The final stage of this year's tour is a sprinters stage. The favourites are Haedo, Bozic and Napolitano.



Thomas Fothen leads the tour into this final stage and unless he crashes or there is a mechanical incident he will win the tour.

Of course there is no stage without a breakway so here it is:



And if people could put their hands togethor and witness this milestone in cycling history, please. Jeanneret (Control Team III) is at the font of the race This really is the pinnacle of his career, branded as a worse version than Mads Kaggestad, he has battled through the trauma and there he is. Along with him there is Scanlon (Carrefour), McCartney (Discovery) and Szmyd (Gazzeta).

5kms later and Jeanneret's fame ends, he is dropped fron the group and after 5kms of soloing he gets spat out the back of the pack.

Szmyd took the first sprint ahead of Scanlon and McCartney. Then McCartney took the honours at the seconds ahead of Szmyd and Scanlon.

The breakaway would definatley make it as with 20kms to the finish, the pack had still not woken up and the gap was at 19'30". Then something mysterious happened.



Scanlon was all alone and just had to ride the next 10kms to the finish to take an epic Irish victory.



and he did.

The tour was almost over, but before it was there was a crash in the peleton! A rider took out half the peleton including 9 riders from the top 10! Notable riders to go down were Klöden (2nd), Dekker (3rd), Devolder, Leipheimer (10th), Schleck (5th), Rujano (6th), Mancebo, Pecharroman, Menchov (8th), Evans (4th), Intxausi, Schumacher, Perez Cuapio (7th), Garzelli and Parra Pinto (9th). Somehow, Fothen managed to steer clear and was the only rider out of the top 10 to stay on his bike. Luckily for the crash victims the sheer amount of riders that went down meant they were strung out and no time differences were recorded, so they all keep their positions.

So, Fothen wins the GC and U-25 classification. Halgand won the KOM jersey and Ciolek took back the points jersey.

Stage Results

1	Mark Scanlon	CARREFOUR CYCLING	4h08'46
2	Sylwester Szmyd	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 1'36
3	Jason McCartney	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
4	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 9'42
5	Juan Pablo Forero	TELEFONICA	s.t.
6	Juan José Haedo	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	s.t.
7	Danilo Napolitano	TEAM FLOGAS	s.t.
8	Martin Pedersen	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	s.t.
9	Stéphane Bonsergent	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	s.t.
10	Borut Bozic	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	s.t.
11	Francisco Ventoso	ACCUMALUX	s.t.
12	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	s.t.
13	Manuel Antonio Cardoso	TELEFONICA	s.t.
14	Fabio Sabatini	CYCLING24 - HONDA	s.t.
15	Tom Veelers	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
16	Sebastian Siedler	FED-EX	s.t.
17	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	s.t.
18	Aurélien Clerc	CYCLING24 - HONDA	s.t.
19	Bernhard Eisel	CARLSBERG	s.t.
20	Luciano Pagliarini	CYCLING24 - HONDA	s.t.
21	Geraint Thomas	ACCUMALUX	s.t.
22	Robert Wagner	DEUTSCHLAND	s.t.
23	Matteo Carrara	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	s.t.
24	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX	s.t.
25	Felix Odebrecht	DEUTSCHLAND	s.t.

Final GC

1	Markus Fothen	MAGENTA TREFOIL	33h57'39
2	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 23
3	Thomas Dekker	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 1'33
4	Cadel Evans	SATURN	+ 2'17
5	Andy Schleck	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 2'49
6	José Rujano	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 4'01
7	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 4'47
8	Denis Menchov	CARLSBERG	+ 5'05
9	Ivan Parra Pinto	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 5'37
10	Levi Leipheimer	FED-EX	+ 5'58
11	Haimar Zubeldia	TELEFONICA	+ 6'11
12	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 6'32
13	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 6'38
14	Stijn Devolder	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 6'48
15	Stefano Garzelli	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 7'49
16	Oscar Sevilla	TELEFONICA	+ 8'21
17	David Moncoutié	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 8'47
18	Francisco Mancebo	ACCUMALUX	+ 9'12
19	Beñat Intxausti	ACCUMALUX	+ 10'05
20	Marzio Bruseghin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 10'11
21	Marco Marzano	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 12'26
22	David Abal	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 12'52
23	José Antonio Pecharroman	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 13'34
24	Bradley McGee	SATURN	+ 16'22
25	Stefan Schumacher	CARLSBERG	+ 17'17
26	Vladimir Gusev	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 17'42
27	Matthias Kessler	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 18'23
28	Mauricio Ardila	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 19'07
29	José Luis Rubiera	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 19'32
30	Mauricio Ortega	SATURN	+ 19'41
31	Xavier Florencio	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 19'56
32	Jorge Giacinti	ACCUMALUX	+ 21'26
33	Sylwester Szmyd	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 22'09
34	Victor Niño	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 22'51
35	Sergio Pardilla	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 24'06
36	Óscar Solis	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 24'18
37	Mauricio Soler	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 24'37
38	Maxime Monfort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 25'49
39	Massimiliano Maisto	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 26'23
40	Matteo Carrara	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 27'25
41	Rémy Di Gregorio	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 27'33
42	Moises Dueñas	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 27'58
43	Dmitri Fofonov	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 28'24
44	Felix Cardénas	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 28'50
45	Ondrej Sosenka	ACCUMALUX	+ 29'39
46	Matthieu Sprick	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 30'36
47	Steve Zampieri	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 31'16
48	Christian Vande Velde	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 31'28
49	Paolo Tiralongo	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 32'18
50	Christian Meier	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 33'38
51	Johann Tschopp	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 34'18
52	Josep Jufre	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 35'15
53	Marco Velo	FED-EX	+ 35'51
54	Patrice Halgand	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 36'54
55	Ricardo Van der Velde	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 37'04
56	Kevin Seeldraeyers	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 37'07
57	David Millar	ACCUMALUX	+ 37'08
58	Johannes Frohlinger	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 40'15
59	Matej Jurco	FED-EX	+ 40'57
60	Giovanni Visconti	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 41'46
61	Dimitri Claeys	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 42'04
62	Frantisek Rabon	CARLSBERG	+ 42'19
63	Oliver Zaugg	SWITZERLAND	+ 42'45
64	Mauro Santambrogio	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 43'34
65	Brian Vandborg	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 44'23
66	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	+ 46'21
67	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 46'34
68	Gorazd Stangelj	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 46'43
69	Dmitri Kozontchuk	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 47'42
70	Ivan Santaromita	SWITZERLAND	+ 48'29
71	Paul Voss	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 48'47
72	René Mandri	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 50'41
73	Pascal Hungerbühler	SWITZERLAND	+ 50'42
74	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	+ 51'36
75	Carlos Barredo	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 52'07
76	Addy Engels	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 52'49
77	Mikaël Chérel	SATURN	+ 54'12
78	Steve Morabito	SWITZERLAND	+ 56'13
79	Thomas Voeckler	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 56'38
80	Steffen Weigold	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 1h00'09
81	Sergei Lagutin	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 1h00'20
82	Francisco Ventoso	ACCUMALUX	+ 1h01'06
83	Karsten Kroon	TELEFONICA	+ 1h02'08
84	Jakob Piil	CARLSBERG	+ 1h02'15
85	Manuel Quinziato	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 1h05'08
86	Manuel Antonio Cardoso	TELEFONICA	+ 1h06'32
87	Steffen Wesemann	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 1h06'36
88	Steven Cummings	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 1h07'32
89	Sven Krauss	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 1h08'08
90	Bert Grabsch	CARLSBERG	+ 1h08'57
91	Mauro Da Dalto	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 1h13'50
92	Jason McCartney	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 1h14'11
93	Borut Bozic	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 1h14'24
94	Bernhard Eisel	CARLSBERG	+ 1h15'54
95	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	+ 1h17'06
96	Danilo Napolitano	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 1h17'19
97	Juan Pablo Forero	TELEFONICA	+ 1h19'34
98	Sébastien Rosseler	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 1h19'49
99	Marcel Strauss	SWITZERLAND	+ 1h20'42
100	Andreas Klier	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 1h21'06
101	Juan José Haedo	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 1h22'43
102	Mark Scanlon	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 1h22'46
103	Kevin Hulsmans	CARREFOUR CYCLING	+ 1h23'31
104	Martin Pedersen	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	+ 1h23'41
105	Matthé Pronk	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 1h24'04
106	Christian Leben	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 1h24'42
107	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 1h25'50
108	László Bodrogi	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	+ 1h26'30
109	Patrick Calcagni	SWITZERLAND	+ 1h27'15
110	Fabio Sabatini	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 1h27'45
111	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 1h27'55
112	Nazareno Rossi	SWITZERLAND	+ 1h28'04
113	Mikayil Krasnoperov	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 1h29'11
114	Sebastian Siedler	FED-EX	+ 1h30'47
115	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	TELEFONICA	+ 1h31'28
116	Arnaud Gérard	SATURN	+ 1h32'16
117	Alessandro Cortinovis	FED-EX	+ 1h32'35
118	Evert Verbist	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 1h33'27
119	Aurélien Clerc	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 1h33'29
120	Geraint Thomas	ACCUMALUX	+ 1h34'22
121	Frederik Nolf	TELEFONICA	+ 1h34'31
122	Tom Veelers	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 1h37'56
123	Stéphane Bonsergent	AG2R PRÉVOYANCE - RENAULT	+ 1h38'14
124	Roberto Petito	TEAM FLOGAS	+ 1h39'40
125	Timothy Gudsell	SATURN	+ 1h40'37
126	Frédéric Guesdon	SATURN	+ 1h41'24
127	Teodorico Montoro	CONTROL TEAM III	+ 1h41'38
128	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX	+ 1h42'50
129	Brett Lancaster	FED-EX	+ 1h42'56
130	Luciano Pagliarini	CYCLING24 - HONDA	+ 1h44'04
131	Alexander Kristoff	DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM	+ 1h44'26
132	André Schulze	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 1h44'42
133	Ludovic Auger	SATURN	+ 1h45'44
134	Óscar Avelino	TELEFONICA	+ 1h47'22
135	Wim Vansevenant	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 1h49'04
136	Robert Wagner	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 1h49'28
137	Felix Odebrecht	DEUTSCHLAND	+ 1h50'31
138	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 1h56'29
139	Reto Schmid	SWITZERLAND	+ 2h08'38
140	Daniel Thorsen	MAGENTA TREFOIL	+ 2h11'48
141	Andrea Trentin	CERAMICA FLAMINIA	+ 2h30'01
142	Alberto Jeanneret	CONTROL TEAM III	+ 3h59'14

Final Points

1	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA TREFOIL	13	82
2	Markus Fothen	MAGENTA TREFOIL	0	76
3	Danilo Napolitano	TEAM FLOGAS	9	71
4	Juan José Haedo	FERRARI - GUERCIOTTI	10	64
5	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	0	62

Final KOM

1	Patrice Halgand	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE	0	33
2	Johannes Frohlinger	DEUTSCHLAND	0	23
3	Addy Engels	CARREFOUR CYCLING	0	20
4	Giovanni Visconti	CARREFOUR CYCLING	0	17
5	Andreas Klöden	TEAM FLOGAS	0	14