Astarloza top dog in Bourg-Saint-Maurice
By Anthony Tan published
Euskatel star leapfrogs to 11th on GC as first 10 remain unchanged
At the 2009 Tour de France, the art of the breakaway is being mastered by men of strength and courage.
In recent Tour history, rarely have there been so many successful escape attempts. With our without the controversial team radios, such men, when they attack, do not care how outnumbered they are or how remote the possibility of victory may be. They simply attack because it's in their nature, it's in their blood. It's the only thing they know how to do.
On the first of two giant mountains both named Bernard, Mikel Astarloza felt his name being called.
Mountains classification leader Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) and Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) were some way ahead, but the Euskatel-Euskadi rider, along with fifteen other chasers, chose to persist. Sixty kilometres from the finish their effort was rewarded, where they met with the lead duo to form a front group of 18.
The rather dubiously-named Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, a 22.6-km category 1 ascent that rose 2,188-metres-high, gradually withered the 18-man break to four by its summit – Pellizotti, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto), Amael Moinard (Cofidis) and Astarloza.
Hurtling down the 31-km descent to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, a town at the foot of some of the world's most acclaimed ski fields and situated at the gateway to the Haute-Tarentaise and the Mont Blanc, Astarloza, a gangly 29-year-old from Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country, began to do a quick calculation.
"I really like math," Astarloza told Cyclingnews, "so it was an easy calculation: I had a 25-percent chance of victory today. When the odds are that good, you really have to go for it."
Two Tours de France ago in 2007, he finished ninth overall to compatriot Alberto Contador, the current race leader. For him, that was a dream run. But without a big victory for some time – if our records are correct, his last win of significance was the 2003 Tour Down Under – he came to La Grande Boucle vying for stage honours.
For two-and-a-half weeks, he had bided his time. The moment was now his.
2.8 kilometres from the line, Moinard was first to attack. Just as he was caught, Astarloza put in a power-packed surge down the left-side of the Rue de la Libération, and when he did so, he was free.
By God, did he feel liberated!
Punching the air so many times you’d think he’d dislocate his shoulder, the boy from the Basque country on a Basque team was immersed in delight. Six seconds later, Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), part of a four-man chase group that tacked on after Astarloza launched his winning move, sprinted home to earn his sixth second place at the Tour ahead of Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Pierrick Fedrigo (BBOX Bouygues Telecom).
"I have a lot of victories, but this one is amazing – it's certainly the biggest moment of my career," Astarloza told Cyclingnews. And by virtue of his stage win, he leapfrogged eight spots to now sit 11th overall, 4:38 behind overnight leader Alberto Contador of Astana, who had little difficulty to finish tenth on the stage among a star-studded group of 16 riders, 59 seconds behind Astarloza.
"There's a long tradition of rowing in my village," said Astarloza. "My father was a rower and I wanted to be one, but my Dad told me it was too difficult, so I decided to take up cycling, and that came from my mother's side – my [maternal] grandfather was a cyclist, and I had cousins who were cyclists."
Grinned the dark-haired Basque, "I think I made the right decision."
Except for two names, the leader board's top 10 remained largely unchanged: Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale, previously sixth) and Tony Martin (Columbia-HTC, previously eighth) both had bad days and are now out of contention at 14th and 34th overall, respectively. Carlos Sastre (Cérvelo TestTeam) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) slotted into the top 10 by consequence.
Asked if the rumours are true that he's set to leave Astana by the year's end, Contador replied: "That's the first time I've heard of it. For the moment, I'm focused on the Tour. There's five difficult days to go. I'll start thinking about my future after Paris."
Finally, we saw the Lance of old
After 15 stages where just about everyone who's anyone has tried to ascertain just how far off Lance Armstrong is from his 1999-2005 self, perhaps the Texan's performance on the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard has given the best indication so far.
He was missing from the groupe maillot jaune when Andy Schleck's dance of the devil around 8.5 kilometres from the summit dropped all but five riders. But just under two kilometres later, Armstrong put in a move that Kim Kirchen (Columbia-HTC) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) at first managed to follow, though moments later couldn't.
Just over the crest of the Petit-Saint-Bernard, Armstrong gave one last out-of-the-saddle push to bridge to the group containing Contador. And even though the groupe maillot jaune grew in size to number 16 by the finish, the seven-time Tour champion concedes those petit, vicious, accelerations – of which we haven't seen the likes of for four years – were indeed significant as both an indicator of form and morale.
"Two days ago was certainly not my best day. I made some changes to my bike, to the position; I felt more comfortable on the bike. I felt like I was spinning more efficiently," said Armstrong.
"The quick accelerations to see if anyone is there, and then just ride a little tempo and accelerate again – that is stuff I would have done before. If I go back and look at the tapes of Verbier [Stage 15], I can tell that I was just a fish out of water. Again, tomorrow [Wednesday, Stage 17 to Le Grand-Bornand] is the real one," he said.
Did Contador find Armstrong's presence in the yellow jersey group useful?
"I value very much what he did today. He made a great effort to come up to the group, but in the end I didn't need him," said Contador.
Pellizotti clearly a man of the mountains
While the points classification's top three saw no change courtesy of the early breakaway, Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti is proving to be the consistent grimpeur par excellence. He now enjoys an almost-unbeatable lead in the mountains classification with a 159-point total.
Ever-aggressive, the Italian's ability to make the day's break and stay there for the long haul shows he's in good touch, while former polka-dot wearer and second on the classification, Egoi Martinez of Euskatel-Euskadi, is clearly waning, his widening deficit – now trailing by a massive 58 points – is proof of that.
"I preferred not to race for the [overall] classification; it would have been too difficult and I could have only achieved a top five. I preferred to aim for this jersey and I hope to take it all the way to Paris. Taking it to Paris is the same as a top five finish for me," said Pellizotti.
"Tomorrow there's some really hard climbs. I would like to go in an escape but the last two climbs, [Col de] Romme and Colombière, will be stomping grounds for the [general] classification riders."
The Tale of Big and Small Bernard
With new race leader Contador draped in yellow, the peloton set off at 5 to 1 Tuesday afternoon from Martigny, a small Gallo-Roman town with a rich historical past, also the cultural capital of the Valais region.
The bunch had just five kilometres of flat roads before beginning their ascent of the hors catégorie Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard; at 2,473 metres above sea level, the "roof" of this year's Tour.
Providing a natural platform for an attack, there were more than a few willing to get a head-start on the day's mountainous affairs. It took all of five kilometres before a sizeable posse of 17 broke clear.
Pellizotti, Aleksandr Kuschinsky (Liquigas), Jose Angel Gomez Marchante, Heinrich Haussler, Hayden Roulston (Cervélo TestTeam), Van den Broeck (Silence Lotto), Jens Voigt, Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank), Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Slipstream), Egoi Martinez, Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), David Moncoutie (Cofidis), Pierrick Fedrigo, Pierre Rolland (Bouygues Telecom), Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Maxime Bouet (Agritubel), Peter Velits (Milram), and Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) gained a two minute advantage just 16km in.
A quarter-hour later, still on the first-third of the Grand-Saint-Bernard, Pellizotti attacked, taking a flying Karpets with him along with Martinez, but 22km in, the Spaniard found he was unable to hang on. At the start of the day, eight points separated Pellizotti and Martinez in the polka-dot classification, so the Italian had reason to go forward with the Russian.
Pellizotti led Karpets up and over the roof, extending his mountains lead over Martinez and picking up 5,000 Euros for being the first rider to cross the highest point of this year's Tour – also known as the ‘Souvenir Henri Desgrange'. 1:14 behind was a group of 16 chasers, the groupe maillot jaune 2:03 back.
Astana truck gets a going-over; now the Petit-Bernard
Four minutes flat of the peloton after 62km, the lead duo widened their advantage to another minute more some 30 kilometres later. Around the same time, the Cyclingnews car passed the Swiss-Franco border on the off-course route, and saw a bunch of border-patrol police rustling through the Astana truck; a search that took three hours but lead to nothing irregular being found.
Heading towards the base of the second climb, the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, GC contender Andy Schleck and suffered what must have been his fourth puncture of the Tour. He was duly paced back to the fold by Aussie Classics star, Stuart O'Grady. The peloton, meanwhile, four-and-a-half minutes in arrears, had passed the Arvier, home of inaugural Tour de France champion, Marice Garin.
Sixty clicks from the finish in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Pellizotti and Karpets were caught by a 16-man chase group, the other names being: Gomez Marchante (Cervelo Test Team), Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto), Voigt (Saxo Bank), Ten Dam (Rabobank), Verdugo, Astarloza, Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Casar (Française des Jeux), Fedrigo, Laurent Lefeve (Bouygues Telecom), Velits (Milram), Moinard (Cofidis), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), Yury Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), and Roche and Stephane Goubert (AG2R).
By the crest of the Petit-Saint-Bernard, also signalling 31 kilometres to go, the lead 18 had thinned considerably, to the point where Pellizotti led just three other men – Van Den Broeck, Astarloza and Moinard – over the top.
Behind them, five men, Marchante, Goubert, Roche, Casar and Fedrigo, struggled to remain clear of a 31-man groupe maillot jaune as the remainder of the break littered the mountain side.
That large peloton became just seven-strong when Schleck's scintillating attack could only be matched by Contador, Wiggins, Nibali, Klöden and Andy's brother Frank. They were joined soon by Voigt, who sat up from the break to help his team leader.
Two kilometres after Schleck the younger went, Armstrong chose to bridge alone, taking Kim Kirchen and Christian Vande Velde with him but only temporarily. When the Texan went again, it was as if out of a scene from the Armstrong of old, remarkably finding his way across to make a chase group of seven, 2:06 behind the lead quartet.
"We said were going to try to attack," said Schleck. "I don't think anyone in the media should be surprised by it, everyone knew it. If there is a chance, we have to take it."
Down, down, down…
Down to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Astarloza and Pellizotti were the superior descenders but were unable to sufficiently distance themselves from Van Den Broeck and Moinard.
15 seconds behind, the chasing quartet had lost Marchante to a crash on the descent and were 1:10 ahead of the groupe maillot jaune, which had grown to 19 men with 10km to go. Behind, Voigt had crashed badly and was carted to hospital in a concussed state.
Four kilometres out, the groupe maillot jaune was just over a minute behind. Clearly, Tuesday’s victor would emanate from the former group. A kilometre after, Moinard was the first to play his hand, but no more than 500 metres later, Astarloza’s counter was the one that stuck, finishing six seconds clear of Casar and 59 seconds ahead of the groupe maillot jaune, led home by Christophe Moreau (Agritubel).
For images of stage 17 click here
1 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4:14:20 |
2 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:00:06 |
3 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
4 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
5 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
6 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
7 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:11 |
8 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:00:59 |
10 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
11 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
12 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
13 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
14 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
15 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
16 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
17 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
18 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
19 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
20 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
21 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
22 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
23 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
24 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
25 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
26 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
27 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:14 |
28 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:03:16 |
29 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
30 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:55 |
31 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
32 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
34 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
35 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
36 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
37 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | |
38 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
39 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
40 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
41 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
42 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
43 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
44 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
45 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
46 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
47 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
48 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
49 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
50 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
51 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
52 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | |
53 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | |
54 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
55 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
56 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
57 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
58 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
59 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:28 |
60 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:10:42 |
61 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
62 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
63 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
64 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
65 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
66 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
67 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
68 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
69 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
70 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
71 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
72 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
73 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
74 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
75 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:12:31 |
76 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:25 |
77 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:40 |
78 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
79 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
80 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
81 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
82 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
83 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
84 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
85 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
86 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
87 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
88 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:20:39 |
89 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
90 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
91 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
92 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:24:15 |
93 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
94 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
95 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
96 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
97 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | |
98 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
99 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
100 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
101 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
102 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
103 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
104 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
105 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
106 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
107 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
108 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
109 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
110 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
111 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
112 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
113 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
114 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
115 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
116 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
117 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
118 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
119 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
120 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
121 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
122 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
123 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
124 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
125 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
126 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
127 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
128 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
129 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
130 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
131 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
132 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:25:33 |
133 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
134 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
135 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
136 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
137 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
138 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
139 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
140 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
141 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
142 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
143 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
144 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
145 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
146 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
147 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
148 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
149 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:27:36 |
150 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | |
151 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
152 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
153 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
154 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
155 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
156 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
157 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
158 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
159 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
160 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
161 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:34:43 |
DNF | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank |
1 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 20 | pts |
2 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 17 | |
3 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 15 | |
4 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
5 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 12 | |
6 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
7 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 9 | |
8 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
9 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 7 | |
10 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 6 | |
11 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 5 | |
12 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 4 | |
13 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 3 | |
14 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 2 | |
15 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 6 | pts |
2 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 4 | |
3 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 |
1 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | pts |
2 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
3 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 20 | pts |
2 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 18 | |
3 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 16 | |
4 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 14 | |
5 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | |
6 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 10 | |
7 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | |
8 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 7 | |
9 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 6 | |
10 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 30 | pts |
2 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 26 | |
3 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 22 | |
4 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 18 | |
5 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 16 | |
6 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 14 | |
7 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | |
8 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 10 |
1 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 4:14:26 |
2 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:53 |
3 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
5 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
6 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
7 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:03:49 |
8 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
9 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
10 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
11 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:22 |
12 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:10:36 |
13 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
14 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:34 |
15 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
16 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
17 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
18 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
19 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:24:09 |
20 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
21 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
22 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
23 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
24 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:25:27 |
25 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
26 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
27 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
28 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
29 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
30 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
31 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:27:30 |
32 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
33 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas |
1 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 12:45:04 |
2 | Liquigas | 0:00:05 |
3 | Astana | 0:00:53 |
4 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:08 |
5 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:08 |
6 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:50 |
7 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:02:56 |
8 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:05:52 |
9 | Silence - Lotto | |
10 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:06:06 |
11 | Team Katusha | 0:06:45 |
12 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
13 | Agritubel | |
14 | Team Milram | 0:09:41 |
15 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:22 |
16 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:16:28 |
17 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:26:17 |
18 | Rabobank | 0:28:34 |
19 | Quick Step | 0:30:01 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 1:11:59 |
1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 67:33:15 |
2 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:01:37 |
3 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:46 |
4 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:02:17 |
5 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:26 |
6 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:51 |
7 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:03:09 |
8 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:25 |
9 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:52 |
10 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:59 |
11 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:38 |
12 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:04:40 |
13 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:05 |
14 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:26 |
15 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:05:40 |
16 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:05:56 |
17 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:07:23 |
18 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:08:23 |
19 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:14 |
20 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:10:00 |
21 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:10:54 |
22 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:11:11 |
23 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:11:16 |
24 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:11:33 |
25 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:13:26 |
26 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:13:48 |
27 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:15:06 |
28 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:15:21 |
29 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:16:13 |
30 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:48 |
31 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:17:19 |
32 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:18:25 |
33 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:18:44 |
34 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:18:48 |
35 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:21:23 |
36 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:21:35 |
37 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:22:02 |
38 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:32 |
39 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:23:24 |
40 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:23:38 |
41 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:27:04 |
42 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
43 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:27:39 |
44 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:27:54 |
45 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:30:44 |
46 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:32:12 |
47 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:32:17 |
48 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:32:57 |
49 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:33:04 |
50 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:35:28 |
51 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:38:33 |
52 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:39:19 |
53 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:40:55 |
54 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:41:02 |
55 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:41:49 |
56 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:43:37 |
57 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:44:16 |
58 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:44:34 |
59 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:44:42 |
60 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:50:05 |
61 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:50:50 |
62 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:51:23 |
63 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:52:40 |
64 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:55:15 |
65 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:55:55 |
66 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:55:59 |
67 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:56:39 |
68 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:57:26 |
69 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:59:15 |
70 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:59:19 |
71 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:59:47 |
72 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:00:14 |
73 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:03:07 |
74 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 1:03:37 |
75 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 1:04:09 |
76 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 1:08:49 |
77 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 1:12:36 |
78 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:12:54 |
79 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:13:26 |
80 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 1:13:53 |
81 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 1:15:23 |
82 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 1:16:13 |
83 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:16:50 |
84 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:18:13 |
85 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:18:50 |
86 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:20:14 |
87 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:21:05 |
88 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 1:21:58 |
89 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:23:34 |
90 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 1:24:39 |
91 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:24:52 |
92 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:25:42 |
93 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:27:12 |
94 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 1:29:24 |
95 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 1:29:42 |
96 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:29:59 |
97 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:31:41 |
98 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:32:05 |
99 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 1:32:16 |
100 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:33:10 |
101 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:34:02 |
102 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 1:37:07 |
103 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 1:37:35 |
104 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:37:57 |
105 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 1:38:16 |
106 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 1:38:25 |
107 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 1:40:56 |
108 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 1:41:19 |
109 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 1:45:23 |
110 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 1:45:54 |
111 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:48:25 |
112 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 1:49:45 |
113 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 1:49:53 |
114 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:50:07 |
115 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 1:50:42 |
116 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 1:54:44 |
117 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:55:19 |
118 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:56:34 |
119 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:57:45 |
120 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1:59:35 |
121 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 2:01:15 |
122 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 2:02:02 |
123 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
124 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2:02:24 |
125 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:02:41 |
126 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 2:04:22 |
127 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:04:31 |
128 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:05:09 |
129 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 2:05:25 |
130 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 2:07:02 |
131 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2:07:06 |
132 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:08:20 |
133 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:08:44 |
134 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2:09:36 |
135 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:09:45 |
136 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 2:09:59 |
137 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 2:10:19 |
138 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:11:32 |
139 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2:11:56 |
140 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 2:12:27 |
141 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2:12:51 |
142 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:15:38 |
143 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:17:22 |
144 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 2:18:17 |
145 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 2:20:18 |
146 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:20:19 |
147 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:20:28 |
148 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 2:21:47 |
149 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:22:06 |
150 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:22:59 |
151 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 2:23:18 |
152 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2:23:36 |
153 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2:24:48 |
154 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
155 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:25:15 |
156 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:26:13 |
157 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 2:26:53 |
158 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 2:27:46 |
159 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 2:37:27 |
160 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 2:50:14 |
161 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 3:35:54 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 218 | pts |
2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 200 | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 126 | |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 122 | |
5 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 110 | |
6 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 100 | |
7 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 97 | |
8 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 96 | |
9 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 74 | |
10 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 67 | |
11 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 66 | |
12 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 64 | |
13 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 63 | |
14 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 57 | |
15 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 55 | |
16 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 54 | |
17 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 54 | |
18 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 53 | |
19 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 53 | |
20 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 52 | |
21 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 51 | |
22 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 48 | |
23 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 48 | |
24 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 48 | |
25 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 48 | |
26 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 47 | |
27 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 47 | |
28 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 47 | |
29 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 46 | |
30 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 46 | |
31 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 46 | |
32 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 44 | |
33 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 43 | |
34 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 42 | |
35 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 41 | |
36 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 41 | |
37 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 38 | |
38 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 38 | |
39 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 37 | |
40 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 37 | |
41 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 37 | |
42 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 35 | |
43 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 34 | |
44 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 34 | |
45 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
46 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
47 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 31 | |
48 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
49 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 30 | |
50 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
51 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
52 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 29 | |
53 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 29 | |
54 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 29 | |
55 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 28 | |
56 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 28 | |
57 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 27 | |
58 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 27 | |
59 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 26 | |
60 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 26 | |
61 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 26 | |
62 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 26 | |
63 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 26 | |
64 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 25 | |
65 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 25 | |
66 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 24 | |
67 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 24 | |
68 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 24 | |
69 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 23 | |
70 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 22 | |
71 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 22 | |
72 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21 | |
73 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
74 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
75 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 18 | |
76 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
77 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
78 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 17 | |
79 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 16 | |
80 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 16 | |
81 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 16 | |
82 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
83 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 14 | |
84 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 14 | |
85 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14 | |
86 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 14 | |
87 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 13 | |
88 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
89 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
90 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
91 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 11 | |
92 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
93 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
94 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
95 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 10 | |
96 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 10 | |
97 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 9 | |
98 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
99 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
100 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
101 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 8 | |
102 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 7 | |
103 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 7 | |
104 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 6 | |
105 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
106 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | |
107 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
108 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
109 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
110 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
111 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 4 | |
112 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
113 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 4 | |
114 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
115 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 3 | |
116 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
117 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
118 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 3 | |
119 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
120 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
121 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 2 | |
122 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 2 | |
123 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 | |
124 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 | |
125 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | -25 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 159 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 101 | |
3 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 97 | |
4 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 86 | |
5 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 71 | |
6 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 64 | |
7 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 63 | |
8 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 57 | |
9 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 56 | |
10 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 52 | |
11 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46 | |
12 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 45 | |
13 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 41 | |
14 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 38 | |
15 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 36 | |
16 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
17 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 32 | |
18 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 32 | |
19 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 31 | |
20 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 31 | |
21 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 26 | |
22 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
23 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
24 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 24 | |
25 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 24 | |
26 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 23 | |
27 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 23 | |
28 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 23 | |
29 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 21 | |
30 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 21 | |
31 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 18 | |
32 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | |
33 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 17 | |
34 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 17 | |
35 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 17 | |
36 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
37 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 14 | |
38 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 14 | |
39 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 14 | |
40 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 13 | |
41 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
42 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | |
43 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 11 | |
44 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 10 | |
45 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 10 | |
46 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
47 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
48 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
49 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 7 | |
50 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 7 | |
51 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
52 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 6 | |
53 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
54 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
55 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 6 | |
56 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
57 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
58 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 5 | |
59 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 5 | |
60 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
61 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
62 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
63 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
64 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
65 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
66 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
67 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 4 | |
68 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
69 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
70 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 3 | |
71 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
72 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
73 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
74 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2 | |
75 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 1 | |
76 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 1 | |
77 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
78 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 1 | |
79 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
80 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 67:35:41 |
2 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:25 |
3 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:02:14 |
4 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:34 |
5 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:08:28 |
6 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:47 |
7 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:14:22 |
8 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:16:22 |
9 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:19:09 |
10 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:20:06 |
11 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:38:29 |
12 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:56:49 |
13 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 1:01:11 |
14 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:10:28 |
15 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:18:39 |
16 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:21:08 |
17 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:27:33 |
18 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 1:35:59 |
19 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:45:59 |
20 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1:54:08 |
21 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 1:58:49 |
22 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:02:43 |
23 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 2:02:59 |
24 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:06:18 |
25 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 2:07:33 |
26 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:09:06 |
27 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2:09:30 |
28 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:13:12 |
29 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 2:17:52 |
30 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 2:19:21 |
31 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2:22:22 |
32 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:23:47 |
33 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 2:24:27 |
1 | Astana | 201:08:46 |
2 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:32 |
3 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:54 |
4 | Team Milram | 0:11:29 |
5 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:11:43 |
6 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:13:12 |
7 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:13:41 |
8 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:16:45 |
9 | Liquigas | 0:17:10 |
10 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:18:10 |
11 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:25:10 |
12 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:28:13 |
13 | Silence - Lotto | 0:31:58 |
14 | Team Katusha | 0:36:10 |
15 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:39:27 |
16 | Agritubel | 0:43:51 |
17 | Rabobank | 0:53:41 |
18 | Quick Step | 1:40:08 |
19 | Lampre - N.G.C | 2:21:36 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 4:49:49 |

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