Stage 2: March 11, 2008: Nevers - Belleville (200 km):
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step       05:29:47
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                          
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            0.03
6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                         
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                           
8 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                           
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                                  
10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                                         
11 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    
12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     
13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                    
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                           
16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                        
17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                  
18 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                                  
22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                        
24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
25 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                              
26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
27 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
28 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                         
29 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
31 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                         
32 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                            
33 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
34 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
35 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                             
37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                      
40 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           
41 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                              
42 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                
43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                        
44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                             
45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                       
47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
50 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            0.13
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                         
52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            0.15
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.15
54 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      2.04
55 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                            
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                   
57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      
58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 
59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                      
60 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              
61 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                         
63 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                             
64 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
65 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                        
66 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                         
67 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
68 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                
69 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas                                        
70 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
71 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
72 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
73 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                    
74 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     2.56
75 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            
76 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
78 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                    
79 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                         
80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
81 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  
82 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
83 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
84 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                     
85 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                                         
86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     
87 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                               
88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                         
89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                        
90 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         
91 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
92 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                          
93 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    4.25
94 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
95 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         
97 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
98 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                               
99 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
100 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                        
101 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          
103 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                                     
104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               
105 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          6.15
106 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                      8.01
107 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
108 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                 
109 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
110 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                          
111 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
112 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                    
113 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
114 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
115 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
116 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                       
117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
118 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
119 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              9.01
124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                       
125 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            9.03
126 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                9.45
127 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       13.23
129 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                
130 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  14.01
131 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    15.05
133 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
134 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                  
135 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             16.31
136 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                         
137 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                         
138 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                    19.02
139 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                          
140 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            
141 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                   
142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                        
143 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
144 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       
146 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           
147 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    26.20
149 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            
150 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                     
151 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      
152 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
153 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                            
154 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     29.33
DNS Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
DNF Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                               
DNF José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                  
DNF Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                       

Overall rankings after stage 2:
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole       07:56:34
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.03
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.23
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                            
5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           0.29
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                       0.30
7 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                            
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                      0.32
9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.33
10 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     0.36
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
12 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                       0.37
13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     
15 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.38
16 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                 0.39
17 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 0.41
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  0.44
19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                       0.47
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                               0.49
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            0.51
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.55
24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     
25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                                      0.57
26 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.05
27 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.20
28 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              2.36
29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                   2.50
30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                      2.54
31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2.55
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      3.06
33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                     3.07
34 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                           3.08
35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                     3.10
36 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                        3.11
37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     3.12
38 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  3.15
39 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                             3.16
40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               3.20
41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                         
42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     3.21
43 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                             
44 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  3.33
45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        3.47
46 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                         
47 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                      3.53
48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               4.04
49 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                    4.12
50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                 4.29
51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     4.31
52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4.35
53 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                          4.57
54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          5.04
55 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                            
56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   5.07
57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                      5.19
58 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                5.21
59 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      5.22
60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                     5.23
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            5.59
62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            
63 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                                      6.10
64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         6.25
65 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6.57
66 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
67 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               6.58
68 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               7.01
69 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                           7.10
70 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                              7.11
71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           7.13
72 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   7.14
73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               7.16
74 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         7.18
75 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     7.26
76 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            7.30
77 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                      7.35
78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      7.40
79 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    7.46
80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        8.33
81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            8.39
82 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 8.53
83 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                9.07
84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        9.16
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                9.21
86 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 9.26
87 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                      9.42
88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              9.57
89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                    10.02
90 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10.03
91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 10.04
92 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                      10.10
93 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                     10.31
94 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  10.54
95 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas                                    11.03
96 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                11.11
97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            11.13
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                    11.17
99 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          11.20
100 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 11.21
101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             11.27
102 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             11.37
103 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                             11.52
104 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
105 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    12.10
106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             12.17
107 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           13.16
108 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         13.19
109 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  13.25
110 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                    13.35
111 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 13.48
112 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                                 13.53
113 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                      14.01
114 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               14.13
115 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              14.56
116 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                15.01
117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                15.03
118 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  15.07
119 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         15.11
120 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          15.25
121 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
122 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               16.40
124 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                       17.12
125 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                     17.16
126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            17.44
127 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   17.51
128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              19.08
129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    19.26
130 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                     19.40
131 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           20.11
132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       20.30
133 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  21.14
134 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                      21.54
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           22.56
136 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                    22.58
137 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                        
138 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                               23.16
139 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    23.17
140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  24.08
141 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             25.51
142 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                  25.56
143 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                             26.18
144 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         27.58
145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   28.06
146 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       28.15
147 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  29.31
148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    29.47
149 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                 30.26
150 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                     30.43
151 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        33.17
152 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           33.35
153 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                        35.23
154 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     38.38

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