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LA MSS - This Time Without the Dope!!!
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 08-02-2009 16:10
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Keep it comin' Gustavovskiy 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 09-02-2009 10:53
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Thanks for all the support and participation guys i really apreciate it
Here it is the reason of all my disbelief:
Stage 3
At last some climbing..
After 3 attempts of breakaways we finally were able to place Pires at the front where he conquered many mountain points!
but unfortunately the BOTD was caught in the penultimate climb.
Where Schleck launched the 1st attack and was closely followed by Riccò and Di Gregorio!
The french wasn't able to keep the pace. As he was caught Kreuziger, Barredo and Leon Sanchez pulled out of the pack!
...where our main riders were struggling to maintain contact! Astana with Jufre, Brajkovic, Lovkvist and Dueñas assured Contador that nobody would get to the final descent with a pair of fresh legs!
At the top a group of favourites was gathered they could go all the way but the Astana pack didn't let them...
In the downhill our riders were chasing the main group. But suddenly a fall! It was Riccò!! Many went down with him. Pinotti and Gerdemman took some minutes to find their glass lenses!
At the front Soler, Popovych, Sastre and Contador attacked and were about to fight for the victory!
In the final sprint the ucranian was the fastest !!
Our best men were integrated in the third group in the peloton's tail. Riccò was there too but he launched an attack which Tiago Machado tried to follow unsuccessfully. Anyway the italian was just some meters in front of the group and would probably minimize the 20'' gap between our group and the pack..
Stage
 1 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto 4h34'06
 2 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
3 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
 4 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
5 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
 6 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
7 Oscar Sánchez Barloworld s.t.
8 Josep Jufré Astana Cycling Team s.t.
 9 Yann Huguet Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
 10 René Mandri AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
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 56 Riccardo Riccò Gerolsteiner s.t.
 57 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'17 !!!
 58 Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner s.t.
 59 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
60 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner s.t.
 61 Nicki Sörensen Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
62 Cândido Barbosa Lampre s.t.
GC
1 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto 7h48'14
2 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 10
 3 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
4 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
5 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 11
 6 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
 7 Bert De Waele Quick·Step s.t.
8 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank + 12
 9 Michael Rogers Team Columbia s.t.
 10 Janez Brajkovic Astana Cycling Team s.t.
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58 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 2'34
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61 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 2'39
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122 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 7'11
There you see... they transformed a 20/10'' gap into a 2'17 difference!!! The team was completely robbed by the officials!!! Me and the rest of the staff surounded the judges booth and started shouting at them. We had the support of other teams that had important riders in the group such as Columbia. But the bastards just didn't care about us. The braniacs of the team are already joining their minds to prepare a manifestation in the Tour against ASO judges!!!
If you have any idea just let us know
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 09-02-2009 10:53
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| kirosha |
Posted on 09-02-2009 11:30
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Yeah! Popovych is the strongest! |
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Posted on 09-02-2009 16:27
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Popovych is showing a great form in deed!
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LA-MSS and Team Columbia in protest!!
 
Following last Dauphiné Liberé's stage LA-MSS and Team Columbia's DSs, in company of the respective staffs, directed a protest regarding an alegated avaliation error made by the race officials. According to the teams the 3rd group that ended the stage (which included Tiago Machado, Bruno Pires, Linus Gerdemman and Marco Pinotti among others) was counted 2 minutes more than it was supposed to. It was said that the decision taken was extremely exagerated and that there was given no reason whatsoever to justify it!!
This is just their frustration talking... they haven't done anything yet and so they are trying to get something that they haven't achieved on the road. Our deicision won't be changed! - stated Preud'homme in reply
LA-MSS directors reacted threatning to miss the rest of the Dauphiné and every other ASO organised race until the end of the season. However after a brief meeting with Bob Stapleton a Team Columbia's directors a press statement was released by LA-MSS spokesman:
"The boycott of the races is out of question, but the teams response will arise any time soon. For now the objective is to prepare the riders for the Tour de France. The meeting decision was that measures will be taken in a time we know that we are able to create an impact . That time, ladies and gentlemen, will be at the Tour de France"
Reuters
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Posted on 09-02-2009 16:29
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Posted on 10-02-2009 16:55
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Stage 4
Another TT
Gerdemann registered the first reference time
Which was beaten right after by his team mate Pinotti
Time to see Pires in his Polka dot...
And the portuguese TT champion T. Machado was on his way! The goal was a top20! However he finished 7th with many star riders yet to come...
After him Cunego surprised schieving the 2nd place
But another surprise was yet to come! Ignatiev was the fastest now!
For some minutes we have seen many strong riders disapointing somehow... Cancellara, Rogers, Kreuziger among others performed at Machado's level...
Thre next to challenge Ignatiev was Dekker! But even the dutch wasnt able to beat him!
We had to wait until Contador to see Ignatiev's time beaten! "Five tiny seconds" yelled the desperate russian when the spaniard finished!!
Finally Popovych arrived but this wasnt his day.. the ucranian was only 6th..
Stage
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 39'04
2 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia + 5
3 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 23
4 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 27
5 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 35
6 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 43
 8 Thomas Lövkvist Astana Cycling Team + 46
9 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 48
10 Tom Stubbe Française des Jeux s.t.
11 Bradley McGee Barloworld + 50
12 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 52
13 Oscar Sánchez Barloworld + 53
14 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 55
15 Dominique Cornu Silence - Lotto + 57
16 Yann Huguet Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 59
17 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 1'00
18 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 1'01
19 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step s.t.
20 Paolo Savoldelli Lampre + 1'02
21 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 1'03
22 Stefan Schumacher Crédit Agricole + 1'10
23 Andrei Sartasov Barloworld s.t.
24 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia + 1'13
25 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas + 1'15
26 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 1'19
27 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 1'20
28 Cândido Barbosa Lampre + 1'22
 29 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
30 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner + 1'23
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 8h27'08
2 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Columbia + 29
3 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 35
4 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 45
5 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'13
6 Thomas Lövkvist Astana Cycling Team + 1'16
7 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 1'19
8 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 1'20
9 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'22
10 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 1'31
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Posted on 10-02-2009 17:56
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Stage 5
Pires was in the breakaway once more!
But he was caught before the final climb...
As it began Leon Sanchez got away and Popovych wasn't in a mood to let him go alone
Later they were joined by Contador, Dekker, Schleck and Kreuziger forming a front group!
As the pack passed the final climb our best rider Tiago Machado lost the contact as happened before...
In the downhill Leon Sanchez, Contador and Kreuziger managed to get a gap on the others and would dispute the stage victory!!
The winner of today was Leon Sanchez!! What a brilliant season he's doing!!
In the chasing group Popovych was the first...
...and after them Riccò in fornt of the pack...
...and only after our 1st man... Once more Tiago gave his best but it just wasn't enough...
Stage
1 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 4h19'24
2 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
3 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas s.t.
4 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 22
5 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
6 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
7 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
8 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
9 Riccardo Riccò Gerolsteiner + 1'42
10 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step s.t.
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53 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 4'19
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 12h46'26
2 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 1'03
3 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'09
4 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 1'13
5 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 1'42
6 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'50
7 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'02
8 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 2'37
9 Thomas Lövkvist Astana Cycling Team + 3'04
10 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 3'07
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56 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 8'29
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| kirosha |
Posted on 10-02-2009 18:57
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Can you upload Sanchez's stats |
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Posted on 10-02-2009 20:20
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Here kirosha:
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Posted on 10-02-2009 20:27
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Posted on 10-02-2009 20:56
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he is a pretty good all-rounder but I can't see how does he have the ability to keep with the big guns in the top stages like he does...
it smells like epo here 
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Posted on 10-02-2009 21:10
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Posted on 11-02-2009 10:01
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Nice to see Pires in the Polka Dot jersey! |
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Posted on 12-02-2009 16:32
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it'll be hard to defend it with cotenders such as Riccò...
But it's now our main objective for the Dauphiné!!
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Posted on 12-02-2009 16:46
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Stage 6
A transition stage
Tondo was very delayed in the GC so he positioned himself in today's break
Which gained a natural advantage to the pack!! With 20km to go Agirre(EUS) launched the 1st attack and Talleifer from LPR responded!!
Xavi was not focused at the time and let them go... 5km later he had no option but to have a go at it himself if he wanted to get the stage victory. Belgy from Bouygues went with him
Our spaniard wasn't able to catch the LPR man which had isolated himself contrary to Belgy. Him and Talleifer would discuss the victory in a final sprint!
And after 2km in the Bouygues rider's tail Talleifer conquered the victory!!
Tondo was in the verge of getting the podium for LA-MSS but the chasing group was squeezing the gap really fast!
and Wrolich took it from us in the very last moment!! The peloton arrived 3 min and a half behind the winner... nothing changed in the GC.
Stage
1 Fabien Taillefer LPR Brakes - Ballan 3h37'58
2 Julien Belgy Bouygues Télécom s.t.
3 Peter Wrölich Gerolsteiner + 1'03
4 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
5 Maarten Wynants Quick·Step s.t.
6 Bert Grabsch Team Columbia s.t.
7 Damien Gaudin Bouygues Télécom s.t.
 8 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole s.t.
9 Bradley McGee Barloworld s.t.
10 Tristan Valentin Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 16h30'01
2 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 1'03
3 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'09
4 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 1'13
5 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 1'42
6 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'50
7 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'02
8 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 2'37
9 Thomas Lövkvist Astana Cycling Team + 3'04
10 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 3'07
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Posted on 13-02-2009 23:44
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Etapa 7
Another tough stage..
Picture of the day: Bruno Pires and Remy di Gregorio searching for mountain points!
...and once more at the bottom of the last climb our man got caught! The frenchman was still at front!
Several attacks happened in a matter of seconds! First Barredo, then Popovych and after him Kreuziger... none of them had any success though
It had to be the italians to bring another rythm to the race! Riccò, Cunego, Soler and Schleck were out of the pack and were building a solid gap!!
...as di Gregorio was swallen by the peloton... We've found a rival in the mountain classification!
Meanwhile Contador had attacked and was now in the front group... his arrival caused a general letargy among the front men...
...and suddenly when everyone else thought that group would go together to the finish line the yellow jersey wearer attacked!! Nobody had the strength to counter him.
The spaniard then rided the last 3km in his own pace and has expected won the race with apparent ease!!
The chasing group eventually fragmented itself and the many riders ended the stage isolated.
Frank Sclheck was 2nd
Riccò 3rd
and Cunego even lost his 4th place to Sastre...
As to LA-MSS... well it was terrible today... Tondo was the 1st of our rotten riders
Stage
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 5h38'25
2 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 1'39
3 Riccardo Riccò Gerolsteiner + 2'10
4 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank + 2'31
5 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 2'46
6 Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
7 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 3'30
8 Paolo Savoldelli Lampre + 3'38
9 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step s.t.
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83 Xavi Tondo LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 22'10
84 Olivier Bonnaire Bouygues Télécom + 23'38
85 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 24'10
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93 Tiago Machado LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 27'54
GC
1 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 22h08'26
2 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 3'29
3 Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 4'41
4 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne + 4'47
5 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 4'51
6 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas + 5'12
7 Maxime Monfort Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 5'40
8 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 5'53
9 Carlos Sastre Team CSC Saxo Bank + 6'10
10 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 6'15
We even lost the mountain jersey to Riccò... oh it was bad bad day for us...
Mountain
1 Riccardo Riccò Gerolsteiner 104 148
2 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm 70 141
3 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux 110 121
4 Roman Kreuziger Liquigas 76 106
5 Damiano Cunego Lampre 64 94
6 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 74 74
7 Fränk Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank 36 64
8 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step 24 61
9 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team 46 60
10 Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto 40 56
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Posted on 14-02-2009 00:28
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Contrary to Dauphiné, our team will be searching for a good place in Switzerland!
Riders Sent
Andreas Kloden
João Cabreira
Angel Vicioso
José António Garrido
Stuart O'Grady
Cláudio Faria
Jorge Roca
Joan Pau Quiñonero
Stage 1
Flat stage with no difficulties.
Daniele Bennati was the final winner showing he's fit and is able to fight for the green in the Tour!
Stage
1 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 4h30'42
2 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
3 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld s.t.
4 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step s.t.
5 Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
6 Alexis RodrÃguez Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
7 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
 8 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
9 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
 10 Luciano Pagliarini Scott - American Beef s.t.
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12 Stuart O'Grady LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
GC
1 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 4h30'32
2 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto + 4
3 Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld + 6
4 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 7
5 Volodymyr Dyudya Team Milram s.t.
6 René Haselbacher Astana Cycling Team + 8
7 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
8 Fabio Baldato Crédit Agricole + 9
9 Damien Monier Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step + 10
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Posted on 15-02-2009 12:13
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Stage 8
This SS pretty much says everything...
btw Contador won...
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Stage 2
O´Grady is up front today!
Liquigas starts to work in the pack and seems able to control the breakaway.
However the pace slows down. Nocentini and Vanendert take the chance to launch an attack and chase the front group!
With 30km to the end the front group has about 2min of advantage.
Meanwhile Pfannberger attacks in the pack joining the other 2 in the chasing.
But the peloton finds his pace again and soon the pursuiting trio is caught!
In the front group the riders struggle to keep the advantage. In the last mountain sprint O'Grady is in its tail...
Some kilometers after that Traksel (LAM) and Rast (AST) form the leading duo which will have an attempt at the stage victory!
the rest of the escapees are caught by the fast peloton!
But someone wants to interfere in the course of the stage! It is Kloden!
His acceleration is really strong. He is not only able to leave the peloton really quickly but also to pass the front duo and is now the leading rider!
With only one km to go Andreas advantage seems more than sufficient to give us the win...
It is indeed and the german triunphs for the first time in LA - MSS colors!!
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Stage 4
Some tough mountain today
Aftere 4/5 we had O'Grady on the day's breakaway.
As we didn't work the gap reached 8'. CSC was the one who worked on the peloton.
Some of our riders started to be left back at Burnigpass...
but it wasn't just ours...
At Archelipass the escapees could have a look at the chasing pack whic was closing on them!
Some kms after, Molleta and Nocentini were the front men
Thta's when the attacks started in the bunch! Efimkin, Colom and Jimenez tried... but couldnt do more then that!
Then A. Sclheck! But his acceleration was so weak that the peloton swalled him right after...
Kloden couldn't hang on any more! e was feeling really good and so made an acceleration. Neither Evans nor Zubeldia could keep up with him!
But some time after, Valverde jumped from the pack and passed Kloden!
And later Devolder... Nocentini was the first at the summit.
In the downhill: Valverde & Nocentini with a 30'' gap to Kloden & Moletta. the bunch was 1minute away from the front duo.
However Kloden's effort was worthless... he was caught with only 7.5km to the end...
Time to more attacks! Leipheimer & Devolder attacked past Colom who had tried another go previously...
...The belgian was really strong he even passed the front men!!
and managed to conquer the victory!!!
Kloden finished in the favourites group.. He could lose the yellow jersey but at least he showed he was fit enough to fight for the final victory!
Stage
1 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 3h58'25
 2 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
3 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
4 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank + 36
5 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
8 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
 9 José Rujano Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10 Ruslan Pidgornyy LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
11 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank s.t.
12 Mario Aerts AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
13 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
14 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
15 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
 16 Branislav Samoilau Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
17 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
18 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
19 Steve Morabito Astana Cycling Team s.t.
 20 Christian Pfannberger Barloworld s.t.
GC
1 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 16h07'59
2 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 4
3 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
4 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 5
5 Gorazd Stangelj Lampre + 44
6 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld + 45
7 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto + 46
8 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
9 Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
10 Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
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Stage 5
Trio of the day: Pierfelici, Cabreira e Rodriguéz. Lots of mountain points for these 3.
At Umbrailpass, last climb of the day they were already caught. Rabobank was leading.
Schleck made an acceleration!
Nobody countered and he easily got 1'min gap
A while after those unworthy attacks started with Fothen, Jiménez...
Later it was Devolder!! Kloden went with him!
Evans, Valverde, Menchov and Leipheimer followed them some mins after...
Meanwhile Schleck was 1st at the top
Back in the chasing group the frequent attacks happened to destroy the group cooperation
At the descent nobody realyed as well..
The white jersey wearer kept downhilling knowing the yellow one was becoming a reality...
With 7km to the finish line Kloden decided to launch an attack!
As the luxembourguese celebrated his victory at front!
In the last 2km Devolder attacks to catch Kloden..
And he manages to get 2nd in the stage...
Stage
1 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank 4h32'35
2 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 2'14
3 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm s.t.
4 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
5 Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
6 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.
8 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
9 Eladio Jiménez Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 3'33
GC
1 Andy Schleck Team CSC Saxo Bank 20h41'10
2 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 1'32
3 Andreas Klöden LA - MSS - Póvoa de VarzÃm + 1'39
4 Levi Leipheimer LPR Brakes - Ballan + 1'42
5 Denis Menchov Rabobank + 2'24
6 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
7 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
9 Eladio Jiménez Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
10 Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 3'43
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