Marcus "Burgie" Burghardt wins stage as in a pale movie; Sastre maintains overall race lead.

Stage 18: July 24, 2008: Tour de France: Bourg d'Oisans - Saint Etienne (196.5 km):
1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia      04:30:21
2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                         
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   3.33
4 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             3.35
6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6.39
7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                     
9 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              6.50
12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      
13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                    
17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  
18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    
19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
23 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                   
24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
25 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   
26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                             
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
28 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                
29 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             
31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          
32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                   
33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     
34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      
35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                       
36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
37 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
39 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                     
40 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                           
41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
44 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
45 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
46 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
48 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
50 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 
52 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
54 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                             
56 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           
57 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
58 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
59 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
60 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                      
61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
62 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
63 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           
64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
66 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
67 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
68 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   
70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
71 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                     
73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                           
75 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             
76 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                
77 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
78 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
79 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      
80 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               
81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                      
82 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         
83 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                               
84 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                
85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    
86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
87 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                 
90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
91 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
92 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
94 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              7.07
95 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
96 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
97 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
98 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
99 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
100 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  
103 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                              
105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
106 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                              
107 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
108 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
109 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    
110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    
111 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
112 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
114 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                              
115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                             
116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 
118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                               
119 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                   
120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
122 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
123 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        
124 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
125 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                
126 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
127 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                
128 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
129 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
130 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  
131 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
132 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         7.17
134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  7.44
135 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             8.08
136 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                
137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        8.11
138 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  
139 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             8.14
140 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           8.30
141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  
142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                           8.37
143 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
144 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    
145 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
146 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                 20.12
147 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                       
148 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                       
149 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   
150 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                      

Overall rankings after stage 18:
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank      79:16:14
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        1.24
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                1.33
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               1.34
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    2.39
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        4.41
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              5.35
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               5.52
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                           8.10
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        8.24
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                8.35
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       10.04
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                12.02
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          17.08
15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           20.07
16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     22.59
17 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         23.01
18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       24.29
19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                25.39
20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   25.48
21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         25.49
22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       28.05
23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                29.27
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        34.48
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                       35.07
26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          40.08
27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  42.32
28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           42.33
29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     43.40
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             43.48
31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             43.54
32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 44.34
33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       49.26
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              58.44
35 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                             1.02.29
36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              1.03.18
37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                         1.08.28
38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        1.09.40
39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       1.11.31
40 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                     1.14.51
41 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   1.15.37
42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                1.21.08
43 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.23.14
44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                1.23.49
45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.23.58
46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 1.24.15
47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                         1.25.32
48 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          1.30.13
49 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   1.31.27
50 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          1.32.31
51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                 1.33.01
52 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           1.33.10
53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                1.33.24
54 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.33.25
55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.37.24
56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             1.38.29
57 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       1.38.54
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.39.26
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        1.43.55
60 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.45.07
61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.46.27
62 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.47.21
63 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.47.36
64 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               1.50.35
65 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                1.53.50
66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.54.18
67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                              1.54.48
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.54.52
69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.57.14
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                     1.59.07
71 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             2.00.16
72 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           2.00.57
73 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           2.02.32
74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       2.03.33
75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               2.04.31
76 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           2.05.08
77 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 2.06.03
78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               2.07.07
79 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               2.08.37
80 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           2.09.38
81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         2.10.07
82 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          2.11.13
83 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                        2.11.26
84 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                2.13.01
85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                  2.14.34
86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  2.17.23
87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           2.18.24
88 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         2.18.49
89 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.21.08
90 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    2.22.45
91 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           2.23.43
92 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                           2.25.14
93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.28.58
94 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                  2.29.05
95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.29.18
96 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                              2.29.30
97 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         2.29.54
98 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                2.30.12
99 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             2.32.03
100 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              2.35.59
101 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                         2.39.02
102 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        2.39.15
103 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           2.45.34
104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              2.49.38
105 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       2.52.12
106 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            2.52.13
107 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               2.52.23
108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                            2.52.24
109 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          2.53.53
110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             2.59.16
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             3.01.11
112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            3.01.41
113 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            3.01.48
114 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  3.03.08
115 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            3.04.59
116 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  3.06.08
117 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    3.07.53
118 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         3.08.32
119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   3.09.12
120 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        3.10.03
121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          3.11.15
122 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  3.11.48
123 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       3.11.58
124 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              3.12.17
125 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              3.12.45
126 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      3.13.18
127 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            3.14.13
128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 3.17.09
129 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
130 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              
131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           3.17.42
132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             3.17.48
133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       3.18.11
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            3.21.34
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         3.22.07
136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    3.22.11
137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           3.22.27
138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        3.24.21
139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      3.24.44
140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     3.25.03
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          3.26.07
142 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     3.27.00
143 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             3.29.26
144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          3.31.21
145 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      3.31.33
146 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             3.31.45
147 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   3.33.38
148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         3.33.39
149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     3.39.40
150 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      3.45.48

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