A first for Clement, a last for Valverde?
Spanish champion wins second consecutive Dauphiné Libéré
Time trial specialist Stef Clement (Rabobank) won the first road race of his career on Sunday as he outsprinted breakaway companions Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) and Sébastien Joly (Française Des Jeux) in Grenoble. French cancer survivor Sébastien Joly attacked Clement and Duggan with inside of two kilometres remaining in the 146-kilometre stage, but Clement clawed his way back with Duggan in tow. Clement neutralised Joly's attack with 400 metres to go and neither Clement nor Duggan, who also made a sensational return as a healthy cyclist after the brain surgery he had last year, could come around the Dutchman at the finish.
"I was jealous of my compatriot who won earlier this week," said Clement in reference to Niki Terpstra's stage win in Saint-Etienne. "I also wanted to win a stage at the beginning of the Dauphiné but I didn't have much freedom because of the time trials. Today was my last opportunity to make it but when I went in the early break, it was mainly for gaining some positions on GC. Unfortunately, there were too many riders in that group so I had to go again. When I was away at the end, I had no doubt that I'd win. I was sure of myself even when Joly attacked. I knew he'd be cooked from his efforts to come across.
"I'm so happy to finally win something other than a time trial," said the Dutchman who got the bronze medal at the world championship two years ago and won the Chrono des Nations last year as a good-bye present to the French team Bouygues Telecom he left for Rabobank.
Despite Cadel Evans' attacks on the main climb of the day, Valverde successfully defended his slim 16-second lead over the Australian. "My team did a phenomenal job," said Valverde who thanked his three teammates José Ivan Gutierrez, Oscar Pereiro and Javier Zandio who made the early break in order to assist him later in the stage. But the Caisse d'Epargne rider forgot to mention the most valuable help he got and that was from Alberto Contador (Astana).
"Alberto did his own race," Valverde said. "He wanted to keep his third place and stayed attentive. This second win at the Dauphiné means a lot to me. I don't externalize my anger but I know it's an injustice to suspend me and I'm confident that everything will be proved in my favour at the end.
"This win is a message to the organisation of the Tour de France, yes," Valverde continued. "I still hope to do it. The decision is not in my hands. I have had so many ups and downs, but the win at the Tour of Catalunya helped me to find the right motivation for the Dauphiné. To have won two ProTour races in a row is meaningful to me, my team and all the people who have supported me in these difficult moments."
After the Dauphiné, Valverde becomes the world's number one rider on the UCI ranking but the governing body will decide within one week to globalize or not the ban given to Valverde on Italian soil.
How it unfolded
A group of 28 riders attacked from the start and after only 10 kilometres had passed they had a 1:30 lead. The break contained José Ivan Gutierrez, Oscar Pereiro and Javier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Stef Clement (Rabobank), Igor Anton and Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Hubert Dupont (Ag2r La Mondiale), Sébastien Joly and Anthony Geslin (Française des Jeux), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Marco Velo and Martijn Wynants (Quick Step), Cyril Gautier and William Bonnet (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Christian Kux and Martin Velits (Team Milram), Daniele Righi (Lampre-NGC), Bert Grabsch, Adam Hansen and Frantisek Rabon (Team Columbia-Highroad), Nikolay Trussov (Team Katusha), Aliaksandr Kuschinski (Liquigas), Beñat Intxausti (Fuji-Servetto), Brent Bookwalter and Alexander Moos (BMC Racing Team), Jurgen Van Goolen (Team Saxo Bank), Tim Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) and Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana).
The highest ranked of the escapees on GC was Clement, 15th at 9:40. When the gap was just over 2:20 to the peloton, Grabsch attacked on his own at km 48. The current time trial world champion stayed away until km 111 after gaining a maximum lead of 3:00. As soon as the German was caught, his teammate Hansen counter-attacked at the bottom of the Saint-Bernard-de-Touvet climb. The Team Columbia-Highroad Australian was soon joined by Duggan on the ascent.
On the Saint-Bernard-de-Touvet, Evans attacked several times but Contador was always prompt to respond with Valverde on his wheel. In a race with a lot of dynamic action, Duggan dropped Hansen but was soon joined by Clement in the lead. The duo had a 1:30 advantage over the Valverde group with 20 kilometres to go and were joined by Joly with 8 kilometres remaining. Joly attacked 1.5 kilometres before the line but Clement had enough strength to catch Joly and outsprint his breakaway companions for the stage victory.
1 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 3:30:17 |
2 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
3 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:02 |
4 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:01:31 |
5 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
6 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:33 |
7 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:01:56 |
8 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
9 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:58 |
10 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 0:02:05 |
11 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
12 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
13 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
14 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | |
15 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
16 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
17 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
18 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | |
19 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
20 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
21 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
22 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
23 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
24 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
25 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
26 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
27 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
28 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
29 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | |
30 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
31 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
32 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
34 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
35 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
36 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
37 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
38 | Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
39 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
40 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
41 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
42 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | |
43 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
44 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
45 | Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana | |
46 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
47 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
48 | Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
49 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
50 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | |
51 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:03:57 |
52 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
53 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
54 | Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | |
55 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
56 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
57 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
58 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | |
59 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | |
60 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
61 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
62 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road | |
63 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | |
64 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
65 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
66 | Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
67 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
68 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
69 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
70 | Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
71 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
72 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
73 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
74 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
75 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
76 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
77 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
78 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
79 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | |
80 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
81 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
82 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:06:39 |
83 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
84 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | |
85 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
86 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
87 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
88 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana | |
89 | Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C | |
90 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
91 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
92 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
93 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
94 | Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
95 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
96 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
97 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
98 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
99 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
100 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:09:37 |
101 | Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | |
102 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
103 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | |
104 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
105 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
106 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
107 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:12:06 |
108 | Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
109 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | |
110 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
111 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road | |
112 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
113 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
114 | Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
115 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | |
116 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
117 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
118 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | |
119 | Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
120 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
121 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
122 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
123 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C | |
124 | Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | |
125 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
126 | Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | |
127 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | |
128 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
129 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
130 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:13:31 |
131 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | 0:13:34 |
132 | Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
133 | Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
134 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | |
135 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:13:36 |
DNF | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | |
DNF | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
DNS | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step |
1 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 20 | pts |
2 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 17 | |
3 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 15 | |
4 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 13 | |
5 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 11 | |
6 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
7 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 9 | |
8 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 8 | |
9 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7 | |
10 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 6 | |
11 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 5 | |
12 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 4 | |
13 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 3 | |
14 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 2 | |
15 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
1 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 7 | pts |
2 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
3 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 3 | |
4 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 2 | |
5 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 7 | pts |
2 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 5 | |
3 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | |
4 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 2 | |
5 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 30 | pts |
2 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 26 | |
3 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 22 | |
4 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 18 | |
5 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 14 | |
6 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | |
7 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 10 | |
8 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
9 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 6 | |
10 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
11 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
12 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | 1 |
1 | Rabobank | 10:35:01 |
2 | Française des jeux | 0:00:02 |
3 | Liquigas | 0:01:31 |
4 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:33 |
5 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:52 |
6 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:01:56 |
7 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:01:58 |
8 | BMC Racing Team | 0:02:05 |
9 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
10 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
11 | Astana | |
12 | Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:03:23 |
13 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:57 |
14 | Silence - Lotto | |
15 | Team Katusha | |
16 | Quick Step | 0:05:49 |
17 | Team Milram | |
18 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:06:30 |
19 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:07:41 |
1 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26:33:15 |
2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:00:16 |
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:01:18 |
4 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:02:41 |
5 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:40 |
6 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:04:08 |
7 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:04:21 |
8 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 0:05:05 |
9 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:28 |
10 | Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:06:19 |
11 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:58 |
12 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 0:06:59 |
13 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:07:35 |
14 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:12 |
15 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:43 |
16 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:10:41 |
17 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:10:52 |
18 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:12:09 |
19 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:13:44 |
20 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:14:46 |
21 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:14 |
22 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:39 |
23 | Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana | 0:15:41 |
24 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:16:18 |
25 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:16:53 |
26 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:18:00 |
27 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:18:10 |
28 | Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:19:14 |
29 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:19:33 |
30 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
31 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:19:37 |
32 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:20:34 |
33 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
34 | Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:22:49 |
35 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:23:36 |
36 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:23:43 |
37 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 0:24:34 |
38 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:25:33 |
39 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:26:09 |
40 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:26:59 |
41 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:27:46 |
42 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:28:04 |
43 | Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 0:28:49 |
44 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:30:08 |
45 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:31:33 |
46 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:31:36 |
47 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:31:44 |
48 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:32:09 |
49 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:32:40 |
50 | Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:33:07 |
51 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:34:05 |
52 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:34:06 |
53 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:35:09 |
54 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:36:54 |
55 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:37:30 |
56 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:38:23 |
57 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:40:49 |
58 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:41:05 |
59 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:41:07 |
60 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:41:10 |
61 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:41:54 |
62 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:41:56 |
63 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:42:25 |
64 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 0:43:26 |
65 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:43:33 |
66 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:44:08 |
67 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 0:44:24 |
68 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:44:56 |
69 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:45:10 |
70 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:46:16 |
71 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana | 0:46:47 |
72 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:47:10 |
73 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | 0:49:48 |
74 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:49:59 |
75 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:50:03 |
76 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:50:24 |
77 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:51:48 |
78 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | 0:52:38 |
79 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 0:53:00 |
80 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:53:29 |
81 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:54:12 |
82 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:54:32 |
83 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:55:44 |
84 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:55:53 |
85 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road | 0:56:00 |
86 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:59:17 |
87 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 1:00:26 |
88 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:00:37 |
89 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | 1:01:28 |
90 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1:02:25 |
91 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:02:45 |
92 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 1:03:04 |
93 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:03:57 |
94 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1:04:52 |
95 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 1:05:10 |
96 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:05:54 |
97 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 1:05:56 |
98 | Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:06:10 |
99 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:06:55 |
100 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:08:22 |
101 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:08:36 |
102 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 1:08:51 |
103 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:09:37 |
104 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 1:11:01 |
105 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:11:08 |
106 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 1:11:17 |
107 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 1:11:58 |
108 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 1:12:07 |
109 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | 1:12:27 |
110 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:12:31 |
111 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:12:41 |
112 | Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:13:42 |
113 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:15:42 |
114 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 1:17:21 |
115 | Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 1:17:27 |
116 | Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 1:17:49 |
117 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 1:17:52 |
118 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:20:31 |
119 | Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 1:21:19 |
120 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:21:51 |
121 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:22:48 |
122 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:23:55 |
123 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 1:24:05 |
124 | Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C | 1:24:30 |
125 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | 1:24:43 |
126 | Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 1:25:24 |
127 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 1:25:59 |
128 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 1:27:11 |
129 | Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | 1:29:03 |
130 | Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | 1:29:13 |
131 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | 1:36:33 |
132 | Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram | 1:41:34 |
133 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:41:53 |
134 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:43:26 |
135 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 1:46:08 |
1 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 97 | pts |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 66 | |
3 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 59 | |
4 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 43 | |
5 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 42 | |
6 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 41 | |
7 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 40 | |
8 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 40 | |
9 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 37 | |
10 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 36 | |
11 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 35 | |
12 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 33 | |
13 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | |
14 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 29 | |
15 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 25 | |
16 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 23 | |
17 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 22 | |
18 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 22 | |
19 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 21 | |
20 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 20 | |
21 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 20 | |
22 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 20 | |
23 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 18 | |
24 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 17 | |
25 | Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 17 | |
26 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16 | |
27 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 15 | |
28 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 15 | |
29 | Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 13 | |
30 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 13 | |
31 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
32 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 13 | |
33 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | |
34 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 12 | |
35 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 11 | |
36 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | |
37 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 11 | |
38 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha | 11 | |
39 | Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 11 | |
40 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 9 | |
41 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 9 | |
42 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 8 | |
43 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 8 | |
44 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 7 | |
45 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7 | |
46 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 7 | |
47 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | |
48 | Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 6 | |
49 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 6 | |
50 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 5 | |
51 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 5 | |
52 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
53 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 5 | |
54 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 4 | |
55 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 4 | |
56 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 4 | |
57 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
58 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
59 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
60 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
61 | Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
62 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 2 | |
63 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
64 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
65 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
66 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1 | |
67 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 5 | |
68 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 5 |
1 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 111 | pts |
2 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 88 | |
3 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 71 | |
4 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 57 | |
5 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 53 | |
6 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 52 | |
7 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 48 | |
8 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 47 | |
9 | Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 47 | |
10 | Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 44 | |
11 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 40 | |
12 | Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 38 | |
13 | Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 36 | |
14 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 36 | |
15 | José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 31 | |
16 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 30 | |
17 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana | 30 | |
18 | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 30 | |
19 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 29 | |
20 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 28 | |
21 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 28 | |
22 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 26 | |
23 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 25 | |
24 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 24 | |
25 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 23 | |
26 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road | 22 | |
27 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 22 | |
28 | Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 21 | |
29 | Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 20 | |
30 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 20 | |
31 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road | 19 | |
32 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 18 | |
33 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 18 | |
34 | Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 16 | |
35 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 16 | |
36 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 15 | |
37 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 12 | |
38 | Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | |
39 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | |
40 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | |
41 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C | 12 | |
42 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 11 | |
43 | Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 10 | |
44 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
45 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | |
46 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
47 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 8 | |
48 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 7 | |
49 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 6 | |
50 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 5 | |
51 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
52 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | |
53 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C | 4 | |
54 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
55 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
56 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | 3 | |
57 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road | 3 | |
58 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 2 | |
59 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 2 | |
60 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 2 | |
61 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | |
62 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | |
63 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1 | |
64 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
65 | Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto | 1 |
1 | Astana | 79:58:20 |
2 | Rabobank | 0:04:41 |
3 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:05:56 |
4 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:27 |
5 | Française des jeux | 0:18:33 |
6 | Liquigas | 0:18:34 |
7 | BMC Racing Team | 0:19:58 |
8 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:21:26 |
9 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:22:34 |
10 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:25:58 |
11 | Silence - Lotto | 0:26:24 |
12 | Team Saxo bank | 0:27:06 |
13 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:47:23 |
14 | Team Katusha | 0:48:58 |
15 | Team Columbia - High Road | 0:51:19 |
16 | Quick Step | 1:01:27 |
17 | Team Milram | 1:05:44 |
18 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 1:16:17 |
19 | Fuji-Servetto | 1:21:22 |
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