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Tour of Georgia - 2.3
Georgia, USA, April 20-25, 2004
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Stage 5 : April 23 - Dalton - Dahlonega, 224.3 km
McCartney Cashes Two Payback Checks in Georgia
By Tim Maloney and Mark Zalewski in Dahlonega, Georgia
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Jason McCartney has sacrificed both mind and body for his teammates in this year's Dodge Tour de Georgia. Today the cycling gods rewarded him on the first true climbing stage. McCartney placed himself in a solid breakaway just a little more than twelve kilometers into the race. The break dwindled until only McCartney remained with only one more ascent up Woody's gap between him and the victory. With Armstrong and the other G.C. contenders of the race marking each other back down the road, McCartney lowered his head and held his lead long enough to claim stage 6 and the King of the Mountains jersey.
Though McCartney had a teammate in Chris Wherry to help drive the break, all of his companions contributed. "I owe thanks to all those guys [in the break] because they drove hard all day, and they knew that they were probably not going to make it, but they kept driving for me," McCartney remarked. "I felt like they were my team working for me!" But when it was go time, the veteran racer knew what to do. "They were kind of hesitating on the climb, and I knew it was now or never -- and [Adamsson] wasn't really working with me and I was like 'I can't have this,' so I had to leave him too."
McCartney is no stranger to racing at this level. Going on thirty years-old, he has raced in the U.S. and Europe, but was plagued by injury. He hung up the bike for a few years, but couldn't stay away for good. After his teammates finished with their hugs, McCartney's former 7up/Maxxis teammate and former USPRO Criterium champion Kevin Monahan phoned to give his congratulations.
Today's stage was the first serious climbing stage, and though the strong European professionals such as Armstrong are used to climbing huge mountain passes, they had never raced a course quite like this -- dealing with the relentless undulations made life difficult for everyone. "I have never seen a stage like that today," remarked Armstrong. "The climbs weren't hard but the undulations were. Every time you turned corner there was another hill -- they came early and never stopped." Mario Cipollini even exclaimed his surprise about the course to Armstrong. "At one point, Cipo came up to me and said, 'I've never seen a course like this!' (in his best Texan-Italian accent), and I said, 'I know, I haven't either!' It was very tough."
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Even though the main break went away early, that didn't mean it was smooth sailing for the race leader. "Chris [Horner] attacked on the most difficult climb we did today," said Armstrong. "[It was] a good attack, but we thought it was too early and it was better for us to stay together and ride tempo -- there was still a lot of racing to go to the finish." Armstrong also had to reel in strong attacks from CSC near the top of final climb, including Jens Voigt and Bobby Julich.
But it was McCartney's day, and he was nothing but thankful. "This is a little bit of payback -- but it's been awesome working for Gord and the guys," said McCartney. "That's what I do and that's what I do best."
How it unfolded
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The 2004 Dodge Tour de Georgia's Stage Five started in the quaint northern Georgia town of Dalton, hometown of Credit Agricole Espoirs rider Saul Raisin. It was a beautiful Friday morning on an Appalachian spring day when the peloton headed east across the rolling mountains of the northern Georgia. Reminiscent of the Ardennes climbs, Stage 5 would be the queen stage of the Georgia tour.
After a constant series of attacks outside of Dalton, six riders finally achieved separation from the rest of the peloton on the way to the first sprint in Chatsworth after 25km. Jacky Durand (Colnago-Landbouwkredeit), Stefan Adamsson (Barloworld), Henk Vogels (Navigators), Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly) and two Healthnet riders, Jason McCartney and Chris Wherry were away. Adamsson took the sprint with the first climb of Fort Mountain looming ahead and as the sextet crested the summit after 41km, they had a 2' advantage over the USPS-Berry Floor led peloton with McCartney taking the KOM points. Although the news was made official on Friday that the United States Postal Service would not renew their title sponsorship of the cycling squad, the bad news didn't slow down Yellow Jersey Lance Armstrong's Blue Train.
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Through the Chatahoochee National Forest on Georgia State Route 5, the break and peloton rolled along and the other side of Fort Mountain in Ellijay, the break had gained five minutes on the group. Durand took the sprint points as Wherry was virtual Yellow Jersey as he was in 23rd at 3'47". While Postal rolled along the purple blooming wisteria, McCartney, Wherry and Adamsson pounded away up front. After 100km of racing, as the Georgia tour entered Fannin County, the gap remained at five minutes. The race pace was steady at 37km/hr and the second climb of the day was coming up fast for the break.
At 975m., Woody Gap is the first of the three climbs on the famed Three Gaps route so popular among Georgia cyclists. Status quo remained as the tempo stayed steady past the Deep Hole recreation area and through the large crowds arrayed along the route. McCartney was raging as he took the KOM atop Woody Gap and the raced dove down the back side into Lumpkin County.
At the base of Woody Gap, the parcours turned left on Route 19 towards Blairsville into Angus beef county. The peloton was 4km behind the break as Healthnet's John Lieswyn had a rear wheel change on the climb. Up Neel's Gap to the 957m. summit past De Soto Falls, USPS-Berry Floor's Tony Cruz did yeomans work pulling the blue train with the Yellow clad Armstrong in tow. On the wide, three lane climb, Stage Two winner Mario Cipollini dropped off the fast climbing pace and most of his Domina Vacanze teammates stayed with him. McCartney took the KOM again atop Neel's Gap, while the race pace was 10 minutes behind the slowest schedule.
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Down the short descent of Neel's Gap and back up the steep, short climb of Wolfpen Gap, McCartney made his move and attacked the break, blowning the move apart. His move was the right one, with only Adamsson able to keep McCartney in sight. The Healthnet rider took his 4th consecutive KOM with just 35km to go and made his bid for glory. 4' behind, as the peloton hit Wolfpen, Chris Horner also made his bid for freedom on the steepest part of the ascent. Horner was hoping CSC would join him in attacking Yellow Jersey Armstrong, but it was nothing doing for the red & black boys. Horner managed to pick most of the shattererd break off by the summit, but Armstrong's team picked up the pace and managed to bring back Horner on the descent of Wolfpen. McCartney had flown the coop and had 1'45" 2'45" on the 50 strong chase group, with another 50 riders chasing at six minutes'.
Approaching the second, short ascent of Woody Gap with Bobby Julich (CSC) attacked but Lance Armstrong himself covered the move, as he did when Voigt went on the run-in with 15 km to go. Up front, McCartney was feeling the pain of the hammer man, as the constant up and down climbs, the side wind and lack of water in the last 30km almost cooked the Healthnet rider, but the valliant Iowan hung on for the solo win in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd in Dahlonega. Former Italian champ Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) was 2nd at 53", but the Italian was peeved post-stage as he thought he could have won the stage if the chase into Dahlonega would have been more sustained. U23 World Champ Sergy Lagutin (Colnago-Landbouwkrediet) was 8th for his first pro top ten finish, just ahead of Armstrong.
Tomorrow: Stage 6 - Athens-Brassstown Bald - 206km
Starting in lovely Athens, the Classic City, the penultimate stage of the '04 Dodge Tour de Georgia travels due north 110km to the Appalachian Mountains of North Georgia before hitting the 15km ascent to Hogpen Gap (1061m). More rollers across the beautiful Georgia countryside lead up to the dramatic finale of the ascent of Brassstown Bald Mtn., at 1426m., the highest point in Georgia. This is a very steep, 10km climb to a mountaintop finish that could feature a head to head battle between Armstrong and Horner for race supremacy.
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Images by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews.com/
- A taste of local culture on the way up Woody Gap
- Jason McCartney (Health Net) looking pretty pumped at the end of the stage
- A pretty happy team at the end of stage 5
- Jason McCartney (Health Net) looking exhausted but elated at the same time
Images by Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/www.epicimages.us
- How it all started today in Dalton, Ga.
- Chris Wherry leads the break at the base of the first climb.
- The break gets strung out further up the climb.
- Damon Kluck leads the USPS train to keep the break in check.
- Lance Armstrong is shadowed by Viatcheslav Ekimov with Mario Cipollini close by.
- The peloton makes its way through the Georgia mountains.
- The peloton makes its way past one of the oldest houses in Georgia.
- Teammates of Mario Cipollini fall back to help him make it through the day.
- Mike Creed helps his team keep tempo during today's difficult stage.
- Riders make their way around one of the many switchbacks.
- Race leader Lance Armstrong stays safely tucked within the confines of his team.
- No sunflower fields in Georgia, but the scenery is just as pretty.
- Tony Cruz navigates the road ahead for the group.
- Hard-man Tony Cruz still on the front after many kilometers.
- How about a little extra weight to make those climbs easier?
- Lance Armstrong not looking so fresh midway through the day.
- Race winner Jason McCartney attacks breakaway companion Stefan Adamson.
- Stefan Adamson shows the damage of Jason McCartney's race winning move.
- Henk Vogels slows a bit after a super-hard day.
- Chris Horner tries to make a move on the bunch.
- Lance Armstrong crests the final climb of the day.
Results
1 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 5.40.16 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 0.53 3 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 7 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 10 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 11 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 13 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 15 Dominique Perras (Can) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 16 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Jelly Belly/Aramark 19 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 20 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 21 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 22 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 23 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada Cycling 24 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 25 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 26 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 27 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 28 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 29 Imanol Ayestaran Odriozola (Spa) Webcor Builders 30 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saeco-Saunier Duval 32 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 33 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 34 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) USA National 35 Justin England (USA) Webcor Builders 36 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 1.06 37 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 1.10 38 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1.21 39 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.36 40 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.41 41 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 4.11 42 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 6.31 43 Thad Dulin (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 44 Timothy Duggan (USA) USA National 6.38 45 Nieko Biskner (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 47 Daniel Bowman (USA) USA National 48 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 49 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 50 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 51 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 52 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 53 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 54 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 55 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Sierra Nevada Cycling 56 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 57 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 58 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 59 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Team CSC 60 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 61 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 11.31 62 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 63 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 64 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 65 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.55 66 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 67 Tim Johnson (USA) Saeco-Saunier Duval 68 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance 69 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor Builders 70 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 72 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 73 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 74 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 75 James Schneider (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 76 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 77 Blake Caldwell (USA) USA National 78 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 79 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 80 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 81 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 82 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 83 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 84 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 85 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 86 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 87 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 88 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 89 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA National 90 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 91 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 92 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 93 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 94 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 95 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 96 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 97 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 98 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 20.08 99 John Murphy (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 34.11 100 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 34.15 Teams 1 Team CSC 51.10.01 2 US Postal Service Presented By Berry Floor 1.05 3 Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented By Maxxis 2.49 4 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5.23 5 Webcor Cycling Team 7.32 6 Domina Vacanze 7.50 7 Jelly Belly-Aramark 9.07 8 Sierra Nevada Cycling 12.10 9 Ofoto Cycling Team 13.59 10 Team Barloworld - Androni Giocattoli 16.05 11 Colavita Olive Oil Pro Cycling Team Presented By Bolla Wines 18.05 12 USA National 22.44 13 Saeco-Saunier Duval-Prodir/Mixed Team 27.12 14 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 32.02 15 The Jittery Joe's Cycling Team 37.31 General classification after stage 5 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 17.02.19 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.24 3 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 0.51 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.06 5 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.30 6 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.31 7 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.37 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada Cycling 1.39 9 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 2.32 10 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2.37 11 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 2.43 12 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 2.51 13 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 2.59 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.03 15 Dominique Perras (Can) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 3.04 16 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 3.23 17 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 3.24 18 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 3.27 19 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 3.55 20 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.58 21 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 3.59 22 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.18 23 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 4.20 24 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 4.24 25 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Jelly Belly/Aramark 4.47 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saeco-Saunier Duval 4.53 27 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 5.21 28 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5.22 29 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 5.29 30 Justin England (USA) Webcor Builders 5.32 31 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.33 32 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 5.36 33 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 5.56 34 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 5.57 35 Imanol Ayestaran Odriozola (Spa) Webcor Builders 6.07 36 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) USA National 6.17 37 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7.05 38 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 7.17 39 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 7.46 40 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8.12 41 Thad Dulin (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 8.30 42 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 8.44 43 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 9.12 44 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 9.35 45 Timothy Duggan (USA) USA National 10.06 46 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Team CSC 10.11 47 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 10.12 48 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 10.19 49 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 10.27 50 James Mattis (USA) Webcor Builders 10.33 51 Nieko Biskner (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 10.48 52 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Sierra Nevada Cycling 11.05 53 Daniel Bowman (USA) USA National 11.47 54 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 12.07 55 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 56 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 12.09 57 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 13.09 58 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 14.05 59 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 14.41 60 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 15.41 61 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 15.44 62 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 17.27 63 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 17.42 64 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 18.07 65 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 18.10 66 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 18.33 67 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 18.37 68 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 18.51 69 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 19.02 70 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 19.24 71 Tim Johnson (USA) Saeco-Saunier Duval 19.27 72 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 19.32 73 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 19.34 74 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.36 75 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 19.40 76 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance 19.46 77 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 19.52 78 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 19.55 79 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.56 80 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 20.03 81 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 20.04 82 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 20.20 83 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor Builders 20.35 84 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 20.45 85 James Schneider (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 21.23 86 Blake Caldwell (USA) USA National 21.25 87 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA National 21.32 88 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 21.37 89 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 90 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 22.15 91 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 22.41 92 Matt Dubberley (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 93 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 23.01 94 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago 23.31 95 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 23.44 96 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.33 97 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 25.17 98 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 26.35 99 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 37.58 100 John Murphy (USA) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 42.50 Points classification 1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) (Colavita Olive Oil) 36 pts 2 Gord Fraser (USA) Health Net 29 3 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net 21 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC 20 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Saunier Duval 18 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal/Berry Floor 17 7 Ben Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly 17 8 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Mountains classification 1 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net 36 pts 2 Stefan Adamsson (USA) Barloworld 30 3 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net 14 4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Colnago Landboukredit 13 5 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 12 6 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor 11 7 Will Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 10 8 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 9 9 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators 7 10 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC 6 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal/Berry Floor 5 12 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 4 13 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s 3 14 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 3 15 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net 1 Young riders' classification 1 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) US National Team 17.08.16 2 Timothy Duggan (USA) US National Team 3.49 3 Nieko Biskner (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi 4.51 4 Daniel Bowman (USA) US National Team 5.50 5 Blake Caldwell (USA) US National Team 15.08 6 Stuart Gillespie (USA( US National Team 15.15 7 John Murphy (USA) Jittery Joe’s 36.53
