2007 tour de france

2007 Tour de France

94th edition: july 7 - july 29, 2007, results, map, stages with runnning gc, photos.

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Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8 | Rest Day 1 | Stage 9 | Stage 10 | Stage 11 | Stage 12 | Stage 13 | Stage 14 | Stage 15 | Rest Day 2 | Stage 16 | Stage 17 | Stage 18 | Stage 19 | Stage 20 |

Map of the 2007 Tour de France

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2007 Tour Quick Facts:

189 starters and 141 classified finishers.

3,569.9 km raced at an average speed of 39.226 km/hr

Alexandre Vinokourov of Astana and Cristian Moreni of Cofidis were positive for dope, causing their teams to withdraw.

Michael Rasmussen was leading the Tour but was forced to abandon when news surfaced that he had missed several out-of-competition drug tests.

With Rasmussen gone, the way was open for Contador to win the Tour.

The 31-second podium spread was the closest in Tour history.

• Alberto Contador (Discovery) 91hr 0min 26sec
• Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) @ 23sec
• Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) @ 31sec Disqualified
• Carlos Sastre (CSC) @ 7min 8sec
• Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) @ 8min 17sec
• Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 11min 37sec
• Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) @ 12min 18sec
• Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) @ 12min 25sec
• Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 14min 14sec
• Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 14min 25sec
• Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) @ 16min 51sec
• Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) @ 21min 15sec
• David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 21min 49sec
• Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 24min 15sec
• Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) @ 25min 19sec
• Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) @ 27min 9sec
• Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 31min 48sec
• Manuel Beltran (Liquigas) @ 24min 14sec
• Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) @ 27min 8sec
• Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval) @ 27min 14sec
• Juan Manuel Garate (Quck Step) @ 28min 16sec
• José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 45min 42sec
• Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 49min 34sec
• George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 54min 50sec
• Christian Vande Velde (CSC) @ 55min 50sec
• Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole) @ 56min 23sec
• Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r) @ 1hr 6min 30sec
• Jens Voigt (CSC) @ 1hr 8min 22sec
• Francisco Javier Vila (Lampre) @ 1hr 9min 37sec
• Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole)
• Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) @ 1hr 13min 27sec
• Kanstantisin Sivtsov (Barloworld) @ 1hr 15min 16sec
• Alexandre Botcharov (Credit agricole) @ 1hr 22min 25sec
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) @ 1hr 30min 12sec
• Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 1hr 30min 34sec
• Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) @ 1hr 30min 47sec
• Christopher Moreau (Ag2r) @ 1hr 33min 6sec
• Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) @ 1hr 33min 50sec
• Moises Duenas Nevado (Agritubel) @ 1hr 36min 33sec
• Bram Tankink (Quick Step) @ 1hr 36min 44sec
• Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) s.t.
• Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) @ 1hr 36min 46sec
• Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 36min 50sec
• Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r) @ 1hr 44min 54sec
• Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) @ 1hr 46min 25sec
• Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) @ 1hr 52min 19sec
• Christian Knees (Milram) @ 1hr 53min 23sec
• Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 53min 32sec
• David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) @ 1hr 54min 50sec
• Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 56min 15sec
• Iñigo Cuesta (CSC) @ 1hr 58min 45sec
• José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r) @ 2hr 0min 7sec
• Iker Camano (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 5min 17sec
• John Gadret (Ag2r) @ 2hr 6min 50sec
• Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step) @ 2hr 8min 14sec
• Dario David Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 10min 42sec
• Nicolas Portal (CAisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 15min 14sec
• Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 15min 17sec
• Michael Albasini (Liquigas) @ 2hr 18min 35sec
• Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 19min 36sec
• Egoi Martinez (Discovery) @ 2hr 20min 16sec
• Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) @ 2hr 21min 0sec
• Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 21min 57sec
• Thomas Lövkvist (FDJ) @ 2hr 22min 50sec
• Sergio Paulinho (Discovery) @ 2hr 23min 31sec
• Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 24min 34sec
• Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 2hr 24min 36sec
• Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 24min 59sec
• David Millar (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 32min 7sec
• Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 32min 58sec
• Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 2hr 33min 46sec
• Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 37min 25sec
• Frederik Willems (Liquigas) @ 2hr 37min 30sec
• Martin Elmiger (Ag2r) @ 2hr 37min 41sec
• Andriy Grivko (Milram) @ 2hr 41min 41sec
• Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) @ 2hr 39min 34sec
• Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 40min 59sec
• Erik Zabel (Milram) @ 2hr 42min 28sec
• Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) @ 2hr 44min 27sec
• Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 44min 39sec
• Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 50min 30sec
• Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) @ 2hr 50min 54sec
• Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 53min 42sec
• Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) @ 2hr 55min 58sec
• Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 2hr 56min 9sec
• Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 56min 30sec
• Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) @ 2hr 57min 5sec
• Aleksandr Kuchynski (Liquigas) @ 2hr 58min 46sec
• Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 59min 37sec
• José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 3hr 0min 38sec
• Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) @ 3hr 0min 50sec
• Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 7min 19sec
• Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) @ 3hr 9min 19sec
• Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) @ 3hr 9min 56sec
• Daniele Righi (Lampre) @ 3hr 10min 35sec
• Lilian Jégou (FDJ) @ 3hr 14min 11sec
• Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 14min 15sec
• Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld) @ 3hr 14min 19sec
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) @ 3hr 15min 48sec
• Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) @ 3hr 16min 8sec
• Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) @ 3hr 16min 58sec
• David Cañada (Saunier Duval) @ 3hr 17min 19sec
• Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) @ 3hr 18min 25sec
• Bert Grabswch (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 18min 58sec
• Félix Rafael Cardenas (Barloworld) s.t.
• Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 21min 57sec
• Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) @ 3hr 22min 14sec
• William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 22min 59sec
• Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto) @ 3hr 23min 2sec
• Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld) @ 3hr 23min 11sec
• Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ) @ 3hr 23min 17sec
• Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) @ 3hr 23min 42sec
• Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) @ 3hr 24min 2sec
• Benjamin Noval (Discovery) @ 3hr 24min 13sec
• Ralf Grabsch (Milram) @ 3hr 24min 35sec
• Mickael Delage (FDJ) @ 3hr 24min 46sec
• Robert Hunter (Barloworld) @ 3hr 26min 12sec
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step) @ 3hr 26min 19sec
• Marcel Sieberg (Milram) @ 3hr 26min 48sec
• Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 26min 57sec
• Alessandro Cortinovis (Milram) @ 3hr 27min 4sec
• Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) @ 3hr 27min 45sec
• Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) @ 3hr 27min 48sec
• Benoît Salmon (Agritubel) @ 3hr 28min 59sec
• Claudio Corioni (Lampre) @ 3hr 29min 26sec
• Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 29min 37sec
• Pieter Weening (Rabobank) @ 3hr 31min 49sec
• Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 32min 30sec
• Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ) @ 3hr 35min 25sec
• Enrico Poitschke (Milram) @ 3hr 35min 28sec
• Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 35min 37sec
• Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 36min 5sec
• Bram de Groot (Rabobank) 2 3hr 37min 46sec
• Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 40min 10sec
• Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 40min 44sec
• Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 40min 51sec
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) @ 3hr 41min 38sec
• Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 41min 57sec
• Geriant Thomas (Barloworld) @ 3hr 46min 51sec
• Wim Vansevenant (Predictor-Lotto) @ 3hr 52min 54sec
• Mauricio Soler (Barloworld): 206 points
• Alberto Contador (Discovery): 128
• Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery): 105
• Cadel EVans (Predictor-Lotto): 92
• Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom): 85
• Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step): 77
• Carlos Sastre (CSC): 74
• Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval): 68
• Levi Leipheimer (Discovery): 64
• Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel): 64
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step): 256 points
• Robert Hunter (Barloworld): 234
• Erik Zabel (Milram) 232
• Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole): 186
• Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ): 181
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre): 160
• Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner): 140
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC): 112
• Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto): 109
• Alberto Contador (Discovery): 88
• Alberto Contador (Discovery) 91hr 26sec
• Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Barloworld) @ 1hr 15min 16sec

Team Classification

• Discovery 273hr 12min 52sec
• CSC @ 19min 36sec
• Caisse d'Epargne @ 22min 10sec
• Rabobank @ 36min 24sec
• Euskaltel @ 46min 46sec
• Saunier Duval @ 1hr 44min 33sec
• Predictor-Lotto @ 1hr 50min 21sec
• Lampre @ 2hr 19min 41sec
• Credit Agricole @ 2hr 25min 44sec
• Ag2r @ 2hr 26min 8sec

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The stages and results with running GC:

Prologue: Saturday, July 7, London - London, 7.9 km

Stage 1: Sunday, July 8, London - Canterbury, 203 km

Stage 2: Monday, July 9, Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5 km

The Tour transfers to the continent for the start in Dunkirk, France.

Stage 3: Tuesday, July 10, Waregem - Compiègne, 236.5 km

Stage 4: Wednesday, July 11, Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193 km

Stage 5: Thursday, July 12, 184 km, Chablis - Autun, 182.5 km

The finish: Filippo Pozzato wins the stage. Cancellara is in that lead group so he stays in Yellow. Vinokourov comes in about 1 minute 17 seconds later.

4 km to go: On the start of a very scary-ass descent Vino has hooked up with the Tom Boonen group and is getting help.

10 kilometers to go: Unbelievable! Vinokourov is on the final climb. He has burned off all of his team and is chasing solo. He's within a minute of the field as he makes his way through the dropped riders. What a champion!

Flash: 8:00 AM, PDT: Alexandre Vinokourov has crashed with about 20 kilometers to go in the stage. 6 of his teammates (less Kloden) have dropped back to pace him back. The gap to the peloton is over 2 minutes and Vinokourov seems to be really hurt.

Stage 6: Friday, July 13, Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse, 199.5 km

Stage 7: Saturday, July 14, Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5 km

Results. It looks like all of the major GC contenders came in at 3min 38sec in the group led in by Garate:

Stage 8: Sunday, July 15, Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes, 165 km. Hilltop finish

Rest Day: Monday 16 July 2007, Tignes

Stage 9: Tuesday, July 17, Val-d'Isère - Briançon, 161 km.

Stage10: Wednesday, July 18, Tallard - Marseille, 229 km.

Stage 11: Thursday, July 19, Marseille - Montpellier, 182.5 km

Stage 12: Friday, July 20, 179 km, Montpellier - Castres, 178.5 km.

Stage 13: Saturday, July 21, Albi - Albi 54 km individual time trial

Stage 14: Sunday, July 22, Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille, 197 km

Stage 15: Monday, July 23: Foix - Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196 km.

Rest Day: Tuesday, July 24, Pau

Stage 16: Wednesday, July 25, Orthez - Gourette-Col d'Aubisque, 218.5 km. Hilltop finish.

Stage 17: Thursday, July 26, Pau - Castelsarrasin, 188.5 km

Stage 18: Friday, July 27, Cahors - Angoulême, 211 km

Stage 19: Saturday, July 28, Cognac - Angoulême 55.5 km individual time trial

Stage 20: Sunday, July 29, Marcoussis - Paris Champs-Élysées, 146 km.

Complete final 2007 Tour de France General Classification

Route details :

Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.

These 20 stages have the following profiles:

Distinctive aspects of the race:

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2007 Tour de France: results and classification

General classification of the 2007 tour de france, jerseys of the 2007 tour de france, stages of the 2007 tour de france.

Prologue (Londres - Londres, 7.9 km)

Stage 1 (Londres - Canterbury, 203 km)

Stage 2 (Dunkerque - Gand, 168.5 km)

Stage 3 (Waregem - Compiègne, 236.5 km)

Stage 4 (Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193 km)

Stage 5 (Chablis - Autun, 182.5 km)

Stage 6 (Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse, 199.5 km)

Stage 7 (Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5 km)

Stage 8 (Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes, 165 km)

Stage 9 (Val-d'Isère - Briançon, 159.5 km)

Stage 10 (Tallard - Marseille, 229.5 km)

Stage 11 (Marseille - Montpellier, 182.5 km)

Stage 12 (Montpellier - Castres, 178.5 km)

Stage 13 (Albi - Albi, 54 km in Individual Time Trial)

Stage 14 (Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille, 197 km)

Stage 15 (Foix - Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196 km)

Stage 16 (Orthez - Gourette-Col d'Aubisque, 218.5 km)

Stage 17 (Pau - Castelsarrasin, 188.5 km)

Stage 18 (Cahors - Angoulême, 211 km)

Stage 19 (Cognac - Angoulême, 55.5 km in Individual Time Trial)

Stage 20 (Marcourssis - Paris/Champs Élysées, 146 km)

• Championship and cup winners
• Club honours
• World Cup: results of all matches
• Winners of the most important cycling races
• Tour de France winners (yellow jersey)
• Best sprinters (green jersey)
• Best climbers (polka dot jersey)
• Best young riders (white jersey)
• Tour de France: Stage winners
• Australian Open: Men's singles
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• Australian Open: Men's doubles
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• French Open: Men's singles
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• French Open: Men's doubles
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• US Open: Men's singles
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• US Open: Men's doubles
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• Wimbledon: Men's singles
• Wimbledon: Women's singles
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Tour de France

Grand tour, 7th -29th july 2007, france.

16th July | Rest day -

24th July | Rest day -

McEwen's Canterbury Tale: Robbie's Unbelievable Win

As Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal fought it out in the Men's Final at Wimbledon and Kimi Raikonnen...

As Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal fought it out in the Men's Final at Wimbledon and Kimi Raikonnen captured the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, it was Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) who had the most dramatic win of the moment. The Australian sprung for an incredible sprint victory in Canterbury, beating archrivals Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) by over a bike length on the finishing straight on Rheims Way.

"I crashed with about 20 kilometres to go and landed on my knee and wrist," explained a still incredulous McEwen post-stage, "but my teammates waited for me. It was very hard to get back to the peloton and I was thinking 'it's finished' because when you crash and hurt yourself it's not good, but I stayed concentrated. I found the energy through the fear and frustration because I had crashed on the first stage of the Tour, but I realized I had nothing to lose. My goal at the Tour was to win one stage and I've done that, but I hope my injuries aren't too bad tomorrow."

With a shake of his head, as if he couldn't believe he had won the stage, McEwen embraced his teammates Mario Aerts and Dario Cioni post stage, who had brought the 35 year-old sprinter back from the brink. For the first time in his career, the Gold Coaster took the win in the first stage of the Tour de France to make it an even dozen of Tour career stage wins.

Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara had a quiet day ensconced in the peloton today as stage 1 traversed the County of Kent on the road to Canterbury. "My team controlled the race very today and it so was great to spend the day in the Maillot Jaune . That is always fantastic, maybe the best thing in cycling."

After a cruise through the streets of London on the neutral zone, Saunier Duval's speedy Scot David Millar made an early, audacious counterattack in east London suburb of Woolwich and then got away solo, with four riders pursuing him, including Augé (Cofidis), Bichot (Agritubel), Grivko (Milram) and Kuschynski (Liquigas) while Maillot Jaune Cancellara's CSC machine kept tempo behind.

Millar was looking to get as many points on the road as he could, eventually collecting enough time bonuses and climbing points to take over the Maillot Pois of best climber as well as move past Discovery Channel's George Hincapie into third on GC and is now 21" out of the race lead.

Millar explained post-state to Ben Atkins, Cyclingnews UK editor that "I just tried to kind of be in the race today, so this is a total bonus. I just attacked because I was kind of in a dark angry mood this morning, so I wanted to do something."

"I remember in '94 when I came to the Tour when I was a kid," Millar continue. "I queued up in Brighton at the barriers for like four hours for the race to come through and then the two riders came through and ten minutes later Boardman had attacked off the front. I remember that made my whole day, seeing Boardman off the front. And so, I thought today, 'you know what, I'm just going to go on a suicide mission,' and it ended up being productive, which is a real bonus."

Millar well articulated his feelings about racing in England this weekend, "I just wanted to say 'thank you' to everyone, it's just been such an opportunity, it was the one opportunity in my life to do that. It's been amazing, there were flags and my name painted out and everyone was just cheering my name, it was nice to hear 'David' being shouted out in an English accent and not 'Davide, Davide.' It was the first time I've had 'David, David' the whole road, so that was great, it was just like wonderful, it's a big 'thank you' to everyone for coming out and supporting us. It was a good day. The crowd was huge, insane. Everywhere we went people were supporting us racing."

McEwen's Predictor-Lotto teammate Chris Horner gave major props to his Aussie teammate McEwen, telling Shane Stokes of Cyclingnews that "[Robbie] had Fred Rodriguez and Leif Hoste looking after him all the way into the finish and you can't ask for two better wheels than that. So nothing surprises me with Robbie when he sees the finish line. I have seen him when he is absolutely terrible, when he says 'don't do anything for me, I am bad,' and then he pulls out the win anyway."

Young British sprinter Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) was touted as a possibility for the stage but he crashed into a spectator with 21 kilometres to go in Farthing Common at the base of the final KOM. His team director Brian Holm explained, "He ran into someone and was half-fighting with the man he ran into on the street. I don't know exactly what happened. Then his handlebars were damaged so we had to move up and change his bike again.

"For some reason the race commissaries made a barrage. Normally with a crash like that you let the cars go so he can go between the cars, but what the bloody commissar did today was a very strange situation."

Cavendish eventually finished third from last on the stage, 2'45" behind McEwen. Just a handful of seconds before Cavendish, US TT champ Dave Zabriskie (CSC) crossed the finish line in 184th, 2'27" back as the American dropped off the pace in the final kilometres after his hard tempo work on the front today for his teammate Cancellara. Eduardo Gonzalo of Agritubel injured his right shoulder after 67 kilometres in Maidstone and crashed out of Le Tour, so 188 riders will start tomorrow as the Tour returns to France.

How it unfolded

All 189 riders gathered in London under sunny skies and mild temperatures for the start of stage one. After a parade lap through the historic centre of London, the riders halted briefly on the Tower Bridge for a short stage opening ceremony, and after London mayor Kevin Livingstone cut the tape and dropped the flag, the riders headed out for an additional neutral section before starting the 203 kilometre stage to Canterbury.

Just as soon as the riders reached kilometre zero, the French teams of Agritubel and Française des Jeux started the aggression, but it was Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) and Andrey Grivko (Team Milram) who made the first breakaway.

Their move didn't last long, and was quickly countered by Saunier Duval's David Millar, who established the definitive breakaway of the stage inside the first 10 kilometres. Millar forged ahead solo for 40 kilometres, keeping a gap of a minute or more on a chase group of Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Andrey Grivko (Team Milram) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis).

Millar mopped up the first time bonus along the route in the town of Gillingham before his team finally advised him to wait for the chasers. Grivko and Kuschynski took second and third in the sprint, and the break became five just past the 50-kilometre mark.

With the break working smoothly together, the peloton sat back and was content to have a relaxing day in the saddle. All along the route, massive, enthusiastic crowds lined the roads to watch the Tour come past for the first time since 1994.

In the second sprint at Wateringbury, the breakaway, which had extended its lead to five minutes, rolled through with Millar taking the maximum time bonus ahead of Grivko and Kuschynski.

The calm atmosphere in the peloton didn't prevent a few mishaps along the way. Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel) was the first rider to abandon at kilometre 79 after he crashed through the rear window of the Caisse d'Epargne team car. He broke his collarbone in the incident, but can take solace in the fact that he wasn't the first to have that experience - both Davis Phinney and Jan Ullrich have done the same. The Caisse d'Epargne team director was apologetic after the stage, telling French television that he the car in front of him stopped suddenly and there was nothing he could have done to prevent the accident.

The battle for the polka dot climber's jersey was more heated than the intermediate sprints. At the first KOM in Southborough at kilometre 94.5, Millar had to put in a solid sprint on the category four hill to get the points ahead of Grivko and Kuschynski. At the second category four climb in Goudhurst, Kuschynski tried to surprise his companions, but went too soon and was caught and passed by Bichot and Augé at the top.

With the break now at kilometre 121, the peloton was starting to get restless. Quickstep's Cédric Vasseur and a Crédit Agricole rider took over from the CSC train, which had been setting tempo all afternoon, and the gap to the breakaway started to fall quickly. After Predictor-Lotto sent Wim Vansevenant to the front with another teammate, the leaders' advantage fell down below the three-minute mark by the third intermediate sprint in Tenterden at kilometre 140.5.

The intermediate sprint was a hard-fought battle between Kuschynski, Bichot and Grivko who crossed the line in that order. As the chase gathered its fury, the peloton suffered a string of mishaps: first Oscar Freire flatted with 60 kilometres to go, then a crash involving Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel), Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) and Brett Lancaster (Milram) in the town of Bethersden with 53 kilometres to go.

As the peloton drew ever nearer, Freddy Bichot decided to attack, and was followed by Augé and Kuschynski who were trying to dislodge Grivko, who they felt wasn't doing his fair share. Not willing to pull Grivko back on, Millar gave up and the pair was caught with 44 kilometres remaining.

With Millar back in the fold, Saunier Duval came to the fore and brought the trio up front within a minute of their grasp. Still, the problems persisted in the peloton, and Leif Hoste and Levi Leipheimer both suffered flats as the chase was at full steam. Both made it back safely into the bunch.

The lead for Kuschynski, Bichot and Augé was down to 17 seconds when Augé decided it was time to go it alone. Interested in the red and white spotted climber's jersey, he attacked with 26 kilometres to go, six kilometres before the KOM. Fortunately, for him, but unfortunate for the riders involved, a large crash in the peloton disrupted the chase with 23 kilometres to go.

The crash, which took out sprint hot-favourite Robbie McEwen also delayed more than 20 other riders. Most of the Predictor-Lotto squad came back for McEwen, but that did not help T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish, who had to stop twice for a bike change. The Manxman would never make it back to the bunch despite constant encouragement (but no teammates to help) from his directeur sportif.

Augé succeeded in taking the last KOM in Farthing Common, while Saunier Duval's Davids - Millar and de la Fuente - took second and third while leading the chase behind. Just over the top, Augé gave up the ghost and Saunier Duval let Quickstep take over the work at the front.

Aided by Lampre, Quickstep took control but never succeeded in setting up the blistering pace of the typical Tour de France sprint finish. CSC kept Cancellara safe up front, but took a back seat to a decidedly unhurried run in to Canterbury. With eight kilometres to go, McEwen's group was still 18" behind the group of the yellow jersey, and the sprint looked to be a sure thing for Tom Boonen.

As Matteo Tosatto and Gert Steegmans provided Boonen his final lead-out with one kilometre to go, Milram was able to overtake their train on the left side of the road while trying to deliver Erik Zabel to the front. But in a quick succession of left and right-hand bends, Milram lost their grip and were surprised by an early sprint from Barloworld's Robert Hunter.

The South African launched himself away from the charging pack, but couldn't sustain his speed. With Discovery's Tomas Vaitkus on his wheel, Hunter faded, and Française Des Jeux's Sébastien Chavanel hit the gas on the right, while Thor Hushovd and Tom Boonen chose the middle of the road to make their kick in the last 200 metres.

But nobody expected the appearance of Robbie McEwen, who shot like a rocket past Francisco Ventoso, and came from 10th wheel to explode to the stage win ahead of Hushovd and Boonen. McEwen, his leg dripping with blood, won his 12th Tour de France stage with so much speed the rest of the sprinters looked as if they were standing still.

Stage 2 - Monday, July 9: Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5km

Monday sees the second stage of Le Tour returning to Europe and it passes into Belgium across the mythical roads of Belgian Classics like the Tour of Flanders, Het Volk and Gent-Wevelgem. Echelons and crashes could play a part in this nervous stage and the strong wind off the North Sea will undoubtedly be present. 'Tommeke' Boonen will be looking for a big win in front of the home crowd in Gent.

Sprints: Km 46: Boezinge (Belgium) Km 87: Westende (Belgium) Km 140: Aarsele (Belgium)

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Sprint | Mauleon-Licharre (37.8 km)

Sprint | laruns (201.2 km), finishline points, mountain sprint | port de larrau (80.8 km), mountain sprint | alto de laza (94.5 km), mountain sprint | col de la pierre saint-martin (132.8 km), mountain sprint | col du marie blanque (182.7 km), mountain sprint | col d'aubisque (218km), team day classification, race information.

• Date: 25 July 2007
• Start time: -
• Avg. speed winner: 34.2 km/h
• Classification: 2.PT
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 218.5 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 453
• Vertical meters: 6031
• Departure: Orthez
• Arrival: Gourette - Col d'Aubisque
• Race ranking: n/a
• Startlist quality score: 1612
• Won how: 1 km solo
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