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Tour de France class standings after 6th stage

SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Class standings from the 6th stage of the Tour de France, a 195.5km ride from Aigurande to Super-Besse on
Thursday:

OVERALL
1. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 24h30min 41sec
2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 0:06.
3. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST) 0:16.
4. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:44.
5. David Millar (GBR/GAR) 0:47.
6. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/COL) 0:54.
7. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 1:03.
8. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 1:12.
9. Stijn Devolder (BEL/QST) 1:21.
10. Oscar Pereiro (ESP/GCE) 1:21.
11. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 1:27.
12. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 1:34.
13. Maxime Monfort (BEL/COF) 1:40.
14. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 1:42.
15. George Hincapie (USA/COL) 1:45.
16. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 1:49.
17. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) 1:56.
18. Andy Schleck (LUX/CSC) 1:58.
19. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 2:03.
20. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 2:04.
21. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/LAM) 2:06.
22. Tadej Valjavec (SLO/A2R) 2:19.
23. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 2:20.
24. Vladimir Efimkin (RUS/A2R) 2:36.
25. Manuel Beltran (ESP/LIQ) 2:53.
26. Matteo Carrara (ITA/QST) 2:55.
27. Jens Voigt (GER/CSC) 3:01.
28. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 3:01.
29. Yury Trofimov (RUS/BTL) 3:14.
30. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 3:33.
31. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 3:52.
32. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/BTL) 4:05.
33. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/SIL) 4:07.
34. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/GCE) 4:30.
35. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDV) 4:33.
36. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 4:43.
37. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 4:50.
38. John-Lee Augustyn (RSA/BAR) 4:54.
39. Alexander Botcharov (RUS/C.A) 5:32.
40. Cyril Dessel (FRA/A2R) 5:33.
41. Simon Gerrans (AUS/C.A) 5:42.
42. Christophe Moreau (FRA/AGR) 5:44.
43. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/C.A) 6:09.
44. Moises Duenas (ESP/BAR) 6:12.
45. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 6:24.
46. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 6:26.
47. Markus Fothen (GER/GST) 6:36.
48. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/COF) 6:42.
49. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 6:51.
50. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GAR) 6:55.
51. Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP/AGR) 6:57.
52. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 7:41.
53. Erik Zabel (GER/MRM) 7:51.
54. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/RAB) 7:53.
55. Volodomir Gustov (UKR/CSC) 7:59.
56. Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP/A2R) 8:02.
57. Marco Velo (ITA/MRM) 8:03.
58. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 8:15.
59. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/COL) 8:27.
60. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 8:41.
61. Jésus Del Nero (ESP/SDV) 8:46.
62. Filippo Pozzato (ITA/LIQ) 8:52.
63. Stéphane Goubert (FRA/A2R) 8:53.
64. Juan Jose Oroz (ESP/EUS) 8:58.
65. Félix Cardenas (COL/BAR) 9:32.
66. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 9:45.
67. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA/C.A) 9:56.
68. David Le Lay (FRA/AGR) 10:22.
69. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 10:25.
70. Mario Aerts (BEL/SIL) 10:35.
71. Murilo Fischer (BRA/LIQ) 10:42.
72. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/FDJ) 10:42.
73. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LAM) 11:02.
74. William Bonnet (FRA/C.A) 11:11.
75. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BTL) 11:19.
76. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 11:50.
77. Jurgen Vandewalle (BEL/QST) 12:10.
78. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 12:12.
79. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 12:14.
80. Dario Cioni (ITA/SIL) 12:15.
81. Sebastien Rosseler (BEL/QST) 12:23.
82. Joost Posthuma (NED/RAB) 12:45.
83. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 13:31.
84. Stef Clement (NED/BTL) 13:41.
85. Hubert Dupont (FRA/A2R) 13:49.
86. Leonardo Piepoli (ITA/SDV) 13:50.
87. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/BTL) 13:55.
88. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 13:59.
89. Yoann Le Boulanger (FRA/FDJ) 14:05.
90. John Gadret (FRA/A2R) 14:10.
91. Inaki Isasi (ESP/EUS) 14:15.
92. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/LAM) 14:28.
93. Trent Lowe (AUS/GAR) 14:40.
94. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/SIL) 14:54.
95. Laurent Lefevre (FRA/BTL) 15:11.
96. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 15:18.
97. Chris Froome (GBR/BAR) 15:40.
98. Remi Pauriol (FRA/C.A) 15:46.
99. Adam Hansen (AUS/COL) 15:54.
100. David Arroyo (ESP/GCE) 16:09.
101. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/LAM) 16:34.
102. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 17:13.
103. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 17:22.
104. Martin Elmiger (SUI/A2R) 17:24.
105. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/QST) 17:46.
106. Leif Hoste (BEL/SIL) 18:15.
107. Martin Mueller (GER/MRM) 18:38.
108. Fabian Wegmann (GER/GST) 18:56.
109. Sebastian Lang (GER/GST) 19:10.
110. Ronny Scholz (GER/GST) 19:21.
111. Danny Pate (USA/GAR) 19:42.
112. David Lopez (ESP/GCE) 19:55.
113. Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA/AGR) 20:00.
114. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/AGR) 20:00.
115. Nicolas Portal (FRA/GCE) 20:11.
116. Josep Jufre (ESP/SDV) 20:14.
117. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 20:17.
118. Christophe Brandt (BEL/SIL) 20:23.
119. Romain Feillu (FRA/AGR) 20:37.
120. Paolo Longo (ITA/BAR) 20:45.
121. Peter Velits (SVK/MRM) 20:47.
122. Freddy Bichot (FRA/AGR) 20:57.
123. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 21:06.
124. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/FDJ) 21:14.
125..
Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 21:18.
126. Will Frischkorn (USA/GAR) 21:21.
127. Robert Forster (GER/GST) 21:38.
128. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 21:46.
129. Julian Dean (NZL/GAR) 21:49.
130. Steven De Jongh (NED/QST) 22:06.
131. Niki Terpstra (NED/MRM) 22:10.
132. Martijn Maaskant (NED/GAR) 22:18.
133. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/CSC) 22:21.
134. Nicolas Jalabert (FRA/AGR) 22:53.
135. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/COL) 22:59.
136. Gérald Ciolek (GER/COL) 23:02.
137. Robbie McEwen (AUS/SIL) 23:10.
138. Baden Cooke (AUS/BAR) 23:12.
139. Lilian Jegou (FRA/FDJ) 23:15.
140. Xavier Florencio (ESP/BTL) 23:20.
141. Mark Cavendish (IDM/COL) 23:28.
142. Mark Renshaw (AUS/C.A) 23:30.
143. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/RAB) 23:46.
144. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 23:59.
145. Frederik Willems (BEL/LIQ) 24:01.
146. Mauro Facci (ITA/QST) 24:04.
147. Jimmy Casper (FRA/AGR) 24:20.
148. Florent Brard (FRA/COF) 24:26.
149. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 24:34.
150. Daniele Righi (ITA/LAM) 25:06.
151. Pieter Weening (NED/RAB) 25:10.
152. Ralf Grabsch (GER/MRM) 25:21.
153. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 25:29.
154. Arnaud Gerard (FRA/FDJ) 25:47.
155. Giampaolo Cheula (ITA/BAR) 25:56.
156. Brett Lancaster (AUS/MRM) 26:03.
157. Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR/CSC) 26:17.
158. Massimiliano Mori (ITA/LAM) 26:22.
159. Magnus Backstedt (SWE/GAR) 26:23.
160. Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP/GCE) 26:26.
161. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/C.A) 26:51.
162. Rubens Bertogliati (SUI/SDV) 26:57.
163. Sven Krauss (GER/GST) 27:14.
164. Christophe Riblon (FRA/A2R) 27:48.
165. Marcus Burghardt (GER/COL) 27:52.
166. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/GCE) 27:52.
167. Francesco Chicchi (ITA/LIQ) 28:30.
168. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 28:35.
169. Bjoern Schroeder (GER/MRM) 28:53.
170. David De la Fuente (ESP/SDV) 28:55.
171. Heinrich Haussler (GER/GST) 29:02.
172. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/LIQ) 30:24.
173. Stéphane Auge (FRA/COF) 31:11.
174. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/CSC) 32:36.
175. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 35:25.
176. Wim Vansevenant (BEL/SIL) 37:35.

STAGE
1. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 4h57min 52sec
2. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) at 0:01.
3. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 0:01.
4. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) 0:04.
5. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 0:04.
6. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 0:07.
7. Moises Duenas (ESP/BAR) 0:07.
8. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 0:07.
9. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:07.
10. Leonardo Piepoli (ITA/SDV) 0:07.
11. Manuel Beltran (ESP/LIQ) 0:12.
12. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:12.
13. Oscar Pereiro (ESP/GCE) 0:15.
14. Stijn Devolder (BEL/QST) 0:19.
15. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/COL) 0:23.
16. Yury Trofimov (RUS/BTL) 0:23.
17. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/C.A) 0:23.
18. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 0:23.
19. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:23.
20. Tadej Valjavec (SLO/A2R) 0:23.
21. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 0:27.
22. Vladimir Efimkin (RUS/A2R) 0:27.
23. Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP/AGR) 0:27.
24. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 0:27.
25. Stefan Schumacher (GER/GST) 0:32.
26. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 0:32.
27. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDV) 0:32.
28. Maxime Monfort (BEL/COF) 0:32.
29. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 0:32.
30. Volodomir Gustov (UKR/CSC) 0:32.
31. John-Lee Augustyn (RSA/BAR) 0:32.
32. Christophe Moreau (FRA/AGR) 0:41.
33. Matteo Carrara (ITA/QST) 0:41.
34. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/LAM) 0:41.
35. Alexander Botcharov (RUS/C.A) 0:41.
36. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LAM) 0:41.
37. Andy Schleck (LUX/CSC) 0:45.
38. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/SIL) 0:49.
39. David Millar (GBR/GAR) 0:51.
40. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 0:51.
41. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 1:00.
42. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 1:00.
43. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/COL) 1:08.
44. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 1:13.
45. George Hincapie (USA/COL) 1:20.
46. Stéphane Goubert (FRA/A2R) 1:36.
47. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA/C.A) 1:36.
48. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GAR) 1:45.
49. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/BTL) 1:49.
50. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BTL) 1:55.
51. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 1:56.
52. David Le Lay (FRA/AGR) 2:04.
53. Jens Voigt (GER/CSC) 2:04.
54. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/FDJ) 2:19.
55. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 2:19.
56. Félix Cardenas (COL/BAR) 2:19.
57. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 2:19.
58. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/RAB) 2:19.
59. Cyril Dessel (FRA/A2R) 2:19.
60. John Gadret (FRA/A2R) 2:19.
61. Jésus Del Nero (ESP/SDV) 2:19.
62. David Arroyo (ESP/GCE) 2:54.
63. Markus Fothen (GER/GST) 2:57.
64. Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP/A2R) 2:57.
65. Simon Gerrans (AUS/C.A) 2:57.
66. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 3:31.
67. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 3:31.
68. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/LAM) 3:45.
69. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/GCE) 3:45.
70. Dario Cioni (ITA/SIL) 3:45.
71. Juan Jose Oroz (ESP/EUS) 3:45.
72. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/COF) 4:48.
73. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 4:48.
74. Marco Velo (ITA/MRM) 4:48.
75. Erik Zabel (GER/MRM) 4:48.
76. Mario Aerts (BEL/SIL) 4:48.
77. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/SIL) 4:48.
78. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/BTL) 4:48.
79. Chris Froome (GBR/BAR) 4:48.
80. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 4:48.
81. Laurent Lefevre (FRA/BTL) 4:48.
82. Yoann Le Boulanger (FRA/FDJ) 4:48.
83. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 4:48.
84. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 4:48.
85. Hubert Dupont (FRA/A2R) 5:42.
86. Jurgen Vandewalle (BEL/QST) 6:02.
87. David Lopez (ESP/GCE) 6:02.
88. Remi Pauriol (FRA/C.A) 6:13.
89. Filippo Pozzato (ITA/LIQ) 7:20.
90. Murilo Fischer (BRA/LIQ) 7:20.
91. Stef Clement (NED/BTL) 7:30.
92. William Bonnet (FRA/C.A) 7:49.
93. Joost Posthuma (NED/RAB) 8:05.
94. Sebastien Rosseler (BEL/QST) 8:05.
95. Trent Lowe (AUS/GAR) 8:30.
96. Adam Hansen (AUS/COL) 8:30.
97. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 8:53.
98. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 8:53.
99. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 8:53.
100. Inaki Isasi (ESP/EUS) 8:53.
101. Fabian Wegmann (GER/GST) 13:14.
102. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/QST) 13:14.
103. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/LAM) 13:14.
104. Ronny Scholz (GER/GST) 13:14.
105. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 13:14.
106. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 13:14.
107. Peter Velits (SVK/MRM) 13:14.
108. Giampaolo Cheula (ITA/BAR) 13:14.
109. Nicolas Portal (FRA/GCE) 13:14.
110. Leif Hoste (BEL/SIL) 13:14.
111. Freddy Bichot (FRA/AGR) 13:14.
112. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/AGR) 13:14.
113. Pieter Weening (NED/RAB) 14:00.
114. Christophe Brandt (BEL/SIL) 14:35.
115. Martin Mueller (GER/MRM) 14:35.
116. Martin Elmiger (SUI/A2R) 14:35.
117. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/COL) 14:35.
118. Xavier Florencio (ESP/BTL) 14:35.
119. Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA/AGR) 14:35.
120. Josep Jufre (ESP/SDV) 14:35.
121. Danny Pate (USA/GAR) 14:35.
122. Rubens Bertogliati (SUI/SDV) 14:35.
123. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 15:11.
124. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/CSC) 17:46.
125. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 17:46..

126. Steven De Jongh (NED/QST) 17:46.
127. Paolo Longo (ITA/BAR) 17:46.
128. Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR/CSC) 17:46.
129. Robbie McEwen (AUS/SIL) 17:46.
130. Bjoern Schroeder (GER/MRM) 17:46.
131. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/LIQ) 17:46.
132. Francesco Chicchi (ITA/LIQ) 17:46.
133. Heinrich Haussler (GER/GST) 17:46.
134. Romain Feillu (FRA/AGR) 17:46.
135. Niki Terpstra (NED/MRM) 17:46.
136. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/FDJ) 17:46.
137. Martijn Maaskant (NED/GAR) 17:46.
138. Frederik Willems (BEL/LIQ) 17:46.
139. Baden Cooke (AUS/BAR) 17:46.
140. Ralf Grabsch (GER/MRM) 17:46.
141. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 17:46.
142. Christophe Riblon (FRA/A2R) 17:46.
143. Stéphane Auge (FRA/COF) 17:46.
144. Florent Brard (FRA/COF) 17:46.
145. Sebastian Lang (GER/GST) 17:46.
146. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 17:46.
147. Arnaud Gerard (FRA/FDJ) 17:46.
148. Massimiliano Mori (ITA/LAM) 17:46.
149. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 17:46.
150. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 17:46.
151. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 17:46.
152. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/CSC) 17:46.
153. Sven Krauss (GER/GST) 17:46.
154. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 17:46.
155. Brett Lancaster (AUS/MRM) 17:46.
156. Mauro Facci (ITA/QST) 17:46.
157. Magnus Backstedt (SWE/GAR) 17:46.
158. Nicolas Jalabert (FRA/AGR) 17:46.
159. Julian Dean (NZL/GAR) 17:46.
160. David De la Fuente (ESP/SDV) 17:46.
161. Mark Renshaw (AUS/C.A) 17:46.
162. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 17:46.
163. Gérald Ciolek (GER/COL) 17:46.
164. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/C.A) 17:46.
165. Marcus Burghardt (GER/COL) 17:46.
166. Daniele Righi (ITA/LAM) 17:46.
167. Will Frischkorn (USA/GAR) 17:46.
168. Mark Cavendish (IDM/COL) 17:46.
169. Lilian Jegou (FRA/FDJ) 17:46.
170. Wim Vansevenant (BEL/SIL) 17:46.
171. Robert Forster (GER/GST) 17:46.
172. Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP/GCE) 17:46.
173. Jimmy Casper (FRA/AGR) 17:46.
174. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/GCE) 17:46.
175. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/RAB) 17:46.
176. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 17:46.
. Aurélien Passeron (FRA/SDV) Withdrawn

strong> Points:
1. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 97 pts
2. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 88
3. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 85
4. Erik Zabel (GER/MRM) 72
5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 71
6. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 60
7. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 53
8. Mark Cavendish (IDM/COL) 51
9. Romain Feillu (FRA/AGR) 49
10. Robbie McEwen (AUS/SIL) 49

King of Mountains:
1. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/COF) 27 pts
2. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 27
3. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 20
4. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 18
5. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 16
6. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) 14
7. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 12
8. Freddy Bichot (FRA/AGR) 12
9. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 10
10. Bjoern Schroeder (GER/MRM) 9

Team overall:
1. Garmin 73h34:10.
2. CSC at 0:19.
3. Columbia 0:20.
4. Caisse d’Epargne/Baléares 3:54.
5. Liquigas 4:09.
6. Euskaltel 4:17.
7. Gerolsteiner 4:33.
8. Cofidis 5:24.
9. Barloworld 5:30.
10. Lampre 5:42.
11. AG2R 5:50.
12. Saunier Duval 6:23.
13. Rabobank 6:57.
14. Agritubel 7:20.
15. Credit Agricole 7:54.
16. Silence 8:55.
17. Quick Step 9:11.
18. Bouygues Telecom 9:11.
19. Milram 14:10.
20. Française des Jeux 14:25.

Best young riders (stage):
1. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 4h57:52.
2. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) at 0:07.
3. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/COL) 0:23.
4. Yury Trofimov (RUS/BTL) 0:23.
5. Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP/AGR) 0:27.

Best young riders (overall):
1. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/COL) 24h31:35.
2. Maxime Monfort (BEL/COF) at 0:46.
3. Andy Schleck (LUX/CSC) 1:04.
4. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 1:26.
5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 2:07.
6. Yury Trofimov (RUS/BTL) 2:20.
7. Riccardo Ricco (ITA/SDV) 2:58.
8. John-Lee Augustyn (RSA/BAR) 4:00.
9. Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP/AGR) 6:03.
10. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/FDJ) 9:48.