CASTELSARRASIN, France, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Standings from the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a 188.5km ride from Pau to Castelsarrasin on Thursday:

10. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 9:37.

16. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/C.A) 9:39.

19. Xavier Florencio (ESP/BOU) 9:39.

20. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 9:39.

25. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/LIQ) 9:39.

29. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/BAR) 9:39.

30. Christophe Rinero (FRA/SDU) 9:39.

35. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 9:39.

39. Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 9:39.

GOURETTE, France, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - Standings following the 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 218.5km ride from Orthez to here on Wednesday:

2. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) at 0:26.

7. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDU) 1:54.

10. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) 2:27.

11. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 3:11.

14. Michaël Boogerd (NED/RAB) 5:32.

17. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/QST) 6:17.

19. David De la Fuente (ESP/SDU) 7:05.

24. Stéphane Goubert (FRA/A2R) 7:27.

25. Charles Wegelius (GBR/LIQ) 7:50.

LOUDENVIELLE, France, July 23, 2007 (AFP) - Standings following the 15th stage of the Tour de France, a 196.0km ride from Foix to here on Monday:

4. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDU) 0:58.

5. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/QST) 2:14.

8. Christian Vandevelde (USA/CSC) 4:25.

10. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 5:31.

11. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 5:31.

15. Michaël Boogerd (NED/RAB) 6:27.

18. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) 6:27.

20. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 6:27.

23. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 7:05.

PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Results from the 14th stage of the Tour de France, a 197.0km ride from Mazamet to Plateau de Beille on Sunday:

1. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 5h25min 48sec

2. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) at 0:00.

9. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 2:23.

10. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 3:06.

11. Michaël Boogerd (NED/RAB) 3:06.

14. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) 3:45.

18. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/CEP) 4:04.

21. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/CEP) 5:33.

30. Charles Wegelius (GBR/LIQ) 7:35.

PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - If Tour de France hopeful Alexandre Vinkourov wants to win the yellow jersey, the race`s 15th stage will provide an enticing opportunity.

Vinokourov started the race`s 14th stage, the first of three days in total in the Pyrenees, with a 5:10 deficit on Denmark`s Michael Rasmussen.

With five climbs in total, including two which are graded category one and and even more difficult unclassified climb, the 196km race from Foix to Loudenvielle-le-Louron could stage the biggest drama yet on this year`s race.