2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10

Cycling race stages April 2022 July 2014 thumb|350px|Stages in 2007 These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2007 Tour de France, with the Prologue on 7 July, Stage 1 on 8 July, and Stage 10 on 18 July. Prologue 2007-07-07 — London (England) – 7.9 km (ITT) thumb|right|200px|Ludovic Turpin of AG2R Prévoyance competes in the Prologue. Tour de France: Cancellara wins 7.9km time trial prologue On Saturday July 7, 2007, the Individual time trial started in Whitehall, London passing Westminster, then along Victoria Street and Buckingham Gate, past Buckingham Palace and looping through Hyde Park before finishing in The Mall. A distance of 7.9 km mi on was covered by the riders. It was won by SAX 2007's Fabian Cancellara, with a time of 8' 50". Prologue result RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUISAX 2007 8' 50" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007 + 13" 3George Hincapie USADSC 2007 + 23" 4Bradley Wiggins GBRCOF 2007 + 23" 5Vladimir Gusev RUSDSC 2007 + 25" 6Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007 + 26" 7Alexander Vinokourov KAZAST 2007 + 30" 8Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2007 + 31" 9Manuel Quinziato ITALIQ 2007 + 32" 10Benoît Vaugrenard FRAFDJ 2007 + 32"General Classification after Prologue RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jersey 20px|alt=Green jerseySAX 2007 8' 50" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007 + 13" 3George Hincapie USADSC 2007 + 23" 4Bradley Wiggins GBRCOF 2007 + 23" 5Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007 + 25" 6Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007 + 26" 7Alexander Vinokourov KAZAST 2007 + 30" 8Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2007 + 31" 9Manuel Quinziato ITALIQ 2007 + 32" 10Benoît Vaugrenard FRAFDJ 2007 + 32" Stage 1 2007-07-08 — London (England) – Canterbury (England), 203 km thumb|left|200px|Tour de France 2007. The procession passes through the streets of London.Tour de France: The race begins in earnest This 203 km mi on stage of the race started in London and headed through Westminster, Greenwich, Woolwich, Erith and into Kent, to Dartford, Gravesend, with an intermediate sprint for the points classification in Medway. The route headed south to Maidstone and another sprint, Tonbridge and then the first King of the Mountains climb before reaching Royal Tunbridge Wells, then the second climb at Goudhurst, another sprint in Tenterden, to Ashford and the final climb before finishing in Canterbury. All the climbs were Category 4. It was won by Robbie McEwen, who sprinted from the back of the field to claim a surprise win. This was after an extended breakaway from British cyclist David Millar. Stage 1 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Robbie McEwen AUSSIL 2007 4h 39' 01" 2Thor Hushovd NORC.A s.t. 3Tom Boonen BELQST 2007 s.t. 4Sébastien Chavanel FRAFDJ 2007 s.t. 5Romain Feillu FRAAgritubel s.t. 6Robert Förster GERGST s.t. 7Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007 s.t. 8Marcus Burghardt GERTHR 2007a s.t. 9Francisco Ventoso ESPFUJ 2007 s.t. 10Tomas Vaitkus LTUDSC 2007 s.t.General classification after stage 1 RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 4h 47' 51" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 13" 3David Millar GBR 20px|alt=Polka-dot jerseyFUJ 2007+ 21" 4George Hincapie USADSC 2007+ 23" 5Bradley Wiggins GBRCOF 2007+ 23" 6Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 25" 7Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 26" 8Thor Hushovd NORC.A+ 29" 9Alexander Vinokourov KAZAST 2007+ 30" 10Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2007+ 31" Stage 2 2007-07-09 — Dunkirk – Ghent (Belgium), 168.5 km The second stage marked the return of the Tour to the land of cycling, along the roads of the great Flanders classics: Tour of Flanders, Het Volk, etc. It was anticipated that the race should start to get more serious during this stage, with the wind and the risk of hitting the kerbs definitely playing an important role. It was fairly short at 168.5 km mi on in length and with no categorized climbs. right|thumb|The riders Marcel Sieberg, Rubén Pérez and Cédric Herve at the head of the second stage.Credit: Lieven Gekiere There was a breakaway during the stage by Marcel Sieberg, Cedric Herve and Rubén Pérez who shared the bonuses available at the three sprints: however, this never stretched beyond 6 minutes ahead of the peloton and they were caught some 3 km from the finish. Within the last 2 km, a LIQ 2007 rider fell sideways causing others to fall. Around 20 riders fell blocking the entire road and leaving approximately 30 riders to sprint for the victory, eventually taken by Gert Steegmans in his home country ahead of his compatriot and team-mate Tom Boonen, who took over the green jersey by coming second in the stage. right|thumb|Tom Boonen (blue outfit, centre) during the race.Credit: Lieven Gekiere Tour de France: Gert Steegmans wins stage 2 Stage 2 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Gert Steegmans BELQST 2007 3h 48' 22" 2Tom Boonen BELQST 2007 s.t. 3Filippo Pozzato ITALIQ 2007 s.t. 4Robert Hunter RSABAR 2007 s.t. 5Romain Feillu FRAAgritubel s.t. 6Robbie McEwen AUS 20px|alt=Green jerseySIL 2007 s.t. 7Erik Zabel GERMRM 2007 s.t. 8Heinrich Haussler GERGST s.t. 9Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007 s.t. 10Sébastien Chavanel FRAFDJ 2007 s.t.General classification after stage 2 RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 8h 36' 13" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 13" 3David Millar GBR 20px|alt=Polka-dot jerseyFUJ 2007+ 21" 4George Hincapie USADSC 2007+ 23" 5Bradley Wiggins GBRCOF 2007+ 23" 6Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 25" 7Tom Boonen BEL 20px|alt=Green jerseyQST 2007+ 26" 8Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 26" 9Thor Hushovd NORC.A+ 29" 10Alexander Vinokourov KAZAST 2007+ 30" Stage 3 2007-07-10 — Waregem (Belgium) – Compiègne, 236 km right|thumb|Fabian Cancellara in his yellow jersey and the peloton just after the start of the 3rd stage in Waregem, Belgium.Credit: Johan Vandamme right|thumb|200px|Fabian Cancellara winning the sprint of the 3rd stage of the 2007 Tour de France. Tour de France: Yellow jersey Cancellara surprises sprinters At 236 km mi on, this is the longest stage in this year's Tour. After Flanders, the peloton returned to France along some of the roads used for the Paris–Roubaix race, to finish in the town where that race starts. Nicolas Vogondy and Mathieu Ladagnous broke away from the field within the first 10 km, and were joined after 42 km by Stéphane Augé and Frederik Willems. By leading the breakaway group over the only classified climb of the day, the Cote de Blerancourt, Auge gained the polka dot shirt. The group was caught by race leader Fabian Cancellara, and by the rest of the peloton, some 500 meters from the finish. Cancellara held off the sprinters to win the stage and to gain time bonuses that extended his lead in the general classification. Stage 3 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 6h 36' 15" 2Erik Zabel GERMRM 2007 s.t. 3Danilo Napolitano ITALAM 2007 s.t. 4Tom Boonen BEL 20px|alt=Green jerseyQST 2007 s.t. 5Robert Hunter RSABAR 2007 s.t. 6Robert Förster GERGST s.t. 7Robbie McEwen AUSSIL 2007 s.t. 8Bernhard Eisel AUTTHR 2007a s.t. 9Mark Cavendish GBRTHR 2007a s.t. 10Heinrich Haussler GERGST s.t.General classification after stage 3 RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 15h 12' 08" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 33" 3David Millar GBRFUJ 2007+ 41" 4George Hincapie USADSC 2007+ 43" 5Bradley Wiggins GBRCOF 2007+ 43" 6Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 45" 7Tom Boonen BEL 20px|alt=Green jerseyQST 2007+ 46" 8Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 46" 9Thor Hushovd NORC.A+ 49" 10Mikel Astarloza ESPEUS 2007+ 49" Stage 4 2007-07-11 — Villers-Cotterêts – Joigny, 193 km This stage headed virtually due south, with four category 4 climbs, passing through the Champagne region and the plains of Brie, before crossing the valleys in the Yonne department along its 193 km mi on course. Injuries received in the race for points on the first hill, forced Xabier Zandio's immediate withdrawal, and caused Rémy Di Gregorio to finish almost 8 minutes behind the leaders and rendered him unfit to resume the race the next day. The main breakaway was initiated by Matthieu Sprick and he was joined by Sylvain Chavanel (whose time bonuses gained at intermediate sprints and hills lifted him into the top 10 in the general classification), Gorka Verdugo, Juan Antonio Flecha and Christian Knees; the lead over the peloton was never more than four minutes, and they were caught with just under 5 km remaining. In the first clean sprint of this year's race, Thor Hushovd won from Robert Hunter and earned time bonuses that moved him into second place overall. Stage 4 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Thor Hushovd NORC.A 4h 37' 47" 2Robert Hunter RSABAR 2007 s.t. 3Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007 s.t. 4Erik Zabel GERMRM 2007 s.t. 5Danilo Napolitano ITALAM 2007 s.t. 6Gert Steegmans BELQST 2007 s.t. 7Robert Förster GERGST s.t. 8Tom Boonen BEL 20px|alt=Green jerseyQST 2007 s.t. 9Sébastien Chavanel FRAFDJ 2007 s.t. 10Mark Cavendish GBRTHR 2007a s.t.General classification after stage 4 RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 19h 49' 55" 2Thor Hushovd NORC.A+ 29" 3Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 33" 4David Millar GBRFUJ 2007+ 41" 5George Hincapie USADSC 2007+ 43" 6Bradley Wiggins GBRCOF 2007+ 43" 7Sylvain Chavanel FRACOF 2007+ 44" 8Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 45" 9Tom Boonen BEL 20px|alt=Green jerseyQST 2007+ 46" 10Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 46" Stage 5 2007-07-12 — Chablis – Autun, 182.5 km The fifth stage featured eight climbs, including one Category 2 climb. Many of the sprinters lost contact with the peloton, but all of the major contenders finished together, apart from Alexander Vinokourov. Vinokourov crashed before the final climb, and ended up losing more than a minute to the rest of the field. The stage was won by Filippo Pozzato. Stage 5 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Filippo Pozzato ITALIQ 2007 4h 39' 01" 2Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007 s.t. 3Daniele Bennati ITALAM 2007 s.t. 4Kim Kirchen LUXTHR 2007a s.t. 5Erik Zabel GERMRM 2007 s.t. 6George Hincapie USADSC 2007 s.t. 7Cristian Moreni ITACOF 2007 s.t. 8Stefan Schumacher GERGST s.t. 9Bram Tankink NEDQST 2007 s.t. 10Jérôme Pineau FRABBO 2007 s.t.General classification after stage 5 RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 24h 28' 56" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 33" 3Filippo Pozzato ITALIQ 2007+ 35" 4David Millar GBRFUJ 2007+ 41" 5George Hincapie USADSC 2007+ 43" 6Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 45" 7Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 46" 8Mikel Astarloza ESPEUS 2007+ 49" 9Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2007+ 51" 10Benoît Vaugrenard FRAFDJ 2007+ 52" Stage 6 2007-07-13 — Semur-en-Auxois – Bourg-en-Bresse, 199.5 km This stage is relatively flat, with only two category 4 climbs, and was the last opportunity for the sprinters to shine before the race went into the mountains. On the 40th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson, COF 2007 rider Bradley Wiggins led from the two kilometre mark and at one stage was 18 minutes clear, but riding alone took its toll and with seven kilometres left he was reeled in. That left Tom Boonen to beat Óscar Freire and Erik Zabel in a sprint finish for his first Tour stage win in two years. After the stage Wiggins revealed his lone breakaway was a gift to his wife on her birthday, with Wiggins only finding out about the date's significance after the race.Decaluwé Brecht Wiggins' long day http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/tour07/news/?id=/news/2007/jul07/jul14news Cyclingnews.com Bath, UK 12 March 2013 12 July 2007 Stage 6 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Tom Boonen BELQST 2007 5h 20' 59" 2Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007 s.t. 3Erik Zabel GER 20px|alt=Green jerseyMRM 2007 s.t. 4Sébastien Chavanel FRAFDJ 2007 s.t. 5Thor Hushovd NORC.A s.t. 6Daniele Bennati ITALAM 2007 s.t. 7Robert Förster GERGST s.t. 8Robert Hunter RSABAR 2007 s.t. 9Romain Feillu FRAAgritubel s.t. 10Murilo Fischer BRALIQ 2007 s.t.General classification after stage 6 RankRiderTeamTime 1Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|alt=Yellow jerseySAX 2007 29h 49' 55" 2Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 33" 3Filippo Pozzato ITALIQ 2007+ 35" 4David Millar GBRFUJ 2007+ 41" 5George Hincapie USADSC 2007+ 43" 6Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2007+ 43" 7Vladimir Gusev RUS 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 45" 8Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 46" 9Erik Zabel GERMRM 2007+ 48" 10Mikel Astarloza ESPEUS 2007+ 49" Stage 7 2007-07-14 — Bourg-en-Bresse – Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5 km thumb|right|Stage 7 layout. This was the first mountain stage and the start of the real difficulties for many of the riders. The first kilometres, with three smaller climbs, were a gradual introduction for the riders, before they tackled the Alps and the first real mountain pass of the Tour, the Col de la Colombière (16 km at 6.7%), lying 15 kilometres from the finish line. Linus Gerdemann was in a 15-man break for much of the 197.5 km stage but the T-Mobile rider went it alone over the Col de la Colombière, finishing 40 seconds clear of Iñigo Landaluze, to take the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara. Injured race favourites Alexander Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden finished in a group 3'38" behind, as did fellow big names Cadel Evans, Alejandro Valverde and Levi Leipheimer. Stage 7 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Linus Gerdemann GERTHR 2007a 4h 53' 13" 2Iñigo Landaluze ESPEUS 2007+ 40" 3David de la Fuente ESPFUJ 2007+ 1' 39" 4Mauricio Soler COLBAR 2007+ 2' 14" 5Laurent Lefèvre FRABBO 2007+ 2' 21" 6Fabian Wegmann GERGST+ 3' 32" 7Juan Manuel Gárate ESPQST 2007+ 3' 38" 8Xavier Florencio ESPBBO 2007+ 3' 38" 9Christophe Moreau FRAALM 2007+ 3' 38" 10Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2007+ 3' 38"General classification after stage 7 RankRiderTeamTime 1Linus Gerdemann GER 20px|alt=Yellow jersey 20px|alt=White jerseyTHR 2007a 34h 43' 40" 2Iñigo Landaluze ESPEUS 2007+ 1' 24" 3David de la Fuente ESPFUJ 2007+ 2' 45" 4Laurent Lefèvre FRABBO 2007+ 2' 55" 5Mauricio Soler COLBAR 2007+ 3' 05" 6Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 3' 39" 7Vladimir Gusev RUSDSC 2007+ 3' 51" 8Vladimir Karpets RUSGCE 2007+ 3' 52" 9Mikel Astarloza ESPEUS 2007+ 3' 55" 10Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2007+ 3' 57" Stage 8 2007-07-15 — Le Grand-Bornand – Tignes, 165 km thumb|right|Stage 8 layout. This was the shortest road stage, but was very tough. The climbing started from the outset, with two small climbs in the first 25 km before, from 75 kilometres out, tackling the Cormet de Roselend (19 km at 6%), the Montée d'Hauteville – the start of the Col du Petit Saint-Bernard – and the climb up to Tignes (18 km at 5.5%) for a very difficult finish at a height of 2068 m. Denmark's Michael Rasmussen went it alone for victory in Tignes to secure the Tour de France Yellow jersey. Rasmussen, who began the day 39th overall, was part of a breakaway halfway through the 165 km eighth stage. He went solo on the last climb to finish two minutes and 47 seconds ahead of Iban Mayo and 5:04 clear of Linus Gerdemann, now second overall. Alexander Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden both lost 4:29 while Michael Rogers crashed out of the race. T-Mobile leader Rogers was in the same group as Rasmussen – and the race leader on the road – on the descent of the Cormet de Roselend when he hit a roadside barrier. He bravely carried on before being forced to pull up later with a dislocated shoulder. Levi Leipheimer sustained a ten-second penalty for slipstreaming behind his team car after sustaining a mechanical issue which necessitated a bike change. Had this not occurred, Leipheimer would have finished 2nd overall in the general classification, 2 seconds in front of Cadel Evans. Stage 8 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Michael Rasmussen DENRAB 2007 4h 49' 40" 2Iban Mayo ESPFUJ 2007+ 2' 47" 3Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2007+ 3' 12" 4Christophe Moreau FRAALM 2007+ 3' 13" 5Fränk Schleck LUXSAX 2007+ 3' 13" 6Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2007+ 3' 13" 7Andrey Kashechkin KAZAST 2007+ 3' 13" 8Alberto Contador ESPDSC 2007+ 3' 31" 9Denis Menchov RUSRAB 2007+ 3' 35" 10Carlos Sastre ESPSAX 2007+ 3' 35"General Classification After Stage 8 RankRiderTeamTime 1Michael Rasmussen DEN 20px|alt=Yellow jersey 20px|alt=Polka-dot jerseyRAB 2007 39h 37' 42" 2Linus Gerdemann GER 20px|alt=White jerseyTHR 2007a+ 43" 3Iban Mayo ESPFUJ 2007+ 2' 39" 4Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2007+ 2' 51" 5Andrey Kashechkin KAZAST 2007+ 2' 52" 6Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2007+ 2' 53" 7Christophe Moreau FRAALM 2007+ 3' 06" 8Alberto Contador ESPDSC 2007+ 3' 10" 9Fränk Schleck LUXSAX 2007+ 3' 14" 10Denis Menchov RUSRAB 2007+ 3' 19" Stage 9 2007-07-17 — Val-d'Isère – Briançon, 159.5 km thumb|right|Stage 9 layout. The riders made a cold start to the hors catégorie climb up to the Col de l'Iseran (15 km at 6%), followed by the Col du Télégraphe and the Col du Galibier (12 km at 6.7% and 17.5 km at 7%) with a 37 km downhill finish in Briançon. After joining with a breakaway, Colombian Mauricio Soler made a strong move over the Col du Télégraphe, and stayed away through the descent of the Col du Galibier to claim the first-ever Tour de France stage win for the wild-card BAR 2007 team. Speculation ensued after the race, as Alberto Contador had a flat tire while chasing Soler. Many believed that he would have caught Soler had this not happened. Stage 9 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Mauricio Soler COLBAR 2007 4h 14' 24" 2Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2007+ 38" 3Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2007+ 38" 4Alberto Contador ESPDSC 2007+ 40" 5Iban Mayo ESPFUJ 2007+ 42" 6Michael Rasmussen DEN 20px|alt=Yellow jerseyRAB 2007+ 42"DSQLevi Leipheimer USADSC 2007+ 42" 7Kim Kirchen LUXTHR 2007a+ 46" 8Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 46" 9Carlos Sastre ESPSAX 2007+ 46"General Classification After Stage 9 RankRiderTeamTime 1Michael Rasmussen DEN 20px|alt=Yellow jersey 20px|alt=Polka-dot jerseyRAB 2007 43h 52' 48" 2Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2007+ 2' 35" 3Iban Mayo ESPFUJ 2007+ 2' 39" 4Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2007+ 2' 41" 5Alberto Contador ESP 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 3' 08" 6Christophe Moreau FRAALM 2007+ 3' 18" 7Carlos Sastre ESPSAX 2007+ 3' 39" 8Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 3' 50" 9Levi Leipheimer USADSC 2007+ 3' 53" 10Kim Kirchen LUXTHR 2007a+ 5' 06" Stage 10 2007-07-18 — Tallard – Marseille, 229.5 km This was a long, mostly downhill stage finishing in Marseille. While most expected a group sprint, a five-man breakaway survived to the end, with Cédric Vasseur winning in the small sprint. Stage 10 result RankRiderTeamTime 1Cédric Vasseur FRAQST 2007 5h 20' 24" 2Sandy Casar FRAFDJ 2007 s.t. 3Michael Albasini SUILIQ 2007 s.t. 4Patrice Halgand FRAC.A s.t. 5Jens Voigt GERSAX 2007 s.t. 6Staf Scheirlinckx BELCOF 2007+ 36" 7Paolo Bossoni ITALAM 2007+ 36" 8Marcus Burghardt GERTHR 2007a+ 1' 01" 9Aleksandr Kuschynski BLRLIQ 2007+ 2' 34" 10Juan Antonio Flecha ESPRAB 2007+ 2' 34"General classification after stage 10 RankRiderTeamTime 1Michael Rasmussen DEN 20px|alt=Yellow jersey 20px|alt=Polka-dot jerseyRAB 2007 49h 23' 48" 2Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2007+ 2' 35" 3Iban Mayo ESPFUJ 2007+ 2' 39" 4Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2007+ 2' 41" 5Alberto Contador ESP 20px|alt=White jerseyDSC 2007+ 3' 08" 6Christophe Moreau FRAALM 2007+ 3' 18" 7Carlos Sastre ESPSAX 2007+ 3' 39" 8Andreas Klöden GERAST 2007+ 3' 50" 9Levi Leipheimer USADSC 2007+ 3' 53" 10Kim Kirchen LUXTHR 2007a+ 5' 06" References External links 2007 Tour de France 2007 Tour de France P 10 11 20 Stage 00 To Stage 10 Category:Tour de France stages