MENDE, France – Alberto Contador fired a warning shot at yellow jersey rival Andy Schleck on Friday with a daring attack that allowed him to steal precious seconds off the Tour de France race leader.

Defending champion Contador went into the 210.5km stage from Bourg-Peage to Mende, where the finish was one kilometer after the punishing 3.1km ‘Jalabert’ climb, with a 41sec deficit to the Saxo Bank team leader.

But a quick glance at Schleck less than halfway up told the Spaniard he had to take his chance — although what looked like a promising attack allowed him to steal only 10sec off his main rival.

Contador came into the home straight on the runway of Mende aerodrome with fellow Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez for company after he had attacked before Contador on the final climb.

In the end Rodriguez’s superior sprint allowed him to hand Katusha their maiden win on this year’s race, with Schleck finishing among a small group 10sec later to limit the damage.

“I came here to look at the stage before the Tour and liked the look of it, although I knew it would be pretty hard,” said Rodriguez, whose maiden win on his race debut allowed him to move up one place to eighth overall at 4:58 behind Schleck.

“But when Contador came across to me I knew I could resist his attack.”

Contador knows the big battle for the yellow jersey will be played out over four punishing days in the Pyrenees beginning on Sunday.

But the Astana team leader claimed a small victory over Schleck that he says has left him confident for the challenge ahead.

“It’s an important psychological blow. It’s good to see your body responding like that after 210km of racing,” said Contador.

“I’m very pleased about this looking to the Pyrenees, especially the sensations in the legs. The next thing is to recover in time for Sunday.”

Schleck admitted, however, that he had expected to lose time on the ‘Jalabert’ climb, which is too short and steep for his climbing endurance talents.

“To be honest I suffered a bit today,” said Schleck, who finished fifth on the stage and now leads Contador by 31sec.

“It was a hard day and I wasn’t looking forward to this climb. It’s short and you have to be explosive — not my type at all.

“But I’m happy. I lost only 10sec in the end.”

Third place went to Contador’s Kazakh team-mate Alexandre Vinokourouv, a survivor of a breakaway that started after 60km.

Vinokourov’s presence in an earlier breakaway allowed Astana the crucial luxury of not having to participate in the chase over the rolling, rugged terrain of the Ardeche.

“It was our main objective, so we didn’t have to put riders into the chase,” said Vinokourov, who finished third on the stage to move up to 12th overall at 6:25.

Once onto the climb, Contador watched Schleck carefully before launching his attack.

“I was on Andy’s wheel and saw him looking weak for a moment and decided to go for it,” added the Spaniard.

“I saw he wasn’t doing anything so I decided to go. It’s a pity I couldn’t cap it with the win.

“‘Vino’ did a great job getting into the break. It was very important having him there. We didn’t have to work on what was a very hot and difficult day.”

Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Slovenian Grega Bole’s successful bid to join the breakaway was no coincidence either, although their aims were not targeted at the yellow jersey.

Lampre sprinter Bole beat Hushovd to the first intermediate sprint at Mariac (74.5km), thus picking up six points to Hushovd’s four.

In doing so, however, the Norwegian drew virtually level with Bole’s Italian teammate Alessandro Petacchi on 161 points.

With Petacchi stuck behind in the chasing bunch, on the second sprint Hushovd made no mistake crossing the line first to take a six-point lead on Petacchi and thus taking his jersey back.

STAGE RESULTS:
1. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) les 210,5 km en 4h58:26.
(average: 42,3 km/h)
2. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) à 0:00.
3. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 0:04.
4. Jürgen Van den Broeck (BEL/OLO) 0:10.
5. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 0:10.
6. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:10.
7. Andreas Klöden (GER/RSH) 0:10.
8. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:10.
9. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:15.
10. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 0:15.
11. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 0:17.
12. Rubén Plaza (ESP/GCE) 0:31.
13. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 0:31.
14. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 0:31.
15. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:31.
16. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:31.
17. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 0:31.
18. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CTT) 0:31.
19. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 0:31.
20. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:31.
21. Thomas Lövkvist (SWE/SKY) 0:31.
22. Vasili Kiryienka (BLR/GCE) 0:48.
23. Michael Rogers (AUS/THR) 0:53.
24. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 0:53.
25. Christophe Le Mével (FRA/FDJ) 0:53.
26. John Gadret (FRA/ALM) 0:53.
27. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 0:53.
28. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 1:11.
29. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 1:11.
30. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) 1:11.
31. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 1:11.
32. Iban Velasco (ESP/EUS) 1:20.
33. Damien Monier (FRA/COF) 0:53.
34. Thomas Rohregger (AUT/MRM) 1:26.
35. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 1:39.
36. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 1:39.
37. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 1:39.
38. Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL/QST) 1:43.
39. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 1:55.
40. Daniel Moreno (ESP/OLO) 1:55.
41. Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA/FDJ) 1:55.
42. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 2:09.
43. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 2:14.
44. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/THR) 2:14.
45. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 2:14.
46. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 2:14.
47. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 2:14.
48. Serge Pauwels (BEL/SKY) 2:17.
49. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 2:17.
50. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 2:17.
51. Volodymir Gustov (UKR/CTT) 2:47.
52. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 2:47.
53. Rémi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 3:05.
54. Alexandr Pliushkin (MDA/KAT) 3:05.
55. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 3:35.
56. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 3:35.
57. Lance Armstrong (USA/RSH) 3:35.
58. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/QST) 3:35.
59. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 3:35.
60. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 3:35.
61. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/SAX) 3:35.
62. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 3:35.
63. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 3:35.
64. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 3:35.
65. Aitor Pérez (ESP/FOT) 3:35.
66. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 3:35.
67. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 3:35.
68. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 3:35.
69. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 4:01.
70. Serguei Ivanov (RUS/KAT) 4:15.
71. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 4:15.
72. Pavel Brutt (RUS/KAT) 4:15.
73. David De la Fuente (ESP/AST) 4:15.
74. Matthieu Perget (FRA/GCE) 5:18.
75. Francis de Greef (BEL/OLO) 5:25.
76. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 5:25.
77. Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA/BTL) 5:25.
78. Maxime Monfort (BEL/THR) 5:25.
79. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 5:25.
80. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA/LAM) 5:25.
81. Benjamin Noval (ESP/AST) 5:25.
82. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 5:25.
83. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 5:25.
84. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 5:25.
85. Mauro Da Dalto (ITA/LAM) 5:25.
86. Johannes Fröhlinger (GER/MRM) 5:25.
87. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 5:25.
88. Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL/QST) 5:25.
89. Wesley Sulzberger (AUS/FDJ) 5:25.
90. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/GCE) 5:25.
91. Michael Barry (CAN/SKY) 5:25.
92. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 5:25.
93. Anthony Charteau (FRA/BTL) 5:25.
94. Mario Aerts (BEL/OLO) 5:25.
95. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 5:25.
96. Martin Elmiger (SUI/ALM) 5:25.
97. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/OLO) 5:25.
98. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/BMC) 5:25.
99. Maarten Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 5:25.
100. Grégory Rast (SUI/RSH) 5:25.
101. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/BMC) 5:25.
102. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 5:25.
103. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 5:25.
104. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 5:25.
105. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/BTL) 5:25.
106. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 5:25.
107. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/AST) 5:25.
108. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 5:25.
109. José Alberto Benítez (ESP/FOT) 5:25.
110. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 5:25.
111. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 5:33.
112. Luke Roberts (AUS/MRM) 5:33.
113. Fabian Wegmann (GER/MRM) 5:33.
114. Imanol Erviti (ESP/GCE) 5:33.
115. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 5:33.
116. Lloyd Mondory (FRA/ALM) 5:38.
117. Rafael Valls (ESP/FOT) 5:38.
118. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 5:38.
119. Rui Costa (POR/GCE) 5:38.
120. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 5:38.
121. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 5:42.
122. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 5:43.
123. Dimitri Champion (FRA/ALM) 6:31.
124. Inaki Isasi (ESP/EUS) 6:32.
125. Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU/CTT) 6:32.
126. Tony Martin (GER/THR) 6:32.
127. Francesco Reda (ITA/QST) 6:32.
128. Karsten Kroon (NED/BMC) 6:35.
129. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 6:35.
130. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/THR) 6:52.
131. Brett Lancaster (AUS/CTT) 6:52.
132. Anthony Geslin (FRA/FDJ) 6:52.
133. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 7:02.
134. Steven Cummings (ENG/SKY) 7:19.
135. Sébastien Minard (FRA/COF) 7:19.
136. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 8:18.
137. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 8:29.
138. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 8:29.
139. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 9:27.
140. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/SAX) 9:27.
141. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 9:27.
142. Simon Spilak (SLO/LAM) 9:27.
143. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 9:27.
144. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 9:27.
145. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MRM) 10:12.
146. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 10:20.
147. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 10:20.
148. Brian Vandborg (DEN/LIQ) 10:20.
149. Jens Voigt (GER/SAX) 10:20.
150. Matti Breschel (DEN/SAX) 10:20.
151. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 10:20.
152. Daniel Lloyd (ENG/CTT) 10:20.
153. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 10:20.
154. Iban Mayoz (ESP/FOT) 10:20.
155. Andreas Klier (GER/CTT) 10:20.
156. Jeremy Hunt (GBR/CTT) 10:20.
157. Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 10:51.
158. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 12:10.
159. Francesco Bellotti (ITA/LIQ) 12:10.
160. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 12:10.
161. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 12:39.
162. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 12:39.
163. Martijn Maaskant (NED/GRM) 12:39.
164. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 12:39.
165. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 12:39.
166. Jérémy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 12:39.
167. Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) 13:00.
168. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 13:00.
169. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 13:16.
170. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/SAX) 13:43.
171. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 13:48.
172. Christophe Kern (FRA/COF) 15:21.
173. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (BLR/LIQ) 19:37.
174. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 26:18.
175. Bert Grabsch (GER/THR) 26:47.
176. Robbie McEwen (AUS/KAT) 26:47.
. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) Abandon
. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) Non Start

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION RESULTS:
1. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 58h42:01.
2. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) à 0:31.
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) 4:06.
7. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 4:27.
8. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 4:58.
9. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 5:02.
10. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 5:16.
11. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 5:30.
12. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 6:25.
13. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 6:25.
14. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 6:44.
15. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CTT) 7:34.
16. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 7:39.
17. Michael Rogers (AUS/THR) 7:47.
18. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 8:08.
19. Thomas Lövkvist (SWE/SKY) 8:24.
20. Andreas Klöden (GER/RSH) 9:05.
21. Damien Monier (FRA/COF) 10:31.
22. Rubén Plaza (ESP/GCE) 10:41.
23. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 11:27.
24. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 11:56.
25. John Gadret (FRA/ALM) 12:28.
26. Christophe Le Mével (FRA/FDJ) 14:09.
27. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 14:11.
28. Daniel Moreno (ESP/OLO) 14:33.
29. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 16:44.
30. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 17:55.
31. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/THR) 19:54.
32. Lance Armstrong (USA/RSH) 21:16.
33. Rémi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 23:21.
34. Bram Tankink (NED/RAB) 24:02.
35. Volodymir Gustov (UKR/CTT) 24:35.
36. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 25:08.
37. Mario Aerts (BEL/OLO) 25:24.
38. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 26:03.
39. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 31:01.
40. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 31:22.
41. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 33:54.
42. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 35:42.
43. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 35:45.
44. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 36:55.
45. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 39:59.
46. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/GCE) 42:14.
47. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 42:25.
48. Anthony Charteau (FRA/BTL) 43:42.
49. Iban Velasco (ESP/EUS) 44:36.
50. Rafael Valls (ESP/FOT) 44:38.
51. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 45:13.
52. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 48:24.
53. Maxime Monfort (BEL/THR) 50:58.
54. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 51:38.
55. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/BTL) 51:57.
56. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 52:57.
57. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 53:10.
58. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 53:51.
59. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/SAX) 54:07.
60. Matthieu Perget (FRA/GCE) 55:01.
61. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 55:01.
62. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 56:20.
63. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 56:23.
64. Amaël Moinard (FRA/COF) 56:26.
65. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 57:34.
66. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 58:04.
67. Thomas Rohregger (AUT/MRM) 58:08.
68. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 58:29.
69. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 58:35.
70. Vasili Kiryienka (BLR/GCE) 58:39.
71. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 58:58.
72. Imanol Erviti (ESP/GCE) 59:27.
73. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 1h00:57.
74. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/BMC) 1h01:19.
75. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MRM) 1h02:52.
76. Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA/BTL) 1h03:05.
77. Francis de Greef (BEL/OLO) 1h03:17.
78. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) 1h03:45.
79. Johannes Fröhlinger (GER/MRM) 1h04:27.
80. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 1h05:27.
81. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 1h06:02.
82. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/OLO) 1h06:17.
83. Rui Costa (POR/GCE) 1h07:39.
84. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 1h09:30.
85. Fabian Wegmann (GER/MRM) 1h11:55.
86. Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL/QST) 1h12:22.
87. Benjamin Noval (ESP/AST) 1h12:32.
88. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h12:34.
89. Michael Barry (CAN/SKY) 1h13:32.
90. Sébastien Minard (FRA/COF) 1h13:43.
91. Jens Voigt (GER/SAX) 1h14:48.
92. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/BMC) 1h15:18.
93. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1h18:03.
94. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 1h18:08.
95. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1h19:21.
96. Alexandr Pliushkin (MDA/KAT) 1h20:29.
97. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h20:32.
98. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 1h21:59.
99. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 1h22:02.
100. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 1h22:04.
101. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/BTL) 1h22:06.
102. Serge Pauwels (BEL/SKY) 1h22:20.
103. Rémy Di Grégorio (FRA/FDJ) 1h22:25.
104. Luke Roberts (AUS/MRM) 1h23:54.
105. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 1h24:08.
106. Aitor Pérez (ESP/FOT) 1h24:11.
107. Inaki Isasi (ESP/EUS) 1h24:28.
108. Tony Martin (GER/THR) 1h25:30.
109. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1h26:16.
110. Pavel Brutt (RUS/KAT) 1h26:18.
111. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (BLR/LIQ) 1h27:05.
112. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 1h27:19.
113. Martin Elmiger (SUI/ALM) 1h27:43.
114. Mauro Da Dalto (ITA/LAM) 1h28:26.
115. Christophe Kern (FRA/COF) 1h28:29.
116. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 1h29:19.
117. Matti Breschel (DEN/SAX) 1h29:25.
118. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/QST) 1h29:34.
119. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 1h30:30.
120. Maarten Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 1h30:54.
121. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/SAX) 1h30:55.
122. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 1h31:21.
123. Francesco Bellotti (ITA/LIQ) 1h32:17.
124. Grégory Rast (SUI/RSH) 1h32:19.
125. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA/LAM) 1h32:39.
126. Jérémy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 1h32:48.
127. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 1h33:09.
128. David De la Fuente (ESP/AST) 1h35:07.
129. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 1h35:12.
130. Wesley Sulzberger (AUS/FDJ) 1h35:38.
131. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 1h36:11.
132. Lloyd Mondory (FRA/ALM) 1h36:51.
133. Karsten Kroon (NED/BMC) 1h37:41.
134. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 1h38:15.
135. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 1h38:16.
136. Brian Vandborg (DEN/LIQ) 1h38:25.
137. Steven Cummings (ENG/SKY) 1h39:11.
138. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1h39:30.
139. Serguei Ivanov (RUS/KAT) 1h39:35.
140. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 1h41:36.
141. Martijn Maaskant (NED/GRM) 1h41:42.
142. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 1h42:39.
143. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 1h44:14.
144. José Alberto Benítez (ESP/FOT) 1h44:59.
145. Anthony Geslin (FRA/FDJ) 1h45:01.
146. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/THR) 1h46:13.
147. Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL/QST) 1h47:08.
148. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 1h47:10.
149. Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU/CTT) 1h47:58.
150. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 1h48:27.
151. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 1h49:00.
152. Iban Mayoz (ESP/FOT) 1h49:10.
153. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/SAX) 1h50:14.
154. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 1h51:29.
155. Daniel Lloyd (ENG/CTT) 1h51:38.
156. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 1h52:28.
157. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 1h52:46.
158. Jeremy Hunt (GBR/CTT) 1h53:51.
159. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 1h54:26.
160. Brett Lancaster (AUS/CTT) 1h55:16.
161. Simon Spilak (SLO/LAM) 1h55:51.
162. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 1h56:02.
163. Robbie McEwen (AUS/KAT) 1h56:16.
164. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h56:38.
165. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1h57:06.
166. Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) 1h57:06.
167. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 1h59:32.
168. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/AST) 2h02:03.
169. Dimitri Champion (FRA/ALM) 2h02:49.
170. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 2h04:02.
171. Francesco Reda (ITA/QST) 2h04:20.
172. Andreas Klier (GER/CTT) 2h06:35.
173. Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 2h07:51.
174. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 2h16:59.
175. Bert Grabsch (GER/THR) 2h19:00.
176. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 2h19:49.

Points (overall):
1. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 167 pts
2. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 161
3. Robbie McEwen (AUS/KAT) 138
4. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 132
5. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 122
6. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 101
7. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 96
8. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 87
9. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 79
10. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 74

Mountains (overall):
1. Anthony Charteau (FRA/BTL) 107 pts
2. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 92
3. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 64
4. Christophe Moreau (FRA/GCE) 62
5. Mario Aerts (BEL/OLO) 58
6. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 56
7. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 56
8. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 52
9. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 50
10. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 47

Team (Stage):
1. RadioShack 14h56:16.
2. Caisse d’Epargne à 0:52.
3. Rabobank 1:06.
4. Astana 1:20.
5. Liquigas 2:02.

Team (Overall):
1. RadioShack 176h11:16.
2. Caisse d’Epargne à 0:21.
3. Astana 15:43.
4. Rabobank 16:13.
5. AG2R 20:22.
6. Omega Pharma 25:38.
7. Liquigas 32:13.
8. Bbox 41:01.
9. Sky 42:21.
10. Euskaltel 47:31.
11. Quick Step 48:52.
12. Cofidis 49:28.
13. BMC Racing 55:38.
14. Saxo Bank 57:17.
15. Columbia 58:53.
16. Française des Jeux 1h21:48.
17. Cervélo 1h39:43.
18. Garmin 1h39:52.
19. Katusha 1h46:54.
20. Footon-Servetto 2h10:17.
21. Milram 2h37:09.
22. Lampre 2h50:02.

Young Rider (stage):
1. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 4h58:36.
2. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) à 0:05.
3. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 0:05.
4. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 0:43.
5. Eros Capecchi (ITA/FOT) 1:01.

Young Rider (overall):
1. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 58h42:01.
2. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) à 4:27.
3. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 5:16.
4. Cyril Gautier (FRA/BTL) 31:01.
5. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 33:54.
6. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 42:25.
7. Rafael Valls (ESP/FOT) 44:38.
8. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/SAX) 54:07.
9. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 56:23.
10. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FOT) 57:34.

Most Aggressive (stage):
Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ/AST)

Article: Justin Davis (AFP)
Photo: CorVos