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Auber 93 - BigMat | Season 2009
rjc_43
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A hilly rated day, so one that we doubt will shake things up much. However, it was a bit strange that the peloton let the break go after the first prime, with both Mazzanti and Wegmann in it. Drujon was also present... for a little while...

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More interestingly, as Drujon was getting dropped up front, so was the majority of the peloton, thanks to Levi Leipheimer's will.

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And by the next switch back in the same direction, it was really under pressure.

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And Sastre attacked at the top for some points, at least I presume it was for points. You can never be sure.

Either way, by the other side, the field was split big time. Igor Anton had lost ground, as had Danielson.

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All good news for Levarlet who was still there. Shortly after that picture, Drujon was caught and helped him out for a while.

As we hit the next climb, it seemed everyone was under pressure, and the front group split behind Levarlet.

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Menchov, to name one, was behind Levarlet!

By a km up the road, many had rejoined, but other's, closer to Levarlet in the GC, had been dropped.

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They were going to lose minutes today!

And over the top of the penultimate climb, Rogers was dropped! Kirchen and Gerdemann both went back for him.

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All three riders are above Levarlet, so if he can hold on over the next short climb, he'll gain a fair bit of time.

Another rider to be dropped - Van den Broeck!

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Unfortunately, that didn't make much impact, as he's many minutes ahead.

As we hit the last 1.5 km of the final climb, Levarlet has had enough, he's right at his limit, and there's no way of pushing him harder.

He gets caught over the top by Roger's group.

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Onto the finish, and Contador doesn't win for once!

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Schleck takes those honours.

Levarlet finishes shortly behind them.

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Another couple of big names to lose more time - Sastre and Valverde.

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A great stage for Levarlet! He may have lost a bit more time on some of the guys, but there were many more suffering rather than him.

Results:
1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 4h22'22
2 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
3 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
5 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA s.t.
8 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
9 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
11 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
12 Cadel Evans RABOBANK s.t.
13 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
14 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'02
15 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.

17 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
18 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'08
20 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'38
23 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
26 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
27 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 8'43
28 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
29 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
30 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
31 Christophe Laurent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 10'12
32 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
33 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA + 11'33
34 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 11'54
35 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
36 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
37 David López QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
38 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
39 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
40 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK s.t.
62 Mathieu Drujon AUBER - BELTELECOM + 20'55
79 Benoît Vaugrenard AUBER - BELTELECOM + 22'07

GC:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 60h07'39
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 42
3 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'19
4 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 5'57
5 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 7'18
6 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 9'14
7 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 9'19
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 10'05
9 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 10'26
10 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 12'15
11 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 14'14
12 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 14'53
13 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 14'54
14 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 15'16
15 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 17'35
16 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 17'53
17 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 20'21
18 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'14
19 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 23'13
20 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 23'21
21 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 24'04
22 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 26'13
23 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
24 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 30'03

25 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 31'43
26 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 38'46
27 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 40'40
28 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 41'27
29 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 42'13
30 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 42'42
77 Benoît Vaugrenard AUBER - BELTELECOM + 1h30'28
104 Florian Morizot AUBER - BELTELECOM + 2h05'50


Points:
1 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM 205
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 180
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 170
36 Mathieu Drujon AUBER - BELTELECOM 53
50 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM 27

KoM:
1 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC 141
2 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 137
3 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA 113
4 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER 102
5 Bram Tankink QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 92
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good job
 
schleck93
Nice job by Levarlet there impressive Smile
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rjc_43
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Today was meant to be Vaugrenard's breakaway stage, but again, the peloton doesn't like to let any of my "ok" guys away, but are happy to let guys like Breschel and Ignatiev away. Stupid.

Instead, Gaudin went in the break. He ended up just with Millar over the first climb.

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Other guys would later join them (namely the two I mentioned above). And they just churned out the kilometres before Van Dijk attacked, (well there was a lot of attacking by everyone in the break for some unknown reason), came back to the back, and then dropped off. Taking Gaudin with him. Twat.

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It, luckily, didn't matter, and the break was caught on the final climb of the day. Just over the top, no sprint trains had formed yet, so Drujon hopped onto Valverde's wheel.

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That's with 2km to go. He, unfortunately, get's boxed in, and can't get around one of the guys in front of him. When he does, it's clear he's not going to be overtaking many guys. But he does take his first top 10 of the tour! Bennati wins.

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Results:
1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 3h18'08
2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
6 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Mathieu Drujon AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.

10 Gert Steegmans EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
11 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
13 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
15 Enrico Gasparotto GEROLSTEINER s.t.

GC:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 63h25'47
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 42
3 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'19
4 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 5'57
5 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 7'18
6 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 9'14
7 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 9'19
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 10'05
9 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 10'26
10 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 12'15
11 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 14'14
12 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 14'53
13 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 14'54
14 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 15'16
15 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 17'35
16 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 17'53
17 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 20'21
18 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'14
19 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 23'13
20 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 23'21
21 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 24'04
22 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 26'13
23 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
24 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 30'03

25 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 31'43

Points:
1 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM 205
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 198
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 185
28 Mathieu Drujon AUBER - BELTELECOM 70



In other good news, Morizot finally went up a level! Making him an even more useful helper for Levarlet in the 3 road mountain stages to come.

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Edited by rjc_43 on 09-08-2009 15:55
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wackojackohighcliffe
great news there
 
schleck93
Nice by Drujon and nice that Morizot will be able to help Levarlet even more now Smile
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G_Larsson
Great stat boost, and well done by Levarlet on that hilly stage ! Smile
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rjc_43
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At the start of todays stage, Levarlet is in 24th position, and, ideally we'd like to move up some more into the top 20's.

Drujon, with his eyes on surviving todays stage, and getting some more points, goes on the attack early on.

He takes the first intermediate sprint, and, as the climb begins, he drops off the 5 man group he's in. Preferring to take things as his own pace. Surprisingly, at the same time, Efimkin, 18th overall, takes off out of the peloton. Not being chased down, he continues to catch up with the lead group, drop them, and proceed by himself to try and win the stage.

By the time the gap has increased enough to warrant chasing, it's become apparant that Levarlet is not on his best of days. A -3 is not what we wanted to see.

And as Discovery move to the front to chase down everyone, the entire pack is put under immense pressure.

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Over the top, and going down, it's spread to breaking point, and it does just that. With Levarlet the wrong side of the break.

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By the next climb, Levarlet is already a minute behind, but keeps putting the pressure on himself to try and close the gaps. Morizot is doing the same from behind to try and catch his leader back up.

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Morizot does catch up, and Levarlet does catch some more contenders up too.

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Morizot goes straight to the front, and pulls back a fair few more GC contenders, but the main guys are well away.

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It's at this point that Danielson (22nd overall) goes out the back. Whilst Levarlet doesn't!

This will eventually not be quite as good, as it seems that Danielson is just taking things at his own pace. A rather clever move.

On the Penultimate climb (yes, we're not even there yet!), Dekker and Contador both attack each other right at the front.

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Back with Levarlet, the groups are just splitting up as everyone blows, and Danielson catches back up a 2 minute gap!

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And goes right past Levarlet.

Finally Levarlet overtakes Efimkin the early attacker, but only gets a minute up the road before he the descent, and finally bonking, 5km from home.

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A rather crap stage, has to be said. Lets hope for some better ones in the next 3 days.


Results:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 5h40'21
2 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 27
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 1'43
4 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 3'36
5 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'48
7 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA s.t.
8 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 4'04
9 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'34
10 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
11 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 6'44
14 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'00
15 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 8'08
16 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 8'46
17 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 9'58
18 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 11'04
20 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'32
21 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
22 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 11'58
23 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Gilberto Simoni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 David López QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 12'48
26 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
27 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13'00
28 Roberto Heras LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
29 José Antonio Redondo TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 13'36
30 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
31 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER + 14'50
32 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 15'08
33 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 16'24
34 Christophe Moreau TEAM ASTANA s.t.
35 Wim Van Huffel CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17'26
36 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17'46
37 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17'54
38 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
39 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 18'07
40 Leonardo Duque PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 18'19
41 Alexander Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM + 18'26
42 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
43 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 18'51
44 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
45 Santiago Botero DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 19'25
46 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 19'57
47 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
48 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
49 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
50 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 21'53

GC:
Rank Name Team Time
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 69h06'23
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 7
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 7'15
4 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'51
5 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 15'02
6 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 15'38
7 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 16'04
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 16'24
9 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 16'45
10 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 17'35
11 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 17'45
12 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 21'14
13 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 21'23
14 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 21'35
15 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 23'54
16 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 27'22
17 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 29'18
18 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 34'02
19 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 34'38
20 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 35'56
21 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 36'49
22 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 40'50
23 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 42'22
24 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 43'00
25 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 46'31
26 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 47'55
27 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 49'20
28 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 55'34
29 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h00'22
30 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h02'24

Drujon, Gaudin and Pervis didn't make it in in the time cut. Yet more bad luck!

Points:
1 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM 205
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 198
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 185
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 182
5 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 176

KoM:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 202
2 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC 189
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 156
4 Bram Tankink QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 129
5 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA 113
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bad luck, although again it's nice to see this story back
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wackojackohighcliffe
yeah great to see the story back again
 
rjc_43
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Another mountainous stage will be a struggle for all GC contenders today. Hopefully Levarlet can improve and bounce back from his disappointing performance yesterday.

After a few attacks were tried by all, it ended up being another GC contender the first to get away with serious intent. Popovych quickly carved out a sizeable gap for the day over anyone.

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Being 6th overall meant little to him if he wanted to risk it today.

And as his gap peaked at 12 minutes, Discovery once again took to the front, forcing the peloton to spread out down the entire half a side of a mountain.

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Levarlet was in there at the front, doing ok though, which was nice to see.

However, it became apparant over the top that many riders couldn't descend fast enough, and it split. With Levarlet again missing out on the front group, but settling down into the 2nd group.

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As the 2nd group climbed steadily, it became blindingly obvious that Levarlet would again bonk, but it was a case of how soon, and where compared to everyone else.

Over the top of the penultimate climb, this was the situation.

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Contador leading by two minutes.

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Dekker and Schleck after him.

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Kohl, Anton, Efimkin and Gerdemann following just behind.

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Then a few more, like Kloden.

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And then Levarlet, just coming into view, catching up dropped riders as they went.

However, the bonk did happen, just at the bottom of the final climb, but Levarlet was in good company with Karpets et al also crawling.

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Van den Broeck, Danielson, and co, were about 7 minutes behind, so it was looking good for moving up in the GC!

And the finish. Every rider, apart from Evans it seemed, had blown.

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Schleck was against Kloden in a "rush" to the line.

Who would win!?

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Schleck!

And Levarlet finishes just 10 seconds off his group (Karpets et al)

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Now to see the damage done to his GC!

1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 6h50'27
2 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 26
4 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 2'08
5 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 2'30
6 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'51
7 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'11
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 5'03
10 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'16
11 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 5'24
12 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 8'42
13 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 9'02
14 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 9'50
15 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 9'58
16 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 10'06
17 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 10'22
18 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 10'30
19 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 11'48
20 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15'00
21 Roberto Heras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 15'41
22 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
23 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 15'51
24 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 16'19
25 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 16'57
26 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 17'32
27 Gilberto Simoni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
28 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
29 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 18'10
30 Arkaitz Durán SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 19'22
31 Christophe Moreau TEAM ASTANA s.t.
32 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
33 David López QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 20'10
34 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
35 José Antonio Redondo TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 21'13
36 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 22'37
37 Mathieu Sprick FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
38 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 22'52
39 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 23'48
40 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 23'56
41 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 24'04
42 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER + 24'19
43 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
44 Santiago Botero DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
45 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 25'24
46 Wim Van Huffel CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 26'26
47 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
48 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 27'15
49 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 27'23
50 Iván Parra CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 29'26


GC:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 75h57'02
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 4'56
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 6'39
4 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 16'21
5 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 18'20
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20'23
7 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 23'19
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 23'52
9 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 26'20
10 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 26'26
11 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 27'23
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 27'29
13 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 30'05
14 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 32'17
15 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 32'57
16 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 35'30
17 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 43'29
18 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 44'20
19 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 44'24
20 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 44'49
21 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 51'35
22 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 58'21
23 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h00'16
24 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h00'25
25 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 1h03'34
26 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h06'40
27 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 1h06'44
28 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h15'10
29 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h16'21
30 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 1h19'41


So, we're back climbing up the GC. Maybe a top 23 is possible?! A mountain ITT and one more mountain stage is all that's left. In some bad news, Tronet didn't make the cut today. A pity as he could have featured on the Champs Elysee.
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The penultimate hard day, today's ITT could prove useful, or ultimately disastorous for Levarlet's hopes to climb the GC a few more spots.

First up for Auber is Martinez, who, by the summit, beats all who've gone before him.

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He's not the only Auber rider to manage this, as Vaugrenard even bests Cancellara.

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As we get to Levarlet, though, the times are being smashed one after another, and so it's really pressure on to pull something out of the bag.

But Levarlet is keyed up for this, and manages to take 6th fastest at the first intermediate check.

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As the rest of the Auber crew have shown, the team speeds up in the final section, and Levarlet is no different! Only one man can beat him who has gone before, and Valverde is not someone to be ashamed to lose to!

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And as it stands, as the rest of the GC riders come in, Levarlet has done a pretty good ride. Exactly where we wanted him to be by now.

Results:
1 Cadel Evans RABOBANK 48'57
2 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 2
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 6
4 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 14
5 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 16
6 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 25
7 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 26
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 45
9 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 58
10 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'01
11 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'07
12 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'11
13 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 1'16
15 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'17
16 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'26
17 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
18 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
19 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'27
20 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1'31
21 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'35
22 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 1'37
23 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 1'40
24 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'45
25 Roberto Heras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'47
26 José Antonio Redondo TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1'48
27 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'52
28 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 1'56
29 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'58
30 Luis León Sánchez DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'04
31 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'19
32 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 2'20
33 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 2'32
34 Gilberto Simoni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'53
35 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 2'54
36 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'57
37 David López QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'58
38 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
39 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER + 3'09
40 José Azevedo TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 3'14


GC:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 76h46'13
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 4'48
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 6'27
4 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 17'05
5 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 18'22
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 21'35
7 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 23'05
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 24'04
9 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 27'58
10 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 28'08
11 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 28'35
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 28'41
13 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 31'31
14 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 33'38
15 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 34'10
16 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 36'27
17 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 44'31
18 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 44'52
19 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 45'27
20 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 45'46
21 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 52'22
22 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 59'38
23 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h01'09
24 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h03'32
25 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 1h04'36
26 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h08'11
27 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 1h08'50
28 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h15'41
29 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h18'05
30 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 1h21'59


No climb in the GC today, but a narrowing of the gap to Danielson occured. Can Levarlet take back that time in the last mountain stage?

In some good news, it's only taken the entire race for Champion to go up to level 3. Brilliant.

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Nice to see the story live again
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Final hard stage, can Levarlet deliver the goods?! Well, the bookies seem to think he's an outside bet for the first time in the race! Don't underestimate the chap!

And as so often happens in this race, Efimkin and Popovych both escape (with Bonnaire).

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They'd be caught up the first of the second part of the days climbs.

But before they are caught, the race splits over the top of a middle climb.

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But today is different, Levarlet is still in there!

And the group wittles down from 30 riders to 20 as they begin the next climb. As they pass Efimkin, having already brought back Popo, Levarlet is already 2 minutes up on Van den Broeck and three on Danielson!

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But as the climb goes on, to save the 4th red bar from filling up (yes, it was fast!), Levarlet eases back into his own tempo.

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This means, that he'll get dropped from the second group he's sat in too, and dragged a short while along by the 3rd group.

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But by the top of the final climb, Levarlet has passed all of his own group, and caught many more up as they've blown themselves to bits, and Guillaume is still going ok. He does blow on the downhill, but rolls across the line fine.

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Awesome stage!

Results:
1 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC 5h53'28
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
3 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 14
4 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'42
6 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 1'56
7 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'09
8 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'28
9 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Cadel Evans RABOBANK s.t.
13 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
15 Gilberto Simoni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'09
16 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 3'35
17 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
18 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'37
19 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 4'57
20 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 6'36
21 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 Christophe Moreau TEAM ASTANA + 7'08
24 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 7'46
25 José Antonio Redondo TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 8'28
26 Wim Van Huffel CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 8'46
27 Thomas Voeckler BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 9'31
28 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 10'05
29 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 11'22
30 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
31 Jordan Fofana CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 11'39
32 Iván Parra CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 12'22
33 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 13'10
34 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 14'26
35 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
36 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
37 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
38 Roberto Heras LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
39 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
40 Iban Mayoz EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.


GC:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 82h39'47
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 4'30
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 6'01
4 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 18'30
5 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 19'27
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 23'11
7 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 25'27
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 26'26
9 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 29'58
10 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30'20
11 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 30'57
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 33'12
13 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 39'56
14 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 40'40
15 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 41'30
16 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 50'18
17 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 52'32
18 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 52'56
19 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 54'25
20 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 58'51
21 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h03'31
22 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h04'20
23 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 1h11'06
24 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h13'58
25 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h17'52
26 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h18'03
27 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 1h20'06
28 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h21'34
29 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h22'31
30 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 1h36'19
31 Roberto Heras LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h36'38
32 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 1h38'42
33 Gilberto Simoni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h43'07
34 Christophe Moreau TEAM ASTANA + 1h47'01
35 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h47'45

And to top things off, Martinez has also gone up an exp level, so he'll become our leader for some 2.1 stage races coming up. We need some money fast!

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And as we hit the Champs, the team is together, keeping Levarlet safe and sound!

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And, as is the fashion when you don't have a sprinter... you don't care who wins!

Bennati!

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Results:
1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 2h45'20
2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
5 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
9 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Lloyd Mondory AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Leonardo Duque PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
16 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
17 Enrico Gasparotto GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
19 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC s.t.
21 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
23 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
24 Mikhail Ignatiev PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
147 Florian Morizot AUBER - BELTELECOM + 3'32
148 Benoît Vaugrenard AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
151 Yannick Martinez AUBER - BELTELECOM + 4'20
153 Dimitri Champion AUBER - BELTELECOM + 6'17


GC:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 85h25'07
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 4'30
3 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC + 6'01
4 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM + 18'30
5 Andreas Klöden TEAM CSC + 19'27
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 23'11
7 Cadel Evans RABOBANK + 25'27
8 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM + 26'26
9 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 29'58
10 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 30'20
11 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA + 30'57
12 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 33'12
13 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA + 39'56
14 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 40'40
15 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 41'30
16 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 50'18
17 Theo Eltink RABOBANK + 52'32
18 Yaroslav Popovych SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 52'56
19 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 57'57
20 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 58'51
21 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h04'20
22 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h07'51
23 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM + 1h11'06
24 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h13'58
25 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h17'52
26 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h18'03
27 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 1h20'06
28 Rubén Pérez QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h21'34
29 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h22'31
30 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 1h36'19
93 Benoît Vaugrenard AUBER - BELTELECOM + 3h51'49
94 Florian Morizot AUBER - BELTELECOM + 3h52'07
99 Dimitri Champion AUBER - BELTELECOM + 4h16'16
127 Yannick Martinez AUBER - BELTELECOM + 5h22'03



Points:
1 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 225
2 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM 223
3 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 217
45 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM 36

KoM:
1 Alberto Contador DISCOVERY CHANNEL 346
2 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC 265
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 251
75 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM 2

So, to summarise, we failed both our sponsors goals, of winning a stage, and of top 10ing in the GC. Well, they're still happy, but that's 4 out of 5 goals failed so far. That leaves a top 5 in Paris-Tour to rectify the situation, and maybe getting out of the relegation zone!
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You'll probably get fired but there wasn't much you could have done either.
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I seriously doubt I'll ever get fired. I'm not that crap. My sponsors confidence is Excellent, so unless I somehow fail to race for the rest of the season, I don't think firing will occur. And if it did, fixing my save game would take 3 minutes.
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Some good efforts from Levarlet, he did at least finish as best Frenchman
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San Sebastian Classic

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With Levarlet nearing peak fitness, it's clear he'll be our number one bloke for San Sebastian. Normally it's been Brouzes or Kiryienka, but they're both out of form hideously after an early season peak. Belkov, Ciolek will both be here to start their re-gain of form for Deutschland, and the Vuelta, where stage wins, and sprints will be the main target to try and get some valuable PT points.

Champion, Morizot and Vaugrenard are also here as able supporters of Levarlet as they all have some good form from the Tour.

I say that Morizot is here to support Levarlet, but as the race went on, it seemed only he could get in the break for us.

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With 14 others, which soon swelled to 17.

With 40km to go, and the first big climb of the day, the break still has 2 minutes 30 on the pack.

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Valverde et al. attacked up the climb though, and overtook the break of the day. Just before the start of the last climb, Morizot was brought back into the pack, leaving Levarlet able to attack out of it. Or certainly try.

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Try he did, but all he managed to do was end up at the front, with 3 red bars, no blue left and a train on his tail for the final 3km.

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He wasn't going to be getting the 9th spot available, that's for sure!

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Results:
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 5h35'03
2 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
3 Rubén Plaza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Andriy Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
5 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK s.t.
6 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER + 1'01
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'36
8 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Samuel Sánchez COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
11 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
12 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 David Blanco TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Martin Gilbert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
15 Óscar Sevilla RELAX - GAM s.t.
16 José Antonio Redondo TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
17 Paolo Bettini LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
19 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
21 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
22 Theo Eltink RABOBANK s.t.
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Juanjo Cobo RABOBANK s.t.
25 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
26 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
28 Luis León Sánchez DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
29 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
30 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
31 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
32 David López QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
33 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
34 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
35 Beñat Intxausti COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
36 Giovanni Visconti RABOBANK s.t.
37 Carlos Barredo QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
38 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
39 David De la Fuente SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
40 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
41 Imanol Erviti TEAM CSC s.t.
42 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
43 Mathieu Sprick FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
44 Manuel Lloret TEAM CSC s.t.
45 Ian McLeod FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
46 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
47 Mauro Facci UNIBET.COM s.t.
48 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
49 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
50 Héctor Guerra DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
51 Damiano Cunego T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
52 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
53 Manuel Beltrán QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
54 Geert Steurs PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
55 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
56 Kanstantsin Siutsou QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
57 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
58 Hrvoje Miholjevic UNIBET.COM s.t.
59 José Angel Gómez Marchante LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
60 Bernhard Kohl UNIBET.COM s.t.
61 Karsten Kroon RABOBANK s.t.
62 Carlos Castaño CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
63 Cadel Evans RABOBANK s.t.
64 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
65 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
66 Tom Danielson EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
67 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
68 Haimar Zubeldia COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
69 Iván Velasco UNIBET.COM s.t.
70 Mikel Astarloza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
71 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
72 Rubén Reig KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
73 Francesco Bellotti LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
74 Juanma Gárate SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
75 Manuel Medina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
76 Bram Tankink QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
77 Denis Menchov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
78 Dani Navarro DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
79 Maxime Monfort TEAM ASTANA s.t.
80 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
81 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
82 Nelson Vitorino DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
83 Santiago Botero DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
84 Levi Leipheimer DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
85 Dimitri Champion AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
86 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
87 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
88 Francisco Mancebo RELAX - GAM s.t.
89 Michael Rasmussen TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
90 Jussi Veikkanen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
91 Ezequiel Mosquera FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
92 Roberto Heras LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
93 Serafín Martínez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
94 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
95 Johan Vansummeren T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
96 Egoi Martínez TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
97 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
98 Tim Klinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
99 Florian Morizot AUBER - BELTELECOM + 4'47
100 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER s.t.
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Poly Normandie

I don't have the profile for this, but, it's a circuit race. A blooming steep and hilly one!

Levarlet is again leader here with back up from Vaugrenard.

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Champion is our man in the break today, as he's in such good form, and never appears to be a threat with his poorer hill abilities.

And as we enter the last lap, a group of 12-14 has formed around the break. We've managed to get in Levarlet and Vaugrenard to join Champion.

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And as Vaugrenard pulls back Sprick after an attack for Levarlet, with Levarlet following (we're inside the final 12km), he manages to split the break into just three.

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Who will win though? Levarlet is clear favourite, but is tired from attacking (plus it IS extreme mode...)

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But no worries! Levarlet wins after Vaugrenard boxes in Sprick and forces him off Levarlet's wheel.

Easy times!

Results:
1 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER - BELTELECOM 4h28'56
2 Mathieu Sprick FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
3 Benoît Vaugrenard AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
4 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 40
5 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
6 Andy Cappelle LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
7 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Stanislav Kozúbek LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
9 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
10 Rafael Rodríguez LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
11 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
12 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
13 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
14 Josu Agirre LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
15 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 Ian McLeod FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
17 Christophe Kern CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
18 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
20 Rémy Di Gregorio FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
21 Benjamin Noval BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
22 Xavi Tondo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
23 Bradley Wiggins COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
24 Frank Høj COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
25 Christophe Mengin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
26 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
27 Arnaud Lesvenan ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
28 Maxime Bouet BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
29 Josean Garrido AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
30 Jérôme Coppel BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
31 Laurent Mars STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
32 Dimitri Champion AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
33 Russell Downing AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
34 James Vanlandschoot LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
35 Sébastien Duret BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
36 Carl Naïbo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
37 Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
38 Arnaud Gérard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3'21
39 Ramuntxo Garmendia BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS + 5'14
40 Jean-Philippe Ledentu AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
41 Christophe Le Mével CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 6'53
42 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 7'29
43 Jonas Van Genechten STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
44 Stéphane Pétilleau BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
45 Ludovic Auger FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
46 Niels Brouzes AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
47 Radomir Simunek Jr. BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
48 Vytautas Kaupas JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
49 Sven Vanthourenhout LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
50 Erki Pütsep BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
51 Mario Ickx JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
52 Cédric Pineau ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
53 Frédéric Finot ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
54 Thomas Degand STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
55 Nico Keinath BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
56 Alex Coutts BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
57 Ivaïlo Gabrovski STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
58 Mart Van Zandbeek BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
59 Régis Popard BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
60 Yauheni Hutarovich ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
61 Freddy González STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
62 Jean-Marc Marino CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
63 David Boucher LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
64 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
65 Pierre Bartoloni BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
66 Jean-Paul Simon ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
67 Benoit Poilvet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
68 Gilles Devillers STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
69 Yannick Martinez AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
70 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
71 Nicolas Crosbie BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
72 Florian Morizot AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
73 Grégoire Bouras STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX s.t.
74 Damien Gaudin AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
75 Jonathan Taua ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
76 Maxim Belkov AUBER - BELTELECOM s.t.
77 Lars Michaelsen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 9'03
78 Ed Captein BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
79 Kenny Van Braeckel JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
80 Yohann Gené BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
81 Jean Zen ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
82 Detlef Moerman BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
83 Fabien Veissière BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
84 Ludovic Bret STOREZ LEDECQ MATERIAUX + 9'51
85 Francisco Séchet BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
86 Günter Baumgartner BRETAGNE - ARMOR LUX s.t.
87 Glenn Polleunis JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 10'35
88 Steven De Neef LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
89 Yohann Cauquil JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
90 Geoffrey Coupé JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
91 Bart Velghe BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
92 Mathieu Drouilly JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
93 Martial Guyader ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
94 Niels Pieters JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 15'07
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