Tour de France 2007/10. stage

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Result of the 10th stage
Stage winner Cédric Vasseur 5:20:24 h
(42.978 km / h)
Second Sandy Casar equal time
Third Michael Albasini equal time
Fourth Patrice Halgand equal time
fifth Jens Voigt equal time
Sixth Staf Scheirlinckx + 0:36 min
seventh Paolo Bossoni equal time
Eighth Marcus Burghardt + 1:01 min
Ninth Alyaksandr Kuschynski + 2:34 min
Tenth Juan Antonio Flecha equal time
Most combative driver Patrice Halgand
Intermediate results after the 10th stage
Yellow jersey Michael Rasmussen 49:23:48 h
Second Alejandro Valverde + 2:35 min
Third Iban Mayo + 2:39 min
Green jersey Tom Boonen 160 p.
Second Erik Zabel 144 P.
Third Robert Hunter 114 P.
Dotted jersey Michael Rasmussen 98 P.
Second Mauricio Soler 79 P.
Third Yaroslav Popovych 70 p.
White jersey Alberto Contador 49:26:56 h
Second Linus Gerdemann + 3:37 min
Third Mauricio Soler + 3:41 min
Team evaluation Team CSC 148: 20: 49 h
Second Caisse d'Epargne + 5:02 min
Third Discovery Channel + 5:08 min

The 10th stage of the Tour de France 2007 on July 18 was 229.5 kilometers long and took the riders south from Tallard through the southeastern region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , specifically through the Hautes-Alpes , Alpes- de-Haute-Provence , Var and Bouches-du-Rhône , to Marseille . The city on the Mediterranean was the 33rd stage of the tour. The sixth flat stage was the second longest section of the tour and had a total of four mountain ratings in the third and fourth categories.

After the difficult stages in the Alps , some drivers tried early to break away from the main field and speculate on a victory from a breakaway group. So at the beginning a group of six sat at the front of the race, in which Simon Gerrans , Claudio Corioni , Manuel Quinziato , Anthony Charteau , Andrij Hrywko and Philippe Gilbert drove. However, within the first hour of the race, which was completed with an hourly average of 48.3 km / h, they could never break away from the field by more than 50 seconds and were put back by the peloton at race kilometer 37.

As a result of the merger, some drivers attacked again, but initially could not break away. Only Marcus Burghardt managed to break away in the first mountain classification after driving 57 kilometers. He quickly expanded his lead to 1:40 minutes before a ten-man chasing group consisting of Andrij Hrywko, Jens Voigt , Juan Antonio Flecha , Patrice Halgand , Cédric Vasseur , Sandy Casar , Michael Albasini , Staf Scheirlinckx , Aljaksandr Kuschynski and Paolo Bossoni , formed. The group caught up with Burghardt at race kilometer 80, which meant that eleven drivers were at the top. After they had increased their lead to eleven minutes up to around 100 kilometers from the finish, the peloton began to narrow the gap slightly before it settled in the range of ten to eleven minutes and remained constant.

In the middle of the ascent of the third mountain classification, 32 kilometers from the finish, Voigt tested his competitors for the first time with a considerable increase in pace, but broke off the attempt after he could not bring about a clear selection. A little later Halgand attacked and initially pulled away with Albasini and Casar on the rear wheel. Behind them, Burghardt, Voigt, Vasseur and Scheirlinckx formed a group that reached the culmination point ten seconds behind the leading group. On the descent, Vasseur and Voigt caught up with the leaders and increased the group to five drivers. Burghardt and Scheirlinckx, however, fell back into a previous group of three. On the last climb Halgand attacked again and was able to shake off Casar, who, after he had found his rhythm, fought his way back up. The next attack, this time by Voigt again, followed four kilometers from the finish, but did not result in a decision. A kilometer later Vasseur tried it for the first time, and then Halgand. Despite the attacks, the five drivers drove into the home straight in front of the Stade Vélodrome . In a gripping finish, Cédric Vasseur secured his second stage win after 1997, just ahead of Sandy Casar and Michael Albasini. Behind the first group, the six riders who had fallen behind reached the goal, scattered. The peloton in which Sébastien Chavanel won the sprint for twelfth place crossed the finish line 10:36 minutes behind.

There were no changes to the top positions in the four individual ratings. Due to the large lead of the outliers, including Jens Voigt, a team driver from CSC , the team took the lead in the team classification for the first time since the 8th stage .

Before the start of the stage, the positive doping result of the already retired T-Mobile driver Patrik Sinkewitz became known. Sinkewitz was at a training control with an increased on June 8, testosterone levels were tested. As a result, the German public broadcasters Das Erste and ZDF withdrew from live coverage of the tour with immediate effect “until the Patrik Sinkewitz case is cleared up” .

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Oraison (kilometer 82.5) (364 m above sea level)

First Cédric Vasseur 6 p. And 6 s
Second Andrij Hrywko 4 p. And 4 s
Third Paolo Bossoni 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (km 154.5) (291 m above sea level)

First Staf Scheirlinckx 6 p. And 6 s
Second Jens Voigt 4 p. And 4 s
Third Paolo Bossoni 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte de Châteauneuf-Val-Saint Donat , category 4 (km 57) (666 m above sea level; 3.3 km at 3.1%)

First Marcus Burghardt 3 p.
Second Xavier Florencio 2 p.
Third Yaroslav Popovych 1 P.

Côte de Villedieu , category 4 (kilometer 93) (384 m above sea level; 1.1 km at 5.2%)

First Patrice Halgand 3 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 2 p.
Third Jens Voigt 1 P.

Côte des Bastides , category 3 (km 201.5) (352 m above sea level; 7.5 km at 2.9%)

First Patrice Halgand 4 p.
Second Michael Albasini 3 p.
Third Sandy Casar 2 p.
Fourth Jens Voigt 1 P.

Col de la Gineste , Category 3 (km 219.5) (326 m above sea level; 7.5 km at 3.2%)

First Patrice Halgand 4 p.
Second Jens Voigt 3 p.
Third Michael Albasini 2 p.
Fourth Cédric Vasseur 1 P.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sinkewitz: "Why me? That can't be". radsport-News.com, July 18, 2007, accessed January 28, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Tour: ARD and ZDF get out. radsport-News.com, July 18, 2007, accessed January 28, 2015 .

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