Stage 1: March 10, 2008: Amilly - Nevers (95 km shortened stage due to rain/snow):
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step       02:21:29
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.02
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 
6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                             0.04
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                      0.07
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         
12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
13 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                           
14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                              
15 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                          
16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                
20 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                             
22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                              
25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
26 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                          
27 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         
29 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                
30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                       
32 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                           0.17
34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                 
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           0.24
36 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                    0.33
37 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     0.50
38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      1.05
39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                              0.17
40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  2.37
41 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                              
42 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
43 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       
44 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 
45 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             
48 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                              
49 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                              
50 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                
52 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                   
53 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                            
55 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                            
57 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                             
58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                             
59 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                             
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    
61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                             
62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30       
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       
65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                              
66 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                               
67 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                 
68 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     
69 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                
70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        
71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  
72 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
73 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                              
74 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                
75 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
76 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                  
77 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   2.48
78 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    3.23
79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                              
80 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                       
81 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                           
82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                         
83 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                              
84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                       
85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                              
86 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                            
87 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                     3.30
88 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             
89 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                   
90 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
91 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                              
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      
93 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    
95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              
96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                           6.32
97 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                          
98 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
99 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
100 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                             
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
102 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                          
103 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                             
104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30         
105 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                      
106 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
108 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                        
109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                               
110 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                     
111 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
112 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          
113 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                
114 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                           
115 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        
116 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                  
117 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  
118 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                            
119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   
120 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      
121 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                            
122 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
123 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
124 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
125 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
126 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 
127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                            
128 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                              
129 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                
130 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                
132 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                  
133 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
134 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                           
135 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               8.26
136 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
137 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                        
138 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    
139 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                          
140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           
141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30            
142 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas                            
143 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                              
144 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                
145 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                 
146 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          
147 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott             
148 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott       
149 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      
150 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    
151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                            
152 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              
153 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                
154 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                         13.04
155 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
156 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                  
157 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                              
158 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    
159 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott

Overall rankings after stage 1:
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole       02:26:55
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                           0.06
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.12
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                           0.17
6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                0.18
7 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              0.20
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                           0.21
9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.22
10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   0.24
11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                          0.25
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   
13 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                            0.26
14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         
15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                          
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                              
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    0.27
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 0.28
19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         
20 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                       0.29
21 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                      0.30
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                       0.33
23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                        0.34
24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                            0.36
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                    0.38
26 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                             0.40
28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                           0.42
29 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             0.43
30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                              
31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                              0.44
32 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          
33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                           0.46
34 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                    0.54
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              
36 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     0.58
37 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.01
38 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                              1.09
39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      1.25
40 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    2.43
41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     2.44
42 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                
43 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               2.45
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux               2.52
45 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                 
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 2.55
47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 
48 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          2.56
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                2.57
50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                          2.59
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                              
52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                             3.00
53 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                            3.01
54 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      3.02
55 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                              
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                         3.03
57 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                          3.04
58 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
59 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                  3.05
60 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                           3.06
61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                           3.07
62 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                              
63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          3.08
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       
65 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30    3.09
66 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
67 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                               3.10
68 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                          3.11
70 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  3.12
71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                         3.13
72 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    3.18
73 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           3.19
74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              3.21
75 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   3.37
76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                           3.42
77 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    3.43
78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                   
79 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                           3.48
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                              
81 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                    3.53
82 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                    3.54
83 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        3.55
84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                        
85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    3.57
86 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        3.58
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             4.00
88 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                         4.01
89 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      4.06
90 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                    
91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                           4.07
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   4.13
93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                              
94 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          4.20
95 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             5.52
96 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                      6.41
97 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    6.46
98 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                              
99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                      6.47
100 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
101 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                        6.48
102 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale              6.49
103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  6.53
104 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      6.54
105 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto               6.56
106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                         6.58
107 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                         
108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                           
109 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                               6.59
110 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
111 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30      7.00
113 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                     
114 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole               7.02
115 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  
116 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                       7.03
117 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                   7.04
118 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                               
119 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                            
120 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        7.05
121 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                           7.06
122 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 7.07
123 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                
124 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   7.08
125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                7.09
126 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
127 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     7.14
128 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                         7.15
129 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                7.16
130 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                
132 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                          7.27
133 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                          7.30
134 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                       7.50
135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                         8.42
136 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                 8.43
137 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas                         8.51
138 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        8.52
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                        8.55
140 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                 
141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30         8.56
142 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                           8.57
143 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 9.01
144 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux             9.03
145 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             9.05
146 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott          9.06
147 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                           9.07
148 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               9.08
149 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                       9.09
150 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    9.11
151 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   9.12
152 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                       9.20
153 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                     9.40
154 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                         13.24
155 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   13.25
156 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                13.45
157 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux              13.49
158 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                13.54
159 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                          14.04

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