Cavendish makes it four!
By Anthony Tan published
Columbia-HTC rider equals British Tour stage win record, is back in green
He's said time and time again it's not an objective, but regardless of what he says, Mark Cavendish is poised to win a bright-green-coloured jersey he could only dream of wearing one Tour de France ago.
Stage 11's uphill finish in Saint-Fargeau - not as difficult as the sixth stage to Barcelona, but much harder than the previous stage - was expected to suit overnight points leader Thor Hushovd ((Cervélo TestTeam) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) far more than Cavendish. Yet once again, reading like a page out of Tuesday's Tour de France book, Columbia-HTC performed a copycat procedure 50 kilometres from the line: assembling their forces to chase down the early escape, catching them within the final kilometres to discourage any further breakaway attempts and leaving their strongest quicks - George Hincapie and Mark Renshaw - to deliver Cavendish the perfect lead-out.
And when Renshaw dropped off his main man at the slightly later 150 metres-to-go mark, 24-year-old Cavendish accelerated on the rise as if it were flat.
"The guys were able to adapt to that situation. Normally, we have two guys in the last kilometre - today we had four, because they had to deliver me later [to the line]," Cavendish said of his team's strategy. "I had to be delivered to 150 metres and I kept the gear small. I was sprinting in the 13 or 14 [sprocket] instead of the 11, and I was able to get the jump on Thor [Hushovd]."
Tailing off ever so slightly towards the line, Farrar may have stood a chance of victory if there were another 30 or 40 metres more. Still, Wednesday's victor was a clear winner as he continues to frustrate the hell out of the American, forced to settle for another second. Just for a change, Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) finished third ahead of Oscar Freire (Rabobank), the Spaniard on the improve, while Hushovd could only manage fifth, the maillot vert slipping off his shoulders as a result.
Un po' problemo for Nocentini
Unlike the previous day, maillot jaune Rinaldo Nocentini did not come off scot-free on Wednesday, caught up in one of a number of crashes along the region's narrow, winding roads though not seriously hurt. And so, with the 15-second deficit awarded to 106 riders after the previous stage to Issoudun reversed, it's left the leader board's top-10 unchanged since the finish of the seventh leg to Andorra Arcalis.
"A crash occurred after 20 or 30 kilometres with many riders involved, including myself. But really, it was nothing serious and I was able to make it back to the peloton," Nocentini said of his fall.
"[Stage 13 on] Friday will be a very tough day, but I'm in a very good condition right now, so I hope to keep the maillot jaune all the way to Sunday [Stage 15]," he said.
Maillot vert a two-horse race to Paris
Cavendish's fourth victory at this year's Grande Boucle also equals Barry Hoban's British record of eight Tour stage wins but in a quarter of the time it took Hoban. While Cavendish said he's honoured for his name to be considered in the same sentence, quite clearly, they're not the best of friends.
"It's nice to be able to be spoken in the same sentence as Barry Hoban, one of the great British pros. He's given me some advice, but he's also said some things sometimes that offended me a little bit," said Cavendish, who is still some way off Eddy Merckx's extraordinary 34-stage-win feat.
Cavendish, on 176 points, is the new maillot vert by a margin of seven from Hushovd while third-placed Jose Joaquin Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) lies too far behind to be worth mentioning.
This two-horse race for green to Paris is becoming an ever-intriguing one. We know Hushovd will most likely be stronger in the third week, and we know Cavendish suffered through the Pyrenees. So upon whose shoulders this jersey rests on seems to depend on how Cavendish and his lead-out brigade fair in the Alps. Then again, if he wins another two stages, it may well become out of reach for Hushovd - provided Cav' makes it to Paris, which he fully intends to do.
"I've raced 11 days of the Tour de France; for sure I'm going to feel a little bit tired," said Cavendish. "There are still 10 more days of racing to go, and I'm going to do 10 more days of racing. I've got a good team that looks after me; keeps me out of as much danger as possible, keeps me as relaxed and as fresh as possible."
Racist? Not me, says Cav' - just that "I'm an arsehole"
Asked about an article in Wednesday's L'Equipe that said he was mouthing out to a French rider during the previous stage and being derogatory towards the French people, Cavendish refuted being labelled as a racist.
"I think I get hot-headed sometimes and it's irrelevant what nationality they are," Cavendish said. "I got shown the article this morning and I had to laugh at it. It would have been nice to have a name of the writer of the article to find out where this came from or the name of the rider that supposedly said this, so I could go and see what the problem was and find out."
Exuding a few nervous laughs, the occasionally outspoken British rider who's doing his best of late to contain inflammatory comments because of the trouble it gets him into, apologised for any offence caused, but says there's perhaps a reason behind why the French sports daily wrote such an article about him.
"I take it as a compliment they [L'Equipe] go and try and start s--- about something that's not my bike riding, because they've got nothing to criticise my bike riding about.
"I love to come here to race and I love to be here, and for sure, I'm going to get arsey [sic] at some riders because I'm an arsehole, but it's irrelevant of nationality, and it's irrelevant of anything else. Like I said, I'm an arsehole," he said.
Come again or go away?
Vatan, which means to go away, is a member of the Association of French Towns with unusual meanings, along with Arnac-la-Poste (cheat the post office), Bouzillé (broken) and Trécon (very stupid). But perhaps the funniest tidbit lies in Vatan's meaning and its juxtaposed motto proudly displayed in this town of just 2,000 inhabitants situated in the Champagne Berry region: "Vatan...you'll be back." What the...?
Ignoring the motto, Johan Van Summeren (Silence Lotto) and Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC) decided to take on Vatan's literal meaning 24 kilometres into the 192-kilometre journey to Saint-Fargeau, on an almost identical parcours to the day before.
Forty one kilometres in, the Belgian-Polish lead pair - quite the odd couple with the gangly legs of 197-centimetre-tall Van Summeren and the 179 stockier centimetres of Sapa - were 4:15 in front, which turned out to be their maximum advantage, no where near enough to make the move a success. Still, stranger things have happened at the Tour.
Run at a brisk 44.0 km/h average for the first three hours, the 40.8 km/h average for the third hour in comparison to the near 50 km/h first-hour average was indicative of fatigue within the break, their lead no more than two minutes 50 kilometres from Saint-Fargeau. Meanwhile, back in the bunch, the peloton traversed the small hills in the départments of Nievre and Yonne without difficulty, posing little problem for the supremely fit Tour de France athlete.
Shortly after, Garmin-Slipstream's Ryder Hesjedal strangely entangled himself, causing his bike to stutter and splutter like a diesel car filled with petrol, and with his front wheel locked, the Canadian went over his bars. Thankfully, his fall wasn't at speed and he was soon on his bike and receiving the deserved attention of the Tour's mobile race doctor.
Twenty kilometres from historical Saint-Fargeau, best known for its magnificent 12th century castle and home to numerous historical figures including Jacques Coeur, the Duchess of Montpensier, first cousin of Louis XIV and named ‘La Grande Mademoiselle, the Columbia-led peloton was now 47 seconds behind Van Summeren and Sapa.
Breathing heavily down their necks, it was all over red rover for the pair five clicks from home, the entire Columbia-HTC squad setting the pace up front. Slightly uphill the last 500 metres, it was expected to pose a few problems for the Might From The Isle of Man - but no such luck for Farrar and Hushovd, Cav's jump again proving superior.
For images of stage 11 click here
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 4:17:55 |
2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
3 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
4 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
5 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
6 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
7 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
10 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
11 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
12 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
13 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
14 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
15 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
16 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
17 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
18 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
19 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
20 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
21 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
22 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
23 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
24 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
25 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
26 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
27 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
28 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
29 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
30 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
31 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
32 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
34 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
35 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
36 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
37 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
38 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
39 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
40 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
41 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
42 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
43 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
44 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
45 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
46 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
47 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
48 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
49 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
50 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
51 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
52 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
53 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
54 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
55 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
56 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
57 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
58 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
59 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
60 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
61 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
62 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
63 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
64 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
65 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
66 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
67 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
68 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
69 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
70 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
71 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
72 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
73 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
74 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | |
75 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
76 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
77 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
78 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
79 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
80 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
81 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
82 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
83 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
84 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
85 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
86 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
87 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
88 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
89 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
90 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
91 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
92 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
93 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
94 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
95 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
96 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
97 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
98 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
99 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | |
100 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
101 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
102 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
103 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
104 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
105 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
106 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
107 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
108 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
109 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
110 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
111 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
112 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | |
113 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
114 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
115 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
116 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
117 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
118 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
119 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
120 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
121 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
122 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
123 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
124 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
125 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
126 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
127 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
128 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
129 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
130 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
131 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
132 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
133 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
134 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
135 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
136 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
137 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
138 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
139 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
140 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:24 |
141 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
142 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
143 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
144 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
145 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
146 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
147 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:27 |
148 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | |
149 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 0:00:29 |
150 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
151 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
152 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
153 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
154 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
155 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:00:34 |
156 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
157 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:36 |
158 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:00:38 |
159 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
160 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
161 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
162 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:51 |
163 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:00:54 |
164 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
165 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:00 |
166 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:01:01 |
167 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:06 |
168 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:10 |
169 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:37 |
170 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:04:11 |
DNS | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 35 | pts |
2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 30 | |
3 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 26 | |
4 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 24 | |
5 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 22 | |
6 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 20 | |
7 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 18 | |
9 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 17 | |
10 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 16 | |
11 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 15 | |
12 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 14 | |
13 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 13 | |
14 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 12 | |
15 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
16 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 10 | |
17 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 9 | |
18 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 8 | |
19 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 7 | |
20 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 6 | |
21 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 5 | |
22 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
23 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 3 | |
24 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 2 | |
25 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1 |
1 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 6 | pts |
2 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 4 | |
3 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 |
1 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 6 | pts |
2 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 4 | |
3 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 |
1 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 6 | pts |
2 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 4 | |
3 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 |
1 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 3 | pts |
2 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 2 | |
3 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
1 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 3 | pts |
2 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 2 | |
3 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 1 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 4:17:55 |
2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
3 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
4 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
5 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
6 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
7 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
8 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
9 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
11 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
13 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
14 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
15 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
16 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
17 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
18 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
19 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
20 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
21 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
22 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
23 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
24 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
25 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
26 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
27 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
28 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
29 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
30 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:24 |
31 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
32 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
33 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:29 |
34 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:36 |
35 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:01:01 |
36 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:04:11 |
1 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto |
1 | Team Katusha | 12:53:45 |
2 | Lampre - N.G.C | |
3 | Skil-Shimano | |
4 | Cervelo Test Team | |
5 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
6 | AG2R-La Mondiale | |
7 | Garmin - Slipstream | |
8 | Liquigas | |
9 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
10 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
11 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
12 | Team Milram | |
13 | Astana | |
14 | Quick Step | |
15 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
16 | Silence - Lotto | |
17 | Rabobank | |
18 | Agritubel | |
19 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
20 | Team Saxo Bank |
1 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 43:28:59 |
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 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:02 |
49 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:16:44 |
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 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:27:58 |
63 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:28:07 |
64 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:28:08 |
65 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:28:18 |
66 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:28:32 |
67 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:29:48 |
68 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:30:28 |
69 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:32:02 |
70 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:32:26 |
71 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:32:28 |
72 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:33:18 |
73 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:33:22 |
74 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:33:23 |
75 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:33:28 |
76 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:35:02 |
77 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:35:22 |
78 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:35:43 |
79 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:36:01 |
80 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:36:11 |
81 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:36:14 |
82 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:36:46 |
83 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:37:52 |
84 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:39:02 |
85 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:39:43 |
86 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39:54 |
87 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:41:58 |
88 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:42:34 |
89 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:42:35 |
90 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:42:38 |
91 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:43:48 |
92 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:44:31 |
93 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:44:45 |
94 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:45:36 |
95 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:47:25 |
96 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:48:08 |
97 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:48:31 |
98 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:48:57 |
99 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:49:07 |
100 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:50:59 |
101 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:51:29 |
102 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:52:33 |
103 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:52:49 |
104 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:53:00 |
105 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:55:24 |
106 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:55:45 |
107 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:55:50 |
108 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:56:53 |
109 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:57:49 |
110 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:57:57 |
111 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:58:41 |
112 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:59:34 |
113 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:59:42 |
114 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:59:44 |
115 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 1:00:08 |
116 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:01:08 |
117 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 1:03:53 |
118 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:04:01 |
119 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:04:18 |
120 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 1:04:32 |
121 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1:05:16 |
122 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:05:23 |
123 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:07:00 |
124 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:08:57 |
125 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:10:00 |
126 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:10:19 |
127 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:10:38 |
128 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:11:01 |
129 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 1:12:14 |
130 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 1:12:45 |
131 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:13:01 |
132 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:13:18 |
133 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:13:23 |
134 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:13:54 |
135 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:14:02 |
136 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 1:14:04 |
137 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 1:15:08 |
138 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:15:10 |
139 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 1:15:19 |
140 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 1:15:32 |
141 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 1:16:38 |
142 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 1:16:45 |
143 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 1:16:47 |
144 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:17:56 |
145 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:18:44 |
146 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:19:10 |
147 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 1:20:23 |
148 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 1:20:37 |
149 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 1:20:38 |
150 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 1:21:41 |
151 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:21:56 |
152 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 1:22:06 |
153 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:22:51 |
154 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 1:23:04 |
155 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
156 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:23:31 |
157 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:23:32 |
158 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:23:43 |
159 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:23:52 |
160 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:24:35 |
161 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:24:36 |
162 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 1:26:15 |
163 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:26:32 |
164 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:28:15 |
165 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:29:18 |
166 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:30:55 |
167 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:32:46 |
168 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 1:33:10 |
169 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:43:42 |
170 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:59:32 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 176 | pts |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 169 | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 110 | |
4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 110 | |
5 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 100 | |
6 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 97 | |
7 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 74 | |
8 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 64 | |
9 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 55 | |
10 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 54 | |
11 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 51 | |
12 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 48 | |
13 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 47 | |
14 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 47 | |
15 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 47 | |
16 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 46 | |
17 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 46 | |
18 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 43 | |
19 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 41 | |
20 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 36 | |
21 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 35 | |
22 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 34 | |
23 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
24 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 34 | |
25 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 33 | |
26 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 32 | |
27 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
28 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 31 | |
29 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 31 | |
30 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
31 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
32 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 30 | |
33 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 29 | |
34 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 29 | |
35 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 29 | |
36 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 28 | |
37 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 28 | |
38 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 27 | |
39 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 27 | |
40 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 27 | |
41 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 27 | |
42 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 26 | |
43 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 25 | |
44 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
45 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 24 | |
46 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 23 | |
47 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 22 | |
48 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 22 | |
49 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 21 | |
50 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21 | |
51 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 21 | |
52 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 20 | |
53 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
54 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
55 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 18 | |
56 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 18 | |
57 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
58 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 17 | |
59 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 17 | |
60 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
61 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 16 | |
62 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 16 | |
63 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 15 | |
64 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 15 | |
65 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
66 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 14 | |
67 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 14 | |
68 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14 | |
69 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 13 | |
70 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
71 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
72 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
73 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
74 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11 | |
75 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
76 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
77 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
78 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
79 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
80 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 9 | |
81 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
82 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
83 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 8 | |
84 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 7 | |
85 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 | |
86 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
87 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
88 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
89 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
90 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 4 | |
91 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
92 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
93 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
94 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
95 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
96 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 3 | |
97 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
98 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 3 | |
99 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
100 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 2 | |
101 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 1 | |
102 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 |
1 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 79 | pts |
2 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 59 | |
3 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 56 | |
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 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 5 | |
44 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 5 | |
45 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
46 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
47 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
48 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
49 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
50 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
51 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
52 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
53 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
54 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
55 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 43:29:59 |
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 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:43:45 |
16 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:44:36 |
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 | 0:57:41 |
21 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:07:57 |
22 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:12:18 |
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 | 1:14:08 |
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 | 1:22:32 |
34 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:25:32 |
35 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:27:15 |
36 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:28:18 |
1 | AG2R-La Mondiale | 128:53:09 |
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 |
Columbia-HTC keeping the dream for green alive
Repeatedly asked if he's going for the points classification at the Tour or not, Mark Cavendish tends to avoid the question, stating his primary objective is to win stages and make it to Paris. However, after he won Wednesday's stage to Saint-Fargeau, Columbia-HTC's sprint king is now seven points clear of Thor Hushovd in a classification he claims not to care too much about.
It's a different story when Cyclingnews spoke with his number one lead-out guy, Mark Renshaw, at the stage start in Vatan.
"I think the competition's always been alive," Renshaw said.
"Definitely, it's a lot tighter now - it's going to be a lot harder. We said all along it's not the main objective - the main objective is to win stages. But in saying that, if Cavendish wins five stages, it's a very realistic goal of taking home the green jersey.
"It's in the back of our heads to take the green, it's always nice. It's good for the team and great for Cav'. We're going to be chasing it, but at the end of the day, we're here to win stages," he said.
Those who witnessed the superlative performances of Renshaw and Cavendish the previous day, it appeared obvious both had fared well through the hat-trick of Pyrenean stages at the end of Tour's first week, but the stocky Aussie from Bathurst in country New South Wales admitted there were times when both were struggling.
"They certainly weren't easy," he said with a wry grin. "For us, we have to go at 100 percent every day just to get through the Pyrenees. I had a really bad day up to Andorra; [I] just didn't feel good on the bike, so that really hurt me for the next two days. And then Cav' started hurting in the end, so we both had bad days. But we recovered well on the rest day, and I think that's what made a big difference."
Acting as the lead-out man for Cavendish's main rival and arguably the strongest sprinter in the peloton last year with Crédit Agricole, and now in the same capacity for the fastest finisher at Columbia-HTC, what would Renshaw do if he were Thor Hushovd?
"Obviously, Thor's going to have to try and pick up points in the intermediate sprints. He's shown that's the way he can win the green jersey. Back a few years ago [in 2005], he picked up a lot of points at those intermediate sprints after climbs. Cavendish is not climbing that good - that's Thor's major advantage," he said, Renshaw and Cavendish sure to suffer some more when the Tour heads to the Alps.
Praised by the Columbia-HTC sprint king as "the world's best lead-out man", it's no doubt giving Renshaw a fantastic apprenticeship and a taste of what may be if he decides to become that quickest man. For now, Renshaw appears content in his role and is most likely generously paid. Still, there's nothing like the exhilaration of crossing the line first.
And like the battle for the maillot vert, that may also be in the back of his mind.

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