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Tour de Georgia - 2.1
USA, April 19-24, 2005
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Stage 4 - April 22: Dalton to Dahlonega, 214.7km
Vandborg sprints after Rubiera works
CSC claims first stage win in rain-soaked Tour de Georgia
By Mark Zalewski with Eddie Monnier in Dahlonega, Georgia
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Thunder, lightning and a lot of rain made for an interesting stage four - a stage that was already interesting enough with five categorized climbs in between many unrelenting inclines. At one point, the rain was so bad the sky was virtually black and the race caravan went into what officials broadcast as, "survival mode!"
But surviving and making the biggest thunder of the day was CSC's Brian Vandborg, warming up just in time to take the sprint ahead of Discovery's Viatcheslav Ekimov and Suanier Duval-Prodir's Marco Pinotti. "I was suffering quite a bit, actually... I think [Ekimov] was close to dropping me," said Vandborg about the finish. "In the final corner, we were pretty much side-by-side and luckily I succeeded."
CSC's team director Scott Sunderland was quite happy with today's result, first having a rider in the break most of the day in the young Andy Schleck and then lining the team up to bring the remnants of the break back. "When we could see that Rubiera wasn't coming back, we had to make a decision. We had been doing a good job all day. So we started riding on the front and brought the break back."
The most aggressive rider of the day, as well as the new Georgia Power King of the Mountains, Jose Rubiera (Discovery Channel) rode on the front for most of the stage. He initiated the break from the start of the first climb of the day at about km 20 and led just about the entire way until the descent of the final climb at about km 195. He tried to ride away from the faltering break near the top of the final climb, but was caught by a chase group of 26 on the descent. This group included team leader Lance Armstrong, teammate Jason McCartney, race leader Floyd Landis and CSC's Bobby Julich.
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Regardless of his final finish of twenty-third, Chechu (as his teammates call him) was pleased with his performance. "During the whole season, I've been riding quite well. But today, even when I didn't win, when I was just sitting in the group at the finish line, I felt really, really well." The form he displayed today has to be a little comfort to the Discovery Channel crew, coming off a disappointing time trial yesterday. "The whole day I was in the breakaway, most of the time pulling by myself. I'm really confident in a couple of months I can be a little stronger and can do a good Tour [de France]. So I'm really happy."
Another rider who was often in the mix was last year's stage winner Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel). Unlike last year, the new domestique was riding in a support role and tried to lead out teammate Viatcheslav Ekimov in the final sprint. "Jason McCartney gave me good speed to the bottom of the last kilometer," explained Ekimov. "Then I did the sprint the first 500 meters, trying to drop Brian [Vandborg], but it didn't work. I knew this guy was fast in the sprint. My race was done with 500 meters to go [because I hadn't dropped him]."
Floyd Landis (Phonak) retains the overall lead in the race, though not without a bit of worry on the final climb. Even though the team leader made it into the final selection of twenty-six, he was isolated from his team while the other main contenders still had support. But racing makes strange bedfellows and Phonak's team director René Savary explained the good fortune his team encountered. "For the end, Floyd was alone. We were happy that Suanier Duval would like to win the stage, so they did everything they could to win the stage. At the end, it was like teammates for us! (laughs) This was our luck, that they were trying to win the stage."
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Another jersey-holder, the under-23 leader Trent Lowe (Jittery Joe's-Kalahari) held onto his lead in the category, and couldn't be more happy. "It's amazing, really. What a novelty. I didn't really expect this at all. I didn't come here with any expectations other than to learn and gain something from the race. So, it's really cool to be here today and yesterday and have the jersey."
Lance Armstrong was content to also make the final group of twenty-six, and was able to hold his eighth place on the overall classification. "I think it went pretty much the way we wanted it to go. Really freaky weather. We didn't get hailed on, it was a miracle. It went completely black like someone turned out the lights. Then the rain came." When asked if he was looking forward to tomorrow's stage to Brasstown Bald, Armstrong replied, "With the current conditions, not really."
How it unfolded
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The race set off from the hometown of Credit Agricole's Saul Raisin today under overcast skies as well as overcast moods. Most of the riders knew what was in store from them, being the same course as last year. With the first 25 kilometers flat, including a Maxxis sprint, some of the uninitiated Tour de Georgia racers like Levi Leipheimer were wondering what all the fuss was about. The Gerolsteiner leader and Cyclingnews diarist asked where the mountains were, and was assured that they would come into sight soon enough.
But through the sprint it was all Health Net, trying to protect their sprint leader's jersey on the shoulders of Greg Henderson. The kiwi managed to grab second on the sprint, behind Juan Jose Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) and ahead of birthday boy Robbie Hunter (Phonak). After that bit of business, the world champion track sprinter dug in for a long day. "We started that climb [Fort Mount] straight after doing the sprint, so I hit the bottom of the first climb pretty much in oxygen debt... ahh, I'm just struggling through as much as I can."
After the sprint, Dominique Perras (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) launched a solo move. However, Perras began to fade as the road kicked-up to begin the Fort Mountain climb. About a third of the way up the second category climb, Perras was caught by the peloton and Rubiera made his move, as everyone expected Discovery Channel to do. "I knew that Discovery had to put someone out there to provoke everyone else to work," revealed CSC's Scott Sunderland. His young rider, Andy Schleck, was able to bridge up to Rubiera, along with Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) and Matthias Russ (Gerolsteiner).
A few other riders tried to bridge the gap, but only Elia Aggiano (LPR) and Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) were successful. The gap held under a minute up and over the climb, but the group managed to gain time on the descent. Working well together, the break increased their lead to nearly three minutes as riders began to fall away from the peloton.
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Then the cycling gods began to get angry. Darkening skies got darker, thunder rumbled, lightning lit the road and rain mixed with hail began to fall. And to make things even worse, the riders began to descend another uncategorized but tricky descent. At one point it was so bad, the organization pulled all vehicles off the front of the race and within the gap, citing the caravan was under, "survival mode."
Eventually the heavy rains subsided and only a small drizzle remained. Phonak took up the usual race leader place at the front of the group, but didn't seem too concerned about the break. Up the road, the break was still led by Rubiera, while the other riders sat on, probably according to instructions. The only consolation for the Spanish climber was that the KOM's were not being contested, and he gained maximum points over each climb.
Around the loop consisting of the steep Neel's and Wolfpen Gaps, the break consisted of only Rubiera, Schleck and Krauss. Up Woody Gap for the second time, the crowds seemed to double, and the Phonak-driven peloton picked up the pace. Soon only twenty-six riders were left cresting the top, with the break already blown to pieces.
Diving down into Dahlonega, the sparse peloton began attacking each other, with CSC, Discovery Channel and Gerolsteiner having multiple riders, and Floyd Landis alone. Landis managed to keep the group within sight coming into town, while the sprinters warmed up their legs.
"The group was small...I planned to escape in the last K and so I did," explained Ekimov. "There were still three guys up the road, maybe a hundred meters from our small group." But the veteran racer didn't have enough to keep the younger Vandborg from coming around on the line.
Tomorrow's stage finishes atop the highest point in Georgia, Brasstown Bald Mountain.
Photography
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- Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) leads the first break of the day.
- Health Net sets the pace of the bunch to the first KOM.
- The bunch winds its way up the first climb.
- Vassili Davidenko (Navigators) leads teammate Mark Walters.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) sits comfortably in the group.
- Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) wednesday's stage winner, on one of todays climbs.
- Will Frischkorn (TIAA-CREF) keeps his knee warm during today's cold snap.
- Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) still leading the break near the end of the day.
- Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) digs deep.
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery) second place today, leads Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner).
- The chase group climbs to the second KOM.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) leads Lance Armstrong and Tom Danielson (Discovery).
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) stayed tucked in the group today.
- Cesar Grajales (Navigators) and John Lieswyn (Health Net) get a break from the rain on one of the many climbs.
- Brian Vandborg (CSC) just beats out Viatchislev Ekimov (Discovery) for the win.
Images by Mark Zalewski
- The peloton
- Some respite from the climbing as the peloton descends through farmland
- Another very wet Georgia day
- The break makes its way throgh the Georgia mountains
- The leaders climb through the Georgia woods
Images by Trish Albert/Southeasterncycling.com
- Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) shows the effort of being in the day's break.
- Trent Lowe (Best Young Rider Jersey-Jittery Joes-Kalahari) finishes with the front group.
- Nathan O'Neill (Navigators) finishes a tough stage.
- Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner) rides through the finish.
- An official tells race leader Floyd Landis , "Now Floyd, we need to promote cycling in the Southern US like NASCAR..."
- Marco Pinoti (Prodir) exclaims how hard a day in the saddle can be.
- Tony Cruz (Discovery) looks glad to be done.
- Marco Pinoto (Saunier Duval) placed third in today's stage.
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery) takes center stage for winning second place.
- Trent Lowe (Jittery Joes-Kalahari) is clearly happy to retain the Best Young Riders Jersey.
- Greg Henderson (Healthnet p/b Maxxis) retained the sprint leader's jersey.
- Mike Creed (Discovery) isn't at the Tour de Georgia this year, but his fan club is.
- Retired and pregnant T-Mobile Women's Pro Katrina Grove shows the beverage which she wishes she was drinking instead of water.
- Hail greeted spectators and racers at the top of the Woody's Gap KOM climb.
Images by Alicia Frese/www.freseframephotography.com
- Juan Jose Haedo of Colavita before the start of stage 4
- Phonak leads the way protecting the yellow jersey
- Coming out of Ellijay before the big thunderstorm
- Colavita coming through the finish on a day that saw some brutal weather, including a hail storm...
- Aaron Olson proudly wears the most aggressive rider jersey
- Dom Perras' mother, Micheline (middle), and fiance Elise (right) joined by friend, Cynthia (left)
Results
1 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 5.33.02 (38.68 km/h) 2 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.08 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 12 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 14 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 16 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 18 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 19 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 20 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 22 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 23 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 24 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 0.29 25 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 0.33 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 0.52 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.04 28 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 6.57 29 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 7.14 30 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 31 Geoff Kabush (Can) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 32 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 33 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 34 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 35 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 36 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 38 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 39 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 40 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 41 Portal Sébastien (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.04 42 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 43 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 44 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Tomasz Nose (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.14 46 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 14.08 47 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 19.59 48 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 49 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 50 John Devine (USA) USA National Team 51 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 52 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 53 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 Nick Waite (USA) USA National Team 55 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 56 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 57 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 58 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 61 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 63 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 65 Marsh Cooper (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 66 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 67 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 68 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 21.38 70 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 71 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 23.37 72 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 73 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 74 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.12 75 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 32.08 76 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 32.54 77 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 79 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 80 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 81 Andy Guptill (USA) USA National Team 82 Edward King (USA) USA National Team 83 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Jonathan Page (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 85 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 87 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 88 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 89 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 90 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 91 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 92 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Outside time limit (Hors delai) HD Steven Cozza (USA) USA National Team 51.39 HD Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54.25 HD Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari HD Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 1.03.05 HD Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA - CREF HD Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari HD Aaron Olsen (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home HD Hayden Godfrey NZ' Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada HD Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel HD Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari HD Michael Wolf (USA) USA National Team HD Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada HD Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel DNF Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel DNF Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval DNF Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Health Net pb Maxxis DNF Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari DNF Russell Hamby (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada DNF Mariano Friedick (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel DNF William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF Chad Hartley (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) USA National Team DNF John Murphy (USA) USA National Team DSQ Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home DSQ Juan José Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home Mountains KOM 1 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 5 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 KOM 2 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 4 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 5 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 1 KOM 3 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 5 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 KOM 4 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 5 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3 KOM 5 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 3 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 3 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 5 pts 2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 3 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprint 2 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.39.22 2 Team CSC 3 Prodir - Saunier Duval 0.25 4 Team L.P.R. 7.14 5 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7.35 6 Gerolsteiner 13.04 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14.20 8 Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 19.53 9 Credit Agricole 20.10 10 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari Pro Cycling Team 27.05 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 33.05 12 Team TIAA - CREF 46.56 13 Symmetrics Cycling Team 52.46 14 Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team 1.03.29 15 USA National Team 1.12.36 General classification after stage 4 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.47.29 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.19 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.28 4 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.43 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.50 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.00 7 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 1.13 8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.39 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 1.42 10 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1.53 11 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 2.12 12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 2.16 13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.18 14 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.29 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2.35 16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 3.02 17 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3.33 18 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 3.38 19 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 3.41 20 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 4.18 21 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 4.24 22 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 4.46 23 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 4.50 24 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 4.52 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.21 26 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 7.28 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.40 28 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 9.46 29 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 9.55 30 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 10.03 31 Geoff Kabush (Can) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 10.24 32 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 10.56 33 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 11.11 34 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 11.37 35 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 12.10 36 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 12.19 37 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 12.26 38 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.19 39 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 15.59 40 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 16.54 41 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 17.07 42 Portal Sébastien (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.46 43 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 18.59 44 Tomasz Nose (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.30 45 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 19.59 46 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 20.33 47 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 23.03 48 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.22 49 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 24.22 50 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 24.25 51 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 24.32 52 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 24.33 53 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 24.40 54 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25.05 55 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 25.10 56 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 25.23 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.37 58 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 25.45 59 John Devine (USA) USA National Team 26.00 60 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 26.19 61 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 26.29 62 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26.34 63 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.59 64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.10 65 Nick Waite (USA) USA National Team 28.42 66 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 28.45 67 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 28.51 68 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 29.06 69 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 29.23 70 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 30.14 71 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30.42 72 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.54 73 David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 34.06 74 Marsh Cooper (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 34.23 75 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 36.09 76 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 36.22 77 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 37.07 78 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38.22 79 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 38.34 80 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 39.19 81 Edward King (USA) USA National Team 39.23 82 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 39.24 83 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 39.40 84 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 39.57 85 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 40.02 86 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 42.45 87 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 43.13 88 Andy Guptill (USA) USA National Team 43.23 89 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 45.46 90 Jonathan Page (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 51.28 Mountains classification 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 36 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 13 5 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 7 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4 8 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4 9 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3 10 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 11 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2 12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 13 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 1 14 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 1 Sprin classification 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 23 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15 4 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 15 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 14 7 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 12 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 12 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 11 10 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 10 11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9 12 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 8 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 14 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 7 15 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 7 16 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 6 17 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6 18 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5 20 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 4 21 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 4 22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 23 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 24 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 25 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1 26 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 27 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1 Best young rider classification 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 16.50.31 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.31 3 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.48 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.19 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.38 6 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 12.57 7 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.20 8 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 21.23 9 John Devine (USA) USA National Team 22.58 10 Nick Waite (USA) USA National Team 25.40 11 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 25.49 12 David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 31.04 13 Marsh Cooper (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 31.21 14 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.32 15 Edward King (USA) USA National Team 36.21 16 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 39.43 17 Andy Guptill (USA) USA National Team 40.21 Team classification 1 Team CSC 50.24.53 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33 3 Prodir - Saunier Duval 6.31 4 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 14.36 5 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14.40 6 Gerolsteiner 16.30 7 Team L.P.R. 17.52 8 Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 29.07 9 Credit Agricole 31.48 10 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari Pro Cycling Team 35.25 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 37.29 12 Team TIAA - CREF 56.48 13 Symmetrics Cycling Team 1.01.16 14 Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team 1.20.22 15 USA National Team 1.28.06
