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"Rising from the city's heart is Montjuich, the magic mountain where from its crest, one can see why this Spanish coastal city is favoured by so many, open to the sea and embracing its rich inheritance and identity," reads the Tour de France guide of Barcelona.
Leading to the two-kilometre-long finishing climb on a miserable, rain-soaked Thursday afternoon, Thor Hushovd rose from the depths of the peloton, bided his time, then in the last 200 metres, ripped out the hearts of his adversaries with an unmatched final turn of speed, firmly establishing his first-year Cervélo TestTeam as a green jersey contender at the 2009 Tour de France.
"I think I know what I can do, and when I see stages like this I get really motivated," said Hushovd when asked about his uncanny knack of predicting - then winning - stages that he knows he can do well in. Hushovd comfortably outsprinted Rabobank's Oscar Freire and Jose Joaquin Rojas of Caisse d'Epargne to claim his first Tour stage win since the second stage of the 2008 Grande Boucle.
"I get my head together to be strong. I just know that finishes like this one or the one last year fit me well - and if they are the only chances I have to win, then I have to take them," he said, now just one point off the lead of Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) in the battle for the green jersey.
Despite being his seventh Tour de France stage victory and having been points champion in 2005, Hushovd - known as the "God of Thunder" for his preternatural power - was overlooked by many as a possible stage winner and therefore potential green jersey victor, largely due to the dominance of Columbia-HTC's Cavendish, who's won two stages so far. But the Norwegian wasn't bothered, and if anyone is going to topple the maillot vert from the Isle of Man this year, it's him.
"In the first week, [Carlos] Sastre gave me the chance to do what I wanted, so now I will try to support him," Hushovd said. "Of course, the green jersey is really important but we also have to help Sastre as much as we can."
Andorra Arcalis looms: Can Cancellara hold on?
Crossing the line in tenth place was the maillot jaune of Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank). The top six positions and relative times on the General Classification remained unchanged after Thursday's stage.
However, before Friday's first major mountain appointment to the 2,240-metre summit of Andorra Arcalis, there were some significant shuffles as Astana's Haimar Zubeldia, Garmin-Slipstream's Dave Zabriskie and his teammate David Millar - the stage protagonist caught just one kilometre from the line - lost their positions on the leader board's top-10, elevating Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream), Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank) and Maxime Monfort (Columbia-HTC) to eighth, ninth and tenth overall, respectively.
"I rode with my heart instead of my head," said Millar, who wore the combative jersey of the day's most aggressive rider. "With 10km to go, I thought the peloton would still be disorganised, but with five kilometres to go, I said to myself, 'Oh no, it's over'."
"I don't want to think about tomorrow," said Cancellara of the crucial day that lies ahead, "just recover from today, because it was a really difficult stage with a crazy finish. Then I'll start thinking.
"But it's a good question and a question I have to ask myself. I know there are far better climbers like the Schleck brothers, but I will defend the jersey as much as I can. I don't know how well I can do. Now I have to help the team, but it's not a problem - it's been a great week in yellow. The real stages are coming. We will see Team Saxo Bank in the front, that's for sure," he said.
Girona - the city Americans call home
Beginning from the Spanish university town so many American riders have called home the past decade, the peloton, 177-strong at the start in Girona, faced a stage of medium difficulty before Friday's inevitable smack-down to Andorra Arcalis.
Comprising five categorised climbs that included a trio of Cat. 4s and a pair of Cat. 3s littered along the 181.five-kilometre route, it was the perfect parcours for a small escape, and after 46km and a flurry of unsuccessful moves, a break of three eventually stuck. British rider and Girona local David Millar of Garmin-Slipstream was first to go, followed by Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) and moments later, Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), making it another break that favoured the French - so long as they made it to Barcelona.
Unlike the stage before, when a group of six established a near-10-minute lead, 3:27 was the most Thursday's trio got 65km into the stage. Still, it temporarily placed Millar, the best-placed rider on GC in the break, 1:07 behind Cancellara at the start of the day, into the virtual malliot jaune.
As the grey clouds above gave way to rain, it seemed to not bother them, and 70-km from the finish, they received some welcome horsepower when Euskaltel-Euskadi's Amets Txurruka bridged to the front trio, the peloton 1:42 in arrears. A few clicks later, when Augé led the quartet over the Cat. 4 climb of the Collesacreu at the 110-km mark, it guaranteed the Frenchman the polka-dot jersey by the day's end.
Some 30km from Barcelona and back in the peloton, a crash exiting a roundabout saw Cervélo's Heinrich Haussler, Michael Rogers (Columbia-HTC) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) go down; with a limping Rogers very slow to return to his machine.
With 29km to go, Millar attacked down the left side of the road on a false flat, his breakaway companions unable to respond. Four kilometres later, he enjoyed a one-minute lead, his advantage remaining steady still 10km after that, chased only by Augé (Cofidis) and Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), with Chavanel (Quick Step) dropped.
Forward on the saddle and hunched low over his bars, Millar gave his all. But Thursday in Barcelona, his all was not quite enough, and the charging peloton caught just a kilometre out. That led to a frenzied uphill sprint that proved perfect for Hushovd.
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 4:21:33 | |
2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | ||
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | ||
5 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | ||
6 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
7 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
8 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
9 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | ||
10 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | ||
11 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | ||
12 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
13 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
14 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | ||
15 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | ||
16 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
17 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | ||
18 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
19 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | ||
20 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | ||
21 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | ||
22 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | ||
23 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | ||
24 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
25 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
26 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
27 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | ||
28 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
29 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
30 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | ||
31 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
32 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
33 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
34 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
35 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
36 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
37 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | ||
38 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | ||
39 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | ||
40 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
41 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
42 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
43 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
44 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | 0:00:09 | |
45 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | ||
46 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | ||
47 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | ||
48 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:15 | |
49 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:39 | |
50 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | ||
51 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:00:46 | |
52 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
53 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:00:50 | |
54 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | ||
55 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | ||
56 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
57 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
58 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
59 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
60 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | ||
61 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
62 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
63 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | ||
64 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | ||
65 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | ||
66 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | ||
67 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | ||
68 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
69 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:58 | |
70 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
71 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
72 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | ||
73 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
74 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
75 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 0:01:02 | |
76 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:10 | |
77 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
78 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
79 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | ||
80 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
81 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
82 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
83 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
84 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
85 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | ||
86 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
87 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
88 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
89 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | ||
90 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | ||
91 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | ||
92 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:01:18 | |
93 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
94 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | ||
95 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
96 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:21 | |
97 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:23 | |
98 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | ||
99 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:29 | |
100 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:32 | |
101 | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel | 0:01:37 | |
102 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | ||
103 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
104 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
105 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:01:55 | |
106 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | ||
107 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
108 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
109 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | ||
110 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | ||
111 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
112 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
113 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | ||
114 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
115 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
116 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | ||
117 | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel | ||
118 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | ||
119 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
120 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | ||
121 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | ||
122 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | ||
123 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | ||
124 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | ||
125 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | ||
126 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | ||
127 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | ||
128 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | ||
129 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | ||
130 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | ||
131 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | ||
132 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
133 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:12 | |
134 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
135 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
136 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:34 | |
137 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:02:42 | |
138 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 0:05:17 | |
139 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | ||
140 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
141 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:06:55 | |
142 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | ||
143 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
144 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
145 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | ||
146 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
147 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | ||
148 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
149 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
150 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
151 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
152 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | ||
153 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
154 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | ||
155 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | ||
156 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | ||
157 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
158 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | ||
159 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:08:14 | |
160 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
161 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
162 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | ||
163 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | ||
164 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
165 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | ||
166 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | ||
167 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
168 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
169 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
170 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
171 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:10:14 | |
172 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
173 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | ||
174 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
175 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:13:14 | |
176 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:15:58 | |
177 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano |
1 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 6 | pts |
2 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 | pts |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 4 | |
3 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 |
1 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 6 | pts |
2 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 35 | pts |
2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 30 | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 24 | |
5 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 22 | |
6 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
7 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 19 | |
8 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 18 | |
9 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 17 | |
10 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 16 | |
11 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 15 | |
12 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 14 | |
13 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 13 | |
14 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 12 | |
15 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
16 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 10 | |
17 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 9 | |
18 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
19 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 7 | |
20 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 6 | |
21 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 5 | |
22 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 4 | |
23 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 3 | |
24 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 | |
25 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | pts |
2 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 | |
3 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3 | pts |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 2 | |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | pts |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 3 | |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 | |
4 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | pts |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 3 | |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 | |
4 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 3 | pts |
2 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
3 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4:21:33 | |
2 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | ||
3 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
4 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | ||
6 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
7 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | ||
8 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | ||
9 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
10 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
11 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:00:09 | |
12 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | ||
13 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:00:46 | |
14 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:00:50 | |
15 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:58 | |
16 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
17 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
18 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:01:10 | |
19 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | ||
20 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:32 | |
21 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:01:37 | |
22 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:55 | |
23 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | ||
24 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | ||
25 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | ||
26 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:17 | |
27 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:06:55 | |
28 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
29 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | ||
30 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | ||
31 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:08:14 | |
32 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | ||
33 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | ||
34 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:10:14 | |
35 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
36 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:15:58 |
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream |
1 | Liquigas | 13:04:39 | |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | ||
3 | Astana | ||
4 | AG2R-La Mondiale | ||
5 | Caisse d'Epargne | ||
6 | Team Columbia - HTC | ||
7 | Team Milram | ||
8 | Garmin - Slipstream | ||
9 | Quick Step | 0:00:09 | |
10 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:15 | |
11 | Team Katusha | 0:00:46 | |
12 | Silence - Lotto | 0:00:50 | |
13 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:00:58 | |
14 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:01:40 | |
15 | Rabobank | 0:01:52 | |
16 | Agritubel | 0:01:57 | |
17 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:02:58 | |
18 | Skil-Shimano | 0:03:14 | |
19 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:02 | |
20 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:37 |
1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 19:29:22 | |
2 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | ||
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 0:00:19 | |
4 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:23 | |
5 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 0:00:31 | |
6 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:38 | |
7 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:52 | |
8 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:16 | |
9 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:22 | |
10 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:29 | |
11 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:01:31 | |
12 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:36 | |
13 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | ||
14 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:41 | |
15 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | ||
16 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 0:01:45 | |
17 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:03 | |
18 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:16 | |
19 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:17 | |
20 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:28 | |
21 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:32 | |
22 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:43 | |
23 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:44 | |
24 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:55 | |
25 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:56 | |
26 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:02:59 | |
27 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | ||
28 | Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:03 | |
29 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana | 0:03:11 | |
30 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | ||
31 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:12 | |
32 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:13 | |
33 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:16 | |
34 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:03:17 | |
35 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
36 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:03:18 | |
37 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
38 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:03:33 | |
39 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:41 | |
40 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | ||
41 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 0:03:43 | |
42 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:44 | |
43 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:51 | |
44 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:54 | |
45 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
46 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 0:04:03 | |
47 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:04 | |
48 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step | ||
49 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:04:07 | |
50 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:04:18 | |
51 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:04:20 | |
52 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:24 | |
53 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:31 | |
54 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:32 | |
55 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:04:35 | |
56 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:04:36 | |
57 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 0:04:37 | |
58 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:04:42 | |
59 | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
60 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:04:45 | |
61 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:04:48 | |
62 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:04:51 | |
63 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:54 | |
64 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | ||
65 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:05:00 | |
66 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:05:02 | |
67 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:05:04 | |
68 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:05:06 | |
69 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:11 | |
70 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | ||
71 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:13 | |
72 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux | ||
73 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:14 | |
74 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:05:18 | |
75 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:20 | |
76 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
77 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank | 0:05:22 | |
78 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:05:27 | |
79 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:05:31 | |
80 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | 0:05:32 | |
81 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:05:33 | |
82 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 0:05:46 | |
83 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:50 | |
84 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:54 | |
85 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:05:58 | |
86 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
87 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:04 | |
88 | Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank | ||
89 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto | 0:06:07 | |
90 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:06:08 | |
91 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:17 | |
92 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | ||
93 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:18 | |
94 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:06:25 | |
95 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:06:26 | |
96 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
97 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:06:38 | |
98 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:44 | |
99 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:06:59 | |
100 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:07:00 | |
101 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:07:01 | |
102 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:04 | |
103 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:09 | |
104 | Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:21 | |
105 | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:23 | |
106 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:07:27 | |
107 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:31 | |
108 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:07:34 | |
109 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:07:46 | |
110 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:54 | |
111 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:07:59 | |
112 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 0:08:04 | |
113 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:08:05 | |
114 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:08:08 | |
115 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC | 0:08:10 | |
116 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:13 | |
117 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0:08:14 | |
118 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:08:23 | |
119 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:08:26 | |
120 | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel | 0:08:30 | |
121 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | 0:08:34 | |
122 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel | 0:08:35 | |
123 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:08:49 | |
124 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:50 | |
125 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:09:06 | |
126 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:09:29 | |
127 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:09:54 | |
128 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:10:02 | |
129 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | ||
130 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:10:04 | |
131 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:10:16 | |
132 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:10:17 | |
133 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:10:52 | |
134 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | ||
135 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:11:04 | |
136 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:11:07 | |
137 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:11:16 | |
138 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 0:11:20 | |
139 | Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:11:22 | |
140 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:11:25 | |
141 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:11:35 | |
142 | Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:11:45 | |
143 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:11:52 | |
144 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 0:11:57 | |
145 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 0:12:03 | |
146 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:12:04 | |
147 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:12:30 | |
148 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:12:43 | |
149 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:12:45 | |
150 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:22 | |
151 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:43 | |
152 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:44 | |
153 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:13:48 | |
154 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:52 | |
155 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:14:12 | |
156 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:14:15 | |
157 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 0:14:29 | |
158 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:14:31 | |
159 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:14:46 | |
160 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:14:51 | |
161 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence - Lotto | 0:15:04 | |
162 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:15:39 | |
163 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 0:15:41 | |
164 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:16:11 | |
165 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:16:17 | |
166 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 0:17:49 | |
167 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:17:57 | |
168 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:18:54 | |
169 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:19:21 | |
170 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:20:23 | |
171 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:21:23 | |
172 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:22:13 | |
173 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:22:25 | |
174 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 0:22:49 | |
175 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:24:05 | |
176 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:24:42 | |
177 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:25:06 |
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 106 | pts |
2 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 105 | |
3 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 66 | |
4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 54 | |
5 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 53 | |
6 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 53 | |
7 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 47 | |
8 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 41 | |
9 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 39 | |
10 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 36 | |
11 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 34 | |
12 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | |
13 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 34 | |
14 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 32 | |
15 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 31 | |
16 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 31 | |
17 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 30 | |
18 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 30 | |
19 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 29 | |
20 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 28 | |
21 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 26 | |
22 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
23 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 24 | |
24 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | 24 | |
25 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 23 | |
26 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 22 | |
27 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 21 | |
28 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21 | |
29 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 20 | |
30 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
31 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 20 | |
32 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 19 | |
33 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | 19 | |
34 | William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 19 | |
35 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 18 | |
36 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 18 | |
37 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
38 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 18 | |
39 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 15 | |
40 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 15 | |
41 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 15 | |
42 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | |
43 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 14 | |
44 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | |
45 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 14 | |
46 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 13 | |
47 | Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 13 | |
48 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - NGC | 12 | |
49 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 12 | |
50 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 11 | |
51 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 11 | |
52 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 11 | |
53 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
54 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 10 | |
55 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 10 | |
56 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
57 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
58 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 9 | |
59 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 8 | |
60 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | |
61 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 5 | |
62 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 5 | |
63 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
64 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 4 | |
65 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
66 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 4 | |
67 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 | |
68 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux | 4 | |
69 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 3 | |
70 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 3 | |
71 | Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 3 | |
72 | Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
73 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 1 | |
74 | Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 1 | |
75 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | |
76 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1 |
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 14 | pts |
2 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
4 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 8 | |
5 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 6 | |
6 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux | 6 | |
7 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
8 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
9 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 | |
10 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 4 | |
11 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 3 | |
12 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
13 | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 3 | |
14 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 3 | |
15 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 | |
16 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
17 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
18 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
19 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 | |
20 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
21 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
22 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
23 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 19:30:14 | |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:00:39 | |
3 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:44 | |
4 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:49 | |
5 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:20 | |
6 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:24 | |
7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:25 | |
8 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:41 | |
9 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:03:44 | |
10 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:53 | |
11 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto | 0:03:59 | |
12 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:19 | |
13 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:04:35 | |
14 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:04:39 | |
15 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:05:16 | |
16 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence - Lotto | 0:05:34 | |
17 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC | 0:06:08 | |
18 | Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:06:39 | |
19 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:13 | |
20 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:07:16 | |
21 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:31 | |
22 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 0:07:34 | |
23 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:07:57 | |
24 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:07:58 | |
25 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:08:37 | |
26 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 0:09:10 | |
27 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 0:09:24 | |
28 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:10:12 | |
29 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:10:24 | |
30 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:12:52 | |
31 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - NGC | 0:13:39 | |
32 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:59 | |
33 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:15:19 | |
34 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:15:25 | |
35 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:20:31 | |
36 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:23:50 |
1 | Astana | 56:54:18 | |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:33 | |
3 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:45 | |
4 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:05 | |
5 | Liquigas | 0:04:26 | |
6 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:05:40 | |
7 | Team Milram | 0:06:33 | |
8 | Quick Step | 0:06:42 | |
9 | AG2R-La Mondiale | 0:06:46 | |
10 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:06:57 | |
11 | Team Katusha | 0:07:22 | |
12 | Silence - Lotto | 0:07:41 | |
13 | Francaise Des Jeux | 0:09:09 | |
14 | Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:09:10 | |
15 | Rabobank | 0:09:19 | |
16 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:09:22 | |
17 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:09:36 | |
18 | Agritubel | 0:10:45 | |
19 | Skil-Shimano | 0:13:22 | |
20 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:14:11 |
A famous football 14 meets Le Tour's no. 14
A Tour de France rider usually doesn't like standing on his legs any more than he needs to, but Thursday morning in Girona, Silence-Lotto's Matt Lloyd made an exception.
As he walked across to the Rabobank team bus, accompanied by his team's press officer, the diminutive Lloyd had a cheeky grin on his face. Was he thinking of jumping ship next year? It would have been a strange thing to do, given how much his leader Cadel Evans values a guy he recently called "his little brother".
Approaching the orange 16-wheeler, Lloyd yelled out, "Op de nieuw (Here's the new) Rabobank rider, whoo-hoo!"
There, he waited at the steps as if to enter, but strangely didn't.
A few minutes more, all was revealed: Lloyd wanted to meet the most famous Dutch football (or soccer, if you're an American or Aussie) player that's ever lived, Johan Cruyff, voted European Player of the Century by the International Football Federation in 1999 and second only to Pelé in an IFF World Player of the Century poll.
The legendary no. 14, his professional career spanning some 20 years from 1964-1984, rose to God-like stardom when he played at Ajax and for his country, and was a guest of the Rabobank team in Gerona, where Lloyd - rider number 14 at this year's Tour - wanted to meet his more famous number, at least for now.
"[The number 14] obviously has been his, but I'm not quite sure I'm as popular as he is at the moment," said Lloyd, grinning. "That might take a few years, but it's all good. When you get to meet someone from a totally different sport who's also a champion, it's special, so I'm happy."
Has the meeting with the football god given 'Lloydy' wings, Cyclingnews asked him?
Bellowed Lloyd with a laugh far bigger than what one would expect from a 171-centimetre-tall, 62-kilo guy, "It has, actually!"
Seriously, the 26-year-old former Australian champion said despite the team's performance in Tuesday's team time trial, where they finished eighth-last, losing 2:36 to Astana, Silence-Lotto is still optimistic Evans can deliver for the team.
"Given some of the teams - Astana and Saxo Bank, for example - had been working specifically for that team time trial, we had to minimise [our] damage. But sometimes you can't help a situation [referring to the crashes they experienced]. We're still optimistic - we know Cadel's ready for the mountains and individual time trials."
Does the climbing specialist expect to be with Evans all the way to Andorra Arcalis, the finish of Friday's seventh stage?
"I hope so," he said with a nervous grin.
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 6 |
2 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 |
2 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
3 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 4 |
3 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 2 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 6 |
2 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 3 |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 2 |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 3 |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
4 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 4 |
2 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 3 |
3 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 2 |
4 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 3 |
2 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 |
3 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Liquigas | 13:04:39 (13.88km/h) |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | +:00:00 |
3 | Astana | +:00:00 |
4 | AG2R La Mondiale | +:00:00 |
5 | Caisse d'Epargne | +:00:00 |
6 | Colombia | +:00:00 |
7 | Team Milram | +:00:00 |
8 | Garmin - Slipstream | +:00:00 |
9 | Quick Step | +0:00:09 |
10 | Cervelo Test Team | +0:00:15 |
11 | Team Katusha | +0:00:46 |
12 | Silence - Lotto | +0:00:50 |
13 | Lampre - NGC | +0:00:58 |
14 | Française des Jeux | +0:01:40 |
15 | Rabobank | +0:01:52 |
16 | Agritubel | +0:01:57 |
17 | Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | +0:02:58 |
18 | Skil-Shimano | +0:03:14 |
19 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | +0:04:02 |
20 | BBOX Bouygues Telecom | +0:04:37 |
# | Rider Name, (Country), Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Astana | 56:54:18 (3.19km/h) |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | +0:02:33 |
3 | Colombia | +0:02:45 |
4 | Garmin - Slipstream | +0:03:05 |
5 | Liquigas | +0:04:26 |
6 | Cervelo Test Team | +0:05:40 |
7 | Team Milram | +0:06:33 |
8 | Quick Step | +0:06:42 |
9 | AG2R La Mondiale | +0:06:46 |
10 | Caisse d'Epargne | +0:06:57 |
11 | Team Katusha | +0:07:22 |
12 | Silence - Lotto | +0:07:41 |
13 | Française des Jeux | +0:09:09 |
14 | Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | +0:09:10 |
15 | Rabobank | +0:09:19 |
16 | Lampre - NGC | +0:09:22 |
17 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | +0:09:36 |
18 | Agritubel | +0:10:45 |
19 | Skil-Shimano | +0:13:22 |
20 | BBOX Bouygues Telecom | +0:14:11 |