Astana Cycling Team

41st Tour du Limousin - 2.1
France, August 19-22, 2008

Stage 1 - August 19: Limoges - Guéret, 166km
1 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 4.04.02 (40.81 km/h)
2 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 93 0.03
3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
19 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
29 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
43 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
46 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
79 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.52
DNS Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana

Teams
1 Credit Agricole 12.12.12
2 Bouygues Telecom 0.03
3 Agritubel
6 Astana

General classification after stage 1
1 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 4.03.48
2 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 93 0.11
3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.17
22 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
31 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
43 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
46 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
79 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.06

Stage 2 - August 20: Bellac - Bellac, 183km
1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 4.23.47 (41.625 km/h)
2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole
3 Allan Davis (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
17 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
25 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
30 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
61 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
93 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0.34

General classification after stage 2
1 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 8.27.29
2 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.13
3 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 93 0.17
5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.18
18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
22 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
27 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
79 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.40

Teams classification
1 Credit Agricole 25.23.33
2 Bouygues Telecom 0.03
3 Auber 93
7 Astana

Stage 3 - August 21: Brive - Cublac, 183.6km
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.33.59 (40.21 km/h)
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux
3 Allan Davis (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 29.27
63 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
66 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
67 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
82 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
83 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana

Teams
1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.41.57
2 AG2R La Mondiale
3 Roubaix Lille Metropole 5.00
14 Astana 58.54

General classification after stage 3
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.01.40
2 Allan Davis (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.01
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.11
34 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 29.33
37 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 29.38
45 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
47 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
78 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 32.01

Teams classification
1 Caisse d'Epargne 39.05.33
2 AG2R La Mondiale 3.38
3 Roubaix Lille Metropole 5.00
14 Astana 1.01.02

Stage 4 - August 22: Chamborêt - Limoges, 180.2km
1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.26.33 (40.563 km/h)
2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.02
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
14 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
40 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0.09
61 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.08
DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
DNF Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana

Final General classification
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.28.15
2 Allan Davis (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.01
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
30 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 29.33
32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 29.38
37 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 29.45
59 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 35.07

Points classification
1 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 14 pts
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 7
5 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 5

Mountains classification
1 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 27 pts
2 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 8
11 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 4

Teams classification
1 Caisse d'Epargne 52.25.18
2 Topsport Vlaanderen 3.45
3 Crédit Agricole 5.00
6 Astana 29.25