CyclingRevealed's First Impressions '08
Below our pictorial review of the Tour de France provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action. Simply click on the stage winner pictures below.
Race Leaders:
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Stage 3 Feillu |
Stage 4-5 Schumacher |
Stage 6-9 Kirchen |
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Stage 15-16 F. Schleck |
Stage 17-21 Sastre |
Sastre in Paris |
Race Leaders ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )
Stage Winners Prologue to 10: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]
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Stage 1 Valverde |
Stage 2 Hushovd |
Stage 3 Dumoulin |
Stage 4 Schumacher |
Stage 5 Cavendish |
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Stage 6 Ricco |
Stage 7 Sanchez |
Stage 8 Cavendish |
Stage 9 Ricco |
Stage 10 Piepoli |
Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-10 ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )
Rest Day 1 Feature: Low Expectations, Awesome Racing
Standings after Stage 10:
1 |
Cadel Evans |
AUS |
SIL |
42h29'09" |
2 |
Frank Schleck |
LUX |
CSC |
+01" |
3 |
Christian Vander Velde |
USA |
TSL |
+38" |
4 |
Bernard Kohl |
AUT |
GST |
+46" |
5 |
Denis Menchov |
RUS |
RAB |
+57" |
6 |
Carlos Sastre |
SPA |
CSC |
+1'28" |
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Kim Kirchen |
LUX |
THR |
+1'56" |
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Juan Jose Cobo |
SPA |
SDV |
+2'10" |
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Riccardo Ricco |
ITA |
SDV |
+2'29" |
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Vladimir Efimkin |
RUS |
AGR |
+2'32" |
Stage Winners 11 to 15: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]
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Stage 11 Arvesen |
Stage 12 Cavendish |
Stage 13 Cavendish |
Stage 14 Freire |
Stage 15 Gerrans |
Click on the picture for each story Stg 11-15 ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )
Rest Day 2 Feature: A Great Tour
Standings after Stage 15:
1 |
Frank Schleck |
LUX |
CSC |
63h57'21" |
2 |
Bernard Kohl |
AUT |
GST |
+07" |
3 |
Cadel Evans |
AUS |
SIL |
+08" |
4 |
Christian Vander Velde |
USA |
TSL |
+38" |
5 |
Denis Menchov |
RUS |
RAB |
+39" |
6 |
Carlos Sastre |
SPA |
CSC |
+49" |
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Kim Kirchen |
LUX |
THR |
+2'48" |
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Vladimir Efimkin |
RUS |
AGR |
+3'36" |
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Alessandro Valverde |
SPA |
CSE |
+4'11" |
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Samuel Sanchez |
SPA |
EUS |
+4'34" |
Stage Winners 16 to 20: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]
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Stage 16 Dessel |
Stage 17 Sastre |
Stage 18 Burghardt |
Stage 19 Chavanel |
Stage 20 Schumacher |
Stage 21 Steegmans |
Click on the picture for each story Stg 16-21( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )
Final Standings:
1 |
Carlos Sastre |
SPA |
CSC |
87h52'52" |
2 |
Cadel Evans |
AUS |
SIL |
+58" |
3 |
Bernard Kohl |
AUT |
GST |
+1'13" |
4 |
Denis Menchov |
RUS |
RAB |
+2'10" |
5 |
Christian Vander Velde |
USA |
TSL |
+3'05" |
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Frank Schleck |
LUX |
CSC |
+4'28" |
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Samuel Sanchez |
SPA |
EUS |
+6'25" |
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Kim Kirchen |
LUX |
THR |
+6'55" |
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Alessandro Valverde |
SPA |
CSE |
+7'12" |
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Tajec Valjavic |
SLO |
AGR |
+9'05" |
The Podiums in Paris ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it/AP )

(L) "I got a Lion!!!", (R) "Next year the Lion is mine..."
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