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Tour de France '07 - History as it should've been

FreitasPCM

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Amazing reports as usual. Mayo's very strong.

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nice reports

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Would you look at that. Contador and Rasmussen in front of the GC. I wonder where we've seen that before

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Good call about the status check, it's really interesting!

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Great win by Mayo

Love pic 1, it looks great

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alexkr00 wrote:
Would you look at that. Contador and Rasmussen in front of the GC. I wonder where we've seen that before

I really wonder if Rasmussen filled in his whereabouts correctly!

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Stage 9 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil9.gif[/IMG-r]
Val-d'IsÃ¨re - BrianÃ§on
159.5 km
Tuesday 17 July

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Coming after two tough days in the Alps, the riders truly deserved yesterday's rest day. Today's stage started with a bang, as the peloton tackled the Tour's highest summit right from the start. After the Col de l'Iseran, the road was pretty much all downhill until the double ascent of the Telegraphe and the Galibier. From there, a 37 kilometre downhill ended with a punchy finish in BrianÃ§on. Who would risk it on the Galibier with such a long way to the finish?

The peloton, led by new race leader Alberto Contador's Discovery team, did nothing to prevent Cyril Dessel (Ag2r), Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) and Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m (Liquigas) establishing today's breakaway.

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The brave attackers heading up the Col de l'Iseran. None of them represented any danger for the Maillot Jaune. Cioni was best placed in 86th, 25 minutes off the race lead.

The peloton did nothing full stop, as the lead of the three escapees rocketed up to almost 10 minutes. The only drama was last year's runner-up Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) crashing hard on the descent. He got back onto the tail of the peloton, but didn't look comfortable at all.

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Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) hurt himself while descending the Col de l'Iseran.

On the long ascent leading to the top of the Col du Galibier, the three riders in the breakaway eventually became two. Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m (Liquigas) was unable to keep the pace of his more experienced companions.

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Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) and Cyril Dessel (Ag2r) were much stronger than the Finnish Liquigas rider.

The peloton upped the pace a little on the slopes of the Galibier, but not enough to drop a lot of riders. However, they managed to drop Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), who was clearly injured after his fall. Last year's runner up was 22th overall before the stage.

The procession up the last mountain was remarkably uneventful. It seemed like all the teams were happy with their positions at this point in the race.

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A rather large peloton was still together near the top of the Galibier.

Meanwhile, the two men out front kept it going. The long climb had taken its toll on Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) and Cyril Dessel (Ag2r), but as they crested the summit, they had an advantage of three minutes.

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Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) mopping up the points at the top of the Galibier, followed by Cyril Dessel (Ag2r).

None of them collected enough points to wrestle Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) out of the polkadot jersey though. Cioni and Dessel kept a big portion of their lead as they approached the finish in BrianÃ§on. On the final kick up to the line, Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) showed that he had the most left in the tank!

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The experienced Italian dropping his breakaway companion Cyril Dessel in the final kilometre!

Cadel Evans' strong helper won the stage after a long escape over the high mountains! His victory can maybe be explained by a very disinterested peloton, but a mountain stage win in the Tour de France is still a huge price to take home!

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Cioni celebrates in BrianÃ§on.

T-Mobile's Michael Rogers led the peloton over the line a minute later, with all the favourites still together, including race leader Alberto Contador (Discovery). Well, maybe not all the favourites.

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The injured Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) struggled home in 173rd, 20 minutes down on the peloton.

Last year's runner up has now lost all chances of repeating that surprise result. With Oscar Pereiro struggling, Alejandro Valverde's chances have also taken a blow. It's even uncertain whether Pereiro can start tomorrow's stage. Luckily for him though, it's back to the flatlands for a while.

Stage results

1	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	4h45'00
2	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 22
3	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 1'00
4	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	s.t.
5	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
6	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	s.t.
7	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
8	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	s.t.
9	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
10	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
11	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
12	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
14	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	s.t.
15	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.

Spoiler

16	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	s.t.
17	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
18	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	s.t.
19	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
20	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	s.t.
21	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	s.t.
22	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	s.t.
23	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
24	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
25	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
26	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
27	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	s.t.
29	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	s.t.
30	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
31	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	s.t.
32	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
33	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
34	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	s.t.
35	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
36	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	s.t.
37	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
38	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
40	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	s.t.
41	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	s.t.
42	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
43	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
44	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
45	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
46	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
47	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	s.t.
48	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	s.t.
49	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
50	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	s.t.
51	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
52	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	s.t.
53	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
55	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
56	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	s.t.
58	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
59	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
60	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
61	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
62	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
63	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
64	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
65	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
66	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
67	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
68	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	s.t.
69	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
70	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
72	Ludovic Turpin	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
73	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
74	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
75	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
76	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
77	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 4'01
78	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 4'50
79	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
80	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	s.t.
81	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
82	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
83	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 6'01
84	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
85	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
86	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
87	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
88	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
89	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	s.t.
90	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	+ 7'48
92	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
93	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
94	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
95	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
96	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
97	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
98	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
99	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
100	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
101	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
102	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	s.t.
103	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
104	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
105	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
106	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
107	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
108	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 9'57
109	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
110	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
111	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	s.t.
112	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	s.t.
113	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	s.t.
114	Christian Knees	Team Milram	s.t.
115	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	s.t.
116	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
117	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
118	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
119	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	s.t.
120	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
121	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
122	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	s.t.
123	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
124	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
126	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 11'37
127	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	s.t.
128	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 13'06
129	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
130	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	s.t.
131	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
132	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
133	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
134	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
135	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 13'55
136	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
137	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
138	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
139	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
140	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	s.t.
141	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
142	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
143	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
144	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 14'49
145	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
146	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
147	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	s.t.
148	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
149	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
150	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	s.t.
151	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
152	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	s.t.
153	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
154	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
155	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
156	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
157	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
158	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	s.t.
159	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
160	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
161	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	s.t.
162	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 16'31
163	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	s.t.
164	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 18'44
165	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 19'21
166	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
167	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
168	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 20'40
169	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
170	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
171	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
172	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
173	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 21'48
174	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
175	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	s.t.
176	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
177	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 23'50
178	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 24'32
179	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
180	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
181	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 25'37
182	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 26'46
183	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 27'14
184	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 28'14

General classification

1	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	42h13'45
2	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 9
3	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 21
4	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	+ 31
5	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 48
6	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 49

Spoiler

7	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
8	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 59
9	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'00
10	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1'02
11	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1'04
12	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 1'05
13	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'14
14	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1'31
15	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 1'47
16	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 1'59
17	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 2'02
18	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	+ 2'04
20	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 2'23
21	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 2'40
22	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 2'55
23	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	+ 3'12
24	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	+ 3'26
25	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 3'50
26	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 4'01
27	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 4'07
28	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'16
29	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'32
30	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 5'24
31	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'33
32	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 6'45
33	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 6'46
34	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 7'15
35	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 7'23
36	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	+ 7'34
37	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 7'46
38	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 9'00
39	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 9'35
40	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'38
41	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 10'13
42	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 11'33
43	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 11'40
44	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 11'58
45	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 12'54
46	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 12'56
47	Ludovic Turpin	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 12'59
48	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 13'54
49	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 14'29
50	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 14'34
51	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 15'10
52	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 15'23
53	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 15'27
54	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 15'35
55	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 15'37
56	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 15'53
57	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	+ 16'57
58	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 17'00
59	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 17'22
60	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 17'24
61	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 17'31
62	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	+ 17'51
63	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 18'08
64	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 18'22
65	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 18'43
66	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 18'48
67	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 19'04
68	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 19'52
69	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	+ 20'22
70	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 20'41
71	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'04
72	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 22'55
73	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	+ 23'11
74	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 23'39
75	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	+ 24'24
76	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 24'42
77	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 25'00
78	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 25'46
79	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 26'31
80	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 26'48
81	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 27'33
82	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 27'45
83	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 27'57
84	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	+ 29'28
85	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 31'42
86	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 31'51
87	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
88	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 32'52
89	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 33'16
90	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 33'58
91	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 34'41
92	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
93	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 35'03
94	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 35'23
95	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 35'54
96	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 36'21
97	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 36'58
98	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 37'21
99	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 37'23
100	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 38'49
101	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 39'35
102	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 39'39
103	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 39'44
104	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	+ 40'18
105	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 41'52
106	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 43'32
107	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 43'42
108	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	+ 46'23
109	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 46'24
110	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 46'25
111	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 46'26
112	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 48'05
113	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 48'48
114	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 48'55
115	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	+ 48'56
116	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 50'29
117	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 50'35
118	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 50'57
119	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 51'00
120	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 51'01
121	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 51'40
122	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 52'28
123	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 53'52
124	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 55'27
125	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 55'34
126	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 55'38
127	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	+ 55'55
128	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	+ 56'00
129	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 56'21
130	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 57'01
131	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 57'37
132	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 58'39
133	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	+ 58'49
134	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 59'23
135	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 59'34
136	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 59'36
137	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	+ 1h00'15
138	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h00'47
139	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h00'54
140	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h00'55
141	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h01'06
142	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 1h02'29
143	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h03'01
144	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
145	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h03'44
146	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h03'57
147	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h04'03
148	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h04'06
149	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	+ 1h04'54
150	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1h05'04
151	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h05'22
152	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	+ 1h05'38
153	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h05'49
154	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 1h06'56
155	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 1h07'20
156	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 1h08'07
157	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h08'33
158	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h08'40
159	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h09'43
160	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h11'32
161	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h11'50
162	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h11'53
163	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 1h11'57
164	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	+ 1h13'37
165	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h13'43
166	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h14'22
167	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h14'24
168	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h14'30
169	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h15'59
170	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h16'12
171	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h16'17
172	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h16'25
173	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h17'59
174	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 1h21'27
175	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h21'28
176	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 1h22'01
177	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h22'13
178	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h29'38
179	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 1h32'35
180	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h32'48
181	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 1h35'28
182	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 1h37'17
183	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 1h38'48
184	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 1h48'59

Mountain classification

1	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	125
2	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	100
3	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	100

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Spoiler

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Discovery's horrible first day in the Alps is already forgotten, as their young Spaniard Alberto Contador is now in yellow.

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Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m (Liquigas) is left behind by his breakaway companions on the Col du Galibier.

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Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) was at the wrong end of the race on the Galibier. He climbed in a group with sprinters Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) and Julian Dean (CrÃ©dit Agricole).

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Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) and Cyril Dessel (Ag2r) climbing towards the top of one of the most famous Tour climbs, the Col du Galibier.

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US champion George Hincapie (Discovery) leads the peloton over the Galibier summit three minutes behind the breakaway. A lot more had been expected from the favourites today.

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Dario Cioni (Predictor - Lotto) descending towards his biggest win ever.

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Cioni cracked Dessel on the way up to the finishing line in BrianÃ§on.

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Third stage victory of the 2007 Tour de France for the Belgian Predictor - Lotto team!

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T-Mobile's Michael Rogers leads the peloton on the sharp finish.

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Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) finished well up there today, and still sits in 4th overall, ready to strike for the yellow jersey if Contador shows any weakness.

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The young Spanish race leader had no problems keeping his yellow jersey through the last Alpine stage. The expected attacks from his rivals never came.

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Boring stage, expected more from the GC favorites, but with the Galibier coming almost 40 kms off the finish not really surprised. Great win for Cioni!

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Spooky! Pereiro crashing on a descent.

I dont see how Rasmussen wont get taken out of the race midway now

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lluuiiggii wrote:
Boring stage, expected more from the GC favorites, but with the Galibier coming almost 40 kms off the finish not really surprised. Great win for Cioni!

Horribly dull stage. The peloton refused to race it. I had lots of trouble avoiding stupid results. Cobo would always attack on the Galibier and take the yellow jersey by about five minutes. The final steep kilometer would also create enormous time gaps, because most GC riders always sat at the back of the peloton. I had to set the stage as a hilly stage to prevent those things from happening.

Now I want to look forward to the time trial and the PyrenÃ©es, and hopefully I don't have to re-run any more stages.

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Stage 10 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil10.gif[/IMG-r]
Tallard - Marseille
229.5 km
Wednesday 18 July

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After the crossing the Alps in shifting weather conditions, stage 10 took the riders south from Tallard, through the Alpes de Haute Provence to the port city of Marseille on the Riviera. The sun was shining and opportunistic riders who were looking for a result would certainly be on the attack. The stage was perfectly suited for attackers, with the two 3rd category climbs in the final 30 kilometres guaranteed to be decisive in determining who got the winners big bowl of bouillabaisse in Marseille.

JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com) was the rider with the[IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/pineau.jpg[/IMG-r] most breakaway kilometres in his legs before the stage, and today's profile was bound to tempt the aggressive Frenchman. Pineau wore the polkadot jersey for a number of days in last year's Tour, a feat that he has repeated this Tour de France.

A big group of 11 riders went early in the stage, and in it was our fiery Frenchman JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com). The peloton gave them a nice advantage, but never too much.

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Kurt Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) leading the breakaway ahead of Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) and JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com). In the break were other strong riders like Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and GrÃ©gory Rast (Astana).

The strong escape group stuck to the guns though, and as they approached the two 3rd categories towards the end, the peloton was two minutes in arrears.

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Tom Boonen's Quickstep - Innergetic team hadn't given up on a sprint finish in Marseille, but they would have work hard to reel in the breakaway.

On the steep final 3rd category climb, the breakaway was splintered when the stronger riders decided to lay down the gauntlet. Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) was the first one to drop.

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Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) had to throw in the towel on the final hill.

Due to the relentless pace of Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Kurt Asle Arvesen (Team CSC), only six of the eleven riders were still present as they crested the top of the climb and started descending towards Marseille. The peloton had too much ground to make up, so the stage win belonged to the breakaway!

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The six remaining escapees heading down towards a battle for the stage win in Marseille: JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com), GrÃ©gory Rast (Astana), Kurt Asle Arvesen (Team CSC), Matthieu Ladagnous (FranÃ§aise des Jeux), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and IÃ±aki Isasi (Euskaltel).

Would Pineau's effort finally be rewarded with a stage win? As the six entered the final straight, Astana's GrÃ©gory Rast found himself at the front. Not the place anyone would want to be at that point. IÃ±aki Isasi (Euskaltel) started his sprint first, and suddenly it was a free for all drag-race!

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The desperate fight for the stage win! Schumacher and Arvesen were on the front, but Pineau was lurking just behind.

For what seemed like an eternity, the six escapees fought their way down the home straight! Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) found that little bit extra to sprint away to victory! He crossed the line ahead of Arvesen and Pineau. The German classics rider had the most left after 230 grueling kilometres.

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Schumacher's speed on the run-in couldn't really be compared to his Formula One namesake, but it was enough to beat his tired rivals.

A couple of minutes later, the peloton caught the dropped breakaway riders on the line. A battle for the remaining points ensued.

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Tom Boonen's sprint got him the green jersey back.

'Tommeke' got in first among the big sprinters, and takes back the green jersey by a slim margin. For how long will he keep it this time?

Stage results

1	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	5h04'24
2	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
3	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
4	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
5	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
6	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	s.t.
7	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1'45
8	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
9	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
10	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
11	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
12	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
13	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	s.t.
14	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
15	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.

Spoiler

16	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	s.t.
17	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	s.t.
18	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
20	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
21	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
22	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
23	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
24	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
25	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
26	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
27	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	s.t.
28	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
30	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	s.t.
31	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	s.t.
32	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
33	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
34	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
35	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
36	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
38	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
39	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
40	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
41	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
42	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
43	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	s.t.
44	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
45	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
46	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
47	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	s.t.
48	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	s.t.
49	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	s.t.
50	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
51	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
52	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
53	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
54	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
55	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
56	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
57	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
58	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
59	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
60	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
61	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	s.t.
62	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
63	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
64	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
66	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
67	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	s.t.
68	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	s.t.
69	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	s.t.
70	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	s.t.
71	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
72	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
73	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	s.t.
74	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	s.t.
75	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	s.t.
76	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
77	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
78	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
79	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
80	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	s.t.
81	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
82	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	s.t.
83	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	s.t.
84	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
85	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
86	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	s.t.
88	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	s.t.
89	Christian Knees	Team Milram	s.t.
90	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	s.t.
91	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
92	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
93	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
94	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
95	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	s.t.
96	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
97	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
98	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
99	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	s.t.
100	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	s.t.
101	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
102	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
103	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
104	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
105	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	s.t.
106	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
107	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
108	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	s.t.
109	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
110	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
111	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
112	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
113	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
114	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
115	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
116	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
117	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
118	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
119	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	s.t.
122	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	s.t.
123	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
124	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
126	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
127	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
128	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
129	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
130	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
131	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
132	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
133	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	s.t.
134	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	s.t.
135	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
136	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
137	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
138	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	s.t.
139	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
140	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
141	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	s.t.
142	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
143	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
144	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
145	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	s.t.
146	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
147	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
148	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	s.t.
149	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
150	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	s.t.
151	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
152	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
153	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	s.t.
154	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
155	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
156	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
157	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
158	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	s.t.
159	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
160	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
161	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
162	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	s.t.
163	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
164	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
165	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
166	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	s.t.
167	Ludovic Turpin	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
168	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
169	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	s.t.
170	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
171	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	s.t.
172	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
173	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'45
174	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	s.t.
175	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
176	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 7'34
177	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	s.t.
178	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	s.t.
179	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
180	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	s.t.
181	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 8'07
182	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
183	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 11'44
184	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	s.t.

General classification

1	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	47h19'54
2	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 9
3	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 21
4	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	+ 31
5	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 48
6	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 49

Spoiler

7	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
8	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 59
9	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'00
10	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1'02
11	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1'04
12	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 1'05
13	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'14
14	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1'31
15	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 1'47
16	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 1'59
17	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 2'02
18	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	+ 2'04
20	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 2'23
21	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 2'40
22	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 2'55
23	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	+ 3'12
24	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	+ 3'26
25	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 3'50
26	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 4'01
27	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 4'07
28	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'16
29	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'32
30	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 5'24
31	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'33
32	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 6'45
33	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 6'46
34	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 7'15
35	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 7'23
36	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	+ 7'34
37	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 7'46
38	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 9'00
39	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 9'31
40	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'38
41	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 10'13
42	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 11'33
43	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 11'40
44	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 11'58
45	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 12'54
46	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 12'56
47	Ludovic Turpin	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 12'59
48	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 13'54
49	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 14'29
50	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 14'34
51	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 15'10
52	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 15'23
53	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 15'27
54	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 15'35
55	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 15'37
56	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 15'53
57	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	+ 16'57
58	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 17'00
59	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 17'22
60	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 17'24
61	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 17'31
62	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	+ 17'51
63	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 18'08
64	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 18'22
65	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 18'43
66	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 18'48
67	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 19'04
68	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 19'52
69	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	+ 20'22
70	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 20'41
71	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'04
72	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 22'55
73	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	+ 23'11
74	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 23'39
75	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	+ 24'24
76	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 24'42
77	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 25'00
78	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 25'46
79	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 26'31
80	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 26'48
81	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 27'33
82	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 27'45
83	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 27'57
84	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	+ 29'28
85	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 31'42
86	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 31'51
87	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
88	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 32'52
89	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 33'16
90	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 33'58
91	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 34'36
92	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 34'41
93	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
94	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 35'03
95	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 35'23
96	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 35'54
97	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 36'44
98	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 36'58
99	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 37'21
100	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
101	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 39'35
102	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 39'39
103	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 39'44
104	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	+ 40'18
105	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 41'52
106	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 43'32
107	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 43'42
108	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 44'25
109	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	+ 46'23
110	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 46'25
111	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 46'26
112	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	+ 46'59
113	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 48'05
114	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 48'48
115	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 48'55
116	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 50'29
117	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 50'35
118	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 50'57
119	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 51'00
120	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 51'01
121	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 51'40
122	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 52'28
123	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 53'52
124	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	+ 54'07
125	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 55'27
126	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 55'34
127	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 55'38
128	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	+ 55'55
129	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 56'21
130	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 58'39
131	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	+ 58'49
132	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 59'23
133	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 59'34
134	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 59'36
135	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h00'01
136	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	+ 1h00'15
137	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h00'47
138	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h00'54
139	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h00'55
140	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h01'06
141	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h02'12
142	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 1h02'29
143	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h03'01
144	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
145	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 1h03'26
146	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h03'44
147	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h04'03
148	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h04'06
149	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	+ 1h04'54
150	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1h05'00
151	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h05'22
152	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	+ 1h05'38
153	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h05'49
154	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 1h06'56
155	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 1h07'20
156	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 1h08'07
157	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h08'33
158	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h08'40
159	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h09'43
160	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h11'32
161	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h11'50
162	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h11'53
163	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h14'24
164	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h14'30
165	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h15'59
166	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h16'12
167	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h16'17
168	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h16'25
169	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	+ 1h16'37
170	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 1h17'46
171	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h17'59
172	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h19'32
173	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h20'44
174	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 1h21'27
175	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h24'28
176	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h28'35
177	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h29'38
178	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 1h32'00
179	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 1h32'35
180	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h32'48
181	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 1h37'17
182	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 1h44'37
183	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 1h45'27
184	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 1h54'48

Points classification

1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	145
2	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	144
3	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	144
4	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	137
5	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	130

Photogallery

Spoiler

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JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com) working dutifully on the front for the breakaway.

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Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) was too hot to handle on the climbs for one half of the breakaway. For the other half, he was too hot to handle in the sprint.

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Kurt Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) was among the driving forces in the breakaway, and collected the mountain points on top of the last climb, the Col de la Gineste.

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GrÃ©gory Rast (Astana) leading out the sprint in Marseille. The eventual winner Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) sits pretty in third position.

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The sprint for the line.

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No photofinish was needed to determine the winner today.

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Paolo Longho Borghini (Barloworld) and Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne) were in the breakaway, but couldn't keep up with the leaders.

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Finally some success for the German Gerolsteiner team. Stefan Schumacher was over the moon with his stage win today.

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A happy Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) on the podium in Marseille. He would probably have liked to stand there as the stage winner, but receiving the green jersey wasn't too bad for the Belgian.

Edited by Squire on 08-06-2012 14:09

sutty68

#132

Posted on 08-06-2012 03:05

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Very close indeed on GC

Squire

#133

Posted on 08-06-2012 03:10

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sutty68 wrote:
Very close indeed on GC

Why would that be a bad thing? I think the time trials and PyrenÃ©es are going to be really exciting!

And my mood and motivation, which took a beating after the dreadful stage to Briancon, is now up again after the cool stage to Marseille

sutty68

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Posted on 08-06-2012 03:11

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Squire wrote:

sutty68 wrote:
Very close indeed on GC

No, its not a bad thing, its a good thing seeing so many riders so close together

lluuiiggii

#135

Posted on 08-06-2012 03:27

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Stunning pics (again), I specially liked the ones from the breakaway sprint for the victory (the long road, the city and a chasing peloton really helped as well)

Good to know your motivation is up again, because I'm really looking forward to the battle on the Pyrenees

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