-1:-51
32 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC+0:-2:00
33 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-3
34 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-6
35 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano+0:-2:-11
36 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel+0:-2:-12
37 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC+0:-2:-42
Teams classification
# Rider Name, (Country), Team Result
1 Astana14:29:52
2 Team Saxo Bank+0:00:31
3 Garmin - Slipstream+0:00:44
4 Liquigas+0:01:25
5 Colombia+0:01:46
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi+0:02:03
7 Silence - Lotto+0:02:13
8 Française des Jeux+0:02:40
9 Quick Step+0:02:45
10 AG2R La Mondiale+0:02:55
11 Cervelo Test Team+0:02:56
12 Lampre - NGC+0:02:57
12 BBOX Bouygues Telecom+0:02:57
14 Team Milram+0:03:04
14 Rabobank+0:03:04
16 Team Katusha+0:03:10
16 Agritubel+0:03:10
18 Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne+0:03:14
19 Caisse d'Epargne+0:03:25
20 Skil-Shimano+0:04:45

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Cavendish vs. Kenny Van Hummel

At the press conference with Cavendish, the sprinter from the Isle of Man claimed Skil-Shimano's Kenny Van Hummel behaved without care in the finale, and vowed to have words with him. However, that public record may need to be erased or at least amended, because according to Skil-Shimano, Cavendish got it wrong.

"He [Van Hummel] actually hit me with a couple of k's to go - it was visible on TV. I think that's a little bit...I'm really angry about that, I'll have to speak to him about that," Cavendish said.

"He's sprinting at the Tour de France here, he's privileged to be here, and you know, to be taking your hands off the handlebars and hitting a contender for the sprint in the final, I think is really, really disrespectful. So I'd like to publically state that."

But the way Skil-Shimano's press officer tells it, it was AG2R's Lloyd Mondory who first pushed Piet Rooijakkers, and with Van Hummel by his side, the latter Dutchman lost control and nearly ended up in Cavendish's lap, almost causing a derailing of the Columbia-HTC train.

Hopefully 'Cav' sees this before having words with Van Hummel tomorrow!