by Justin Davis (AFP)

GRENOBLE, France, July 23, 2011 – Cadel Evans is set to become the first Australian winner of the Tour de France after overcoming his overnight deficit to Andy Schleck in the penultimate stage time trial Saturday.

BMC leader Evans started the 42.5 km race against the clock with a 57sec deficit to Schleck in the overall standings but easily erased that on his way to second place behind stage winner Tony Martin of Germany.

It means Evans will go into Sunday’s final stage, a 95 km run from Creteil to Paris which is traditionally not disputed by the overall contenders, as the new race champion.

“I can’t quite believe I’ve done it,” said Evans, who was applauded by hundreds of his flag-waving compatriots after he pulled on the yellow jersey for the first time in the race.

“It’s an incredible day for us, for Cadel and for the sport in general,” added BMC team manager Jim Ochowicz.

Evans, the runner-up in 2007 and 2008, will succeed Spain’s three-time champion Alberto Contador, who suffered a dramatic collapse in the penultimate stage Thursday to all but drop out of contention.

HTC-Highroad’s specialist Martin, who had started earlier in the day when the course was still drying after a spell of rain, clocked a winning time of 55min 33sec.

“After I saw that I couldn’t follow the best (overall) riders in the mountains my only goal was to win this time trial,” said Martin, who won on the exact same course when it was staged on the Criterium du Dauphine last month.

“For me, it’s a really nice way to finish the race.”

Evans finished only seven seconds behind in 55:40 while Schleck could only come over the finish line in 17th place in 58:11.

Contador finished third on the stage at 1:06 behind Martin, one place ahead of Belgian surprise package Thomas De Gendt and two ahead of another Australian, Saxo Bank teammate Richie Porte.

Evans, the 2009 world champion, now has a comfortable lead of 1:34 on Andy Schleck, while his older brother Frank Schleck will finish third overall at 2:30.

“I’m quite disappointed because I wanted to win this Tour but I’m still only 26 and I will be back to win it,” said Andy, who applauded Evans’s effort.

“Cadel raced the time trial of his life.”

Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, who gave up possession of the yellow jersey to Schleck only on Friday after 10 days in the lead, is fourth overall at 3:20 with Contador fifth at 3:57.

After his dramatic collapse on Thursday, Giro d’Italia champion Contador had produced one last classy attack on the Alpe d’Huez Friday, only to finish third on the stage.

In the end, his sports director at Saxo Bank, Brad McGee, applauded Evans’ efforts over the campaign.

“I know how big it is for Australia to have a Tour de France winner and Cadel (Evans) truly deserves this win,” said McGee, a former stage winner and wearer of the race’s yellow jersey.

“He has been working extremely hard to achieve this for so long and I can’t do anything other than congratulate for a job well done.”

Evans, who was the first Australian to lead the Giro d’Italia, in 2002, had lost both the 2007 and 2008 Tours after penultimate stage time trials, to Contador and fellow Spaniard Carlos Sastre respectively.

But amid his most solid campaign on the world’s premier cycling event the Australian quickly put his team’s fears to bed when he passed the first time check 36secs faster than Andy Schleck.

By the 27 km mark the Australian had become the virtual race leader with a lead of nearly two minutes on Schleck, who 10 km further on was 2:12 down on the Australian.

Schleck battled to the end, but the Luxemburger — who had said at the start of the race he would win the Tour in the mountains — will have to settle for a third consecutive runner-up place.

STAGE RESULTS:
1. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 55min 34sec (average: 45.9 km/h)
2. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) at 0:06.
3. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 1:05.
4. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) 1:28.
5. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 1:30.
6. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 1:32.
7. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 1:36.
8. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 1:42.
9. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 2:02.
10. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 2:03.
11. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 2:07.
12. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 2:10.
13. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 2:13.
14. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 2:35.
15. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2:36.
16. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 2:37.
17. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 2:38.
18. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 2:39.
19. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 2:39.
20. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 2:40.
21. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 2:49.
22. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 2:50.
23. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 2:56.
24. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 2:58.
25. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 2:59.
26. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 3:02.
27. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 3:22.
28. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 3:27.
29. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 3:30.
30. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 3:35.
31. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 3:38.
32. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 3:41.
33. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 3:43.
34. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 3:46.
35. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 3:50.
36. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 3:57.
37. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 3:58.
38. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 3:59.
39. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 4:01.
40. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 4:06.
41. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 4:10.
42. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 4:13.
43. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 4:18.
44. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 4:19.
45. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 4:23.
46. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 4:23.
47. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 4:29.
48. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 4:34.
49. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 4:36.
50. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 4:37.
51. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 4:38.
52. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 4:42.
53. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 4:42.
54. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 4:44.
55. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 4:44.
56. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 4:45.
57. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 4:48.
58. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 4:49.
59. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 4:51.
60. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 4:52.
61. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 4:54.
62. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 4:56.
63. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 4:59.
64. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 5:01.
65. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 5:04.
66. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 5:09.
67. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 5:11.
68. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 5:11.
69. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 5:14.
70. Michael Schär (SWI/BMC) 5:16.
71. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 5:16.
72. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 5:19.
73. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 5:19.
74. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 5:26.
75. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 5:27.
76. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 5:30.
77. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 5:35.
78. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 5:38.
79. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 5:42.
80. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 5:43.
81. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 5:46.
82. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 5:46.
83. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 5:47.
84. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 5:48.
85. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 5:50.
86. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 5:51.
87. David Loosli (SWI/LAM) 5:52.
88. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 5:54.
89. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 5:54.
90. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 5:56.
91. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 5:56.
92. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 6:01.
93. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 6:02.
94. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 6:02.
95. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 6:05.
96. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 6:07.
97. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/EUC) 6:08.
98. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 6:08.
99. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 6:10.
100. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 6:10.
101. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 6:13.
102. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 6:14.
103. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 6:14.
104. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 6:17.
105. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 6:19.
106. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 6:20.
107. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 6:22.
108. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 6:22.
109. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 6:24.
110. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 6:27.
111. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 6:28.
112. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 6:29.
113. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 6:29.
114. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 6:30.
115. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 6:31.
116. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 6:34.
117. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 6:36.
118. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 6:45.
119. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 6:46.
120. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 6:49.
121. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 6:50.
122. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 6:53.
123. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 6:55.
124. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 6:56.
125. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 7:03.
126. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 7:08.
127. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 7:08.
128. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 7:09..
129. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 7:13.
130. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 7:19.
131. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 7:21.
132. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 7:24.
133. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 7:24.
134. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 7:28.
135. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 7:30.
136. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 7:30.
137. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 7:35.
138. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 7:38.
139. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 7:38.
140. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 7:39.
141. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 7:41.
142. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 7:44.
143. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 7:53.
144. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 7:54.
145. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 7:54.
146. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 7:55.
147. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 8:07.
148. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 8:09.
149. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 8:10.
150. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 8:11.
151. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 8:15.
152. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 8:18.
153. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 8:26.
154. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 8:26.
155. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 8:32.
156. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 8:34.
157. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 8:37.
158. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 8:43.
159. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 8:45.
160. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 9:03.
161. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 9:16.
162. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 9:27.
163. Borut Boic (SLO/VAC) 9:44.
164. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 9:44.
165. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 9:48.
166. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 10:38.
167. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 11:18.

OVERALL RESULTS:
1. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 83h45min 20sec
2. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) at 1:34.
3. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 2:30.
4. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 3:20.
5. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 3:57.
6. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 4:55.
7. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 6:06.
8. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 7:23.
9. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 8:15.
10. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 10:11.
11. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 10:43.
12. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 11:30.
13. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 16:29.
14. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 18:36.
15. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 21:21.
16. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 26:24.
17. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 27:12.
18. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 27:15.
19. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 28:54.
20. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 31:43.
21. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 33:04.
22. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 36:54.
23. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 42:27.
24. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 42:48.
25. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 43:07.
26. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 46:24.
27. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 50:28.
28. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 52:25.
29. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 53:16.
30. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 56:47.
31. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 1h00:48.
32. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 1h03:59.
33. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 1h05:10.
34. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 1h08:29.
35. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 1h12:59.
36. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 1h14:41.
37. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h14:43.
38. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 1h14:52.
39. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 1h22:05.
40. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 1h24:21.
41. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 1h24:52.
42. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 1h25:38.
43. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 1h27:44.
44. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 1h30:21.
45. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 1h31:48.
46. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 1h34:07.
47. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 1h34:52.
48. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 1h35:19.
49. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 1h37:57.
50. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 1h39:58.
51. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 1h43:48.
52. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 1h43:49.
53. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h44:40.
54. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 1h44:42.
55. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 1h44:46.
56. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 1h45:17.
57. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 1h46:10.
58. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 1h47:02.
59. David Loosli (SWI/LAM) 1h51:08.
60. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 1h51:20.
61. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 1h52:21.
62. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 1h53:22.
63. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) 1h53:38.
64. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 1h56:13.
65. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1h58:43.
66. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 1h59:57.
67. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 2h00:47.
68. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 2h03:16.
69. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 2h03:56.
70. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 2h06:36.
71. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 2h07:27.
72. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 2h09:25.
73. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 2h10:05.
74. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 2h11:51.
75. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 2h12:29.
76. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 2h14:22.
77. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 2h17:28.
78. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 2h17:59.
79. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 2h18:19.
80. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 2h22:54.
81. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 2h24:30.
82. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 2h25:12.
83. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 2h26:40.
84. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 2h27:14.
85. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 2h27:28.
85. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 2h27:28.
87. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2h29:25.
88. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 2h29:47.
89. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 2h30:10.
90. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 2h30:16.
91. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 2h31:34.
92. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 2h32:00.
93. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 2h34:14.
94. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 2h36:14.
95. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 2h36:26.
96. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 2h37:25.
97. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 2h37:37.
98. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 2h41:04.
99. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 2h41:41.
100. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 2h47:07.
101. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 2h47:50.
102. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 2h49:24.
103. Michael Schär (SWI/BMC) 2h49:38.
104. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 2h49:50.
105. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 2h53:51.
106. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 2h53:59.
107. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 2h54:21.
108. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 2h55:26.
109. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 3h00:01.
110. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 3h00:05.
111. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 3h00:45.
112. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 3h00:53.
113. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 3h01:00.
114. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 3h03:47.
115. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 3h04:15.
116. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 3h06:30.
117. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 3h07:08.
118. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 3h07:11.
119. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 3h07:32.
120. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 3h08:34.
121. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 3h08:42.
122. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 3h10:20.
123. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 3h10:36.
124. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 3h11:47.
125. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 3h13:43.
126. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 3h13:45.
127. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 3h14:15.
128. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 3h14:16..
129. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 3h14:30.
130. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 3h15:05.
131. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 3h15:12.
132. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 3h15:40.
133. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 3h16:00.
134. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 3h16:04.
135. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 3h16:58.
136. Borut Boic (SLO/VAC) 3h17:11.
137. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 3h18:07.
138. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 3h19:46.
139. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 3h20:02.
140. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 3h20:08.
141. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 3h21:39.
142. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 3h22:33.
143. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 3h23:31.
144. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 3h26:22.
145. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 3h28:00.
146. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 3h28:31.
147. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 3h29:07.
148. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 3h29:20.
149. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 3h30:17.
150. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 3h30:23.
151. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 3h30:36.
152. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 3h31:31.
153. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 3h31:43.
153. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 3h31:43.
155. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/EUC) 3h34:38.
156. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 3h35:04.
157. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 3h36:54.
158. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 3h38:14.
159. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 3h38:33.
160. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 3h38:35.
161. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 3h39:09.
162. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 3h43:18.
163. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 3h44:01.
164. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 3h44:08.
165. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 3h45:27.
166. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 3h54:36.
167. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 3h57:43.

Points:
1. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 280 pts
2. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 265
3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 230
4. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 208
5. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 195
6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 157
7. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 130
8. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 105
9. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 105
10. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 101

King of Mountains:
1. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 108 pts
2. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 98
3. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 74
4. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 58
5. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 56
6. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 51
7. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 45
8. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 44
9. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 40
10. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 40

Team stage:
1. HTC 2h52:12.
2. Saur – Sojasun at 0:54.
3. Leopard 1:23.
4. AG2R La Mondiale 2:38.
5. Garmin 3:16.

Team overall:
1. Garmin 250h57:43.
2. Leopard at 11:04.
3. AG2R La Mondiale 11:20.
4. Europcar 41:53.
5. Euskaltel 52:00.
6. Sky 58:24.
7. Katusha 1h09:39.
8. Saxo Bank 1h16:12.
9. FDJ 1h30:16.
10. Cofidis 1h47:29.
11. RadioShack 1h52:31.
12. Quick Step 1h57:10.
13. Vacansoleil 2h09:10.
14. BMC 2h12:10.
15. Rabobank 2h14:01.
16. Liquigas 2h20:05.
17. Saur – Sojasun 2h38:05.
18. Lampre 2h44:36.
19. Astana 2h48:21.
20. Omega Pharma 3h02:28.
21. HTC 3h12:07.
22. Movistar 3h49:51.

Best young riders (stage):
1. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) 57:02.
2. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) at 0:34.
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:41.
4. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 1:07.
5. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 1:09.

Best young riders (overall):
1. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 82h57:40.
2. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) at 1:33.
3. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 7:52.
4. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 8:45.
5. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 20:28.
6. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 28:04.
7. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 48:31.
8. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 53:15.
9. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 1h14:49.
10. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 1h18:50.

Photos: Corvos