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Stage 17

Alberto Contador felt strong after the rest day - with a very good recovery. He was ready to battle Schleck and Dekker on the first of 4 consecutive mountain stages, as he looks to regain the Maillot Jaune.


Stevic went with the early break and took 6th on the first climb - 11th Overall Simoni too the full points.


They were all caught but Simoni still took 2nd on the next climb, behind di Gregorio


Simoni bounced back to win climb 3


But Di Gregorio again beat Simoni on climb 4


At the start of the descent of the 4th climb, Gesink crashed bringing Rasmussen down with him. The pair would end up losing 40 minutes on the day's winner and Gesink slips from 16th overall to 35th - Rasmussen falls to 70th.


Chris Hoy also crashed, already being in the Grupetto, and got the little injured symbol. He soldiered through the stage though and somehow managed to rejoin the Grupetto in the last few kilometres, thus avoiding elimination.


Back up front, Simoni chose not to try to win the 5th climb, as Menchov took the points


It seems Simoni was waiting til the Joux Plane to make a more serious attack. Contador counters!


Brajkovic also goes with them as they form a leading trio


Dekker could only put in a feeble attack and Schleck could not do much better. This is a golden opportunity for Contador!


Further up the Joux Plane, Simoni cracked


He would join up with Dekker and Schleck before being dropped by them and sitting up for the day.


Contador led Brajkovic over the top of the Joux Plane with 1'20 advantage over Schleck and Dekker


He kept pushing up the Avoriaz and the lead grew


It was over 2 minutes when, with 3km to go, Brajkovic was forced to let go


Contador kept on going and took a dominating victory.


Brajkovic finishes 2nd, he has firmly consolidated 4th overall now.


Dekker takes 3rd ahead of Schleck - but they came in 3 minutes down on Contador!!


Igor Anton gave a first real hint of a stronger performance as he finished 16th to rise to 25th overall from 29th. He is right on course for the Vuelta.


1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 5h55'59
2 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'41
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 3'02
4 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5'42
6 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 7'28
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
11 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'55
16 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
17 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 8'17
18 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 9'10
20 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
21 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
22 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 9'18
23 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 9'27
24 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 11'23
25 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'54
26 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 12'54
27 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
28 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 14'29
29 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
30 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
31 Johan Vansummeren QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 15'00
32 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 15'11
33 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
34 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 15'20
35 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 16'06
36 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'38
37 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
38 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
39 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 17'13
40 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 17'23
41 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 17'43
42 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 17'56
43 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'09
44 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 18'16
45 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
46 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL + 18'29
47 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM + 19'37
48 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 19'56
49 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER + 20'10
50 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 20'52
103 Evan Oliphant DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 36'00
106 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 40'30
115 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
118 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
The 58 man Grupetto came in @ + 1h04'25


GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 70h50'23
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 2'28
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 3'38
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'25
5 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 9'37
6 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 12'13
7 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 12'55
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 13'38
9 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 16'20
10 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 17'17
11 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 17'30
12 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 18'12
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 21'16
14 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 21'33
15 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 21'50
16 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 31'31
17 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 33'14
18 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 35'45
19 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 36'05
20 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 36'58
21 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 37'38
22 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 39'48
23 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 40'14
24 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 41'17
25 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 42'45

Points
1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 230
2 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 190
3 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 188
4 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS 166
5 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 162
6 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 149
7 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 143
8 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 139
9 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 136
10 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 134

KoM
1 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 195
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 175
3 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 169
4 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 139
5 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL 139
6 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 134
7 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 127
8 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 125
9 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO 106
10 Sergei Kolesnikov UNIBET.COM 98

The mans in yellow!

now don't go all defensive on us - attack till you crack

Back in yellow, where you belong B)

Still 3 mountain stages to go, but you've done the toughest task already...

Stage 18

It's the one they all want to win! Like the Champs Elysses for Climbers, the Alpe D'Huez is a must win climb for climbers. Contador is no exception.


Fran Perez decided he might aswell attack today, so he did. He had John Devine for company but the lazy American refused to relay at all. Bastard. That did mean Perez could pick up maximum KoM points though.


In the descent of the first climb, Dekker crashed! He got back to the main group quickly though.


And in the descent of Climb 2, Dekker, Schleck and some others tried to repeat the move that gained Schleck so much time a few stages ago


But their puny resistance was no match for Anton, Millar and Lloyd


So after the first 3 climbs of the day (All won by Perez) it was on to the Galibier and Dekker attacked


Did he really think I would let him get away though?


The pair held a minutes advantage and Contador decided he might as well work with Dekker. They caught up to Perez and Devine.


Perez shortly ran out of energy leaving just 3 and as Dekker shouted at Devine for being a lazy bastard, Contador attacked.


Dekker must have been pissed off at himself since he didnt even try to counter, he just hid behind Devine for a bit - nearly getting caught by the next group before getting up to speed again. Contador was away!


Over the galibier and down the descent, Contador held 1'38 at the foot of Alpe d'Huez. Dekker was joined by the riders ranked 3-7: Schleck, Brajkovic, Kloden, Popovych and Gerdemann. Could these 6 close down the gap on Contador? Nope, Contador just pulled away further and further and further and further etc etc


Contador wins Alpe d'Huez!


5 minutes later, Andreas Kloden takes 2nd, having attacked away from the others. Dekker took 3rd.


Sadly, this stage ended Chris Hoy's race. His injury from yesterdays crash meant he was dropped early on and never even saw the grupetto, finishing outside the time limit.

1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 7h10'48
2 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5'02
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 5'36
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 5'48
7 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
8 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'48
9 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 7'57
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
12 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 8'32
13 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 8'48
14 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 9'11
15 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
17 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 11'05
18 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 11'13
21 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 11'21
22 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 11'29
23 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 12'09
24 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 15'13
25 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
26 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 16'09
27 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
28 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 16'17
29 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
30 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 18'01
31 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18'09
32 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18'17
33 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
34 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 18'25
35 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 18'41
36 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL + 18'57
37 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 19'29
38 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'01
39 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 20'17
40 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 20'25
41 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
42 Johan Vansummeren QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 20'41
43 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 20'57
44 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 21'05
45 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 21'13
46 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 21'37
47 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'45
48 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 21'53
49 Carl Naïbo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 22'01
50 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 22'09
51 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 22'41
52 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 22'57
53 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 23'13
54 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 23'21
55 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 23'29
56 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 23'37
57 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 24'01
58 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER + 24'09
59 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 24'25
60 Maxim Belkov TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 24'49
76 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 29'33


GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 78h00'45
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 8'18
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 9'52
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'27
5 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 14'53
6 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 18'27
7 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 18'57
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 22'01
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 24'44
10 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 25'57
11 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 26'35
12 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 26'54
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 29'39
14 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 31'10
15 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 33'45
16 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 45'01
17 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 47'16
18 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 48'27
19 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 49'17
20 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 50'14
21 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 53'49
22 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 54'32
23 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 56'31
24 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 56'49
25 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 59'52
26 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h03'12
27 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h05'03
28 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h06'04
29 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 1h07'48
30 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h08'11
31 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 1h09'39
32 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h13'27
33 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h16'36
34 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h16'48
35 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h17'12
43 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h26'29
48 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h31'09

KoM
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 249
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 242
3 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 205
4 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL 167
5 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL 167
6 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 166
7 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 157
8 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL 125
9 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 125
10 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO 124
11 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA 108
12 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS 100
13 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 100
14 Sergei Kolesnikov UNIBET.COM 98
15 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER 91

domination

they might as well give up

great riding

Congratulations, you have won the Tour de France!

Stage 19

Its a 19km Mountain TT and well done to Roman Kreuziger, he wins the 'Best of the Rest' award today as he took 2nd place.


Contador was on fire today though (Even with just a +1 daily form). He passed Dekker before the halfway stage


And also managed to pass Schleck aswell


1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 47'11
2 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 2'29
3 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'59
4 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'00
5 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3'02
6 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 3'03
7 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'04
8 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 3'06
9 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 3'08
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 3'12
11 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'21
12 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 3'29
13 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3'35
14 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'36
15 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 3'40
16 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'54
17 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4'07
18 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 4'19
19 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 4'23
20 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'25
21 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'34
22 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 4'41
23 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 4'56
24 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'05
25 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 5'08
26 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 5'09
27 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 5'11
28 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'13
29 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 5'19
30 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'20
31 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5'21
32 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'33
33 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5'34
34 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 5'35
35 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 5'45
36 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'50
37 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
38 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 5'51
39 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
40 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 5'52
41 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
42 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
43 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
44 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 5'53
45 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
46 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'54
47 Evan Oliphant DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'56
48 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 5'57
49 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 5'58
50 Ben Hermans TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.

GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 78h47'56
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 11'26
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 13'32
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 14'48
5 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 17'53
6 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 21'56
7 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 22'33
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 25'05
9 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 28'38
10 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 29'04
11 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 30'16
12 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 31'19
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 32'51
14 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 35'33
15 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 37'20
16 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 50'36
17 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 51'50
18 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 52'19
19 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 53'08
20 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 54'21
21 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 56'48
22 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 59'28
23 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 1h01'39
24 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h02'49
25 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h05'05
26 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h08'32
27 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 1h10'54
28 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h11'01
29 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h11'15
30 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 1h12'42
31 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h14'03
32 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h18'36
33 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h22'28
34 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h22'39
35 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h22'45

oh game set match contador

please attack on the Champs-Elysees just to taunt them

thats rediculous

vini vidi vici very impressive

I wonder who will win?

That is ultimate domination!! I hope he isnt on drugs Lol, no its just the great manager! Doin' the jersey proud SN super stuff!!

Good win with Contador.

There not much more to worry about 11 mins up on GC

Stage 20

Fran Perez went on the attack again early on in the stage


He won the first 2 KoMs solo but Simoni took the 3rd having chased down Perez since the 2nd climb.


When we get to the 4th climb, Simoni and Perez are gone and theres a lead group of around 20-25 riders. Eltink, Gesink and Gomez Marchante find themselves slightly ahead of the group due to a strong relay.


Eltink was determined to grasp this opportunity


He won the 4th and then the 5th climb, but the gap didnt grow


And at the foot of the 6th climb, Contador attacks and breezes past Gesink and Eltink


His gap grows to 2 minutes, and he descends into Grenoble to take the win


Popovych takes 2nd, with Kloden 3rd


Anton, Millar, Perez and Lloyd all lost some places in the GC. Anton lost 4 to 30th, Millar lost 2 to 37th, while Lloyd and Perez fell out of the top 50.

1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 5h59'14
2 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 2'18
3 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 3'10
8 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'56
10 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4'37
11 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 5'35
12 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 5'52
13 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'06
14 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'19
15 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 6'31
16 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 8'53
17 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 9'13
18 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 9'25
19 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
20 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
21 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
25 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
26 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'21
27 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'33
28 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 11'57
29 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
30 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
31 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 12'29
32 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
33 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
34 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 13'09
35 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
36 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL + 13'41
37 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
38 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 14'05
39 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
40 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 14'29
41 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 14'53
42 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 15'49
43 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'13
44 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 16'53
45 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 17'09
46 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
47 Julien Mazet TEAM ASTANA + 17'41
48 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM + 18'05
49 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 19'33
50 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 20'05
51 Maxim Belkov TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 20'53
52 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
53 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 21'17
54 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 21'41
55 Yannick Martinez AGRITUBEL + 22'13

GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 84h46'50
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 14'04
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 16'10
4 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 17'26
5 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 20'23
6 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 24'22
7 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 32'18
8 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 32'34
9 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 34'18
10 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 35'04
11 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 35'35
12 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 36'11
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 39'42
14 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 49'58
15 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 56'38
16 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 58'58
17 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h00'21
18 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h01'23
19 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h01'45
20 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h04'06
21 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h04'33
22 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA + 1h09'13
23 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 1h11'24
24 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h15'06
25 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h16'58
26 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 1h17'06
27 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h21'00
28 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 1h22'27
29 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h24'30
30 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h25'05
31 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h30'12
32 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h34'56
33 John Devine DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h39'57
34 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h40'19
35 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h40'23
36 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h41'00
37 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h43'58
38 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h45'57
39 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h46'12
40 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 1h46'52
41 David Arroyo CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h49'52
42 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h51'22
43 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 1h55'04
44 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h55'17
45 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h56'36
46 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h57'18
47 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER + 2h00'10
48 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h00'32
49 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h01'43
50 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL + 2h02'33
51 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h03'38
52 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h04'20
53 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h04'55
54 Julien Mazet TEAM ASTANA + 2h05'42
55 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 2h06'08