Tour title set in concrete for Contador
Five riders now with a chance of making Paris podium
According to competition director of the Tour de France, Jean-François Pescheux, the 2009 La Grande Boucle was to be a race for the climbers, similar to the 1998 edition won by the late Marco Pantani.
Many previous Tours have contained more than 100 kilometres of individual time trials. This year, there are only 55.
But after the ride of the maillot jaune Thursday in Annecy, around a 40.5-kilometre lakeside route hardly made for a 62-kilo featherweight like Contador, it seems the 26-year-old would not have cared if there were 1,000 kilometres of racing against the clock.
The 2009 Tour de France can no longer be called a race for climbers. It has become a race for Alberto Contador. Because in this specialised discipline the French call contre-la-montre, he beat all the time trial specialists, all the rouleurs, all the climbers… He beat everyone.
Out of all the favourites on the previous stage to Le Grand-Bornand, the Spaniard hurt himself least; his adversaries were either forced to attack or chase. In Annecy, capital of the Haute-Savoie region and birthplace of the Winter Olympics, Contador's fresher legs showed in spades as he ripped around the edge of the most pristine lake in Europe and bested each of the four intermediate checks, finishing bang-on forty-eight-and-a-half minutes.
Eclipsing Fabian Cancellara, winner of the opening 15.5-kilometre-long Monaco time trial, by three seconds, Contador and the Swiss rider were the only men to set a speed over fifty kilometres an hour, both recording a 50.1 km/h average.
"It's an honour to be compared to [Miguel] Indurain, but he was something else, he was a great time trialist and had other qualities," said Contador of the five-time Tour champion, despite repeatedly demonstrating he's a level above the rest.
"Yesterday [Stage 17], I took it easy in the final two kilometres with my mind already on today's time trial. That was an important factor in today's win. When I saw the time [split] at the top of the hill [Côte de Bluffy, km. 28.5], I really wanted to beat Cancellara. I knew that Cancellara also gained [time] on the descent, so from the top, I really focused on the descent and went as fast as possible on the downhill. That is why I won by a few seconds," he said.
Cancellara, however, wasn't so sure, believing Contador received undue help from race motorbikes following the Spaniard: "On TV it looked like his bike was too close. My bike was very far away. For me the day is over and I'm looking forward to helping my teammates as much as possible until we get to Paris. Everybody was cracking, but those small details count and maybe [Contador] had the small details on his side. Both physically and mentally it would have helped him."
Contador first, daylight second on GC
By consequence, Contador has extended his advantage to Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck in the classement générale to a massive 4 minutes, 11 seconds; with three stages remaining, an abyss in Grand Tour parlance. Predictably, Lance Armstrong (Astana) has slotted into third, 5:25 off Contador, although Thursday was far from an Armstrong at his best.
Having clearly hurt himself on Wednesday's monstrous mountain stage to Le Grand-Bornand, the American was never on a flyer, his face writhed in pain virtually the whole way. Neither was Saxo's Fränk Schleck, the man Armstrong displaced, who dropped to sixth by the day's end. The 37-year-old Texan arrived on the Avenue d'Albigny right on the 50-minute mark to set a 48.6 km/h average, his 16th place not great, but good enough to move up a notch to third on GC.
Slotted in between Armstrong and Fränk Schleck on the leaderboard is Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) and Andréas Klöden (Astana), just 11 and 13 seconds behind on the overall classification. And with the elder Schleck 34 seconds adrift of the seven-time Tour champion, Saturday's romp to Mont Ventoux has taken on an even greater importance. Barring disaster for Contador, it therefore leaves five riders with a chance of filling the final two podium spots.
Is Contador sending Armstrong a message?
Fastest at the first, third and fourth time-checks by 18, 30 and 15 seconds, respectively, Contador's rip-roaring ride around Lake Annecy was 15 seconds quicker than early leader Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha, 3rd), 33 seconds faster than Beijing Games silver medallist Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank, 4th), and 41 and 43 seconds better than Garmin-Slispstream's British pairing of David Millar (5th) and Wiggins (6th).
Only three other riders finished within a minute of Contador: Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne, 7th), Christophe Moreau (Agritubel, 8th) and Klöden (Astana, 9th).
Being the first Tour de France where a mountain stage follows an individual time trial, Thursday's race against the clock appeared to be tackled with an air of caution. Rather than being a flat-out test of strength and power, no holds barred, it developed into a more strategic stage than usual, with the knowledge there's a need to keep a little in reserve for the Ventoux. By the day's end, the ten-best riders were separated by 1:02.
It seems Contador is attempting to force a changing of the guards at Astana. Doing his own thing, attacking when he wants – even if it involves his own team-mates being dropped – and occasionally disobeying orders. The last occasion the winner of final individual time trial won the Tour de France was 2005 in St Etienne, when Lance Armstrong beat Jan Ullrich and Alexandre Vinokourov en route to his seventh Tour victory.
By virtue of Thursday's performance, is Contador telling the American to step aside?
No need to do that, Alberto – Lance has already indicated he's jumping ship at the end of the year, US consumer electronics company Radio Shack set to be the primary sponsor of what will be America's third ProTour team in 2010.
"To be able to compete for an American team comprised of the world's top cyclists, supported by the best coaches and staff – I couldn't be happier to partner with RadioShack, a truly iconic American brand," said Armstrong in a press release.
"I heard about the news," Contador said. "My thoughts are focused on keeping this jersey to Paris, not on my future team. I need to give all my concentration to that."
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1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:48:31 |
2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:03 |
3 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:15 |
4 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:32 |
5 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:40 |
6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:42 |
7 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:43 |
8 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:00:45 |
9 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:53 |
10 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:01 |
11 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:04 |
12 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:01:14 |
13 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:18 |
14 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:01:19 |
15 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:27 |
16 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:01:29 |
17 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:01:37 |
18 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:38 |
19 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:41 |
21 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:44 |
22 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:47 |
23 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:01:59 |
24 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:00 |
25 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:02:05 |
26 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:02:10 |
28 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:02:13 |
29 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:02:14 |
30 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:02:17 |
31 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:02:18 |
32 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:02:25 |
33 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:02:31 |
34 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:33 |
35 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:34 |
36 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:35 |
37 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:36 |
38 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:02:39 |
40 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:02:44 |
41 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:45 |
42 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:49 |
43 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:50 |
44 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:02:52 |
45 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:57 |
46 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:59 |
47 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:03 |
48 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:03:06 |
49 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:03:08 |
50 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:10 |
51 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:03:11 |
53 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:03:16 |
54 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:21 |
55 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:03:23 |
57 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:03:27 |
58 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:29 |
59 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:31 |
60 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:03:32 |
61 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:35 |
62 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:03:36 |
65 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:37 |
66 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:38 |
67 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:03:40 |
68 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:03:43 |
69 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:44 |
70 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:47 |
71 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:49 |
73 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:03:53 |
74 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:59 |
75 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:06 |
76 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:04:07 |
77 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 0:04:10 |
79 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:04:11 |
80 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:04:15 |
81 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:04:16 |
82 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:18 |
83 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:20 |
84 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:24 |
85 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:04:25 |
86 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:04:28 |
87 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:31 |
88 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:32 |
89 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:35 |
91 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:04:36 |
92 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:04:38 |
93 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:04:40 |
95 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:42 |
98 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:44 |
99 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:04:45 |
100 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:04:46 |
101 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:04:47 |
102 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:50 |
104 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:04:53 |
105 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:04:55 |
107 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:05:01 |
110 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:05:02 |
111 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:05:03 |
112 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:04 |
113 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:05:05 |
114 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:05:08 |
115 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:11 |
116 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:05:13 |
117 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:05:14 |
118 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:15 |
119 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:05:18 |
121 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 0:05:22 |
122 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:05:23 |
123 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:27 |
125 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:28 |
126 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:29 |
128 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:05:30 |
129 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:33 |
130 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:05:37 |
131 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:05:40 |
132 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:05:41 |
133 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:48 |
135 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:05:51 |
136 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:05:52 |
138 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:56 |
139 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:59 |
140 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:02 |
141 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:03 |
142 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:06:08 |
143 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:06:10 |
144 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:06:13 |
145 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:06:18 |
146 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:06:21 |
147 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:06:24 |
148 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:26 |
149 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:06:28 |
150 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:06:38 |
151 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 0:06:41 |
153 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:47 |
154 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:06:48 |
155 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:06:51 |
156 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:53 |
157 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:07:32 |
158 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:08:10 |
1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 15 | pts |
2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
1 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 4 | pts |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:48:45 |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:49 |
3 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:30 |
4 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:01:51 |
5 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:01:58 |
6 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:01:59 |
7 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:35 |
8 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:56 |
9 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:03:01 |
10 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:14 |
11 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:03:21 |
12 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:22 |
13 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:23 |
14 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:03:25 |
15 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:03:28 |
16 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:03:52 |
17 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:53 |
18 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:04:00 |
19 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:10 |
20 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:04:24 |
21 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:35 |
22 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:04:38 |
23 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:04:39 |
24 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:04:40 |
25 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:04:48 |
26 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:50 |
27 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:04:53 |
28 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:01 |
29 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:14 |
30 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:19 |
31 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:06:24 |
32 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:06:34 |
33 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:07:56 |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 2:27:51 |
2 | Astana | 0:00:03 |
3 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:05 |
4 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:40 |
5 | Silence - Lotto | 0:03:36 |
6 | Team Katusha | 0:03:37 |
7 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:45 |
8 | Rabobank | 0:04:13 |
9 | Team Milram | 0:04:17 |
10 | Quick Step | 0:04:45 |
11 | Liquigas | 0:05:15 |
12 | Agritubel | 0:05:37 |
13 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:06:55 |
14 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:15 |
15 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:32 |
16 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:07:40 |
17 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:07:48 |
18 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:08:29 |
19 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:08:39 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 0:08:53 |
1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 73:15:39 |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:04:11 |
3 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:05:25 |
4 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:36 |
5 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:05:38 |
6 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:05:59 |
7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:07:15 |
8 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:10:08 |
9 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:12:38 |
10 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:12:41 |
11 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:13:36 |
12 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:14:08 |
13 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:14:37 |
14 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:15:26 |
15 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:27 |
16 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:19:47 |
17 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:19:49 |
18 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:24:26 |
19 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:25:58 |
20 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:27:05 |
21 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:27:51 |
22 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:28:12 |
23 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:29:57 |
24 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:31:00 |
25 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:31:49 |
26 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:34:10 |
27 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:35:25 |
28 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:37:06 |
29 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:38:20 |
30 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:38:50 |
31 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:39:17 |
32 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:39:33 |
33 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:41:05 |
34 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:42:34 |
35 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:42:46 |
36 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:42:50 |
37 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:44:49 |
38 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:45:48 |
39 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:48:23 |
40 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:48:40 |
41 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:51:14 |
42 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:51:53 |
43 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:52:47 |
44 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:52:54 |
45 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:54:25 |
46 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:55:09 |
47 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:55:39 |
48 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:55:59 |
49 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:57:20 |
50 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:57:52 |
52 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:02:02 |
53 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 1:03:26 |
54 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 1:03:52 |
55 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:06:37 |
56 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 1:07:26 |
57 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 1:10:34 |
58 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:16:43 |
59 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1:17:12 |
60 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:18:22 |
61 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 1:19:43 |
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