Daring double act proves Schleck's class
By Anthony Tan published
A new first three on GC as Fränk gets a ‘gift' from Contador
It was the second-to-last chance for the pure climbers to make their bid for overall victory. And being as such, everybody knew the prodigious Schleck brothers of Saxo Bank would attack on Wednesday's five-climb, 169.5-kilometre stage to Le Grand-Bornand.
"Bjarne Riis came up with a plan this morning. Fränk had no personal goals and he was there to help me," said Andy Schleck.
"We knew what we wanted with this stage, which was planned before the Tour even began," said Riis. "The plan was quite clear and simple: we were willing to put everything on the line and to explode the peloton."
Almost all who knew this also predicted they would force a move on the penultimate climb of the 8.8-kilometre-long Col de Romme. Together with the closely-linked 7.5-km Col de la Colombière, its summit just 15 fast kilometres from the finish, they created a virtual hors-catégorie climb of its own.
But apart from the maillot jaune of Alberto Contador, who was simply unflappable all day, there was not a thing their rivals could do.
And while its profile closely resembled the seventeenth stage of the 2004 Tour de France that also finished in Le Grand-Bornand, the outcome was completely different.
In 2004, Lance Armstrong - then riding for the US Postal team - won a stage he didn't need to en route to overall victory. Afterwards, he said after 'giving' away chances in the past with those favours rarely coming back to help him, the Texan decided it was now a case of "no more gifts". At the time, five-time Tour champion Bernard Hinault commended Armstrong, telling him it was the "perfect" thing to do.
But Wednesday in the same French alpine village nestled at the foot of the Aravis mountain range, Contador didn't even try to break free of the Schlecks. Despite possessing a sprint-finish not worth writing a word about, that's exactly what the maillot jaune waited for, his faux-lunge twenty metres from the line making it fairly obvious a gentleman's agreement had taken place for the elder Schleck to claim the stage - which Fränk took with open arms.
"It was very special and I want to give special thanks to Andy. I will help him get on the podium in Paris," Fränk Schleck said, who finished on the same time as second-placed Contador and his brother Andy, the stage run at a 34.604 km/h average.
Contador's 'gift' the best thing for him
What's also obvious is that Contador and Armstrong, teammates they may be, are completely different persons. And it just may be - even though he's not saying so - that Contador is supremely confident about taking his second Tour de France, now just four days from Paris. So confident that so long as he wins the major prize, he doesn't need to win - or care about winning - stages, and being non-confrontational, the Spaniard doesn't wish to engage in any potential conflict with Saxo Bank.
"Both the Schleck brothers were very strong, Andy as much as Fränk," said Contador. "I'd spoken about attacking them on the Colombière with Johan Bruyneel - the goal was to gain minutes. I'd also spoken with Andréas Klöden on the climb, and he told me to go for it.
"I thought I could go alone but the brothers managed to come back, so from there on, I decided to stay on their wheels. The Schlecks asked me to collaborate; I said no, because I had teammates behind. I knew the Schleck brothers would attack all the way to the finish, so I focused on staying with them and staying fresh for the time trial."
Astana DS Johan Bruyneel had a different recollection of events: "The attack from Contador, three k' from the top [of the Colombière], that was not really... I had advised not to go. He did not need to go, he did not need to attack."
Regardless, by consequence of the Schleck spectacular in the mountains, previous second and third on the classement générale - Armstrong (Astana) and Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) - were bumped to fourth and sixth and replaced by Andy and Fränk Schleck, 2:26 and 3:25 behind Contador, respectively. And at a minimum, Saxo Bank intends to keep Andy in second.
"It is a bike race: we saw in Paris-Nice that even a big champion like Contador can have a bad day and lose time. It is going to be hard to beat him, he is very strong. But he is human being and we are just waiting for him to make a mistake; if he has a mistake, we will be there," Fränk Schleck said.
Don't rule out Nibali, Armstrong, Klöden & Wiggo
It's not like Armstrong and Wiggins rode poorly, the Anglophone pair part of a chase group of four that formed on the Col de Romme along with Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream). In the end, only Nibali and the American managed to finish together, 2:18 behind the lead trio to take fourth and fifth, with a third Astana-ite, Andréas Klöden, nine seconds in arrears. Garmin's GC pairing of Wiggins and Vande Velde would finish 3:07 and 4:09 behind Contador in seventh and ninth, respectively.
Asked if he was happy with his day, Armstrong responded: "Yes and no. I tried to be conservative on the Col de Romme. I did not go with those initial attacks, and then I got kind of stuck behind. Once you are 30 seconds back there is nothing you can do; you got to just sit on.
"I was a little concerned with Bradley Wiggins and the TT, so in the last kilometre over Colombière I decided to jump away," he said, the American all-star 30 seconds behind Fränk Schleck in fourth place on the overall standings. His teammate Klöden is fifth, a further 49 seconds behind the seven-time Tour champion.
Thursday's 40.5-kilometre time trial around Lake Annecy may switch things around a little at the top. However, it's a course that favours riders strong at the end of a three-week race rather than specialists against the clock, and the gaps shouldn't be too significant at the top of the leader board. Far more noteworthy will be Saturday's penultimate leg to Mont Ventoux, the Giant of Provence.
"On Ventoux, people will be more tired. The advantage is that we recover well and if the climb is steeper, it is better for us. We saw that today and Ventoux we will be up there," Andy Schleck said.
"I think Lance and Andréas can catch up with the Schleck brothers [on the overall standings]," said Contador.
"It would be nice to get on the podium," said Armstrong. "I will go as hard as I can [in the Annecy time trial] and go up Ventoux as fast as I can."
Remember Stage 17 of the 2004 and '06 Tours? This ain't so different.
Arguably the hardest stage of the race simply because of the number of high-rating climbs within the relatively short space of 169.5 kilometres, the seventeenth stage began just before half-past midday from the previous day's finish in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Situated in the foothills of the legendary Cols de l'Iseran, du Peit-Saint-Bernard and du Cormet de Roseland, the mountainous surroundings gave good indication of what lay ahead, the parcours not dissimilar to Stage 17 of the 2004 and 2006 Tours de France, where in the latter, a rampaging Floyd Landis turned Le Tour inside out and upside down - quite literally.
Straight away on the Cormet de Roselend, it was a jumpy peloton, a group of 10 gaining clearance two-thirds of the way on the 18.1-km climb and containing a few expected - and unexpected - suspects; perhaps the strangest being Denis Menchov (Rabobank), who appears to be persona non grata at Le Tour.
Between the lead 10 and the peloton were a trio of chasers, although they didn't quite manage to bridge before the climb topped out at 1,968 metres, polka-dotted Pellizotti once again first over the top. Down to Beaufort (km. 38) a few more came across to the front group, numbering a sizeable 22 before one of those escapees, points leader Thor Hushovd (Cérvelo TestTeam), went on a solo expedition in a search for the two intermediate sprints on offer; the first still some way off at Paz-sur-Arly (km 75.5). The other 21 names were: Menchov, Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Silence-Lotto), Ruben Perez, Egoi Martinez, Amets Txurruka, Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne), Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Remi Pauriol and Christophe Kern (Cofidis), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Maxime Monfort (Columbia-HTC), Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre NGC), Pierre Rolland, Thomas Voeckler (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale), George Hincapie (Columbia-HTC), and Linus Gerdemann (Milram).
All roads lead to Romme
At the base of the 8.8-km Col de Romme, that together with the closely-linked 7.5-km Col de la Colombière creates a hors-catégorie climb of its own, Carlos Sastre (Cérvelo TestTeam) was first to go with Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel).
That break was short-lived, however, becoming the precursor to a far more dangerous move when Andy Schleck fired off for the second day running, his second big dig five kilometres from the Romme's 1,297-metre summit shedding all bar Contador and Klöden, his brother Fränk later rejoining the lead group. Behind was an equally select quartet containing Armstrong, Wiggins, Vande Velde and Nibali who trailed by 1:11 at the crest, 29 kilometres from Le Grand-Bornand.
The two quartets hit the base of the Colombière 1:20 apart, Fränk Schleck pacing the Contador group and Vande Velde the Armstrong bunch, with a chase group of 13 3:28 in arrears. Apart from Vande Velde being dropped, nothing much happened till 16.7 kilometres from the finish when Contador took a flyer and dropped his companions. Though a short while later, he sat up and allowed the brothers Schleck to join him but not Klöden, who went over the 1,618-metre climb 25 seconds down on the new lead trio, with Fränk in first place.
"When Alberto attacks it is better to take your time at first," said Andy Schleck. "We came back step-by-step to him, but he showed that he had great legs today. We showed strength in front, it was not an easy stage, but we just had to focus on myself, because without being arrogant I think I am the best climber out there."
It was then Armstrong who turned the screws and left behind Wiggins and Nibali, cresting the Colombière 2:06 behind the Schlecks and Contador. The American seemed intent on catching Klöden on the high-speed descent but was in fact caught by demonic descender Nibali, who together, managed to nip at the German's heels just few kilometres from home.
A pat on Fränk Schleck's bum by Contador may be construed as a job well done. But it was not just that: it was a sign he was conceding the stage victory, a half-hearted effort by the maillot jaune granting Fränk his second Tour stage after his 2006 triumph atop L'Alpe d'Huez. Nibali led Armstrong over the line 2:18 later, with Klöden a further nine seconds back. Wiggins, Christophe Moreau (Agritubel), Vande Velde and Rémi Pauriol (Cofidis) would complete Wednesday's first 10 places.
For images of stage 17 click here
1 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 4:53:54 |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
3 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
4 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:18 |
5 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:02:27 |
7 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:07 |
8 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:04:09 |
9 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
10 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:10 |
11 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:06:12 |
13 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
14 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
15 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
16 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
17 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
18 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
19 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:15 |
20 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:19 |
21 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:07:01 |
22 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:47 |
23 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
24 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
25 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
26 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
27 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
28 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:50 |
29 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:08:30 |
30 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:08:54 |
31 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
32 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | |
33 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
34 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
35 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:08:58 |
36 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:11:00 |
37 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
38 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:11:20 |
39 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:11:50 |
40 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
41 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
42 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
43 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
44 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
45 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
46 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
47 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:13:30 |
48 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
49 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:15:33 |
50 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:17:33 |
51 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
52 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
53 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
54 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
55 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
56 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
57 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
58 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
59 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
60 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:21:31 |
61 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
62 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
63 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
64 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:25:38 |
65 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:29:43 |
66 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
67 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
68 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
69 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
70 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
71 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
72 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
73 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
74 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
75 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
76 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
77 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
78 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
79 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
80 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
81 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
82 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
83 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
84 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
85 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
86 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
87 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
88 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
89 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | |
90 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
91 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
92 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
93 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
94 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
95 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
96 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
97 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
98 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
99 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
100 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
101 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
102 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
103 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
104 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
105 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
106 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
107 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
108 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
109 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
110 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
111 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
112 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
113 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:35:47 |
114 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
115 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
116 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | |
117 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
118 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
119 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
120 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
121 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
122 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
123 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
124 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
125 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
126 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
127 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
128 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
129 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
130 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
131 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
132 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
133 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
134 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
135 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
136 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
137 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
138 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
139 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
140 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
141 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
142 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
143 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
144 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
145 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
146 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
147 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
148 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
149 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
150 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
151 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
152 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
153 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
154 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
155 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
156 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:35:58 |
157 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:35:59 |
158 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
DNF | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team |
1 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 20 | pts |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 17 | |
3 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 15 | |
4 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 13 | |
5 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 12 | |
6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 10 | |
7 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
8 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 8 | |
9 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 7 | |
10 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 6 | |
11 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 5 | |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 4 | |
13 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 3 | |
14 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
15 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 6 | pts |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 4 | |
3 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 6 | pts |
2 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
3 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 15 | pts |
2 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 13 | |
3 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 11 | |
4 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
5 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 8 | |
6 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 7 | |
7 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 | |
8 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 5 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 15 | pts |
2 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 13 | |
3 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 11 | |
4 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | |
5 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | |
6 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 7 | |
7 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 6 | |
8 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 5 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 10 | pts |
2 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 9 | |
3 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | |
4 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 7 | |
5 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 6 | |
6 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 5 |
1 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 15 | pts |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 13 | |
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 11 | |
4 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 9 | |
5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 8 | |
6 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 7 | |
7 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 | |
8 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 5 |
1 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 30 | pts |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 26 | |
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 22 | |
4 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 18 | |
5 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 16 | |
6 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 14 | |
7 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 12 | |
8 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 10 |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 4:53:54 |
2 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:18 |
3 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:06:12 |
4 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:54 |
5 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:08:58 |
6 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:11:00 |
7 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:11:50 |
8 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:17:33 |
10 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:29:43 |
11 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
12 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
13 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
14 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
15 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
16 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
17 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
18 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
19 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
20 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
21 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
22 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:35:47 |
23 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | |
24 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
25 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
26 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
27 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
28 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
29 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
30 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
31 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
32 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team |
1 | Astana | 14:46:27 |
2 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:10:18 |
3 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:12:48 |
4 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:14:01 |
5 | Team Katusha | 0:17:44 |
6 | Agritubel | 0:19:01 |
7 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:20:32 |
8 | Liquigas | 0:21:18 |
9 | Quick Step | 0:23:00 |
10 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:25:10 |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:25:33 |
12 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:25:57 |
13 | Silence - Lotto | 0:38:57 |
14 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:39:15 |
15 | Rabobank | 0:40:26 |
16 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:45:42 |
17 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:49:04 |
18 | Team Milram | 0:51:25 |
19 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:54:16 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 1:24:24 |
1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 72:27:09 |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:26 |
3 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:25 |
4 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:03:55 |
5 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:04:44 |
6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:04:53 |
7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:05:09 |
8 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:08:08 |
9 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:09:19 |
10 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:10:50 |
11 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:10:52 |
12 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:11:38 |
13 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:11:39 |
14 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:11:52 |
15 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:12:08 |
16 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:29 |
17 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:17:23 |
18 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:19:20 |
19 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:21:50 |
20 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:24:15 |
21 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:25:07 |
22 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:25:38 |
23 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:25:45 |
24 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:28:38 |
25 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:28:49 |
26 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:30:59 |
27 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:34:06 |
28 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:35:58 |
29 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:36:21 |
30 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:36:33 |
31 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:36:37 |
32 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:37:06 |
33 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:38:06 |
34 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:39:08 |
35 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:39:35 |
36 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:40:37 |
37 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:40:52 |
38 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:41:11 |
39 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:43:57 |
40 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:45:47 |
41 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:47:03 |
42 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:47:06 |
43 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:48:17 |
44 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:48:35 |
45 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:49:53 |
46 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:50:26 |
47 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:51:06 |
48 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:52:52 |
49 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:53:07 |
50 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:54:35 |
51 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:56:47 |
52 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:58:19 |
53 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:59:10 |
54 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:59:44 |
55 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 1:02:47 |
56 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:03:46 |
57 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 1:05:33 |
58 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:11:15 |
59 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:13:20 |
60 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 1:14:25 |
61 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 1:16:36 |
62 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:17:20 |
63 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:17:36 |
64 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:18:18 |
65 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:20:21 |
66 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:20:40 |
67 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:21:16 |
68 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:23:09 |
69 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 1:25:38 |
70 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 1:25:52 |
71 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:27:09 |
72 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 1:28:58 |
73 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 1:29:02 |
74 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:29:33 |
75 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:29:57 |
76 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:31:02 |
77 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:32:04 |
78 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:32:20 |
79 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 1:33:20 |
80 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 1:36:29 |
81 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 1:36:54 |
82 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 1:40:08 |
83 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 1:41:32 |
84 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 1:42:19 |
85 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:42:37 |
86 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:45:52 |
87 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 1:45:56 |
88 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 1:49:40 |
89 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:50:48 |
90 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:53:17 |
91 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 1:53:47 |
92 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:54:35 |
93 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:55:25 |
94 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 1:56:29 |
95 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 1:57:45 |
96 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 1:58:52 |
97 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 1:59:07 |
98 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:59:25 |
99 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:59:42 |
100 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:01:24 |
101 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2:01:48 |
102 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 2:02:53 |
103 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 2:06:50 |
104 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:07:40 |
105 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 2:07:59 |
106 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 2:08:08 |
107 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 2:13:22 |
108 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 2:15:37 |
109 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 2:21:10 |
110 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 2:25:32 |
111 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 2:25:40 |
112 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:25:54 |
113 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2:26:17 |
114 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 2:26:29 |
115 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 2:27:28 |
116 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 2:29:18 |
117 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 2:30:31 |
118 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 2:30:58 |
119 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 2:31:06 |
120 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:31:45 |
121 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:32:24 |
122 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 2:34:05 |
123 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:34:14 |
124 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:34:52 |
125 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 2:35:08 |
126 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 2:36:45 |
127 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 2:38:01 |
128 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2:38:11 |
129 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 2:40:02 |
130 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 2:42:10 |
131 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2:42:34 |
132 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2:42:53 |
133 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:44:07 |
134 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:44:31 |
135 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2:45:23 |
136 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:45:32 |
137 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 2:45:46 |
138 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:47:05 |
139 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:47:19 |
140 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2:47:43 |
141 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:51:25 |
142 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 2:53:01 |
143 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 2:54:04 |
144 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 2:56:05 |
145 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:56:06 |
146 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2:56:15 |
147 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 2:57:34 |
148 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:57:53 |
149 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:58:46 |
150 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2:59:23 |
151 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 3:00:35 |
152 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
153 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 3:01:02 |
154 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 3:02:00 |
155 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 3:02:40 |
156 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 3:03:44 |
157 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 3:13:14 |
158 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 3:26:01 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 230 | 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 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 77 | |
10 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 74 | |
11 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 71 | |
12 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 66 | |
13 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 64 | |
14 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 63 | |
15 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 62 | |
16 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 61 | |
17 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 61 | |
18 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 55 | |
19 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 54 | |
20 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 53 | |
21 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 52 | |
22 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 51 | |
23 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 49 | |
24 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 48 | |
25 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 48 | |
26 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 48 | |
27 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 47 | |
28 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 47 | |
29 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 47 | |
30 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 46 | |
31 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 46 | |
32 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 46 | |
33 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 44 | |
34 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 43 | |
35 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 42 | |
36 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 42 | |
37 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 41 | |
38 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 41 | |
39 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 38 | |
40 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 38 | |
41 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 37 | |
42 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 37 | |
43 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 37 | |
44 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 35 | |
45 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 35 | |
46 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 34 | |
47 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
48 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 33 | |
49 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 33 | |
50 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 31 | |
51 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
52 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
53 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
54 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
55 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 29 | |
56 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 29 | |
57 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 28 | |
58 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 28 | |
59 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 27 | |
60 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 27 | |
61 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 26 | |
62 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 26 | |
63 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 26 | |
64 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 26 | |
65 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 24 | |
66 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 24 | |
67 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 24 | |
68 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 23 | |
69 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 22 | |
70 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 22 | |
71 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 21 | |
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 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 15 | |
83 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
84 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 14 | |
85 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 14 | |
86 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 14 | |
87 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
88 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 13 | |
89 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
90 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 11 | |
91 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
92 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
93 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
94 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 10 | |
95 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 10 | |
96 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 10 | |
97 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
98 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
99 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 8 | |
100 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 7 | |
101 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 6 | |
102 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
103 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | |
104 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
105 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
106 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
107 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
108 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 4 | |
109 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 4 | |
110 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
111 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
112 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 3 | |
113 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
114 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
115 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 3 | |
116 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
117 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
118 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 2 | |
119 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 2 | |
120 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 | |
121 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 | |
122 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | -25 |
1 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 196 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 118 | |
3 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 97 | |
4 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 89 | |
5 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 86 | |
6 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 85 | |
7 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 84 | |
8 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 76 | |
9 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 68 | |
10 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 67 | |
11 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 65 | |
12 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 64 | |
13 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 54 | |
14 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 49 | |
15 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46 | |
16 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 45 | |
17 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 38 | |
18 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 37 | |
19 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 36 | |
20 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 35 | |
21 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
22 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 32 | |
23 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 31 | |
24 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 31 | |
25 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 27 | |
26 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
27 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
28 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 25 | |
29 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 24 | |
30 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 24 | |
31 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 23 | |
32 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 23 | |
33 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 21 | |
34 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 20 | |
35 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 18 | |
36 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | |
37 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 17 | |
38 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 17 | |
39 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
40 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 14 | |
41 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 14 | |
42 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 14 | |
43 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 13 | |
44 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
45 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 12 | |
46 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | |
47 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 11 | |
48 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 11 | |
49 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 10 | |
50 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 10 | |
51 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
52 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
53 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 7 | |
54 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 7 | |
55 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 7 | |
56 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
57 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 6 | |
58 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
59 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
60 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
61 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
62 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 5 | |
63 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 5 | |
64 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 5 | |
65 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
66 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
67 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
68 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
69 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
70 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
71 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 4 | |
72 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
73 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
74 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 3 | |
75 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
76 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
77 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
78 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2 | |
79 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 1 | |
80 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
81 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 1 | |
82 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
83 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 72:29:35 |
2 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:43 |
3 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:08:26 |
4 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:19:24 |
5 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:41 |
6 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:26:12 |
7 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:36:42 |
8 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:38:11 |
9 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:47:27 |
10 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:52:09 |
11 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:55:53 |
12 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 1:26:32 |
13 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 1:30:54 |
14 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:40:11 |
15 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:48:22 |
16 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:50:51 |
17 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 1:56:59 |
18 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:57:16 |
19 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 2:05:42 |
20 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2:23:51 |
21 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 2:28:32 |
22 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:32:26 |
23 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 2:32:42 |
24 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2:42:05 |
25 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 2:43:20 |
26 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 2:44:53 |
27 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2:45:17 |
28 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 2:48:59 |
29 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 2:53:39 |
30 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 2:55:08 |
31 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 2:58:09 |
32 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2:59:34 |
33 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 3:00:14 |
1 | Astana | 215:55:13 |
2 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:16:12 |
3 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:33 |
4 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:24:31 |
5 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:37:17 |
6 | Liquigas | 0:38:28 |
7 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:39:09 |
8 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:43:20 |
9 | Team Katusha | 0:53:54 |
10 | Agritubel | 1:02:52 |
11 | Team Milram | 1:02:54 |
12 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1:04:25 |
13 | Caisse d'Epargne | 1:05:00 |
14 | Cervelo Test Team | 1:07:57 |
15 | Silence - Lotto | 1:10:55 |
16 | Team Columbia - HTC | 1:17:17 |
17 | Rabobank | 1:34:07 |
18 | Quick Step | 2:03:08 |
19 | Lampre - N.G.C | 3:07:18 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 6:14:13 |
Thor continues his hammer-fest
With overnight leader Contador experiencing mechanical problems and others like Cyril Dessel (AG2R) calling it a day, Hushovd at first appeared to be the only man revelling in the lousy conditions, summiting the 15.1-km Col de Saises 1:20 ahead of the group he briefly occupied and 5:09 clear of the peloton. The versatile Norwegian was clearly on a mission - no doubt fuelled by Mark Cavendish's words the previous day, where he told Hushovd, "You've won the green jersey but that's always going to have a stain on it" - and after he took the sprint in Paz-sur-Arly, he gestured to the camera, smirked, and tugged his maillot vert, appearing to say, 'It's mine'.
For the time being, the group behind - now minus Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), making it a 20-man chase - seemed content to let the God of Thunder continue to banish his mighty hammer. Back in the peloton, Saxo Bank drove at the fore, Stuart O'Grady doing much of the pace-making, with the entire Astana formation right behind, patiently waiting.
Through the Sallanches valley - the only decent piece of flat road the entire stage - and onto the 6.3-km Côte d'Araches, Hushovd did not appear to be weakening. Over the Araches and 58-km from the finish, Astana had now combined with Saxo Bank, 3:09 behind Hushovd, the extra pace causing problems for Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Kim Kirchen (Columbia-HTC), the first of the big names to be dropped. And with the retirement of Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano), Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) became the new lanterne rouge.
Thor's extraordinary feat was complete when he made it to the second sprint in Cluses (km. 126); barring disaster, now certain to take his second maillot vert in Paris.
"Today everything just felt perfect. I attacked over the first climb, did a good descent and then had an amazing day in the front," Hushovd said. "I think this is the best day I've ever had on the bike. Maybe I was making a statement, but at least I've got more points in case something happens in the coming days. If I win the jersey by 10 points, I can say that I had built a sufficient buffer on this stage to Le Grand-Bornand."
His job done - and voted the day's most aggressive rider - he was soon overtaken by the chase group, who in turn was swallowed by the peloton. Then the race began for real.

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