Stage 15: July 20, 2008: Tour de France: Embrun - Prato Nevoso (184 km):
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole      04:50:44
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              0.03
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   0.10
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               0.55
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                4.03
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              4.12
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    4.23
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        4.41
10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30       4.43
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 4.46
12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4.50
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        4.58
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                5.34
16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                   5.42
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        5.44
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          5.46
20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    
21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          6.00
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6.09
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          6.26
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    6.48
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                     
28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                              7.14
30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              7.35
31 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                        7.46
32 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
33 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           
35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.52
36 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      8.15
37 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      8.27
39 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                   9.00
40 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                9.11
41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               9.20
42 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         9.35
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      10.54
44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
45 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           
46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                      
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                       
48 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                               
49 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                
50 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      
51 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        
54 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        14.03
56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   15.11
57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                16.29
58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      
59 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
60 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
62 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               
65 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
66 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                              
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
68 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          20.46
69 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  
71 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   
72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                 
73 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
74 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             
76 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                 
77 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
78 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
79 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
80 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
81 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
82 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
83 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                               
84 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
86 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
87 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               
88 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
89 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
90 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        
91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
92 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
93 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
94 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
95 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                    
96 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
97 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   
98 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   
99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    
100 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
101 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            20.54
102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        21.08
103 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
104 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 21.25
105 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              21.57
106 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           23.31
107 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              25.33
109 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    
110 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
111 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        
112 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 
113 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                               
114 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
115 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
116 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  
117 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   
118 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   
119 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
120 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                                  
121 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
122 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
123 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
124 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
125 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
126 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               
127 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                              
128 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
129 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                               
131 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  
133 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                       
135 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
136 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
137 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            
138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
139 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
140 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    
141 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             
142 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              
143 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
144 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
146 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                          
147 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    
148 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        26.39
149 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                 26.56
150 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               29.46
151 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                             30.52
152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
DNS Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia (Chickened out)      
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
DNF Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne (Crashed)                         
HD  Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  42.59

Overall rankings after stage 15:
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank      63:57:21
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                0.07
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               0.08
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    0.38
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        0.39
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 0.49
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                 2.48
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         3.36
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              4.11
10 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4.34
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            5.18
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 5.22
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          6.27
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 7.15
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    7.43
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         8.34
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        9.01
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      9.52
19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                12.33
20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         13.55
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          14.00
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                 15.30
23 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         15.59
24 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                               16.28
25 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       19.06
26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                             19.11
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                       21.13
28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       21.23
29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          22.30
30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              22.46
31 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                       24.27
32 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       28.28
33 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  32.04
34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                33.25
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             33.31
36 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           34.17
37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     35.28
38 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  37.29
39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              40.04
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                           41.38
41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         42.25
42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  44.22
43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  45.44
44 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     45.56
45 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          45.58
46 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                           46.03
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                   46.21
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   46.25
49 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            48.37
50 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                       51.28
51 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               52.37
52 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     54.07
53 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                54.46
54 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  55.57
55 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    58.36
56 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        59.27
57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        1.01.11
58 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       1.01.26
59 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.01.28
60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.01.48
61 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.02.11
62 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                          1.02.45
63 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                           1.03.13
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.03.42
65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.08.28
66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.09.36
67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               1.10.07
68 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.12.05
69 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30           1.12.41
70 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.13.13
71 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.13.17
72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                  1.13.41
73 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.14.56
74 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.15.34
75 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              1.16.59
76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.18.11
77 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale           1.18.21
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               1.18.54
79 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                1.19.54
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.22.23
81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             1.24.07
82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               1.26.04
83 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                        1.27.15
84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                              1.28.03
85 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             1.28.23
86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       1.28.53
87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.28.56
88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.29.04
89 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               1.29.57
90 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          1.31.23
91 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                           1.32.23
92 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                1.32.26
93 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.32.37
94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.36.41
95 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld                         1.37.12
96 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                  1.38.11
97 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.38.41
98 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         1.39.13
99 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.41.00
100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                        1.41.22
101 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              1.41.59
102 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.44.17
103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.44.24
104 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       1.44.33
105 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.44.44
106 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                            1.44.45
107 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          1.45.57
108 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           1.47.33
109 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             1.51.37
110 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             1.53.22
111 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            1.54.02
112 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          1.56.28
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            1.57.03
114 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.58.29
115 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                         2.00.53
116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   2.01.16
117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          2.02.12
118 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 2.02.20
119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        2.02.24
120 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  2.03.52
121 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            2.04.44
122 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  2.05.15
123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        2.07.43
124 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              2.08.23
125 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             2.08.25
126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        2.09.13
127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           2.10.03
128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             2.10.09
129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       2.10.22
130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            2.10.24
131 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              2.10.28
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       2.13.24
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            2.13.28
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         2.14.28
136 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    2.14.32
137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           2.14.59
138 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        2.15.02
139 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      2.17.05
140 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     2.17.24
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          2.18.11
142 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.19.04
143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     2.19.21
144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               2.21.16
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          2.23.25
146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.23.44
147 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.24.06
148 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         2.25.43
149 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   2.25.59
150 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           2.29.18
151 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     2.31.44
152 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      2.37.42
153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                2.42.15

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