Chris Froome wins the GC. His prologue could have went better, however, he always kept out of trouble and was the most capable GC man in the mountains of week 3. He may have expected to win the TT on stage 19, however, he did put even more time into Joaquím Rodríguez which would have been his primary goal.
Cadel Evans and Christophe Moreau round out the podium, they were somewhat lacking in the mountains, however, the penultimate stage was a real ally to them as they were both able to move up multiple positions on the day.
Despite not being allowed to get away in the mountains, as he was always up there in GC, Tommy Voeckler still put in many attacks and finishes here in 9th. After losing time on multiple stages through crashes Contador wraps up the top 10, a harder TDF may have seen him on the top step of the podium.
Points Classification:
1
Oscar Freire
Rabobank
216
2
Tom Boonen
Quickstep - Innergetic
194
3
Peter Sagan
Liquigas
187
4
Robbie McEwen
Lotto - Domo
163
5
Mark Cavendish
HTC - Columbia
160
6
Martin Elmiger
AG2R Prévoyance
157
7
Thor Hushovd
Garmin - Cervelo
147
8
Simon Gerrans
Crédit Agricole
147
9
Filippo Pozzato
Fasso Bortolo
139
10
Baden Cooke
Francaise Des Jeux
136
11
Alessandro Petacchi
Fasso Bortolo
127
12
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank
114
13
Joaquím Rodríguez
Caisse d'Epargne
104
14
Ryder Hesjedal
Garmin - Cervelo
102
15
David Etxebarria
Euskaltel - Euskadi
102
16
Cadel Evans
Lotto - Domo
99
17
Daniel Oss
Liquigas
98
18
Paolo Bettini
Quickstep - Innergetic
97
19
Alexandre Vinokourov
T-Mobile
96
20
Stuart O'Grady
Crédit Agricole
86
Spoiler
21
Erik Zabel
Milram
82
22
Kim Kirchen
T-Mobile
81
23
Rick Verbrugghe
Lotto - Domo
79
24
Alberto Contador
Discovery Channel
78
25
Lars Ytting Bak
Lotto - Domo
78
26
Marcel Sieberg
Milram
77
27
Axel Merckx
Lotto - Domo
75
28
Leonardo Duque
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
75
29
Pierrick Fédrigo
Bouygues Telecom
71
30
Chris Froome
Sky Procycling
69
31
Cyril Gautier
Europcar
67
32
Juan Manuel Gárate
Quickstep - Innergetic
66
33
Christophe Kern
Europcar
65
34
José Vicente Garcia Acosta
Caisse d'Epargne
62
35
Laurent Brochard
Bouygues Telecom
60
36
Cédric Vasseur
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
59
37
Andy Schleck
CSC - Saxo Bank
57
38
Alejandro Valverde
Caisse d'Epargne
57
39
Christophe Moreau
Crédit Agricole
56
40
Julian Dean
Garmin - Cervelo
55
41
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Procycling
54
42
Johan Vansummeren
Garmin - Cervelo
52
43
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
52
44
Danilo Hondo
T-Mobile
52
45
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
51
46
Thibaut Pinot
Francaise Des Jeux
51
47
Tejay Van Garderen
HTC - Columbia
50
48
Levi Leipheimer
Discovery Channel
49
49
Bernhard Eisel
HTC - Columbia
48
50
Iker Camaño
Euskaltel - Euskadi
46
51
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas
43
52
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R Prévoyance
42
53
Juan Antonio Flecha
Fasso Bortolo
42
54
Stéphane Augé
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
42
55
Greg Henderson
Lotto - Domo
42
56
Sérgio Paulinho
Discovery Channel
41
57
Anthony Geslin
Bouygues Telecom
40
58
Serhiy Honchar
Fasso Bortolo
39
59
George Hincapie
Discovery Channel
39
60
Dries Devenyns
Quickstep - Innergetic
39
61
Thomas Löfkvist
HTC - Columbia
39
62
Yukiya Arashiro
Bouygues Telecom
39
63
Alberto Ongarto
Milram
38
64
Iban Mayo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
37
65
Cyril Dessel
AG2R Prévoyance
37
66
Bradley Wiggins
Sky Procycling
37
67
Carlos Sastre
CSC - Saxo Bank
35
68
Tadej Valjavec
AG2R Prévoyance
35
69
Mark Renshaw
HTC - Columbia
34
70
Fabian Cancellara
CSC - Saxo Bank
33
71
Juan Miguel Mercado
Quickstep - Innergetic
33
72
Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
32
73
Oscar Pereiro
Caisse d'Epargne
31
74
Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
31
75
David Millar
Garmin - Cervelo
31
76
Laurent Lefèvre
Bouygues Telecom
31
77
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Europcar
31
78
Patrice Halgand
Crédit Agricole
30
79
Anthony Charteau
Europcar
29
80
Daniel Navarro
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
29
81
Jonathan Vaughters
Crédit Agricole
29
82
Ignatas Konovalovas
Garmin - Cervelo
29
83
Jérôme Pineau
Bouygues Telecom
28
84
Gerald Ciolek
Milram
28
85
Luis León Sánchez
Rabobank
27
86
Roberto Laiseka
Euskaltel - Euskadi
27
87
Christian Knees
Milram
27
88
Lars Boom
Rabobank
26
89
Frank Vandenbroucke
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
25
90
Sébastien Chavanel
Francaise Des Jeux
25
91
Christophe Riblon
AG2R Prévoyance
24
92
Pieter Weening
Rabobank
24
93
Geraint Thomas
Sky Procycling
22
94
Tony Martin
HTC - Columbia
22
95
Marzio Bruseghin
Fasso Bortolo
21
96
Alexandr Kolobnev
CSC - Saxo Bank
21
97
Nicki Sørensen
CSC - Saxo Bank
20
98
Jussi Veikkanen
Francaise Des Jeux
20
99
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
CSC - Saxo Bank
20
100
Igor González de Galdeano
Euskaltel - Euskadi
19
101
Sylvain Chavanel
Quickstep - Innergetic
19
102
Jérémy Roy
Francaise Des Jeux
19
103
Matteo Tosatto
Fasso Bortolo
19
104
Sergei Ivanov
Fasso Bortolo
18
105
Adam Hansen
HTC - Columbia
17
106
Rubén Plaza
Caisse d'Epargne
16
107
Marco Pinotti
HTC - Columbia
16
108
Andreas Klöden
T-Mobile
15
109
Murilo Fischer
Liquigas
15
110
Rui Costa
Caisse d'Epargne
14
111
David Zabriskie
Discovery Channel
14
112
Denis Menchov
Rabobank
13
113
Nicolas Vogondy
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
13
114
Sébastien Hinault
Crédit Agricole
13
115
Nicolas Roche
AG2R Prévoyance
12
116
Giuseppe Guerini
T-Mobile
11
117
José Joaquín Rojas
Caisse d'Epargne
11
118
Linus Gerdemann
T-Mobile
10
119
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Lotto - Domo
9
120
Chris Horner
Lotto - Domo
9
121
David Arroyo
Caisse d'Epargne
9
122
Michael Rogers
T-Mobile
9
123
Pierre Rolland
Europcar
9
124
Thomas Voeckler
Europcar
8
125
Markus Fothen
Milram
8
126
Tom Steels
Quickstep - Innergetic
8
127
Manuel Quinziato
Liquigas
6
128
Sandy Casar
Francaise Des Jeux
5
129
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
130
Richard Virenque
Quickstep - Innergetic
3
131
Frank Renier
Bouygues Telecom
3
132
Jens Voigt
CSC - Saxo Bank
2
133
Kanstantsin Siutsou
Sky Procycling
1
Oscar Freire wins the green jersey. Although he ended up winning after eight consecutive days in green, he never had a large insurmountable lead in the competition. Two stage wins went a long way to securing this jersey for Rabobank.
Boonen finishes second and has a stage win to look back on. Sagan finishes third, having earned more points in a larger variety of stages than the other sprinters, although lacking the pure speed to have earned a stage victory.
Cavendish finishes 56 points down in 5th, with no podium finishes in this Tour. Crashing at the wrong moments and letting too many breakaways getaway meant HTC didn't pick up a win through Cavendish here.
K.O.M Classification:
1
Ryder Hesjedal
Garmin - Cervelo
87
2
Juan Manuel Gárate
Quickstep - Innergetic
82
3
Christophe Kern
Europcar
73
4
Thibaut Pinot
Francaise Des Jeux
57
5
Carlos Sastre
CSC - Saxo Bank
40
6
Axel Merckx
Lotto - Domo
40
7
Chris Froome
Sky Procycling
36
8
Andy Schleck
CSC - Saxo Bank
36
9
Sérgio Paulinho
Discovery Channel
36
10
Juan Miguel Mercado
Quickstep - Innergetic
36
Spoiler
11
Anthony Charteau
Europcar
31
12
Thomas Löfkvist
HTC - Columbia
30
13
Roberto Laiseka
Euskaltel - Euskadi
26
14
Serhiy Honchar
Fasso Bortolo
24
15
Markus Fothen
Milram
22
16
Tadej Valjavec
AG2R Prévoyance
21
17
Laurent Lefèvre
Bouygues Telecom
21
18
Daniel Navarro
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
16
19
Cyril Dessel
AG2R Prévoyance
16
20
Alberto Contador
Discovery Channel
14
21
Levi Leipheimer
Discovery Channel
13
22
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas
12
23
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R Prévoyance
12
24
Christian Knees
Milram
11
25
Filippo Pozzato
Fasso Bortolo
10
26
Patrice Halgand
Crédit Agricole
9
27
Laurent Brochard
Bouygues Telecom
8
28
Iban Mayo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
8
29
Pieter Weening
Rabobank
8
30
Dries Devenyns
Quickstep - Innergetic
7
31
Rick Verbrugghe
Lotto - Domo
7
32
Marzio Bruseghin
Fasso Bortolo
6
33
Daniel Oss
Liquigas
6
34
Ignatas Konovalovas
Garmin - Cervelo
6
35
David Etxebarria
Euskaltel - Euskadi
5
36
Jérémy Roy
Francaise Des Jeux
5
37
Simon Gerrans
Crédit Agricole
5
38
Cadel Evans
Lotto - Domo
4
39
Christophe Riblon
AG2R Prévoyance
4
40
Pierrick Fédrigo
Bouygues Telecom
4
41
Marco Pinotti
HTC - Columbia
4
42
David Millar
Garmin - Cervelo
3
43
Tejay Van Garderen
HTC - Columbia
3
44
Martin Elmiger
AG2R Prévoyance
3
45
Samuel Dumoulin
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
3
46
Gerald Ciolek
Milram
3
47
David Moncoutié
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
2
48
David Arroyo
Caisse d'Epargne
2
49
Kim Kirchen
T-Mobile
2
50
Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
2
51
Nicki Sørensen
CSC - Saxo Bank
2
52
Juan Antonio Flecha
Fasso Bortolo
2
53
Jérôme Pineau
Bouygues Telecom
2
54
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
CSC - Saxo Bank
2
55
Cédric Vasseur
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
2
56
Rui Costa
Caisse d'Epargne
1
57
Oscar Pereiro
Caisse d'Epargne
1
58
Linus Gerdemann
T-Mobile
1
59
Cyril Gautier
Europcar
1
60
Maarten Tjallingii
Rabobank
1
61
Johan Vansummeren
Garmin - Cervelo
1
After an up and down Tour de France, Ryder Hesjedal wins the Mountains jersey. He was able to win this by scoring big points after being out in the breaks in the third week, helped by winning the Tourmalet stage on stage 17 after narrowly beating Garate. It may have been so different if he hadn't fallen halfway through this Tour and as a result lost his high GC position.
Team Classification:
1
Lotto - Domo
284h00'59 (1)
2
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 6'10 (2)
3
Discovery Channel
+ 12'15 (3)
4
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 16'59 (4)
5
CSC - Saxo Bank
+ 24'46 (5)
6
T-Mobile
+ 26'19 (6)
7
Liquigas
+ 27'47 (7)
8
Sky Procycling
+ 46'57 (8)
9
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
+ 48'00 (9)
10
Europcar
+ 50'16 (10)
11
Rabobank
+ 1h01'05 (11)
12
AG2R Prévoyance
+ 1h02'53 (12)
13
Crédit Agricole
+ 1h31'25 (13)
14
Fasso Bortolo
+ 1h38'56 (14)
15
Francaise Des Jeux
+ 1h45'04 (15)
16
Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h52'36 (16)
17
Quickstep - Innergetic
+ 1h58'45 (17)
18
Garmin - Cervelo
+ 2h17'04 (18)
19
HTC - Columbia
+ 4h24'43 (19)
20
Milram
+ 4h41'20 (20)
Lotto - Domo win the team classification. Having lead this classification for well over two weeks it doesn't come as much of a surprise. With riders such as Verbrugghe, Bak and Merckx making successful breaks, Evans being up there in the mountain stages and VDB and Horner not being too far behind Lotto had the ideal combinations to win this classification.
More Stats:
Stage wins by Country:
Spain
7
France
3
Belgium
2
Switzerland
1
Norway
1
Luxembourg
1
Austria
1
Slovenia
1
Italy
1
Canada
1
Denmark
1
Australia
1
Days holding a jersey per team: (= Days in yellow + days in green + days in polka dots)
Liquigas
8
Caisse d'Epargne
8
Rabobank
8
Garmin-Cervelo
7
AG2R Prévoyance
6
CSC-Saxo Bank
5
T-Mobile
4
Sky Procycling
4
Europcar
4
Crédit Agricole
2
Quickstep - Innergetic
2
Discovery Channel
2
Fasso Bortolo
1
Stage podiums per team:
Quickstep - Innergetic
8
Lotto - Domo
7
Rabobank
6
Garmin-Cervelo
4
Liquigas
4
T-Mobile
4
AG2R Prévoyance
3
Crédit Agricole
3
CSC-Saxo Bank
3
Europcar
3
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
Fasso Bortolo
3
Sky Procycling
3
Bouygues Telecom
2
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
2
Discovery Channel
2
Francaise Des Jeux
2
Milram
1
Caisse d'Epargne
0
HTC - Columbia
0
and finally .....
The Stamps
Stamps unlocked after final stage: (2)
Spoiler
14/20 unlocked
The ones that got away:
Spoiler
7. History repeats itself (Witness Andy Schleck, Alessandro Petacchi or Anthony Charteau win a jersey)
- Our best chance of getting this was when Charteau got into the polka dots half way through this TDF.
9. A close run thing (The top five riders separated by less than 50 points in the final standings of the green jersey)
We just miss out on getting this one. We would have got it if Cavendish attained 6 more points and McEwen 3 more.
10. Once is never enough (Witness a rider regain the yellow jersey after losing it)
The best chance for getting this one would have been through Kim Kirchen. However, he couldn't out climb Sagan when he was in the yellow jersey
12. 3 Time ( 1 rider wins three stages)
We would have had this one if Freire won the final stage, he finished 2nd.
14. The Old 1-2 (Witness a team finish with riders 1st and 2nd on a stage)
We almost, almost, had this one on stage 9 thanks to Quickstep.
19. In a yellow for a reason (Witness the yellow jersey take a victory)
Our best chance to get this one would have been through Chris Froome winning the penultimate stage TT.
That wraps up the Ultimate Tour de France, definitely my final PCM story . It has been good fun seeing the race develop, I feel the reporting has more than justified the action we have had, although the route wasn't the most dramatic to choose.
If anyone would like to see stats of the riders or would like a download link to anything related to this, then ask and I may well reply.