Evans-Contador: first duel at Mont Ventoux
A Tour de France preview?
Tour de France hopefuls have surely circled July 25 on their calendars, the day of the Tour's crucial penultimate stage with its summit finish at Mont Ventoux. "Nobody will be able to say ‘I've won the Tour' until the Ventoux," said Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme and perhaps the same can be said of the ongoing Dauphiné Libéré.
While the Tour de France seldom uses the Ventoux, included only 13 times in its history, relatively few when compared to the 73 ascents of the Tourmalet, the Ventoux has made a more regular appearance at the Dauphiné since the mid-90s. The race returns there on Thursday after a one-year absence with race leader Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) holding a 45-second lead over Alberto Contador (Astana) in second place.
The last big race that has finished at the Ventoux was stage four of last year's Paris-Nice, a stage won by Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans. The finish line was not at the top, though, but at Mont Serein, the ski station of the Ventoux.
"To beat Robert Gesink in March is one thing but to beat Alberto Contador in June at the Dauphiné is another thing," said Cadel Evans who has a few advantages on Contador heading into Thursday's showdown on the Ventoux. Evans has more experience on this climb as Contador has only seen it twice in competition (the 2005 Dauphiné when he cut his fingers in his spokes and the 2007 Dauphiné in which he finished 10th, just nine seconds behind Evans) and Evans has the confidence of wearing the Dauphiné's leader's jersey entering the stage.
"To be sure to beat Contador in the mountains you'd better take 37 minutes on him rather than the 37 seconds I gained today in the time trial," the Silence-Lotto rider said after taking the yellow jersey back after the Valence time trial.
"I'm just here as a spectator, I'll see on the Mont Ventoux who takes the initiative," Contador said after completing his time trial.
Evans was skeptical about his rival's low profile. "Contador in the mountains is normally the man to beat," he said. "He'll probably show his intentions tomorrow and later in the week. When you say that you are not here for the win, it's an excuse when you fail.
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"I just want to see how good I can go on Mont Ventoux. Like many other people, I'm interested to find out. I haven't raced in the mountains since the Tour of the Basque country. I came to the Dauphiné with intentions but not with great expectations. We have to consider others as well."
In addition to Evans' and Contador's battle for general classification supremacy, Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne announced he'll enter into action. "I will give it all to try and win the race. In fact, the time trial did not change anything in the classification and the three big favorites, Evans, Contador and myself, are still the same," said the defending champion of the Dauphiné.
Whatever happens between Evans and Contador on Mont Ventoux at the Dauphiné, there is a revenge scheduled 45 days later at the very end of the Tour de France.
The last time the Tour de France visited Mont Ventoux occurred in 2002 with Richard Virenque soloing to victory.
1 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 4:05:04 |
2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 0:01:14 |
4 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:01:50 |
5 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:59 |
6 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:02:10 |
7 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:02:13 |
8 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:16 |
10 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:20 |
11 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:28 |
12 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:31 |
13 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:43 |
16 | Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana | 0:03:29 |
17 | Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:03:35 |
18 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:50 |
19 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:03:54 |
20 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:04:08 |
21 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:04:14 |
24 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:06 |
25 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:47 |
27 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:05:58 |
28 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:02 |
30 | Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:06:11 |
31 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:06:38 |
32 | Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:06 |
34 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:07:32 |
35 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 0:08:14 |
36 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:08:47 |
39 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:09:35 |
40 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:56 |
46 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:09:57 |
47 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:10:34 |
48 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:10:46 |
50 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:11:14 |
52 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:11:27 |
54 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 0:11:38 |
55 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:12:20 |
62 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:14:17 |
63 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:14:41 |
64 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:15:34 |
65 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:17:56 |
66 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:18:12 |
112 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 0:18:39 |
113 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:21:13 |
114 | Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:24:55 |
120 | Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:25:02 |
1 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 20 | pts |
2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 17 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 15 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 13 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 9 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 8 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 5 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
1 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 5 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 7 | pts |
2 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
1 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 5 | pts |
2 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 5 | pts |
2 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 40 | pts |
2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 35 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 30 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 26 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 22 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 18 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 16 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 14 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 12 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
1 | Astana | 12:22:08 |
2 | Liquigas | 0:03:34 |
3 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:08 |
4 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:04:54 |
5 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:08:03 |
6 | Rabobank | 0:08:43 |
7 | Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:09:48 |
8 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:11:16 |
9 | Française des jeux | 0:12:25 |
10 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:13:21 |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:13:31 |
12 | BMC Racing Team | 0:13:50 |
13 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:15:42 |
14 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:16:22 |
15 | Team Katusha | 0:23:55 |
16 | Team Milram | 0:26:55 |
17 | Silence - Lotto | 0:27:27 |
18 | Quick Step | 0:34:58 |
19 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:40:10 |
1 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 15:23:17 |
2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:00:16 |
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:01:04 |
4 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:43 |
5 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 0:02:21 |
6 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:02:34 |
7 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:44 |
9 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 0:03:05 |
10 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:35 |
11 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:03:53 |
12 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:07 |
13 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:18 |
14 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:26 |
15 | Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:05:39 |
16 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:50 |
17 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:29 |
18 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:06:41 |
19 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:07:18 |
20 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:36 |
21 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:07:43 |
22 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:50 |
23 | Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana | 0:08:17 |
24 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:08:46 |
25 | Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:08:55 |
26 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:09:00 |
27 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:09:19 |
28 | Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:09:20 |
29 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:09:25 |
30 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 0:09:48 |
31 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:09:54 |
32 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:10:12 |
33 | Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:10:15 |
34 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:10:29 |
35 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:10:43 |
36 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:10:49 |
37 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:10:58 |
38 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:11:04 |
39 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:11:07 |
40 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:11:25 |
41 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:11:39 |
42 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:11:57 |
43 | Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:12:19 |
44 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:12:33 |
45 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:12:42 |
46 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:12:53 |
47 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:12:58 |
48 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13:04 |
49 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:13:16 |
50 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:13:22 |
51 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 0:14:04 |
53 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:14:37 |
54 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:15:03 |
55 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:15:27 |
56 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:15:34 |
57 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:50 |
58 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:16:04 |
59 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:16:13 |
60 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:16:28 |
61 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:16:50 |
62 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:16:53 |
63 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:16:56 |
64 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 0:18:03 |
65 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:18:49 |
66 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:19:00 |
67 | Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 0:19:07 |
68 | Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | 0:19:11 |
69 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:19:36 |
70 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:19:55 |
71 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:20:03 |
72 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:06 |
73 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:20:07 |
74 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:20:14 |
75 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:20:20 |
76 | Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | 0:20:25 |
78 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:20:28 |
79 | Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:20:32 |
80 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:34 |
82 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:20:38 |
83 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:20:45 |
84 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | 0:20:52 |
85 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:20:55 |
86 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:21:07 |
87 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:21:14 |
88 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:21:41 |
89 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana | 0:21:53 |
90 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:00 |
91 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:22:11 |
92 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | 0:22:17 |
93 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:22:22 |
94 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | 0:22:24 |
95 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:22:26 |
96 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:22:30 |
97 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:22:38 |
99 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:22:48 |
100 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:22:53 |
101 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:54 |
103 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:23:27 |
104 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:23:47 |
105 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:24:08 |
106 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:24:32 |
107 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:24:41 |
108 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:24:47 |
109 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:25:14 |
110 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:25:34 |
111 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:25:48 |
112 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:26:12 |
113 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:26:15 |
114 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:26:39 |
115 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:27:01 |
116 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:27:04 |
117 | Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | 0:27:09 |
118 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:27:20 |
119 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:27:23 |
120 | Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:27:36 |
121 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 0:27:51 |
122 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | 0:28:20 |
123 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 0:28:46 |
124 | Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 0:29:24 |
125 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:29:47 |
126 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:29:58 |
127 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:30:39 |
128 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 0:31:08 |
129 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:31:18 |
130 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:31:44 |
131 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:32:43 |
132 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 0:34:37 |
133 | Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | 0:34:43 |
134 | Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:34:46 |
135 | Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:37:23 |
136 | Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:37:53 |
137 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:38:34 |
138 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:38:47 |
139 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:39:30 |
140 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | 0:39:53 |
141 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | 0:41:38 |
142 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:42:22 |
143 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:42:39 |
144 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:42:56 |
1 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 81 | pts |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 54 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 46 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 43 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 43 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 40 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 37 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 33 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 29 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 29 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 25 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 25 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 25 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 23 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 20 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 20 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 17 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 16 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 15 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 13 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 11 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha | 11 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 11 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 9 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 9 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 9 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 7 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 5 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 5 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 4 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 4 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 2 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
1 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 40 | pts |
2 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 35 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 30 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 26 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 26 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 22 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 20 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 17 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 17 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 16 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 13 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 8 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 6 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 5 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 5 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 3 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 1 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | 1 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
1 | Astana | 46:18:04 |
2 | Liquigas | 0:06:23 |
3 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:57 |
4 | Rabobank | 0:07:46 |
5 | Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:08:43 |
6 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:09:57 |
7 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:10:15 |
8 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:14:02 |
9 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:14:47 |
10 | Française des jeux | 0:16:26 |
11 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:16:43 |
12 | BMC Racing Team | 0:16:54 |
13 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:20:07 |
14 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:22:40 |
15 | Silence - Lotto | 0:26:26 |
16 | Team Katusha | 0:28:02 |
17 | Team Milram | 0:28:33 |
18 | Quick Step | 0:35:40 |
19 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:45:21 |
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