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Rank	2008	Rider	Code	Team	Points
1	1	CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto (ESP)	ESP19821206	Astana	527
2	2	VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro (ESP)	ESP19800425	Caisse D’EPARGNE	483
3	8	SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel (ESP)	ESP19780205	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	357
4	3	SCHLECK Andy (LUX)	LUX19850610	TEAM Saxo BANK	334
5	4	EVANS Cadel (AUS)	AUS19770214	SILENCE-Lotto	333
6	5	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald (NOR)	NOR19870517	TEAM Columbia – HTC	322
7	6	KREUZIGER Roman (CZE)	CZE19860506	Liquigas	319
8	7	CAVENDISH Mark (GBR)	GBR19850521	TEAM Columbia – HTC	304
9	20	GILBERT Philippe (BEL)	BEL19820705	SILENCE-Lotto	295
10	13	GESINK Robert (NED)	NED19860531	Rabobank	266
11	9	DAVIS Allan (AUS)	AUS19800727	Quick Step	249
12	10	CUNEGO Damiano (ITA)	ITA19810919	Lampre – N.G.C	235
13	11	KLÖDEN Andreas (GER)	GER19750622	Astana	232
14	12	BASSO Ivan (ITA)	ITA19771126	Liquigas	229
15	14	MENCHOV Denis (RUS)	RUS19780125	Rabobank	218
16	15	HAUSSLER Heinrich (GER)	GER19840225	CERVELO TEST TEAM	217
17	16	HUSHOVD Thor (NOR)	NOR19780118	CERVELO TEST TEAM	216
18	17	FARRAR Tyler (USA)	USA19840602	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	212
19	18	SCHLECK Frank (LUX)	LUX19800415	TEAM Saxo BANK	212
20	19	SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon (ESP)	ESP19831124	Caisse D’EPARGNE	211
21*
22	22	CHAVANEL Sylvain (FRA)	FRA19790630	Quick Step	194
23	23	CANCELLARA Fabian (SUI)	SUI19810318	TEAM Saxo BANK	180
24*
25	25	GERRANS Simon (AUS)	AUS19800516	CERVELO TEST TEAM	176
26	26	GARZELLI Stefano (ITA)	ITA19730716	ACQUA & SAPONE – CAFFE MOKAMBO	170
27	27	IVANOV Serguei (RUS)	RUS19750305	TEAM Katusha	164
28	28	KARPETS Vladimir (RUS)	RUS19800920	TEAM Katusha	157
29	29	PELLIZOTTI Franco (ITA)	ITA19780115	Liquigas	156
30	30	POZZATO Filippo (ITA)	ITA19810910	TEAM Katusha	154
31	31	ARMSTRONG Lance (USA)	USA19710918	Astana	150
32	32	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (ESP)	ESP19790512	Caisse D’EPARGNE	147
33*
34	34	SCARPONI Michele (ITA)	ITA19790925	SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	139
35	40	MARTIN Daniel (IRL)	IRL19860820	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	137
36	35	NIBALI Vincenzo (ITA)	ITA19841114	Liquigas	135
37	36	SASTRE CANDIL Carlos (ESP)	ESP19750422	CERVELO TEST TEAM	134
38	37	BOONEN Tom (BEL)	BEL19801015	Quick Step	133
39	38	WIGGINS Bradley (GBR)	GBR19800428	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	131
40	39	MARTIN Tony (GER)	GER19850423	TEAM Columbia – HTC	125
41	41	BRESCHEL Matti (DEN)	DEN19840831	TEAM Saxo BANK	117
42	42	MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel (ESP)	ESP19810905	Caisse D’EPARGNE	117
43	43	ROGERS Michael (AUS)	AUS19791220	TEAM Columbia – HTC	115
44	44	ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar (ESP)	ESP19770401	Astana	112
45	45	BALLAN Alessandro (ITA)	ITA19791106	Lampre – N.G.C	110
46	46	DEVOLDER Stijn (BEL)	BEL19790829	Quick Step	104
47	100	KOLOBNEV Alexandr (RUS)	RUS19810504	TEAM Saxo BANK	103
48	47	PETACCHI Alessandro (ITA)	ITA19740103	LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI	102
49	48	TAARAMAE Rein (EST)	EST19870424	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	98
50	49	FUGLSANG Jakob (DEN)	DEN19850322	TEAM Saxo BANK	98
51	50	FEDRIGO Pierrick (FRA)	FRA19781130	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	92
52	51	MOSQUERA MIGUEZ Ezequiel (ESP)	ESP19751119	XACOBEO GALICIA	92
53	52	GREIPEL André (GER)	GER19820716	TEAM Columbia – HTC	91
54	53	ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin (ESP)	ESP19850608	Caisse D’EPARGNE	90
55	54	LÖVKVIST Thomas (SWE)	SWE19840404	TEAM Columbia – HTC	90
56	55	CIOLEK Gerald (GER)	GER19860919	TEAM Milram	88
57	56	O’GRADY Stuart (AUS)	AUS19730806	TEAM Saxo BANK	87
58	57	BAK Lars Ytting (DEN)	DEN19800116	TEAM Saxo BANK	87
59	58	FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio (ESP)	ESP19770917	Rabobank	85
60	59	BENNATI Daniele (ITA)	ITA19800924	Liquigas	84
61	60	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen (BEL)	BEL19830201	SILENCE-Lotto	83
62	61	BARREDO LLAMAZALES Carlos (ESP)	ESP19810605	Quick Step	80
63	62	LEIPHEIMER Levi (USA)	USA19731024	Astana	79
64	63	VANDEVELDE Christian (USA)	USA19760522	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	78
65	64	VALJAVEC Tadej (SLO)	SLO19770413	AG2R LA MONDIALE	77
66	65	LANGEVELD Sebastian (NED)	NED19850117	Rabobank	76
67	114	HOOGERLAND Johnny (NED)	NED19830513	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	76
68	66	ELMIGER Martin (SUI)	SUI19780923	AG2R LA MONDIALE	74
69	67	HESJEDAL Ryder (CAN)	CAN19801209	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	74
70	151	PAOLINI Luca (ITA)	ITA19770117	ACQUA & SAPONE – CAFFE MOKAMBO	71
71	68	MAASKANT Martijn (NED)	NED19830727	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	64
72	79	COBO ACEBO Juan Jose (ESP)	ESP19810211	FUJI-Servetto	64
73	69	WEENING Pieter (NED)	NED19810405	Rabobank	62
74	70	KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr (BLR)	BLR19791027	Liquigas	61
75	71	DEIGNAN Philip (IRL)	IRL19830907	CERVELO TEST TEAM	61
76	72	KROON Karsten (NED)	NED19760129	TEAM Saxo BANK	60
77	73	HOSTE Leif (BEL)	BEL19770717	SILENCE-Lotto	60
78	74	GOSS Matthew Harley (AUS)	AUS19861105	TEAM Saxo BANK	58
79	75	LE MEVEL Christophe (FRA)	FRA19800911	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	58
80	76	ROUX Anthony (FRA)	FRA19870418	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	56
81	77	FERNANDEZ Koldo (ESP)	ESP19810913	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	56
82	78	MONFORT Maxime (BEL)	BEL19830114	TEAM Columbia – HTC	54
83	80	CASAR Sandy (FRA)	FRA19790202	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	54
84	81	REDA Francesco (ITA)	ITA19821119	Quick Step	52
85	82	TIRALONGO Paolo (ITA)	ITA19770708	Lampre – N.G.C	52
86	83	VELITS Peter (SVK)	SVK19850221	TEAM Milram	51
87	85	MARTENS Paul (GER)	GER19831026	Rabobank	50
88	84	DELAGE Mickael (FRA)	FRA19850806	SILENCE-Lotto	50
89	88	VAN SUMMEREN Johan (BEL)	BEL19810204	SILENCE-Lotto	50
90	89	URAN Rigoberto (COL)	COL19870126	Caisse D’EPARGNE	50
91	86	GOMEZ MARCHANTE José Angel (ESP)	ESP19800530	CERVELO TEST TEAM	50
92	87	SULZBERGER Wesley (AUS)	AUS19861020	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	50
93	90	SEELDRAEYERS Kevin (BEL)	BEL19860912	Quick Step	49
94	91	FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar (ESP)	ESP19760215	Rabobank	48
95	92	BURGHARDT Marcus (GER)	GER19830630	TEAM Columbia – HTC	45
96	93	SZMYD Sylvester (POL)	POL19780302	Liquigas	44
97	94	VOIGT Jens (GER)	GER19710917	TEAM Saxo BANK	42
98	95	HAYMAN Mathew (AUS)	AUS19780420	Rabobank	40
99	96	SIVTSOV Kanstantsin (BLR)	BLR19820809	TEAM Columbia – HTC	40
100	97	MILLAR David (GBR)	GBR19770104	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	39
101	98	BRUSEGHIN Marzio (ITA)	ITA19740615	Lampre – N.G.C	39
102	99	BOZIC Borut (SLO)	SLO19800808	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	34
103	101	ARROYO DURAN David (ESP)	ESP19800107	Caisse D’EPARGNE	33
104	247	VINOKOUROV Alexandre (KAZ)	KAZ19730916	Astana	32
105	102	VOECKLER Thomas (FRA)	FRA19790622	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	32
106	103	MONCOUTIE David (FRA)	FRA19750430	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	31
107	104	KLIER Andreas (GER)	GER19760115	CERVELO TEST TEAM	30
108	107	GERDEMANN Linus (GER)	GER19820916	TEAM Milram	30
109	105	GALDOS ALONSO Aitor (ESP)	ESP19791108	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	30
110	106	DYACHENKO Alexsandr (KAZ)	KAZ19831017	Astana	30
111	108	GAVAZZI Francesco (ITA)	ITA19840801	Lampre – N.G.C	29
112	109	HENDERSON Greg (NZL)	NZL19760910	TEAM Columbia – HTC	28
113	110	VIGANO Davide (ITA)	ITA19840612	FUJI-Servetto	26
114	112	MARCATO Marco (ITA)	ITA19840211	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	26
115	111	SABATINI Fabio (ITA)	ITA19850218	Liquigas	26
116	113	NOCENTINI Rinaldo (ITA)	ITA19770925	AG2R LA MONDIALE	26
117	115	FEILLU Brice (FRA)	FRA19850726	AGRITUBEL	26
118	116	HIVERT Jonathan (FRA)	FRA19850323	SKIL-SHIMANO	25
119	117	TJALLINGII Maarten (NED)	NED19771105	Rabobank	22
120	118	ROSSI Enrico (ITA)	ITA19820505	CERAMICA FLAMINIA – BOSSINI DOCCE	22
121	119	NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel (ESP)	ESP19830718	Astana	22
122	120	SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo (COL)	COL19790417	SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	22
123	121	TONDO VOLPINI Xavier (ESP)	ESP19781105	ANDALUCIA CAJASUR	21
124	122	GARATE Juan Manuel (ESP)	ESP19760424	Rabobank	21
125	124	VAUGRENARD Benoît (FRA)	FRA19820105	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	20
126	123	SANTAMBROGIO Mauro (ITA)	ITA19841007	Lampre – N.G.C	20
127	125	LEUKEMANS Björn (BEL)	BEL19770701	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	20
128	126	SÖRENSEN Nicki (DEN)	DEN19750514	TEAM Saxo BANK	20
129	127	ALBASINI Michael (SUI)	SUI19801220	TEAM Columbia – HTC	19
130	128	BROWN Graeme (AUS)	AUS19790409	Rabobank	19
131	129	DUMOULIN Samuel (FRA)	FRA19800820	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	18
132	130	TROFIMOV Yury (RUS)	RUS19840126	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	18
133	132	BONNET William (FRA)	FRA19820625	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	18
134	131	CESAR VELOSO Gustavo (ESP)	ESP19800129	XACOBEO GALICIA	18
135	133	KIRCHEN Kim (LUX)	LUX19780703	TEAM Columbia – HTC	17
136	134	IGNATIEV Mikhail (RUS)	RUS19850507	TEAM Katusha	17
137	135	QUINZIATO Manuel (ITA)	ITA19791030	Liquigas	16
138	140	BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo (ITA)	ITA19780108	SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	16
139	137	POPOVYCH Yaroslav (UKR)	UKR19800104	Astana	16
140	136	VAZQUEZ HUESO Manuel (ESP)	ESP19810331	CONTENTPOLIS-AMPO	16
141	138	BOOM Lars (NED)	NED19851230	Rabobank	16
142	139	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas (LTU)	LTU19851208	CERVELO TEST TEAM	16
143	141	IGLINSKY Maxim (KAZ)	KAZ19810418	Astana	15
144	143	ROCHE Nicolas (IRL)	IRL19840703	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15
145	142	RENSHAW Mark (AUS)	AUS19821022	TEAM Columbia – HTC	15
146	144	RIBLON Christophe (FRA)	FRA19810117	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14
147	145	GOUBERT Stéphane (FRA)	FRA19700313	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14
148	146	GRABSCH Bert (GER)	GER19750619	TEAM Columbia – HTC	14
149	147	HUTAROVICH Yauheni (BLR)	BLR19831129	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	13
150	148	PINOTTI Marco (ITA)	ITA19760225	TEAM Columbia – HTC	12
151	149	FURLAN Angelo (ITA)	ITA19770621	Lampre – N.G.C	12
152	150	KESSIAKOFF Fredrik (SWE)	SWE19800517	FUJI-Servetto	11
153	152	DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David (ESP)	ESP19810504	FUJI-Servetto	11
154	155	WEYLANDT Wouter (BEL)	BEL19840927	Quick Step	11
155	153	KIRYIENKA Vasili (BLR)	BLR19810628	Caisse D’EPARGNE	11
156	156	SWIFT Ben (GBR)	GBR19871105	TEAM Katusha	11
157	154	RABON Frantisek (CZE)	CZE19830926	TEAM Columbia – HTC	11
158	158	NUYENS Nick (BEL)	BEL19800505	Rabobank	10
160	161	VEIKKANEN Jussi (FIN)	FIN19810329	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	10
161	160	LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo (ESP)	ESP19760120	Caisse D’EPARGNE	10
162	159	BAKELANDTS Jan (BEL)	BEL19860214	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – MERCATOR	10
163	162	GUARNIERI Jacopo (ITA)	ITA19870814	Liquigas	10
164	163	HERRERO LLORENTE David (ESP)	ESP19791018	XACOBEO GALICIA	10
165	164	TXURRUKA Amets (ESP)	ESP19821110	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	10
166	165	ROELANDTS Jurgen (BEL)	BEL19850702	SILENCE-Lotto	10
167	167	KERN Christophe (FRA)	FRA19810118	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	10
168	166	LEFEVRE Laurent (FRA)	FRA19760702	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	10
169	168	HUNTER Robert (RSA)	RSA19770422	BARLOWORLD	10
170	169	HINCAPIE George (USA)	USA19730629	TEAM Columbia – HTC	9
171	172	MARZANO Marco (ITA)	ITA19800610	Lampre – N.G.C	9
172	170	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio (COL)	COL19800410	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	9
173	171	CHICCHI Francesco (ITA)	ITA19801127	Liquigas	9
174	177	PINEAU Jérôme (FRA)	FRA19800102	Quick Step	8
175	173	MASCIARELLI Francesco (ITA)	ITA19860505	ACQUA & SAPONE – CAFFE MOKAMBO	8
176	175	BRAJKOVIC Janez (SLO)	SLO19831218	Astana	8
177	174	BOTCHAROV Alexandre (RUS)	RUS19750226	TEAM Katusha	8
178	176	GARCIA DA PENA David (ESP)	ESP19770930	XACOBEO GALICIA	8
179	178	PAUWELS Serge (BEL)	BEL19831121	CERVELO TEST TEAM	8
180	180	BERTOGLIATI Rubens (SUI)	SUI19790509	SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	8
181	179	CARDENAS RAVELO Félix Rafael (COL)	COL19721124	BARLOWORLD	8
182	181	BANDIERA Marco (ITA)	ITA19840612	Lampre – N.G.C	7
183	182	ROY Jérémy (FRA)	FRA19830622	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	7
184	183	FRÖHLINGER Johannes (GER)	GER19850609	TEAM Milram	7
185	185	GUESDON Frédéric (FRA)	FRA19711014	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	6
186*
187	184	PEREZ MORENO Ruben (ESP)	ESP19811030	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	6
188	195	LEMOINE Cyril (FRA)	FRA19830303	SKIL-SHIMANO	6
189	190	VAN AVERMAET Greg (BEL)	BEL19850517	SILENCE-Lotto	6
190	194	CLEMENT Stef (NED)	NED19820924	Rabobank	6
191	188	EL FARES Julien (FRA)	FRA19850601	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	6
192	197	MCEWEN Robbie (AUS)	AUS19720624	TEAM Katusha	6
193	192	TERPSTRA Niki (NED)	NED19840518	TEAM Milram	6
194	187	MOINARD Amaël (FRA)	FRA19820202	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	6
195	191	TRUSOV Nikolay (RUS)	RUS19850702	TEAM Katusha	6
196	196	EISEL Bernhard (AUT)	AUT19810217	TEAM Columbia – HTC	6
197	189	SANCHEZ PIMIENTA Julian (ESP)	ESP19800226	CONTENTPOLIS-AMPO	6
198	193	ROULSTON Hayden (NZL)	NZL19810110	CERVELO TEST TEAM	6
199	198	FEILLU Romain (FRA)	FRA19840416	AGRITUBEL	6
200	199	CHEREL Mikael (FRA)	FRA19860317	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	4
201	200	DE WAELE Bert (BEL)	BEL19750721	LANDBOUWKREDIET – COLNAGO	4
202	214	MONDORY Lloyd (FRA)	FRA19820426	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4
203	207	SUTTON Christopher (AUS)	AUS19840910	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	4
204	205	HAMMOND Roger (GBR)	GBR19740130	CERVELO TEST TEAM	4
205	215	EFIMKIN Vladimir (RUS)	RUS19811202	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4
206	202	MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi (ESP)	ESP19780515	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	4
207	201	HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus (ESP)	ESP19810928	Astana	4
208	209	LARSSON Gustav (SWE)	SWE19800920	TEAM Saxo BANK	4
209	212	FOTHEN Markus (GER)	GER19810909	TEAM Milram	4
210	211	DUGGAN Timothy (USA)	USA19821114	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	4
211	206	VAN DE WALLE Jurgen (BEL)	BEL19770209	Quick Step	4
212	213	PATE Danny (USA)	USA19790324	Garmin – SLIPSTREAM	4
213	210	BRUTT Pavel (RUS)	RUS19820129	TEAM Katusha	4
214	203	TURPIN Ludovic (FRA)	FRA19750322	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4
215	204	ROELS Dominik (GER)	GER19870121	TEAM Milram	4
216	216	ZBERG Markus (SUI)	SUI19740627	BMC RACING TEAM	4
217	208	LORENZETTO Mirco (ITA)	ITA19810713	Lampre – N.G.C	4
218	217	DUMA Vladimir (UKR)	UKR19720302	CERAMICA FLAMINIA – BOSSINI DOCCE	4
219	219	ZAUGG Oliver (SUI)	SUI19810509	Liquigas	3
220	218	HINAULT Sébastien (FRA)	FRA19740211	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3
221	220	SIEBERG Marcel (GER)	GER19820430	TEAM Columbia – HTC	3
222	221	NAPOLITANO Danilo (ITA)	ITA19810131	TEAM Katusha	3
223	223	HUNT Jeremy (GBR)	GBR19740312	CERVELO TEST TEAM	2
224	222	DEL NERO MONTES Jesus (ESP)	ESP19820316	FUJI-Servetto	2
225	225	KNEES Christian (GER)	GER19810305	TEAM Milram	2
226	241	MOREAU Christophe (FRA)	FRA19710412	AGRITUBEL	2
227	236	MINARD Sébastien (FRA)	FRA19820612	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	2
228*
229	230	BAZAYEV Assan (KAZ)	KAZ19810222	Astana	2
230	232	FISCHER Murilo Antonio (BRA)	BRA19790616	Liquigas	2
231	224	DE WEERT Kevin (BEL)	BEL19820527	Quick Step	2
232	237	CATALDO Dario (ITA)	ITA19850317	Quick Step	2
233	238	PETROV Evgeny (RUS)	RUS19780525	TEAM Katusha	2
234	228	HANSEN Adam (AUS)	AUS19810511	TEAM Columbia – HTC	2
235	226	FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier (ESP)	ESP19791226	CERVELO TEST TEAM	2
236	239	RAST Grégory (SUI)	SUI19800117	Astana	2
237	234	VEELERS Tom (NED)	NED19840914	SKIL-SHIMANO	2
238	227	ISASI FLORES Inaki (ESP)	ESP19770420	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	2
239	243	JOLY Sébastien (FRA)	FRA19790625	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	2
240	233	ARASHIRO Yukiya (JPN)	JPN19840922	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	2
241	240	HAEDO Juan José (ARG)	ARG19810126	TEAM Saxo BANK	2
242	244	COOKE Baden (AUS)	AUS19781012	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	2
243	231	MOURIS Jens (NED)	NED19800312	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	2
244	235	URTASUN PEREZ Pablo (ESP)	ESP19800329	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	2
245	229	PACHECO TORRES Francisco Jose (ESP)	ESP19820327	CONTENTPOLIS-AMPO	2
246	245	ABAKOUMOV Igor (BEL)	BEL19810530	ISD – NERI	2
247	246	SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio (COL)	COL19830114	BARLOWORLD	2
248	252	POSTHUMA Joost (NED)	NED19810308	Rabobank	1
249	264	CAPECCHI Eros (ITA)	ITA19860613	FUJI-Servetto	1
250	248	ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor (ESP)	ESP19830302	Euskaltel – EUSKADI	1
251	259	ROLLIN Dominique (CAN)	CAN19821029	CERVELO TEST TEAM	1
252	254	USOV Alexandre (BLR)	BLR19770827	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	1
253	266	SIMONI Gilberto (ITA)	ITA19710825	SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	1
254	258	BERTOLINI Alessandro (ITA)	ITA19710727	SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	1
255*
256	253	SIJMENS Nico (BEL)	BEL19780401	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	1
257	260	CHAINEL Steve (FRA)	FRA19830906	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	1
258	249	LADAGNOUS Matthieu (FRA)	FRA19841212	FRANÇAISE DES Jeux	1
259	261	PAURIOL Rémi (FRA)	FRA19820404	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	1
260	256	GODDAERT Kristof (BEL)	BEL19861121	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – MERCATOR	1
262	257	MARKOV Alexei (RUS)	RUS19790526	TEAM Katusha	1
263	250	VELO Marco (ITA)	ITA19740309	Quick Step	1
264	267	GRABOVSKYY Dmytro (UKR)	UKR19850930	ISD – NERI	1
265	263	AUGE Stéphane (FRA)	FRA19741206	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	1
266	251	PRONK Matheus (NED)	NED19740701	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	1
267	262	ROSSELER Sébastien (BEL)	BEL19810715	Quick Step	1

Only 22 days to go and the real cycling fans can finally come out of their winter sleep and enjoy professional cycling again. Just like recent years, the 2010 season will take of in the hot and beautiful country of Australia. And Euskaltel immediately has a new year's present for its fans, we will get to see all the newbies in action! The one to watch will of course be Romain Sicard, who will ride his first ProTour race as a World Champion. He will be joined by Jonathan Castroviejo, Jon Izaguirre, Miguel Minguez and Daniel Sesma, who will also defend the orange colours for the first time. Young and promising Mikel Nieve will also be present and the most experienced will be Ivan Velasco with his 4th year riding with Euskaltel. I can't wait for the season to start at 19 january!

Merry Christmas! One of the things that was discussed at the core commit team meetup was release scope (and scope creep). Now that 2.9 is out and it’s time to start thinking about 3.0, we think it would be appropriate to stop and take a breath before diving in, and make a plan in advance. What winds up happening is that during each release cycle a few new features are selected for inclusion, but then right up until feature freeze (and/or beta cycle), people keep adding feature requests, patches for enhancements, and ongoing bug reports. This means each release winds up getting pushed out later than planned, and with so many things going in per release, it becomes harder to catch new bugs.

The as-long-as-we’re-not-in-freeze-yet model isn’t working. People wind up waiting months longer for new features they want, like Trash and Image Editing, because we’re still adding other things and then we need to test them all. If we kept the releases smaller feature-wise, we could push out the new stuff sooner (3 releases per year is the goal) and have more focused beta testing, making the releases themselves better. It’s hard, because everyone has their pet features and fixes, and if there’s a patch, why not get it in this release rather than waiting? Sometimes people complain that a patch has been waiting to be committed for weeks or months, but what no one ever seems to bring up is that sometimes patches introduce new bugs, and the more we add at once, the harder it is to keep it all well-tested on various platforms, in different hosting environments, etc. So. What’s our proposal?

We take a page from the world of project management and we make a project plan before we jump into the dev cycle. We let everyone propose features and enhancements, and we choose a limited number to include in 3.0 (in this case we need to be especially stringent, because the merge of WordPress and WordPress MU will automatically mean a lot of work) and set a realistic release date that we stick to. We create a tentative set of features for the next two releases, to be re-evaluated at the beginning of the next cycle, so that people know the community is committed to certain features, as opposed to the vague “future release” label we now use for everything not included in the current version. We fix bugs that are reproducible and affect a large number of users before focusing on edge case bugs or bugs that haven’t been well-described or reproduced. We stop diverting our attention from agreed-upon goals when a “squeaky wheel” decides we should all be focused on something else. There are always things that pop up unexpectedly, but we need to do a better job of restraining ourselves when it comes to trying to sneak things into the current release (I include myself in this, of course…as a UX person I always wish we could do everything all at once!).

As an open source project, we accomplish more when we work together than we do following individual agendas, and we need to keep our project focused on commonly-agreed-upon goals instead of following tangents whenever a community member starts to take us on one, regardless of whether it’s to follow a cool idea that everyone loves or a suggestion based on a personal agenda, and regardless of whether it’s a newbie who doesn’t know any better or a frequent contributor or committer who has a strong opinion and a loud voice (so to speak). The issue here is that it’s easy to get distracted, so we need to create a structure that will help us keep moving forward instead of getting sidetracked. We need to keep Trac clean for the current dev cycle so that it includes confirmed features and bug reports, and all new feature suggestions go into a different milestone.

We think it’s at least worth a try. When we re-start the weekly IRC dev chats in 2010, the first meeting will be to talk about the scope of 3.0. When we’ve got a general agreement about what will be included, we’ll create the appropriate Trac tickets, and punt tickets for non-3.0 feature requests/enhancements to a future release so we can stay focused. New bug reports will still come in to the current milestone. It’s going to be hard. There are at least a dozen new features that I feel like we’ve pushed back multiple times that I’d like to see in core, but for this experiment, I’m just going to keep reminding myself, “You can do that with a plugin!”

Sound off on the features you would like to see in version 3.0.

I realize that this has been out for a couple of years but still think it’s a great digital holiday card created by Specialized. Enjoy!