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95th Tour de France - GT

France, July 5-27, 2008

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Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 9: Cholet - Châteauroux, 232km

'Manx Express' takes first Tour stage in long, hot day

Schumacher passes first day in maillot jaune

By Gregor Brown in Châteauroux with additional reporting from Bjorn Haake

Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish claimed his much-anticipated first victory in the Tour de France on the race's longest stage to Châteauroux. The 23 year-old from the Isle of Man benefited from perfect team-work to capture the day's three-man escape and launch his sprint over Spain's Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Germany's Erik Zabel (Team Milram).

"I could only win with guys like that," said Cavendish, who also garnered two stage wins in the Giro d'Italia in similar fashion.

Two days on from Samuel Dumoulin and Romain Feillu's success, the French riders almost ruled again. Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), Florent Brard (Cofidis) and Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) were clear for most of the 232-kilometre stage in an escape that only came to a close in the final two kilometres.

The move began to look hopeful when the trio held a 33-second advantage with 10 kilometres remaining. Five kilometres later however, the pace of the Columbia-led peloton brought the gap down to just over 20 seconds. French champion Vogondy was the first to show his cards with an attack at 1300 metres from the finish on Avenue de la Châtre. Jégou gave chase but couldn't get on terms, with the Agritubel rider being swept up 75 metres from the line.

Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel)
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"I would be okay with it if we were caught back at 10 kilometres from the finish, but now I have come so close," said Vogondy on being caught so late in the finale.

Cavendish has often been referred to as the new Robbie McEwen, but with his dedicated lead-out train is quite something else. The Columbia team - formerly named Team High Road - took control of the stage with Marcus Burghardt and Thomas Lövkvist while the speed work was done by Adam Hansen, George Hincapie, Bernhard Eisel and Kim Kirchen in the final 10 kilometres. Hincapie led from 1600 metres, Kirchen took over into the final kilometre while Eisel eased off the gas to gap his captain's rivals.

The US-sponsored team held off challenges from both Liquigas and Quick Step, who were trying to lead out for Francesco Chicchi and Gert Steegmans. "It was a little hectic at the end," described Cavendish. "I lost Gerald [Ciolek]'s wheel and then he picked me up at 1200 metres to go and then Gerald went at 600 metres to go."

Vogondy is swallowed up
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The German lead-out man carried Cavendish to about 250 metres, until an early start by Norway's Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) forced Cavendish to fire. He barrelled down Avenue de la Châtre to hold off Freire and Zabel who were charging down his left side.

"I did my best and that is the most important," said Freire, who has three Tour de France stage wins in his palmarès. "I saw the Cavendish was very, very strong."

Italy's Chicchi could not finish off Liquigas' work. "I was a little caught out when the road closed down and was not able to keep the wheel," Chicchi stated after finishing ninth. Belgium's Steegmans finished 12th after his train was derailed by Sébastien Rosseler's sickness and Matteo Tosatto going too soon. "I was in the wind twice. On such a finish with such a speed, being in the wind is like riding into a wall. At 500 metres before the finish, I was already blown up."

As a consolation for his fourth place, Hushovd gained enough points to take the points classification maillot vert from Kim Kirchen. He now leads by three points over Freire. Baden Cooke and Robert Hunter (both Barloworld), Leonardo Duque (Cofidis), Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto), Chicchi and Julian Dean (Garmin-Chipotle) rounded out the top ten.

How it unfolded

The day's breakaway
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The départ réel of the longest stage of this year's Tour was taken at 11:42, but the drama had started beforehand when Barloworld's Mauricio Soler, already struggling with injuries from an earlier crash, fell in the neutral zone and abandoned after only 12 kilometres. He quit the race just after a trio of Frenchmen - Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), Florent Brard (Cofidis) and Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) - had started to accelerate away from the peloton, quickly gaining a lead of two minutes.

The sprint in Argenton-les-Vallées, after 33.5 kilometres, was taken by Jégou, followed by Vogondy and Brard, with the gap at 8'15 already. However, the sprinters didn't want to repeat past mistakes and started to ride tempo, with the lead gradually starting to fall. The trio covered 45.8 kilometres in the first hour. At kilometre 60 the gap was down to 7'40 and after two hours the break reached the 88-kilometre mark.

Alejandro Valverde needed treatment after a crash
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In the second sprint at Richelieu after 98.5 kilometres, Brard took the points from Vogondy and Jégou as the feed zone approached. Back in the peloton, race favourite Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) hit the deck and required some treatment to his knee, but was then guided back by his team.

With 107 kilometres to go, the gap had dropped to six minutes as the peloton was led by Gerolsteiner, fulfilling its obligation to race leader Stefan Schumacher. It was a somewhat unusual picture, but one that will certainly do no harm to the team's hunt for a new sponsor.

With 97 kilometres to go, Cyril Dessel flatted but was quickly back in the bunch as the gap continued to fall steadily. The sprinters' teams were using different calculators this time after the costly mistake on Monday where the break was allowed too much freedom.

Schumacher in yellow
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The third hour was ridden at 40.7 km/h, dropping the overall average to 42.9 km/h, but the peloton was still building speed and brought the gap down to five minutes. The final sprint at Grand-Pressigny after 152 kilometres was given to French champion Vogondy, with Brard in second and Jégou third. Crédit Agricole started to help out the blue Gerolsteiner boys and the gap dropped to around three minutes with less than 70 kilometres remaining.

Despite the fourth hour being ridden at 'only' 38 km/h, the break's lead fell inside two minutes with 45 kilometres remaining. The sprinters were looking much happier, salivating at the prospect of a near two-kilometre long finishing straight.

Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
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With 25 kilometres remaining the gap was down to 1'30 with the peloton now in full swing. The break was riding its heart out to stay ahead, but the sprinters' teams were all up front: Columbia, Crédit Agricole, Liquigas and Gerolsteiner, riding in support of yellow jersey Schumacher and sprinter Robert Förster.

Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) then had a mechanical at a bad time and had to fight back to the peloton. Under the 20-kilometre to go banner and the gap was 1'12, then 10 kilometres later George Hincapie suffered a flat tyre. It was a bad time for the Columbia rider, but he was quickly back in the bunch before things got serious.

With five to go a spectator brought down Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval-Scott), as the gap was down to just 23 seconds. A sharp right with three kilometres remaining was too tight for the fast-moving bunch and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) went down when he came too close to a Lampre rider's rear wheel.

The gap was still 14 seconds, but the peloton was flying along with the Columbia train in full flight for Mark Cavendish. With 1.5 kilometres left Vogondy attacked to try to avoid the inevitable, but was caught a few metres before the line as Cavendish blasted down the middle for his first Tour stage victory.

Stage 6 - Thursday, July 10: Aigurande - Super Besse, 195.5km

After five stages featuring no more than a smattering of fourth and third category climbs – and with none at all for the last three days – the course takes a decidedly hillier turn. After turning east yesterday, the race resumes its southerly course across France's hot Massif Central. The roads will be up and down all day, with two fourth category climbs in the first half.

The final 50 kilometres is where the action starts with two second category climbs, including the 11-kilometre drag up to the finish at Super Besse. This is the Tour's first visit to the small, fortified town of Aigurande, but it has been to the ski resort of Super Besse twice before. The last time it finished here, the stage was won by Dane Rolf Sørensen in a breakaway between the Alps and the Pyrenees.

The ski resort sits 1289 metres high, above the town of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, which the stage passes through on the way to the finish. Every year, Super Besse is the host of "La Géminiani," a cyclesportif event named after legend Raphaël Géminiani, who hails from the nearby city of Clermont-Ferrand.

Photography

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Results

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                        5.27.52 (42.45 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               
5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              
9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   
14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                    
16 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                   
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
21 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 
22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     
24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         
26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
27 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
28 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  
30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
31 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              
32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                     
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
35 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                
36 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                           
37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
38 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
39 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                              
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                             
41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                         
42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
43 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                             
44 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 
46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                 
47 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                           
48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                               
49 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
50 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                           
52 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                               
53 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                          
54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   
55 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
56 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                               
57 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                 
58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                    
59 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        
60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
61 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
62 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                
64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                      
65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
66 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  
67 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
69 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
70 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                    
71 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                      
72 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
74 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                     
75 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
76 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        
77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                
78 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                              
79 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 
81 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
82 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                         
83 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 
84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
85 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  
86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
87 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                             
88 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
89 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                       
90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             
91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
92 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
93 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  
94 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
95 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 
97 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
98 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
99 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                         
100 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                   
101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                          
103 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             
104 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
105 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
106 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          
107 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          
108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                
109 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          
110 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                              
111 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                 
112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
113 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                   
114 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott         
115 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
116 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                        
117 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
118 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
119 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
120 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
121 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                          
122 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
123 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
124 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                
125 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  
126 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
127 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                  
128 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      
129 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 
130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
131 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
132 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
133 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
134 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                            
135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                
136 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale              
137 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                     
138 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                           
139 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
140 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                              
141 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
142 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      
143 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                             
144 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
145 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
146 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                         
147 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
148 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
149 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
150 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  
151 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
152 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
153 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            
154 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
155 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                   
156 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
157 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
158 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
159 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
160 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
161 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
162 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       
163 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
164 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
165 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
166 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          
167 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
168 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
169 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
171 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                               
172 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
173 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          0.33
174 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       0.57
175 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            1.41
176 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott              4.55
177 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       6.30
DNF Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                
 
Sprints
 
Argenton-les-Vallees - 33.5 Km
1 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                           6 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 4
3 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2
 
Richelieu - 98.5 Km
1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 4
3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2
 
Le Grand-Pressigny - 152.0 Km
1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 6 pts
2 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4
3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2
 
Châteauroux - 232.0 Km
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                             35 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              30
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   26
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             24
5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                   22
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                 20
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         19
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            18
9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               17
10 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                16
11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             15
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                               14
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                 13
14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                   12
15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                  11
16 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  10
17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            9
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  8
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           7
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 6
21 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                5
22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   4
23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                    3
24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 2
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        1
 
Young rider
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                        5.27.52
2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
4 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              
7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                
9 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
11 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        
12 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                              
13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  
15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  
16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
18 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                         
19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
22 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                             
23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                 
24 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        0.57
26 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott               4.55
27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        6.30
 
Most aggressive
 
1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  
 
Teams
 
1 Barloworld                                               16.23.36
2 Agritubel                                                        
3 Rabobank                                                         
4 Gerolsteiner                                                     
5 Silence - Lotto                                                  
6 Credit Agricole                                                  
7 Garmin Chipotle                                                  
8 Team Columbia                                                    
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                 
10 Liquigas                                                        
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                    
12 Team Milram                                                     
13 Quick Step                                                      
14 Lampre                                                          
15 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             
16 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                
17 Caisse d'Epargne                                                
18 Francaise des Jeux                                              
19 Saunier Duval - Scott                                           
20 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                              
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     19.32.33
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                              0.12
3 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            0.21
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 0.33
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30     0.37
7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                          0.41
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                          0.47
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                               0.58
10 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.01
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                1.12
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       1.13
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                             1.18
14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.22
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.24
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                 1.26
17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          1.27
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     1.29
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.31
20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.40
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                               1.41
22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         1.42
23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             1.43
24 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            1.47
25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                              1.48
26 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                      
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                           1.53
28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    2.08
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    2.10
30 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                       2.12
31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                     2.25
32 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           2.27
33 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                              2.29
34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                             2.30
35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.32
36 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                              2.47
37 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                      2.57
38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         3.01
39 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       3.05
40 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                       3.07
41 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   
42 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      3.09
43 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                       3.15
44 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                3.19
45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            3.22
46 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         3.30
47 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                3.31
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                     3.34
49 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          3.35
50 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                              3.36
51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              
52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        3.38
53 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
54 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   3.44
55 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           3.46
56 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  3.48
57 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30       3.51
58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            3.55
59 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                  4.08
60 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                              4.15
62 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 
63 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                             4.16
64 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott            4.17
65 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                             4.19
66 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
67 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                         4.34
68 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                            4.36
69 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          4.38
70 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             4.40
71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      4.46
72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                 4.48
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 
74 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
75 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   4.51
76 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               4.56
77 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                   5.07
78 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                5.13
79 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            5.17
80 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                           5.19
81 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           5.21
82 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                5.22
83 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               5.23
84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                
85 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           5.26
86 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
87 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             5.29
88 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                           5.32
89 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                5.38
90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                         5.40
91 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           5.41
92 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                5.42
93 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                       5.45
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                 5.50
95 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 5.55
96 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           5.58
97 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                              
98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          6.00
99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                       6.02
100 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          6.03
101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    6.04
102 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         6.16
103 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                      6.21
104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            6.23
105 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                       6.24
106 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              6.26
107 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        6.27
108 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                6.29
109 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            6.31
110 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                               6.34
111 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 6.43
112 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                    6.46
113 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               6.50
114 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      6.56
115 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    6.57
116 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                            7.02
117 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    7.04
118 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      7.13
119 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   7.18
120 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                     7.29
121 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                       7.31
122 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    7.33
123 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                    7.35
124 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 7.36
125 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            7.40
126 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      7.42
127 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                7.43
128 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                             7.49
129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             7.51
130 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   7.59
131 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                  
132 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     8.17
133 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       8.23
134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          8.33
135 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                               8.34
136 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  8.36
137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                  8.39
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         8.40
139 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                    8.46
140 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank               8.47
141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             8.52
142 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        8.53
143 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          8.56
144 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              9.01
145 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     9.21
146 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    9.23
147 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                9.33
148 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                      9.40
149 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             9.44
150 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         9.49
151 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  10.18
152 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  10.22
153 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                           
154 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
155 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                              10.37
156 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    10.39
157 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                10.46
158 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                              10.59
159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                          11.00
160 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
161 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                       11.05
162 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                       11.08
163 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                          11.23
164 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    11.25
165 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                             11.26
166 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      11.32
167 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        12.07
168 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott            12.38
169 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                        12.54
170 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                         12.58
171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 13.31
172 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     13.41
173 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott              13.59
174 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 14.09
175 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 15.06
176 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    17.55
177 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     20.05
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             88 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              85
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                81
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   72
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                 60
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                             51
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             49
8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                  49
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            49
10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          46
11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        46
12 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       43
13 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         38
14 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                         34
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             33
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     32
17 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             32
18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                  29
19 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott              27
20 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                              27
21 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               26
22 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                             26
23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                         25
24 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                23
25 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    22
26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  22
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                  22
28 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          21
29 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           21
30 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                20
31 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         20
32 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                               19
33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      19
34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                               19
35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                               19
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      18
37 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                             18
38 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                         18
39 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             17
40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  16
41 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      16
42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       16
43 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                       16
44 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                   16
45 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           13
46 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         12
47 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank               12
48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        12
49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      11
50 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  10
51 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            9
52 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          8
53 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  8
54 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                            7
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          6
56 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 6
57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   5
58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    5
59 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          4
60 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                             4
61 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          4
62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              3
63 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                     3
64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                    3
65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 2
66 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                              2
67 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                   2
68 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         19 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       11
3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                9
4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott          4
5 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                               3
7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                               1
8 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                    1
9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                      19.33.20
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                               0.11
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       0.37
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      0.42
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               1.42
6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        2.20
7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    
8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   3.21
9 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                           3.51
10 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             3.53
11 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         4.01
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.35
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                           4.45
14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                          5.11
15 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          5.29
16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               5.39
17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                     5.59
18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              7.02
19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    7.12
20 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      7.30
21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   7.52
22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              8.57
23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        9.35
24 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott              10.13
25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        10.18
26 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                        10.21
27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       10.45
 
Teams classification
 
1 Garmin Chipotle                                          58.37.35
2 Team Columbia                                                1.44
3 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                           2.35
4 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                 3.20
5 Gerolsteiner                                                 3.31
6 Caisse d'Epargne                                             3.43
7 Liquigas                                                     4.30
8 Quick Step                                                   5.08
9 Barloworld                                                   5.31
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         6.14
11 AG2R-La Mondiale                                            6.23
12 Rabobank                                                    6.39
13 Lampre                                                      6.47
14 Team Milram                                                 7.06
15 Agritubel                                                   7.07
16 Silence - Lotto                                             7.19
17 Bouygues Telecom                                            8.03
18 Credit Agricole                                             8.13
19 Saunier Duval - Scott                                       8.43
20 Francaise des Jeux                                          9.17

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