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Jeremy Hunt took an emphatic victory at Alpe D'Huez as many of his supposed 'stronger' teammates crumbled on the climb. Wiggins was the first to go as he hit 4 reds before most of the others had hit 1, Hunt was lucky as he was at the back when Alpe D'Huez started so while those at the front suffered in setting the pace, Hunt had a relative confortable ride and when it was finally his turn at the front, only Cummings and Hammond were still with him as he sprinted to the win. Dean Downing's injury meant it wasnt worth following the rest of my team so he hung around in the next group before easing away up Alpe D'Huez - despite his injury.
The yellow jeresey fight has now got interesting following Wiggins poor Aple D'Huez.
1 Jeremy Hunt RECYCLING.CO.UK 5h17'36
2 Steven Cummings RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
3 Roger Hammond RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
4 Mark Cavendish RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'03
5 David Millar RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
6 Geraint Thomas RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
7 Russell Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'18
8 Bradley Wiggins RECYCLING.CO.UK + 3'58
9 Dean Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK + 19'00
10 Jan Ullrich T-MOBILE TEAM + 20'54
11 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS s.t.
12 Francisco Mancebo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
13 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK + 21'06
14 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
15 Francisco Perez Sanchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS s.t.
16 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ TEAM + 22'29
17 Levi Leipheimer GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Andreas Klöden T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
20 Georg Totschnig GEROLSTEINER + 23'02
21 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
22 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 23'51
23 Cadel Evans DAVITAMON - LOTTO + 24'00
24 Paolo Savoldelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 24'35
25 Jaroslav Popovych DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
26 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 26'02
27 Chris Horner DAVITAMON - LOTTO s.t.
28 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 26'10
29 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 26'50
30 Manuel Beltran DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
1 Bradley Wiggins RECYCLING.CO.UK 71h04'10
2 David Millar RECYCLING.CO.UK + 36
3 Geraint Thomas RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
4 Jeremy Hunt RECYCLING.CO.UK + 14'01
5 Russell Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK + 15'05
6 Mark Cavendish RECYCLING.CO.UK + 15'22
7 Roger Hammond RECYCLING.CO.UK + 25'45
8 Steven Cummings RECYCLING.CO.UK + 26'43
9 Dean Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK + 45'07
10 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ TEAM + 1h43'01
11 Cadel Evans DAVITAMON - LOTTO + 1h43'07
12 Ivan Basso TEAM CSC + 1h44'01
13 Jan Ullrich T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h44'54
14 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h45'10
15 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 1h45'34
16 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 1h45'51
17 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 1h46'20
18 Levi Leipheimer GEROLSTEINER + 1h46'56
19 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ TEAM + 1h48'50
20 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h50'39
21 Andreas Klöden T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h50'43
22 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 1h50'45
23 Francisco Mancebo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h53'26
24 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1h53'55
25 Stefano Garzelli LIQUIGAS + 1h55'31
26 Paolo Savoldelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1h55'43
27 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 1h55'54
28 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 1h56'10
29 Francisco Perez Sanchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 1h57'58
30 Georg Totschnig GEROLSTEINER + 1h58'00 140 Eric Ransom AGISKO - VINER - CYCLING.TV + 5h32'23
The stage to La Toussier was one big attrition contest. My 9 went away from the start but Dean Downing fell off the back about halfway up due to his injury. Throughout the climb those with Poor recovery had their red bars increasing while those with Average did not. So as the 2nd HC climb began R. Downing, Cavendish, Millar + Thomas were up front ahead of Cummings, Wiggins, Hunt + Hammond. All of the latter 4 were seperated in this climb while the front group only lost Thomas. At the summit of the penultimate climb Millar was forced to give way as Cavendish + R. Downing carried on. Halway up the last climb and Downing was alown, and hung on to win. There is now a new overall leader!
1 Russell Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK 5h47'53
2 Mark Cavendish RECYCLING.CO.UK + 2'25
3 David Millar RECYCLING.CO.UK + 3'04
4 Geraint Thomas RECYCLING.CO.UK + 7'44
5 Jeremy Hunt RECYCLING.CO.UK + 10'36
6 Steven Cummings RECYCLING.CO.UK + 14'38
7 Bradley Wiggins RECYCLING.CO.UK + 16'36
8 Roger Hammond RECYCLING.CO.UK + 19'17
9 Georg Totschnig GEROLSTEINER + 35'08
10 Francisco Mancebo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 35'28
11 Francisco Perez Sanchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 35'41
12 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 35'55
13 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 36'20
14 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ TEAM s.t.
15 Stefano Garzelli LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Cadel Evans DAVITAMON - LOTTO s.t.
17 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 36'35 18 Dean Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
19 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 37'14
21 Andreas Klöden T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Alberto Contador ASTANÁ TEAM s.t.
23 Ivan Basso TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Paolo Savoldelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 37'33
25 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 37'41
26 Jan Ullrich T-MOBILE TEAM + 37'57
27 Jaroslav Popovych DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 38'58
28 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 39'14
29 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
30 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 40'58
58 Levi Leipheimer GEROLSTEINER + 57'06
81 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ TEAM + 1h02'34
110 Denis Menchov RABOBANK + 1h17'14 140 Francisco Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h00'17
1 David Millar RECYCLING.CO.UK 76h55'29
2 Geraint Thomas RECYCLING.CO.UK + 4'48
3 Russell Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK + 11'13
4 Bradley Wiggins RECYCLING.CO.UK + 13'10
5 Mark Cavendish RECYCLING.CO.UK + 14'03
6 Jeremy Hunt RECYCLING.CO.UK + 21'11
7 Steven Cummings RECYCLING.CO.UK + 37'55
8 Roger Hammond RECYCLING.CO.UK + 41'36
9 Dean Downing RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1h18'16
10 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ TEAM + 2h15'55
11 Cadel Evans DAVITAMON - LOTTO + 2h16'01
12 Ivan Basso TEAM CSC + 2h17'49
13 Christophe Moreau AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2h18'04
14 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 2h19'00
15 Jan Ullrich T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h19'25
16 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 2h23'14
17 Andreas Klöden T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h24'31
18 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h24'54
19 Francisco Mancebo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2h25'28
20 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2h27'04
21 Stefano Garzelli LIQUIGAS + 2h28'25
22 Georg Totschnig GEROLSTEINER + 2h29'42
23 Paolo Savoldelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2h29'50
24 Francisco Perez Sanchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE - ILLES BALEARS + 2h30'13
25 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 2h30'16
26 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 2h33'26
27 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 2h37'28
28 Jaroslav Popovych DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2h38'58
29 Levi Leipheimer GEROLSTEINER + 2h40'36
30 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h41'53
31 Alberto Contador ASTANÁ TEAM + 2h42'11
32 Manuel Beltran DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2h45'14
33 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2h45'34
34 Alexandre Vinokourov ASTANÁ TEAM + 2h47'58
35 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h48'45 140 Jeremy Maartens BARLOWORLD + 7h21'08
