Stage 12: July 17, 2008: Tour de France: Lavelanet - Narbonne (168.5 km):
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia      03:40:52
2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                    
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  
6 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                      
10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                      
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                    
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             
15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    
16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                   
17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                           
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     
19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
21 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           
22 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           
26 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    
28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          
30 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        
31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
32 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
33 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
34 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                    
35 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                       
36 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                
37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
40 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
41 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                     
42 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   
43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                       
44 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                             
47 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
48 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
49 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
51 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
53 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 
54 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        
55 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                
56 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
57 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                               
58 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
59 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 
60 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                      
62 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
63 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                
64 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
66 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           
67 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
68 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         
70 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    
71 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
72 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 
73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                     
74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
75 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                    
76 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
77 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
78 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
79 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
80 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
81 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                               
82 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   
84 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  
85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
86 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
87 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
88 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
89 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
90 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      
91 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    
92 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
93 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                  
94 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   
95 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
96 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               
97 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
98 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                             
99 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
100 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
101 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    
102 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
103 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
104 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    
105 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                       
106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                             
109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
110 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  
112 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
113 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                          
114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                     
115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
116 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
117 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                
118 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    
119 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  
120 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
121 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
122 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
123 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
124 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
125 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                
126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
127 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                
128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
129 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                  
130 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                               0.20
131 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                              
132 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          0.21
133 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               0.29
135 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.56
136 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                            1.13
137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             
138 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.15
139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
140 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                     
141 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                            1.17
142 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
143 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
144 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
145 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              
146 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
147 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
148 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
149 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
150 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
151 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
152 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                   1.49
153 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        
154 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
155 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         2.12
156 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        2.40
157 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
158 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             4.06
DNS Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
DNS Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
DNS Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
DNS David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott           
DNS Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
DNS Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
DNS Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     

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Overall rankings after stage 12:
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto      50:23:05
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        0.38
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                0.46
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    0.57
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 1.28
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 1.56
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         2.32
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             3.51
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 4.18
11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4.26
12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             4.41
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          5.23
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    5.37
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       6.01
16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      6.07
17 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           6.11
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 7.00
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         7.07
20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        8.34
21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 8.48
22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         11.49
23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                               11.59
24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          13.00
25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 13.24
26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                               13.36
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         14.04
28 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       16.02
29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             16.39
30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              18.08
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                       18.09
32 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                       18.15
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       20.10
34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                21.38
35 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       21.50
36 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                       22.43
37 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  25.42
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         27.00
39 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           28.05
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                           29.53
41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          29.54
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             30.38
43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  30.49
44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     32.09
45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              33.52
46 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    34.49
47 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               35.22
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   35.41
49 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  36.27
50 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  36.48
51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                   37.10
52 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  38.10
53 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     39.15
54 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                           39.51
55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                   40.09
56 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     42.12
57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                42.44
58 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     45.11
59 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             47.09
60 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        47.40
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          49.13
62 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            49.42
63 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 51.06
64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       52.09
65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             53.12
66 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 53.28
67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  55.07
68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             55.59
69 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                            56.18
70 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         56.28
71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  56.56
72 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      58.29
73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    58.51
74 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             59.35
75 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.00.45
76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.01.54
77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.06.38
78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                  1.06.57
79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             1.07.48
80 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.08.12
81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               1.09.42
82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               1.09.45
83 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.10.32
84 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
85 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.11.31
86 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                              1.11.59
87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.12.39
88 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.12.41
89 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       1.12.49
90 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                        1.13.40
91 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         1.15.11
92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                1.15.21
93 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        1.15.59
94 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           1.16.19
95 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         1.16.21
96 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   
97 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                1.16.22
98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           1.16.55
99 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.17.24
100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                            1.18.31
101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                 1.19.02
102 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.19.44
103 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              1.21.08
104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        1.21.36
105 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.23.53
106 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.27.05
107 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           1.28.13
108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          1.29.45
109 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            1.31.03
110 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         1.32.06
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             1.32.31
112 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   1.32.42
113 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             1.32.43
114 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          1.33.38
115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.34.11
116 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              1.34.16
117 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 1.35.22
118 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            1.35.32
119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.35.52
120 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        1.36.07
121 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
122 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          1.36.42
123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        1.39.09
124 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.39.19
125 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            1.40.19
126 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                           1.40.32
127 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             1.41.20
128 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        1.41.22
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            1.41.50
130 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             1.42.21
131 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.43.09
132 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            1.44.08
133 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  1.44.09
134 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              1.45.26
135 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           1.46.27
136 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       1.46.41
137 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              1.47.32
138 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      1.48.16
139 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           1.49.01
140 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        1.49.13
141 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.50.25
142 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     1.50.26
143 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       1.50.28
144 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         1.50.41
145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                1.50.54
146 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.51.21
147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         1.52.04
148 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          1.53.19
149 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     1.53.46
150 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.54.09
151 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          1.54.38
152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           1.55.25
153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               1.55.35
154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         1.57.09
155 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   1.57.10
156 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.01.48
157 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     2.02.20
158 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      2.06.14

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