Written by: Justin Davis (AFP)
PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France, July 16, 2011 – Frenchman Thomas Voeckler stubbornly held on to the Tour de France yellow jersey on Saturday as reigning champion Alberto Contador survived another onslaught in the mountains.
Contador, who has complained of a sore knee, came under constant attack on the grueling 15.8 km climb to Plateau de Beille but soaked up the pressure to lose only two seconds to key rival Andy Schleck.
“I didn’t feel great,” admitted Contador, who is still seventh overall at 4min 00sec behind Voeckler and 2:11 behind Frank Schleck.
“But as each day passes I’m feeling better.”
Belgian Jelle Vanendert, of the Omega Pharma team, meanwhile took a deserved victory on the 14th stage after jumping out of the group of overall favorites 6.8 km from the finish.
Jelle Vanendert, of the Omega Pharma team wins stage 14
He caught early breakaway rider Sandy Casar of France and despite a late counter-attack by stage 12 winner Samuel Sanchez the Belgian held on to claim his maiden win on the race.
Vanendert finished 21sec ahead of Euskaltel rider Sanchez, with former two-time runner-up Andy Schleck coming over the line at 46, two seconds ahead of a group containing all the other yellow jersey contenders.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d win a stage like this,” said Vanendert, who has been given freedom to race for himself after team leader Jurgen van den Broeck crashed out injured last week.
“I came to the race with great form and ready to help Jurgen. This stage is also for him.”
After their dominant Leopard-Trek team had set a demanding pace on the long flat stretch leading to the fifth and last climb of the day, Frank and Andy Schleck launched a series of small attacks in a bid to drop their rivals.
Each time, Contador and Australian Cadel Evans — as well as Italian Ivan Basso and Voeckler — were able to counter and latch back on to the group.
Only in the final 2km of the 15.8 km ascent did Andy Schleck pull away, the Luxemburger grappling just two seconds from Contador in the process.
It meant Voeckler maintained his 1min 49sec lead on Frank Schleck, with former two-time runner-up Evans still third at 2:06.
Andy Schleck, the runner-up the past two years, is fourth at 2:15 with Basso in fifth at 3:16. Contador is another 44secs off the pace in seventh.
Andy Schleck said: “We gave it a good try but we didn’t drop anybody, except for the two seconds I gained at the end.
“The climb wasn’t selective enough. Once we get to the Alps that’s when we will make a difference.”
Older brother Frank appeared to launch a veiled attack at Contador and Evans, criticizing the pair for not attacking themselves.
“We tried several times. The only one who was a little bit interested was Ivan Basso,” said Frank.
Yellow Jersey Contenders All Accounted For
“All the others just looked at each other. Me and my brother and Basso, we tried to actually race.”
Evans, whose yellow jersey bid seems to be getting stronger by the day, immediately hit back.
“Everyone says no one attacks, but you have to consider also the wind, and the closeness of the racing,” said the Australian.
“The Schleck brother are there, they ride all day, they’ve got the yellow jersey to gain and they look at me to pull for them?
“I feel like saying, ‘hang on a second, I’m not here to tow you to Paris’.”
Voeckler meanwhile upset his own prediction that he would lose the jersey on the toughest day in the Pyrenees.
“I don’t really know what to say. I’m really surprised,” said Voeckler, who came over the finish line shaking his fist in celebration.
Having famously worn the yellow jersey for 10 days in 2004, Voeckler can now realistically keep it until the first of three consecutive stages in the Alps starting Tuesday.
“I think he’s going to go a few more days at least,” added Evans. “As long as they (Europcar) don’t have it on the Champs Elysees.”
STAGE RESULTS:
1. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 5h13min 25sec
(average: 32,3 km/h)
2. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) at 0:21.
3. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:46.
4. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:48.
5. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 0:48.
6. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 0:48.
7. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:48.
8. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:48.
9. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 0:48.
10. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:48.
11. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:48.
12. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 1:27.
13. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 1:59.
14. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 1:59.
15. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 2:23.
16. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 2:38.
17. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 2:38.
18. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 3:01.
19. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 3:39.
20. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 3:39.
21. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 3:55.
22. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 3:55.
23. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 4:16.
24. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 4:46.
25. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 5:00.
26. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 5:00.
27. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 5:03.
28. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 5:03.
29. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 5:26.
30. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 5:37.
31. Julien El Fares (FRA/COF) 6:41.
32. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 6:47.
33. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 6:47.
34. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 6:47.
35. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 6:47.
36. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 7:26.
37. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 7:31.
38. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 8:29.
39. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 9:45.
40. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 9:45.
41. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 9:45.
42. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 9:45.
43. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 9:45.
44. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 9:45.
45. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 9:45.
46. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 9:45.
47. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 9:45.
48. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 9:45.
49. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 10:42.
50. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 11:36.
51. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 11:45.
52. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 12:01.
53. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 12:08.
54. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 13:19.
55. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 13:19.
56. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 13:52.
57. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 14:04.
58. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 14:59.
59. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 14:59.
60. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 14:59.
61. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 14:59.
62. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) 14:59.
63. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 14:59.
64. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 14:59.
65. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 14:59.
66. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 14:59.
67. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 14:59.
68. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 17:03.
69. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 17:03.
70. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 17:03.
71. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 17:03.
72. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 17:03.
73. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 17:03.
74. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 17:03.
75. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 17:03.
76. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 17:03.
77. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 17:37.
78. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 18:28.
79. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 19:32.
80. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 19:32.
81. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 19:32.
82. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 22:57.
83. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 22:57.
84. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 22:57.
85. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 22:57.
86. David Loosli (SUI/LAM) 22:57.
87. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 22:57.
88. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 23:44.
89. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 23:44.
90. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 24:34.
91. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 24:34.
92. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 24:34.
93. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 24:34.
94. Andre Greipel (GER/OLO) 24:34.
95. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 24:34.
96. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 24:34.
97. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 24:34.
98. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 24:34.
99. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 24:34.
100. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 24:34.
101. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 24:34.
102. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 24:34.
103. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 24:34.
104. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 24:34.
105. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 24:34.
106. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 24:34.
107. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 24:34.
108. Vincent Jerome (FRA/EUC) 24:34.
109. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 24:34.
110. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 24:34.
111. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 24:34.
112. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 24:34.
113. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 24:34.
114. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 24:34.
115. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 24:34.
116. Sebastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 24:34.
117. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 24:34.
118. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 24:34.
119. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 24:34.
120. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 24:34.
121. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 24:34.
122. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 25:23.
123. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 25:23.
124. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 25:23.
125. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 26:28.
126. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 26:45.
127. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 26:45.
128. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 26:45..
129. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 26:45.
130. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 26:45.
131. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 26:45.
132. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 26:45.
133. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 26:45.
134. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 26:45.
135. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 26:45.
136. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 26:45.
137. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 26:45.
138. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 26:45.
139. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 26:45.
140. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 26:45.
141. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 26:45.
142. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 26:45.
143. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 26:45.
144. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 26:45.
145. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 26:45.
146. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 26:45.
147. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 26:45.
148. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 26:45.
149. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 26:45.
150. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 26:45.
151. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 26:45.
152. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 26:45.
153. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 26:45.
154. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 26:45.
155. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 26:45.
156. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 26:45.
157. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 26:45.
158. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 26:45.
159. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 26:45.
160. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 26:45.
161. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 26:45.
162. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 26:54.
163. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 26:54.
164. Mark Cavendish (IDM/HTC) 26:54.
165. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 26:54.
166. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 26:54.
167. Sebastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 26:59.
168. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 27:09.
169. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 27:09.
170. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 27:35.
. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ)
OVERALL RESULTS:
1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 61h04min 10sec
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. Jerome 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) 23:43.
33. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 26:25.
34. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 26:37.
35. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 27:06.
36. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 28:20.
37. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 30:51.
38. Jerome Pineau (FRA/QST) 30:58.
39. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 31:55.
40. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 34:43.
41. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 34:46.
42. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 35:21.
43. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 35:27.
44. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 36:26.
45. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 37:26.
46. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 38:22.
47. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 39:39.
48. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 39:48.
49. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 42:13.
50. Steve Morabito (SWI/BMC) 42:44.
51. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 43:03.
52. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 43:56.
53. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 45:42.
54. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 45:44.
55. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 50:36.
56. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 50:44.
57. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 54:07.
58. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 55:02.
59. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 55:29.
60. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 55:48.
61. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 56:35.
62. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 57:58.
63. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 58:02.
64. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 59:10.
65. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 1h01:52.
66. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 1h03:23.
67. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 1h03:52.
68. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 1h05:22.
69. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 1h05:41.
70. David Loosli (SWI/LAM) 1h10:00.
71. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 1h10:22.
72. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 1h11:30.
73. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 1h12:20.
74. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 1h13:52.
75. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 1h14:04.
76. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 1h14:40.
77. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 1h15:32.
78. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 1h15:38.
79. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 1h15:57.
80. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 1h17:07.
81. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1h18:08.
82. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 1h19:09.
83. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 1h19:19.
84. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 1h19:38.
85. Thomas De Gen (BEL/VAC) 1h19:49.
86. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 1h21:13.
87. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 1h21:30.
88. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/LEO) 1h21:43.
89. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 1h22:26.
90. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 1h24:06.
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. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 1h29:38.
96. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 1h31:51.
97. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 1h31:54.
98. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 1h32:12.
99. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 1h32:55.
100. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 1h33:19.
101. Michael Schar (SUI/BMC) 1h35:22.
102. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 1h35:58.
103. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1h37:03.
104. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 1h37:55.
105. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 1h38:02.
106. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 1h39:37.
107. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 1h39:45.
108. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 1h39:47.
109. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 1h40:48.
110. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 1h43:44.
111. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 1h43:53.
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. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 1h48:54.
121. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 1h50:06.
122. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 1h50:55.
123. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1h51:06.
124. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 1h51:18.
125. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 1h51:42.
126. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 1h52:33.
127. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 1h52:44.
128. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 1h54:39..
129. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 1h54:49.
130. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 1h55:53.
131. Fabian Cancellara (SWI/LEO) 1h56:10.
132. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 1h57:30.
133. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 1h57:49.
134. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1h58:03.
135. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 1h58:32.
136. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) 1h58:34.
137. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 1h59:10.
138. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 1h59:15.
139. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 2h00:30.
140. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 2h00:31.
141. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 2h01:25.
142. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 2h01:41.
143. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 2h03:07.
144. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 2h05:30.
145. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 2h05:38.
146. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 2h05:40.
147. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 2h06:01.
148. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 2h06:12.
149. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 2h06:25.
150. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 2h07:17.
151. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 2h08:28.
152. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 2h09:11.
153. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 2h09:14.
154. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 2h11:11.
155. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 2h11:20.
156. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 2h13:15.
157. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 2h13:34.
158. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 2h14:15.
159. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 2h14:53.
160. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 2h16:32.
161. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 2h16:42.
162. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 2h18:22.
163. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 2h18:45.
164. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 2h19:04.
165. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 2h19:20.
166. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 2h20:42.
167. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 2h22:36.
168. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 2h32:59.
169. Vincent Jerome (FRA/EUC) 2h33:38.
170. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 2h41:32.
Points:
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) 264 pts
2. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 251
3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 240
4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 192
5. André Greipel (GER/OLO) 164
6. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 159
7. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 106
8. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 105
9. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 102
10. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 82
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. Europcar 15h 50:20sec.
2. Leopard at 1:14.
3. AG2R La Mondiale 1:25.
4. Cofidis 3:15.
5. Euskaltel 3:40.
Team overall:
1. Leopard 182h 46:31sec.
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. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 5h 14:13sec.
2. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) at 0:00.
3. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1:35.
4. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 1:50.
5. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 1:50.
Best young riders (overall):
1. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 61h 12:05sec.
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):
Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ)
Photo: Corvos