REDON, France, July 4, 2011 (AFP) – American Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Cervelo upstaged the hopes of British sprint rival Mark Cavendish on his way to a maiden Tour de France victory on the third stage Monday.

World champion Thor Hushovd of Norway kept possession of the race leader’s yellow jersey as Garmin celebrated their second win on the trot, having won the 23km team time trial at Les Essarts on Sunday.

Cavendish, who has won a record 15 stages in the past three years, had a powerful lead-in to the finale by his dominant HTC-Highroad team.

However the Isle of Man rider found the going tough after a final bend forced many riders to slow down and lose momentum. Despite a late burst, he could only finish fifth.

“I’m very disappointed. We took it on and we were left just a bit short with too far to go,” said Cavendish, who complained that eventual stage runner-up Romain Feillu had been like a “kamikaze”.

“I was fighting with (Jose Joaquin) Rojas into the last corner and kamikaze Feillu came flying in. He causes havoc in every sprint. He took me out on the last corner.”

Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas rounded the bend on his own, but with no teammates to follow up he was soon swamped by Garmin as Hushovd and New Zealander Julian Dean dragged Farrar towards the finish.

Vacansoleil’s Feillu and Movistar rider Rojas launched late charges, but Farrar came over the finish half a bike length clear.

“It’s fantastic, I’ve been working to get this for a long time,” said Farrar.

“It’s the first mass sprint of the Tour, and it’s always a bit chaotic. But the team almost made it easy for me.

“We showed yesterday how strong our team is, winning the team time trial. It was a relief, and took the pressure off the shoulders.

“It just keeps on getting better now.”

Although his win came on America’s Independence Day, Farrar — who made a ‘W’ gesture shortly after crossing the line — immediately dedicated the victory to stricken friend Wouter Weylandt of Belgium.

Leopard-Trek team rider Weylandt was one of Farrar’s best friends, but crashed to his death in the Giro d’Italia in early May.

“It’s been a horrible past few months,” said the American.

“In the end I wanted to come back and do something to pay tribute.”

On one of the few flat finishes of the first week all eyes had been on Cavendish, and his HTC-Highroad team played a big role in helping drive the pace as the bunch launched an ultimately successful pursuit of an early breakaway.

The tricky 1.1km climb over the Saint Nazaire bridge with 56.5km to race, combined with treacherous crosswinds, forced a split in the peloton — leaving yellow jersey contender Ivan Basso stranded for several kilometers in a small chase group.

After some more frantic chasing, with 9km to go the last two remnants of the five-man escape, Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar) and Frenchman Mickael Delage (FDJ) were caught.

Despite HTC taking over with 4km to race with German Tony Martin and Australians Matt Goss and Mark Renshaw leading Cavendish in, their plans began to unfold when Lampre’s Danilo Hondo pulled off the front on a small rise.

Further chaos ensued when a Vacansoleil rider countered his move and was only caught with 1km to go.

The final bend then did the rest, with Cavendish admitting he was lucky to stay upright.

“I was off my front wheel round the last corner. I thought I was down at one point but I managed to keep upright,” added the Manxman, who battled to close the gap in the final 500 meters before finishing fifth.

“I couldn’t win but I managed to keep myself in contention for the green (jersey).”

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

OVERALL RESULTS:
1. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 9hr 46min 46sec
2. David Millar (GBR/GRM) at 0:00sec
3. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:01
4. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 0:04
5. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 0:04
6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:04
7. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:04
8. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:04
9. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 0:04
10. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 0:04
11. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 0:04
12. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 0:04
13. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 0:04
14. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 0:05
15. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 0:05
16. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 0:05
17. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 0:05
18. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 0:05
19. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 0:10
20. Chris Horner (USA/RSH) 0:10
21. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/RSH) 0:10
22. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 0:10
23. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 0:11
24. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:12
25. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/RSH) 0:23
26. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 0:32
27. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 0:32
28. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 0:32
29. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 0:33
30. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/OLO) 0:39
31. Jurgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 0:39
32. Andre Greipel (GER/OLO) 0:39
33. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 0:39
34. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 0:39
35. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 0:46
36. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 0:46
37. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 0:50
38. Sebastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 0:50
39. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:50
40. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:53
41. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 0:56
42. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 0:56
43. Jerome Pineau (FRA/QST) 0:56
44. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 0:56
45. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 0:57
46. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:57
47. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) at 1min 01sec
48. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 1:02
49. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 1:02
50. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 1:04
51. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 1:04
52. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1:04
53. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 1:04
54. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 1:04
55. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1:04
56. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 1:09
57. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 1:14
58. Romain Feillu (FRA/VAC) 1:15
59. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 1:17
60. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 1:18
61. Amaal Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1:18
62. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1:20
63. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 1:20
64. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 1:20
65. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 1:23
66. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 1:26
67. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 1:26
68. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 1:35
69. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 1:42
70. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 1:47
71. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 1:49
72. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 1:49
73. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 1:53
74. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 1:55
75. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 1:59
76. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 1:59
77. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 2:00
78. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 2:01
79. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 2:06
80. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 2:10
81. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 2:11
82. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 2:17
83. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 2:17
84. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 2:18
85. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS/KAT) 2:20
86. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 2:21
87. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 2:23
88. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 2:29
89. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 2:29
90. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 2:29
91. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 2:31
92. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 2:31
93. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 2:34
94. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 2:35
95. Remi Pauriol (FRA/FDJ) 2:35
96. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 2:35
97. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 2:35
98. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 2:36
99. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 2:39
100. Christophe Kern (FRA/EUC) 2:39
101. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 2:39
102. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 2:42
103. John Gadret (FRA/ALM) 2:42
104. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 2:44
105. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 2:47
106. Jerome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 2:51
107. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 2:53
108. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 2:54
109. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 2:55
110. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 2:58
111. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 2:58
112. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/MOV) 2:58
113. Wout Poels (NED/VAC) 3:04
114. Thomas De Gen (BEL/VAC) 3:04
115. Pavel Brutt (RUS/KAT) 3:05
116. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 3:09
117. David Moncoutie (FRA/COF) 3:09
118. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 3:11
119. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 3:11
120. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 3:12
121. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 3:12
122. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 3:12
123. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 3:13
124. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 3:20
125. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 3:21
126. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 3:23
127. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 3:27
128. Rui Alberto Costa (POR/MOV) 3:28
129. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 3:31
130. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 3:31
131. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 3:31
132. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 3:33
133. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 3:34
134. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 3:34
135. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 3:38
136. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 3:39
137. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 3:45
138. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 3:50
139. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 3:52
140. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 3:52
141. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 3:56
142. Frederik Willems (BEL/OLO) 4:01
143. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 4:07
144. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 4:07
145. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 4:20
146. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 4:21
147. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 4:21
148. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 4:24
149. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 4:28
150. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 4:30
151. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 4:31
152. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 4:31
153. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 4:31
154. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 4:37
155. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 4:42
156. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 4:57
157. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 5:15
158. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 5:23
159. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 5:27
160. David Loosli (SWI/LAM) 5:30
161. Michael Schar (SWI/BMC) 5:43
162. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 5:46
163. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 5:47
164. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 6:04
165. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 6:10
166. Vladimir Isaichev (RUS/KAT) 6:12
167. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 6:13
168. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 6:22
169. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 6:26
170. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 6:29
171. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 6:31
172. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 6:31
173. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 6:39
174. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 6:42
175. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 6:47
176. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 6:56
177. Iban Velasco (ESP/EUS) 7:05
178. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 7:16
179. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 7:16
180. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 7:19
181. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 7:23
182. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 7:39
183. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 7:59
184. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 8:13
185. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 8:23
186. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 8:35
187. Sebastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 8:41
188. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 8:46
189. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 8:47
190. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 8:47
191. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 8:50
192. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 9:56
193. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 10:59
194. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 11:05
195. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 11:55
196. Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL/OLO) 15:13
197. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 16:25
198. Vincent Jerome (FRA/EUC) 19:08

Points
1. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 65 points
2. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 58
3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 52
4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 50
5. Romain Feillu (FRA/VAC) 38
6. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 35
7. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS/KAT) 29
8. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 28
9. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 27
10. Andre Greipel (GER/OLO) 26

King of the Mountains
1. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 1 point
2. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 1

Team stage
1. Garmin 14hr 01min 03sec
2. Vacansoleil at 0:00sec
3. Omega Pharma 0:00
4. FDJ 0:00
5. Katusha 0:00

Team overall
1. Garmin 28:30:42
2. BMC at 0:01
3. Leopard 0:04
4. Sky 0:04
5. HTC 0:05
6. RadioShack 0:10
7. Astana 0:32
8. Omega Pharma 0:33
9. Europcar 0:50
10. Quick Step 0:56
11. Liquigas 0:57
12. Katusha 1:04
13. Lampre 1:04
14. Movistar 1:09
15. Cofidis 1:20
16. Rabobank 1:26
17. FDJ 2:00
18. Vacansoleil 2:29
19. AG2R La Mondiale 2:42
20. Saur – Sojasun 2:51
21. Saxo Bank 5:20
22. Euskaltel 5:58

Best young riders (stage)
1. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS/KAT) 4:40:21
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) at 0:00
3. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 0:00
4. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 0:00
5. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 0:00

Best young riders (overall):
1. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 9:46:50
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) at 0:00
3. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 0:01
4. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 0:01
5. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 0:07
6. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:08
7. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 0:46
8. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 0:53
9. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 0:57
10. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 1:00

Aggressivity (stage)
Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ)

Aggressivity (overall):
1. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC)

Photo: Corvos