Tour de france 2008

Jos par dana i krece velika trka. :)

Ja sam veliki ljubitelj biciklizma i radujem se sto pocinje tour

Tour de France 2008
Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.

These 21 stages have the following profiles:

10 flat stages,
5 mountain stages,
4 medium mountain stages,
2 individual time-trial stages.
Distinctive aspects of the race

4 mountain finishes,
2 rest days,
82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
17 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.

The route
Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.

These 21 stages have the following profiles:

10 flat stages,
5 mountain stages,
4 medium mountain stages,
2 individual time-trial stages.


Distinctive aspects of the race
4 mountain finishes,
2 rest days,
82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
17 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.


10 new stop-over towns
Auray, Aigurande, Brioude, Prato Nevoso (Italy), Cuneo (Italy), Jausiers, Embrun, Roanne, Cérilly, Étampes.

The stages Stage Type Date Start and Finish Distance Details
1 Plain Saturday 5 July Brest > Plumelec 197.5 km
2 Plain Sunday 6 July Auray > Saint-Brieuc 164.5 km
3 Plain Monday 7 July Saint-Malo > Nantes 208 km
4 Individual time-trial Tuesday 8 July Cholet > Cholet 29.5 km
5 Plain Wednesday 9 July Cholet > Châteauroux 232 km
6 Medium mountains Thursday 10 July Aigurande > Super-Besse 195.5 km
7 Medium mountains Friday 11 July Brioude > Aurillac 159 km
8 Plain Saturday 12 July Figeac > Toulouse 172.5 km
9 High Mountains Sunday 13 July Toulouse > Bagnères-de-Bigorre 224 km
10 High Mountains Monday 14 July Pau > Hautacam 156 km
R Rest Day Tuesday 15 July Pau
11 Medium mountains Wednesday 16 July Lannemezan > Foix 167.5 km
12 Plain Thursday 17 July Lavelanet > Narbonne 168.5 km
13 Plain Friday 18 July Narbonne > Nîmes 182 km
14 Plain Saturday 19 July Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains 194.5 km
15 High Mountains Sunday 20 July Embrun > Prato Nevoso 183 km
R Rest Day Monday 21 July Cuneo
16 High Mountains Tuesday 22 July Cuneo > Jausiers 157 km
17 High Mountains Wednesday 23 July Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez 210.5 km
18 Medium mountains Thursday 24 July Bourg-d’Oisans > Saint-Étienne 196.5 km
19 Plain Friday 25 July Roanne > Montluçon 165.5 km
20 Individual time-trial Saturday 26 July Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond 53 km
21 Plain Sunday 27 July Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées 143 km

evo malo o velikim sampionima tura



Miguel INDURAIN (ESP)






12 participations ( 5 victories)
12 victoires d'étape
1985 nc
1986 nc
1987 97th
1988 47th
1989 17th 1 stage victory
Stage 9 : Pau > Cauterets

1990 10th 1 stage victory
Stage 16 : Blagnac > Luz-Ardiden

1991 1st Won the yellow jersey
2 victoires d'étape
Stage 8 : Argentan > Alençon
Stage 21 : Lugny > Mâcon

1992 1st Won the yellow jersey
3 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Saint-Sébastien > Saint-Sébastien
Stage 9 : Luxembourg > Luxembourg
Stage 19 : Tours > Blois

1993 1st Won the yellow jersey
2 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Puy-du-Fou > Puy-du-Fou
Stage 9 : Lac de Madine > Lac de Madine

1994 1st Won the yellow jersey
1 stage victory
Stage 9 : Périgueux > Bergerac

1995 1st Won the yellow jersey
2 victoires d'étape
Stage 8 : Huy > Seraing
Stage 19 : Lac de Vassivière > Lac de Vassivière

1996 11th




Bernard HINAULT (FRA)






8 participations ( 5 victories)
28 victoires d'étape
1978 1st Won the yellow jersey
3 victoires d'étape
Stage 8 : Saint-Emilion > Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
Stage 15 : > Saint-Etienne
Stage 20 : Metz > Nancy

1979 1st Won the green jersey
Won the yellow jersey
7 victoires d'étape
Stage 2 : Luchon > Superbagnères
Stage 3 : Luchon > Pau
Stage 11 : Bruxelles > Bruxelles
Stage 15 : Evian > Avoriaz
Stage 21 : Dijon > Dijon
Stage 23 : Auxerre > Nogent-sur-Marne
Stage 24 : Le Perreux > Paris

1980 nc 3 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Francfort > Francfort
Stage 4 : Liège > Spa-Francorchamps
Stage 5 : Liège > Lille

1981 1st Won the yellow jersey
5 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Nice > Nice
Stage 7 : Nay > Pau
Stage 16 : Hasselt > Mulhouse
Stage 20 : L’Alpe d’Huez > Le Pleynet
Stage 22 : Saint-Priest > Saint-Priest

1982 1st Won the yellow jersey
4 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Bâle > Bâle
Stage 15 : Saint-Lary-Soulan > Martigues
Stage 20 : Saint-Priest > Saint-Priest
Stage 22 : Fontenay-sous-Bois > Paris

1984 2nd 1 stage victory
Prologue : Montreuil > Noisy-le-Sec

1985 1st Won the yellow jersey
2 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Plumelec > Plumelec
Stage 8 : Sarrebourg > Strasbourg

1986 2nd Won the red polka dot jersey
3 victoires d'étape
Stage 9 : Nantes > Nantes
Stage 18 : Briançon > L’Alpe d’Huez
Stage 20 : Saint-Etienne > Saint-Etienne



Lance ARMSTRONG (USA)



Born in 18/09/1971
Height : 1.77 m
Weight : 75 kg



11 participations ( 7 victories)
25 victoires d'étape
1993 nc 1 stage victory
Stage 8 : Chalons-sur-Marne > Verdun

1994 nc
1995 36th 1 stage victory
Stage 18 : Montpon-Monesterol > Limoges

1996 nc
1999 1st Wore the green jersey
Won the yellow jersey
4 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Puy-du-Fou > Puy-du-Fou
Stage 8 : Metz > Metz
Stage 9 : Le Grand Bornand > Sestrières
Stage 19 : Futuroscope > Futuroscope

2000 1st Won the yellow jersey
1 stage victory
Stage 19 : Fribourg-en-Brisgau > Mulhouse

2001 1st Won the yellow jersey
4 victoires d'étape
Stage 10 : Aix-les-Bains > L’Alpe d’Huez
Stage 11 : Grenoble > Chamrousse
Stage 13 : Foix > Saint-Lary-Soulan
Stage 18 : Montluçon > Saint-Amand-Montrond

2002 1st Wore the green jersey
Won the yellow jersey
4 victoires d'étape
Prologue : Luxembourg > Luxembourg
Stage 11 : Pau > La Mongie
Stage 12 : Lannemezan > Plateau de Beille
Stage 19 : Regnier-Durette > Mâcon

2003 1st Won the yellow jersey
2 victoires d'étape
Stage 4 : Joinville > Saint-Dizier
Stage 15 : Bagnères-de-Bigorre > Luz-Ardiden

2004 1st Won the yellow jersey
6 victoires d'étape
Stage 4 : Cambrai > Arras
Stage 13 : Lannemezan > Plateau de Beille
Stage 15 : Valréas > Villard-de-Lans
Stage 16 : Bourg d’Oisans > L’Alpe d’Huez
Stage 17 : Bourg d’Oisans > Le Grand Bornand
Stage 19 : Besançon > Besançon

2005 1st Won the yellow jersey
2 victoires d'étape
Stage 4 : Tours > Blois
Stage 20 : Saint-Etienne > Saint-Etienne

baš si nam lepo dočarao duh biciklizma i ovogodišnjeg natjecanja Čui

svaka im dala!!!

Ne moze njima da da ni jedna.. vecina ima rak testisa

ili prostate

Danas je bila 4. etapa. Nije bila klasicna trka. Nije bilo bodova. Samo staza od 30 km gde su vozaci merili najbrze vrene. Prvi je bio SUmaher koji je razvalio, a jedini mu je priblizan bio kimi kirhen. Danas su vozili samo 30 km ali zato sledi sutrasnja trka koja je preko 200 km.

OVERALL STANDING BY POINTS

Result after stage 5

Total distance covered: 232 km

Standing Rider Rider number bib Team Time Gaps
1. SCHUMACHER Stefan 111 GEROLSTEINER 19h 32' 33"
2. KIRCHEN Kim 41 TEAM COLUMBIA 19h 32' 45" + 00' 12"
3. MILLAR David 198 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 32' 45" + 00' 12"
4. EVANS Cadel 1 SILENCE - LOTTO 19h 32' 54" + 00' 21"
5. CANCELLARA Fabian 13 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 19h 33' 06" + 00' 33"
6. VANDEVELDE Christian 191 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 33' 10" + 00' 37"
7. HINCAPIE George 47 TEAM COLUMBIA 19h 33' 14" + 00' 41"
8. LÖVKVIST Thomas 48 TEAM COLUMBIA 19h 33' 20" + 00' 47"
9. NIBALI Vincenzo 67 LIQUIGAS 19h 33' 31" + 00' 58"
10. GUTIERREZ José Ivan 35 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 19h 33' 34" + 01' 01"
11. MENCHOV Denis 131 RABOBANK 19h 33' 45" + 01' 12"
12. VOIGT Jens 19 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 19h 33' 46" + 01' 13"
13. DEVOLDER Stijn 91 QUICK STEP 19h 33' 51" + 01' 18"
14. PEREIRO SIO Oscar 37 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 19h 33' 55" + 01' 22"
15. MONFORT Maxime 189 COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 19h 33' 57" + 01' 24"
16. CUNEGO Damiano 71 LAMPRE 19h 33' 59" + 01' 26"
17. VALVERDE Alejandro 31 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 19h 34' 00" + 01' 27"
18. SCHLECK Andy 16 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 19h 34' 02" + 01' 29"
19. SANCHEZ Samuel 27 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 34' 04" + 01' 31"
20. LANG Sebastian 117 GEROLSTEINER 19h 34' 13" + 01' 40"
21. BRUSEGHIN Marzio 74 LAMPRE 19h 34' 14" + 01' 41"
22. ASTARLOZA Mikel 22 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 34' 15" + 01' 42"
23. SASTRE Carlos 11 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 19h 34' 16" + 01' 43"
24. KOHL Bernhard 115 GEROLSTEINER 19h 34' 20" + 01' 47"
25. POZZATO Filippo 61 LIQUIGAS 19h 34' 21" + 01' 48"
26. BARREDO Carlos 92 QUICK STEP 19h 34' 21" + 01' 48"
27. KNEES Christian 153 TEAM MILRAM 19h 34' 26" + 01' 53"
28. SCHLECK Frank 17 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 19h 34' 41" + 02' 08"
29. CHAVANEL Sylvain 181 COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 19h 34' 43" + 02' 10"
30. VALJAVEC Tadej 109 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 19h 34' 45" + 02' 12"
31. EFIMKIN Vladimir 104 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 19h 34' 58" + 02' 25"
32. FREIRE Oscar 133 RABOBANK 19h 35' 00" + 02' 27"
33. KREUZIGER Roman 65 LIQUIGAS 19h 35' 02" + 02' 29"
34. CARRARA Matteo 93 QUICK STEP 19h 35' 03" + 02' 30"
35. PINEAU Jérôme 145 BOUYGUES TELECOM 19h 35' 05" + 02' 32"
36. HUNTER Robert 58 BARLOWORLD 19h 35' 20" + 02' 47"
37. BELTRAN Manuel 62 LIQUIGAS 19h 35' 30" + 02' 57"
38. GERRANS Simon 86 CREDIT AGRICOLE 19h 35' 34" + 03' 01"
39. ELMIGER Martin 105 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 19h 35' 38" + 03' 05"
40. TROFIMOV Yury 147 BOUYGUES TELECOM 19h 35' 40" + 03' 07"
41. FEILLU Romain 124 AGRITUBEL 19h 35' 40" + 03' 07"
42. DUQUE Leonardo 186 COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 19h 35' 42" + 03' 09"
43. LONGO BORGHINI Paolo 59 BARLOWORLD 19h 35' 48" + 03' 15"
44. ZABEL Erik 151 TEAM MILRAM 19h 35' 52" + 03' 19"
45. ZUBELDIA Haimar 21 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 35' 55" + 03' 22"
46. DESSEL Cyril 101 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 19h 36' 03" + 03' 30"
47. VELO Marco 159 TEAM MILRAM 19h 36' 04" + 03' 31"
48. POPOVYCH Yaroslav 7 SILENCE - LOTTO 19h 36' 07" + 03' 34"
49. MARTINEZ Egoi 24 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 36' 08" + 03' 35"
50. BALLAN Alessandro 72 LAMPRE 19h 36' 09" + 03' 36"
51. HUSHOVD Thor 81 CREDIT AGRICOLE 19h 36' 09" + 03' 36"
52. BONNET William 82 CREDIT AGRICOLE 19h 36' 11" + 03' 38"
53. FISCHER Murilo Antoniobil 64 LIQUIGAS 19h 36' 11" + 03' 38"
54. GILBERT Philippe 165 FRANCAISE DES JEUX 19h 36' 17" + 03' 44"
55. VERDUGO Gorka 29 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 36' 19" + 03' 46"
56. VAUGRENARD Benoît 169 FRANCAISE DES JEUX 19h 36' 21" + 03' 48"
57. FRISCHKORN William 194 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 36' 24" + 03' 51"
58. FOTHEN Markus 113 GEROLSTEINER 19h 36' 28" + 03' 55"
59. RICCO Riccardo 171 SAUNIER DUVAL - SCOTT 19h 36' 41" + 04' 08"
60. FÖRSTER Robert 112 GEROLSTEINER 19h 36' 41" + 04' 08"
61. TEN DAM Laurens 138 RABOBANK 19h 36' 48" + 04' 15"
62. QUINZIATO Manuel 68 LIQUIGAS 19h 36' 48" + 04' 15"
63. STEEGMANS Gert 97 QUICK STEP 19h 36' 49" + 04' 16"
64. COBO ACEBO Juan Jose 173 SAUNIER DUVAL - SCOTT 19h 36' 50" + 04' 17"
65. MÜLLER Martin 155 TEAM MILRAM 19h 36' 52" + 04' 19"
66. DEAN Julian 193 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 36' 52" + 04' 19"
67. ROSSELER Sébastien 96 QUICK STEP 19h 37' 07" + 04' 34"
68. DE JONGH Steven 94 QUICK STEP 19h 37' 09" + 04' 36"
69. AUGUSTYN John-Lee 52 BARLOWORLD 19h 37' 11" + 04' 38"
70. TERPSTRA Niki 157 TEAM MILRAM 19h 37' 13" + 04' 40"
71. VOECKLER Thomas 149 BOUYGUES TELECOM 19h 37' 19" + 04' 46"
72. TANKINK Bram 137 RABOBANK 19h 37' 21" + 04' 48"
73. TOSATTO Matteo 98 QUICK STEP 19h 37' 21" + 04' 48"
74. MAASKANT Martijn 197 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 37' 21" + 04' 48"
75. O’GRADY Stuart 15 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 19h 37' 24" + 04' 51"
76. POSTHUMA Joost 136 RABOBANK 19h 37' 29" + 04' 56"
77. BOTCHAROV Alexandre 83 CREDIT AGRICOLE 19h 37' 40" + 05' 07"
78. PEREZ Ruben 26 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 37' 46" + 05' 13"
79. HOSTE Leif 5 SILENCE - LOTTO 19h 37' 50" + 05' 17"
80. MOREAU Christophe 121 AGRITUBEL 19h 37' 52" + 05' 19"
81. ARRIETA Jose Luis 102 AG2R-LA MONDIALE 19h 37' 54" + 05' 21"
82. SANCHEZ Luis-Leon 39 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 19h 37' 55" + 05' 22"
83. PATE Danny 199 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 37' 56" + 05' 23"
84. JALABERT Nicolas 126 AGRITUBEL 19h 37' 56" + 05' 23"
85. HESJEDAL Ryder 195 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 19h 37' 59" + 05' 26"
86. MOERENHOUT Koos 135 RABOBANK 19h 37' 59" + 05' 26"
87. OROZ Juan José 25 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 38' 02" + 05' 29"
88. CIOLEK Gerald 44 TEAM COLUMBIA 19h 38' 05" + 05' 32"
89. ISASI Inaki 23 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 19h 38' 11" + 05' 38"
90. MC EWEN Robbie 6 SILENCE - LOTTO 19h 38' 13" + 05' 40"
91. LEQUATRE Geoffroy 128 AGRITUBEL 19h 38' 14" + 05' 41"
92. COOKE Baden 55 BARLOWORLD 19h 38' 15" + 05' 42"
93. JEGOU Lilian 166 FRANCAISE DES JEUX 19h 38' 18" + 05' 45"
94. FLECHA Juan Antonio 132 RABOBANK 19h 38' 23" + 05' 50"
95. JUFRE POU Josep 177 SAUNIER DUVAL - SCOTT 19h 38' 28" + 05' 55"
96. WEGMANN Fabian 119 GEROLSTEINER 19h 38' 31" + 05' 58"
97. CAVENDISH Mark 43 TEAM COLUMBIA 19h 38' 31" + 05' 58"
98. RENSHAW Mark 89 CREDIT AGRICOLE 19h 38' 33" + 06' 00"
99. FOFONOV Dmitriy 85 CREDIT AGRICOLE 19h 38' 35" + 06' 02"
100. AERTS Mario 2 SILENCE - LOTTO 19h 38' 36" + 06' 03"

I posle pete etape VOECKLER Thomas vodi sa 8 poena u trci za tackastu majcu. Ostali se smenjuju. Schumacher vec drugu etapu a posle jucerasnjeg razarajuceg sprinta drzi zutu majcu. Zelena majca je konacno izmakla Kim Kirhenu, a preuzeo je Husvold, Norvezaninm koji je do bodova najvise dosao zahvaljujuci danasnjeg 4. mestu, pobedi u drugoj etapi i takodje solidnoj poziciji 8. na trecoj etapi.

Danasnja 5. etapa je imala interesantan sprint na kraju, a pobedio je Cavendish.

Meni omiljen vozac Zabel (matorac ) je danas bio na poziciji 6.

ja navijam za rusa Denisa Menchova

To brate neka bankar pobedi

Danasnja 6. etpa

Zavrsena je i 6. etapa. Kim Kirhen je preuzeo zutu majcu na iznenadjenje mnogih "znalaca". u posedu mu je i zelena majca. Vokler i dalje ima tackastu ali ima jednak broj bodova kao Savanel.

Pobednik trke je bio Rikardo Riko italijan. Posto je CILJ bio i brdski cilj Rikardo se nakupio bodova. Uzeo je 20 bodova za brdski cilj i 25 bodova za zelenu majcu, odnosno prvo mesto. No i pored toga nije osvojio ni jednu majcu zbog solidne voznje Kima i Voklera, a Boga mi i Savanela.

Omiljeni Menchov je bio u topu, pa je zavrsio na 9. mestu. Sada je na 7. mestu u generalnom plasmanu.

Sutra nova trka :) Etapa 7 !



Dakle samo 3 sprint cilja dok imamo cak 5 brdskih od kojh su cak dva visoke druge kategorije gde se dodeljuje kamara poena, citavih 10 za prvi prolaz. :)

Classification jerseys

Apart from winning the Tour, each race has three further classifications: the points, the mountains and the best young rider. The leaders of the four competitions wear a distinctive jersey next day. Jerseys are awarded in a ceremony after each stage, sometimes before trailing riders have finished. When a single rider is entitled to more than one jersey, he wears the most prestigious and the second-placed rider in the other classification wears the jersey. For example, in the first week it is common for the overall classification (yellow jersey) and points (sprint) competition (green jersey) to be led by the same rider. In this case the leading rider will wear the yellow jersey and the rider placed second in the points competition will wear the green jersey.

The Tour's jersey colours have been adopted by other cycling stage races, and have thus come to have meaning within cycling generally, rather than solely in the Tour. For example, the Tour of Britain has yellow, green, and polka-dot jerseys with the same meaning as in the Tour de France. The Giro d’Italia differs in awarding the overall leader a pink jersey, having been organized and sponsored by La Gazzetta dello Sport, an Italian sports daily newspaper with pink pages.





Seven-time winner Lance Armstrong in the maillot jaune.
Seven-time winner Lance Armstrong in the maillot jaune.

The maillot jaune (yellow jersey), which is worn by the general classification (or overall time) leader, is the most prized. It is awarded by calculating the total combined race time up to that point for each rider. The rider with the lowest total time is the leader, and at the end of the event is declared the overall winner of the Tour.

The winner of the first Tour de France wore not a yellow jersey but a green armband.[12] There is doubt over when the yellow jersey began. The Belgian rider Philippe Thys, who won the Tour in 1913, 1914 and 1920, recalled in the Belgian magazine Champions et Vedettes when he was 67 that he was awarded a yellow jersey in 1913 when the organiser, Henri Desgrange, asked him to wear a coloured jersey. Thys declined, saying making himself more visible in yellow would encourage other riders to ride against him.[13][12]

He said:

"He then made his argument from another direction. Several stages later, it was my team manager at Peugeot, (Alphonse) Baugé, who urged me to give in. The yellow jersey would be an advertisement for the company and, that being the argument, I was obliged to concede. So a yellow jersey was bought in the first shop we came to. It was just the right size, although we had to cut a slightly larger hole for my head to go through." [13][14][15]

He spoke of the next year's race, when "I won the first stage and was beaten by a tyre by Bossus in the second. On the following stage, the maillot jaune passed to Georget after a crash."

The Tour historian Jacques Augendre called Thys "a valorous rider... well-known for his intelligence" and said his claim "seems free from all suspicion". But: "No newspaper mentions a yellow jersey before the war. Being at a loss for witnesses, we can't solve this enigma."[16]

Desgrange added the yellow jersey in 1919 because he wanted the race leader to wear something distinctive and because the pages of his newspaper, L'Auto, were yellow.[17] Additional time bonuses, in the form of a number of seconds to be deducted from the rider's overall time, are available to the first 3 riders to finish the stage or cross an intermediate sprint (see below). As of 2005, the first 3 places to finish are awarded bonuses of 20, 12, and 8 seconds respectively, while the first 3 places at intermediate sprints are awarded 6, 4, and 2 seconds. However, these bonuses are rarely significant enough to cause major upset in the classement géneral (General Classification).

Sometimes a rider takes the overall lead during a stage and gets sufficiently far ahead of the yellow jersey wearer that his current lead is greater than his time deficit to the yellow jersey in the general classification; when this happens, this rider may be referred to as being "the yellow jersey on the road". Obviously, no jerseys can be exchanged in this situation, which is why in some other languages the leading rider is referred to as the "virtual yellow".

Points classification

Main article: maillot vert
See also: Points classification

The maillot vert (green jersey) is awarded for sprint points. At the end of each stage, points are earned by the riders who finish first, second, etc. Points are higher for flat stages, as sprints are more likely, and less for mountain stages, where climbers usually win.

Flat stages: 35, 30, 26, 24, 22, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points are awarded to the first 25 riders across the finish.

Medium-mountain stages: 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points are awarded to the first 20 riders across the finish.

High-mountain stages: 20, 17, 15, 13, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points are awarded to the first 15 riders across the finish.

Time-trials: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points are awarded to the top 10 finishers of the stage.

Intermediate sprints: 6, 4, and 2 points are awarded to the first three finishers.

In case of a tie, the number of stage wins determine the green jersey, then the number of intermediate sprint victories, and finally, the rider's standing in the overall classification.

King of the Mountains

Main article: Polka dot jersey

Michael Rasmussen wearing the polka dot jersey in 2005.
Michael Rasmussen wearing the polka dot jersey in 2005.

The "King of the Mountains" wears a white jersey with red dots (maillot à pois rouges), referred to as the "polka dot jersey" and inspired by a jersey that the former organiser, Félix Lévitan saw while at the Vélodrome d'Hiver track in Paris in his youth. The competition is calculated by points awarded to the first riders at the top of designated hills and mountains, the greatest number of points being awarded for the hardest ascents.

Climbs rated "Hors Catégorie" (HC): 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points for the first 10 riders to the summit.

Category 1 climbs: 15, 13, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points for the first 8 riders to the top.

Category 2 climbs: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5 for the first 6 riders to the top.

Category 3 climbs: 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for the first 4 riders to the top.

Category 4 climbs: 3, 2 and 1 points for the first 3 riders to the top.

NOTE: For the last climb of a stage, the points are doubled (for HC, Cat 1 and Cat 2 climbs only).

In case of a tie, the rider with the most HC wins takes the jersey, then the rider with the most Cat 1 wins, etc...

Although the best climber was first recognised in 1933, the jersey was not introduced until 1975.

[edit] Other classifications

There are three lesser classifications, though only one awards the leader a jersey. The maillot blanc (white jersey) is for the best-placed rider less than 25 years old on January 1 of the year the Tour is ridden.

The "prix de combativité" goes to the rider who has done most to animate the day's racing, usually by trying to break clear of the field. It is decided by a panel of experts. The most combative rider of a stage wears a number printed white-on-red instead of black-on-white in the next stage. At the end of the Tour, an award is given to the rider thought to be the most aggressive throughout the entire tour.

The team prize is assessed by adding the times of each team's best three riders each day. The competition does not have its own jersey but since 2006 the leading team has worn numbers printed black-on-yellow instead of black-on-white. The number of riders in a team has varied but is now normally nine. Until 1930, teams represented countries, groups of countries or French regions. From 1930, but with the exception of 1967 and 1968 when there was a return to geographical teams, riders have been entered by commercial teams.

As in all road races, national and world champions wear not their ordinary team colours but their world or national championship jerseys when competing in the appropriate race: the time-trial champion in the time-trial, the road race in massed stages.

Historical jerseys

Previously, there was a red jersey for the standings in non-stage-finish sprints: points were awarded to the first three riders to pass two or three intermediate points during the stage. These sprints also scored points towards the green jersey and bonus seconds towards the overall classification, as well as cash prizes offered by the residents of the area where the sprint took place. The sprints remain, with all these additional effects, the most significant now being the points for the green jersey. The red jersey was abolished in 1989.[18]

There was also a combination jersey, scored on a points system based on standings for the yellow, green, red, and polka-dot jerseys. The design was a patchwork, with areas resembling each individual jersey design. This was abolished in the same year as the red jersey.

I pobednik 7. etape je mladi Spanac Sancez. kim Kirhen je zadrzao zutu majcu a i zelenu. Iako je bio na 4. mestu to m je bilo dovoljno.

Tackastu majcu preuzima danas na brdima fenomenalni De La Fuente koji je pokupio sve brdske ciljeve.

Sumaher je na kraju opalio dobar sprint ali aiko drugoplasirani nije stekao ni jedan sekund u odnosu na Kirhena koji je u cilj uleteo neposredno posle njega. Sumaher zaostaje za kirhenom 16 sekundi u generalnom plasmanu, a drugi Evans 8 sekundi. Kirhen je dakle i dalje najbolji vozac Tour-a.

Sutra nova etapa 8.

Bice klanica za tackastu majcu jer ima malo brdskih ciljeva a De La Fuente samo za jedan bod bezi Vokleru i Savanelu u poretku za tackastu majcu. A svi brdski ciljevi se nalaze u prvoj trecini trke. Tako da ce taj deo i biti veoma interesantan.

A Denis Menchov se drzi na solidnom 5 za zutu maju ali je njegov tim rabobank tek na 10 mestu a kim kirchen je napravio solidnu razliku od 28 poena za zelenu maju dok de la fuente tek ima da se kolje sa sa savanelom voklerom i sancezom

Ja gotivim Volkera ali se prica po carsiji da on nije dorastao majci jos uvek.