First Endurance riders had amazing results in the 2008 edition of the Tour de France.  The most incredible statistic for the riders is that they won 7 out of 21 of the stages, one-third of all the stages!

Here’s a recap of the results (for detailed results, check out the daily postings on the First Endurance blog)

-Mark Cavendish (Team Colombia) won stage 5, stage 8, stage 12 and stage 13

-Stephan Shumacher (Gerolsteiner) won both time trials: stage 4 and stage 20.  He also wore the Yellow Jersey.

-Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) took 3rd overall in the race and won the Polka Dot jersey as the best climber in the race.

-Kim Kirchen (Team Colombia) wore both the Yellow Jersey and the Green Sprinter’s Jersey for 4 days.