Dekker probably cracked cause he saw Menchov's and Gesink's names on the road. Great story.

I concur with both statements

As rumours fly over Alberto Contador's future with DFL, the team were able to make two concrete statements regarding two new riders for next season. Moving to us from Rabobank will be Charles Wegelius, and he can link up again with former Liquigas teammate Franco Pellizotti

Both good riders

Stage 17

Its the final non-flat stage of the race as we are in the hills of Switzerland, from Geneva to Lausanne.


Its a chance for the GC contenders to gain a little time on each other (although most positions seems certain now) but first and foremost, the KoM jersey. Uran goes for it at the first climb and takes 4th


He forms a group of 11 strong riders that hold a slight advantage ahead of the pack but then Kreuziger crashes ... taking Uran with him!


A couple of Liquigas guys drop back for Kreuziger but they dont wait for Uran, who trails the Liquigas chase by around 30 seconds. No worries, as he is able to get back and by now, all other riders ahead of the pack have been caught


Hagen takes 6 points at the intermediate sprint. He may not particularly need him, but its a good chance to test his legs as he outsprints Haussler and Popovych


Undeterred by his crash, Uran soon is on the attack again, but only to be surpassed by Hincapie, Cavendish and Leipheimer.


He catches up with them while Cav is dropped - but Uran feels it is taking too much effort to keep with the Americans so drops back to the Brit


Uran manages to pick up a few points still on the 2nd climb, making his attack worthwhile, even if he is feeling the pace. He cant keep with Cavendish on the flat inbetween Climbs 2 and 3 and both are caught by the pack. Hincapie and Leipheimer are more resilient but they too get caught towards the top of the 3rd climb as Pereiro goes for KoM points


Into the descent, the lead group now consists of 23 riders with Contador, Iglsinkiy and Evans there for DFL


They work well together as we approach the final uphill kick towards the line, but Popovych looks to beat the hill and attack on the flat with 12km to go.


He is quickly caught and it seems the hills will decide things. It starts to come in view with 6km to go as Evans reaches the front of the relay train .. and attacks!!!


He looks to have caught everyone out, although an ominous yellow shape is the first to get his act together in response


Evans takes another drink as he looks for some more blue bar


Schleck reaches him but at least the Drink means Evans can try to match him


Matching Schleck has been notoriously hard this month though


Evans does close in on Schleck a little as he sprint for the line


But the Luxembourger keeps him at bay and takes victory


Dekker closed in fast on Evans but the Aussie holds on for a great 2nd place


1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 5h12'42
2 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 24
6 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 32
7 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
9 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
10 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
11 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
12 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
13 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
16 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
17 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'57
18 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 2'06
19 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
20 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'35
21 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'05
22 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'21
23 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
25 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
26 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
27 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4'30
28 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
29 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
30 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
32 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD s.t.
33 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
34 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
35 Matteo Carrara BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
36 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD s.t.
37 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
38 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD s.t.
39 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
40 Emanuele Sella DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
41 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL s.t.
42 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
43 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
44 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
45 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
47 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
48 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
49 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS s.t.
50 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK s.t.

GC
1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 78h10'59
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 16'09
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 16'50
4 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'33
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'30
6 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 30'41
7 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 32'58
8 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 34'16
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 34'33
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 36'01
11 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 36'47
12 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 39'06
13 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 39'21
14 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 41'02
15 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 41'29
16 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 47'33
17 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 49'30
18 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 55'58
19 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h06'24
20 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h07'10
21 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS + 1h10'24
22 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 1h11'54
23 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h12'06
24 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h15'35
25 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 1h21'11
26 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h22'27
27 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h24'53
28 Emanuele Sella DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h30'04
29 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER + 1h31'07
30 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h32'55
31 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 1h32'57
32 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h34'01
33 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h38'34
34 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h39'35
35 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD + 1h41'34

Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 263
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 216
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 211
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 174
5 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 165

KoM
1 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 325
2 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 304
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 209
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 194
5 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 188

Stage 18

Onto the flat stages, although theres some testing terrain on offer today


David Millar hopes he is going to be part of the Tour's first successful break


But no, he cant even keep with his companions with 60km to go, and the peleton closing in


The 4 who left him behind are to be caught with 40km to go, just before the 3rd and final KoM of the day - and its Uran who charges past them


Victory in the climb surely now secures the KoM jersey for Uran


He even keeps going for a bit, but ultimately he will be caught


So its going to be a sprint. Having rested well over the past 3 days of racing, as well as a rest day tucked in there aswell, lets see how well Hagen has recovered. He is well palced behind Haussler and Farrar.


With Farrar done with the leadout, its time to go. Hagen, Haussler and Mondory are in with a chance


Slight lead for Haussler but Hagen is going strong


Inching into the lead..


VICTORY FOR HAGEN!!!!


And from another angle:


At last Hagen takes his 3rd stage win of the race - it feels like an age since his 2nd, which was also the teams last win. Now with a 57 point lead and 2 sprint stages to go, the Green jersey is so very nearly secured. Ben Swift, who has had an experience boost (now 80 Sprint) was also pleased with 14th, his best showing so far in the race.

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h28'33
2 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
3 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
6 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
8 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Robert Hunter GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Robert Förster PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
15 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
16 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
17 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
18 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
20 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
21 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
23 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
26 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC s.t.
27 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
28 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD s.t.
29 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
30 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
31 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
32 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
33 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL s.t.
34 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
35 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.

GC
1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 82h39'32
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 16'09
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 16'50
4 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'33
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'30
6 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 30'41
7 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 32'58
8 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 34'16
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 34'33
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 36'01

Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 298
2 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 241
3 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 238
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 193
5 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 184

KoM
1 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 335
2 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 304
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 209
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 194
5 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM 191

good to see you win again

Yup, agreed I guess that only makes the two of us though

That's not true. I am happy too

The Champs Elysses stage is pretty epic - but before that theres Stages 19 and 20 to report.



Stage 19

Flat stage, but could the hills near the end have an influence?


The break went away at a 4th attempt, and David Millar was the 4th DFL rider to try. He finished last on yesterdays stage but maybe today can be a breakaway success?


In the pack, there was a brief split at one point. The action, if any, would come at the end, so there was obviously some boredom within the bunch


Millar was the last of the break to be caught, along with a Caisse rider 26km to go


With still a KoM hill left, Uran attacks on a matter of principle and takes the points


Theres never any point wasting an attack, so he kept the pace up just to see if anything could happen, but the pack reeled him back in


The hills near the end may disrupt some sprinters, but not Hagen, as he takes Ventoso's wheel


Making his move with 1.2km to go


Hagen is of course eager for another victory


But fellow countryman Hushovd is going well too! Its going to be tight!


But Hushovd grabs it on the line.


Every cloud has a silver lining though - Hagen has now secured the green jersey.

1 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 5h47'45
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
4 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
5 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
6 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
8 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
16 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
17 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
18 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM s.t.
20 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
21 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
22 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
23 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
24 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.

GC
1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 88h27'17
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 16'09
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 16'50
4 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'33
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'30
6 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 30'41
7 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 32'58
8 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 34'16
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 34'33
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 36'01

Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 328
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 273
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 267
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 210
5 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 206

KoM
1 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 340
2 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 304
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 209
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 194
5 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 191

Great TdF with Hagen!

well done but millars lack of success is very dissapointing

Stage 20

Its the 47km TT, but a disappointing day for our Brits Wiggins and Millar. 39th and 52nd were all they could muster


Nevermind though, as Ignatiev was flying.

15 seconds up on Elijzen, 16 on Hoste at Check 1, still 16 at Hoste on check 2 as Elijzen faded. He clung on to lead at the finish, 6 seconds ahead of Coppel and 8 ahead of Hoste.

He led with 45 riders left to finish and it took until 22nd overall Markus Fothen before this happened


5 riders later, and Vladimir Karpets had taken the lead


The important battle for us though is for 4th overall. Brajkovic starts before Evans, and he must not be allowed to gain 2 minutes on the Aussie


But it was a strong start for the Slovenian. 38 seconds up on Evans at the first check, 1'09 at the 2nd. He was close to Karpets' time and continuing to pull away from Evans.


Can Evans dig deep to defend his position? He is only placed 25th at the second check.


Thomas Dekker meanwhile, is flying. He has passed Kohl, securing 2nd overall, and is well on his way to stage victory.


Its nice to see Schleck struggling for once - but nothing can stop him winning the Tour


The moment of truth is approaching - Brajkovic finishes and he takes the lead!


At one stage with around 10km to go, Brajkovic held roughly a 1'40 advantage on Evans. But the Australian had remained calm and kept on his pre-planned pace. The gap began to fall near the end as Evans charged towards the line and wow - 3rd!! A leap of 22 places and a gain of 19 seconds on Brajkovic since the 2nd check, thats 4th place wrapped up.


Thomas Dekker will ultimately take the lead, 33 seconds quicker than Brajkovic. Evans takes 4th on the stage, while Ignatiev is 7th.

1 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 1h02'02
2 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 33
3 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 1'00
4 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'23
5 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 1'29
6 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 1'53
7 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'55
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'59
9 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2'01
10 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'03
11 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 2'18
12 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'20
14 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'25
15 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'29
16 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'33
17 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 2'34
18 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'37
19 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'38
20 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD + 2'39
21 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'40
22 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 2'42
23 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 2'44
24 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
25 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2'45
26 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'51
27 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 2'57
28 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
29 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'00
30 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
31 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 3'09
32 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
33 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 3'18
34 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'22
35 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3'29
36 Alan Suchoparek DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'30
37 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'37
38 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
39 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'42
40 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'46
41 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'48
42 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 3'49
43 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
44 Libardo Niño PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'00
45 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 4'02
46 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
47 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC + 4'17
48 Grischa Niermann PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'19
49 Przemyslaw Niemiec TEAM ASTANA + 4'21
50 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'22
51 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'30
52 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'31
53 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4'32
54 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'35
55 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'36
56 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4'38
57 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4'39
58 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS + 4'45
59 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4'54
60 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'57
61 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
62 Mikaël Chérel TEAM CSC + 4'58
63 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD + 5'01
64 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'05
65 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS + 5'07

Stage 21

The final stage of the race! And here are the 3 classification winners of the race - Andy Schleck (Yellow + White), Hagen (Green), Uran (Polkadot). Hagen will be looking for stage win number 4 today and will face a tough battle from Hushovd, who is aiming for the same feat.


The day's breakaway included Kolobnev, Moncoutie, Trampusch, Reynes, Eichler, Gavazzi, Niermann and Elijzen


T-Mobile and Credit Agricole led the chase. Credit Agricole have Hushovd but none of Cavendish, Ciolek, Greipei or Eisel have really shown for the team in Magenta.


The peleton closed in on the break as the final lap was soon to begin, so Niermann and Kolobnev then attacked their companions in a desperate late attempt


Rounding the Arc de Triomphe corner for the final time .. is that Niermann on the ground?


Yes, the German is down - and its chaos!!


Two jersey wearers are down - Hagen and Dekker


Kohl is also amongst the many on the floor.


Hushovd is done and alongside Hagen. We will be denied a thrilling Norwegian head-to-head for victory. Iglinskiy, Millar, Swift and Contador were other DFL riders involved.


With Haussler having also crashed - are there actually any sprinters left in the front? Well Robert Forster though and having avoided the crash and in great from, Mikhail Ignatiev has come across to his wheel


Gadret slotted in behind Ignatiev, while across the road there are a couple of major sprinters still there. Behind Greipel is Cavendish and Bennati


Robert Forster powered away into the lead though, its great news for Ignatiev as he could follow the German to 2nd place


Still contempt with just following Forster, theres looking like little competition now.


Leonardo Duque of Credit Agricole is starting to close .. but has Forster just stopped sprinting!?


Yes he has! Ignatiev comes past him and moves into the lead!


The Russian National Champion is giving it everything to keep the lead as Duque is very quickly closing in


But Ignatiev holds on to take it!!! What an amazing win!


A split with the first 20 riders of the non-crashed peleton would prove frustrating for Evans though, as it prevented him from stealing 3rd from Kohl who lost time along with everyone else, due to the crash


But at the end of the day, 4th is where Cadel Evans deserved to finish and nothing could ruin what an amazing win that was for Ignatiev!

1 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 2h46'26
2 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3 Robert Förster PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
4 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Rony Martias BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
8 Robert Hunter GEROLSTEINER s.t.
9 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
10 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Fabrizio Guidi BARLOWORLD s.t.
13 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL s.t.
14 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
15 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
19 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
21 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 44
22 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Jaime Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC s.t.
25 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
26 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
28 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC s.t.
29 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
30 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
31 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM s.t.
32 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
33 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
34 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
35 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
36 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
37 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
38 Paul Martens AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
39 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
40 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
41 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
42 Emanuele Sella DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
43 Christophe Kern T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
44 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
45 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
46 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
47 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
48 Bauke Mollema SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
49 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
50 Nicolas Fritsch PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
51 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
52 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
53 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD s.t.
54 Nicolas Crosbie BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
55 Sébastien Joly TEAM CSC s.t.
56 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
57 Rubens Bertogliati SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
58 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
59 Jakob Siim TEAM CSC s.t.
60 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
61 Yoann Bagot BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
62 Arnaud Labbe BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
63 Cameron Jennings QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
64 Maxime Méderel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
65 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
66 Libardo Niño PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
67 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
68 Charles Guilbert AGRITUBEL s.t.
69 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
70 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
71 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL s.t.

72 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'08
73 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
74 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
75 Carl Naïbo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
76 Constantino Zaballa CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
77 Virgile Hervier BARLOWORLD s.t.
78 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
79 Lander Aperribay EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
80 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.

81 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 2'53
82 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS s.t.
83 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA s.t.
84 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
85 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
86 Renaud Dion LIQUIGAS s.t.
87 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS s.t.
88 Staf Scheirlinckx LIQUIGAS s.t.
89 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
90 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
91 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
92 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
93 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
94 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
95 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
96 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
97 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
98 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
99 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
100 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
101 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
102 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
103 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
104 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
105 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
106 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
107 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
108 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
109 Matteo Carrara BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
110 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD s.t.
111 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
112 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
113 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
114 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA s.t.
115 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
116 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
117 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
118 Michael Albasini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
119 Mikaël Chérel TEAM CSC s.t.
120 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK s.t.
121 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
122 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
123 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
124 Guennadi Mikhailov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
125 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
126 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
127 Bram Schmitz RABOBANK s.t.
128 Alan Suchoparek DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
129 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
130 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
131 Sébastien Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
132 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
133 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
134 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
135 Giovanni Chacón CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
136 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
137 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
138 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle LIQUIGAS s.t.
139 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
140 Serguey Yakovlev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
141 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
142 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
143 Loic Herbreteau UNIBET.COM s.t.
144 Philipp Walsleben QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
145 Przemyslaw Niemiec TEAM ASTANA s.t.
146 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
147 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
148 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
149 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER s.t.
150 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
151 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
152 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
153 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
154 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK s.t.
155 Francis Mourey FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
156 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
157 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
158 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK s.t.
159 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM s.t.
160 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
161 Julien Loubet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
162 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
163 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM + 4'14
164 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM s.t.
165 Grischa Niermann PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
166 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 4'47
167 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
168 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM + 5'40
169 David García Dapena TEAM ASTANA + 6'19
170 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
171 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD s.t.
172 Maurice Coué TEAM ASTANA + 7'28
173 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 8'34
174 Thomas Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 11'43
175 Steven Tronet AGRITUBEL + 12'15

General Classification



1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 92h19'11
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 15'36
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 18'51
4 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'14
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20'21
6 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 30'17
7 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 32'34
8 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 34'56
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 36'37
10 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 38'13
11 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 38'46
12 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 41'13
13 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 41'30
14 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 42'22
15 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 45'34
16 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 47'11
17 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 49'57
18 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 57'46
19 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h07'06
20 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h07'19
21 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS + 1h14'36
22 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h15'26
23 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h16'38
24 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 1h25'25
25 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h28'22
26 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h30'47
27 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h32'38
28 Emanuele Sella DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h34'18
29 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 1h35'33
30 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h35'56
31 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER + 1h36'06
32 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h42'03
33 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL + 1h45'11
34 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h48'10
35 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h49'11
36 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h51'03
37 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 1h51'05
38 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h51'24
39 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h54'04
40 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h54'11
41 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 1h55'13
42 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 1h55'20
43 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h55'54
44 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h56'20
46 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER + 1h57'11
47 Francis Mourey FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h02'04
48 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2h02'33
49 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 2h03'54
50 Przemyslaw Niemiec TEAM ASTANA + 2h05'27
51 Bauke Mollema SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h05'34
52 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h05'59
53 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h06'32
54 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h09'50
55 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD + 2h11'17
56 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h14'53
57 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h17'18
58 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h19'58
59 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h22'19
60 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h26'36
61 Giovanni Chacón CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2h28'35
62 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h29'23
63 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h30'01
64 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h30'10
65 Matteo Carrara BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 2h30'47
66 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h31'54
67 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM + 2h33'58
68 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h35'29
69 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h36'51
70 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h37'23
71 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2h42'30
72 Sébastien Joly TEAM CSC + 2h47'15
73 Maxime Méderel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h49'02
74 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 2h50'51
75 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h51'57
76 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL + 2h52'00
77 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC + 2h59'07
78 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h01'35
79 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK + 3h02'21
80 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h03'14
81 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD + 3h05'12
82 Constantino Zaballa CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h08'36
83 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h11'01
84 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h11'05
85 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3h12'20
86 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h12'34
87 Grischa Niermann PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3h12'50
88 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3h13'28
89 Nicolas Fritsch PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3h14'29
90 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3h19'25
91 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL + 3h20'03
92 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3h21'51
93 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM + 3h22'14
94 Serguey Yakovlev TEAM ASTANA + 3h25'25
95 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h26'02
96 Michael Albasini LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h30'41
97 Robert Hunter GEROLSTEINER + 3h36'18
98 Paul Martens AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h42'59
99 Christophe Kern T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h43'20
100 Carl Naïbo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h50'49
101 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h51'26
102 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h51'53
103 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK + 3h52'27
104 Julien Loubet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h52'39
105 Maurice Coué TEAM ASTANA + 3h53'00
106 Arnaud Labbe BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 3h55'08
107 Mikaël Chérel TEAM CSC + 3h56'19
108 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3h56'50
109 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER + 3h57'38
110 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h59'16
111 Rubens Bertogliati SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4h02'47
112 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4h03'37
113 Staf Scheirlinckx LIQUIGAS + 4h06'26
114 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 4h12'48
115 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC + 4h14'06
116 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4h17'49
117 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4h18'24
118 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4h20'01
119 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4h23'25
120 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4h24'46
121 David García Dapena TEAM ASTANA + 4h24'55
122 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 4h26'23
123 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4h28'16
124 Robert Förster PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4h31'52
125 Libardo Niño PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4h31'53
126 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 4h34'11
127 Yoann Bagot BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 4h34'53
128 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM + 4h35'00
129 Virgile Hervier BARLOWORLD + 4h37'46
130 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM + 4h39'06
131 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4h40'16
132 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4h41'23
133 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM + 4h41'48
134 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK + 4h43'36
135 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 4h44'21
136 Nicolas Crosbie BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 4h45'57
137 Alan Suchoparek DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4h47'05
138 Philipp Walsleben QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4h48'32
139 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4h50'51
140 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4h51'51
141 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4h51'53
142 Cameron Jennings QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4h57'19
143 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4h58'55
144 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 5h02'54
145 Renaud Dion LIQUIGAS + 5h11'31
146 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5h14'57
147 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 5h16'50
148 Sébastien Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5h17'41
149 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM + 5h20'43
150 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5h21'50
151 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL + 5h22'16
152 Bram Schmitz RABOBANK + 5h23'50
153 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 5h24'16
154 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA + 5h27'24
155 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD + 5h28'02
156 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER + 5h35'23
157 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS + 5h35'51
158 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 5h36'21
159 Jaime Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5h36'52
160 Rony Martias BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 5h41'27
161 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle LIQUIGAS + 5h41'50
162 Charles Guilbert AGRITUBEL + 5h42'50
163 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 5h44'16
164 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 5h53'19
165 Guennadi Mikhailov TEAM ASTANA + 5h54'04
166 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM + 6h03'42
167 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 6h05'30
168 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 6h08'29
169 Loic Herbreteau UNIBET.COM + 6h08'53
170 Fabrizio Guidi BARLOWORLD + 6h09'13
171 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 6h15'07
172 Steven Tronet AGRITUBEL + 6h16'09
173 Jakob Siim TEAM CSC + 6h31'46
174 Lander Aperribay EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 6h51'10
175 Thomas Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 6h58'41

Points Classification



1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 328
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 273
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 267
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 230
5 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 206
6 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 178
7 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM 174
8 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM 173
9 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS 167
10 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 165
11 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 151
12 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO 151
13 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 144
14 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 135
15 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM 134
16 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 127
17 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 124
18 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 122
19 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS 122
20 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM 109
21 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 103
22 Robert Förster PREDICTOR - LOTTO 101
23 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 91
24 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM 90
25 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM 90
26 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM 89
27 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 89
28 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 89
29 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS 85
30 Robert Hunter GEROLSTEINER 82
31 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER 74
32 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA 73
33 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL 70
34 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL 68
35 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO 66
36 Robert Gesink RABOBANK 66
37 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL 62
38 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 53
39 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK 46
40 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE 45
41 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC 43
42 Rony Martias BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 39
43 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM 37
44 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 32
45 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 31
46 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO 31
47 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 28
48 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 27
49 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 26
50 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 25
51 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 25
52 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 22
53 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS 22
54 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD 20
55 Fabrizio Guidi BARLOWORLD 20
56 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 20
57 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE 20
58 Paul Martens AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 20
59 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL 19
60 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 17
61 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 17
62 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 17
63 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 14
64 Nicolas Fritsch PREDICTOR - LOTTO 14
65 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL 13
66 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL 12
67 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 11
68 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 11
69 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 10
70 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 10
71 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS 10
72 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO 9
73 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 9
74 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 8
75 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 8
76 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL 8
77 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA 8
78 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK 6
79 Christophe Kern T-MOBILE TEAM 6
80 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 6
81 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 6
82 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM 6
83 Arnaud Labbe BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 6
84 Yoann Bagot BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 6
85 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL 6
86 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK 6
87 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 5
88 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM 5
89 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 5
90 Guennadi Mikhailov TEAM ASTANA 4
91 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4
92 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM 4
93 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD 4
94 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 4
95 Maurice Coué TEAM ASTANA 4
96 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 4
97 Giovanni Chacón CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4
98 Nicolas Crosbie BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 4
99 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK 3
100 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3
101 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 3
102 Jaime Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL 3
103 Steven Tronet AGRITUBEL 2
104 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM 2
105 Michael Albasini LAMPRE - FONDITAL 2
106 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 2
107 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK 2
108 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2
109 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 2
110 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL 2
111 Grischa Niermann PREDICTOR - LOTTO 2
112 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC 2
113 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 1
250 Manuel Cardoso GEROLSTEINER 5

King of the Mountains



1 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 340
2 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 304
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 209
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 194
5 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 191
6 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM 191
7 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 184
8 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS 183
9 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 155
10 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO 137
11 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL 132
12 Nicolas Fritsch PREDICTOR - LOTTO 125
13 Robert Gesink RABOBANK 120
14 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM 106
15 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA 90
16 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 78
17 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC 76
18 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL 76
19 Maurice Coué TEAM ASTANA 75
20 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE 74
21 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 73
22 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 72
23 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD 71
24 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 70
25 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK 66
26 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 59
27 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM 56
28 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 56
29 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 53
30 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 50
31 Julien Loubet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 48
32 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 46
33 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 45
34 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO 42
35 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE 42
36 Emanuele Sella DISCOVERY CHANNEL 41
37 Michael Albasini LAMPRE - FONDITAL 40
38 Virgile Hervier BARLOWORLD 36
39 Giovanni Chacón CAISSE D'EPARGNE 36
40 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 35
41 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 32
42 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL 32
43 Arnaud Labbe BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 30
44 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 30
45 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 27
46 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER 26
47 Paul Martens AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 24
48 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 22
49 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM 22
50 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK 21
51 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 20
52 Christophe Kern T-MOBILE TEAM 19
53 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19
54 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL 18
55 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE 17
56 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 16
57 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 16
58 Nicolas Crosbie BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 14
59 Sébastien Joly TEAM CSC 14
60 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS 13
61 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 12
62 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE 12
63 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK 12
64 Grischa Niermann PREDICTOR - LOTTO 11
65 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 11
66 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK 11
67 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 10
68 Steven Tronet AGRITUBEL 10
69 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM 10
70 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL 10
71 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS 10
72 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 9
73 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8
74 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 8
75 Guennadi Mikhailov TEAM ASTANA 7
76 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM 7
77 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM 7
78 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7
79 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE 6
80 Rony Martias BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 6
81 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 6
82 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA 6
83 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA 5
84 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL 5
85 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 5
86 Yoann Bagot BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM 5
87 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM 5
88 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL 4
89 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 4
90 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 3
91 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK 3
92 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 3
93 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 3
94 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL 3
95 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 2
96 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM 2
97 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 2
98 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 2
99 Przemyslaw Niemiec TEAM ASTANA 2
100 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM 1
101 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD 1
102 Cameron Jennings QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 1
103 Pieter Weening RABOBANK 1
104 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 1
250 Jonathan Balbuena AGRITUBEL 3
250 Denis Robin AGRITUBEL 3
250 Marc Lotz BARLOWORLD 6
250 Manuel Cardoso GEROLSTEINER 6

Best Young Rider



Teams Classification

Yay Mika Ignatiev

amazing win with Ignatiev!

Nice. Love the win by Ignatiev.

Btw, is Contador still sulking? And can you post the Tours top10s stats.

Yeh, Contador is still sulking. Believe it or not, he was actually at 90 fitness throught the race!

1. Schleck: 83 Mo, 78 Hill, 76 TT
2. Dekker: 80 Mo, 78 Hill, 81 TT
3. Kohl: 81 Mo, 77 Hill, 75 TT
4. Evans: 81 Mo, 77 Hill, 76 TT
5. Brajkovic: 79 Mo, 75 Hill, 79 TT
6. Rogers: 79 Mo, 76 Hill, 78 TT
7. Pereiro: 79 Mo, 75 Hill, 72 TT
8. Augustyn: 81 Mo, 78 Hill, 70 TT
9. Menchov: 81 Mo, 77 Hill, 73 TT
10. Van den Broeck: 76 Mo, 72 Hill, 77 TT

weird thing with Contador^^
it seems like Van den Broeck never improved...