Let's hope Contador keeps up the good work and wins the tour.

Alberto Contador
The undisputed team leader. He will almost certainly complete our two sponsor goals of Top 5 in the GC and a Stage win, but lets be realistic, anything other than an overall victory will be disappointing.

Igor Anton
Not in a particular awe-inspiring form, Anton is looking to gain experience points that will aide him for his season goal of the Vuelta. A Top 20 results is still possible though, and he will be Contador's main assistant.

David Millar
Here for the time trials but the freshly crowned British champion will be a valuable asset for Contador due to his all round strength. He hopes to do well in the longer TT of the Tour, as prologues do not always suit him.

Chris Hoy
Prologues may not suit Millar, but Chris Hoy has prepared his season around the Tour de France prologue and he is very keen to produce a winning performance and ride in the maillot jaune.

Daniel Lloyd
Last year in July he performed heroics in China, and he will hopefully perform just as well this year round in France. He is unsure yet as to whether he will target the King of the Mountains jersey like he did in the Dauphine.

Ivan Stevic
He did well in the Tour de Suisse and will be the team's sprinter. He will only aim for top 10 positions although with the many opportunities, a top 3 finish cannot be rule out.

Evan Oliphant
A domestique on the flat, Evan is here to gain experience points and will relish the opportunity to ride in Le Tour.

Aleksandr Pliuschin
The Moldovan intends to make a brief cameo role as he completes his Level 4 experience bar before quitting the race to prepare for other targets which he hold this season, namely the Deutschland Tour.

To Be Confirmed
I really have no idea who I should bring as my 9th rider. It is probably between Fran Perez, Bernald Sulzberger, Ian Stannard, Laszlo Bodrogi and Rafaa Chtioui

Bring Perez, having two guys who can help you in the steep mountains really helps

I think i'd have to agree with Deadpool for that one, an extra helper for the mountains is always useful. Especially when wearing the maillot jaune. But then again, having another Brit is always good Go stannard!

i cannot wait till the tour - it will be better than real life

lloyd for kom

what is stannard actually good at?
my heart says stannard, my brain says perez

Stage 1

The prologue is make or break for Chris Hoy. He is in excellent form but cursed by a -3 form of the day.

He takes a provisional lead before Fothen and then Brajkovic beat it.

When Contador hits the start ramp, much later on. Thomas Dekker is the leader.


But Andy Schleck has a faster time at the checkpoint


Contador would equal Schleck's time at the split


But Dekker's finish was obviously very fast. Neither Schleck nor Contador could keep ahead of Dekker, who takes the first maillot jaune.

A good start, but Dekker + Schleck look like tough opponents

Did contador also win last year. Of course with another team though.

Some great competition, but good job taking Perez

@Crommy: The fact that so little was lost in a TT bodes well for me. It may have been short but to be so close when Contador has 74 TT, Schleck has 76, Kloden + Brajkovic 78, and Dekker 80. I do expect Andy Schleck to be the biggest rival though.

@matt493: Contador was 2nd for Discovery behind Valverde.

@deadpool: Perez isnt in ideal form but he should grow into it for the 3rd week of the tour which is the toughest week

He may not be in ideal form, but he should be feeling better when you hit the mountains (as long as his race form is low)

Well his training % is at 100 now and he already has a lot of fatigue. Im going to completely fill his fatigue bar I suspect.

Pliuschin's stat increase:




Stage 2

The break included Austrian champion Bernhard Eisel but was caught a long way out.

With 15km to go, Boonen somehow had a 50 second lead.
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But Boonen was caught on the 2 and a half kilometre climb that peaked at 6.5km to go. Pliuschin tried an attack but could not get away, subsequently abandoning since he has got the stat increase which he came to the tour for.

There are a lot of high class sprinters here in France. Who would win the first sprint stage?


Petacchi!


1 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 4h33'33
2 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
3 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
6 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
9 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Erik Zabel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
11 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
12 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
14 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
17 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
18 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
20 Martin Mortensen LIQUIGAS s.t.
21 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
22 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
24 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
25 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
28 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
29 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER s.t.
30 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
31 Karsten Kroon LIQUIGAS s.t.
32 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
33 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
34 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
35 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
36 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
37 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
38 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
39 Frederic Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
40 Francesco Chicchi UNIBET.COM s.t.
41 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
42 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
43 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
44 Johan Vansummeren QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
46 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
47 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
48 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
49 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
50 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
51 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
52 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
53 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
54 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
55 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
56 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
57 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
58 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
59 Frank Høj COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
60 Geert Steurs PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
61 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
62 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
63 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
64 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
65 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
66 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
67 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
68 Jean-Marc Bideau TEAM MILRAM s.t.
69 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
70 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
71 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
72 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
73 Arnaud Gérard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
74 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
75 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
76 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
77 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
78 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA s.t.
79 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
80 Cédric Vasseur LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
81 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
82 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
83 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
84 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
85 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
86 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
87 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS s.t.
88 Alexandre Pichot QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
89 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
90 Ben Hermans TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
91 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
92 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
93 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
94 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
95 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
96 Emilien-Benoît Bergès AGRITUBEL s.t.
97 Sergei Kolesnikov UNIBET.COM s.t.
98 Blaise Sonnery AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
99 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
100 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.

You could win the vuelta with Pluischin next year

or this year if he's not too fatigued

Pliuschin's final target for the season is the Deutschland tour. He will probably warmup for it in Denmark, but thats about it.

Stage 3

Stevic chose to follow Cavendish and Greipel.


But Cavendish struggled and fell away from Greipel. Farrar is well placed with Rojas on his wheel while Hushovd is also up there


Boonen came from a long way back but Farrar wins the stage. Stevic takes 5th.


1 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 3h44'45
2 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
4 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
11 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
12 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
13 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
14 Francesco Chicchi UNIBET.COM s.t.
15 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Erik Zabel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
20 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
21 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
22 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
23 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
24 Martin Mortensen LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
27 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
28 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
29 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
30 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
31 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
32 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
33 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
34 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
35 Anthony Geslin TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
36 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
37 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
38 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
39 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL s.t.
40 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
41 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA s.t.
42 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
43 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
44 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
45 Sergei Kolesnikov UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
47 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
48 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
49 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
50 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
51 Alexandre Pichot QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
52 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
53 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
54 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
55 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
56 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
57 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
58 Jean-Marc Bideau TEAM MILRAM s.t.
59 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
60 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM s.t.
61 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
62 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
63 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
64 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
65 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
66 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
67 Frederic Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
68 Johan Vansummeren QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
69 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
70 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
71 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
72 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
73 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
74 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
75 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
76 Benoit Salmon AGRITUBEL s.t.
77 Arnaud Gérard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
78 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
79 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
80 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
81 Cédric Vasseur LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
82 Ben Hermans TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
83 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
84 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
85 Karsten Kroon LIQUIGAS s.t.
86 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM s.t.
87 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
88 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
89 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
90 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
91 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
92 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
93 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
94 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER s.t.
95 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
96 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
97 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
98 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
99 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
100 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.

nice 5th

how do you get the link to this story in your sig to say something and not just give the adress?

Stage 4

The Col de Peyresourde, the Col d'Aspin and the Col du Tourmalet are the 3 big climbs on the opening mountain stage.


Lloyd tried to get away but the peleton werent willing to let him and 8 others get away.

On the Peyresourde, Di Gregorio and Sanchez did get away.


While on the Aspin, 16 riders pulled away from the peleton. All the big favourites, including Contador - except for Rasmussen.


Kreuziger got dropped from the 16 as Contador sat at the back. No point wasting any energy.


Vladimir Efimkin led the attacks at the foot of the Tourmalet.


Contador made full use of his full blue bar and comfortably rode past all other attackers, and catching Di Gregorio


He breezed past the frenchman, and soon passed Sanchez too. Dekker also got a gap on the group of contenders.


Dekker kept within a minute of Contador going up the climb, not willing to give in his jersey this early in the tour and both of them are pulling away from everyone else.


All thats left is descending to the finish, where Contador secures the win.


Dekker came in 36 seconds back. Not enough to keep the jersey but still in touch with Contador overall.


That cant be said for the others. Michael Rogers took 3rd over 3 minutes after Contador - could they have lost their tour victory hopes already? They didnt seem to try hard about limiting Contador or Dekker's gains.


1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h32'59
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 36
3 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'21
4 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
8 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
11 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
14 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 4'08
15 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 4'23
16 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 8'12
17 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 11'44
18 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
19 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
20 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
23 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
24 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA s.t.
25 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
26 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
27 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 12'14
29 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
30 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
31 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 13'19
32 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 13'34
33 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 14'22
34 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 14'49
35 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
36 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
37 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
38 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 15'14
39 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 15'35
40 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15'51
41 Maurice Coué TEAM ASTANA s.t.
42 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
43 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA s.t.
44 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Julien Mazet TEAM ASTANA s.t.
46 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL s.t.
47 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 16'24
48 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
49 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
50 Maxim Belkov TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.


GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 13h00'14
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 40
3 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'37
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'38
5 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'39
6 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 3'40
7 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 3'43
8 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'47
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'48
10 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 3'58
11 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'13
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 4'17
13 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'27
14 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 4'49
15 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 4'53
16 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 8'35
17 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 12'12
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 12'19
19 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 12'26
20 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 12'32
21 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 12'33
22 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 12'40
23 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 12'44
24 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 12'51
25 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
29 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 13'39
30 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 14'19
32 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 14'49

KoM
1 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL 62
2 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA 52
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 49
4 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 48
5 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 44
6 Robert Gesink RABOBANK 42
7 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 40
8 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC 34
9 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 32
10 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL 30

He must have had a big lead beforehand to still be in touch

great climbing