2007 Tour de Corse 51ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
Round 13 of the 2007 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Twisty French mountain pass
Host country	France
Rally base	Ajaccio, France
Dates run	October 12 – 14 2007
Stages	16 (359.32 km; 223.27 mi)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,117.2 km (694.2 mi)
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Crews	74 at start, 57 at finish

Results of Tour de Corse (51ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France), 13th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on October 12 - 14:

Results[link]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:28:31.5	0.0	10
2.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:28:55.2	23.7	8
3.	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:29:15.8	44.3	6
4.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:31:02.0	2:30.5	5
5.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC07	3:31:13.6	2:42.1	4
6.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC07	3:32:25.3	3:53.8	3
7.	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:36:34.4	8:02.9	2
8.	Xavier Pons	Xavier Amigo	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:38:05.7	9:34.2	1
JRC
1. (17.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3:52:31.0	0.0	10
2. (18.)	Jozef Béreš jun.	Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	3:52:43.5	12.5	8
3. (19.)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	3:53:45.2	1:14.2	6
4. (20.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:54:49.0	2:18.0	5
5. (23.)	Arnaud Augoyard	Nicolas Baudin	Renault Clio R3	3:57:39.2	5:08.2	4
6. (24.)	Andrea Cortinovis	Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio S1600	3:58:44.0	6:13.0	3
7. (25.)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3:58:44.1	6:13.1	2
8. (26.)	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	3:59:01.1	6:30.1	1

Retirements[link]

• Aigar Pärs - went off the road (OS6);
• Gilles Schammel - mechanical (OS6);
• Urmo Aava - went off the road (OS8);
• François Duval - mechanical (OS12);
• Andreas Mikkelsen - excluded (OS12);
• Matthew Wilson - mechanical (OS15);

Special Stages[link]

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (12 Oct)	SS1	08:38	Monti Rossu - Pila Canale 1	18.10 km	CANCELLED	-	-	-
	SS2	09:46	Belvedere - Bocca Albitrina 1	16.62 km	M. Grönholm	9:14.8	107.8 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS3	10:44	Arbellara - Aullene 1	27.42 km	M. Grönholm	15:34.6	105.6 km/h
	SS4	14:02	Monti Rossu - Pila Canale 2	18.10 km	S. Loeb	9:59.0	108.8 km/h
	SS5	15:10	Belvedere - Bocca Albitrina 2	16.62 km	S. Loeb	9:12.1	108.4 km/h	S. Loeb
	SS6	16:08	Arbellara - Aullene 2	27.42 km	S. Loeb	15:25.1	106.7 km/h
2 (13 Oct)	SS7	08:58	Carbuccia - Scalella 1	21.88 km	S. Loeb	14:15.1	92.1 km/h
	SS8	10:31	Calcatoggio - Plage du Liamone 1	26.55 km	S. Loeb	17:47.3	89.6 km/h
	SS9	11:29	Vico - Col St Roch 1	13.04 km	S. Loeb	8:39.6	90.3 km/h
	SS10	14:22	Carbuccia - Scalella 2	21.88 km	D. Sordo	14:19.7	91.6 km/h
	SS11	15:55	Calcatoggio - Plage du Liamone 2	26.55 km	S. Loeb	17:48.3	89.5 km/h
	SS12	16:53	Vico - Col St Roch 2	13.04 km	S. Loeb	8:38.6	90.5 km/h
3 (14 Oct)	SS13	08:53	Penitencier Coti - Pietra Rossa 1	24.24 km	S. Loeb	14:38.7	99.3 km/h
	SS14	09:36	Pont de Calzola - Agosta 1	31.81 km	D. Sordo	18:54.6	100.9 km/h
	SS15	12:19	Penitencier Coti - Pietra Rossa 2	24.24 km	D. Sordo	14:40.5	99.1 km/h
	SS16	13:02	Pont de Calzola - Agosta 2	31.81 km	D. Sordo	18:56.0	100.8 km/h

Championship standings after the event[link]

Drivers' championship[link]

Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR  Pts  1 Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 104 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1 100 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 74 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 6 2 3 45 5 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 7 6 5 38 6 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6 29 7 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 28 8 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 5 7 4 24 9 François Duval Ret 2 5 Ret 12 10 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 10 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10 12 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 9 14 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 15 Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 Ret 9 8 4 16 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18 Ret 3 17 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 11 Ret 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 19 23 1 Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 8 1 Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship[link]

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
		MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	14	9	14	18	15	18	11	16	11	9	-	-	-	179
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	10	11	18	16	-	-	-	147
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	5	7	4	7	-	-	-	71
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	5	5	2	7	-	-	-	64
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	8	0	4	0	-	-	-	39
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5		0	0		-	-	-	6

External links[link]

• Results on the official site: WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com

Gareth Jones driving a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2008 rally.

The Tour de Corse - Rallye de France is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was part of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season to 2008. The name "Tour de Corse" refers to the fact that in the early days it was run around the island; nowadays it only features roads around Ajaccio. The rally is held on asphalt roads, and it is known as the "Ten Thousand Turns Rally" because of the twisty mountain roads.

Several drivers have been killed during the event. Attilio Bettega, driving a Lancia Rally 037, died during the fourth special stage of the 1985 rally, Zérubia-Santa Giulia. In 1986, exactly a year later, Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto died in their Lancia Delta S4 during the 18th stage of the event, Corte-Taverna.

The first running of the rally was won by the Belgian female driver Gilberte Thirion in a Renault Dauphine. Two drivers have won the event a record six times; Bernard Darniche (1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981) and Didier Auriol (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995). The only non-French drivers to win the event more than once are Sandro Munari, Markku Alén and Colin McRae. Sébastien Loeb won the last four WRC runnings of the event.

Winners[link]

Season	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Event report
2011	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	Report
2010	Rally cancelled
2009	Pascal Trojani	Francis Mazotti	Peugeot 307 WRC
2008	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	Report
2007	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	Report
2006	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	Report
2005	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	Report
2004	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	Report
2003	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC2003	Report
2002	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	Report
2001	Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	Citroën Xsara WRC	Report
2000	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	Report
1999	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Citroën Xsara Kit Car	Report
1998	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC	Report
1997	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC	Report
1996	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Renault Mégane Maxi
1995	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	Report
1994	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	Report
1993	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Report
1992	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	Report
1991	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	Report
1990	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	Report
1989	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta Integrale	Report
1988	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	Report
1987	Bernard Béguin	Jean-Jacques Lenne	BMW M3	Report
1986	Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	Report
1985	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault 5 Maxi Turbo	Report
1984	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	Report
1983	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	Report
1982	Jean Ragnotti	Jean-Marc Andrié	Renault 5 Turbo	Report
1981	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF	Report
1980	Jean-Luc Thérier	Michel Vial	Porsche 911 SC	Report
1979	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF	Report
1978	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Fiat 131 Abarth	Report
1977	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Fiat 131 Abarth	Report
1976	Sandro Munari	Silvio Maiga	Lancia Stratos HF	Report
1975	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF	Report
1974	Jean-Claude Andruet	Michèle 'Biche' Espinosi-Petit	Lancia Stratos HF	Report
1973	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Michel Vial	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	Report
1972	Jean-Claude Andruet	Michèle 'Biche' Espinosi-Petit	Alpine-Renault A110 1800
1971	Rally Cancelled
1970	Bernard Darniche	Bernard Demange	Alpine-Renault A110 1800
1969	Gérard Larrousse	Maurice Gelin	Porsche 911 R
1968	Jean-Claude Andruet	Maurice Gelin	Alpine-Renault A110
1967	Sandro Munari	Luciano Lombardini	Lancia Fulvia HF Coupé
1966	Jean-François Piot	Jean-François Jacob	Renault 8 Gordini
1965	Pierre Orsini	Jean-Baptiste Canocini	Renault 8 Gordini
1964	Jean Vinatier	Roger Masson	Renault 8 Gordini
1963	René Trautmann	Jean-Claude Ogier	Citroën DS19
1962	Pierre Orsini	Jean-Baptiste Canocini	Renault Dauphine
1961	René Trautmann	Jean-Claude Ogier	Citroën DS19
1960	Herbert Linge	Paul-Ernst Strähle	Porsche SC 90
1959	Pierre Orsini	Jean-Baptiste Canocini	Renault Dauphine
1958	Guy Monraisse	Jacques Feret	Renault Dauphine
1957	Michel Nicol	Roger de la Geneste	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
1956	Gilberte Thirion	Nadège Ferrier	Renault Dauphine

In 1996, due to the World Rally Championship's event rotation system used from 1994–96, the rally counted only for the FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rallye de France

• Official site
• WRC.com - Official site of the World Rally Championship

2007 Tour de France

Route of the 2007 Tour de France
Race details
Dates		7 July–29 July
Stages		20 & Prologue
Distance		3,569.9 km (2,218 mi)
Winning time		91h 00' 26" (39.23 km/h or 24.38 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Alberto Contador (ESP)	(Discovery Channel)
	Second	Cadel Evans (AUS)	(Predictor-Lotto)
	Third	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	(Discovery Channel)
	Points	Tom Boonen (BEL)	(Quick Step-Innergetic)
	Mountains	Mauricio Soler (COL)	(Barloworld)
	Youth	Alberto Contador (ESP)	(Discovery Channel)
	Team	Discovery Channel
← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Tour de France, the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 July to 29 July 2007. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador.

The organisers of the Tour and London mayor Ken Livingstone announced on 24 January 2006 that the start of the Tour would take place in London. Livingstone noted the two stages would commemorate the victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, saying "Having the Grand Départ on the seventh of July will broadcast to the world that terrorism does not shake our city."

The routes for the Prologue in London and the first full stage through Kent, finishing in Canterbury, were announced on 9 February 2006 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. This was the third time the Tour visited England, including Plymouth in (1974) and two stages in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire in (1994).

Tour director Christian Prudhomme unveiled the 2007 route in Paris on 26 October 2006. In total, the route covered 3,569.9 kilometres (2,218.2 mi).^[1][2]

The Tour was marked by doping controversies, with three riders and two teams withdrawn during the race following positive doping tests, including pre-race favorite Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team. Following Stage 16, the leader of the general classification, Michael Rasmussen, was removed from the Tour by his Rabobank team, who accused him of lying about the reasons for missing several drug tests earlier in the year.

The points classification, indicated by the green jersey, was won for the first time by Tom Boonen, who had failed to complete the previous two Tours after leading the points classification at times during each. The mountains classification, indicated by the polkadot jersey, was won by Mauricio Soler in his first Tour appearance.

The general classification, indicated by the yellow jersey, was closely contested until the final time trial on stage 19. The top three riders, Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey as the leader, Cadel Evans in second, and Levi Leipheimer in third, were separated by only 2:49, with both Evans and Leipheimer recognized as far superior time trialists to Contador. In the end, each rider held his place after the final time trial, but with considerably slimmer margins, as the Tour ended with the smallest-ever spread of only 31 seconds among the top three riders. Alberto Contador also won the young rider classification, indicated by the white jersey, as the best young (under age 25) rider.

Teams[link]

21 teams started the race – each had 9 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 189 started in total. The teams^[3] were:

Belgium Predictor-Lotto Quick Step-Innergetic Denmark Team CSC France AG2R Prévoyance Agritubel * Bouygues Télécom Cofidis Crédit Agricole Française des Jeux Germany Gerolsteiner T-Mobile Team

Italy Lampre-Fondital Liquigas Team Milram Netherlands Rabobank Spain Caisse d'Epargne Euskaltel-Euskadi Saunier Duval-Prodir Switzerland Astana United Kingdom Barloworld * United States of America Discovery Channel

Geraint Thomas of Barloworld at the teams presentation. * Wild card entries.

Pre-race favourites[link]

Alberto Contador on stage 19

After the retirement of seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and with Ivan Basso and Floyd Landis not entering the Tour, the bookmakers' favourite to win the 2007 Tour de France was Alexander Vinokourov, who was unable to start in 2006 due to lack of team members, but did win the 2006 Vuelta a España. The main challengers were expected to be the 2006 Tour de France second place finisher Andreas Klöden; and Alejandro Valverde, who dropped out of the 2006 Tour de France after a crash, but came second to Vinokourov in the 2006 Vuelta a España.

Shown in the table below are the riders that, according to the bookmakers^[4] on 7 July 2007, the start day of the 2007 Tour de France, had the best chances of winning the 2007 Tour.

Janez Brajkovič, Damiano Cunego, Tom Danielson and Koldo Gil were all offered at odds within the range of this table, but withdrew before the race field was finalised.

Stages[link]

Stage results^[5][6]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type	Winner
P	7 July	London	7.9 km	Individual time trial	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
1	8 July	London - Canterbury	203 km	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)
2	9 July	Dunkirk - Ghent	168.5 km	Flat stage	Gert Steegmans (BEL)
3	10 July	Waregem - Compiègne	236.5 km	Flat stage	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
4	11 July	Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny	193 km	Flat stage	Thor Hushovd (NOR)
5	12 July	Chablis - Autun	182.5 km	Transition stage	Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
6	13 July	Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse	199.5 km	Flat stage	Tom Boonen (BEL)
7	14 July	Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand	197.5 km	Mountain stage	Linus Gerdemann (GER)
8	15 July	Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes	165 km	Mountain stage	Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
	16 July	Rest day
9	17 July	Val-d'Isère - Briançon	159.5 km	Mountain stage	Mauricio Soler (COL)
10	18 July	Tallard - Marseille	229.5 km	Flat stage	Cédric Vasseur (FRA)
11	19 July	Marseille - Montpellier	182.5 km	Flat stage	Robert Hunter (RSA)
12	20 July	Montpellier - Castres	178.5 km	Transition stage	Tom Boonen (BEL)
13	21 July	Albi	54 km	Individual time trial	Cadel Evans (AUS)*
14	22 July	Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille	197 km	Mountain stage	Alberto Contador (ESP)
15	23 July	Foix - Loudenvielle	196 km	Mountain stage	Kim Kirchen (LUX)*
	24 July	Rest day
16	25 July	Orthez - Gourette–Col d'Aubisque	218.5 km	Mountain stage	Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
17	26 July	Pau - Castelsarrasin	188.5 km	Transition stage	Daniele Bennati (ITA)
18	27 July	Cahors - Angoulême	211 km	Flat stage	Sandy Casar (FRA)
19	28 July	Cognac - Angoulême	55.5 km	Individual time trial	Levi Leipheimer (USA)
20	29 July	Marcoussis - Paris (Champs-Élysées)	146 km	Flat stage	Daniele Bennati (ITA)
Total		3,569.9 km

Classification leadership[link]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
P	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	no award	Vladimir Gusev	Astana	no award
1	Robbie McEwen		Robbie McEwen	David Millar			Stéphane Augé
2	Gert Steegmans		Tom Boonen				Marcel Sieberg
3	Fabian Cancellara			Stéphane Augé			Mathieu Ladagnous
4	Thor Hushovd						Matthieu Sprick
5	Filippo Pozzato		Erik Zabel	Sylvain Chavanel		Team CSC	Sylvain Chavanel
6	Tom Boonen		Tom Boonen				Bradley Wiggins
7	Linus Gerdemann	Linus Gerdemann			Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	Linus Gerdemann
8	Michael Rasmussen	Michael Rasmussen		Michael Rasmussen		Rabobank	Michael Rasmussen
9	Mauricio Soler				Alberto Contador	Caisse d'Epargne	Yaroslav Popovych
10	Cédric Vasseur					Team CSC	Patrice Halgand
11	Robert Hunter						Benoît Vaugrenard
12	Tom Boonen						Amets Txurruka
13	Cadel Evans*					Astana	no award
14	Alberto Contador					Discovery Channel	Antonio Colom
15	Kim Kirchen*					Astana	Alexander Vinokourov
16	Michael Rasmussen			Mauricio Soler		Discovery Channel	Mauricio Soler
17	Daniele Bennati	Alberto Contador					Jens Voigt
18	Sandy Casar						Sandy Casar
19	Levi Leipheimer						no award
20	Daniele Bennati						Freddy Bichot
Final		Alberto Contador	Tom Boonen	Mauricio Soler	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel	Amets Txurruka

Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

• In stage 1, Andreas Klöden wore the green jersey.
• In stage 8, Mauricio Soler wore the white jersey.
• In stage 9, Sylvain Chavanel wore the polka-dot jersey.
• In stages 10–16, Mauricio Soler wore the polka-dot jersey.
• In stages 18–20, Amets Txurruka wore the white jersey (Txurruka was third in the youth classification - the second, Mauricio Soler, was also wearing a more prestigious jersey)

Other notes

• Alexander Vinokourov tested positive for an illegal blood transfusion after stage 15, and Kim Kirchen was declared the winner of the stage on 29 April 2008. His time trial win of stage 13, was given to Cadel Evans.^[7]
• Shortly after Michael Rasmussen won stage 16, his Rabobank team removed him from the Tour for violation of team rules; therefore in stage 17, no one wore the yellow jersey.

Overall standings[link]

General classification[link] [8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Contador (ESP) Discovery Channel 91h 00' 26" 2  Cadel Evans (AUS) Predictor-Lotto + 23" 3  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel + 31" 4  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Team CSC + 7' 08" 5  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi + 8' 17" 6  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 11' 37" 7  Kim Kirchen (LUX) T-Mobile Team + 12' 18" 8  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) Discovery Channel + 12' 25" 9  Mikel Astarloza (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi + 14' 14" 10  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 14' 25"

Team classification[link] [8] Rank Team Time 1 Discovery Channel 273h 12' 52" 2 Caisse d'Epargne + 19' 36" 3 Team CSC + 22' 10" 4 Rabobank + 36' 24" 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi + 46' 46" 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir + 1h 44' 33" 7 Predictor-Lotto + 1h 50' 21" 8 Lampre-Fondital + 2h 19' 41" 9  Crédit Agricole (FRA) + 2h 25' 44" 10 AG2R Prévoyance + 2h 26' 08"

Points classification[link] Boonen at the Champs-Élysées [8] Rank Rider Team Points 1 Tom Boonen Quick Step-Innergetic 256 2  Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 234 3  Erik Zabel (GER) Team Milram 232 4  Thor Hushovd (NOR) Crédit Agricole 186 5  Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) Française des Jeux 181 6  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Lampre-Fondital 160 7  Robert Förster (GER) Gerolsteiner 140 8  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Team CSC 112 9  Cadel Evans (AUS) Predictor-Lotto 109 10  Alberto Contador (ESP) Discovery Channel 88

King of the Mountains classification[link] Soler at the stage 13. [8] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Mauricio Soler (COL) Barloworld 206 2  Alberto Contador (ESP) Discovery Channel 128 3  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) Discovery Channel 105 4  Cadel Evans (AUS) Predictor-Lotto 92 5  Laurent Lefevre (FRA) Bouygues Télécom 85 6  Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 7  Carlos Sastre (ESP) Team CSC 74 8  Juan José Cobo (ESP) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 9  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 64 10  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64

Young riders' classification[link]

^[8]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Discovery Channel	91h 00' 26"
2	Mauricio Soler (COL)	Barloworld	+ 16' 51"
3	Amets Txurruka (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 49' 34"
4	Bernhard Kohl (AUT)	Gerolsteiner	+ 1h 13' 27"
5	Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR)	Barloworld	+ 1h 15' 16"
6	Thomas Dekker (NED)	Rabobank	+ 1h 30' 34"
7	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	T-Mobile Team	+ 1h 30' 47"
8	Vladimir Gusev (RUS)	Discovery Channel	+ 1h 33' 50"
9	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 22' 50"
10	Andriy Grivko (UKR)	Team Milram	+ 2h 41' 41"

2007 UCI ProTour points awarded[link]

Cyclists in the UCI ProTour (therefore not members of the wildcard entries Barloworld or Agritubel) are awarded UCI ProTour points for their performance in the Tour de France. The winner of a stage receives 10 points, second receives 5 points and third 3 points. UCI ProTour points are also awarded for high places in the final classification, with 100 points for the overall winner.^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel	113
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Predictor-Lotto	88
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Discovery Channel	75
4	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	Team CSC	55
5	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	53
5	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	53
7	Kim Kirchen (LUX)	T-Mobile Team	45
8	Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)	Discovery Channel	35
9	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30
10	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Quick Step-Innergetic	28
11	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Team CSC	25
11	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	25
11	Michael Rasmussen (DEN)	Rabobank	25
14	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Lampre-Fondital	23
15	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	20
15	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)	Astana	20
17	Erik Zabel (GER)	Team Milram	16
18	Sandy Casar (FRA)	Française des Jeux	15
18	Michael Boogerd (NED)	Rabobank	15
20	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	13
20	Vladimir Karpets (RUS)	Caisse d'Epargne	13
20	Filippo Pozzato (ITA)	Liquigas	13
23	David Arroyo (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	12
24	Iban Mayo (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Prodir	11
25	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	T-Mobile Team	10
25	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Predictor-Lotto	10
25	Gert Steegmans (BEL)	Quick Step-Innergetic	10
25	Cedric Vasseur (FRA)	Quick Step-Innergetic	10
29	Chris Horner (USA)	Predictor-Lotto	8
29	Andreas Klöden (GER)	Astana	8
31	Markus Fothen (GER)	Gerolsteiner	5
31	Iñigo Landaluze (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5
31	Axel Merckx (BEL)	T-Mobile Team	5
31	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Team CSC	5
35	Manuel Beltrán (ESP)	Liquigas	4
36	Michael Albasini (SUI)	Liquigas	3
36	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	AG2R Prévoyance	3
36	Murilo Fisher (BRA)	Liquigas	3
36	David de la Fuente (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Prodir	3
36	George Hincapie (USA)	Discovery Channel	3
36	Laurent Lefevre (FRA)	AG2R Prévoyance	3
36	Danilo Napolitano (ITA)	Lampre-Fondital	3
36	Tadej Valjavec (SLO)	Lampre-Fondital	3
44	Juan Jose Cobo (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Prodir	2

Doping scandals[link]

The first scandal arrived when it was made public on 18 July that rider Patrik Sinkewitz from the T-Mobile Team had tested positive one month before the Tour started. Sinkewitz had already withdrawn from the race having incurred an injury during the 8th stage. The scandal was big enough to prompt German TV broadcasters ZDF and ARD to drop their coverage.^[10]

The Tour was dealt a major blow when the first-place Astana team withdrew from the race on 24 July 2007, after team member and pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov from Kazakhstan tested positive for an illegal blood transfusion.^[11] Vinokourov's teammates Andreas Klöden and Andrey Kashechkin were in 5th and 7th place respectively at the time.

At the start of the 16th stage on 25 July, some teams made a protest against the laxness of the official attitude to doping in the race.^[12] After the stage, race officials announced that Cofidis team member Cristian Moreni of Italy had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, and the Cofidis team withdrew from the race.

Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo tested positive for EPO on the second rest day of the Tour, on 24 July.^[13]

French prosecutors wanted to start a legal case against Vinokourov, Mayo and Moreni, and requested the UCI to hand over the doping samples. The UCI refused to give them, and in May 2011 the investigation was stopped.^[14]

Other incidents[link]

German cyclist Marcus Burghardt collided with a Labrador Retriever during Stage 9. The bike struck the dog on its backside, which buckled the front wheel and threw Burghardt over the handlebars onto the road. Remarkably the dog was unhurt by the collision, and it was grabbed by a spectator before it could cause any more damage.^[15]

A second incident involving a dog occurred on Stage 18. Sandy Casar and Frederik Willems were in a four-man break when Casar collided with a dog running across the road, causing both him and Willems to fall. Casar was able to rejoin the break with the help of Axel Merckx despite receiving road rash on his right buttock, while Willems returned to the peloton. Casar went on to win the stage.^[16][17][18]

After Stage 16, overall leader Michael Rasmussen was fired by his team, Rabobank, for violating team rules after he told the team that he was in Mexico with his wife in June, then being sighted training in Italy by Italian journalist Davide Cassani.^[19] Rasmussen disputes this claim, continuing to maintain that he was in Mexico. Thus, at the start of stage 17 there was no holder of the yellow jersey. Afterward the lead and the jersey were transferred to Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador.^[20]

See also[link]

• List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Tour de France
• Doping at the 2007 Tour de France
• List of doping cases in cycling
• Tour de France

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikinews has related news: 2007 Tour de France

• Official website (English)
• Website on the first two stages at the Wayback Machine (archived February 1, 2008)