BOURG-LES-VALENCE, France – Britain’s Mark Cavendish dominated a controversial bunch sprint on the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday that led to the disqualification of his team-mate Mark Renshaw.

Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck, of Saxo Bank, retained the yellow jersey with his lead of 41sec on Spain’s Alberto Contador intact after a 184.5km race between Sisteron and here.

Cavendish, the winner of six stages in 2009 and four in 2008, has now won three stages in this year’s race, taking his career tally to an impressive 13.

In doing so, the Isle of Man sprinter surpasses the 12-stage victory tally of several notable sprinters including German great Erik Zabel, Italian Mario Cipollini and Australian Robbie McEwen.

Cavendish’s 13th victory in the race, however, will be remembered as an unlucky one for his team.

As HTC-Columbia wound up the speed inside the final kilometer in a bid to drop rivals and deliver Cavendish to the 200 meters to go mark, his lead-out man Renshaw tried to head-butt New Zealander Julian Dean three times.

Australian Renshaw is considered one of the world’s best lead-out men, whose job is to crank up the pace in the final kilometer of the race and fend off rivals before the sprinter launches his final drive for the line.

But even that status did not save him from race officials, who quickly took action.

Top race official Jean-Francois Pescheux said: “Renshaw was declassified immediately but we have decided to also throw him off the race.

“We’ve only seen the pictures once, but his actions are plain for all to see. They were blatant.

“This is a bike race, not a gladiator’s arena. Everyone could have crashed today.”

Tyler Farrar, whose Garmin-Transitions team promised to challenge Cavendish’s domination prior to the stage, had tried to sneak up the barriers on the inside of Cavendish only to have Renshaw then veer to the left to block him.

The American said HTC-Columbia’s win-at-all-costs tactics were simply uncalled for.

“Everything was going great. I was on Julian’s wheel and he took me up to Cavendish’s wheel with 300 meters to go,” said Farrar.

“When Cavendish launched his sprint, Renshaw veered to the left and I had to put my hand on his back to steady myself.

“They just don’t need to race like that.”

Farrar admitted Cavendish’s sprint was clean, but said he was more concerned about safety issues resulting from Renshaw’s tactics.

He added: “Of course I’m upset. I wanted to win, but more than anything I didn’t want to crash. They’re playing with the security of the riders there.”

Upon learning of Renshaw’s exclusion from the race, Cavendish admitted he was “sad”.

However the Briton, who came under scrutiny at the Tour of Switzerland when he left his sprint line, causing a mass pile-up which led to injuries for several riders, said he did not “necessarily agree with the decision”.

“Commissaries have made a decision that we don’t necessarily agree with,” he said.

Asked if that meant he agreed with headbutting tactics during the race, Cavendish added: “I did not say I disagreed with the decision of the commissaries.”

Cavendish’s win, meanwhile, means he is back in the race for the points competition’s green jersey, which is now being worn by Italian Alessandro Petacchi after he dispossessed 2009 winner Thor Hushovd.

Unlike Farrar, Petacchi managed to stick to Cavendish’s wheel but could not overtake the Manxman.

The Lampre rider leads the green jersey race on 161pts, with Cervelo’s Hushovd second on 157, Australian Robbie McEwen on 138 and Cavendish on 132.

Friday’s 12th stage is held over a rolling 210.5km from Bourg-Peage to Mende and finishes on the steep, 3km ‘Jalabert’ climb.

STAGE RESULTS:
1. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 4hr 42min 29sec
2. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) at 0:00
3. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 0:00
4. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 0:00
5. Robbie McEwen (AUS/KAT) 0:00
6. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/BTL) 0:00
7. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 0:00
8. Lloyd Mondory (FRA/ALM) 0:00
9. Juergen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 0:00
10. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 0:00
11. Sebastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 0:00
12. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:00
13. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 0:00
14. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 0:00
15. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:00
16. Luke Roberts (AUS/MRM) 0:00
17. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:00
18. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 0:00
19. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 0:00
20. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 0:00
21. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 0:00
22. Daniel Lloyd (ENG/CTT) 0:00
23. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 0:00
24. Martin Elmiger (SWI/ALM) 0:00
25. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 0:00
26. Johannes Froehlinger (GER/MRM) 0:00
27. Alexandr Pliushkin (MDA/KAT) 0:00
28. Sebastien Minard (FRA/COF) 0:00
29. Brett Lancaster (AUS/CTT) 0:00
30. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/THR) 0:00
31. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 0:00
32. Michael Rogers (AUS/THR) 0:00
33. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/OLO) 0:00
34. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 0:00
35. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 0:00
36. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:00
37. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 0:00
38. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:00
39. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 0:00
40. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 0:00
41. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/SKY) 0:00
42. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:00
43. Benjamin Noval (ESP/AST) 0:00
44. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 0:00
45. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 0:00
46. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 0:00
47. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 0:00
48. Fabian Wegmann (GER/MRM) 0:00
49. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 0:00
50. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 0:00
51. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA/FDJ) 0:00
52. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 0:00
53. Imanol Erviti (ESP/GCE) 0:00
54. Inaki Isasi (ESP/EUS) 0:00
55. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 0:00
56. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 0:00
57. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CTT) 0:00
58. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/THR) 0:00
59. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 0:00
60. Michael Barry (CAN/SKY) 0:00
61. Wesley Sulzberger (AUS/FDJ) 0:00
62. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 0:00
63. Benoit Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 0:00
64. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 0:00
65. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 0:00
66. John Gadret (FRA/ALM) 0:00
67. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 0:00
68. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 0:00
69. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/GCE) 0:00
70. Damien Monier (FRA/COF) 0:00
71. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 0:00
72. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 0:00
73. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 0:00
74. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/QST) 0:00
75. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 0:00
76. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/GCE) 0:00
77. Gregory Rast (SWI/RSH) 0:00
78. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 0:00
79. Mario Aerts (BEL/OLO) 0:00
80. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 0:00
81. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/SAX) 0:00
82. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 0:00
83. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 0:00
84. Steven Cummings (ENG/SKY) 0:00
85. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 0:00
86. Thomas Rohregger (AUT/MRM) 0:00
87. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 0:00
88. Matthieu Perget (FRA/GCE) 0:00
89. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 0:00
90. Remi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 0:00
91. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 0:00
92. Volodomir Gustov (UKR/CTT) 0:00
93. Daniel Moreno (ESP/OLO) 0:00
94. Ruben Plaza (ESP/GCE) 0:00
95. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 0:00
96. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:00
97. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 0:00
98. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 0:00
99. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 0:00
100. Iban Velasco (ESP/EUS) 0:00
101. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 0:00
102. Pavel Brutt (RUS/KAT) 0:00
103. Andreas Klier (GER/CTT) 0:00
104. Rui Costa (POR/GCE) 0:00
105. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 0:00
106. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 0:00
107. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 0:00
108. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 0:00
109. Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL/QST) 0:00
110. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MRM) 0:00
111. Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) 0:22
112. Serge Pauwels (BEL/SKY) 0:27
113. Anthony Geslin (FRA/FDJ) 0:29
114. Lance Armstrong (USA/RSH) 0:29
115. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 0:29
116. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 0:29
117. Mauro Da Dalto (ITA/LAM) 0:29
118. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 0:47
119. Simon Spilak (SLO/LAM) 0:47
120. Martijn Maaskant (NED/GRM) 0:59
121. Francesco Bellotti (ITA/LIQ) 1:02
122. Tony Martin (GER/THR) 1:09
123. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/BMC) 1:26
124. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1:39
125. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 1:40
126. Jeremy Hunt (GBR/CTT) 1:44
127. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 2:10
128. Francis de Greef (BEL/OLO) 2:29
129. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/SAX) 3:04
130. Stephane Auge (FRA/COF) 3:43
131. Bert Grabsch (GER/THR) 3:43
132. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 4:41
133. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 4:41
134. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/SAX) 4:41
135. Nicki Soerensen (DEN/SAX) 4:41
136. Chris Anker Soerensen (DEN/SAX) 4:41
137. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 4:41
138. Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU/CTT) 4:41
139. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 5:05
140. Matti Breschel (DEN/SAX) 7:41
141. Jens Voigt (GER/SAX) 7:41
142. Jerome Pineau (FRA/QST) 7:41
143. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/BTL) 7:41
144. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/BMC) 7:41
145. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA/LAM) 7:41
146. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 7:41
147. Brian Vandborg (DEN/LIQ) 7:41
148. Maxime Monfort (BEL/THR) 7:41
149. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/LIQ) 7:41
150. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 7:41
151. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 7:41
152. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 7:41
153. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 7:41
154. Francesco Reda (ITA/QST) 7:41
155. Jose Alberto Benitez (ESP/FOT) 7:41
156. Serguei Ivanov (RUS/KAT) 7:41
157. Rafael Valls (ESP/FOT) 7:41
158. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) 7:41
159. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 7:41
160. Aitor Perez (ESP/FOT) 7:41
161. Karsten Kroon (NED/BMC) 7:41
162. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 7:41
163. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/AST) 7:41
164. David De la Fuente (ESP/AST) 7:41
165. Anthony Charteau (FRA/BTL) 7:41
166. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 7:41
167. Amael Moinard (FRA/COF) 7:41
168. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/FDJ) 7:41
169. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 7:41
170. Ivan Mayoz (ESP/FOT) 7:41
171. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 7:41
172. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 7:41
173. Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL/QST) 7:41
174. Dimitri Champion (FRA/ALM) 7:41
175. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 7:41
176. Christophe Kern (FRA/COF) 7:41
177. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/OLO) 7:41
178. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 7:41
Mark Renshaw (AUS/THR) Disqualified
Robert Hunter (RSA/GRM) Withdrawn
Charles Wegelius (GBR/OLO) Withdrawn

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION RESULTS:
1. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 53h43:25.
2. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) à 0:41.
3. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 2:45.
4. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:58.
5. Jürgen Van den Broeck (BEL/OLO) 3:31.
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 3:59.
7. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 4:22.
8. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 4:41.
9. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 5:08.
10. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 5:09.
11. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 5:11.
12. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 5:42.
13. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 6:23.
14. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 6:31.
15. Michael Rogers (AUS/THR) 7:04.
16. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CTT) 7:13.
17. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 7:18.
18. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 7:47.
19. Thomas Lövkvist (SWE/SKY) 8:03.
20. Andreas Klöden (GER/RSH) 9:05.
21. Damien Monier (FRA/COF) 9:48.
22. Rubén Plaza (ESP/GCE) 10:20.
23. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 10:26.
24. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 10:46.
25. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 11:35.
26. John Gadret (FRA/ALM) 11:45.
27. Daniel Moreno (ESP/OLO) 12:48.
28. Christophe Le Mével (FRA/FDJ) 13:26.
29. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 14:30.
30. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 15:15.
31. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/THR) 17:50.
32. Lance Armstrong (USA/RSH) 17:51.
33. Mario Aerts (BEL/OLO) 20:09.
34. Rémi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 20:26.
35. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 21:43.
36. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 21:58.
37. Volodymir Gustov (UKR/CTT) 21:58.
38. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 25:02.
39. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 26:28.
40. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 30:18.
41. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 30:21.
42. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 30:29.
43. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 33:30.
44. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 34:13.
45. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/GCE) 36:59.
46. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 37:52.
47. Anthony Charteau (FRA/BTL) 38:27.
48. Rafael Valls (ESP/FOT) 39:10.
49. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 40:40.
50. Iban Velasco (ESP/EUS) 43:26.
51. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 44:52.
52. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 44:59.
53. Maxime Monfort (BEL/THR) 45:43.
54. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 46:16.
55. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 46:58.
56. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 48:36.
57. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 49:20.
58. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 49:32.
59. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 49:34.
60. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 49:46.
61. Matthieu Perget (FRA/GCE) 49:53.
62. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/SAX) 50:42.
63. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 50:52.
64. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 51:06.
65. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 51:08.
66. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 52:19.
67. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MRM) 52:50.
68. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 53:14.
69. Imanol Erviti (ESP/GCE) 54:04.
70. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 55:10.
71. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 55:57.
72. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/BMC) 56:04.
73. Thomas Rohregger (AUT/MRM) 56:52.
74. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 57:32.
75. Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA/BTL) 57:50.
76. Vasili Kiryienka (BLR/GCE) 58:01.
77. Francis de Greef (BEL/OLO) 58:02.
78. Johannes Fröhlinger (GER/MRM) 59:12.
79. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/OLO) 1h01:02.
80. Rui Costa (POR/GCE) 1h02:11.
81. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 1h02:37.
82. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) 1h02:44.
83. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 1h03:23.
84. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 1h04:07.
85. Jens Voigt (GER/SAX) 1h04:38.
86. Fabian Wegmann (GER/MRM) 1h06:32.
87. Sébastien Minard (FRA/COF) 1h06:34.
88. Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL/QST) 1h07:07.
89. Benjamin Noval (ESP/AST) 1h07:17.
90. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (BLR/LIQ) 1h07:38.
91. Michael Barry (CAN/SKY) 1h08:17.
92. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h08:29.
93. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/BMC) 1h10:03.
94. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h10:22.
95. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1h12:48.
96. Christophe Kern (FRA/COF) 1h13:18.
97. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1h13:48.
98. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 1h16:39.
99. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 1h16:44.
100. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 1h16:47.
101. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 1h16:49.
102. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/BTL) 1h16:51.
103. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/SAX) 1h17:22.
104. Alexandr Pliushkin (MDA/KAT) 1h17:34.
105. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1h17:57.
106. Inaki Isasi (ESP/EUS) 1h18:06.
107. Luke Roberts (AUS/MRM) 1h18:31.
108. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 1h18:53.
109. Tony Martin (GER/THR) 1h19:08.
110. Matti Breschel (DEN/SAX) 1h19:15.
111. Jérémy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 1h19:59.
112. Serge Pauwels (BEL/SKY) 1h20:13.
113. Francesco Bellotti (ITA/LIQ) 1h20:17.
114. Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA/FDJ) 1h20:40.
115. Aitor Pérez (ESP/FOT) 1h20:46.
116. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 1h22:04.
117. Pavel Brutt (RUS/KAT) 1h22:13.
118. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 1h22:27.
119. Martin Elmiger (SUI/ALM) 1h22:28.
120. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 1h22:52.
121. Mauro Da Dalto (ITA/LAM) 1h23:11.
122. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 1h23:52.
123. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 1h25:15.
124. Maarten Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 1h25:39.
125. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/QST) 1h26:09.
126. Grégory Rast (SUI/RSH) 1h27:04.
127. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA/LAM) 1h27:24.
128. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 1h27:30.
129. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 1h28:06.
130. Brian Vandborg (DEN/LIQ) 1h28:15.
131. Martijn Maaskant (NED/GRM) 1h29:13.
132. Robbie McEwen (AUS/KAT) 1h29:39.
133. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 1h29:46.
134. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 1h29:57.
135. Wesley Sulzberger (AUS/FDJ) 1h30:23.
136. David De la Fuente (ESP/AST) 1h31:02.
137. Karsten Kroon (NED/BMC) 1h31:16.
138. Lloyd Mondory (FRA/ALM) 1h31:23.
139. Steven Cummings (ENG/SKY) 1h32:02.
140. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 1h32:43.
141. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h34:02.
142. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 1h34:31.
143. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 1h34:41.
144. Serguei Ivanov (RUS/KAT) 1h35:30.
145. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 1h35:58.
146. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 1h36:21.
147. Anthony Geslin (FRA/FDJ) 1h38:19.
148. Iban Mayoz (ESP/FOT) 1h39:00.
149. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 1h39:29.
150. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/THR) 1h39:31.
151. José Alberto Benítez (ESP/FOT) 1h39:44.
152. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/SAX) 1h40:57.
153. Daniel Lloyd (ENG/CTT) 1h41:28.
154. Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU/CTT) 1h41:36.
155. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 1h42:15.
156. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 1h42:16.
157. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 1h43:33.
158. Jeremy Hunt (GBR/CTT) 1h43:41.
159. Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) 1h44:16.
160. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 1h45:09.
161. Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL/QST) 1h45:35.
162. Simon Spilak (SLO/LAM) 1h46:34.
163. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 1h47:03.
164. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 1h47:05.
165. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h47:21.
166. Brett Lancaster (AUS/CTT) 1h48:34.
167. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1h48:47.
168. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 1h50:18.
169. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 1h50:56.
170. Bert Grabsch (GER/THR) 1h52:23.
171. Andreas Klier (GER/CTT) 1h56:25.
172. Dimitri Champion (FRA/ALM) 1h56:28.
173. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/AST) 1h56:48.
174. Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 1h57:10.
175. Francesco Reda (ITA/QST) 1h57:58.
176. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 2h04:09.
177. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 2h05:18.
178. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 2h05:51.

Points
1. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 161 pts
2. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 157
3. Robbie McEwen (AUS/KAT) 138
4. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 132
5. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 122
6. Sebastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 101
7. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 96
8. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 87
9. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 79
10. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 74

King of Mountains
1. Jerome Pineau (FRA/QST) 92 pts
2. Anthony Charteau (FRA/BTL) 90
3. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 62
4. Mario Aerts (BEL/OLO) 58
5. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 56
6. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 50
7. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 47
8. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 43
9. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 40
10. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 36

Team stage
1. Milram 14hr 07min 27sec
2. Euskaltel at 0:00
3. AG2R 0:00
4. Cervelo 0:00
5. Garmin 0:00

Team overall
1. Caisse d’Epargne 161:14:29
2. RadioShack at 0:31
3. Astana 14:54
4. Rabobank 15:38
5. AG2R 16:52
6. Omega Pharma – Lotto 19:37
7. Liquigas 30:42
8. Bbox – Bouygues 36:55
9. Team Sky 40:31
10. Cofidis 43:24
11. Euskaltel 45:13
12. Quick-Step 46:16
13. BMC Racing 49:26
14. Saxo Bank 50:46
15. HTC – Columbia 51:50
16. Francaise des Jeux 1:16:54
17. Garmin 1:29:22
18. Cervelo 1:31:22
19. Katyusha 1:44:30
20. Footon 2:01:35
21. Milram 2:26:14
22. Lampre 2:40:10

Best young riders (stage)
1. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 4:42:29
2. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) at 0:00
3. Juergen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 0:00
4. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 0:00
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:00

Best young riders (overall)
1. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 53:43:25
2. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) at 4:22
3. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 5:11
4. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 30:18
5. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 30:29
6. Rafael Valls (ESP/FOT) 39:10
7. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 40:40
8. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/SAX) 50:42
9. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 51:08
10. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 52:19

Aggressivity (stage)
Stephane Auge (FRA/COF)

Article: AFP
Photo: CorVos