Tour de France: Alexandre Vinokourov wins stage 15
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__noTOC__ Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has won stage 15 of the 2007 Tour de France in a time of 5h 34' 28". Michael Rasmussen of Denmark kept his overall lead by 2' 23' over Alberto Contador of Spain. The two extend their lead on Cadel Evans of Australia by 1' 37", and more on the rest of the contenders. Today's 196 km stage is one of the major stages of the Tour, with no fewer than five major mountain passes - including the Col de Port, the Col de Portet d'Aspet (5.7 km climb at 6.9%), the Col de Menté (7.0 km climb at 8.1%), the Port
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Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has won stage 15 of the 2007 Tour de France in a time of 5h 34' 28".
Michael Rasmussen of Denmark kept his overall lead by 2' 23' over Alberto Contador of Spain. The two extend their lead on Cadel Evans of Australia by 1' 37", and more on the rest of the contenders.
Today's 196 km stage is one of the major stages of the Tour, with no fewer than five major mountain passes - including the Col de Port, the Col de Portet d'Aspet (5.7 km climb at 6.9%), the Col de Menté (7.0 km climb at 8.1%), the Port de Balès (19.5 km at 6.2%), (the first time this climb has featured in the Tour), and finally the Col de Peyresourde (9.7 km climb at 7.8%) with a downhill finish in Loudenvielle.
Tomorrow is a rest day for the Tour.
Post-stage statements
Stage 15 results
RankRiderTeamTime1Alexander VinokourovAstana Team 5h 34'28"2Kim KirchenT-Mobile Team +51"3 Haimar ZubeldiaEuskaltel-Euskadi s.t."4 Juan José CoboSaunier Duval-Prodir +58"5Juan Manuel GarateQuick Step-Innergetic +2'14"6David ArroyoCaisse d'Epargne +3'23"7Bernhard KohlTeam Gerolsteiner +4'25"8 Christian VandeveldeTeam CSC s.t."9Ludovic TurpinAG2R Prévoyance +5'16"10Alberto ContadorDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team +5'31"
General classification after stage 15
RankRiderTeamTime1Michael RasmussenRabobank 69h 52' 14"2Alberto ContadorDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team +2' 23"3Cadel EvansPredictor-Lotto +4' 00"4Levi LeipheimerDiscovery Channel Pro Cycling Team +5' 25"5 Andreas KlödenAstana Team +5' 34"6Carlos SastreTeam CSC +6' 46"7Haimar ZubeldiaEuskaltel-Euskadi +7' 27"8 Andrey KashechkinAstana Team +7' 54"9 Kim KirchenT-Mobile Team +8' 24"10 Mikel AstarlozaEuskaltel-Euskadi +9' 21"
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