Le Tour De France 2008
I'll start off with mentioning some important dates
5th July 2008 : Tour De France 2008 starts
9th July 2008 : Mark Cavendish wins the stage, becoming the ninth, and youngest, British tour stage winner (joining David Millar, Robert Millar, Chris Boardman, Barry Hoban, Brian Robinson, Max Sciandri, Michael Wright and Sean Yates)
12th July 2008 : Mark Cavendish wins the stage, becoming the second British two-time tour stage winner (joining Barry Hoban)
14th July 2008 : Frank Schleck produces a fantastic climb to Hautacam, missing out on the yellow jersey by one ridiculous second
17th July 2008 : Mark Cavendish wins the stage, becoming the first British three-time tour stage winner
18th July 2008 : Mark Cavendish wins the stage, becoming the first British four-time tour stage winner
20th July 2008 : Frank Schleck produced a fantastic climb to Prato Nevoso, taking the yellow jersey by seven magnificent seconds
23rd July 2008 : Carlos Sastre wins on Alpe d'Huez, taking the overall lead from team-mate Frank Schleck
26th July 2008 : Despite what all the pundits had predicted, the wee violent disgrace that is Cadel Evans blew the last chance to win Le Tour
27th July 2008 : Tour De France 2008 finishes, with Carlos Sastre winning
27th July 2008 : Dmitriy Fofonov, 19th overall, fails a drugs test. As is MarcFisher.co.uk policy (which resulted in this being the first webpage to produce the final full 2006 standings without Floyd Landis) Fofonov will not be included in the overall standings, regardless of if the official tour organisers decide to do so
| Pos. |
N° |
 |
Name |
Nat. |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
011 |
 |
Sastre, Carlos |
 |
CSC |
87h 52m 52s |
| 2 |
001 |
 |
Evans, Cadel |
 |
SIL |
@ 58s |
| 3 |
115 |
 |
Kohl, Bernhard |
 |
GST |
@ 01m 13s |
| 4 |
131 |
 |
Menchov, Denis |
 |
RAB |
@ 02m 10s |
| 5 |
191 |
 |
Vandevelde, Christian |
 |
GAR |
@ 03m 05s |
| 6 |
017 |
 |
Schleck, Frank |
 |
CSC |
@ 04m 28s |
| 7 |
027 |
 |
Sanchez, Samuel |
 |
EUS |
@ 06m 25s |
| 8 |
041 |
 |
Kirchen, Kim |
 |
COL |
@ 06m 55s |
| 9 |
031 |
 |
Valverde, Alejandro |
 |
GCE |
@ 07m 12s |
| 10 |
109 |
 |
Valjavec, Tadej |
 |
A2R |
@ 09m 05s |
| 11 |
104 |
 |
Efimkin, Vladimir |
 |
A2R |
@ 09m 55s |
| 12 |
016 |
 |
Schleck, Andy |
 |
CSC |
@ 11m 32s |
| 13 |
065 |
 |
Kreuziger, Roman |
 |
LIQ |
@ 12m 59s |
| 14 |
161 |
 |
Casar, Sandy |
 |
FJD |
@ 19m 23s |
| 15 |
187 |
 |
Moinard, Amaël |
 |
COS |
@ 23m 31s |
| 16 |
022 |
 |
Astarloza, Mikel |
 |
EUS |
@ 23m 40s |
| 17 |
049 |
 |
Siutsou, Konstantsin |
 |
COL |
@ 24m 55s |
| 18 |
083 |
 |
Botcharov, Alexandre |
 |
C.A |
@ 27m 11s |
| 19 |
067 |
 |
Nibaldi, Vincenzo |
 |
LIQ |
@ 28m 33s |
| 20 |
107 |
 |
Goubert, Stephane |
 |
A2R |
@ 31m 50s |
| 21 |
138 |
 |
Ten Dam, Laurens |
 |
RAB |
@ 32m 59s |
| 22 |
189 |
 |
Monfort, Maxine |
 |
COF |
@ 35m 41s |
| 23 |
007 |
 |
Popovych, Yaroslav |
 |
SIL |
@ 36m 24s |
| 24 |
111 |
 |
Schumacher, Stefan |
 |
GST |
@ 37m 20s |
| 25 |
078 |
 |
Szmyd, Sylvester |
 |
LAM |
@ 44m 43s |
| 26 |
074 |
 |
Bruseghin, Marzio |
 |
LAM |
@ 45m 19s |
| 27 |
101 |
 |
Dessel, Cyril |
 |
A2R |
@ 46m 31s |
| 28 |
153 |
 |
Knees, Christian |
 |
MRM |
@ 47m 43s |
| 29 |
032 |
 |
Arroyo, David |
 |
GCE |
@ 48m 23s |
| 30 |
002 |
 |
Aerts, Mario |
 |
SIL |
@ 48m 58s |
| 31 |
141 |
 |
Fedrigo, Pierrick |
 |
BTL |
@ 50m 19s |
| 32 |
113 |
 |
Fothen, Markus |
 |
GST |
@ 1h 01m 04s |
| 33 |
135 |
 |
Moerenhout, Koos |
 |
RAB |
@ 1h 05m 38s |
| 34 |
047 |
 |
Hincapie, George |
 |
COL |
@ 1h 08m 15s |
| 35 |
093 |
 |
Carrara, Matteo |
 |
QST |
@ 1h 09m 25s |
| 36 |
019 |
 |
Voigt, Jens |
 |
CSC |
@ 1h 11m 55s |
| 37 |
145 |
 |
Pineau, Jérôme |
 |
BTL |
@ 1h 12m 58s |
| 38 |
125 |
 |
Gonzalo Ramirez, Eduardo |
 |
AGR |
@ 1h 20m 06s |
| 39 |
087 |
 |
Le Mevel, Christophe |
 |
C.A |
@ 1h 20m 24s |
| 40 |
048 |
 |
Lövkvist, Thomas |
 |
COL |
@ 1h 25m 27s |
| 41 |
188 |
 |
Moncoutie, David |
 |
COF |
@ 1h 26m 22s |
| 42 |
151 |
 |
Zabel, Erik |
 |
MRM |
@ 1h 26m 40s |
| 43 |
159 |
 |
Velo, Marco |
 |
MRM |
@ 1h 26m 42s |
| 44 |
021 |
 |
Zubeldia, Haimar |
 |
EUS |
@ 1h 27m 00s |
| 45 |
014 |
 |
Gustov, Volodymir |
 |
CSC |
@ 1h 29m 59s |
| 46 |
195 |
 |
Hesjedal, Ryder |
 |
GAR |
@ 1h 33m 22s |
| 47 |
052 |
 |
Augustyn, John-Lee |
 |
BAR |
@ 1h 36m 21s |
| 48 |
079 |
 |
Tiralongo, Paolo |
 |
LAM |
@ 1h 36m 57s |
| 49 |
024 |
 |
Matinez, Egoi |
 |
EUS |
@ 1h 37m 00s |
| 50 |
036 |
 |
Lopez Garcia, David |
 |
GCE |
@ 1h 41m 59s |
| 51 |
028 |
 |
Txurruka, Amets |
 |
EUS |
@ 1h 41m 59s |
| 52 |
186 |
 |
Duque, Leonardo |
 |
COF |
@ 1h 44m 24s |
| 53 |
148 |
 |
Tschopp, Johann |
 |
BTL |
@ 1h 47m 22s |
| 54 |
103 |
 |
Dupont, Hubert |
 |
A2R |
@ 1h 47m 24s |
| 55 |
035 |
 |
Gutierrez, José Ivan |
 |
GCE |
@ 1h 48m 27s |
| 56 |
012 |
 |
Arvesen, Kurt-Asle |
 |
CSC |
@ 1h 49m 40s |
| 57 |
158 |
 |
Velits, Peter |
 |
MRM |
@ 1h 49m 49s |
| 58 |
163 |
 |
Di Gregorio, Rémy |
 |
FDJ |
@ 1h 49m 54s |
| 59 |
137 |
 |
Tankink, Bram |
 |
RAB |
@ 1h 50m 24s |
| 60 |
181 |
 |
Chavanel, Sylvain |
 |
COF |
@ 1h 54m 25s |
| 61 |
039 |
 |
Sanches, Luis-Leon |
 |
GCE |
@ 1h 55m 39s |
| 62 |
139 |
 |
Weening, Pieter |
 |
RAB |
@ 1h 55m 52s |
| 63 |
129 |
 |
Vogondy, Nicolas |
 |
AGR |
@ 1h 56m 04s |
| 64 |
013 |
 |
Cancellara, Fabian |
 |
CSC |
@ 1h 57m 09s |
| 65 |
038 |
 |
Portal, Nicolas |
 |
GCE |
@ 1h 58m 16s |
| 66 |
061 |
 |
Pozzato, Filippo |
 |
LIQ |
@ 1h 59m 13s |
| 67 |
198 |
 |
Millar, David |
 |
GAR |
@ 1h 59m 39s |
| 68 |
136 |
 |
Posthuma, Joost |
 |
RAB |
@ 2h 05m 10s |
| 69 |
133 |
 |
Freire, Oscar |
 |
RAB |
@ 2h 05m 46s |
| 70 |
105 |
 |
Elmiger, Martin |
 |
A2R |
@ 2h 06m 21s |
| 71 |
102 |
 |
Arrieta, Jose Luis |
 |
A2R |
@ 2h 07m 33s |
| 72 |
029 |
 |
Verdugo, Gorka |
 |
EUS |
@ 2h 08m 23s |
| 73 |
167 |
 |
Le Boulanger, Yoann |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 08m 50s |
| 74 |
117 |
 |
Lang, Sebastian |
 |
GST |
@ 2h 09m 23s |
| 75 |
064 |
 |
Fischer, Murilo Antoniobil |
 |
LIQ |
@ 2h 13m 03s |
| 76 |
196 |
 |
Lowe, Trent |
 |
GAR |
@ 2h 13m 41s |
| 77 |
099 |
 |
Van De Walle, Jurgen |
 |
QST |
@ 2h 13m 50s |
| 78 |
086 |
 |
Gerrans, Simon |
 |
C.A |
@ 2h 14m 25s |
| 79 |
088 |
 |
Pauriol, Rémi |
 |
C.A |
@ 2h 16m 33s |
| 80 |
127 |
 |
Lelay, David |
 |
AGR |
@ 2h 16m 43s |
| 81 |
169 |
 |
Vaugrenard, Benoît |
 |
FDJ |
@ 2h 19m 33s |
| 82 |
004 |
 |
Cioni, Dario |
 |
SIL |
@ 2h 20m 49s |
| 83 |
057 |
 |
Froome, Christopher |
 |
BAR |
@ 2h 22m 33s |
| 84 |
128 |
 |
Lequatre, Geoffroy |
 |
AGR |
@ 2h 23m 04s |
| 85 |
144 |
 |
Lefevre, Laurent |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 23m 16s |
| 86 |
008 |
 |
Van Summeren, Johan |
 |
SIL |
@ 2h 27m 04s |
| 87 |
054 |
 |
Cheula, Gianpaolo |
 |
BAR |
@ 2h 30m 12s |
| 88 |
092 |
 |
Barredo, Carlos |
 |
QST |
@ 2h 30m 36s |
| 89 |
142 |
 |
Clement, Stef |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 32m 19s |
| 90 |
026 |
 |
Perez, Ruben |
 |
EUS |
@ 2h 33m 55s |
| 91 |
075 |
 |
Marzano, Marco |
 |
LAM |
@ 2h 34m 08s |
| 92 |
118 |
 |
Scholz, Ronny |
 |
GST |
@ 2h 34m 12s |
| 93 |
072 |
 |
Ballan, Alessandro |
 |
LAM |
@ 2h 35m 08s |
| 94 |
199 |
 |
Pate, Danny |
 |
GAR |
@ 2h 36m 29s |
| 95 |
098 |
 |
Tosatto, Matteo |
 |
QST |
@ 2h 38m 07s |
| 96 |
149 |
 |
Voeckler, Thomas |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 38m 13s |
| 97 |
096 |
 |
Rosseler, Sébastien |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 39m 58s |
| 98 |
081 |
 |
Hushov, Thor |
 |
C.A |
@ 2h 45m 20s |
| 99 |
156 |
 |
Schröder, Björn |
 |
MRM |
@ 2h 48m 33s |
| 100 |
143 |
 |
Florencio, Xavier |
 |
BTL |
@ 2h 53m 51s |
| 101 |
082 |
 |
Bonnet, William |
 |
C.A |
@ 2h 55m 29s |
| 102 |
025 |
 |
Oroz, Juan José |
 |
EUS |
@ 2h 56m 12s |
| 103 |
023 |
 |
Isasi, Inaki |
 |
023 |
@ 2h 57m 44s |
| 104 |
155 |
 |
Müller, Martin |
 |
MRM |
@ 2h 58m 31s |
| 105 |
044 |
 |
Ciolek, Gerald |
 |
COL |
@ 2h 58m 34s |
| 106 |
058 |
 |
Hunter, Robert |
 |
BAR |
@ 3h 04m 02s |
| 107 |
046 |
 |
Hansen, Adam |
 |
COL |
@ 3h 04m 02s |
| 108 |
015 |
 |
O'Grady, Stuart |
 |
CSC |
@ 3h 07m 46s |
| 109 |
193 |
 |
Dean, Julian |
 |
GAR |
@ 3h 07m 57s |
| 110 |
097 |
 |
Steegmans, Gert |
 |
QST |
@ 3h 08m 23s |
| 111 |
165 |
 |
Gilbert, Philippe |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 09m 56s |
| 112 |
069 |
 |
Willems, Frederik |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 13m 38s |
| 113 |
185 |
 |
Dumoulin, Samuel |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 14m 37s |
| 114 |
033 |
 |
Coyot, Arnaud |
 |
GCE |
@ 3h 15m 53s |
| 115 |
112 |
 |
Föster, Robert |
 |
GST |
@ 3h 16m 11s |
| 116 |
073 |
 |
Bono, Matteo |
 |
LAM |
@ 3h 16m 36s |
| 117 |
018 |
 |
Sorensen, Nicki |
 |
CSC |
@ 3h 17m 01s |
| 118 |
183 |
 |
Brard, Florent |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 17m 45s |
| 119 |
042 |
 |
Burghardt, Marcus |
 |
COL |
@ 3h 20m 28s |
| 120 |
168 |
 |
Roy, Jérémy |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 21m 32s |
| 121 |
006 |
 |
McEwan, Robbie |
 |
SIL |
@ 3h 22m 36s |
| 122 |
152 |
 |
Grabsch, Ralf |
 |
MRM |
@ 3h 23m 17s |
| 123 |
005 |
 |
Hoste, Leif |
 |
SIL |
@ 3h 23m 53s |
| 124 |
094 |
 |
De Jongh, Steven |
 |
QST |
@ 3h 24m 08s |
| 125 |
114 |
 |
Haussler, Heinrich |
 |
GST |
@ 3h 25m 34s |
| 126 |
077 |
 |
Righi, Daniele |
 |
LAM |
@ 3h 26m 16s |
| 127 |
066 |
 |
Kuschynski, Aleksandr |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 26m 47s |
| 128 |
154 |
 |
Lancaster, Brett Daniel |
 |
MRM |
@ 3h 27m 29s |
| 129 |
068 |
 |
Quinziato, Manuel |
 |
LIQ |
@ 3h 28m 07s |
| 130 |
134 |
 |
Langeveld, Sebastian |
 |
RAB |
@ 3h 28m 07s |
| 131 |
164 |
 |
Gerard, Arnaud |
 |
FDJ |
@ 3h 30m 00s |
| 132 |
194 |
 |
Frischkorn, William |
 |
GAR |
@ 3h 30m 47s |
| 133 |
197 |
 |
Maaskant, Martijn |
 |
GAR |
@ 3h 31m 30s |
| 134 |
122 |
 |
Bichot, Freddy |
 |
AGR |
@ 3h 32m 25s |
| 135 |
157 |
 |
Terpstra, Niki |
 |
MRM |
@ 3h 33m 40s |
| 136 |
108 |
 |
Riblon, Christophe |
 |
A2R |
@ 3h 35m 24s |
| 137 |
084 |
 |
Engoulvent, Jimmy |
 |
C.A |
@ 3h 35m 30s |
| 138 |
182 |
 |
Auge, Stéphane |
 |
COF |
@ 3h 35m 52s |
| 139 |
076 |
 |
Mori, Massimiliano |
 |
LAM |
@ 3h 37m 22s |
| 140 |
034 |
 |
Garcia Acosta, Vicente |
 |
GCE |
@ 3h 39m 48s |
| 141 |
146 |
 |
Sprick, Matthieu |
 |
BTL |
@ 3h 48m 18s |
| 142 |
116 |
 |
Krauss, Sven |
 |
GST |
@ 3h 48m 18s |
| 143 |
045 |
 |
Eisel, Bernhard |
 |
COL |
@ 3h 54m 52s |
| 144 |
009 |
 |
Vansevenant, Wim |
 |
SIL |
@ 3h 55m 45s |