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

Geezar10

#161

Posted on 10-06-2012 01:59

Domestique

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Squire wrote:

Geezar10 wrote:
The suspense is killing me!

You'll have to be killed for one more day, I'm afraid

The TT stage is bugged. It crashes because of three sprints along the course, as the game can only handle two.

I'm trying to get hold of an updated stage, or get a new one, as lluuiiggii said he might re-do it.

If a stage doesn't show up tomorrow, I'll just switch the Albi stage with another, hopefully similar time trial. Anyway, the story WILL continue tomorrow

cannot wait!

tomorrow the tour will commence!

Ian Butler

#162

Posted on 10-06-2012 10:35

Tour de France Champion

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Too bad it's bugged. Can't wait for TT, though, I hope you'll be able to race it properly.

jsh312mufc

#163

Posted on 10-06-2012 10:49

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For those asking, in real life it was like this:

Spoiler

P. Fabian Cancellara
1. Robbie McEwen
2. Gert Steegmens
3. Fabian Cancellara
4. Thor Hushovd
5. Filippo Pozzato
6. Tom Boonen
7. Linus Gerdemann
8. Michael Rasmussen
9. Mauricio Soler
10. CÃ©dric Vasseur
11. Robert Hunter
12. Tom Boonen
13. Cadel Evans
14. Alberto Contador
15. Kim Kirchen
16. Michael Rasmussen
17. Daniele Bennati
18. Sandy Casar
19. Levi Leipheimer
20. Daniele Bennati

Squire

#164

Posted on 10-06-2012 22:31

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Stage 13 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil13.gif[/IMG-r]
Albi - Albi
54 km
Saturay 21 July

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The stage 13 terrain reflected the likely varying fortunes of the contenders today: Up and down, over what could turn out to be a punishing afternoon of cycling through the Tarn countryside.

The first individual time trial of the 2007 Tour de France was only 54 kilometres out of a grand total of 3569, but as time trials tend to do, it was going to have a disproportionate impact on the final outcome.

At least that was what Germany's Andreas KlÃ¶den was [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/kloden-1.jpg[/IMG-r]hoping, because despite a race that hasn't exactly gone to plan so far, he was the man most likely to profit. In London, he looked like taking the prologue win until Cancellara's fabulous ride relegated him to 2nd. Things have been a bit rockier since, with time losses in the Alps. But let's not forget that it was KlÃ¶den's time trial prowess that propelled him to 3rd in last year's Tour and 2nd in 2004.

The rain clouds hung heavy over Albi this morning, but it was still dry as Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) set off. The Briton came through with the early best time, and it looked like a good one.

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Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) in his favourite discipline.

The World champion Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) is also one who has found the Alps a bit demanding. He was therefore also an early starter. He didn't have a particularly good day though, and finished behind Wiggins, with a provisional 2nd place.

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The World time trial champion was not on his best day in Albi.

Having held off challenges from Paolo Savoldelli (Astana), George Hincapie (Discovery) and Spanish time trial champion JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Bradley Wiggins was still sitting pretty at the top of the leaderboard as his compatriot David Millar (Saunier Duval) set off.

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The rain started as Britain's David Millar (Saunier Duval) was on the course.

During David Millar's ride, the clouds opened up. It looked like it was going to be a difficult day for the overall contenders. Millar came home in a provisional 4th, 1'11 behind Wiggins. He said this after his ride:

"Oh, man, it's so dangerous. I had good fun out there, but the conditions are absolutely treacherous. Especially when you're on your time trial equipment, everything is much stiffer. The safest thing to do is to take it easy, that's what I'm going to recommend to Mayo anyway."

The rain continued as more and more riders finished their time trial. Discovery's Levi Leipheimer managed to dislodge Wiggins from the top spot. Eventually, the time came for Andreas KlÃ¶den to start.

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Andreas KlÃ¶den (Astana) cutting through the rain.

The German got into his time trial position and stormed through the wet course. New best time for the Astana man, 36 seconds quicker than Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)!

There had been a lot of speculation about how Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) would perform in this time trial. With a good ride, he could emerge as a strong candidate for victory in Paris.

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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) not happy with the rain.

The big Spanish hope wasn't able to put in a great performance. By the time he finished, Valverde was 8th, 1'50 behind KlÃ¶den, and sure to drop further down the list as more big guns finished. He was far from being the worst Spanish climber though, as Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) finished way down the list. Mayo was even caught by Valverde on the road.

In contrast to the Spaniards, Australia's Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto) proved to have some serious firepower!

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Was he the winner? Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto) with a stunning ride!

Evans absolutely drilled it on the hilly course, and his time at the finish was 45 seconds faster than KlÃ¶den's! What a performance!

But the Predictor - Lotto captain was aware that someone else was obliterating his split times out on the course...

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Nothing was slowing down the charge of Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)!

The Kazakh race favourite finally showed why he's tipped for glory in Paris. After flying through the time checks, he slaughtered Cadel Evans' finishing time by more than a minute! He certainly had the stage win in the bag. Would he also take the yellow jersey?

The former wearer of the yellow jersey, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) did a great ride, getting 5th place in the end. FrÃ¤nk Schleck (Team CSC), 3rd placed this morning, put himself out of contention with a horrible ride, while his teammate Carlos Sastre managed to stay in contention with a decent time trial.

One man who was certain to lose time today, was Denmark's anti-time trial specialist Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), sitting in 2nd before the stage.

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But Rasmussen shocked everyone with his ride, and even caught FrÃ¤nk Schleck (Team CSC), who started two minutes in front of him!

In 2005, his time trial was shocking because he crashed twice and finished 8 minutes behind the winner. Today, he was shockingly good! Rasmussen rode the time trial of his life to keep himself in the top end of the general classification, and to finish 7th on the day.

Then there was only the yellow jersey left. Alberto Contador (Discovery) certainly prefers the mountains, but he can ride time trials as well, as he proved beyond doubt today!

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The yellow jersey helped Alberto Contador (Discovery) do his best time trial ever!

This was a day of super performances, and Contador's was right up there with the best, finishing in 4th place. However, he lost two minutes to Vinokourov, and has to give up his yellow jersey to the Kazakh. Vinokourov gets to wear it for the first time in his career!

Today's time trial gave several answers, and sets the scene perfectly for the PyrenÃ©es. The mountain goats now have to go out on the attack, but the strength of Astana, with KlÃ¶den somewhat back in it again, looks formidable. The Kazakhs also had Andrey Kashechkin do a decent ride.

The big losers of the day are Alejandro Valverde, Iban Mayo and FrÃ¤nk Schleck, while the biggest winner is definitely Alexandre Vinokourov. Another happy man should be Alberto Contador, who despite losing the jersey, is in with a chance if he goes well in the PyrenÃ©es.

Stage results

1	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	1h16'47
2	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1'04
3	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 1'50
4	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'16
5	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 2'18
6	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'26
7	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 2'27
8	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 2'57
9	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 2'59
10	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'00
11	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 3'23
12	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 3'34
13	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 3'35
14	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 3'36
15	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 3'40

Spoiler

16	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 3'42
17	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'46
18	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 3'50
19	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 4'09
20	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'10
21	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
22	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'13
23	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 4'20
24	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'23
25	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 4'37
26	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	+ 4'41
27	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 4'54
28	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'56
29	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 4'58
30	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 5'05
31	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 5'07
32	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 5'10
33	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 5'11
34	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 5'15
35	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
36	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 5'22
37	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 5'23
38	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 5'31
39	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 5'33
40	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	+ 5'44
41	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	+ 5'48
42	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 5'50
43	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 5'58
44	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 6'08
45	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 6'22
46	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 6'24
47	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 6'41
48	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	+ 6'45
49	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 6'46
50	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 6'50
51	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 6'52
52	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 6'53
53	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 7'06
54	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 7'08
55	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 7'10
56	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	+ 7'13
57	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 7'27
58	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	+ 7'28
59	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 7'35
60	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 7'37
61	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 7'40
62	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 7'46
63	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 7'50
64	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 7'52
65	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 7'56
66	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 7'57
67	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 7'58
68	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 8'01
69	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 8'05
70	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 8'07
71	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
72	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
73	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
74	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 8'09
75	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 8'11
76	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 8'12
77	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	+ 8'13
78	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 8'15
79	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 8'16
80	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 8'18
81	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 8'19
82	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 8'20
83	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 8'26
84	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 8'27
85	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	+ 8'28
86	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
88	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 8'30
89	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'31
90	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 8'34
91	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 8'35
92	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 8'36
93	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 8'37
94	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 8'40
95	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	+ 8'42
96	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
97	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 8'43
98	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 8'44
99	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
100	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 8'46
101	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 8'49
102	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 8'50
103	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 8'51
104	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
105	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 8'55
106	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
107	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 8'56
108	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 8'57
109	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
110	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
111	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 8'58
112	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
113	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 8'59
114	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	s.t.
115	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
116	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	s.t.
117	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
118	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	+ 9'00
119	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 9'02
120	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	+ 9'04
121	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	s.t.
122	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
123	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'05
124	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 9'07
125	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'08
126	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 9'09
127	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 9'12
128	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	+ 9'13
129	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 9'15
130	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'18
131	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 9'20
132	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 9'22
133	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	+ 9'23
134	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 9'27
135	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 9'28
136	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
137	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	+ 9'31
138	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 9'32
139	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 9'33
140	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 9'36
141	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 9'40
142	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
143	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 9'42
144	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
145	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 9'43
146	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 9'44
147	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 9'46
148	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 9'47
149	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 9'48
150	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 9'49
151	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'53
152	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 9'54
153	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 9'55
154	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'02
155	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
156	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 10'05
157	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 10'06
158	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 10'07
159	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
160	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 10'10
161	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 10'11
162	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 10'22
163	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
164	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	+ 10'24
165	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	s.t.
166	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 10'25
167	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 10'30
168	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 10'32
169	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
170	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 10'37
171	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
172	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 10'43
173	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 10'51
174	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 10'53
175	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 11'01
176	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 11'08
177	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	+ 11'11
178	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 11'13
179	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 11'31
180	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 11'40
181	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 11'52
182	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 12'24
183	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 12'30

General classification

1	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	57h26'42
2	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1'22
3	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'45
4	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 2'05
5	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 2'36
6	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'29

Spoiler

7	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 3'31
8	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 3'42
9	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 3'51
10	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 3'52
11	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'11
12	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'56
13	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 5'40
14	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 6'41
15	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	+ 7'17
16	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'57
17	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 8'27
18	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 8'28
19	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 9'02
20	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 9'14
21	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 9'45
22	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	+ 9'54
23	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 10'41
24	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 11'01
25	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 11'47
26	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	+ 13'40
27	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 13'57
28	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 14'23
29	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 15'35
30	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 15'37
31	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 15'49
32	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 16'07
33	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 16'27
34	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 16'39
35	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
36	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'17
37	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'19
38	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17'38
39	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 18'07
40	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 18'10
41	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 18'50
42	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 19'05
43	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 19'09
44	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 19'21
45	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 19'50
46	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 20'03
47	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	s.t.
48	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 20'12
49	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 21'28
50	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 21'36
51	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 23'32
52	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 24'24
53	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 25'03
54	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	+ 25'07
55	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 25'28
56	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 25'37
57	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 26'59
58	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	+ 27'19
59	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 27'21
60	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 27'26
61	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 28'27
62	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 28'51
63	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 29'16
64	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 29'46
65	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 29'53
66	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 29'58
67	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	+ 30'19
68	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 30'36
69	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 31'43
70	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	+ 31'53
71	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 32'20
72	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 32'39
73	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 33'08
74	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	+ 33'21
75	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 33'33
76	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 35'32
77	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 35'56
78	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	+ 37'10
79	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 38'57
80	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 39'13
81	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 39'22
82	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 39'55
83	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 39'57
84	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 39'58
85	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 40'33
86	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 43'00
87	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 43'27
88	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 44'17
89	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 44'34
90	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 45'00
91	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 46'02
92	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 46'06
93	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 46'30
94	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 46'54
95	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 47'06
96	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 47'19
97	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 47'49
98	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 47'57
99	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 48'01
100	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	+ 48'15
101	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 48'34
102	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 49'03
103	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 51'01
104	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	+ 54'34
105	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 54'38
106	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 54'51
107	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 54'54
108	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 55'53
109	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 55'58
110	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 57'13
111	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 57'32
112	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 57'59
113	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	+ 58'33
114	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 58'46
115	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 59'09
116	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 59'14
117	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 1h00'28
118	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 1h01'16
120	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h01'46
121	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h02'27
122	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h02'42
123	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 1h02'49
124	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h02'55
125	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	+ 1h04'06
126	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h04'25
127	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h04'30
128	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 1h04'38
129	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h05'03
130	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h06'17
131	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h06'23
132	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	+ 1h06'36
133	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 1h07'01
134	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h09'10
135	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	+ 1h09'19
136	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h10'07
137	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h11'17
138	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h11'58
139	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h12'32
140	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	+ 1h13'26
141	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h13'59
142	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h14'09
143	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h14'36
144	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h15'13
145	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 1h15'43
146	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
147	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1h16'00
148	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	+ 1h16'18
149	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 1h16'49
150	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 1h17'11
151	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 1h18'11
152	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	+ 1h18'18
153	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 1h18'29
154	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h18'32
155	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h19'04
156	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h19'22
157	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h19'35
158	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h20'54
159	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h21'08
160	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h22'10
161	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h23'40
162	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h23'56
163	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 1h24'42
164	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	+ 1h25'05
165	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h25'30
166	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h25'53
167	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h26'26
168	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h26'51
169	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h28'14
170	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h29'17
171	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 1h31'06
172	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h34'09
173	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h35'20
174	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h38'55
175	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h39'12
176	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 1h40'13
177	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 1h41'52
178	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 1h42'02
179	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h42'24
180	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 1h47'18
181	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 1h54'44
182	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 2h11'14
183	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 2h24'24

Young rider classification

1	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	57h28'27
2	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 6'42
3	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 7'29

Photogallery

Spoiler

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The course was too hilly for the German time trial champion Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile).

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The French champion Benoit Vaugrenard (FranÃ§aise des Jeux) spent the early days of the Tour in the white jersey after his great prologue. Today he wasn't as good, losing almost six minutes to Vinokourov.

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Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) will be disappointed with his performance.

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Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) has been carrying an injury for the last few stages, but today he seemed all right. That's a good thing for his captain Valverde, who needs all the help he can get after today.

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Spanish time trial champion JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez (Caisse d'Epargne) struggled in the rain, and could only manage 24th place.

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Discovery have plenty of good time trialists. One of them is George Hincapie, who was 20th on the stage.

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The young Russian Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) is the champion of his country, but he was a little bit off the mark in Albi, finishing 28th.

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The large figure of Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne). The big Russian has been disappointing so far in the Tour de France, and hasn't carried his form from the Tour de Suisse, which he won in June. Karpets was 16th today.

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David Zabriskie (Team CSC) is a strong time trial specialist, but struggled with the wet roads, as he only finished 19th.

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Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has had a tough Tour de France, which didn't get any better today.

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The former triple World time trial champion Michael Rogers (T-Mobile).

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By the time Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) finished, he had the best time. It held up for a 6th place in the end.

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Andreas KlÃ¶den (Astana) accelerating towards his 3rd place finish. The German had probably hoped to gain more time on his rivals though.

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Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), who has the white jersey on loan from Contador, sees T-Mobile's Kim Kirchen ride past him. Kirchen did really well finishing 8th today, and is T-Mobile's best bet for a good overall placing.

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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) may have lost the Tour de France with his poor time trial today. He has work to do on his time trial bike.

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Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) in non-matching polkadot skinsuit and cold clothing. He needs to go ballistic in the PyrenÃ©es if he wants a good result in the GC, because his time trialing is horrendous. Maybe he'll focus on the King of the Mountains title?

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Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto) emerged as serious challenger to Vinokourov today. But Evans still needs to gain time in the mountains if he wants to win the Tour, and he doesn't attack much.

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He's had the yellow jersey for three days, and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) is still close to it after a brilliant 5th today.

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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) is waiting for the mountains, but wasn't too shabby against the clock for his standards.

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Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) took a dominant win in the time trial in Albi.

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Who would have expected Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) to finish in the top ten in a time trial?

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The yellow jersey is finally on the shoulders of Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)!

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What a brilliant TT by Vino

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If Michael Rasmussen doesn't win your title lies.

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Vino pretty dominant here. The others have to attack hard to gain time now. Oh, and also, what a Tour from Chavanel!

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Riis123 wrote:
If Michael Rasmussen doesn't win your title lies.

Who knows what Rogers, KlÃ¶den and Vino could've done had they not crashed?

@Freitas: I agree on Chavanel! I don't expect him to go all Voeckler in the PyrenÃ©es though

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PyrenÃ©es preview
Sunday 22 July

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Before the final time trial gives Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) a chance to pour more misery upon the Tour ambitions of the other riders, we have three mighty days in the French-Spanish PyrenÃ©es ahead of us to shake things up.

A mountain top finish at Plateau de Beille is up first, then a long trek across several high mountains that finishes in Loudenvielle, before the riders get a long-awaited rest day in Pau. On Wednesday is the great Pyrenean finale, the climb up to Col d'Aubisque.

This is how it stands going into the mountains:

General classification

1	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	57h26'42
2	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1'22
3	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'45
4	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 2'05
5	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 2'36
6	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'29
7	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 3'31
8	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 3'42
9	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 3'51
10	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 3'52
11	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'11
12	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'56
13	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 5'40
14	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 6'41
15	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	+ 7'17

Spoiler

16	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'57
17	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 8'27
18	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 8'28
19	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 9'02
20	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 9'14
21	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 9'45
22	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	+ 9'54
23	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 10'41
24	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 11'01
25	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 11'47
26	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	+ 13'40
27	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 13'57
28	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 14'23
29	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 15'35
30	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 15'37
31	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 15'49
32	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 16'07
33	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 16'27
34	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 16'39
35	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
36	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'17
37	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'19
38	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17'38
39	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 18'07
40	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 18'10
41	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 18'50
42	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 19'05
43	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 19'09
44	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 19'21
45	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 19'50
46	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 20'03
47	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	s.t.
48	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 20'12
49	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 21'28
50	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 21'36
51	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 23'32
52	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 24'24
53	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 25'03
54	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	+ 25'07
55	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 25'28
56	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 25'37
57	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 26'59
58	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	+ 27'19
59	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 27'21
60	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 27'26
61	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 28'27
62	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 28'51
63	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 29'16
64	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 29'46
65	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 29'53
66	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 29'58
67	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	+ 30'19
68	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 30'36
69	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 31'43
70	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	+ 31'53
71	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 32'20
72	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 32'39
73	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 33'08
74	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	+ 33'21
75	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 33'33
76	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 35'32
77	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 35'56
78	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	+ 37'10
79	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 38'57
80	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 39'13
81	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 39'22
82	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 39'55
83	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 39'57
84	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 39'58
85	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 40'33
86	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 43'00
87	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 43'27
88	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 44'17
89	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 44'34
90	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 45'00
91	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 46'02
92	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 46'06
93	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 46'30
94	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 46'54
95	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 47'06
96	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 47'19
97	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 47'49
98	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 47'57
99	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 48'01
100	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	+ 48'15
101	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 48'34
102	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 49'03
103	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 51'01
104	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	+ 54'34
105	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 54'38
106	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 54'51
107	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 54'54
108	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 55'53
109	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 55'58
110	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 57'13
111	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 57'32
112	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 57'59
113	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	+ 58'33
114	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 58'46
115	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 59'09
116	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 59'14
117	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 1h00'28
118	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 1h01'16
120	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h01'46
121	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h02'27
122	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h02'42
123	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 1h02'49
124	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h02'55
125	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	+ 1h04'06
126	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h04'25
127	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h04'30
128	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 1h04'38
129	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h05'03
130	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h06'17
131	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h06'23
132	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	+ 1h06'36
133	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 1h07'01
134	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h09'10
135	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	+ 1h09'19
136	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h10'07
137	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h11'17
138	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h11'58
139	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h12'32
140	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	+ 1h13'26
141	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h13'59
142	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h14'09
143	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h14'36
144	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h15'13
145	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 1h15'43
146	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
147	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1h16'00
148	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	+ 1h16'18
149	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 1h16'49
150	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 1h17'11
151	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 1h18'11
152	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	+ 1h18'18
153	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 1h18'29
154	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h18'32
155	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h19'04
156	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h19'22
157	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h19'35
158	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h20'54
159	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h21'08
160	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h22'10
161	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h23'40
162	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h23'56
163	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 1h24'42
164	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	+ 1h25'05
165	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h25'30
166	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h25'53
167	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h26'26
168	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h26'51
169	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h28'14
170	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h29'17
171	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 1h31'06
172	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h34'09
173	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h35'20
174	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h38'55
175	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h39'12
176	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 1h40'13
177	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 1h41'52
178	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 1h42'02
179	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h42'24
180	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 1h47'18
181	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 1h54'44
182	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 2h11'14
183	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 2h24'24

Alexandre Vinokourov finally got hold of the yellow [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/vino13.jpg[/IMG-r]jersey yesterday, and the pre-race favourite has no intentions of letting it go. So who can take it from him?

Seeing as nobody can realistically expect to take time from Vinokourov in the final time trial, any potential non-Kazakh winner of the 2007 Tour de France will have to come from the climber category.

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Will we see more of this?

So far in the race, the strongest climber has been Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval), who also has the polkadot jersey. But Mayo suddenly finds himself a long way down after yesterday's time trial, and can expect more of the same on the penultimate stage. He does however have a polkadot jersey to defend, and more stage wins are within his grasp, so we can certainly expect to see him at the front of the race in the coming days. Mayo will probably not make the podium in Paris though.

Despite Cadel Evans' brilliant time trial yesterday, his[IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/evans13.jpg[/IMG-r] past results put him well in the climbers category. If he can reproduce his Albi time trial when we come to the penultimate stage, and do his usual stuff in the mountains, the Predictor - Lotto rider is a shoe-in for the podium. However, he'll have to go out on the attack to dislodge Vinokourov from the top spot, and we haven't seen Evans able to do that in the past.

Then there are the pure climbers like Carlos Sastre, Michael Rasmussen and, we must say after the time trial yesterday, Alejandro Valverde. All are likely to be in their element on the mountain top finishes, but with Vinokourov's strong Astana team to control things, they'll have a hard time putting enough time into the race leader.

I think the strongest challenge is likely to come from[IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/conta13.png[/IMG-r] Alberto Contador of Discovery Channel. The young Spaniard can time trial, and is explosive on the climbs. He beat Vinokourov on the climb to Tignes on stage 8, and will try to do the same up to Plateau de Beille and Col d'Aubisque. He has also got the support of the strong Discovery team, now that Levi Leipheimer is out of overall contention.

All these speculations are of course based on the assumption that Vinokourov can be beaten in the mountains. But neither the form guide, nor his impressive last week in the Vuelta last year suggests that it is possible to gain any time at all on the race leader when the road tilts upwards. Did he just win the Tour in Albi yesterday?

lluuiiggii

#170

Posted on 11-06-2012 01:54

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The time trial has really shakened up the GC. Vino seems really strong, he'll be tough to beat now with still more 55 kms of TT to come. Let's hope that'll make the climbers go crazy in the Pyrenees

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Teddy The Creator

#171

Posted on 11-06-2012 02:16

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My dream podium:

1. Cadel
2. Contador
3. Mayo

Vinokourov to crash.

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valverde321

#172

Posted on 11-06-2012 04:05

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My dream podium:

1. Vino
2. Valverde
3. Mayo

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Teddy The Creator

#173

Posted on 11-06-2012 04:17

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valverde321 wrote:
My dream podium:

1. Vino
2. Valverde
3. Mayo

Don't know why but I hate Vino.

Valverde is beast, but couldn't fit him in ahead of Iban Mayonaisse.

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#174

Posted on 11-06-2012 04:59

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Enjoying the story

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#175

Posted on 11-06-2012 05:57

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What a stage! I think Vino should be able to hold on now until the end but this is cycling so anything can happen.

Ian Butler

#176

Posted on 11-06-2012 09:51

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Vino for the win!!

andy222c

#177

Posted on 11-06-2012 11:56

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So excited to see what will happen in the pyrenees!

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Stage 14 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil14.gif[/IMG-r]
Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille
197 km
Sunday 22 July

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The good weather was back for the first of three big Pyrenean days. Today's stage headed south from Mazamet, the hometown of Laurent Jalabert, towards the steep 17 kilometres of the hors catÃ©gorie Port de PailhÃ¨res and then the final ascent that finished atop the stiff 16-kilometre hors catÃ©gorie Plateau de Beille.

Coming the day after the tough stage 13 time trial, and with two steep hors catÃ©gorie climbs in the final 65 kilometres, stage 14 would definitively separate the pretenders from the contenders for the win in the 2007 Tour de France.

Some optimistic attacks were launched on the Port de PailhÃ¨res, but nothing that bothered race leader Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) much.

Juan JosÃ© Cobo (Saunier Duval) and the ever-aggressive JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com) formed today's breakaway. Behind them came a chasegroup containing Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) and a Colombian rider, Juan Mauricio Soler of Barloworld, who has been riding well to stay 15th overall until now.

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Where does he get the motivation from? JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com) in another breakaway move, together with Juan JosÃ© Cobo (Saunier Duval).

Pineau disappeared from the picture already on the Port de PailhÃ¨res. The fifty men strong peloton crossed the summit four minutes behind Cobo, who was now the lone leader. The Rogers chasegroup was brought back at the foot of the climb to Plateau de Beille. With Cobo 2 minutes ahead, it was all set for fireworks. And as expected: Bang!

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The race exploded when Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) took off!

Rasmussen was still well up there in the overall classification, and made his intentions clear as soon as the favourites began the climb. Alexandre Vinokourov was now officially under attack!

The action in the peloton spelled the end for Cobo's breakaway attempt. Vinokourov's luxury domestique Andreas KlÃ¶den managed to pace the yellow jersey back up to Rasmussen and Sastre.

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Round One was won by Astana.

The front group was now drastically thinning out. The man sitting 5th overall before the stage, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), was among the casualties. As the group continued to climb, Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) put in a little dig. He didn't get far, but the young Colombian was really impressive, having been in a breakaway earlier.

The serious attacks started again with five kilometres remaining to the top: Alberto Contador (Discovery) got away with a furious acceleration!

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Down to serious business: Discovery's young Spanish climber attacks!

Just like on the climb to Tignes on stage 8, Contador couldn't follow up on his initial burst of speed, but his attack caused a serious selection among the big names! As five riders, including Vinokourov, made their way up to the young Spaniard, one important name was missing: Cadel Evans.

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His 2nd place in the GC was in grave danger, as Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto) suffered on the climb. Andreas KlÃ¶den (Astana) was also in trouble.

The lead group of six riders opened up a big gap on the rest of the race! The riders on the front were the yellow jersey, Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Alberto Contador (Discovery) in the white jersey and the climbers Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld).

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Concentrated faces in the front group: Vinokourov, Contador, Sastre, Valverde, Rasmussen and Soler.

Alexandre Vinokourov proved a tough nut to crack on the climb, but Rasmussen and Contador didn't give up. Just before the red kite, signalling the last kilometre, they put the yellow jersey under pressure again. This time they managed to get rid of him!

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Alberto Contador (Discovery) and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) riding away near the summit of Plateau de Beille.

Being that close to the finish, the two climbers could only do minimal damage. Michael Rasmussen really wanted the stage win, and left Alberto Contador on the run-in! The yellow jersey was not too far behind, accompanied by Carlos Sastre (Team CSC).

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Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) heading towards his annual mountain top victory in the Tour de France!

Just like on Mulhouse in 2005, and La Toussuire last year, the Danish 'Chicken' takes the win on top of a climb! With 20 bonus seconds, he also edges closer to Vinokourov's yellow jersey, but the Kazakh rode brilliantly to defend it today. Vino's main challenger, Discovery's Alberto Contador, came 2nd on the stage but didn't gain much time.

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Rasmussen celebrating on the top of Plateau de Beille!

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) lost out a bit in the end, finishing 5th. He was just ahead of Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld), who made his definite breakthrough today. The unknown Colombian proved he could climb with the best!

Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto) has probably eliminated himself as a contender for the win with his ride today. The Australian lost almost three minutes to Vinokourov, so his assault on the yellow jersey seems all but over.

Stage results

1	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	5h36'36
2	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 18
3	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	+ 32
4	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 37
5	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1'05
6	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 1'16
7	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 2'46
8	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
9	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
11	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
12	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	s.t.
13	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	+ 3'06
14	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	s.t.
15	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	s.t.

Spoiler

16	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 3'58
17	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	s.t.
18	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'13
20	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 4'17
21	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
22	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
23	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
24	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 4'25
25	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
26	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
27	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
28	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
29	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
30	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	s.t.
31	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 4'38
32	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
33	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 5'03
34	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
35	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 5'34
36	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	+ 5'39
37	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 5'47
38	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 7'29
39	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 7'35
40	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 9'21
41	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	s.t.
42	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 9'45
43	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
44	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
45	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'53
46	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 10'14
47	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	s.t.
48	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
49	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
50	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
51	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 10'27
52	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 10'31
53	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 12'10
54	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	s.t.
55	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 13'17
57	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
58	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
59	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 13'30
60	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 13'42
61	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 15'01
62	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 15'24
63	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
64	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 15'30
65	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	+ 16'03
66	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
67	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 16'38
68	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
69	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
70	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 16'59
71	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 18'13
72	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 18'17
73	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 18'25
74	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	s.t.
75	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
76	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 18'48
77	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 19'00
78	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 19'04
79	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
81	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 19'10
82	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
83	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 19'23
84	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 19'48
85	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
86	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 19'55
87	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
88	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
89	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 20'24
90	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 20'28
91	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 21'26
92	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 21'53
93	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 23'33
94	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 23'49
95	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 24'25
96	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 24'40
97	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 25'40
98	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 25'59
99	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
100	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
101	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
102	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 26'13
103	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 26'53
104	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 27'07
105	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 37'07
106	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
107	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
108	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
109	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
110	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
111	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
112	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
113	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
114	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
115	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
116	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
117	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	s.t.
118	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
119	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
120	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
121	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
122	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
123	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	s.t.
124	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	s.t.
125	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
126	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	s.t.
127	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
128	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	s.t.
129	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
130	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
131	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
132	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
133	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
134	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
136	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	s.t.
137	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	s.t.
138	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
139	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
140	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
141	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
142	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
143	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
144	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
145	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	s.t.
146	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	s.t.
147	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
148	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
149	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
150	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
151	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
152	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
153	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
154	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
155	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
156	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
157	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
158	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	s.t.
159	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
160	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
161	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	s.t.
162	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
163	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	s.t.
164	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	s.t.
165	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
166	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
167	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	s.t.
168	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 38'16
169	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
170	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
171	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
172	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
173	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 38'26
174	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 38'30
175	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
176	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	s.t.
177	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	s.t.
178	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 39'14
179	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 45'21
180	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 48'19
181	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 49'00
182	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 49'04
183	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 49'09

General classification

1	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	63h03'42
2	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	+ 1'21
3	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'27
4	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	+ 4'04
5	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 4'05
6	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4'52

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7	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	+ 5'53
8	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 6'04
9	Christophe Moreau	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 6'13
10	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 6'37
11	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 7'18
12	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 7'30
13	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	Team CSC	+ 8'22
14	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 9'03
15	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 10'06
16	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'19
17	Manuel BeltrÃ¡n	Liquigas	+ 10'51
18	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 12'21
19	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 12'28
20	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 13'16
21	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 13'19
22	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 13'43
23	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	+ 13'47
24	Juan JosÃ© Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 14'42
25	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 15'21
26	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17'58
27	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 19'24
28	StÃ©phane Goubert	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 20'16
29	Alexandre Botcharov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 20'40
30	Sandy Casar	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 21'18
31	JosÃ© IvÃ¡n GutiÃ©rrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 21'52
32	Igor AntÃ³n	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 22'00
33	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	+ 23'01
34	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	+ 24'13
35	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	+ 25'00
36	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	+ 25'10
37	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	+ 25'18
38	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 25'48
39	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 26'09
40	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 26'14
41	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 26'48
42	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 28'00
43	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 28'47
44	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 29'00
45	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 29'03
46	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	+ 29'08
47	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 30'02
48	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 31'14
49	John Gadret	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 34'27
50	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	+ 34'31
51	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 36'49
52	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	+ 37'10
53	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 37'42
54	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	+ 38'09
55	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 38'43
56	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 39'06
57	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 41'38
58	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	+ 41'42
59	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 41'51
60	Ã“scar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 42'46
61	Iker CamaÃ±o	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 43'29
62	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	+ 45'20
63	IÃ±igo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 45'22
64	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 45'38
65	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	+ 45'58
66	MoisÃ©s DueÃ±as	Agritubel	+ 46'44
67	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 47'22
68	IÃ±igo Cuesta	Team CSC	+ 48'39
69	Egoi MartÃnez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 52'10
70	Cyril Dessel	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 52'15
71	RubÃ©n Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 53'03
72	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 54'02
73	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 54'53
74	Laurent LefÃ¨vre	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 55'33
75	Patrice Halgand	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 55'52
76	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	+ 56'57
77	David CaÃ±ada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 57'59
78	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	s.t.
79	Thomas LÃ¶vkvist	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 58'27
80	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 58'43
81	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h00'37
82	Pierrick FÃ©drigo	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h01'31
83	Francisco PÃ©rez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h01'40
84	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	+ 1h02'22
85	Simon Gerrans	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h03'41
86	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h04'05
87	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 1h05'59
88	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	+ 1h08'23
89	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h08'34
90	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h08'36
91	FÃ©lix CÃ¡rdenas	Barloworld	+ 1h08'51
92	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h10'04
93	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1h10'25
94	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h10'49
95	Christophe Le MÃ©vel	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h10'55
96	JosÃ© Luis Arrieta	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h11'07
97	SergueÃ¯ Ivanov	Astana Team	+ 1h12'31
98	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h12'51
99	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h13'53
100	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1h14'51
101	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 1h17'32
102	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 1h18'11
103	Christian Knees	Team Milram	+ 1h19'52
104	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	+ 1h21'13
105	Dmitriy Fofonov	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h22'49
106	SÃ©rgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h23'10
107	IÃ±aki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h23'13
108	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h24'36
109	CÃ©dric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h24'40
110	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h24'44
111	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	+ 1h24'58
112	Kjell CarlstrÃ¶m	Liquigas	+ 1h25'17
113	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	+ 1h31'11
114	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h31'21
115	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h32'36
116	Francisco JosÃ© Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1h32'41
117	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h33'56
118	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1h34'11
119	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	+ 1h35'16
120	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	+ 1h37'11
121	BenjamÃn Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h38'29
123	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h39'10
124	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h39'25
125	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h39'38
126	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	+ 1h40'49
127	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h41'08
128	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	+ 1h41'21
129	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h41'46
130	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 1h42'27
131	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h43'00
132	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h43'06
133	GrÃ©gory Rast	Astana Team	+ 1h43'19
134	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	+ 1h43'44
135	Philippe Gilbert	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h45'53
136	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	+ 1h46'02
137	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h46'50
138	Matthieu Ladagnous	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h48'00
139	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h48'41
140	JosÃ© Vicente GarcÃa Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h49'15
141	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 1h49'58
142	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	+ 1h50'06
143	StÃ©phane AugÃ©	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 1h50'42
144	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h50'52
145	Lilian JÃ©gou	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 1h51'19
146	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h51'56
147	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 1h52'26
148	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
149	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	+ 1h53'01
150	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1h54'06
151	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	+ 1h55'01
152	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	+ 1h55'12
153	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h55'15
154	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 1h55'17
155	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 1h55'39
156	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	+ 1h55'47
157	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h56'05
158	William Bonnet	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 1h56'18
159	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1h57'37
160	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1h57'51
161	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1h58'29
162	Martin Elmiger	AG2R PrÃ©voyance	+ 1h58'53
163	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 2h00'23
164	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 2h00'39
165	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	+ 2h01'48
166	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	+ 2h02'13
167	MickaÃ«l Delage	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	+ 2h02'36
168	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	+ 2h03'09
169	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	+ 2h04'43
170	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	+ 2h04'57
171	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 2h07'09
172	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	+ 2h08'58
173	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 2h12'15
174	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 2h16'47
175	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 2h17'18
176	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	+ 2h18'15
177	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 2h18'35
178	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 2h19'07
179	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 2h26'59
180	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 2h35'54
181	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	+ 2h43'24
182	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	+ 2h59'59
183	CÃ©dric HervÃ©	Agritubel	+ 3h12'19

Mountain classification

1	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	141
2	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	125
3	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	100

Photogallery

Spoiler

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The mighty Astana machine on the front for their race leader Alexandre Vinokourov.

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Four riders, Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld), Tadej Valjavec (Lampre), Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), tried to bridge up to the leader Juan JosÃ© Cobo (Saunier Duval) on the Port de PailhÃ¨res, but were unsuccessful.

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The race winding its way towards the top of the HC climb Port de PailhÃ¨res.

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The lone leader Juan JosÃ© Cobo (Saunier Duval) cresting the summit of Port de PailhÃ¨res. The Spanish rider was 23rd overall before the stage, but his attack didn't work out.

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Arroyo, Rogers, Soler & Valjavec going over the top during their futile breakaway attempt.

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The attacks started early on the final climb, as Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) fancied their chances.

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The climb up to Plateau de Beille was really hard, with many riders unable to keep up with the best.

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Cobo's brave escape came to an end when Rasmussen reached him. Cobo eventually finished 26th on the stage.

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Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) has become quite a national hero after his exploits earlier in this Tour, but the Frenchman found the PyrenÃ©es a bit too demanding.

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Ride of the day must surely be awarded to Barloworld's Colombian climber Juan Mauricio Soler. The 24-year old still had strength left for an attack on the final climb after having been in the breakaway, and hung on for 6th place in the end.

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Alberto Contador (Discovery) leading the front six on their way up to Plateau de Beille.

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The tough final climb cracked several contenders, including French champion Christophe Moreau (Ag2r). The most prominent loser though was Cadel Evans (Predictor - Lotto), 2nd overall before the stage.

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Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) couldn't replicate his great climbing form from last week in the Alps, but he kept his King of the Mountains jersey through the first day in the PyrenÃ©es.

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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) had to let go of the front group within the final two kilometres.

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Alberto Contador (Discovery) and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) were once again the strongest climbers.

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A good crowd was out to cheer on the riders atop the Plateau de Beille.

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Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) limiting his losses.

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Victory for Denmark's Michael Rasmussen!

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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) clinged on to the race leader's back wheel in the closing metres.

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Contador lost out on both the stage win and the yellow jersey today. He will be hoping to put more time into Vinokourov in the coming days.

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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) didn't quite have it today. His chances for the podium are slimming down.

Teddy The Creator

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Awesome report Squire. I love that the others are attacking Vino, and seeing Contador excel is great. He's my new rider I'm going for after stupid Cadel lost so much time.

Very well done Squire.

Oh and brilliant screens, I love this one especially!
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