Tour de France 2006/8. stage
Result of the 8th stage | ||
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Stage winner | Sylvain Calzati | 4:13:18 h (42.874 km / h) |
Second | Kjell Carlström | + 2:05 min |
Third | Patrice Halgand | equal time |
Fourth | Robbie McEwen | + 2:15 min |
fifth | Daniele Bennati | equal time |
Sixth | Erik Zabel | equal time |
seventh | Bernhard Eisel | equal time |
Eighth | Luca Paolini | equal time |
Ninth | Tom Boonen | equal time |
Tenth | David Kopp | equal time |
Most combative driver | Sylvain Calzati | |
Intermediate results after the 8th stage | ||
Yellow jersey | Serhiy Honchar | 34:38:53 h |
Second | Floyd Landis | + 1:00 min |
Third | Michael Rogers | + 1:08 min |
Green jersey | Robbie McEwen | 181 P. |
Second | Tom Boonen | 164 P. |
Third | Óscar Freire | 146 P. |
Dotted jersey | Jérôme Pineau | 28 p. |
Second | David de la Fuente | 17 p. |
Third | Fabian Wegmann | 15 p. |
White jersey | Markus Fothen | 34:40:43 h |
Second | Thomas Lövkvist | + 1:11 min |
Third | Andrij Hrywko | + 2:08 min |
Team evaluation | T-Mobile team | 103: 59: 39 h |
Second | Phonak Hearing Systems | + 3:09 min |
Third | Team Gerolsteiner | + 3:56 min |
The 8th stage of the Tour de France 2006 led the remaining 170 starters on July 9 over 181 km from Saint-Méen-le-Grand in a south-westerly direction through Brittany to Lorient .
The first driver launched an attack after only five kilometers. But up to km 46 the field did not allow any serious attempts to break away. Only then could the five drivers Matthias Kessler , David Zabriskie , Sylvain Calzati , Mario Aerts and Kjell Carlström break away from the field. At 56 km Patrice Halgand caught up with the leading group. After 16.5 km of escape, the six outliers had a maximum lead of 7:30 minutes before the Phonak team of runner-up Floyd Landis took over the pace work in the main field and slowly let the lead melt away.
Seven kilometers after the last intermediate sprint of the day, Calzati attacked from the leading group and split the group into three parts. The Kessler / Zabriskie / Aerts group was pulled out of the field approx. 18 km before the finish in Lorient, while Calzati extended his lead both on the field and on the chasing duo Halgand and Carlström. Overjoyed, Calzati reached the finish line as a soloist and celebrated his first tour success. It was also the first successful escape attempt on the tour that year. In the sprint of his former companions, Carlström won ahead of Halgand, 2:05 minutes behind. In the sprint of the peloton, Robbie McEwen prevailed once again, extending the lead in the fight for the green jersey.
Intermediate sprints
1st intermediate sprint in Plessala (38 km)
First | Samuel Dumoulin | 6 p. And 6 s |
Second | Vicente Garcia Acosta | 4 p. And 4 s |
Third | Jens Voigt | 2 P. and 2 s |
2nd intermediate sprint in Locmalo (112.5 km)
First | David Zabriskie | 6 p. And 6 s |
Second | Sylvain Calzati | 4 p. And 4 s |
Third | Mario Aerts | 2 P. and 2 s |
3rd intermediate sprint in Plouay (142 km)
First | Mario Aerts | 6 p. And 6 s |
Second | David Zabriskie | 4 p. And 4 s |
Third | Kjell Carlström | 2 P. and 2 s |
Mountain ratings
Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne , category 3 (75 km)
First | Sylvain Calzati | 4 p. |
Second | Mario Aerts | 3 p. |
Third | Matthias Kessler | 2 p. |
Fourth | Patrice Halgand | 1 P. |
Côte de Saint-Mayeux , category 4 (78.5 km)
First | Sylvain Calzati | 3 p. |
Second | Kjell Carlström | 2 p. |
Third | David Zabriskie | 1 P. |
Côte de Gouarec , category 4 (94 km)
First | Sylvain Calzati | 3 p. |
Second | David Zabriskie | 2 p. |
Third | Mario Aerts | 1 P. |
Côte de Ty Marrec , category 4 (138.5 km)
First | Sylvain Calzati | 3 p. |
Second | Patrice Halgand | 2 p. |
Third | Mario Aerts | 1 P. |
- See also: driver field