2007 Tour de France

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2007 Tour de France
2007 UCI ProTour, race 17 of 26
Route of the 2007 Tour de France.png
Route of the 2007 Tour de France
Race details
Dates7–29 July 2007
Stages20 + Prologue
Distance3,570 km (2,218 mi)
Winning time91h 00' 26"
Results
Jersey yellow.svg WinnerFlag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) (Discovery Channel)
  SecondFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) (Predictor–Lotto)
  Third Levi Leipheimer none

Jersey green.svg PointsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) (Quick-Step–Innergetic)
Jersey polkadot.svg MountainsFlag of Colombia.svg  Mauricio Soler  (COL) (Barloworld)
Jersey white.svg YouthFlag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) (Discovery Channel)
Jersey red number.svg CombativityFlag of Spain.svg  Amets Txurruka  (ESP) (Euskaltel–Euskadi)
Jersey yellow number.svg Team Discovery Channel
  2006
2008  

The 2007 Tour de France the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 to 29 July. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador. [1]

Contents

The Tour was marked by doping controversies, with three riders and two teams withdrawn during the race following positive doping tests, including pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov and his Astana team. Following Stage 16, the leader of the general classification, Michael Rasmussen, was removed from the Tour by his Rabobank team, who accused him of lying about the reasons for missing several drug tests earlier in the year.

The points classification, indicated by the green jersey, was won for the first time by Tom Boonen, who had failed to complete the previous two Tours after leading the points classification at times during each. The mountains classification, indicated by the polkadot jersey, was won by Mauricio Soler in his first Tour appearance.

The general classification, indicated by the yellow jersey, was closely contested until the final time trial on stage 19. The top three riders, Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey as the leader, Cadel Evans in second, and Levi Leipheimer in third, were separated by only 2:49, with both Evans and Leipheimer recognized as far superior time trialists to Contador. In the end, each rider held his place after the final time trial, but with considerably slimmer margins, as the Tour ended with the smallest-ever spread of only 31 seconds among the top three riders. Alberto Contador also won the young rider classification, indicated by the white jersey, as the best young (under age 25) rider.

Teams

Geraint Thomas of Barloworld at the teams presentation in Trafalgar Square, London Geraint Thomas.jpg
Geraint Thomas of Barloworld at the teams presentation in Trafalgar Square, London

A total of 21 teams were invited to the 2007 Tour de France. [2] Each team sent a total of nine riders to participate in the Tour, which brought the starting total of the peloton to 189 riders. [3] The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place at Trafalgar Square in London, the day before the opening prologue held in the city. [4]

The teams entering the race were: [5]

UCI ProTour teams

Invited teams

Pre-race favourites

After the retirement of seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and with Ivan Basso and Floyd Landis not entering the Tour, the bookmakers' favourite to win the 2007 Tour de France was Alexander Vinokourov, who was unable to start in 2006 due to lack of team members, but did win the 2006 Vuelta a España. The main challengers were expected to be the 2006 Tour de France second-place finisher Andreas Klöden; and Alejandro Valverde, who dropped out of the 2006 Tour de France after a crash, but came second to Vinokourov in the 2006 Vuelta a España.

Route and stages

The organisers of the Tour and London mayor Ken Livingstone announced on 24 January 2006 that the start of the Tour would take place in London. Livingstone noted the two stages would commemorate the victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, saying "Having the Grand Départ on the seventh of July will broadcast to the world that terrorism does not shake our city."

The routes for the Prologue in London and the first full stage through Kent, finishing in Canterbury, were announced on 9 February 2006 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. This was the first time the Grand Départ was in the United Kingdom and the third time the Tour visited the United Kingdom, including Plymouth in 1974 and two stages in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire in 1994.

Tour director Christian Prudhomme unveiled the 2007 route in Paris on 26 October 2006. [6] In total, the route covered 3,570 km (2,218 mi). [7] The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,770 m (9,090 ft) at the summit of the Col de l'Iseran mountain pass on stage 9. [8] [9]

Stage characteristics and winners [10] [11] [12]
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner
P 7 JulyLondon (United Kingdom)7.9 km (5 mi)Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)
1 8 JulyLondon (United Kingdom) to Canterbury (United Kingdom)203 km (126 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Robbie McEwen  (AUS)
2 9 July Dunkirk to Ghent (Belgium)168.5 km (105 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gert Steegmans  (BEL)
3 10 July Waregem (Belgium) – Compiègne 236.5 km (147 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)
4 11 July Villers-Cotterêts to Joigny 193 km (120 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of Norway.svg  Thor Hushovd  (NOR)
5 12 July Chablis to Autun 182.5 km (113 mi)Mediummountainstage.svgIntermediate stageFlag of Italy.svg  Filippo Pozzato  (ITA)
6 13 July Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse 199.5 km (124 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)
7 14 July Bourg-en-Bresse to Le Grand-Bornand 197.5 km (123 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Germany.svg  Linus Gerdemann  (GER)
8 15 July Le Grand-Bornand to Tignes 165 km (103 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Denmark.svg  Michael Rasmussen  (DEN)
16 July Tignes Rest day
9 17 July Val-d'Isère to Briançon 159.5 km (99 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Colombia.svg  Mauricio Soler  (COL)
10 18 July Tallard to Marseille 229.5 km (143 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of France.svg  Cédric Vasseur  (FRA)
11 19 July Marseille to Montpellier 182.5 km (113 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of South Africa.svg  Robert Hunter  (RSA)
12 20 July Montpellier to Castres 178.5 km (111 mi)Mediummountainstage.svgIntermediate stageFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)
13 21 July Albi 54 km (34 mi)Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) [lower-alpha 1]
14 22 July Mazamet to Plateau-de-Beille 197 km (122 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP)
15 23 July Foix to Loudenvielle 196 km (122 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Kim Kirchen  (LUX) [lower-alpha 1]
24 July Pau Rest day
16 25 July Orthez to GouretteCol d'Aubisque 218.5 km (136 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Denmark.svg  Michael Rasmussen  (DEN)
17 26 July Pau to Castelsarrasin 188.5 km (117 mi)Mediummountainstage.svgIntermediate stageFlag of Italy.svg  Daniele Bennati  (ITA)
18 27 July Cahors to Angoulême 211 km (131 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of France.svg  Sandy Casar  (FRA)
19 28 July Cognac to Angoulême 55.5 km (34 mi)Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA)
20 29 July Marcoussis to Paris (Champs-Élysées)146 km (91 mi)Plainstage.svgPlain stageFlag of Italy.svg  Daniele Bennati  (ITA)
Total3,570 km (2,218 mi)

Race overview

Doping cases

The first scandal arrived when it was made public on 18 July that rider Patrik Sinkewitz from the T-Mobile Team had tested positive one month before the Tour started. Sinkewitz had already withdrawn from the race having incurred an injury during the 8th stage. The scandal was big enough to prompt German TV broadcasters ZDF and ARD to drop their coverage. [14]

The Tour was dealt a major blow when the first-place Astana team withdrew from the race on 24 July 2007, after team member and pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov from Kazakhstan tested positive for an illegal blood transfusion. [15] Vinokourov's teammates Andreas Klöden and Andrey Kashechkin were in 5th and 7th place respectively at the time.

At the start of the 16th stage on 25 July, some teams made a protest against the laxness of the official attitude to doping in the race. [16] After the stage, race officials announced that Cofidis team member Cristian Moreni of Italy had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, and the Cofidis team withdrew from the race.

Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo tested positive for EPO on the second rest day of the Tour, on 24 July. [17]

French prosecutors wanted to start a legal case against Vinokourov, Mayo and Moreni, and requested the UCI to hand over the doping samples. The UCI refused to give them, and in May 2011 the investigation was stopped. [18]

Other incidents

German cyclist Marcus Burghardt collided with a Labrador Retriever during Stage 9. The bike struck the dog on its backside, which buckled the front wheel and threw Burghardt over the handlebars onto the road. [19] [20]

A second incident involving a dog occurred on Stage 18. Sandy Casar and Frederik Willems were in a four-man break when Casar collided with a dog running across the road, causing both him and Willems to fall. Casar was able to rejoin the break with the help of Axel Merckx despite receiving road rash on his right buttock, while Willems returned to the peloton. Casar went on to win the stage. [21] [22]

After Stage 16, overall leader Michael Rasmussen was fired by his team, Rabobank, for violating team rules after he told the team that he was in Mexico with his wife in June, then being sighted training in Italy by Italian journalist Davide Cassani. [23] Rasmussen disputed this claim, maintaining that he was in Mexico. Thus, at the start of stage 17 there was no holder of the yellow jersey. Afterward the lead and the jersey were transferred to Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador. [24] Rasmussen later in 2013 confessed to doping from 1998 to 2010, including at the 2007 Tour de France. [25]

Classification leadership and minor prizes

There were four main classifications contested in the 2007 Tour de France, [26] with the most important being the general classification. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification was considered the winner of the Tour. [27] There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour. [28]

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awards a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists get points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points led the classification, and is identified with a green jersey. [29]

There was also a mountains classification. The organization categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie , first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reach the top of these climbs, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points led the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots. [30]

The fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, marked by the white jersey. This classification was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1987. [31]

For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team is the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow numbers. [32]

The super-combativity award was given to Amets Txurruka. [33] The Souvenir Henri Desgrange given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 9. This prize was won by Mauricio Soler. [34]

Classification leadership by stage [35] [36]
StageWinner General classification
Jersey yellow.svg
Points classification
Jersey green.svg
Mountains classification
Jersey polkadot.svg
Young rider classification
Jersey white.svg
Team classification
Jersey yellow number.svg
Combativity award
Jersey red number.svg
P Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara no award Vladimir Gusev Astana no award
1 Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen David Millar Stéphane Augé
2 Gert Steegmans Tom Boonen Marcel Sieberg
3 Fabian Cancellara Stéphane Augé Mathieu Ladagnous
4 Thor Hushovd Matthieu Sprick
5 Filippo Pozzato Erik Zabel Sylvain Chavanel Team CSC Sylvain Chavanel
6 Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Bradley Wiggins
7 Linus Gerdemann Linus Gerdemann Linus Gerdemann T-Mobile Team Linus Gerdemann
8 Michael Rasmussen Michael Rasmussen Michael Rasmussen Rabobank Michael Rasmussen
9 Mauricio Soler Alberto Contador Caisse d'Epargne Yaroslav Popovych
10 Cédric Vasseur Team CSC Patrice Halgand
11 Robert Hunter Benoît Vaugrenard
12 Tom Boonen Amets Txurruka
13 Cadel Evans [lower-alpha 1] Astana no award
14 Alberto Contador Discovery Channel Antonio Colom
15 Kim Kirchen [lower-alpha 1] Astana Alexander Vinokourov
16 Michael Rasmussen Mauricio Soler Discovery Channel Mauricio Soler
17 Daniele Bennati Alberto Contador Jens Voigt
18 Sandy Casar Sandy Casar
19 Levi Leipheimer no award
20 Daniele Bennati Freddy Bichot
Final Alberto Contador Tom Boonen Mauricio Soler Alberto Contador Discovery Channel Amets Txurruka

Final standings

Legend
Jersey yellow.svg Denotes the winner of the general classification Jersey green.svg Denotes the winner of the points classification
Jersey polkadot.svg Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Jersey white.svg Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
Jersey yellow number.svg Denotes the winner of the team classification Jersey red number.svg Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10) [37]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey yellow number.svg Discovery Channel 91h 00' 26"
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) Predictor–Lotto + 23"
DSQFlag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA) Discovery Channel Jersey yellow number.svg + 31"
4Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Sastre  (ESP) Team CSC + 7' 08"
5Flag of Spain.svg  Haimar Zubeldia  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 8' 17"
6Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 11' 37"
7Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Kim Kirchen  (LUX) T-Mobile Team + 12' 18"
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslav Popovych  (UKR) Discovery Channel Jersey yellow number.svg + 12' 25"
9Flag of Spain.svg  Mikel Astarloza  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 14' 14"
10Flag of Spain.svg  Óscar Pereiro  (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 14' 25"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) [38]
RankRiderTeamPoints
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Jersey green.svg Quick-Step–Innergetic 256
2Flag of South Africa.svg  Robert Hunter  (RSA) Barloworld 234
3Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Zabel  (GER) Team Milram 232
4Flag of Norway.svg  Thor Hushovd  (NOR) Crédit Agricole 186
5Flag of France.svg  Sébastien Chavanel  (FRA) Française des Jeux 181
6Flag of Italy.svg  Daniele Bennati  (ITA) Lampre–Fondital 160
7Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Förster  (GER) Gerolsteiner 140
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI) Team CSC 112
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) Predictor–Lotto 109
10Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey yellow number.svg Discovery Channel 88

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) [38]
RankRiderTeamPoints
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Mauricio Soler  (COL) Jersey polkadot.svg Barloworld 206
2Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey yellow number.svg Discovery Channel 128
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslav Popovych  (UKR) Discovery Channel 105
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) Predictor–Lotto 92
5Flag of France.svg  Laurent Lefèvre  (FRA) Bouygues Télécom 85
6Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Manuel Gárate  (ESP) Quick-Step–Innergetic 77
7Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Sastre  (ESP) Team CSC 74
8Flag of Spain.svg  Juan José Cobo  (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir 68
DSQFlag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA) Discovery Channel 64
10Flag of Spain.svg  Haimar Zubeldia  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 64

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10) [38]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Jersey yellow number.svg Discovery Channel 91h 00' 26"
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Mauricio Soler  (COL) Jersey polkadot.svg Barloworld + 16' 51"
3Flag of Spain.svg  Amets Txurruka  (ESP) Jersey red number.svg Euskaltel–Euskadi + 49' 34"
4Flag of Austria.svg  Bernhard Kohl  (AUT) Gerolsteiner + 1h 13' 27"
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Kanstantsin Sivtsov  (BLR) Barloworld + 1h 15' 16"
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thomas Dekker  (NED) Rabobank + 1h 30' 34"
7Flag of Germany.svg  Linus Gerdemann  (GER) T-Mobile Team + 1h 30' 47"
8Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Gusev  (RUS) Discovery Channel + 1h 33' 50"
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Thomas Lövkvist  (SWE) Française des Jeux + 2h 22' 50"
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Hrivko  (UKR) Team Milram + 2h 41' 41"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10) [39]
RankTeamTime
1 Discovery Channel Jersey yellow number.svg 273h 12' 52"
2 Caisse d'Epargne + 19' 36"
3 Team CSC + 22' 10"
4 Rabobank + 36' 24"
5 Euskaltel–Euskadi + 46' 46"
6 Saunier Duval–Prodir + 1h 44' 33"
7 Predictor–Lotto + 1h 50' 21"
8 Lampre–Fondital + 2h 19' 41"
9 Crédit Agricole + 2h 25' 44"
10 AG2R Prévoyance + 2h 26' 08"

UCI ProTour rankings

Riders in the UCI ProTour (therefore not members of the wildcard entries Barloworld or Agritubel) are awarded UCI ProTour points for their performance in the Tour de France. The winner of a stage receives 10 points, second receives 5 points and third 3 points. UCI ProTour points are also awarded for high places in the final classification, with 100 points for the overall winner. [40]

UCI ProTour rankings (1–10)
RankRiderTeamPoints
1Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP) Jersey yellow.svg Jersey white.svg Discovery Channel 113
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) Predictor–Lotto 88
DSQFlag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA) Discovery Channel 75
4Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Sastre  (ESP) Team CSC 55
5Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 53
5Flag of Spain.svg  Haimar Zubeldia  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 53
7Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Kim Kirchen  (LUX) T-Mobile Team 45
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslav Popovych  (UKR) Discovery Channel 35
9Flag of Spain.svg  Mikel Astarloza  (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 30
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Jersey green.svg Quick-Step–Innergetic 28

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Alexander Vinokourov tested positive for an illegal blood transfusion after stage 15. Kim Kirchen was declared the winner of stage 15 on 29 April 2008. Vinokourov's stage 13 time trial win was given to Cadel Evans. [13]

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The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 22 June and 14 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,504 km (2,799 mi). Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two-part stages with the first half being a regular stage and the second half being a team or individual time trial. It was the only Tour de France to include a mid-stage climb to the Alpe d'Huez ski resort. The race was eventually won by Jacques Anquetil following an epic shoulder-to-shoulder battle with Raymond Poulidor during stage 20.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doping at the 2007 Tour de France</span>

The 2007 Tour de France was affected by a series of scandals and speculations related to doping. By the end of the Tour, two cyclists were dismissed for failing tests and the wearer of the yellow jersey was voluntarily retired by his team for lying about his whereabouts and missing doping tests. A fourth rider was confirmed to having used doping while in a training session prior to the 2007 Tour and a fifth rider failed tests late in the race, with his result being officially announced just after the end of the Tour. During the competition, two teams were asked to withdraw after at least one member was found to have doped.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Tour de France</span> Cycling race

The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco. The race visited six countries: Monaco, France, Spain, Andorra, Switzerland and Italy, and finished on 26 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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