Tour de France 2008/19. stage

00000 Result of the 19th stage 00000
		Sylvain Chavanel (COF)	3:37:09 h
2.		Jérémy Roy (FDJ)	equal time
3.		Gerald Ciolek (THR)	+1: 13 min
4th		Erik Zabel (MRM)	equal time
5.		Heinrich Haussler (GST)	equal time
6th		Leonardo Duque (COF)	equal time
7th		Filippo Pozzato (CAN)	equal time
8th.		Thor Hushovd (CA)	equal time
9.		Robert Förster (GST)	equal time
10.		Julian Dean (CPT)	equal time
		Sylvain Chavanel (COF)
Intermediate results after the 19th stage
		Carlos Sastre (TNK)	82:54:36 h
2.		Frank Schleck (TNK)	+1: 24 min
3.		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	+1: 33 min
		Óscar Freire Gomez (TLJ)	244 pts.
2.		Erik Zabel (MRM)	202 pts.
3.		Thor Hushovd (CA)	198 pts.
		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	125 pts.
2.		Carlos Sastre (TNK)	80 pts.
3.		Frank Schleck (TNK)	80 pts.
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	83:04:40 h
2.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+1: 58 min
3.		Vincenzo Nibali (CAN)	+15: 35 min
		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	248: 37: 01 h
2.		Ag2r	+ 9:27 min
3.		Rabobank	+ 1:01:17 h

The 19th stage of the Tour de France 2008 on July 25th was 165.5 kilometers long and ran from Roanne to Montluçon . There were two sprint classifications and one mountain classification each in the 3rd and 4th category on the program.

Immediately after the start there were a few more attacks, but none of them were crowned with success. At kilometer 10 a group around Fabian Wegmann , Romain Feillu and Juan Antonio Flecha lost the connection, later another larger group. Meanwhile, Stefan Schumacher , Egoi Martínez , Alessandro Ballan and Pierrick Fédrigo were able to break away . In the field, Gert Steegmans tried a short breakaway attempt. Schumacher was the first to cross both mountain ratings. The field was again mostly led by Liquigas , who caught the outliers 96 km from the finish. Then several drivers attacked again. Sylvain Chavanel and Jérémy Roy finally managed to pull away a little, their lead increased to around five minutes. Chavanel finally won the first sprint classification of the day. Now the Barloworld team started the follow-up work. Roy won the second sprint classification. The two managed to save a little more than a minute ahead of the 1000 meter long and 6 meter wide home straight in Montluçon, where Chavanel won the sprint against Roy. Gerald Ciolek won the sprint of the main field ahead of Erik Zabel and Heinrich Haussler . Again, this did not result in any changes to the overall ranking. The group around Fabian Wegmann, Romain Feillu and Juan Antonio Fletcha lost more and more time on the peloton and could no longer reach the goal within the waiting period.

tasks

• 003 Christophe Brandt - task during the stage
• 071 Damiano Cunego - Not started for the stage
• 119 Fabian Wegmann - Exceeding the time limit
• 124 Romain Feillu - Time limit exceeded
• 132 Juan Antonio Flecha - Exceeding the time limit

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Chantelle (102.5 km) (312 m above sea level)

First	Sylvain Chavanel	6 pts.
Second	Jérémy Roy	4 pts.
Third	Erik Zabel	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Commentry (km 143.5) (375 m above sea level)

First	Jérémy Roy	6 pts.
Second	Sylvain Chavanel	4 pts.
Third	Giampaolo Cheula	2 pts.

• Target sprint in Montluçon (kilometer 165.5) (220 m above sea level)

First	Sylvain Chavanel	35 pts.
Second	Jérémy Roy	30 pts.
Third	Gerald Ciolek	26 pts.
Fourth	Erik Zabel	24 pts.
fifth	Heinrich Haussler	22 pts.
Sixth	Leonardo Duque	20 pts.
seventh	Filippo Pozzato	19 pts.
Eighth	Thor Hushovd	18 pts.
Ninth	Robert Forster	17 pts.
Tenth	Julian Dean	16 pts.
11.	Óscar Freire	15 pts.
12.	Geoffroy Lequatre	14 pts.
13.	Christophe Riblon	13 pts.
14th	Martijn Maaskant	12 pts.
15th	Alessandro Ballan	11 pts.
16.	Sebastian Lang	10 pts.
17th	Matteo Tosatto	9 pts.
18th	Arnaud Coyot	8 pts.
19th	Yaroslav Popovych	7 pts.
20th	David Millar	6 pts.
21st	Iñaki Isasi	5 pts.
22nd	Cadel Evans	4 pts.
23.	Rubén Pérez	3 pts.
24.	Alejandro Valverde	2 pts.
25th	Sebastian Langeveld	1 point

Mountain ratings

• La Croix-du-Sud, category 3 (km 17.5) (760 m above sea level; 11.0 km at 3.5%)

First	Stefan Schumacher	4 pts.
Second	Pierrick Fédrigo	3 pts.
Third	Alessandro Ballan	2 pts.
Fourth	Egoi Martínez	1 point

• Côte de la Croix-Rouge, category 4 (kilometer 42) (532 m above sea level; 1.4 km at 6.4%)

First	Stefan Schumacher	3 pts.
Second	Pierrick Fédrigo	2 pts.
Third	Alessandro Ballan	1 point