Sánchez wins Tour's second day in Pyrenees
By Anthony Tan , Les Clarke published
Nocentini enjoys first day in leader's yellow jersey
In a town nestled in the foothills of the Ariège Pyrenees, Luis León Sánchez's formidable combination of strength and cunning used to win Paris-Nice earlier this year was again used to full effect in Saint-Girons. The Spaniard fulfilled the hopes of his countrymen by emerging triumphant on the eighth stage of the Tour de France.
He's also emerged as the new leader of Caisse d'Epargne after team-mate Oscar Pereiro chose to quit Saturday, a result of poor form. The 2006 Tour champion is still struggling to regain his fitness after a serious fall in last year's Tour.
Sánchez was well positioned on the overall classification at the start of the day at 4:10 down on race leader Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale), and was for a time the virtual leader on the road. After Saturday's victory, the Spaniard leapfrogged thirteen spots to find himself 11th overall on the classement general.
"It's going to be difficult to get a top five, but we will fight. With Oscar abandoning today there is one rider less, but I'm sure my team-mates will support me now," Sánchez said, now 2:16 off the maillot jaune.
Over a thrilling, aggressively-raced 176.5 kilometres that began Andorre-La-Vielle, the 25-year-old Caisse d'Epargne rider – winner of the seventh stage to Aurillac from the 2008 Tour de France – out-rode, outsmarted, then out-sprinted his breakaway companions that began in double figures and ended with just four.
Four kilometres from the line, Nocentini's team-mate Vladimir Efimkin attacked and looked as if he'd get the win, but with 500 metres remaining, the Russian – who never held more than 100 metres' advantage – was cruelly overtaken by a fast-charging Sandy Casar of Française des Jeux. Sánchez was able to slot into the Frenchman's draft and, after a brief moment's rest, sprint past him for the win.
The other escapee, Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), did enough for third place, though some way behind.
"I knew Efimkin had no choice but to attack," said Sánchez, enjoying his best season to date since turning professional in 2003.
"I know him well because he used to be one of my teammates. He's not very fast, so I knew he was going to attack from a long way out. I told Astarloza and Casar that we had to get him back. After [we caught Efimkin] I needed a bit of luck but I know I have a good sprint, so I was able to take the win."
Casar recalled a slightly different version of events: "Sánchez didn't want to work too much [in the chase of Efimkin]," he said. "Astarloza did the most work, and I had to ride in front more often. When we caught Efimkin I had good speed; I didn't see the line, but I thought there were 200 metres to go – but in fact it was 300, so [it was] 100 metres too much."
Nocentini digs deep to maintain the lead
Dropped on the final Cat. 1 ascent of the Col d'Agnès, overnight leader Nocentini was in danger of losing his golden tunic as he neared Saint-Girons, a town that tends to attract a community of mountain dwellers. But Astana chose not to force their advantage, deciding instead to let his AG2R La Mondiale team-mates return him to the peloton, where he finished among a group of 53 riders including all the race favourites, 1:54 behind Sanchez.
"I knew [Andy] Schleck or [Cadel] Evans would eventually attack on climb; I can't follow those guys, I remained calm," said Nocentini. "Goubert was with me, helping me out, and we caught up before top of climb.
"Today was a really tough day after my breakaway yesterday, probably the toughest day to be in the yellow jersey. Tomorrow there's Tourmalet, a very difficult climb, but it's very far from the finish. I hope there will be a breakaway, and they can fight it out and I'll be able to keep yellow until the rest day and as ong as possible," he said.
Astana withstands assault of GC hopefuls
The top of the leader board may be unchanged, but it wasn't for lack of trying by those riders behind the four Astana leaders who occupy positions inside the top 10.
The stage witnessed a number of audacious moves, first by Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans on the opening Cat. 1 ascent of the Port d'Envalira, which took some chasing by the Astana acolytes before it was brought back; and then by Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank, who attacked on the lower slopes of the 12.4-km Col d'Agnès but was quickly shut down, again by Astana.
"It was a long way to go," admitted the younger of the Schleck brothers, "but if you don't try, you don't win. So sometimes you need to risk a little bit."
Explained Schleck of the tactics: "We had Fabian [Cancellara] in the [escape] group but he's had a stressful week behind him, so he didn't make it according to the plan, which was that we attack behind him and then he helps us from the top of the [Col d'Agnès] climb until the end. Maybe we have to use our head a little bit more in the future and not spend energy uselessly."
A start in the clouds
The second consecutive Pyrenean stage began at Andorra-La-Vielle, at 1,400 metres above sea level Europe's highest capital city, where a peloton of 176 began climbing right from the get-go, the stage beginning from the base of the Port d'Envalira, a 23.2km climb averaging 5.1 percent.
It proved an ideal platform for Française des Jeux's Sandy Casar, who bridged to an earlier group of escapees then forged ahead solo to cross its crest first.
53 seconds behind him, an interesting sequence of events had taken place with Silence-Lotto leader Cadel Evans leading a chase group that included David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream), Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r La Mondiale), Christophe Kern (Cofidis), Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and George Hincapie (Columbia-HTC).
Noticeable by his absence was the maillot jaune of AG2R La Mondiale's Rinaldo Nocentini, as well as any member of Astana, the groupe maillot jaune was 2:07 behind over the top of the Envalira. With Astana doing the lion's share of the chasing, the Evans group never really got too far ahead. 60-km into the stage, they had just 20 seconds' lead passing through Ax-les-Thermes, provoking a counter from Flecha and seven others, and the peloton's recapture of Evans, Zabriskie, Kern and Martinez.
100-km out from the finish, Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne), Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha), Hushovd, Hincapie, Efimkin, Casar, Cancellara and Flecha were the new leaders on the road – Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) were closing in fast – while the yellow jersey group was a half-minute down.
Eight-km later, Hushovd took the sprint in Tarascon-sur-Ariege ahead of Hincapie and Cancellara, consolidating his lead in the points competition and certain to don the maillot vert by the day's end.
With 74.5-km remaining, Casar led a group of eight over the penultimate climb of the Col de Port, 3:20 ahead of the groupe maillot jaune. However, the final ascent of the Col d'Agnès reduced the lead group to three by its summit – Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne), Efimkin (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) all that remained, though Casar of Française des Jeux wasn't far behind and would eventually get back on.
Back in the peloton, Saxo Bank's main man Andy Schleck attacked on the Agnès' lower slopes but it had little effect, a sizeable group of favourites was just 2:40 down on the front trio, 44km from Saint-Girons.
10km out, a touch over two minutes' lead all but guaranteed a one-in-four chance of victory for the lead quartet. Astarloza was first to attack his breakaway companions 4.6km from the line, but it was Efimkin's counter that stuck. However, a furious chase behind saw the Russian caught with just 500 metres left, Sánchez timing his final effort to perfection.
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1 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4:31:50 |
2 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
3 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
4 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:03 |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:54 |
6 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
7 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
8 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
9 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
10 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
11 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
12 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
13 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
14 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | |
15 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
16 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
17 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
18 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | |
19 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
20 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
21 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
22 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
23 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
24 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
25 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
26 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
27 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | |
28 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
29 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
30 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
31 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | |
32 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
33 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
34 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
35 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | |
36 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
37 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
38 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
39 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
40 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
41 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
42 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
43 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
44 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | |
45 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
46 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
47 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
48 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
49 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
50 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | |
51 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
52 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
53 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
54 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
55 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
56 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | |
57 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | |
58 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:20 |
59 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:08:12 |
60 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | |
61 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
62 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | |
63 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
64 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
65 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
66 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:14:14 |
67 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
68 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | |
69 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
70 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
71 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
72 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
73 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
74 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
75 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
76 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
77 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
78 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
79 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
80 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
81 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
82 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
83 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
84 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
85 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
86 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
87 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
88 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | |
89 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
90 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
91 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
92 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | |
93 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
94 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | |
95 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
96 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
97 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | |
98 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
99 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
100 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | |
101 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
102 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
103 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
104 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
105 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
106 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
107 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
108 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
109 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
110 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
111 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
112 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
113 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:23:02 |
114 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
115 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
116 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
117 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
118 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
119 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
120 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
121 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
122 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
123 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
124 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
125 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
126 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | |
127 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
128 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | |
129 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
130 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | |
131 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
132 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
133 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
134 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
135 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
136 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | |
137 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
138 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
139 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
140 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
141 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
142 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
143 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
144 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
145 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
146 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
147 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
148 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
149 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
150 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
151 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
152 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
153 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
154 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
155 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
156 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
157 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
158 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
159 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
160 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
161 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
162 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | |
163 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
164 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
165 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
166 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
167 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | |
168 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
169 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | |
170 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:34:01 |
171 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
172 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
HD | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
DNF | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel | |
DNF | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 6 | pts |
2 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 4 | |
3 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 2 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 6 | pts |
2 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 4 | |
3 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 2 |
1 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | pts |
2 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | |
3 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 |
1 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 20 | pts |
2 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 17 | |
3 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 15 | |
4 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | |
6 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
7 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 9 | |
8 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 8 | |
9 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 7 | |
10 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 6 | |
11 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
12 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 4 | |
13 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
14 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
15 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 1 |
1 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 15 | pts |
2 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 13 | |
3 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 11 | |
4 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 9 | |
5 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
6 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 7 | |
7 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 6 | |
8 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 |
1 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | pts |
2 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 9 | |
3 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | |
4 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 7 | |
5 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
6 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 |
1 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 30 | pts |
2 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
3 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 22 | |
4 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 18 | |
5 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 16 | |
6 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 14 | |
7 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
8 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 10 |
1 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4:33:44 |
2 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
3 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
4 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
5 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
6 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
7 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
8 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | |
9 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
10 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
11 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:12:20 |
12 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | |
13 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
14 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
15 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | |
16 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
17 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
18 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
19 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
20 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
21 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:21:08 |
22 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | |
23 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
24 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
25 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
26 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
27 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
28 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
29 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | |
30 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
31 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | |
32 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
34 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | |
35 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
36 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux |
1 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux |
1 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 30:18:16 |
2 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:00:06 |
3 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 0:00:08 |
4 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 0:00:39 |
5 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:46 |
6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:54 |
7 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:00 |
8 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:24 |
9 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:49 |
10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:01:54 |
11 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:16 |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:21 |
13 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:25 |
14 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:02:40 |
15 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:45 |
16 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:52 |
17 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:02 |
18 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:07 |
19 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:03:16 |
20 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:20 |
21 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:49 |
22 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:03:58 |
23 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 0:04:14 |
24 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:04:20 |
25 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
26 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:04:26 |
27 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:05:00 |
28 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:05:02 |
29 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:05:25 |
30 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:05:28 |
31 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:06:03 |
32 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:54 |
33 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | 0:06:56 |
34 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:06:59 |
35 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:27 |
36 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:08:06 |
37 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:08:21 |
38 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:08:29 |
39 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:09:37 |
40 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:09:44 |
41 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:09:59 |
42 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:36 |
43 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:11:34 |
44 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:11:36 |
45 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:11:44 |
46 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:11:50 |
47 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:12:00 |
48 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12:17 |
49 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13:47 |
50 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:13:52 |
51 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:14:30 |
52 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:14:37 |
53 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:14:56 |
54 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:15:14 |
55 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:23 |
56 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:30 |
57 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:02 |
58 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:45 |
59 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:16:52 |
60 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:17:07 |
61 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:17:08 |
62 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:17:57 |
63 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:18:40 |
64 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:19:38 |
65 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:10 |
66 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:13 |
67 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:48 |
68 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20:55 |
69 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:21:40 |
70 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:23:02 |
71 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:23:38 |
72 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:24:18 |
73 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:24:21 |
74 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:24:24 |
75 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:24:44 |
76 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | |
77 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:27:18 |
78 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:28:03 |
79 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:28:07 |
80 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:28:08 |
81 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:29:01 |
82 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:29:11 |
83 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:29:50 |
84 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:29:54 |
85 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:30:43 |
86 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:31:01 |
87 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:31:22 |
88 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:31:28 |
89 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:31:57 |
90 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:32:21 |
91 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:32:49 |
92 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:33:15 |
93 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:33:17 |
94 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:33:23 |
95 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:33:34 |
96 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:34:06 |
97 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:34:07 |
98 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:34:35 |
99 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:34:51 |
100 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:35:02 |
101 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:35:11 |
102 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:35:43 |
103 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:36:39 |
104 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:36:46 |
105 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:37:36 |
106 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:38:39 |
107 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:39:31 |
108 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:39:38 |
109 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39:55 |
110 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 0:40:09 |
111 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:40:17 |
112 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:40:27 |
113 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:41:28 |
114 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:41:30 |
115 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:41:58 |
116 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:42:10 |
117 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:43:48 |
118 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:43:49 |
119 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:44:31 |
120 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:44:45 |
121 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:45:56 |
122 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:46:33 |
123 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:47:09 |
124 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:47:51 |
125 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:48:22 |
126 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:48:26 |
127 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:48:38 |
128 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:48:46 |
129 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:49:00 |
130 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:49:12 |
131 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:49:31 |
132 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:49:39 |
133 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 0:49:41 |
134 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:49:55 |
135 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:50:21 |
136 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:50:43 |
137 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:51:09 |
138 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:51:44 |
139 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:51:56 |
140 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:52:24 |
141 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | |
142 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:54:47 |
143 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:56:00 |
144 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:56:14 |
145 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:56:15 |
146 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:57:02 |
147 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:57:05 |
148 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 0:57:18 |
149 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:57:33 |
150 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 0:57:55 |
151 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:58:02 |
152 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:58:28 |
153 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:58:33 |
154 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 0:58:41 |
155 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
156 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:59:20 |
157 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:59:23 |
158 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:59:29 |
159 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:59:42 |
160 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 1:00:13 |
161 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:00:29 |
162 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:00:44 |
163 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:02:09 |
164 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:02:15 |
165 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:05:19 |
166 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 1:06:21 |
167 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 1:08:23 |
168 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 1:08:47 |
169 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:10:40 |
170 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 1:14:54 |
171 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 1:19:19 |
172 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:22:03 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 117 | pts |
2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 106 | |
3 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 66 | |
4 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 65 | |
5 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 55 | |
6 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 54 | |
7 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 47 | |
8 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 47 | |
9 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 46 | |
10 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 39 | |
11 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 36 | |
12 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 34 | |
13 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
14 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
15 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 32 | |
16 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 32 | |
17 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
18 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 31 | |
19 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
20 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
21 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 29 | |
22 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 29 | |
23 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 28 | |
24 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 27 | |
25 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 26 | |
26 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
27 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 24 | |
28 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 24 | |
29 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 24 | |
30 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 23 | |
31 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 22 | |
32 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 22 | |
33 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 21 | |
34 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21 | |
35 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 20 | |
36 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 20 | |
37 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
38 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
39 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
40 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 19 | |
41 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
42 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 19 | |
43 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 18 | |
44 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 18 | |
45 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 18 | |
46 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
47 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
48 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 17 | |
49 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
50 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 16 | |
51 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 15 | |
52 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 15 | |
53 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
54 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 14 | |
55 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 14 | |
56 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
57 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 13 | |
58 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 13 | |
59 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 13 | |
60 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 12 | |
61 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11 | |
62 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
63 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
64 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
65 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
66 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
67 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
68 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 9 | |
69 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 9 | |
70 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
71 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
72 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 8 | |
73 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | 7 | |
74 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 | |
75 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 5 | |
76 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 5 | |
77 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
78 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
79 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
80 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 4 | |
81 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 4 | |
82 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
83 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
84 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
85 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
86 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
87 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 3 | |
88 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
89 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
90 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 2 | |
91 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1 | |
92 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | |
93 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 1 | |
94 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 |
1 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 59 | pts |
2 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 54 | |
3 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 49 | |
4 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46 | |
5 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 43 | |
6 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 38 | |
7 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 35 | |
8 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
9 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 32 | |
10 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
11 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 23 | |
12 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 21 | |
13 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 20 | |
14 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 19 | |
15 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 17 | |
16 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 15 | |
17 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
18 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 14 | |
19 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 13 | |
20 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 12 | |
21 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 11 | |
22 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 10 | |
23 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
24 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
25 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
26 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 8 | |
27 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
28 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
29 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
30 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
31 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
32 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
33 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
34 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
35 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
36 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 3 | |
37 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
38 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
39 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
40 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
41 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
42 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
43 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 30:19:16 |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:49 |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:54 |
4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:01:40 |
5 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:03:26 |
6 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:04:28 |
7 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:07:06 |
8 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:59 |
9 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:14:14 |
10 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:45 |
11 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:07 |
12 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:17:40 |
13 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:23:44 |
14 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:27:07 |
15 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:30:01 |
16 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:32:17 |
17 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:33:07 |
18 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:34:02 |
19 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:39:27 |
20 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:43:45 |
21 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:47:26 |
22 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:48:00 |
23 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:48:31 |
24 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:49:21 |
25 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:49:43 |
26 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:50:09 |
27 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:51:24 |
28 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:53:47 |
29 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:55:14 |
30 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:56:02 |
31 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:57:33 |
32 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:58:42 |
33 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:59:29 |
34 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:01:09 |
35 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 1:01:15 |
36 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1:09:40 |
1 | AG2R-La Mondiale | 89:21:00 |
2 | Astana | 0:00:03 |
3 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:04:45 |
4 | Team Milram | 0:05:20 |
5 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:05:24 |
6 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:05:56 |
7 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:05 |
8 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:10:00 |
9 | Rabobank | 0:11:11 |
10 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:12:59 |
11 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:13:07 |
12 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:16:13 |
13 | Liquigas | 0:18:44 |
14 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:39 |
15 | Silence - Lotto | 0:23:15 |
16 | Agritubel | 0:24:36 |
17 | Team Katusha | 0:27:41 |
18 | Quick Step | 0:31:51 |
19 | Lampre - N.G.C | 1:02:28 |
20 | Skil-Shimano | 1:52:54 |
Hushovd out-climbs Cavendish to take green
Norwegian Thor Hushovd was a surprise face in the day's breakaway, entering the move only to grab a few precious points toward the green jersey before sitting up and taking his rightful place in the autobus.
The big man hauled himself up the category one climb which began nearly from the start of the stage, then attacked the descent in order to go for the points to move ahead of Columbia-HTC's Mark Cavendish in that competition.
After taking the sprint in Luzenac at km. 67 and then in Tarascon-Sur-Ariege at km. 84.5, his work for the day was done, and he donned the sprinter's jersey at the day's end, 14'14 behind the stage winner. Cavendish finished in the next group on the road.
“I knew the climb was really hard but I felt strong yesterday so I just hung on as long as I could with the main group. I got to the top [of the Port d’Envalira] and attacked straight away on the descent and I could get these important points," said Hushovd.
He was happy to take the green jersey, but admits his work is far from over. "It’s possible to win the green jersey by chasing points at intermediate sprints but Cavendish is fast and now, between the Pyrenees and the Alps, there are probably three stages suited to bunch finishes. So although anything is possible, 11 points is nothing. So I’ll take it day by day. Tomorrow I think I’ll have to save some of my energy because I went really deep today.
“It was hard to get over that first climb. I was on the tip of my saddle for a few kilometers but I knew I had to fight through it and then do a good descent and that allowed me to get the six points at the intermediate sprints. It was important for me.
“Of course the plan is to keep the green jersey as long as possible. I’m happy to have it for now and I’m going to try as hard as I can to keep it for as long as possible… maybe even all the way to Paris.”

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