Standings after Stage 12:
Maillot jaune
Pos. N° Name Surname Team Nat. Gaps
1 071 LANDIS Floyd PHO USA
2 035 DESSEL Cyril A2R FRA 00' 08"
3 051 MENCHOV Denis RAB RUS 01' 01"
4 061 EVANS Cadel DVL AUS 01' 17"
5 014 SASTRE Carlos CSC ESP 01' 52"
6 021 KLÖDEN Andréas TMO GER 02' 29"
7 026 ROGERS Michael TMO AUS 03' 22"
8 191 MERCADO Juan Miguel AGR ESP 03' 33"
9 031 MOREAU Christophe A2R FRA 03' 44"
10 007 POPOVYCH Yaroslav DSC UKR 04' 15"
11 042 FOTHEN Marcus GST GER 04' 17"
12 129 ZUBELDIA Haimar EUS ESP 04' 26"
13 027 SINKEWITZ Patrik TMO GER 05' 38"
14 041 LEIPHEIMER Levi GST USA 05' 39"
15 052 BOOGERD Michael RAB NED 05' 54"
16 046 TOTSCHNIG Georg GST AUT 06' 47"
17 126 LANDALUZE Inigo EUS ESP 06' 52"
18 096 KARPETS Vladimir CEI RUS 07' 07"
19 001 AZEVEDO José DSC POR 07' 42"
20 137 PARRA Ivan Ramiro COF COL 08' 30"
21 015 SCHLECK Frank CSC LUX 08' 37"
22 076 MERCKX Axel PHO BEL 08' 39"
23 088 VALJAVEC Tadej LAM SLO 09' 37"
24 148 RINERO Christophe SDV FRA 11' 18"
25 111 CAUCCHIOLI Pietro C.A ITA 11' 35"
Maillot vert
Pos. N° Name Surname Team Nat. Points
1 065 MC EWEN Robbie DVL AUS 232
2 056 FREIRE Oscar RAB ESP 207
3 101 BOONEN Tom QSI BEL 204
4 083 BENNATI Daniele LAM ITA 183
5 181 ZABEL Erik MRM GER 161
6 118 HUSHOVD Thor C.A NOR 145
7 168 PAOLINI Luca LIQ ITA 136
8 153 EISEL Bernhard FDJ AUT 127
9 149 VENTOSO Francisco SDV ESP 107
10 043 KOPP David GST GER 103
11 125 ISASI Inaki EUS ESP 99
12 133 CASPER Jimmy COF FRA 98
13 136 MORENI Cristian COF ITA 71
14 026 ROGERS Michael TMO AUS 67
15 003 HINCAPIE George DSC USA 48
16 082 BALLAN Alessandro LAM ITA 46
17 067 STEEGMANS Gert DVL BEL 46
18 013 O’GRADY Stuart CSC AUS 43
19 007 POPOVYCH Yaroslav DSC UKR 40
20 071 LANDIS Floyd PHO USA 40
Maillot à pois rouges (not gonna do that polky-dotty thang here ;)
Pos. N° Name Surname Team Nat. Points
1 143 DE LA FUENTE David SDV ESP 80
2 035 DESSEL Cyril A2R FRA 62
3 047 WEGMANN Fabian GST GER 61
4 058 RASMUSSEN Mickael RAB DEN 61
5 191 MERCADO Juan Miguel AGR ESP 45
6 052 BOOGERD Michael RAB NED 41
7 126 LANDALUZE Inigo EUS ESP 38
8 055 FLECHA Juan Antonio RAB ESP 36
9 071 LANDIS Floyd PHO USA 35
10 148 RINERO Christophe SDV FRA 35
11 051 MENCHOV Denis RAB RUS 30
12 177 PINEAU Jérôme BTL FRA 28
13 041 LEIPHEIMER Levi GST USA 28
14 125 ISASI Inaki EUS ESP 26
15 014 SASTRE Carlos CSC ESP 25
16 122 CAMANO Iker EUS ESP 25
17 136 MORENI Cristian COF ITA 24
18 109 VASSEUR Cédric QSI FRA 22
19 171 VOECKLER Thomas BTL FRA 20
20 061 EVANS Cadel DVL AUS 16
21 031 MOREAU Christophe A2R FRA 1
4 22 034 CALZATI Sylvain A2R FRA 13
23 083 BENNATI Daniele LAM ITA 13
24 032 ARRIETA Jose Luis A2R ESP 12
25 021 KLÖDEN Andréas TMO GER 12
Can't believe I only just remembered about this, and I don't know if yall have already talked about it, but the Google Earth Community mapped out the TdF route again this year. They added a live feature for 2006 with a little red bike that follows the peleton in real time even.(Aren't they clever!)It'll be all lot more fun to doodle around with this (esp playing with the elevation buttons) when they start climbing again in a couple of days, but here it is if anybody wants it while I remember (gosh I hope I remember how to do this) :
14:03 - Alain Gallopin Comments On Stage & CSC’s Hopes…
LeTour.fr contacted one of the directeur sportifs of the CSC to find out his thoughts on today’s stage. Alain Gallopin is confident of Jens Voigt’s chances in today’s escape and believes that his squad also has a potential winner of the Tour in its midst.
“I believe that everyone in the peloton is tired so the escape has a good chance of succeeding today," said Gallopin. "But the stage is still very long and a reaction could yet come. Jens is always prepared to be part of an attack like the one we saw this morning: this is his specialty.
“With regard to the team, the first week was really difficult because of the falls of O’Grady and Schleck and the retirement of Julich in the time trial. But now things are a little better and we have shown what we’re able to do in the Pyrenees. Schleck was really good and Sastre has demonstrated that he can fight with the best climbers – he is now one of the favourites of this year’s Tour.
Carlos is an experienced rider who is able to be a leader of the team. He has been the captain of CSC in the Vuelta in the past and he handled the duties with style. Now Carlos doesn’t know what had can do, but the objective could be the top five or even the podium… or why not the win. It all depends on the approach of the others. “If he wants the win, he has to attack in the Alps.”