Sprinters foiled in Perpignan
By Anthony Tan published
Voeckler once more the darling of France
Another day, another maillot jaune for Cancellara
Lethargy on behalf of the peloton resulted in the first successful breakaway Wednesday in Perpignan, and the re-emergence of Thomas Voeckler as the darling of the Tour de France.
Away in an escape for almost the whole stage from Le Cap D'Agde, 196.5 kilometres from their destination, it appeared at first that this was just going to be another misguided breakaway attempt, as so many of its kind are. And similar in difficulty to the third stage to La Grande-Motte that caught out all bar 28 riders, this time with the Tramontane wind blowing south from the Pyrenées, most believed the real race was behind in the peloton, not with the six hopefuls in front.
Some 60 kilometres from Perpignan, split the race did at the behest of Saxo Bank, the team of maillot jaune Fabian Cancellara, who retained his jersey for the fourth day in succession. But unlike the stage two days prior, all the GC favourites made the 40-man split, and by consequence, nothing came of it, leading to a regrouping 10 kilometres later.
So, as each kilometre ticked by en route to the southern French town that's positioned at the gateway to the Roussillon, it subsequently saw the chances of success tip in favour of the sextet who never gave up on their slim hopes, despite a tenuous 41-second lead some 30 kilometres from the finish.
Française des Jeux was best represented with two in the move, Anthony Geslin and Yauheni Hutarovich; the rest had one. Six kilometres out, Katusha's Mikhael Ignatiev went first, and Albert Timmer of Skil-Shimano followed. Lampre's Marcin Sapa was cooked and dropped off the pace. Along with the two FDJ riders, Voeckler of BBox Bouygues Telecom just covered the moves. Then they all came back.
A kilometre later Ignatiev went again, and this time Voeckler was the first to respond, then countering to go solo. Ever since he took the maillot jaune on the fifth stage of the 2004 Tour de France and stirred the French public's consciousness, exactly five years ago to this day, he'd been dreaming of reliving another such moment, even though he wasn't thinking about it right then.
Eleven seconds ahead of Ignatiev under the kilometre kite and strong enough to take the win, Voeckler continued to ride as if he could feel the Russian breathing down his neck, looking back far more than he needed to. Only 200 metres from the finish at the Place de Catalogne did the 30-year-old from Martinique look behind one last time, shake his head in disbelief, and smile a grin a mile wide.
Locked in ecstasy and agony, Voeckler said, "I didn't calculate any of this at all. I thought that it was impossible that we'd keep our advantage, because we only had 50 seconds left with 35 kilometres to go. I told myself, even if we get through, there are two riders from the same team, one of which is really fast in the sprint [referring to Hutarovich]. But once I got the gap, I went flat out, and when I got under the flamme rouge and still had 10 seconds, I started to believe it."
Leaderboard status quo, although Spartacus was ready to fight
Seven seconds later, Ignatiev was lucky to hold on for second, barely ahead of fast-charging maillot vert Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC), who claimed a 154-man field sprint for third from his eternal shadow at this year's Tour, Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Slipstream, leaving the GC leader board at status quo.
"From the first kilometre, I was ready [to split the peloton]," Cancellara told Cyclingnews, "but it did not really happen, because I was expecting to get more of the good wind, the right wind, to explode the whole peloton. Today felt like Belgium, like a small Gent-Wevelgem - small roads from the left and right, you don't know from where the wind is actually coming from.
"Everyone knew the wind would be from the coast when we passed those two climbs [near the middle of the stage]. We tried to be ready and put the hammer down when the moment came, and I pulled as long as I could. I wasn't disappointed, only happy that the whole team was there. I think I've shown for a couple of weeks now my form is here, and I feel I'm getting better and better into the race, because that's what counts for me now.
"I look forward to the Pyrenees and the next stages," he said, Cancellara increasingly becoming a protected rider at Saxo Bank as the days evolve.
Can Bouygues continue their excellent adventure?
How much did Voeckler think about the day that turned him from obscurity to top-of-the-pops five years prior at the 2004 Tour?
"I didn't think once about the fact that it was today," he said.
"I was told after the finish line. This morning, we only celebrated [directeur-sportif] Jean-René's birthday... but I didn't win for him today! Of course, I'm happy I won because the future of the team is not really safe, so this victory means a lot to us. If it can help the team to continue its adventure, then that's perfect. I remember five years ago, we got another sponsor after my ride in yellow, too," he said.
Picture perfect in Le Cap D'Agde
Starting on a tip of coastline near the town of Béziers, the 178-strong peloton got underway in perfect conditions from Le Cap D'Agde, already 27 degrees Celsius and breezy at the 12:45 p.m. départ réel.
After 29 kilometres, two breakaway groups of three combined to form a lead sextet, including Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Geslin and Hutarovich (Française des Jeux), Sapa (Lampre-NGC), Ignatiev (Team Katusha) and Timmer (Skil-Shimano). When the peloton behind them decided to take to the call of nature, it became a definitive sign that the aforementioned six would be the break du jour.
Forty kilometres in, 8:45 was the distance between break and bunch, and that's as far as they got; the undulating mid-section of Wednesday's stage with a pair of Cat. 4 climbs after 112 and 115 kilometres, combined with the inevitable start of the chase-down, inexorably reduced the lead group's advantage.
Determined not to be caught out in the wind again, Astana and Saxo Bank began assembling their troops at the fore some 80 kilometres from the finish, and when the team of maillot jaune Cancellara started driving in the heavy Tramontane crosswinds, the peloton eventually split, a lead group of 40 forming at the head. This time, however, most of the GC favourites made the move - the exception being Rabobank's star climber Robert Gesink, who crashed hard before the mayhem and never recovered, X-rays later revealing he had broken his wrist and ruling him out of starting the following day.
A consequence of the crosswind craziness was that it all but chewed-up-and-spat-out the lead of the early escape. But when those driving at the front let up, realising there was nothing to gain, a regrouping occurred, the break's advantage went back out to a minute-and-a-half, and stood an even chance of surviving to Perpignan.
Française des Jeux held the upper hand with two in the move - but among them there was someone who'd been itching for a big win ever since he became a household name at the Tour de France, exactly five years ago.
For images of stage five click here
1 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 4:29:35 |
2 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:07 |
3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | |
4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
5 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
6 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | |
7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
10 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
11 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
12 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
13 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
14 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
15 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
16 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
17 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
18 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
19 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
20 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
21 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
22 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
23 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
24 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
25 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
26 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
27 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
28 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
29 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | |
30 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
31 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
32 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
33 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
34 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
35 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
36 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
37 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
38 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
39 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
40 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
41 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
42 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
43 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
44 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
45 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
46 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
47 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
48 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
49 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
50 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
51 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
52 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
53 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
54 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
55 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
56 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
57 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
58 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | |
59 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
60 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
61 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
62 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
63 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
64 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
65 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
66 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
67 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
68 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
69 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
70 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
71 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
72 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
73 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
74 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
75 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
76 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
77 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
78 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
79 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
80 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
81 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
82 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
83 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
84 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
85 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
86 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
87 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
88 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
89 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
90 | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel | |
91 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
92 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
93 | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel | |
94 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
95 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
96 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
97 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
98 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
99 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
100 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
101 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
102 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
103 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
104 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
105 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
106 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
107 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
108 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
109 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
110 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
111 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
112 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
113 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
114 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
115 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
116 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
117 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
118 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
119 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
120 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
121 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
122 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
123 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
124 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
125 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | |
126 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
127 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | |
128 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
129 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
130 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
131 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
132 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
133 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
134 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
135 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
136 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
137 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
138 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
139 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
140 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | |
141 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
142 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
143 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
144 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
145 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
146 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
147 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
148 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
149 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
150 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
151 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
152 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | |
153 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
154 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
155 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
156 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
157 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:00:26 |
158 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:29 |
159 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
160 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:33 |
161 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
162 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:37 |
163 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
164 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
165 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
166 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
167 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
168 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
169 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
170 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
171 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:22 |
172 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
173 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
174 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
175 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:01:47 |
176 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:55 |
177 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:09:35 |
178 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
DNS | Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano |
1 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | pts |
2 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
3 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 |
1 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 6 | pts |
2 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
3 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 |
1 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 6 | pts |
2 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
3 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 |
1 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 35 | pts |
2 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 30 | |
3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 26 | |
4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 24 | |
5 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 22 | |
6 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 19 | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 18 | |
9 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 17 | |
10 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 16 | |
11 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 15 | |
12 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
13 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 13 | |
14 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 12 | |
15 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
16 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
17 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 9 | |
18 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 8 | |
19 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 7 | |
20 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
21 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 5 | |
22 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
23 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
24 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
25 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | pts |
2 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
3 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1 |
1 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | pts |
2 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
3 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 4:29:42 |
2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | |
3 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
6 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
7 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
8 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
9 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
10 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
11 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
12 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
13 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
14 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
15 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
16 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
17 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
18 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
19 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
20 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
21 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
22 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
23 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
24 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
25 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
26 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
27 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
28 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
29 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
30 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
31 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:26 |
32 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:30 |
33 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
34 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:01:15 |
35 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
36 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:01:40 |
37 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:09:28 |
1 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 13:28:59 |
2 | Team Katusha | 0:00:07 |
3 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
4 | Liquigas | |
5 | Team Saxo Bank | |
6 | Garmin - Slipstream | |
7 | Quick Step | |
8 | Astana | |
9 | Lampre - N.G.C | |
10 | Team Milram | |
11 | Skil-Shimano | |
12 | AG2R-La Mondiale | |
13 | Cervelo Test Team | |
14 | Rabobank | |
15 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
16 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
17 | Agritubel | |
18 | Silence - Lotto | |
19 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
20 | Euskaltel - Euskadi |
1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 15:07:49 |
2 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:00:19 |
4 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:23 |
5 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 0:00:31 |
6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:38 |
7 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:00:51 |
8 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:52 |
9 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:06 |
10 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:07 |
11 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:01:16 |
12 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
13 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:22 |
14 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:29 |
15 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:01:31 |
16 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:32 |
17 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:36 |
18 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
19 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
20 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:41 |
21 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:46 |
22 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:03 |
23 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:05 |
24 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:16 |
25 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:17 |
26 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:02:25 |
27 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:31 |
28 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:32 |
29 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:44 |
30 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
31 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:50 |
32 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:51 |
33 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:54 |
34 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:56 |
35 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:02:59 |
36 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
37 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
38 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:00 |
39 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:02 |
40 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:03 |
41 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:05 |
42 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:06 |
43 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:07 |
44 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:09 |
45 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:03:11 |
46 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:12 |
47 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:13 |
48 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:16 |
49 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:03:17 |
50 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
51 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
52 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:03:18 |
53 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
54 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:21 |
55 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:03:23 |
56 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:24 |
57 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:25 |
58 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:28 |
59 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:03:32 |
60 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:03:33 |
61 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:34 |
62 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:36 |
63 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:38 |
64 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:42 |
65 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:44 |
66 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:46 |
67 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:47 |
68 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
69 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:48 |
70 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:51 |
71 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:03:52 |
72 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
73 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:03:55 |
74 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:03:57 |
75 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:04:03 |
76 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:04:04 |
77 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:09 |
78 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
79 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:04:10 |
80 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:16 |
81 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:17 |
82 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:23 |
83 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 0:04:25 |
84 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:04:27 |
85 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
86 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:04:29 |
87 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:04:30 |
88 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
89 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:04:31 |
90 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:32 |
91 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
92 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:04:35 |
93 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:04:40 |
94 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:04:48 |
95 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:49 |
96 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:50 |
97 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:04:51 |
98 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:04:53 |
99 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:54 |
100 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:04:56 |
101 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:57 |
102 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:58 |
103 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:04:59 |
104 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:00 |
105 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:05:02 |
106 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:05:04 |
107 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:05:05 |
108 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:08 |
109 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
110 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:05:11 |
111 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:05:17 |
112 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:27 |
113 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
114 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:28 |
115 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:05:32 |
116 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:05:34 |
117 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:05:39 |
118 | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel | 0:05:46 |
119 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:54 |
120 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:57 |
121 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:01 |
122 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:03 |
123 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:04 |
124 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:06:11 |
125 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
126 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:06:15 |
127 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
128 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:06:17 |
129 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:18 |
130 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:06:19 |
131 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:06:26 |
132 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:27 |
133 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:06:31 |
134 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:06:33 |
135 | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel | 0:06:35 |
136 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:06:40 |
137 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
138 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:48 |
139 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:49 |
140 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:06:54 |
141 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:57 |
142 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:07 |
143 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:08 |
144 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:13 |
145 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:15 |
146 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:07:17 |
147 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:18 |
148 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:07:22 |
149 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:24 |
150 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:35 |
151 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:07:51 |
152 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:52 |
153 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:56 |
154 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:08:09 |
155 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
156 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:08:16 |
157 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:08:44 |
158 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:08:48 |
159 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:08:52 |
160 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:08:54 |
161 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:09:12 |
162 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:09:22 |
163 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:09:34 |
164 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:09:43 |
165 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:09:54 |
166 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:10:07 |
167 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:10:09 |
168 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:10:40 |
169 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:11:07 |
170 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:11:08 |
171 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:11:09 |
172 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:12:09 |
173 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:13:04 |
174 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:13:44 |
175 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 0:14:35 |
176 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:15:30 |
177 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:19:31 |
178 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:22:10 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 96 | pts |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 70 | |
3 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 54 | |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 42 | |
5 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 41 | |
6 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 39 | |
7 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 37 | |
8 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 36 | |
9 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
10 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
11 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
12 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
13 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 29 | |
14 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 28 | |
15 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 27 | |
16 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 26 | |
17 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
18 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 24 | |
19 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 24 | |
20 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 22 | |
21 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 21 | |
22 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
23 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 19 | |
24 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 19 | |
25 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
26 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 18 | |
27 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
28 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
29 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 17 | |
30 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 16 | |
31 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 16 | |
32 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 15 | |
33 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 15 | |
34 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
35 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
36 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 14 | |
37 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 13 | |
38 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 12 | |
39 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
40 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 11 | |
41 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11 | |
42 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
43 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
44 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
45 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
46 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
47 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
48 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 8 | |
49 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
50 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 6 | |
51 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 5 | |
52 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 | |
53 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 5 | |
54 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
55 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
56 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 4 | |
57 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
58 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
59 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
60 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
61 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 3 | |
62 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
63 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 2 | |
64 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 | |
65 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1 | |
66 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 |
1 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | pts |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
3 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
4 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
5 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
6 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
7 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 3 | |
8 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3 | |
9 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
10 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 3 | |
11 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
12 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
13 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
14 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
15 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
16 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
17 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 15:08:41 |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:00:39 |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:44 |
4 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:49 |
5 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:01:58 |
6 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:10 |
7 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:14 |
8 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:15 |
9 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:20 |
10 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:24 |
11 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:25 |
12 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:41 |
13 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:44 |
14 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:55 |
15 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:03:25 |
16 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:03:35 |
17 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:39 |
18 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:59 |
19 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:06 |
20 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:04:13 |
21 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:19 |
22 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:05 |
23 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:05:25 |
24 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:05:39 |
25 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:05:41 |
26 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:57 |
27 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:06:23 |
28 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:26 |
29 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:06:30 |
30 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:06:59 |
31 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:00 |
32 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:04 |
33 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:52 |
34 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:08:30 |
35 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:09:15 |
36 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:10:17 |
37 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:12:12 |
1 | Astana | 43:49:39 |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:33 |
3 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:45 |
4 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:05 |
5 | Liquigas | 0:04:26 |
6 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:05:25 |
7 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:34 |
8 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:06:12 |
9 | Team Milram | 0:06:33 |
10 | Quick Step | |
11 | Team Katusha | 0:06:36 |
12 | AG2R-La Mondiale | 0:06:46 |
13 | Silence - Lotto | 0:06:51 |
14 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:06:57 |
15 | Rabobank | 0:07:27 |
16 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:07:29 |
17 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:08:24 |
18 | Agritubel | 0:08:48 |
19 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:09:34 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 0:10:08 |
Garmin-Slipstream M.I.A. in Le Cap D'Agde
The clock struck quarter-past midday Wednesday morning - just 10 minutes before the start of the fifth stage - and only 19 teams had signed in. Missing was the man who finished fourth in last year's Tour, Christian Vande Velde, and his Garmin-Slipstream coterie.
The Cyclingnews posse passed the Garmin-Slipstream convoy en route to the start in Le Cap D'Agde - a holiday town known for being the "nudist capital of the world", according to many travel guides - before encountering heavy traffic of their own, and only made the start with a half-hour to spare. So it was no surprise that their big blue and black bus and team vehicles got caught behind.
Tour organisers love to start on time as per the race itinerary, and it would have been interesting to see if the Tour would have waited for them or not. Maybe officials thought that they went for a Mediterranean skinny dip to freshen the legs before tackling the 196.5-kilometre stage to Perpignan.
Turns out, though, there was another exit they could've taken that would've got them to the start sooner than the one indicated on the Tour roadbook. Ironic that for a team part-sponsored by a GPS navigation company, they were the last team to arrive.
Bypassing the parking area and pulling up at the sign-in, all nine men scrambled out and hopped on their bikes just in time for the 12:25 départ.

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