Stage 7: July 11, 2008: Tour de France: Brioude - Aurillac (158 km):
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      03:52:53
2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.06
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                   
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
8 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30         
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
13 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                 
15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                 
18 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                           
20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           0.33
25 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               
26 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                               
27 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    
28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                    
29 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                               
31 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
32 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
33 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                          
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                         
35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                     
38 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                           
39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
40 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                           
41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                     
42 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                           
43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
47 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
48 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                         
49 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
50 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                  
53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                             
54 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
55 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott          
56 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                          
57 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
59 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.30
60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
61 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
62 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     
63 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
64 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                         
65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
66 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                         
67 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                              3.17
68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    
70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                    
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
72 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                           
73 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             
78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
79 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                              3.38
80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
81 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 4.36
82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
83 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           7.24
85 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  
87 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                          8.28
88 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                         10.57
89 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
91 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                
92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  
93 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                  
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        
95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
96 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  
97 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  
98 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
99 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                             
100 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
101 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
102 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
103 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                              
104 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       15.02
105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                
106 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       
107 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              15.15
108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          16.14
109 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      20.16
110 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     21.53
111 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
112 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
113 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            
114 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                            
115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                           
116 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       
117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
118 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                             
119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                          
120 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
121 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
122 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                               
123 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                             
124 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
125 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                   
126 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
127 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                     
128 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                              
129 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
130 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            
131 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                     
132 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
134 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                  
135 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               
136 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
137 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  
138 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
139 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      
140 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
141 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
142 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
143 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                
144 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          
145 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                             
146 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                
147 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             
148 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                            
149 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                             
150 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
151 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
152 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                   
154 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                               
155 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                
156 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                 
157 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     
158 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
159 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                              
160 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                
161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                  
162 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                
163 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
164 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          
165 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
166 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
167 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale              
168 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
169 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  
170 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                             
171 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
HD Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      32.25 (outside time limit)
DNF Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
DNF Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                          
DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                     
DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    

Overall rankings after stage 7:
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia      28:23:40
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                             0.06
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.16
4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      0.44
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  1.03
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            1.12
7 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.14
8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                               1.21
9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                             
11 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.27
12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank              1.34
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     1.56
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      1.58
15 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             2.03
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       2.07
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                  2.09
18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          2.16
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                        2.19
20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               2.20
21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            2.31
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                2.33
23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              2.55
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                               3.01
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                      3.03
26 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                       3.20
27 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        3.41
28 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                   3.52
29 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             4.00
30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         4.32
31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott             4.33
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                      4.34
33 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   4.57
34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               5.17
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    5.59
36 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          6.00
37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        6.36
38 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                        6.39
39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             7.03
40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                  7.18
41 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                      7.24
42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        7.31
43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                 8.18
44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  8.26
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                         8.42
46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                               8.52
47 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          8.53
48 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   9.13
49 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                       9.59
50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                 10.17
51 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                10.27
52 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                     10.51
53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              11.05
54 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           12.01
55 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   12.20
56 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                         12.36
57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           13.46
58 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                13.50
59 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                13.53
60 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                14.13
62 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     14.22
63 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       14.38
64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                     14.49
65 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 16.29
66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   16.36
67 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                17.39
68 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           17.49
69 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                18.45
70 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          19.30
71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     19.44
72 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 20.14
73 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   20.22
74 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           20.27
75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             20.57
76 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          21.33
77 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        22.02
78 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           22.07
79 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                             22.10
80 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           22.21
81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             22.53
82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       23.22
83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               23.36
84 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                23.39
85 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                       23.56
86 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                24.22
87 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  24.29
88 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               25.31
89 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          26.41
90 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                              27.35
91 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      28.11
92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      28.13
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    28.29
94 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           28.42
95 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      29.22
96 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     29.28
97 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           29.49
98 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    29.50
99 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott              30.08
100 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            30.45
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank               30.47
102 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               31.32
103 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                             31.38
104 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                               32.09
105 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                 32.12
106 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                  32.29
107 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             32.40
108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                      33.06
109 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  33.12
110 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   33.37
111 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          33.53
112 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                       33.57
113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        34.01
114 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        34.10
115 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              34.51
116 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        35.28
117 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       35.36
118 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             36.12
119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        36.14
120 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   36.20
121 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            36.42
122 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     36.58
123 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                 37.05
124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             37.13
125 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                        37.27
126 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         37.33
127 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            37.41
128 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          37.46
129 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                             38.21
130 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            39.00
131 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                      39.11
132 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           39.44
133 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           40.02
134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                            41.47
135 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    42.10
136 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              42.24
137 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              42.44
138 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       42.48
139 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  43.01
140 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      43.08
141 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  43.27
142 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           43.53
143 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            43.57
144 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        44.05
145 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                           44.40
146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         44.46
147 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              45.07
148 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         45.15
149 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         45.17
150 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         45.33
151 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                45.46
152 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            45.48
153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               46.07
154 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      46.13
155 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    46.21
156 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 46.53
157 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                              46.57
158 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     47.34
159 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          47.43
160 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          47.50
161 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          48.13
162 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     48.38
163 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             49.01
164 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   49.35
165 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           50.17
166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        50.22
167 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       50.49
168 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         52.11
169 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      52.58
170 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     57.12
171 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      57.45

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