by Justin Davis

MONTPELLIER, France, July 17, 2011 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish continued his domination of the Tour de France sprint stages Sunday by claiming his fourth win of the race to take his career tally to an unrivaled 19 on stage 15.

France’s Thomas Voeckler, of the Europcar team, remained in the yellow jersey after the mainly flat but wind-buffeted ride over 193 km from Limoux to Montpellier which had the overall contenders fighting for survival.

Voeckler maintained his 1min 49sec lead on Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck, with Australian Cadel Evans in third at 2:06.

Andy Schleck, the runner-up the past two years, is fourth at 2:15 while three-time and reigning champion Alberto Contador of Spain is seventh at 4:00.

Cavendish meanwhile showed that when his team are in control, he is virtually unstoppable.

After a strong ride by his HTC team, which helped chase down an earlier five-man breakaway and then countered a late move by Philippe Gilbert, Cavendish was quick to share the plaudits.

“I don’t think there’s been one of my 19 wins that I’ve done alone, and that just shows the commitment those guys have towards me and I’m incredibly lucky for that,” said Cavendish.

“I crossed the finish line first but it’s not just me. I did 200 meters today in a 200 km stage. The team rode and delivered me to the line. I’m incredibly proud to be associated with them.”

After a windy ride into Montpellier which had Evans, the Schlecks and Contador nervously trying to avoid losing time due to splits in the peloton, HTC remained in control despite the technical approach to the finish line.

The cosmopolitan American outfit kept their composure when Belgian champion Gilbert, Cavendish’s principle rival for the points competition’s green jersey, launched an attack with three kilometres to race.

HTC-Highroad were patient, reeled the Omega-Pharma rider in and went about leading Cavendish out for the final drive for the line.

With just over 200 metres to race Cavendish emerged from the wheel of Australian lead-out man Mark Renshaw and drove hard for the finish where he beat American Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Cervelo into second place.

The Beauty of The Tour de France

Monday is the second rest day of the race, which resumes Tuesday with a hilly 162.5 km ride from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap on stage 16.

Voeckler is likely to keep the yellow jersey at least until then, however despite punching above his weight to keep the lead in the Pyrenees the Frenchman said he is under no illusions.

He said: “I give myself zero percent chance of winning the Tour de France.”

STAGE RESULTS:
1. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 4h20min 24sec
(average: 44,4 km/h)
2. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) at 0:00.
3. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
4. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
5. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
6. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 0:00.
7. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 0:00.
8. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
9. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
10. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
11. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
12. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 0:00.
13. Andre Greipel (GER/OLO) 0:00.
14. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 0:00.
15. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 0:00.
16. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
17. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
18. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 0:00.
19. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
20. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:00.
21. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 0:00.
22. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 0:00.
23. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
24. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
25. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 0:00.
26. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:00.
27. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 0:00.
28. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 0:00.
29. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:00.
30. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 0:00.
31. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
32. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 0:00.
33. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 0:00.
34. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:00.
35. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
36. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 0:00.
37. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
38. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
39. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 0:00.
40. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 0:00.
41. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:00.
42. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
43. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 0:00.
44. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:00.
45. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
46. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 0:00.
47. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 0:00.
48. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
49. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
50. Michael Schar (SUI/BMC) 0:00.
51. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 0:00.
52. Sebastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
53. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 0:00.
54. Jerome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
55. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
56. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 0:00.
57. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 0:00.
58. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 0:00.
59. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 0:00.
60. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
61. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
62. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
63. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
64. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 0:00.
65. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 0:00.
66. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 0:00.
67. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 0:00.
68. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
69. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:00.
70. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
71. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
72. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
73. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 0:00.
74. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 0:00.
75. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
76. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 0:00.
77. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 0:00.
78. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
79. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 0:00.
80. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:00.
81. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 0:00.
82. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
83. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 0:00.
84. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 0:00.
85. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 0:00.
86. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 0:00.
87. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 0:00.
88. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 0:00.
89. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
90. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
91. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 0:00.
92. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
93. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 0:00.
94. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 0:00.
95. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 0:00.
96. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
97. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
98. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
99. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
100. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 0:00.
101. Vincent Jerome (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
102. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 0:00.
103. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 0:00.
104. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 0:00.
105. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 0:00.
106. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
107. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 0:00.
108. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
109. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 0:00.
110. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
111. David Moncoutie (FRA/COF) 0:00.
112. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 0:00.
113. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 0:00.
114. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 0:00.
115. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 0:00.
116. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 0:00.
117. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 0:23.
118. David Loosli (SWI/LAM) 0:23.
119. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 0:28.
120. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 0:44.
121. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 0:49.
122. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 0:49.
123. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 0:51.
124. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 1:03.
125. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 1:28.
126. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 1:28.
127. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 1:35.
128. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) 1:35..
129. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1:35.
130. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 1:35.
131. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 1:35.
132. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1:35.
133. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 1:35.
134. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 1:35.
135. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 1:35.
136. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1:35.
137. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 1:47.
138. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 1:56.
139. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 2:19.
140. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 2:19.
141. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 2:19.
142. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 2:38.
143. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 2:38.
144. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 2:38.
145. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 2:38.
146. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 2:38.
147. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 3:09.
148. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 3:09.
149. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 3:09.
150. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 3:16.
151. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 3:16.
152. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 3:16.
153. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 3:16.
154. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 4:32.
155. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 4:32.
156. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 4:32.
157. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 4:32.
158. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 5:00.
159. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 5:00.
160. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 5:00.
161. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 5:00.
162. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 5:00.
163. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 5:00.
164. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 5:00.
165. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 5:00.
166. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 5:16.
167. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 5:22.
168. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 5:25.
169. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 6:10.
170. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 6:10.

OVERALL RESULTS:
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 65h24min 34sec
2. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) at 1:49.
3. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 2:06.
4. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 2:15.
5. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 3:16.
6. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 3:44.
7. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 4:00.
8. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 4:01.
9. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 5:46.
10. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 6:18.
11. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 7:55.
12. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 8:20.
13. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 9:02.
14. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 9:20.
15. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 9:50.
16. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 10:01.
17. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 10:05.
18. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 10:56.
19. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 11:54.
20. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 12:06.
21. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 12:56.
22. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 13:03.
23. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 15:11.
24. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 16:43.
25. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 16:48.
26. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 16:54.
27. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 19:41.
28. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 20:50.
29. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 21:06.
30. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 21:40.
31. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 21:57.
32. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 25:18.
33. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 26:25.
34. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 26:37.
35. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 28:20.
36. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 28:34.
37. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 30:51.
38. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 30:58.
39. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 31:55.
40. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 34:43.
41. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 35:21.
42. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 35:27.
43. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 37:26.
44. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 38:01.
45. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 38:22.
46. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 39:46.
47. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 39:48.
48. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 42:17.
49. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 42:44.
50. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 43:03.
51. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 43:56.
52. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 45:29.
53. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 45:42.
54. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 48:53.
55. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 50:36.
56. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 54:00.
57. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 54:07.
58. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 55:30.
59. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 55:48.
60. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 56:35.
61. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 57:58.
62. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 1h00:01.
63. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h03:23.
64. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 1h03:27.
65. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1h03:52.
66. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 1h04:10.
67. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 1h04:11.
68. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 1h05:22.
69. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 1h05:41.
70. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 1h10:22.
71. David Loosli (SUI/LAM) 1h10:23.
72. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 1h12:20.
73. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 1h13:05.
74. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 1h14:40.
75. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 1h15:51.
76. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 1h15:57.
77. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 1h17:01.
78. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 1h17:07.
79. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 1h17:07.
80. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1h18:08.
81. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 1h18:16.
82. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 1h19:38.
83. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 1h19:58.
84. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC) 1h21:24.
85. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 1h21:30.
86. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 1h21:43.
87. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 1h22:16.
88. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 1h22:26.
89. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h24:06.
90. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 1h24:19.
91. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 1h25:26.
92. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 1h26:10.
93. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 1h26:35.
94. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 1h29:21.
95. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 1h31:54.
96. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 1h32:55.
97. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 1h33:01.
98. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 1h33:19.
99. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 1h34:10.
100. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 1h35:22.
101. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 1h35:58.
102. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 1h36:51.
103. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 1h38:02.
104. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1h38:38.
105. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 1h39:45.
106. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 1h39:47.
107. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 1h40:48.
108. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 1h41:11.
109. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 1h43:44.
110. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 1h43:53.
111. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 1h44:37.
112. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 1h45:14.
113. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 1h45:51.
114. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 1h46:05.
115. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 1h46:06.
116. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 1h46:07.
117. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 1h46:27.
118. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 1h46:32.
119. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 1h48:43.
120. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 1h50:55.
121. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 1h51:32.
122. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 1h51:41.
123. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 1h51:42.
124. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1h51:50.
125. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 1h52:33.
126. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 1h53:37.
127. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 1h54:39.
128. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 1h54:49..
129. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 1h55:53.
130. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/LEO) 1h56:33.
131. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 1h57:49.
132. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 1h58:00.
133. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 1h58:32.
134. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) 1h58:34.
135. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 1h59:10.
136. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 1h59:26.
137. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1h59:38.
138. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 2h00:30.
139. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 2h01:34.
140. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 2h03:07.
141. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 2h04:19.
142. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 2h05:03.
143. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 2h05:30.
144. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 2h05:38.
145. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 2h05:40.
146. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 2h06:01.
147. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 2h06:25.
148. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 2h06:25.
149. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 2h08:28.
150. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 2h08:52.
151. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 2h09:11.
152. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 2h11:11.
153. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 2h11:12.
154. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 2h11:20.
155. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 2h13:46.
156. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 2h14:15.
157. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 2h16:12.
158. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 2h19:20.
159. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 2h19:25.
160. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 2h19:50.
161. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 2h19:51.
162. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 2h19:55.
163. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 2h20:15.
164. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 2h22:01.
165. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 2h22:36.
166. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 2h22:42.
167. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 2h25:42.
168. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 2h32:59.
169. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/EUC) 2h33:38.
170. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 2h43:07.

Points:
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) 319 pts
2. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 282
3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 248
4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 192
5. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 170
6. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 159
7. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 141
8. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 122
9. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 105
10. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 96

King of the Mountains:
1. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 74 pts
2. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 72
3. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 45
4. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 28
5. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 26
6. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 24
7. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 22
8. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 20
9. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 19
10. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 18

Team stage:
1. Garmin 13h 01:12sec.
2. Cofidis at 0:00.
3. Saur – Sojasun 0:00.
4. HTC 0:00.
5. AG2R La Mondiale 0:00.

Team overall:
1. Leopard 195h 47:43sec.
2. Europcar at 0:06.
3. AG2R La Mondiale 2:32.
4. Garmin 3:43.
5. Katusha 8:31.
6. Cofidis 14:14.
7. Euskaltel 16:28.
8. RadioShack 16:32.
9. Sky 27:49.
10. Saxo Bank 28:39.
11. Quick Step 29:32.
12. FDJ 32:46.
13. Omega Pharma 45:02.
14. BMC 46:35.
15. HTC 47:44.
16. Rabobank 49:34.
17. Astana 54:54.
18. Saur – Sojasun 1h08:09.
19. Liquigas 1h08:54.
20. Vacansoleil 1h13:40.
21. Lampre 1h23:57.
22. Movistar 1h39:24.

Best young riders (stage):
1. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 4h 20:24sec.
2. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) at 0:00.
3. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 0:00.
4. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
5. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.

Best young riders (overall):
1. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 65h 32:29sec.
2. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) at 1:07.
3. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 1:25.
4. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 2:10.
5. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 5:01.
6. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 5:08.
7. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 18:42.
8. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 22:56.
9. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 27:26.
10. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 27:32.

Aggressivity (stage):
Niki Terpstra (NED/QST)

Photo: Corvos