He won the final individual time trial, stage 19, to complete his personal record of stage wins.

This prompted a change of approach from Sky, with their riders targeting stage wins.

They had a stated goal of trying for stage wins and holding, if not ultimately winning, the pink jersey.

Cavendish returned to form by winning the stage 5, 6, 11, 18 and 20, bringing his career total to fifteen stage wins.

This led to a number of stage wins but also to several bad accidents resulting from driving mistakes.

In addition to the two stage wins, he also won the points classification.

They sent a squad headed by Voeckler and there with the express goal of trying for stage wins.

The race was dominated by French teams, including Ag2r, which took two stage wins.

On April 30, 2008, Vinokourov was formally stripped of his two stage wins.

Flanagan won the Rás three times and had 11 stage wins.