Stage 11 Lannemezan to Foix results from the 2008 Tour de France.


Norwegian national champ Kurt Asle Arvesen (CSC) sprinted to a close victory over Martin Elmiger (AG2R) and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) to take the 1st Tour de France stage victory of his 11-year career.
The 3 cyclist who battled out the finale were the fastest of a 13-man break which went clear in the first hour of the 167.5 kilometer transition stage from Lannemezan to Foix. The group worked together to gain a winning margin despite Frenchman Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) escaping from the leaders with 65 kilometers to go.

Stage 11 Results:

1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3.58.13 (42.19 km/h)
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0.02
5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.11
6 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.14
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
12 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.29
13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14.51
14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
16 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank

Overall Results:
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46.42.13
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle 0.38
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.46
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.57
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 1.56
8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.10
9 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.29
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.32
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.51
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.18
13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.26
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargn 4.41
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 5.23
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5.37
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 6.01
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.07
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.11
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par 6.47