Tour de France 2008/12. stage

00000 Result of the 12th stage 00000
		Mark Cavendish (THR)	3:40:52 h
2.		Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ)	equal time
3.		Gert Steegmans (EQS)	equal time
4th		Erik Zabel (MRM)	equal time
5.		Óscar Freire Gomez (TLJ)	equal time
6th		Francesco Chicchi (CAN)	equal time
7th		Thor Hushovd (CA)	equal time
8th.		Leonardo Duque (COF)	equal time
9.		Julian Dean (CPT)	equal time
10.		Heinrich Haussler (GST)	equal time
		Arnaud Gérard (FDJ)
Intermediate results after the 12th stage
		Cadel Evans (OLO)	50:23:05 h
2.		Frank Schleck (TNK)	+ 0:01 min
3.		Christian Vande Velde (CPT)	+ 0:38 min
		Óscar Freire Gomez (TLJ)	162 pts.
2.		Kim Kirchen (THR)	138 pts.
3.		Thor Hushovd (CA)	136 pts.
		Sebastian Lang (GST)	58 pts.
2.		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	56 pts.
3.		Frank Schleck (TNK)	46 pts.
		Vincenzo Nibali (CAN)	50:27:23 h
2.		Maxime Monfort (COF)	+ 2:29 min
3.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+ 2:42 min
		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	151: 01: 25 h
2.		Ag2r	+ 4:49 min
3.		Team Gerolsteiner	+ 15:23 min

The 12th stage of the Tour de France 2008 on July 17th was 168.5 kilometers long and ran from Lavelanet to Narbonne . There were two sprint classifications and a fourth category mountain classification on the program.

After Riccardo Riccò EPO doping was proven, the Saunier Duval-Scott team did not take part in the 12th stage.

After five kilometers, Egoi Martínez was able to pull away, initially joined by José Iván Gutiérrez and later by seven other drivers. The attempt to escape was already over at kilometer 12. Then a group of seven tried, which was arrested again shortly afterwards. After a group of two, Arnaud Gérard and Samuel Dumoulin finally managed to pull away after 36 km. Dumoulin won the only mountain classification of the day. Sebastian Lang secured the last mountain point and thus extended his lead in the mountain classification, which he had taken over after Riccardo Riccò and David de la Fuente were eliminated. The lead was more than 4 minutes ahead, after which the field narrowed the gap again. Gerard secured the first sprint classification, Óscar Freire was able to get the last 2 points, thus extending his lead in the sprint classification. Due to the tail wind, 51 km were covered in the first hour. Later, Juan José Oroz drove out of the field and attacked the two leaders. Dumoulin was the first to pass the second sprint classification. The breakaway group was finally set nine kilometers from the finish. The CSC-Saxo Bank team was now working at pace. The goal in Narbonne was reached on a 900 meter long and 8 meter wide home straight. Mark Cavendish won the sprint ahead of Sébastien Chavanel and thus won his third stage of the tour. With Saunier Duval-Scott's departure, the white jersey passed to Vincenzo Nibali before the stage .

tasks

• 55 Baden Cooke (fall during the stage)
• 171 Riccardo Riccò - suspended by the team on suspicion of doping (positive A sample)
• 172 Rubens Bertogliati (team withdrawal before stage 12)
• 173 Juan José Cobo (team retreat before stage 12)
• 174 David de la Fuente (team retreat before stage 12)
• 175 Jesús Del Nero (team withdrawal before stage 12)
• 177 Josep Jufré (team withdrawal before stage 12)
• 179 Leonardo Piepoli (team retreat before stage 12)

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (km 76) (257 m above sea level)

First	Arnaud Gérard	6 pts.
Second	Samuel Dumoulin	4 pts.
Third	Óscar Freire	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Thézan-des-Corbières (km 142.5) (110 m above sea level)

First	Samuel Dumoulin	6 pts.
Second	Arnaud Gérard	4 pts.
Third	Juan José Oroz	2 pts.

• Finish sprint in Narbonne (kilometer 168.5) (11 m above sea level)

First	Mark Cavendish	35 pts.
Second	Sébastien Chavanel	30 pts.
Third	Gert Steegmans	26 pts.
Fourth	Erik Zabel	24 pts.
fifth	Óscar Freire	22 pts.
Sixth	Francesco Chicchi	20 pts.
seventh	Thor Hushovd	19 pts.
Eighth	Leonardo Duque	18 pts.
Ninth	Julian Dean	17 pts.
Tenth	Heinrich Haussler	16 pts.
11.	Robbie McEwen	15 pts.
12.	Jimmy Casper	14 pts.
13.	Robert Hunter	13 pts.
14th	Martin Elmiger	12 pts.
15th	Alessandro Ballan	11 pts.
16.	Kim churches	10 pts.
17th	Kanstanzin Siuzou	9 pts.
18th	Xavier Florencio	8 pts.
19th	Robert Forster	7 pts.
20th	Cadel Evans	6 pts.
21st	Eduardo Gonzalo Ramírez	5 pts.
22nd	Martijn Maaskant	4 pts.
23.	Rubén Pérez	3 pts.
24.	Steven de Jongh	2 pts.
25th	Yaroslav Popovych	1 point

Mountain ratings

• Col du Camperié, category 4 (km 57.5) (514 m above sea level; 3.1 km at 3.7%)

First	Samuel Dumoulin	3 pts.
Second	Arnaud Gérard	2 pts.
Third	Sebastian Lang	1 point

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Saunier-Duval formation s'est retirée de la course. ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.letour.fr, accessed on July 17, 2008