Top Ten Finishers Today

Here's how they finished today, in order at the finish line...

1. Gert Steegmans (QSI)
2. Tom Boonen (QSI)
3. Filippo Pozzato (LIQ)
4. Robert Hunter (BAR)
5. Romain Feillu (AGR)
6. Robbie McEwen (PRL)
7. Erik Zabel (MRM)
8. Heinrich Haussler (GST)
9. Oscar Freire (RAB)
10. Sebastien Chavanel (FDJ)

Here is how the top 50 riders stack up overall...

1 CANCELLARA, Fabian
2 KLÖDEN, Andréas
3 MILLAR, David
4 HINCAPIE, George
5 WIGGINS, Bradley
6 GUSEV, Vladimir
7 BOONEN, Tom
8 KARPETS, Vladimir
9 HUSHOVD, Thor
10 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre
11 DEKKER, Thomas
12 QUINZIATO, Manuel
13 VAUGRENARD, Benoît
14 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan
15 GRIVKO, Andriy
16 ASTARLOZA, Mikel
17 POZZATO, Filippo
18 CONTADOR, Alberto
19 KASHECHKIN, Andrey
20 EVANS, Cadel
21 BONNET, William
22 PEREZ, Ruben
23 CHAVANEL, Sylvain
24 ROGERS, Michael
25 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar
26 GERDEMANN, Linus
27 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo
28 ROSSELER, Sébastien
29 VERBRUGGHE, Rik
30 LEIPHEIMER, Levi
31 MENCHOV, Denis
32 VAITKUS, Tomas
33 FOTHEN, Markus
34 VALVERDE, Alejandro
35 BENNATI, Daniele
36 COLOM, Antonio
37 KOHL, Bernhard
38 STEEGMANS, Gert
39 PAULINHO, Sergio
40 SCHUMACHER, Stefan
41 MORENI, Cristian
42 SCHOLZ, Ronny
43 GILBERT, Philippe
44 LEFEVRE, Laurent
45 GERAINT, Thomas
46 CLEMENT, Stef
47 BARREDO, Carlos
48 MARTINEZ, Egoi
49 IGLINSKIY, Maxim
50 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav

The gap from Cancellara to 50th spot is only 48 seconds! This is shaping up to be a great Tour de France.

By the way, we're waiting to see if Cancellara is OK after a nasty fall in a crash near the end of today's stage. THAT would be unreal. If Cancellara is out, then the Tour is anyone's for the taking.