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

alexkr00

#21

Posted on 02-06-2012 20:26

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Good to see you back, Squire!

Good luck

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sutty68

#22

Posted on 02-06-2012 23:13

Tour de France Champion

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Yeah, Good Luck Squire, hope the race does you proud

poiup11

#23

Posted on 02-06-2012 23:18

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I will for sure read this one! There are two or three stories I follow, and now I have four

Really looking forward for the Col d'Aubisque-stage - a stage I'll nerver forget

Good luck, Squire!

Edited by poiup11 on 02-06-2012 23:31

Squire

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Posted on 03-06-2012 01:42

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Stage 1 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil11.gif[/IMG-r]
London - Canterbury
203 km
Sunday 8 July

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The first road stage of the 2007 Tour de France began where yesterday's spectacular bike tour of central London ended, on the Mall. It made its way through Kent for a flat finish in Canterbury, with the World Heritage site Cathedral as a backdrop.

It was touted as a day for the sprinters, and for once[IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/cav.jpg[/IMG-r] the British home crowd had a real sprinter to cheer for. Twenty-two-year-old Mark Cavendish makes his debut in the Tour de France this year. The sprinter himself was cautious about his chances before the start.

"Everybody expect me to do well in the final bit, but it's about getting there. It's 200 kilometers with the best bike riders in the world" he said.

Before the peloton left the Mall, CSC's Jens Voigt talked about today's stage and announced the team's intentions of defending the yellow jersey of yesterday's hero Fabian Cancellara.

"I think we will see some real British countryside, you know. I mean, we can stop for a cup of tea in the middle. No, I think we will be very busy controlling the race and trying to keep the yellow jersey in our team" the German said.

It would take a strong breakaway group to deprive the sprinters of the first bunch gallop of this year's race. Nevertheless, a lot of riders were eager to show themselves on the opening road stage. A break of nine riders eventually got away. They weren't given much leeway by the peloton, as CSC formed an alliance with the teams of sprinters Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) and Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto).

The breakaway took out all of the climbs along the route, with RubÃ©n PÃ©rez (Euskaltel) collecting the most points. He will therefore wear the first polkadot jersey of the 2007 Tour de France tomorrow.

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The Basque climber PÃ©rez secures the mountain points ahead of JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com).

After PÃ©rez and the others had gotten their alotted television time, the peloton reeled them in on the run-in towards Canterbury. The last kilometer was dominated by Tom Boonen's Quickstep team, and his teammate Gert Steegmans put Tornado Tom in a perfect position in the last two hundred meters. The Belgian sprinter was challenged by Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) and Thor Hushovd (CrÃ©dit Agricole), but he held them off to win the stage!

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Boonen prevails in a tightly contested sprint.

Britain's young Mark Cavendish gave a decent showing with his 10th place, but he obviously lacks the experience on this level as he was boxed in a bit.

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) finished in the pack and kept his yellow jersey. Tom Boonen takes over Cancellara's green jersey, which was on loan to Andreas KlÃ¶den (Astana) during the stage. A great start for Boonen's assault on the points classification!

It wasn't just the sprinter's accounts that were opened in Canterbury today, the climbers have also begun the battle for the King of the Mountains title. For once, a decent climber got the jersey in the early stages of the Tour.

That's it from Canterbury and Britain. The rest of the day will be used to ferry the teams and riders across the channel to Belgium, where the Tour continues tomorrow.

Stage results

1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	4h29'42
2	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
3	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
4	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
5	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	s.t.
6	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
7	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
8	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
9	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	s.t.
10	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
11	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
12	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
13	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
14	Julian Dean	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
15	SÃ©bastien Hinault	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.

Spoiler

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

General classification

1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	4h40'13
2	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 11
3	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	+ 23
4	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
5	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le CrÃ©dit par TÃ©lÃ©phone	+ 24

Spoiler

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

Points classification

1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	35
2	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	30
3	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	26
4	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	24
5	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	22

Mountain classification

1	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	13
2	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	6
3	JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau	Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com	3

Photogallery

Spoiler

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The peloton getting ready to leave London.

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Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) successfully defended his yellow jersey throughout the day. His teammate Jens Voigt is alongside him for company.

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The breakaway, led by Gregory Rast (Astana). In it was also RubÃ©n PÃ©rez (Euskaltel), Nick Nuyens (Cofidis), JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau (Bouygues TÃ©lÃ©com), Brett Lancaster (Milram), Paolo Bossoni (Lampre), Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) and Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC).

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Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) was policing things in the breakaway for his leader Cancellara.

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Quickstep did most of the job on the front of the peloton. Which, as it turned out, they had good reasons for.

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The blue train had Boonen at the end of it.

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Geert Steegmans placed Boonen at the front with a clear view of the finishing line. Great job by the lead-out man today.

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A lot of sprinters fancied their chances today, but Boonen was the fastest.

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Fabian Cancellara finished safely in the pack, and keeps his hard-earned yellow jersey for at least another day.

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Nice stage win for Boonen

But Cavendish will be disappointed to finish 10th

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Consider me interested. I've been watching the 2007 tour on DVD as it happens. The route is really nice. Your reporting style is magnificent.

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sutty68 wrote:
Nice stage win for Boonen

But Cavendish will be disappointed to finish 10th

Don't forget, he was just 22 in 2007, and by far not the sprinter he is now! Compare him with Guardinin nowadays...

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I just noticed that Landaluze has already lost 5 minutes. Ouch, that's a tough beat.

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Awesome reports. Like them a lot.

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I'm loving it right now... Keep it going, Squire!

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Great way of reporting, unlike everything else I've seen!

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dienblad wrote:

sutty68 wrote:
Nice stage win for Boonen

But Cavendish will be disappointed to finish 10th

Don't forget, he was just 22 in 2007, and by far not the sprinter he is now! Compare him with Guardinin nowadays...

Yes your right, true very true

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Wow, thanks all

I thought I had gone a bit over the top with the amount of text in the last update, but it seems all right judging by the reactions. I promise more pictures in the main reports though!

Now I have some technical problems that must be overcome before I can continue, but I hope to have it fixed soon.

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Really nice to read, keep it up mate.

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Really nice to read, keep it up mate.

This.. keep it up

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Stage 2 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil2.gif[/IMG-r]
Dunkirk - Ghent
168.5 km
Monday 9 July

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Today saw the second stage of Le Tour return to Europe and it passed into Belgium across the mythical roads of Belgian classics like the Tour of Flanders, Het Volk and Gent-Wevelgem. 'Tommeke' Boonen was looking for a big win in front of the home crowd in Ghent. Ghent is also the birthplace of Bradley Wiggins, so he's been through his birthplace and his hometown in the first three days.

The flat stage added two more countries on the Tour list so far, as it started in the French port of Dunkirk before entering Belgium. There were no climbs, so the polkadot jersey was safe on RubÃ©n PÃ©rez' shoulders for at least one more day.

However, that didn't stop the Basque rider from going in the breakaway for the second day running. Today he even had a teammate with him, IÃ±aki Isasi. The orange climbers are being very active in the Tour's first flat days.

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The Euskaltel boys bossed the breakaway.

PÃ©rez was the best placed rider in the seven-man breakaway, sitting 35 seconds down on Cancellara in 22th. To help his overall standing, he collected a few time bonuses out on the course.

There were no hills to disrupt the locomotives at the front of the peloton, so the breakaway was once again doomed. They were swept up, and the sprinters' teams tried to position their fast men on the run-in towards Ghent.

One team who tried and failed, was Tom Boonen's Quickstep - Innergetic. Yesterday's winner found himself too far behind at the crucial stages.

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Tom Boonen had too much ground to make up.

The scene was then set for others teams to show their strength. CrÃ©dit Agricole did a perfect lead-out for their man Thor Hushovd, but Erik Zabel (Milram) and Robbie Hunter (Barloworld) tried to come round the Norwegian from behind!

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Zabel (Milram), Hunter (Barloworld) and Hushovd (CrÃ©dit Agricole) at the front, with Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) just behind.

For a few seconds, it looked like Erik Zabel had it, but at the last moment, Robbie Hunter managed to get his front wheel slightly ahead! The Barloworld rider is the first South African to win a stage at the Tour de France!

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Hunter lunges past Zabel!

"Honestly I have no words to describe it. It's been six years I've been hunting for a stage victory in the Tour de France. And you know, eventually it has happened. If the race would stop tomorrow, I would walk away very happy with what's happened at the Tour de France" the pleased South African said after the race.

Not only did Hunter win the stage, he also overtook the green jersey. Cancellara kept his yellow one, but look at RubÃ©n PÃ©rez! Up to 3rd after his time bonuses in the intermediate sprints.

Stage results

1	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	3h40'30
2	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
3	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	s.t.
4	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
5	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	s.t.
6	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
7	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
8	SÃ©bastien Chavanel	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
9	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
10	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
11	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
12	Robert FÃ¶rster	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
13	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
14	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
15	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.

Spoiler

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

General classification

1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	8h20'43
2	Andreas KlÃ¶den	Astana Team	+ 11
3	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 19
4	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	+ 23
5	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FranÃ§aise des Jeux	s.t.
6	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

Spoiler

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

Points classification

1	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	57
2	Thor Hushovd	CrÃ©dit Agricole	56
3	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	55
4	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	49
5	Ã“scar Freire	Rabobank	41

Photogallery

Spoiler

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Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) has a chat with his rival Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) at the start of the stage.

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The white jersey of Benoit Vaugrenard (FranÃ§aise des Jeux) was in one of the early breakaway attempts. He eventually had to settle for a ride in the pack.

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The breakaway enjoys the Belgian countryside. In it was Simon Gerrans (Ag2r), Sergej Ivanov (Astana), IÃ±aki Isasi (Euskaltel), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), RubÃ©n PÃ©rez (Euskaltel), Stef Clement (Bouygyes TÃ©lÃ©com) and Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne).

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The Euskaltel riders packed a punch!

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Kiwi champion Julian Dean (CrÃ©dit Agricole) on the front for Hushovd.

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Thor Hushovd (CrÃ©dit Agricole) was first around the final bend.

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In the end it was a three-man contest between Thor Hushovd (CrÃ©dit Agricole), Robert Hunter (Barloworld) and Erik Zabel (Milram).

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