15 July 2011 -  Due to multiple contusions, Team RadioShack's Andreas Klöden was forced to abandon in Friday's 13th stage of the Tour de France.  Klöden was involved in the terrible crash in the descent of the Col du Pas de Peyrol in last Sunday's stage 9, after which a muscle contracture and hematomas in the lower back were diagnosed.  Yesterday's crash on the Hourquette d'Ancizan aggravated the situation. 

"This morning before the start I was really motivated to give it a try," said Klöden. "As I was not concerned any more on my general classification, I hoped to do it easy today and tomorrow to give my body the opportunity to recover, having in mind to try to win a stage in the last week of the Tour de France. Immediately after the start  I felt it was impossible to go on. The speed was very high and I was not able to get power out of my legs. It is a pity, my condition was and is still very good, but there is nothing you can do against bad luck. Twice I crashed because other riders in front of me took too many risks." 

Andreas Klöden came to the Tour as one of four leaders for Team RadioShack but the team is now down to one, Levi Leipheimer, who is currently 7:51 down in 17th place. Leipheimer was already involved in four crashes this race. Jani Brajkovic had to leave the Tour after suffering a concussion and broken collarbone in the fifth stage and teammate Chris Horner was forced to abandon with a concussion and broken nose after stage eight. Moreover Yaroslav Popovych did not start the 10th stage due to a fever. 

"With our GC and Team GC hopes gone, our only option now is to look for stage win opportunities," said Team Manager Johan Bruyneel.  "Of course with so many injured riders, this won't be an easy task, but we will try. At this point, the only thing I can promise you is this - we will continue riding. Even if we are left with one rider, we will continue. These experiences have made me reflect on what we were able to accomplish for 9 Tours de France.  It has allowed me to see the Tour in a new light; a light that I don't particularly want to see again, but a light that has brought a new respect and appreciation for the race and riders." 

Andreas Klöden will return home to Switzerland tomorrow. On Monday he will undergo extra scans in the hospital of his pelvis, sacrum and lower back to exclude a bulging disc and hernia.  An earlier scan in the hospital in Saint-Flour on Sunday did not reveal any fractures. 

"I feel very sad for me but also for the Team," concluded Andreas Klöden. "I had one of my best seasons so far. I was really ready for the final podium.  I will come back to the Tour de France."

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RESULTS
1. Thor Hushovd - Garmin-Cervelo    (3h 47min 36secs)
2. David Moncoutie - Cofidis    (+10)
3. Jeremy Roy - FDJ    (+26)

6. Edvald Boasson Hagen - Team Sky       (+5min 03secs)

Thor Hushovd attacked on the Col d'Aubisque before chasing down Jeremy Roy to take a memorable solo victory in Lourdes on stage 13 of the Tour de France. Edvald Boasson Hagen made the break and claimed sixth for Team Sky while Thomas Voeckler comfortably maintained the yellow jersey ahead of a pivotal mountain test on Saturday.

Simon Gerrans, Team Sky Rider:

"Today both myself and Edvald has been told to try and get in the breakaway because this was the first real stage where everyone expected it to survive until the finish. We did everything we could to get in the move and that meant covering as many attacks as possible until it got away.

"It was a really hard start to the day because every team had the same idea. There were constant attacks during the first 55km. Fortunately though Edvald had the legs just at the right time and was able to get in there.

"He gave it everything he had on the Col d'Aubisque but just couldn't stay with Thor Hushovd and Jeremy Roy when they made their move. You have to hand it to Thor today he rode an amazing ride and fully deserved his win.

"Once the break had gone it was just a matter of conserving my energy for the coming days and finishing inside the time limit. We all appreciated the chance to relax after a hard day yesterday."


Sean Yates, Team Sky Sports Director:

"Thor's on fire. He's the last person you would have thought would win the stage today. He was obviously feeing good when he jumped away at the bottom of the Aubisque but I doubt that when he was caught by Moncoutie that he dreamt he would end up winning.

"We had Edvald in the break. The start went so quick today that the break didn't end up gong instantly but we'd made our minds up that we wanted either him or Simon in the break and it took a lot of effort. So that took the edge off Edvald I think and compromised his chances.

"But it's either you gamble and try later or go. But if you miss the move then you're nowhere. It's just one of those things but Edvald did what he could.

"It was great team work by the guys to be across every single move but at the end of the day Thor was stronger. It's just one of those things.

"For everyone else it was just about keeping cool and out of trouble. That was always going to be the case for the GC men."

 

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Luz-Ardiden, France

Tour de France, Stage 12: A Strong Finish

Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team confirmed his climbing form on the Tour de France's first major mountain stage by finishing fifth and gaining more time on several of the overall contenders.

Following Attacks

Following an attack by Frank Schleck in the final kilometers of the climb to Luz-Ardiden, Evans was among a select chase group that included Ivan Basso, Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador and Damiano Cunego. "The first real mountain top finish in the Tour there's always something you don't expect and something you do expect," Evans said. "It's still early in the mountains and it's a long way to Paris. If the team just keeps going as it has done every day so far, we'll really put ourselves in a great position and get ourselves in a great position in Paris."

Gaining Time

Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rode away from Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) to take the stage win, while Frank Schleck (Team Leopard Trek) was third. Evans comfortably followed Basso home as defending Tour champion Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) conceded 13 seconds. Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) finished 20 seconds behind Evans to keep the yellow jersey with a 1:49 advantage over Frank Schleck and 2:06 over Evans in third. "You're never particularly comfortable in the Tour at any moment, right now included," Evans said. "We just have to stay calm for now and see how things go in the coming days."

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Samuel Sánchez climbed to victory on the 12th stage but reigning champion Alberto Contador's yellow jersey hopes suffered another blow as the Tour de France hit the high mountains for the first time this year. For Team Sky, Geraint Thomas won the day's combativity prize with a superb breakaway performance while Rigoberto Urán moved into the top 20 on the general classification.

Geraint Thomas, Team Sky Rider:

"I was feeling good and the buzz from the crowd helped a lot as well. We're missing Brad (Wiggins) and wanted to get stuck into the race. We got out there and gave it a good bash. It's just great to be up the front racing on a day like today - it was a great day out.

"I found myself going a bit too hard (up the Tourmalet), I had to back off a bit because I wanted to be able to get up this (Luz-Ardiden) as well.

"We only had about two and a half minutes at the bottom of the final climb so I didn't really fancy my chances to be honest but I kept plugging away and kept on trying. I thought that being caught with seven kilometres to go wasn't too bad but it seemed as though there was another half hour of pedalling after that!

"Everyone is going really well though; morale and confidence is good in the team."

Sean Yates, Team Sky Sports Director:

"G did a great ride today. The plan was to either get him or Edvald (Boasson Hagen) in the break today. If you look at the history book this is a stage where riders have often stayed away from a long break.

"The fact that G was only four or five minutes down on GC didn't really help him. They might have given him more rope if he'd been a couple more minutes down.

"But he got lots of TV time and was right up there until the closing stages so it was a great ride by him.

"Rigoberto held his own well today. There's a long way to go until Paris and there is a lot more climbing to do. It was all about seeing where he was and obviously he has recovered from that injury he picked up in the crash with Bradley. So he is on track for a good GC place.

"Tomorrow is a transitional stage but we'll see how he gets on on the Plateau de Beille which is the next big one."

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Lavaur, France

Tour de France, Stage 11: 'Real Tour Starts Tomorrow'

Following a finish in a torrential downpour Wednesday, Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team are looking ahead to the first big day in the mountains of this year's Tour de France. "For us, the real Tour starts tomorrow," Evans said.

No Changes Overall
Evans finished 50th, but in the same time as sprint finish winner Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad), while Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) held onto the race lead. The challenge on Wednesday's 167.5-kilometer stage was staying upright and out of danger, BMC Racing Team's Michael Schär said. "It was really incredible. There were so much rain," he said. "I don't think I've ever done the last 10 or 15 kilometers with so much rain. You couldn't see anything. I was expecting a crash in every moment, but we were lucky."

Into The Mountains
Thursday's stage will feature three climbs, including the ascent of Luz-Ardiden at the finish. "It's 211 kilometers long and it's pretty hard," Evans said. "The first stage in the mountains of any Grand Tour is always a bit of something where someone has a bad day and someone has an extraordinarily good day. It is always some degree of an indicator. I just make my own race and see how the others go and hopefully I'll be competitive – or better."

 

General classification after stage 11

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 45:52:39
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:49
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:26
4 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:29
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:37
6 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:02:38
7 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:02:43
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:55
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:03:08
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:36
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:03:37
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:45
14 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:03:47
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:01
16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:07
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:22
18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:04:52
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:53
20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:01
21 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:04
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:05:05
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:05:07
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:13
25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:05:14
26 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:05:21
27 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:32
28 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
29 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:43
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:05:51
32 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:26
33 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:35
34 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:06:40
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:07:16
36 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:07:20
37 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:07:45
38 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:08:16
39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:08:45
40 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:12
41 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:47
42 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:32
43 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:11:22
44 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:10
45 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:13:06
46 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:13:37
47 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:14:41
48 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:14:53
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:15:14
50 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:15:22
51 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:15:32
52 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:20:19
53 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:20:53
54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:59
55 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:06
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:15
57 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:21:33
58 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:22:02
59 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:22:06
60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:22:20
61 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:22:50
62 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:22:51
63 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:23:51
64 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:24:14
65 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:24:50
66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:25:13
67 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:25:25
68 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:25:26
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:25:59
70 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:25
71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:26:53
72 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:27:16
73 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:30
74 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:27:41
75 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:28:05
76 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:28:47
77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:28:59
78 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:30:05
79 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:30:07
80 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:30:41
81 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:30:54
82 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:30:56
83 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:31:04
84 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:31:26
85 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:31:48
86 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 0:32:24
87 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:33:05
88 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:33:08
89 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:33:20
90 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:34:17
91 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:34:18
92 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:26
93 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:35:17
94 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:36:48
95 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 0:37:40
96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:38:24
97 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:38:26
98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:38:40
99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:38:51
100 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 0:39:03
101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:39:52
102 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:40:19
103 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:40:36
104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:41:01
105 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:42:21
106 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:43:14
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 0:43:44
108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:43:56
109 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:44:16
110 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 0:45:42
111 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:46:28
113 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:46:46
114 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:47:17
115 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:47:43
116 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
117 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:47:47
118 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:48:00
119 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:48:49
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:48:50
121 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:48:56
122 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:49:01
123 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:49:29
124 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:49:38
125 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:50:16
126 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:50:24
127 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:50:41
128 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:51:40
129 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:52:02
130 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:52:13
131 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:52:23
132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 0:52:53
133 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:52:54
134 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:52:55
135 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:53:00
136 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:53:06
137 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:53:50
138 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 0:54:39
139 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:55:29
140 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:56:02
141 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
142 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:56:31
143 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:57:37
144 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:59:07
145 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:00:23
146 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:00:39
147 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:00:42
148 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:00:48
149 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1:01:13
150 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:01:32
151 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:01:38
152 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 1:03:02
153 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:03:23
154 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:03:32
155 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:03:49
156 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:05:01
157 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 1:05:20
158 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 1:05:30
159 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:06:02
160 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:06:21
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 1:06:37
162 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:07:40
163 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 1:07:50
164 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 1:07:58
165 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:10:13
166 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 1:10:37
167 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:11:38
168 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:11:53
169 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 1:12:36
170 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1:16:48
171 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 1:18:15
172 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:19:15
173 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:20:16
174 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 1:27:59
175 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:28:46
176 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:33:10
177 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 1:35:50

Points classification

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 251 pts
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 235
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 231
4 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 164
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 163
6 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 141
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 135
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 106
9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82
10 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 81
11 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 78
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 75
13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 69
14 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 60
15 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 60
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 58
17 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 51
18 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 48
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 48
20 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 48
21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 47
22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 46
23 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 46
24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 45
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 44
26 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 42
27 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 41
28 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 40
29 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 40
30 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 40
31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38
32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 37
33 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 36
34 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 36
35 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 34
36 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 33
37 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 32
38 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 32
39 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 31
40 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 29
41 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 28
42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 28
43 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 27
44 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 27
45 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 26
46 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 26
47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24
48 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 24
49 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 23
50 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 22
51 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 22
52 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20
53 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 20
54 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 18
55 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 16
56 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 15
57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 15
58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 15
59 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 15
60 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
61 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
62 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 15
63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 14
64 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 13
65 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
66 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
67 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 13
68 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 13
69 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 13
70 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
71 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 11
72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
73 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
74 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 11
75 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 11
76 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11
77 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 10
78 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 10
79 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 10
80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 9
81 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 8
82 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 8
83 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
84 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 7
85 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 7
86 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
87 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 6
88 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 6
89 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek 4
90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 4
91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
92 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
93 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 2
94 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2
95 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2
96 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 2
97 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1
98 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1
99 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1
100 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1
101 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1
102 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team -5

Mountains classification

1 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 17
3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 5
4 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
5 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 5
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 5
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 4
8 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 3
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 2
10 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
11 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 2
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
13 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2
14 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1
16 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1
17 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1
19 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 1
20 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 1

Young rider classification

1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 45:56:40
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:51
3 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:01:20
4 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:42
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:50
6 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:34
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:03:19
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:03:44
9 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:11
10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:46
11 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:09
12 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:16:18
13 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:16:52
14 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:58
15 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:18:01
16 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:18:49
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:19:50
18 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:20:13
19 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:20:49
20 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:21:12
21 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:21:25
22 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:30:17
23 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:36:35
24 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:43:42
25 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:43:46
26 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:44:55
27 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:45:00
28 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:47:39
29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:48:12
30 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:48:54
31 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:51:28
32 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:53:36
33 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:55:06
34 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:01:00
35 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:02:20
36 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 1:23:58
37 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:24:45

Teams classification

1 Team Europcar 136:55:55
2 Leopard Trek 0:00:32
3 Team RadioShack 0:01:02
4 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:18
5 Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:50
6 AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:23
7 Katusha Team 0:04:40
8 HTC-Highroad 0:04:55
9 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:06:14
10 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:07:45
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:23
12 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:10:45
13 Pro Team Astana 0:10:50
14 Liquigas-Cannondale 0:11:25
15 Sky Procycling 0:11:29
16 Movistar Team 0:16:42
17 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:18:26
18 BMC Racing Team 0:18:36
19 FDJ 0:20:44
20 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:23:46
21 Lampre - ISD 0:26:45
22 Saur - Sojasun 0:36:16

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Carmaux, France

Tour de France, Stage 10: Back In The Saddle

Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team finished in the same time as the stage winner Tuesday as the overall standings remained unchanged following the first rest day of the Tour de France.

Nicer Roads

Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotte) beat Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) in the sprint to win the 158-kilometer stage. Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) retained his lead and a 2:26 advantage over Evans, who is in third place. BMC Racing Team's Brent Bookwalter, one of several riders involved in a crash on a descent during Sunday's stage, said he appreciated the rest day. "My legs felt decent considering the first week we've had," he said. "My body still feels kind of beat up from the crash the other day. It was nice to come back with a slightly shorter stage, although it was a fast one. There were also nicer roads today, which was very welcome after being on so many goat paths for the first nine days."

Brutal Stages Coming

Wednesday marks the halfway point of the Tour in terms of stages, but not the midpoint as far as the selective kilometers, Bookwalter said. "The main selections or time gaps thus far have been from crashes and technical conditions," he said. "There are a lot of really brutal stages coming which are sure to shake up the GC (general classification) and really only one more day until those start," he said. "So far, we are still in a good position going into those days."