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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 1 - Saturday, July 5: Brest - Plumelec, 197.5km

Viva España! Newly crowned Spanish Champ guns down maillot jaune and stage

By Shane Stokes and Brecht Decaluwé in Brest, with additional reporting from Bjorn Haake

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) fires a warning to his rivals
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First in the Dauphiné Libéré, first in the Spanish road championships, Alejandro Valverde kept up his strong run of success when he sprinted to his first-ever Tour de France yellow jersey in Plumelec today. The Caisse d'Epargne rider uncorked his characteristic fast uphill finishing gallop to overhaul Kim Kirchen, passing the Team Columbia rider with approximately 200 metres to go and opening up a one second gap on the 46-man lead group by the line.

Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) were second and third, with Kirchen holding on to fourth place. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Scott), Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto), Frank Schleck (CSC), Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) completed a very strong top ten, with the 1.7 kilometre uphill finish proving very selective.

"This is a victory for all of the fans who supported me for so many years, and also for the general supporters who just love cycling," said Valverde after receiving the maillot jaune. "I didn't know the finale, I followed Kirchen. This finish suited my abilities perfectly.

"I have no extra pressure now, I have already achieved two of my objectives in this Tour; wearing yellow and winning a stage. Keeping the jersey will be hard because the Tour de France is so long, but I will enjoy it now."

Valverde makes his move
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Schumacher attacked with a kilometre to go and opened up a decent gap. The 2007 Amstel Gold winner may have held on had the climb not been so tough, but tiring legs and a sharp acceleration by Kirchen saw him overhauled. But Kirchen also went too early, with Valverde's better-timed effort proving to be the successful one.

"I went away with one kilometre to go but it was just too early with the wind," said Schumacher. "I could only try, I will try every day. Tomorrow is another chance."

Gilbert told Cyclingnews at the recent Tour de Suisse that he would aim for success on the stage, given that it was taking place on his birthday. He might have done it, except he came up against a Valverde in very good form.

"He is a real specialist at this type of finish," the Belgian stated. "The last climb was very hard, at the finish my legs were very heavy. Second is disappointing but I was close. I will try again. My sensations are good and I hope for a good finish tomorrow."

Kim Kirchen tries to follow Valverde
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The stage was marked by a long breakaway of eight riders - Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Björn Schröder (Team Milram), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis).

De La Fuente and Jégou then pushed on ahead in the closing part of the stage, the duo finally being caught with seven kilometres to go.

Most of the race favourites finished to the fore, but one contender who lost time was Team Barloworld's Mauricio Soler. The 2007 King of the Mountains crashed inside the final 10 kilometres and ended up losing three minutes and four seconds. More worrying for the Colombian was the damage to the same wrist he broke in the Giro d'Italia, and he had to go to hospital in nearby Vannes after the stage for X-rays.

Narrow roads made for a nervous race
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CSC's Frank Schleck echoed the feelings of many when he spoke about what was a nervous, physically and mentally demanding opening stage.

"It was really strange because when the first breakaway got clear, it just went away," he stated. "Everybody seemed to want to control the race. That is what happened, but there was so much wind that everyone was nervous. It was totally crazy for the last 80 kilometres, it was really, really dangerous. I was really scared, I said it in the radio to my team-mates. They said 'don't worry,' we will take care of you and they brought me to the front and the final climb, where I finished seventh.

"Unfortunately Cadel Evans closed me in with 200 metres to go, and I clicked out of the pedal. Otherwise I think that I could have had done better. But I didn't lose time, I think we have a good card for tomorrow and that is the most important thing."

Schleck crashed hard in the Tour de Suisse and nearly went down again today. However he escaped with no damage to himself. "Somebody crashed in front of me. I couldn't go around them so I just bumped into them. I didn't go down, I just jumped over the bike. Nicki [Sorensen] was there straight away and brought me back to the peloton. The other guys did great work today as well - they were all life-savers for the three leaders, for Carlos, Andy and me."

Crédit Agricole drives the chase
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Crédit Agricole's Simon Gerrans said before the stage that he hoped Thor Hushovd would challenge for the win. In the end the climb was a little too much for the big Norwegian, who placed 15th. The Australian said that the team rode hard for their leader and would continue to do so. The finale of tomorrow's 164.5 kilometre second stage from Auray to Saint Brieuc may be better for the usual sprinters; if so, Hushovd and the other fast men should be up there.

"Today was pretty hard," Gerrans said. "It was just so quick all day and such a nervous bunch with that crosswinds and the narrow roads all day, up and down. It was a real dogfight to be at the front. There wasn't much chatting in the bunch today, everyone was pretty focussed on staying up at the front.

The run-in was super quick and narrow. Once you were up the front in the first 20 or 30 guys it wasn't too bad...that is where I was in the last 20 or 30 kilometres, trying to keep Thor up at the front. It was stop-start, there were so many corners. Thor was about 15th. Considering the finish, that is not bad for a big guy like him."

How it unfolded

The start of stage one
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One hundred and eighty riders lined up in Brest to tackle the 95th Tour de France without the traditional prologue. Instead, the opening day was a 197.5-kilometre stage with four category four climbs. The national champions lined up in the front to display their distinct jersey. There were Nicolas Vogondy (France), Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg), Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway), Nicki Sørensen (Denmark), Julian Dean (New Zealand), Alejandro Valverde (Spain) and Fabian Wegmann (Germany). In the centre was the wearer of the number one – Australian Cadel Evans.

The départ fictif saw the riders take in some of the scenery of Brest, such as the Océanopolis – a gigantic aquarium. But once Christian Prudhomme dropped the flag for the sharp start, the sightseeing was over and quickly a group of eight riders were able to break clear: Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Björn Schröder (Team Milram), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis).

The new look Tour peloton
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The gap grew to six minutes after just 25 kilometres, and shortly thereafter the leaders hit the first climb of the day where a battle royale for the polka dot jersey ensued. Breakaway specialist Voeckler looked to take it, but he was passed by Schröder just before the line. De La Fuente crossed the category four climb in third, with the gap now at eight minutes.

Augé flatted only a few kilometres before the second climb of the day, but was back in the lead group as they approached the top at kilometre 48.5, and was the one to make the first move for the points. However, he couldn't hold his effort, and this time it was Voeckler ahead of Schröder, with Lequatre – not true to his name – taking the third spot.

Nicolas Portal of Caisse d'Epargne was helping Crédit Agricole to pull the peloton behind, until a team-mate came up to him and called him back. So it was back to Christophe Le Mevel to do the pulling for his captain, Thor Hushovd. Caisse stayed attentive at the front, though, hoping that Alejandro Valverde could take the win on the uphill finish.

Lilian Jegou (Française des Jeux) leads the break
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The gap never went past eight minutes and started to drop continuously. The first sprint of the day was in Plonevez-du-Faou, after 62 kilometres. This time, Lequatre won ahead of Jégou and Pérez. The peloton crossed the line 5'35 later.

With a 120 kilometres to go the advantage had dropped below the five-minute mark. The break was working well together, but the peloton had the luxury of several teams contributing to the chase. Liquigas, Caisse d'Epargne, Rabobank and Crédit Agricole all did a share of the work.

The first col of the Tour was rapidly approaching at kilometre 85.5, the Col de Toullaëron. Jegou took off with a kilometre to the top, while Schröder and Voeckler, tied on points, were nervously looking at each other. Schröder opened the throttle first, but Voeckler marked him well. The two almost caught Jégou at the top, but the order over the line was Jégou, Voeckler and Schröder, giving Frenchman Voeckler the maillot à pois virtuel by one point ahead of Schröder.

The gap to the peloton was around four and a half minutes at that point, and a strong tail wind on the straight roads of northwestern France was helping out the riders.

David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott)
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The second sprint at kilometre 90.5 was won by Lequatre, ahead of Augé and Jégou. Six kilometres later the riders were going through the feed zone, with the gap of the break still around four and a half minutes. The feed zone is always a nerve-wrecking affair, and this time it took a victim: Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), the son of former Paris-Roubaix winner Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle crashed. He had to abandon with a broken wrist, and his French outcry of a word starting with 'm' described his emotions.

With less than 80 kilometres remaining, the gap had dropped below the four-minute mark. But the break, still working together well, was kept on a medium leash, losing about 30 seconds per ten kilometres as Rabobank and Crédit Agricole pitched in to do more than half the work, while Liquigas and Caisse did the remainder.

Mauricio Soler (Barloworld)
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A big crash woke up the bunch with 52km to go. Fabian Wegmann, Fränk Schleck (CSC-Saxo Bank), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) and Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) were involved in the wreck, but all continued on - much to the relief of Cadel Evans who will need Popovych at his side in the mountains.

De La Fuente took the final KOM, ahead of Schröder and Voeckler, who were then tied with eight points apiece for the mountains jersey, and would need to wait until the finish and their respective placings to see who would get the polka dot.

The crash had interrupted the chase somewhat, and as the break neared the final intermediate sprint, they still had three minutes on the peloton. Lequatre took the points in a fiercely contested affair in Remungol. The sprint was countered by De La Fuente as the bunch bore down on the tiring leaders, now just two minutes behind.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) accepts the first yellow jersey
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De La Fuente was joined by Jégou, but the gap was falling rapidly. With 26 kilometres to go the other six riders were swallowed up by the charging peloton, while the two leaders continued to have a 90-second gap.

A crash with a little more than 20 kilometres to go brought down Stéphane Goubert (AG2R La Mondiale) and Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) as the sprinters started to get into position. With the finish now just 15 kilometres away, the leaders were brought within the one-minute mark, and then with 12 kilometres to go the pair had just a dozen seconds. As the lead-out men eased up to time the catch, mountain hopeful Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) hit the deck and was left chasing with his team-mates.

With seven to go De La Fuente and Jégou were finally caught. The uphill drag to the line was too tough for pure sprinters like Erik Zabel and Thor Hushovd, and it was clear the day would belong to a punchier sprinter. Romain Feillu (Agritubel) was the first to launch an attack, but went far too early, and was passed by a surge from Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner). He, too, faded and was overtaken by Kim Kirchen (Columbia) who opened up a promising gap. But the line just would not come for the Luxembourger, and Alejandro Valverde sprinted from the thinned out front of the bunch to take the win and the first maillot jaune.

Stage 2 - Sunday, July 6: Auray - Saint Brieuc, 164.5km

Once again, the rolling and hilly roads of Brittany will dominate this stage as it crosses the region from south to north from the Atlantic coast to that of the English Channel. Like yesterday's stage, the course features a number of small climbs including the third category Mûr-de-Bretagne. The sprinters' teams will be keen to deliver their fast-men to the finish line first; so a breakaway win here will be difficult.

Auray hosts the Tour for the first time, although it did host the start of last year's Hexagonal VTT (the MTB equivalent of the Tour). The town is situated on the coast of the southern Brittany department of Morbihan. It has a pretty harbour and is filled with atmospheric and narrow cobbled streets.

Saint-Brieuc has been a stage town ten times before, most recently in 2004 when Italian Filippo Pozzato (then Fassa Bortolo, now Liquigas) out-sprinted his two Spanish breakaway companions Iker Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears-Banesto). This part of Brittany has the births of both of cycling's Hinaults to its credit: Bernard, the five-time Tour de France winner, was born seven-kilometre away, and Crédit Agricole rider Sébastien was born in the town 20 years later – they are not related.

Photography

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Results

1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.36.07 (42.91 km/h)
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            0.01
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                          
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                           
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                        
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
11 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                         
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                         
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.07
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             
22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                              
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  
26 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                 
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                     
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                           
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                         
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                            
35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                           
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                     
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
41 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
42 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                       
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                   
46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
47 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
48 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.18
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                           
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
53 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                          
59 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                            
60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                 
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.26
62 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.31
64 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                                   
65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                          
66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
67 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       0.37
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                            
69 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.39
71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                      
73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                   
77 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                         
78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
79 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                   0.42
80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                      0.49
81 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
82 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      0.52
83 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.57
84 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                           
85 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     
86 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.59
87 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                    1.01
88 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                          
89 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                
90 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
91 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
92 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                        
93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
94 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.12
95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            
96 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
97 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                    
98 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                          
99 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                           
100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                        
101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
102 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    
103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        
104 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
105 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
106 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
107 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
108 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      
109 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.37
111 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         0.52
112 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                       1.52
113 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
114 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    
115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
116 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
117 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
118 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 2.00
119 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                   
120 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                     
121 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                      
122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                         
123 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                           
124 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
125 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                
126 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
128 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
129 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       
131 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
132 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
133 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
134 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
135 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
136 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                        
137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                     
138 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
139 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
140 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
141 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                           
142 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
143 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
144 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
145 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                        
146 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
147 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
148 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
149 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
150 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
151 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
152 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                      
153 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
154 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
155 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
156 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
157 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
158 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
159 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
160 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
161 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
162 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             
163 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
164 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
165 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
166 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
167 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
169 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       2.08
170 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                             3.04
171 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                    3.21
172 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
173 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           0.52
174 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                4.04
175 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                      
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              4.56
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
178 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
179 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
 
Sprints
 
Plonevez-du-Faou - 62.0 km
1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       6 pts
2 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   4
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            2
 
Gourin - 90.5 km
1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       6 pts
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   4
3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
 
Remungol - 157.0 km
1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       6 pts
2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4
3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Ty-Jopic (Pont-de-Buis-les-Quimerch) - 29.5 km
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  1
 
Côte de Kerivarc'h - 48.5 km
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3 pts
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        2
3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       1
 
Col de Toullaëron - 85.5 km
1 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        1
 
Côte de Guenervé - 146.5 km
1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  3 pts
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        2
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  1
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
 
Teams
 1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                13.48.26
2 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                   0.07    
3 Team Columbia                                                            
4 Garmin Chipotle                                                          
5 Quick Step                                                               
6 Liquigas                                                                 
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  0.13    
8 Saunier Duval - Scott                                                0.20    
9 Credit Agricole                                                      0.24    
10 Lampre                                                                  
11 Gerolsteiner                                                            
12 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                        
13 Rabobank                                                            0.26    
14 Team Milram                                                         0.43    
15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        0.48    
16 Agritubel                                                           1.07
17 Silence - Lotto                                                     1.09   
18 Barloworld                                                          1.12    
19 Francaise des Jeux                                                  1.52
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.36.07
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            0.01
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                          
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                           
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                        
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
11 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                         
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                         
14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.07
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             
22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                              
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  
26 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                                 
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                                     
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                           
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                         
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                            
35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                           
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                     
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
41 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
42 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                       
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                   
46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
47 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
48 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.18
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                           
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
53 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                          
59 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                            
60 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                 
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.26
62 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.31
64 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                                   
65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                          
66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
67 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       0.37
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                            
69 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.39
71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                      
73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                   
77 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                         
78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
79 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                   0.42
80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                      0.49
81 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
82 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      0.52
83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 0.57
84 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                         
85 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                        
86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      0.59
87 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            1.01
88 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
89 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
90 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                        
91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
92 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
93 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            
94 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.12
95 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                    
96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                          
97 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                           
98 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                         
99 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        
102 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
103 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
104 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
105 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
106 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      
107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             
110 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                       1.37
111 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.52
112 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.52
113 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    
114 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
115 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
116 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
117 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
118 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                               2.00
119 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                     
120 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                      
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                         
122 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                           
123 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
124 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                
125 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
126 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
127 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
128 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
129 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       
130 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
131 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
133 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
134 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
135 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                        
136 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                                     
137 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
138 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
139 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
140 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                           
141 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
142 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
143 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
144 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                        
145 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
146 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
147 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
148 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
149 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
150 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
151 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                      
152 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
153 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
154 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
155 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
157 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
158 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
159 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
160 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
161 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             
162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
163 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
164 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
165 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
166 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
167 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
168 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
169 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                             2.08
170 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                    3.04
171 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   3.21
172 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
173 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      0.52
174 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                4.04
175 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                      
176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              4.56
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
178 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
179 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     35 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              30
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   26
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                        24
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             22
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      20
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               19
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      18
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         18
10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     17
11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              16
12 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                       15
13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      14
14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                       13
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       12
16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    11
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          10
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                9
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               8
20 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  8
21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      7
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   6
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6
24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            5
25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           4
26 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  4
27 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             3
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2
29 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  8 pts
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        8
3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  4
4 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   3
5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                        4.36.07
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                    
4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                            
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                      
6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
10 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                 
11 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
12 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                      
13 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                         
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                       
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                           
16 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            0.01
17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
18 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
19 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                      
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                                    
23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                                      
24 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
25 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
27 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                     0.03
28 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                 0.04
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 13.48.26
2 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                   0.07    
3 Team Columbia                                                            
4 Garmin Chipotle                                                          
5 Quick Step                                                               
6 Liquigas                                                                 
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  0.13    
8 Saunier Duval - Scott                                                0.20    
9 Credit Agricole                                                      0.24    
10 Lampre                                                                  
11 Gerolsteiner                                                            
12 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                        
13 Rabobank                                                            0.26    
14 Team Milram                                                         0.43    
15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        0.48    
16 Agritubel                                                           1.07
17 Silence - Lotto                                                     1.09   
18 Barloworld                                                          1.12    
19 Francaise des Jeux                                                  1.52    
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                        

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