Cavendish goes long to claim third stage
By Anthony Tan published
Hushovd, Farrar could not get the jump on Columbia star
The battle for green is turning red-hot.
At the start stage of the 10th stage in Limoges, maillot vert Thor Hushovd appeared to be growing in confidence, possibly thinking another green jersey is just around the corner.
But without the dedicated lead-out train that Mark Cavendish commands from his Columbia-HTC posse, Hushovd's job in stage finishes is invariably made more difficult. And when that train combines with the Manxman's unmatched finishing speed as it did Tuesday in Issoudun, Hushovd and Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar were relegated to their all-too-familiar positions, Cavendish seems to have delivered an unspoken message: The green jersey is not yours. It's mine.
Said Cavendish of the last 500 metres, "There was a slight incline and with the corners, we knew we had to be at the front. George [Hincapie] went and then Mark [Renshaw] went. I was afraid of being jumped, like [Alessandro] Petacchi did [to me] at the Giro. My saying now is, '[If] in doubt, hit out'. I hit out early."
Clearly, Cavendish is coming of age. Previously believed to lack the endurance to contest sprints at the end of long one-day races or three-week tours, his stunning victory in the March classic Milano-Sanremo was the first indication that the 24-year-old had grown stronger. Again at the Centenary Giro d'Italia, he displayed a newfound ability to go long and still go fast, the last of his hat-trick of wins coming at the end of the second week.
And now, coming into the back-half of the 21-stage, 3,459.5-kilometre loop around France, Cavendish, after a brief lull, seems to have kicked again.
Asked if there are less opportunities than previous years, Cavendish said, "I don't think so. I targeted seven days here, maybe eight. That is quite a lot. I was pretty excited when I was at the unveiling of the Tour route this year. It is a tough parcours... This year is good for me and other pure sprinters."
As he pulled the maillot vert across his shoulders, Hushovd - still the points leader but now by a margin of four - appeared decidedly edgy.
It wasn't the natural, emphatic smile of the stage winner we saw in Barcelona five days ago. It was the shaky, forced grin one has to make when standing on the Tour de France podium. And while speaking to French television at the post-stage press conference, the Norwegian watched the replay in front of him with the intensity of an air-traffic controller during a snowstorm: staring intently at the screen, analysing the final 500 metres over and over, asking himself if there was anything - anything at all - he could've done differently. His facial expression said "no". Not a thing.
"He was very, very fast. His team was very, very strong," were Hushovd's first words. What else could he say?
The Cavendish-Hushovd dynamic is not dissimilar to the ding-dong battle between Robbie McEwen and Erik Zabel in the decade past, where between them, nine green jerseys are stacked in their wardrobes.
Like Cavendish, McEwen was faster than Zabel, but like Hushovd, Zabel was slightly stronger (particularly in the mountains), a little cagier and more calculating. Now, with just six points separating the pair and possibly three more stages to come before the next mountain leg to Verbier this Saturday, the Thunder God will need to be as strong, cagey, and calculating as he's ever been.
Mellow day for yellow, but a subtle change to the leaderboard
Maillot jaune Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R), despite not having the aid of his radio earpiece like the his other 170 colleagues in the peloton, enjoyed a day without incident. So trouble-free, in fact, that the 31-year-old said it was his easiest day in yellow so far. And if things go to plan, the Italian could well have it for another three more.
"It was a good day, a lot calmer than the last two stages," said Nocentini. "It's very emotional and it's a great feeling to have it on my shoulders. There are still two flat stages to come, so that should be okay, but Friday will be a lot tougher. Still, I hope to have the jersey on my shoulders Friday evening."
Astana's Levi Leipheimer and Garmin-Slipstream's Bradley Wiggins weren't as fortunate. They were among a group of 106 riders caught out in the mayhem of the finale and ended up 15 seconds down on the first group of 52. Consequently, it's seen a subtle change in the top 10, Leipheimer and Wiggins dropping to fifth and seventh on the general classification, with Andreas Klöden (Astana) and Tony Martin (Columbia-HTC) now sitting fourth and sixth, respectively.
At the gates of the Limousin countryside
From Limoges, a medium-sized and rather cosmopolitan town in central France boasting 51 square metres of greenery per resident, a peloton of 171 departed at 12.30 p.m. sans earpieces, the first of two stages at the 2009 Tour where radio communication has been done away with (the other being Stage 13).
The 194.5-km rolling profile had bunch sprint finish written all over it, but a breakaway quartet that included three Frenchmen attempted to do their country proud on Bastille Day, Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano), Benoit Vaurengard (Francaise des Jeux), Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) and Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) the ones that got away. Following a number of successful escapes in recent days, the peloton was keeping a tight lid on proceedings, although they gave the illusion they weren't riding particularly hard. After 60km, the gap was just two-and-a-half minutes, which also may have had something to do with Ignatiev, the only non-Frenchman in the move doing just two percent of the workload up front.
The overcast conditions experienced at the start continued throughout the afternoon, the break's advantage holding steady after 100km covered, and after three hours, raced at a 37.7 km/h average. However, it was more because of a crash in the bunch than the strength of the lead quartet. Saxo Bank's Kurt Asle Arvesen came off worst, suspected to have a broken left collarbone.
The ol' fashioned chalkboard may have replaced information coming through race radio, but it did nothing for the break's chances. It appeared to be riding under a cloud of impending doom. Naturally, Columbia-HTC, knowing full well they needed to deliver Cavendish another stage victory to stand a chance against current points leader Thor Hushovd, motioned their forces to the fore in the closing kilometres.
And for the third time in 10 days, Cavendish's coterie of Trojan horses timed their chase to perfection, catching Hupond, the last of the escapees, 1.3 kilometres from the line. Hushovd, Oscar Freire and Tom Boonen were expected to thrive on the slightly uphill finish, but in the end, it suited Cav' to a T.
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1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 4:46:43 |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
3 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
4 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
6 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
7 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
8 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
9 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
10 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
11 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
12 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
13 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
14 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
15 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
16 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
17 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
18 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
19 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
20 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
21 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
22 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
23 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
24 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
25 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
26 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
27 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
28 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
29 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
30 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
31 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
32 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
33 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
34 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
35 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
36 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
37 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
38 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
39 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
40 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
41 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
42 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
43 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
44 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
45 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
46 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
47 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
48 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
49 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
50 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
51 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
52 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
53 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
54 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
55 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
56 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
57 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
58 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
59 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
60 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
61 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
62 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
63 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
64 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
65 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
66 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
67 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
68 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
69 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
70 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
71 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
72 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
73 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
74 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
75 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
76 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
77 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
78 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
79 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
80 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
81 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
82 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
83 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
84 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
85 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
86 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | |
87 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
88 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
89 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
90 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
91 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
92 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
93 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
94 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
95 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
96 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
97 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
98 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
99 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
100 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
101 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
102 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | |
103 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
104 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
105 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
106 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
107 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
108 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
109 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
110 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
111 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
112 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
113 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
114 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
115 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
116 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
117 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
118 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
119 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
120 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
121 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
122 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
123 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
124 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
125 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
126 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
127 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
128 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
129 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
130 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
131 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
132 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
133 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
134 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
135 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
136 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
137 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
138 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
139 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | |
140 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
141 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
142 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
143 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
144 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
145 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
146 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
147 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
148 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
149 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
150 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
151 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | |
152 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
153 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
154 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
155 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
156 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
157 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
158 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
159 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:39 |
160 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:41 |
161 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:00:47 |
162 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:01:04 |
163 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:13 |
164 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | |
165 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
166 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
167 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
168 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:01:35 |
169 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
170 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:02:25 |
171 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux |
1 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 6 | pts |
2 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 4 | |
3 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2 |
1 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | pts |
2 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 4 | |
3 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 |
1 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 6 | pts |
2 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
3 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 35 | pts |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 30 | |
3 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 26 | |
4 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 24 | |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 22 | |
6 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
7 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 19 | |
8 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 18 | |
9 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 17 | |
10 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 16 | |
11 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 15 | |
12 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 14 | |
13 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
14 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 12 | |
15 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 11 | |
16 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 10 | |
17 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
18 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | |
19 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 7 | |
20 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 6 | |
21 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 5 | |
22 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
23 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
24 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 2 | |
25 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 |
1 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | pts |
2 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2 | |
3 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1 |
1 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | pts |
2 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2 | |
3 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 3 | pts |
2 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2 | |
3 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 4:46:43 |
2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
5 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
6 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
7 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
8 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
9 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
10 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
11 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
12 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
13 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
14 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
15 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
16 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
17 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
18 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
19 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
20 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
21 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
22 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
23 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
24 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
25 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
26 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
27 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
28 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
29 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
30 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
31 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
32 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
33 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:39 |
34 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:41 |
35 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:01:13 |
36 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha |
1 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano |
1 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 14:20:09 |
2 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
3 | AG2R-La Mondiale | |
4 | Liquigas | |
5 | Silence - Lotto | |
6 | Team Saxo Bank | |
7 | Caisse D’Epargne | |
8 | Lampre - N.G.C | |
9 | Team Milram | |
10 | Garmin - Slipstream | |
11 | Skil-Shimano | |
12 | Rabobank | |
13 | Cervelo Test Team | |
14 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
15 | Astana | |
16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
17 | Agritubel | |
18 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
19 | Team Katusha | |
20 | Quick Step |
1 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 39:11:04 |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:00:06 |
3 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:00:08 |
4 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 0:00:39 |
5 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:46 |
6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:54 |
7 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:00 |
8 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:24 |
9 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:49 |
10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:01:54 |
11 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:16 |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:21 |
13 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:25 |
14 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:02:40 |
15 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:45 |
16 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:52 |
17 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:02 |
18 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:07 |
19 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:03:16 |
20 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:49 |
21 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:03:58 |
22 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:04:14 |
23 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:04:20 |
24 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
25 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:04:26 |
26 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:05:00 |
27 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:05:02 |
28 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:25 |
29 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:05:28 |
30 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:06:03 |
31 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:54 |
32 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:06:56 |
33 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:06:59 |
34 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:27 |
35 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:08:06 |
36 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:08:21 |
37 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:09:37 |
38 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:09:59 |
39 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:36 |
40 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:11:44 |
41 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:11:50 |
42 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:12:00 |
43 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12:17 |
44 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:13:52 |
45 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:14:37 |
46 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:14:56 |
47 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:30 |
48 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:53 |
49 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:02 |
50 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:45 |
51 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:16:52 |
52 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:17:07 |
53 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:18:40 |
54 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:13 |
55 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20:55 |
56 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:21:34 |
57 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:23:02 |
58 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:23:38 |
59 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:24:44 |
60 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:25:03 |
61 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:26:43 |
62 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:27:18 |
63 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:27:58 |
64 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:28:03 |
65 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:28:07 |
66 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:28:08 |
67 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:29:48 |
68 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:29:50 |
69 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:31:01 |
70 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:31:28 |
71 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:31:57 |
72 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:32:01 |
73 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:32:44 |
74 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:32:49 |
75 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:33:23 |
76 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:33:28 |
77 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:34:51 |
78 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:35:02 |
79 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:35:22 |
80 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:35:40 |
81 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:35:43 |
82 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:36:11 |
83 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:36:46 |
84 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:37:52 |
85 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:39:02 |
86 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:39:43 |
87 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39:54 |
88 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:41:25 |
89 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:41:58 |
90 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:42:10 |
91 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:42:35 |
92 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:42:38 |
93 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:43:48 |
94 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:44:31 |
95 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:44:45 |
96 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:47:25 |
97 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:48:04 |
98 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:48:08 |
99 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:48:57 |
100 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:49:07 |
101 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:50:35 |
102 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:51:29 |
103 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:52:33 |
104 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:52:49 |
105 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:53:00 |
106 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:54:12 |
107 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:55:24 |
108 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:55:45 |
109 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:55:50 |
110 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:56:53 |
111 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:57:40 |
112 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:57:57 |
113 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:59:14 |
114 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:59:34 |
115 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:59:42 |
116 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:59:44 |
117 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:00:44 |
118 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 1:03:53 |
119 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:04:01 |
120 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:04:18 |
121 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 1:04:32 |
122 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1:04:47 |
123 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:05:23 |
124 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:07:00 |
125 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:08:57 |
126 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:09:22 |
127 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:10:19 |
128 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:10:37 |
129 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:10:38 |
130 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 1:12:14 |
131 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 1:12:45 |
132 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:12:49 |
133 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:13:01 |
134 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:13:23 |
135 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:13:54 |
136 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:14:02 |
137 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 1:14:04 |
138 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 1:14:44 |
139 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:15:10 |
140 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 1:15:19 |
141 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 1:15:32 |
142 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 1:16:07 |
143 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 1:16:09 |
144 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 1:16:47 |
145 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:17:56 |
146 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:18:44 |
147 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:19:10 |
148 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 1:20:23 |
149 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 1:20:37 |
150 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 1:20:38 |
151 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 1:21:41 |
152 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:21:56 |
153 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 1:22:06 |
154 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:22:25 |
155 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:22:51 |
156 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:22:56 |
157 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 1:23:04 |
158 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
159 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:23:43 |
160 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:23:52 |
161 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:24:35 |
162 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:24:36 |
163 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 1:25:21 |
164 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:26:32 |
165 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:27:51 |
166 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:28:54 |
167 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:30:55 |
168 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:32:46 |
169 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 1:33:10 |
170 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:43:42 |
171 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:59:32 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 147 | pts |
2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 141 | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 97 | |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 81 | |
5 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 80 | |
6 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 73 | |
7 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 55 | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 54 | |
9 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 49 | |
10 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 47 | |
11 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 47 | |
12 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 47 | |
13 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 46 | |
14 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 46 | |
15 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 44 | |
16 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 37 | |
17 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 37 | |
18 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 36 | |
19 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 35 | |
20 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 35 | |
21 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 34 | |
22 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 34 | |
23 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
24 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 32 | |
25 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
26 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 31 | |
27 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
28 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
29 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 29 | |
30 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 29 | |
31 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 28 | |
32 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 27 | |
33 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 27 | |
34 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 26 | |
35 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 26 | |
36 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 25 | |
37 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
38 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 24 | |
39 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 23 | |
40 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 22 | |
41 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 22 | |
42 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 21 | |
43 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21 | |
44 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 21 | |
45 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 20 | |
46 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
47 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
48 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
49 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 18 | |
50 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 18 | |
51 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
52 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 17 | |
53 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
54 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 17 | |
55 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 16 | |
56 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 15 | |
57 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 15 | |
58 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
59 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 14 | |
60 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 14 | |
61 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 14 | |
62 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 14 | |
63 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 13 | |
64 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
65 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
66 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
67 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 12 | |
68 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
69 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
70 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11 | |
71 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
72 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
73 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
74 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
75 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
76 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
77 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 9 | |
78 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
79 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
80 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 8 | |
81 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 7 | |
82 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 | |
83 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
84 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 5 | |
85 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
86 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
87 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
88 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 4 | |
89 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
90 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
91 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
92 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
93 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
94 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
95 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
96 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 3 | |
97 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
98 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 2 | |
99 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
100 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 1 | |
101 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 |
1 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 78 | pts |
2 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 59 | |
3 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 55 | |
4 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 49 | |
5 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 49 | |
6 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46 | |
7 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 43 | |
8 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 38 | |
9 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 35 | |
10 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
11 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 32 | |
12 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 32 | |
13 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 31 | |
14 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 31 | |
15 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
16 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 23 | |
17 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 21 | |
18 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 21 | |
19 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 20 | |
20 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 20 | |
21 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 19 | |
22 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | |
23 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 17 | |
24 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 17 | |
25 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 15 | |
26 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
27 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 14 | |
28 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 14 | |
29 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 13 | |
30 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
31 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | |
32 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 10 | |
33 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
34 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
35 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
36 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
37 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 8 | |
38 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 7 | |
39 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
40 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
41 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
42 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
43 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
44 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
45 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
46 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
47 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
48 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
49 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
50 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
51 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
52 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
53 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 39:12:04 |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:49 |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:54 |
4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:01:40 |
5 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:26 |
6 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:04:28 |
7 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:07:06 |
8 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:59 |
9 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:45 |
10 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:07 |
11 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:17:40 |
12 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:27:07 |
13 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:32:28 |
14 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:34:02 |
15 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:40:25 |
16 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:43:45 |
17 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:48:07 |
18 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:52:00 |
19 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:54:24 |
20 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:56:40 |
21 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:07:57 |
22 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:11:49 |
23 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:12:23 |
24 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:12:54 |
25 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 1:13:44 |
26 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:14:10 |
27 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 1:14:32 |
28 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 1:15:47 |
29 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:16:56 |
30 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:18:10 |
31 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 1:19:37 |
32 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 1:21:06 |
33 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:21:56 |
34 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:25:32 |
35 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:26:51 |
36 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:27:54 |
1 | AG2R-La Mondiale | 115:59:24 |
2 | Astana | 0:00:03 |
3 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:04:45 |
4 | Team Milram | 0:05:20 |
5 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:05:24 |
6 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:56 |
7 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:05 |
8 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:10:00 |
9 | Rabobank | 0:11:11 |
10 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:12:59 |
11 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:13:07 |
12 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:16:13 |
13 | Liquigas | 0:18:10 |
14 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:05 |
15 | Silence - Lotto | 0:23:15 |
16 | Agritubel | 0:24:36 |
17 | Team Katusha | 0:27:41 |
18 | Quick Step | 0:50:05 |
19 | Lampre - N.G.C | 1:35:23 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 2:53:45 |
* Results revised July 11, 2009 to reverse 15 second split in peloton which affected GC.
Hushovd to play the tactical game
Entering Stage 10 with an 11-point buffer over previous points classification leader Mark Cavendish, Cervelo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd was a picture of calm in Limoges, despite holding a somewhat tenuous lead.
The green jersey champion of 2005 and Tour stage winner in Barcelona told Cyclingnews the next four stages will be critical if he's to consolidate his advantage over the sprinting wunderkind from the Isle of Man. "Oh, they're really important," Hushovd said of the coming days, "so I have to fight to get as many points as possible.
"Of course, I'll play the tactical game. Columbia has to work to get the jersey back, but it depends what happens [during the stage], how many guys go away, and also we [as a team] can't spend too much energy," he said, referring to the team's other objective of helping to defend Carlos Sastre's Tour de France crown, which, as the days go on, appears to be getting more remote.
Tuesday being the first stage without radio communication between rider and director, Hushovd said the absence of an earpiece doesn't really bother him, although he's against the notion of racing ‘old-school'. "It doesn't change too much. I really look towards the finale. It's more during the race, especially when groups go, to see who is up there or not. I think we should have radios, because it's a normal part of the future of cycling. But I also think it's stupid to neutralise the stage."
And while age does not always work to the benefit of a sprinter, the 31-year-old Norweigan - seven years Cavendish's senior and a veteran of as many Tours de France - tends to grow stronger as the race progresses. Remember the Champs-Élysées at the 2006 Tour and Hushovd's dominant victory against Australians Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady, bookending his prologue win in Strasbourg three weeks earlier?
"I didn't go really deep in the Pyrenees, so I think I'm getting better and better, and that's important. What happens with Cavendish, I can do nothing [about], really," he said.
Hushovd's last words proved prophetic. Four-and-three-quarter hours later in Issoudun, the maillot vert didn't stand a chance against the might and power of Cavendish and his Columbia-HTC team.

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