Endnu engang bekræftede Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC), at formen er rigtig god før Tour de France. Team CSC-rytteren startede tidligt på dagens enkeltstart, og derfor var tiden også ret imponerende, da verdensmesteren krydsede målstregen. Den var nemlig over 2 minutter hurtigere end nærmeste konkurrent, men på dette tidspunkt resterede der fortsat 90 ryttere at komme i mål.
Men stille og roligt begyndte de øvrige ryttere at komme i mål. Andreas Klöden satte dog bedste mellemtid ved første mellemtid, hvor han slog Fabian Cancellaras tid, men Astana-rytteren gik ned til sidst. Dermed udeblev spændingen også om etapesejren.
Den samlede sejr var dog fortsat åben imellem 5 ryttere, men da klassementsrytterne kom ud på ruten, så blev spændningen hurtigt fjernet, da Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) viste flot kørsel. Caisse d'Epargne-rytteren blev nummer 6 på enkeltstarten og vandt dermed Tour de Suisse samlet.
Resultat af 8. etape1 Fabian Cancellara - Team CSC 41.46 (48.412 km/t) 2 Andreas Klöden - Astana 0.20
3 Stefan Schumacher - Gerolsteiner 0.33
4 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.04
5 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05
6 Vladimir Karpets - Caisse d'Epargne 1.06
7 Andrey Mizourov - Astana 1.26
8 Gustav Erik Larsson - Unibet.com 1.31
9 Thomas Dekker - Rabobank 1.36
10 Kevin De Weert - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.57
11 Maxime Monfort - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2.01
12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios - Caisse d'Epargne 2.02
13 Beat Zberg - Gerolsteiner 2.04
14 Juan Manuel Garate - Quick Step - Innergetic 2.15
15 Kim Kirchen - T-Mobile Team 2.16
16 Damiano Cunego - Lampre-Fondital 2.20
17 Stuart O'grady - Team CSC
18
Rigoberto Uran - Unibet.com 2.22
19
Gerrit Glomser - Team Volksbank
20 Thomas Lövkvist - Française Des Jeux 2.34
21
Matthieu Sprick - Bouygues Telecom 2.35
22 Matteo Carrara - Unibet.com
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales - Quick Step - Innergetic 2.43
24 Benoît Vaugrenard - Française Des Jeux
25 Lars Ytting Bak - Team CSC 2.45 26 Andrea Tonti - Quick Step - Innergetic 2.46
27
Leif Hoste - Predictor-Lotto 2.48
28 Matthew White - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.50
29 Frank Schleck - Team CSC 30
Linus Gerdemann - T-Mobile Team 2.51
31 Jens Voigt - Team CSC 2.58 32
Marzio Bruseghin - Lampre-Fondital 3.05
33 Laurent Brochard - Bouygues Telecom
34 Carlos Sastre Candil - Team CSC 3.07
35
Trent Lowe - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.14
36 William Bonnet - Credit Agricole 3.15
37
Matthias Kessler - Astana 3.20
38 Vladimir Efimkin - Caisse d'Epargne 3.22
39
Xavier Florencio Cabre - Bouygues Telecom 3.27
40 Jurgen Van Goolen - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.28
41 Christophe Riblon - Ag2r Prevoyance 3.30
42
Patrik Sinkewitz - T-Mobile Team 3.31
43 Karsten Kroon - Team CSC 44
Maryan Hary - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 3.34
45 Christopher Horner - Predictor-Lotto 3.39
46 Sébastien Minard - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 3.41
47
Hubert Dupont - Ag2r Prevoyance 3.42
48 Ivan Mayoz - Euskaltel - Euskadi
49 Kjell Carlström - Liquigas 3.45
50
Martin Elmiger - Ag2r Prevoyance 3.46
51 Michael Schär - Astana 3.49
52 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Caisse d'Epargne 3.52
53 Anders Lund - Team CSC 3.57 54 Murilo Antonio Fischer - Liquigas 3.58
55 Steve Zampieri - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 4.00
56 Marco Marzano - Lampre-Fondital 4.04
57
Fumiyuki Beppu - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.05
58 Thomas Frei - Astana 4.06
59 Mauro Facci - Quick Step - Innergetic
60
Laurens Ten Dam - Unibet.com 4.08
61
Gilberto Simoni - Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.14
62 Alexandre Usau - Ag2r Prevoyance 4.16
63 Dmitry Kozontchuk - Rabobank 4.17
64 Arkaitz Duran Aroca - Saunier Duval - Prodir
65 Wim Van Huffel - Predictor-Lotto 4.19
66 Bram Tankink - Quick Step - Innergetic
67 Markus Zberg - Gerolsteiner 4.23
68 Grégory Rast - Astana 4.26
69
Bart Dockx - Predictor-Lotto 4.27
70 David Lopez Garcia - Caisse d'Epargne 4.28
71 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 4.29
72
Arnaud Labbe - Bouygues Telecom 4.33
73 Michael Boogerd - Rabobank 4.41
74 Johannes Fröhlinger - Gerolsteiner 4.43
75 José Angel Gomez Marchante - Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.46
76 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez - Unibet.com
77 Michael Albasini - Liquigas
78 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde - Euskaltel - Euskadi
79 Marcel Strauss - Gerolsteiner 4.47
80 Volker Ordowski - Gerolsteiner 4.54
81 Rene Mandri - Ag2r Prevoyance
82 Ralf Grabsch - Team Milram 4.55
83 Marcus Burghardt - T-Mobile Team
84 Simon Gerrans - Ag2r Prevoyance 4.56
85 Roger Hammond - T-Mobile Team 4.57
86 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo - Saunier Duval - Prodir
87
Florian Stalder - Team Volksbank 4.58
88 Sébastien Hinault - Credit Agricole 4.59
89 Pascal Hungerbühler - Team Volksbank 5.00
90 Theo Eltink - Rabobank
91 Cristian Moreni - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 5.01
92 Carlos Da Cruz - Française Des Jeux 5.05
93 Christopher Sutton - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
94 Vincent Jerome - Bouygues Telecom 5.06
95
Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 5.09
96 Filippo Pozzato - Liquigas 5.11
97 Patrick Calcagni - Liquigas 5.16
98 Enrico Poitschke - Team Milram
99 Patrice Halgand - Credit Agricole 5.17
100 Cyrille Monnerais - Française Des Jeux 5.20
101 Yannick Talabardon - Credit Agricole
102 Christophe Laurent - Credit Agricole 5.21
103 David Loosli - Lampre-Fondital 5.23
104 Daniele Righi - Lampre-Fondital 5.25
105 Rubens Bertogliati - Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.35
106 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales - Unibet.com 5.38
107 Gianni Meersman - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.39
108 Pierre Rolland - Credit Agricole 5.43
109 Mirko Celestino - Team Milram 5.48
110 Alberto Ongarato - Team Milram 5.52
111 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Astana 5.53
112
Josef Benetseder - Team Volksbank 5.54
113
Harald Morscher - Team Volksbank 5.55
114 Benoît Poilvet - Credit Agricole 6.00
115 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni - Rabobank 6.01
116 Ivan Velasco Murillo - Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.03
117 Frédéric Guesdon - Française Des Jeux 6.05
118 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver - Caisse d'Epargne
119 David Kopp - Gerolsteiner 6.07
120 Jan Boven - Rabobank 6.09
121 Sebastian Schwager - Team Milram 6.11
122 Erik Zabel - Team Milram 6.17
123 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi - Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.21
124 Sergio Ghisalberti - Team Milram 6.23
125 Andreas Matzbacher - Team Volksbank 6.26
126 Tom Criel - Unibet.com 6.28
127 Jon Bru Pascal - Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.33
128 Mariusz Witecki - Team Volksbank
129 René Weissinger - Team Volksbank 6.37
130 Giovanni Bernaudeau - Bouygues Telecom 6.38
131 Wim Vansevenant - Predictor-Lotto 6.39
132 Björn Schröder - Team Milram 7.07
133
Aurélien Clerc - Bouygues Telecom 7.18
134 Guido Trenti - Liquigas 7.29
135 Ruben Lobato Elvira - Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.20
136 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos - Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.47
137 Pablo Lastras Garcia - Caisse d'Epargne 10.16
Samlet slutstilling1 Vladimir Karpets - Caisse d'Epargne 30.07.23
2 Kim Kirchen - T-Mobile Team 1.04
3 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.30
4 Matteo Carrara - Unibet.com
5 Damiano Cunego - Lampre-Fondital 1.41
6 Vladimir Efimkin - Caisse d'Epargne 1.46
7 Frank Schleck - Team CSC 1.47
8 Gerrit Glomser - Team Volksbank 2.50
9 Rigoberto Uran - Unibet.com 3.16
10 Andreas Klöden - Astana 3.19
11 Gilberto Simoni - Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.41
12 José Angel Gomez Marchante - Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.16
13 Gustav Erik Larsson - Unibet.com 5.25
14 Hubert Dupont - Ag2r Prevoyance 6.00
15 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.04
16 Juan Manuel Garate - Quick Step - Innergetic 6.48
17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver - Caisse d'Epargne 8.22
18 Laurent Brochard - Bouygues Telecom 8.42
19 Carlos Sastre Candil - Team CSC 8.50
20 Linus Gerdemann - T-Mobile Team 9.08
21 Maxime Monfort - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 9.11
22 Andrey Mizourov - Astana 9.22
23 Patrik Sinkewitz - T-Mobile Team 10.39
24 Thomas Lövkvist - Française Des Jeux 11.05
25 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Bouygues Telecom 11.58
26 David Lopez Garcia - Caisse d'Epargne 13.06
27 Martin Elmiger - Ag2r Prevoyance 13.18
28 Marco Marzano - Lampre-Fondital 13.28
29 Wim Van Huffel - Predictor-Lotto 13.49
30 Matthias Kessler - Astana 14.52
31 Steve Zampieri - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 18.10
32 Kjell Carlström - Liquigas 19.04
33 Bram Tankink - Quick Step - Innergetic 19.35
34 Matthieu Sprick - Bouygues Telecom 20.29
35 Andrea Tonti - Quick Step - Innergetic 22.02
36 Theo Eltink - Rabobank 24.01
37 Jens Voigt - Team CSC 25.32
38 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Astana 26.29
39 Thomas Dekker - Rabobank 26.57
40 Beat Zberg - Gerolsteiner 27.59
41 Thomas Frei - Astana 29.42
42 Christopher Horner - Predictor-Lotto 30.19
43 Christophe Riblon - Ag2r Prevoyance 31.52
44 Michael Albasini - Liquigas 33.08
45 Patrice Halgand - Credit Agricole 33.31
46 Marzio Bruseghin - Lampre-Fondital 34.33
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales - Quick Step - Innergetic 34.40
48 Lars Ytting Bak - Team CSC 35.30 49 Pierre Rolland - Credit Agricole 37.52
50 Michael Boogerd - Rabobank 38.48
51 Benoît Vaugrenard - Française Des Jeux 40.57
52 Arkaitz Duran Aroca - Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.56
53 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios - Caisse d'Epargne 43.48
54 Trent Lowe - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44.18
55 Florian Stalder - Team Volksbank 47.00
56 Harald Morscher - Team Volksbank 47.42
57 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez - Unibet.com 48.46
58 Dmitry Kozontchuk - Rabobank 49.05
59 Ivan Mayoz - Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.38
60 Alberto Losada Alguacil - Caisse d'Epargne 51.52
61 Simon Gerrans - Ag2r Prevoyance 52.49
62 Cyrille Monnerais - Française Des Jeux 53.25
63 Patrick Calcagni - Liquigas 53.58
64 Ralf Grabsch - Team Milram 55.17
65 Laurens Ten Dam - Unibet.com 56.10
66 Andreas Matzbacher - Team Volksbank 56.45
67 Stefan Schumacher - Gerolsteiner 58.37
68 Grégory Rast - Astana 59.14
69 Kevin De Weert - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.00.13
70 Sergio Ghisalberti - Team Milram 1.00.41
71 Erik Zabel - Team Milram 1.00.46
72 Vincent Jerome - Bouygues Telecom 1.02.04
73 Marcus Burghardt - T-Mobile Team 1.02.41
74 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 1.03.08
75 Sébastien Minard - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.03.17
76 Pablo Lastras Garcia - Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.53
77 Jon Bru Pascal - Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04.04
78 Cristian Moreni - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.04.28
79 Björn Schröder - Team Milram 1.05.45
80 Michael Schär - Astana 1.07.05
81 Rubens Bertogliati - Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.07.24
82 Johannes Fröhlinger - Gerolsteiner 1.07.34
83 Fabian Cancellara - Team CSC 1.08.49 84 Ivan Velasco Murillo - Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.46
85 Jurgen Van Goolen - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
86 Yannick Talabardon - Credit Agricole 1.10.22
87 Murilo Antonio Fischer - Liquigas 1.11.57
88 Mariusz Witecki - Team Volksbank 1.12.22
89 Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 1.13.54
90 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde - Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.14.12
91 Anders Lund - Team CSC 1.14.43 92 Ruben Lobato Elvira - Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.15.23
93 William Bonnet - Credit Agricole 1.15.26
94 Pascal Hungerbühler - Team Volksbank 1.16.21
95 Arnaud Labbe - Bouygues Telecom 1.18.10
96 Sébastien Hinault - Credit Agricole 1.20.33
97 Stuart O'grady - Team CSC 1.22.03 98 Enrico Poitschke - Team Milram 1.23.05
99 David Loosli - Lampre-Fondital 1.25.27
100 Markus Zberg - Gerolsteiner 1.27.04
101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni - Rabobank 1.27.14
102 Rene Mandri - Ag2r Prevoyance 1.27.28
103 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo - Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.28.26
104 Daniele Righi - Lampre-Fondital 1.28.29
105 Karsten Kroon - Team CSC 1.28.59 106 Gianni Meersman - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.29.51
107 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos - Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.30.01
108 Marcel Strauss - Gerolsteiner 1.30.50
109 Matthew White - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.30.57
110 Bart Dockx - Predictor-Lotto 1.33.46
111 Tom Criel - Unibet.com 1.34.08
112 René Weissinger - Team Volksbank 1.34.57
113 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi - Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.35.03
114 Wim Vansevenant - Predictor-Lotto 1.36.54
115 Maryan Hary - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.36.56
116 Frédéric Guesdon - Française Des Jeux 1.39.52
117 Volker Ordowski - Gerolsteiner 1.41.07
118 Christophe Laurent - Credit Agricole 1.41.32
119 Mirko Celestino - Team Milram 1.42.46
120 Alexandre Usau - Ag2r Prevoyance 1.44.03
121 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales - Unibet.com 1.46.00
122 David Kopp - Gerolsteiner 1.46.27
123 Jan Boven - Rabobank 1.46.28
124 Fumiyuki Beppu - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47.22
125 Giovanni Bernaudeau - Bouygues Telecom 1.47.30
126 Josef Benetseder - Team Volksbank 1.48.20
127 Carlos Da Cruz - Française Des Jeux 1.48.34
128 Filippo Pozzato - Liquigas 1.49.22
129 Sebastian Schwager - Team Milram 1.50.28
130 Aurélien Clerc - Bouygues Telecom 1.54.12
131 Roger Hammond - T-Mobile Team 1.54.33
132 Mauro Facci - Quick Step - Innergetic 1.54.38
133 Benoît Poilvet - Credit Agricole 1.55.55
134 Leif Hoste - Predictor-Lotto 1.56.16
135 Alberto Ongarato - Team Milram 1.56.31
136 Christopher Sutton - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.58.22
137 Guido Trenti - Liquigas 2.04.52
Slutstillingen i pointkonkurrencen
1 Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 60 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara - Team CSC 57 3 Andreas Klöden - Astana 50
4 Erik Zabel - Team Milram 41
5 Cristian Moreni - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 40
6 Vladimir Karpets - Caisse d'Epargne 38
7 Stefan Schumacher - Gerolsteiner 35
8 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33
9 Kim Kirchen - T-Mobile Team 33
10 Damiano Cunego - Lampre-Fondital 31
11 Rigoberto Uran - Unibet.com 30
12 Vladimir Efimkin - Caisse d'Epargne 30
13 Xavier Florencio Cabre - Bouygues Telecom 27
14 William Bonnet - Credit Agricole 26
15 Gerrit Glomser - Team Volksbank 25
16 Murilo Antonio Fischer - Liquigas 24
17 Stuart O'grady - Team CSC 24 18 Frank Schleck - Team CSC 23 19 Matteo Carrara - Unibet.com 23
20 Thomas Dekker - Rabobank 19
21 Martin Elmiger - Ag2r Prevoyance 18
22 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17
23 Gilberto Simoni - Saunier Duval - Prodir 17
24 José Angel Gomez Marchante - Saunier Duval - Prodir 17
25 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios - Caisse d'Epargne 17
26 Marcus Burghardt - T-Mobile Team 17
27 Beat Zberg - Gerolsteiner 12
28 Christopher Horner - Predictor-Lotto 12
29 Grégory Rast - Astana 10
30 Marzio Bruseghin - Lampre-Fondital 9
31 Gustav Erik Larsson - Unibet.com 8
32 Benoît Vaugrenard - Française Des Jeux 8
33 David Kopp - Gerolsteiner 8
34 Matthias Kessler - Astana 7
35 Sébastien Hinault - Credit Agricole 7
36 Alberto Ongarato - Team Milram 7
37 Andrey Mizourov - Astana 6
38 Thomas Lövkvist - Française Des Jeux 6
39 Patrick Calcagni - Liquigas 6
40 Leif Hoste - Predictor-Lotto 6
41 Bram Tankink - Quick Step - Innergetic 5
Slutstillingen i bjergkonkurrencen
1 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 pts
2 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Astana 36
3 Marzio Bruseghin - Lampre-Fondital 34
4 Matteo Carrara - Unibet.com 25
5 Laurens Ten Dam - Unibet.com 24
6 Christopher Horner - Predictor-Lotto 18
7 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez - Unibet.com 15
8 Rubens Bertogliati - Saunier Duval - Prodir 13
9 Andreas Klöden - Astana 10
10 Frank Schleck - Team CSC 9 11 Thomas Dekker - Rabobank 8
12 Arkaitz Duran Aroca - Saunier Duval - Prodir 8
13 José Angel Gomez Marchante - Saunier Duval - Prodir 8
14 Damiano Cunego - Lampre-Fondital 6
15 Patrice Halgand - Credit Agricole 6
16 Kevin De Weert - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6
17 Kim Kirchen - T-Mobile Team 5
18 Vladimir Efimkin - Caisse d'Epargne 4
19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales - Quick Step - Innergetic 4
20 Carlos Sastre Candil - Team CSC 3 21 Vladimir Karpets - Caisse d'Epargne 3
22 Andrea Tonti - Quick Step - Innergetic 2
23 Beat Zberg - Gerolsteiner 2
24 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 2
25 Gerrit Glomser - Team Volksbank 1
26 Florian Stalder - Team Volksbank 1
27 Enrico Poitschke - Team Milram 1
28 Gianni Meersman - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1
29 Bart Dockx - Predictor-Lotto 1
Slutstillingen i sprintkonkurrencen1 Florian Stalder - Team Volksbank 29 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez - Unibet.com 14
3 René Weissinger - Team Volksbank 12
4 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9
5 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Astana 9
6 Gerrit Glomser - Team Volksbank 6
7 Carlos Sastre Candil - Team CSC 6 8 Martin Elmiger - Ag2r Prevoyance 6
9 Laurens Ten Dam - Unibet.com 6
10 Kevin De Weert - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6
11 Pascal Hungerbühler - Team Volksbank 6
12 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales - Unibet.com 6
13 Beat Zberg - Gerolsteiner 4
14 Carlos Barredo Llamazales - Quick Step - Innergetic 3
15 Arkaitz Duran Aroca - Saunier Duval - Prodir 3
16 Fabian Cancellara - Team CSC 3 17 Gianni Meersman - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3
18 Matteo Carrara - Unibet.com 1
19 Linus Gerdemann - T-Mobile Team 1
20 Thomas Lövkvist - Française Des Jeux 1
21 Steve Zampieri - Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1
22 Michael Albasini - Liquigas 1
23 Jurgen Van Goolen - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1
24 Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 1
Slutstillingen i holdkonkurrencen1 Caisse d'Epargne 90.27.56
2 Unibet.com 4.29
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.50
4 Astana 11.36
5 Team CSC 14.27
6 T-Mobile Team 15.04
7 Quickstep-Innergetic 17.49
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.54
9 AG2r Prévoyance 20.07
10 Bouygues Telecom 35.27
11 Lampre-Fondital 37.17
12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 37.21
13 Rabobank 51.34
14 Team Volkswagen-Trek 1.18.37
15 Française des Jeux 1.33.08
16 Liquigas 1.35.36
17 Predictor-Lotto 1.40.49
18 Crédit Agricole 1.43.19
19 Gerolsteiner 1.47.17
20 Team Milram 2.10.17
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.24.53