Tour de France 2008/16. stage

00000 Result of the 16th stage 00000
		Cyril Dessel (ALM)	4:31:27 h
2.		Sandy Casar (FDJ)	equal time
3.		David Arroyo (MOV)	equal time
4th		Yaroslav Popovych (OLO)	+0: ​​03 min
5.		George Hincapie (THR)	+0: ​​24 min
6th		Nicolas Portal (MOV)	equal time
7th		Tadej Valjavec (ALM)	equal time
8th.		Stefan Schumacher (GST)	+1: 03 min
9.		Andy Schleck (TNK)	+1: 28 min
10.		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	equal time
		Stefan Schumacher (GST)
Intermediate results after the 16th stage
		Frank Schleck (TNK)	68:30:16 h
2.		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	+0: ​​07 min
3.		Cadel Evans (OLO)	+0: ​​08 min
		Óscar Freire Gomez (TLJ)	219 pts.
2.		Thor Hushovd (CA)	172 pts.
3.		Erik Zabel (MRM)	167 pts.
		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	85 pts.
2.		Sebastian Lang (GST)	60 pts.
3.		Thomas Voeckler (DEN)	55 pts.
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	68:39:17 h
2.		Vincenzo Nibali (CAN)	+0: ​​06 min
3.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+0: ​​50 min
		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	205: 22: 34 h
2.		Ag2r	+4: 02 min
3.		Rabobank	+43: 28 min

The 16th stage of the Tour de France 2008 on July 22nd was 157 kilometers long and ran from Cuneo to Jausiers . There were two sprint classifications and two mountain classifications of the Hors Catégorie on the program.

Sylvain Chavanel immediately started an attack at the real start, other drivers attacked afterwards. However, the field prevented them from getting away at high speed. Later, Chavanel tried again unsuccessfully with George Hincapie . The two made the first intermediate sprint among themselves. David Le Lay then caught up with Chavanel, but fell back again. David Moncoutié launched the next attack, but all attackers were caught again. Christophe Le Mével , Sébastien Rosseler , Thomas Voeckler , Stefan Schumacher and Samuel Dumoulin were finally able to break away, pursued by a group of 24 chasers, including Jens Voigt , Jaroslaw Popowytsch , Cyril Dessel , Haimar Zubeldia , Danny Pate , Marcus Burghardt , George Hincapie, Kanstanzin Siuzou , John-Lee Augustyn , Juan Antonio Flecha and again Chavanel. Dumoulin won the second sprint classification. Then Schumacher set the pace, some drivers fell back again. There were renewed attacks in the field, creating another group of pursuers. Schumacher was the first to reach the top of the pass on the Col de la Lombarde, followed by Le Mevel and Voeckler, which was part of the tour's program for the first time. Arnaud Coyot fell on the descent, but was able to continue. Liquigas led the group of favorites on the second climb of the day to Col de la Bonette, the highest point of the tour. Andy Schleck later increased the pace and the group shrank. Fränk Schleck , Carlos Sastre , Samuel Sánchez , Denis Menschow , Bernhard Kohl , Alejandro Valverde , Cadel Evans and Kim Kirchen drove with him . Before the summit, Schumacher lost his lead over his direct pursuers, whose group consisted of Tadej Valjavec , Dessel, Sandy Casar , Popowytsch, Hincapie, Siuzou, Nicolas Portal , David Arroyo and Augustyn, and was overtaken. Voigt was now in front in the field. Augustyn attacked the mountain classification and secured the points from Dessel and Arroyo, but fell into the slope on the descent, but was able to catch himself. In the descent, several groups formed, Dessel, Casar, Popowytsch and Arroyo at the top. The last two attacked about one km from the target. This was achieved in Jausiers on a 70 meter long and 6.5 meter wide home straight. Dessel, who brought the group back together, won the sprint there. Then the groups around Hincapie and Schleck crossed the finish line. Vandevelde had to accept a time gap of over four minutes. Nibali lost over 5 minutes and had to hand over the white jersey to Andy Schleck.

tasks

• 063 Francesco Chicchi - Time limit exceeded
• 162 Sébastien Chavanel - during the stage

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Vignolo (20.5 km) (617 m above sea level)

First	Sylvain Chavanel	6 pts.
Second	George Hincapie	4 pts.
Third	Bram Tankink	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Vinadio (kilometer 50) (886 m above sea level)

First	Samuel Dumoulin	6 pts.
Second	Stefan Schumacher	4 pts.
Third	Christophe Le Mével	2 pts.

• Finish sprint in Jausiers (km 157) (1210 m above sea level)

First	Cyril Dessel	20 pts.
Second	Sandy Casar	17 pts.
Third	David Arroyo	15 pts.
Fourth	Yaroslav Popovych	13 pts.
fifth	George Hincapie	12 pts.
Sixth	Nicolas Portal	10 pts.
seventh	Tadej Valjavec	9 pts.
Eighth	Stefan Schumacher	8 pts.
Ninth	Andy Schleck	7 pts.
Tenth	Bernhard Kohl	6 pts.
Eleventh	Cadel Evans	5 pts.
Twelfth	Frank Schleck	4 pts.
Thirteenth	Alejandro Valverde	3 pts.
Fourteenth	Damiano Cunego	2 pts.
Fifteenth	Carlos Sastre	1 point

Mountain ratings

• Col de la Lombarde , HC category (km 72.5) (2351 m above sea level; 21.5 km at 6.9%)

First	Stefan Schumacher	20 pts.
Second	Christophe Le Mével	18 pts.
Third	Thomas Voeckler	16 pts.
Fourth	Yaroslav Popovych	14 pts.
fifth	Kanstanzin Siuzou	12 pts.
Sixth	Jens Voigt	10 pts.
seventh	Cyril Dessel	8 pts.
Eighth	John-Lee Augustyn	7 pts.
Ninth	Sébastien Rosseler	6 pts.
Tenth	José Iván Gutiérrez	5 pts.

• Cime de la Bonette-Restefond , HC category (kilometer 133.5) (2802 m above sea level; 25.5 km at 6.5%)

First	John-Lee Augustyn	40 pts.
Second	Cyril Dessel	36 pts.
Third	David Arroyo	32 pts.
Fourth	Yaroslav Popovych	28 pts.
fifth	Sandy Casar	24 pts.
Sixth	George Hincapie	20 pts.
seventh	Tadej Valjavec	16 pts.
Eighth	Kanstanzin Siuzou	14 pts.
Ninth	Nicolas Portal	12 pts.
Tenth	Stefan Schumacher	10 pts.