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Tour de Georgia - 2.1
USA, April 19-24, 2005
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Stage 5 - April 23: Gainesville to Brasstown Bald Mountain, 182.4km
Danielson climbs to lead in Georgia atop Brasstown Bald
New Discovery takes signature stage in convincing fashion
By Mark Zalewski with Eddie Monnier, somewhere above Georgia
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Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) is on everyone's mind this year, especially after Lance Armstrong announced his retirement, as the hope for the future of the Discovery Channel team and even US cycling. That is a lot of pressure for a twenty-seven year old, especially riding in support of a six-time Tour de France winner. But Danielson put any worry about his ability to handle it to rest when he took control of the 2005 Tour de Georgia, beating American Levi Leipheimer in a two-up sprint to the top of the highest point in Georgia. Even better was the fact that last year's race winner was helping Danielson to the win. "On the second to last climb, we sent a few guys up the road," said Danielson. "And then Lance... he hit and it was incredible, was incredible! Only a couple guys could follow. I just sat back there thinking there's no way I'm going to lose this race now. I was going to do whatever it took to get the stage win. I just gave it everything I had, and it was enough."
Danielson then rode away with Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer while Armstrong remained with race leader Floyd Landis. The steep climb up Brasstown Bald, covered with fans with temperatures teetering just above freezing, knew from his boss that the final kilometer is the place to attack. "I didn't expect [Levi] to be as strong as he was, but he was very, very good," explained Danielson. "There was a headwind on first part of the climb -- but it wasn't that steep until the very end. Lance said the last K felt like you were standing still. I was willing to risk, you know, pulling into the last K, and, try to win the stage and try to win the overall. In the last K the only thing going through my mind was my vision of seeing Lance pulling on the second-to-last climb. I was going to try everything and go down swinging!"
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Armstrong gave a good description of what Danielson was hearing in his earpiece from Discovery Channel directeur sportif Johan Bruyneel for the final kilometer. "He told Tom, I was listening and it was great spectating, it was unbelievable, front row seat; he just said, 'Look, he's on your wheel. You're gonna drop him.' He just kept telling, 'Tom, you're gonna drop him. You're gonna drop him!'"
"As a rider, you're pulling, you look back and this guy's still there, but then you've got your director saying, 'Don't worry, you're gonna drop him.' That kind of confidence coming from your boss and your director, is very, very beneficial. And sure enough, [Danielson] let him come back, take a pull and then took a run at him. Game over."
One of the stage's most aggressive riders, CSC's Christian Vande Velde, attacked off the final descent and seemed to play the part of a spoiler for a dramatic finish. "I've been hearing horror stories since they went up it last year," Vande Velde admitted. "I was a bit scared, truthfully, thinking about what I got myself into when I was off the front, if I was going to make it up." His lead ballooned to over 1'30" on the rollers leading up to Brasstown, but like last year, the solo attacker came back when the road kicked up. "It's a nasty climb. And I knew that Tom was going to fly up it for sure. It was nice to have a little cushion at the bottom."
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With his strong effort at the end, Danielson comes away with a slim four second lead on Leipheimer and nine seconds on Landis. But the new leader doesn't seem overly worried about defending the jersey on tomorrow's final stage. ""Sure, tomorrow will be a little stressful. But I'm on the best team in the world and I'm very motivated and the team is very motivated, and we have the smartest people behind us, so we'll have to see."
Regardless of what happens at the end of this year's Tour de Georgia, one thing is certain: Tom Danielson is ready to handle what ever is thrown at him. And that will include this year's Giro d' Italia. "I'm really excited for the Giro, but I've never done it before. I'm very motivated for it, but the leader for it is Paolo Savoldelli. He's won it before. I've got good form to help him do a good race."
As for Lance Armstrong, his second ride up Brasstown Bald didn't go as well as last year. "It was much harder than I remember from last year. You get a climb like [Hogpen Gap] just prior to Brasstown, and it really softens things up. Guys aren't so fresh. It truly makes the stage a world class stage in terms of difficulty."
How it unfolded
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Riders were greeted with another cloudy and cool start this morning. But instead of rain in the forecast, mother nature had 20 m.p.h. winds all the way to Brasstown Bald, and 45 m.p.h. winds with near-freezing temperatures on top of the mountain. Snow was even beginning to fall, but that didn't deter many faithful cycling fans from arriving early for the best seats in the house.
The course profile was a rolling run through a nasty headwind to the only Maxxis sprint line in Clarkesville. And as usual, it was Health Net controlling the pace the entire way, as their sprinter Greg Henderson held the sprint leader's jersey. Hend-ee, as his teammates call him, took the sprint ahead of Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) and Vassili Davidenko (Navigators). With that lead furthered, Health Net could relax a bit while the GC teams took over the pace making.
Immediately following the sprint, a flurry of counters tried to get away from the group. Tim Johnson, a former pro with the Saunier Duval-Prodir squad and now riding for the 'local' team of Jittery Joe's-Kalahari, managed a gap. Timmy Duggan (TIAA CREF) and Cory Lange (Symmetrics) followed, but the field reacted immediately, reeling in the trio. Following that, Aaron Olsen (Colavita-Sutter Home) launched an attack, trying to salvage a less-than-ideal tour for the team.
Olsen was able to manage a significant gap of the field, which resulted in Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) taking the call of his team to mark this attack. McCartney caught and passed Olsen, who was able to grab on to the Iowa native's wheel. The two rode a bit until Gerolsteiner took it's turn at keeping the field together, reeling in the pair.
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This attacking continued with the usual suspects, until Tim Johnson was able to finally get away. He brought David Robinson (TIAA-CREF), Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole) and Cory Lange (Symmetrics) with him. With Johnson being the only possible threat to GC, the Phonak-led peloton let the gap go. On that cue, Jason McCartney popped his head around again and flew off the front on another incline leading to the first KOM of the day.
Last year's Dalton to Dahlonega winner quickly bridged the gap to leading trio. Discovery knew that his presence would force Phonak to chase, and chase they did. But McCartney and Johnson drove the break, keep the pace high and increasing their lead. This caused Lemoine to drop off the pack. And not much later, Lange became the next casualty.
Through the feed zone near the base of the first KOM, the break held a gap of 1'20". This meant that the peloton would be doing a grab-and-go for lunch. The break continued it's pace and shed the third and final young member in David Robinson while Johnson and McCartney increased their lead to 2'40".
At this point Phonak continued to set the pace, but also found a rather odd friend amongst their ranks. Health Net's Gord Fraser, clad in his Canadian champion's jersey was riding second wheel, and even helped with the pacemaking. Over the top it was McCartney and Johnson, followed by KOM leader Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) back in the peloton.
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On the descent the gap fluctuated, but along the flat section leading to the next climb the gap increased again. Climbing up the category two Unicoi Gap, Discovery Channel's veteran racer Viatcheslav Ekimov attacked the field, trying to lead out his KOM leader Rubiera. The Spaniard took the cue and rode up the Ekimov's wheel, and then took the third place points at the head of the peloton, behind the fading Johnson and McCartney.
At this point the peloton had shed a lot of the slower riders, and as the caravan crested the climb, many were weaving their way through the cars trying to regain contact with the field. About 500 meters past the KOM line, USA U-23 National Team rider Edward King crashed into the back of another team vehicle, going over the handlebars and hard onto the pavement. Initial reports over race radio indicated a head trauma, which meant that race doctors on the scene immediately took every precaution possible. King was flown off the mountain via medivac helicopter and is in stable condition with no serious injuries.
As the two leaders made their way up the category one Hogpen Gap, McCartney moved away from Johnson. He increased his lead to twenty-three seconds while the peloton picked away at the gap to Johnson. Then Lance made a move, and what remained of the field consequently blew apart. Following Armstrong was a group that included teammate Danielson, Gerolsteiner's Leipheimer, CSC's Christian Vande Velde, Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) and race leader Floyd Landis (Phonak) among others. Slower to react was CSC's Bobby Julich, who tried to bridge up to the race leader's group.
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Eventually the peloton caught the Jittery Joe's-Kalahari rider who was visably spent. McCartney held on for a little while longer, but had to be tired after a long day on the front the stage before. Over the top of Unicoi Gap it was Armstrong taking the KOM, followed by Leipheimer and Danielson, and the rest of the group following about fifteen seconds behind. The group of fifteen came together on the descent, but at the bottom of Hogpen Gap it was CSC's Christian Vande Velde flying off of the final group. "I bridged the gap to Lance and then [Bobby] wasn't there anymore," said Vande Velde. "I don't know, he had a lot of mechanicals today." By fifteen km to the finish, the American held a minute advantage on the select group of chasers who were not willing to let someone spoil the show.
But Vande Velde was flying over the small rollers on the way to the ascent of Brasstown Bald -- getting up out of the saddle to keep the pace high. And it worked, with his lead increasing to 1'32". But the chase behind was well organized, with Health Net's Justin England, off a strong ride in yesterday's stage, helping to drive the pace at the front of the group with Saunier Duval-Prodir's Marco Pinotti.
Nearing the turnoff leading to Brasstown Bald, Vande Velde's lead had shrunk to just over a minute. Then Armstrong attacked again, and the group of fifteen became even more selective, with Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance) and David Zabriskie (CSC) losing contact.
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Armstrong's teammate Jose Azevedo then moved to the front and began pacing his boss up to the climb, while Landis, Danielson and Leipheimer waited for the next attack. It came, but this time from Danielson with Leipheimer covering the move, leaving Armstrong and Landis together behind. Vande Velde was just up the road from the pair, but was obviously hurting. They caught and passed the fading CSC rider, as did Landis and Armstrong. Luckily, two of his CSC teammates, Julich and Schleck, were following behind and were able to bring him along.
Passing two kilometers, the leading pair had fifteen seconds on Armstrong and Landis, with Landis having to do all the work while Armstrong sat on having his teammate up the road. But as the two increased their lead over Landis, it became clear that one of the two could take over the race lead -- with Leipheimer sitting ahead of Danielson on the GC, all Levi needed to do was sit on to take the leader's jersey.
Climbing up the final two kilometers of the mountain through the throngs of excited people, the two rode side-by-side, marking each other. This continued through the flat section at one kilometer, where the road really kicks up to it's full potential. This is where Danielson's power came through, as the Discovery Channel rider managed to ride away from his shadow.
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Meanwhile down the road, Landis towed Armstrong up the climb trying to limit his losses. Luckily he didn't have to worry about time bonuses, but it wasn't clear if the riders where aware of that. Up the steep section to the right-had switchback, Danielson increased his lead. Rounding the turn it was evident that Leipheimer was beaten, and Danielson came across the line fifteen seconds ahead. Now the question was would Danielson make enough time on Landis.
Coming up the final climb, Armstrong jumped the fading race leader and came across the line pointing to the race clock, certain that his teammate would be the new race leader. "The only reason I sprinted [away from Landis] is because I wasn't sure if there were time bonuses or not," explained Armstrong. "Obviously, I couldn't talk to Johan because he was busy yelling in Tom's ear... I though perhaps it was going to be 10-, 6- and 4-seconds and it was going to be close. You never know what happens, so you have to sprint in the odd chance there is a time bonus..."
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Regardless, the effort by Danielson guaranteed he would be wearing yellow for the final stage. However, his lead is only four seconds, which means that tomorrow's final stage from Blairsville to Alpharetta will be as exciting as today's!
Photography
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- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) climbs toward the top of Brasstown Bald mountain, shadowed by Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner)
- The bunch rolls out from the start.
- Phonak and Health Net set the tempo.
- Phonak leads the group protecting the yellow jersey.
- Health Net strings out the bunch.
- The bunch heads up the first climb.
- On the way to the mountains.
- Tim Johnson (Jittery Joes) and Jason McKartney (Discovery) get away.
- The bunch on the first climb.
- Still going up.
- The peloton rolls through the scenic Georgia countryside.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) riding easy in the bunch.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) already had a plan for the day.
- The beginning of the early break.
- Steep roads greeted the bunch.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) drives the break.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) rides next to one of the races younger riders, Saul Raisen (Credit Agricole).
- A CSC rider tucks in for the descent.
- Geoff Kabush (Jittery Joes) rides in the group - today with fluoro green shades, yeah baby!
- Christian Van deVelde (CSC) and Chris Baldwin (Navigators) have a chat.
- Phonak sets the pace on the second climb.
- Tim Johnson (Jittery Joes) and Jason McCartney (Discovery) descend after the second climb.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) makes his move.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) fights to stay with the attack.
- Christian Van deVelde (CSC) makes his move close to the finish.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) leads Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) just after his hard attack.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) leads Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner).
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) crosses the finish line on top of Brass Town Bald.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) knows his teammate got the number one spot.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) crosses the line not looking very happy.
- At the end of the day Tom Danielson (Discovery) takes the yellow jersey.
Images by Mark Zalewski
- Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) leads an early break up the climb. McCartney was quite aggressive in many attacks today, including the longest with Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's/Kalahari).
- Phonak keeps the pace high on the climbs, forced to chase after the early breaks. On second wheel, Canadian champion Gord Fraser (Health Net), last year's sprint winner, gives climbing a try.
- With the feed zone at the base of the first major climb, the Phonak boys had to eat and fly!
- The strung-out and less populated peloton drives from one climb to the next in the north Georgia mountains.
- Christian Vande Velde (CSC) gets out of the saddle during his late stage break.
Images by Trish Albert/Southeasterncycling.com
- The Tifosi waited in 0 degree C temperatures for the race to pass on Brasstown Bald. These fans showed they are indeed from the Southern US.
- Jittery Joes-Kalahari DS Michah Rice and friend decide to take advantage of the convertible team BMW car and ride down Brasstown in the 0 degree temperatures and snow.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) wins the stage atop Brasstown Bald. His face shows the pain.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was second.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is happy with his third place on the stage.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) finishes the Tour De Georgia's hardest stage.
- Trent Lowe (Jittery Joes) and Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) congratulate each other on a well fought battle for the Best Young Rider Jersey.
- Georgia resident Nathan O'Neill (Navigators) shows the agony of the TDG's toughest stage.
- Caring for a tired Prodir rider after crossing the finish line.
- An LPR rider is not sure what he is eating, but it was so cold and snowy at the top of Brasstown Bald, that he did not care.
- Tim Johnson (Jittery Joes) was active in the day's main breakaway.
- Cyclingnews.com diarist John Lieswyn (Health Net p/b Maxxis) is glad to be done.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) accepts the flowers for placing third on the stage.
- Sprint jersey winner Greg Henderson (Health Net p/b Maxxis) shivers as he accepts his awards.
Images by Doug Gravino/Southeasterncycling.com
- An elated Tom Danielson takes the stage win.
- Levi Leipheimer comes in 14 seconds behind Danielson.
- Bobby Julich cruises to the finish and takes fourth place.
- Tim Johnson shows the pain known as Brasstown Bald.
- A teammate helps Aurelien Clerc the last rider to finish before rest of the field exceeded the time limit.
- Tom Danielson takes the Tour de Georgia leader's jersey.
Images by Alicia Frese/www.freseframephotography.com
- Despite the weather, the "civilian" cyclists were on Hog Pen Gap all day long.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) and company looked good as they crested the KOM at Hog Pen Gap.
- The second group comes through.
- Aaron Olson of Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home.
- Late April in Georgia, and the riders actually were riding through snow showers!
Results
1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5.06.15 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.14 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.59 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.42 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 1.55 7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 2.10 8 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.33 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2.44 12 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3.05 13 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 3.27 14 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 3.31 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3.45 16 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4.18 17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.05 18 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 7.40 19 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 7.47 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.57 21 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 8.06 22 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 8.21 23 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 9.33 24 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 10.39 25 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 10.48 26 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 11.03 27 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 11.17 28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 11.31 29 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 11.37 30 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 11.43 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 12.07 32 Geoff Kabush (Can) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 12.29 33 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 12.54 34 Tomasz Nose (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.08 35 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 13.30 36 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 13.55 37 Portal Sébastien (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.29 38 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 15.18 39 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 16.25 40 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 16.29 41 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16.37 42 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 16.53 43 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 17.10 44 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 17.20 45 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 17.37 46 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 17.49 47 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 48 Nick Waite (USA) USA National Team 18.05 49 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.20 50 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 19.02 51 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 19.40 52 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 20.58 53 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 22.02 54 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 22.24 55 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 22.29 56 Aaron Olsen (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 22.54 57 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 23.21 58 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25.52 59 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Andy Guptill (USA) USA National Team 61 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 62 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 John Devine (USA) USA National Team 64 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 66 Jonathan Page (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 26.08 67 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 68 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 69 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 70 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 71 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 72 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 73 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 74 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.18 75 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 26.22 76 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 26.25 77 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 78 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 79 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 26.34 80 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 81 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 27.28 82 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.00 83 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.50 DNF Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel DNF Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance DNF Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home DNF Juan José Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home DNF Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home DNF Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home DNF Jonathan Sundt (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari DNF Bruno Langlois (Can) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari DNF Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari DNF Hayden Godfrey NZ' Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada DNF Glen Mitchell (NZl) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada DNF Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada DNF Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel DNF Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel DNF Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team DNF Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team DNF Marsh Cooper (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team DNF Steven Cozza (USA) USA National Team DNF Edward King (USA) USA National Team DNF Michael Wolf (USA) USA National Team Mountains KOM 1 1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 5 3 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 5 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 KOM 2 1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 8 pts 2 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 7 3 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 4 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 KOM 3 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9 3 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 6 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 4 7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2 KOM 4 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 8 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 4 8 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2 10 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprints 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 5 pts 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.22.49 2 Team CSC 2.44 3 Gerolsteiner 11.12 4 Prodir - Saunier Duval 13.40 5 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 21.24 6 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari Pro Cycling Team 27.55 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 28.33 8 Team L.P.R. 28.55 9 Credit Agricole 29.00 10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 32.37 11 Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 47.05 12 Team TIAA - CREF 53.46 13 Symmetrics Cycling Team 53.51 14 Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team 1.04.00 15 USA National Team 1.05.45 General classification after stage 5 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 21.54.44 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.10 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 1.41 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3.04 7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 3.11 8 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 3.14 9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.51 10 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3.58 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 4.12 12 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 4.19 13 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 4.43 14 Justin England (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 6.45 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6.54 16 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 6.59 17 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 8.19 18 Danny Pate (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 8.59 19 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 11.01 20 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 11.58 21 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 13.06 22 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 14.09 23 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.27 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.37 25 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 15.33 26 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 16.40 27 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 19.58 28 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 20.10 29 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 20.50 30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 20.53 31 Geoff Kabush (Can) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 21.53 32 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 22.50 33 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 23.20 34 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 26.13 35 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 27.44 36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.27 37 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 29.36 38 Tomasz Nose (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.38 39 Portal Sébastien (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.15 40 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 32.24 41 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 32.47 42 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 34.17 43 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 34.49 44 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 35.09 45 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 38.32 46 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.11 47 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 40.28 48 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40.42 49 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 40.53 50 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodak Gallery - Sierra Nevada 42.32 51 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 43.06 52 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 45.34 53 Nick Waite (USA) USA National Team 45.47 54 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 46.46 55 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 47.01 56 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 47.21 57 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49.14 58 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 49.30 59 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 49.48 60 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 50.15 61 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 50.29 62 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 50.35 63 John Devine (USA) USA National Team 50.52 64 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 50.53 65 Cory Lange (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 51.42 66 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.51 67 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 53.58 68 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 54.45 69 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 55.10 70 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55.34 71 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1.01.17 72 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 1.02.32 73 Aaron Olsen (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 1.03.16 74 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03.52 75 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.04.48 76 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net pb Maxxis 1.04.53 77 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.04.54 78 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.05.31 79 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07.12 80 Andy Guptill (USA) USA National Team 1.08.15 81 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1.08.21 82 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 1.11.11 83 Jonathan Page (USA) Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home 1.16.36 Mountains classification 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel 46 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 23 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 19 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 19 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 18 8 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 14 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 10 Timothy Johnson (USA) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 13 11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 12 12 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6 14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 15 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 4 17 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4 18 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 4 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3 20 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 22 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2 23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 24 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 25 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 1 26 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprint classification 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net pb Maxxis 28 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 24 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 21 4 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 19 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 16 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 15 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 10 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 12 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 12 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 13 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 10 14 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9 15 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Prodir - Saunier Duval 8 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 17 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 7 18 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 7 19 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net pb Maxxis 6 20 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6 21 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Prodir - Saunier Duval 5 22 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 24 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 4 25 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 4 26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 27 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 28 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2 29 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 30 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1 31 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65.49.15 2 Team CSC 1.11 3 Prodir - Saunier Duval 18.38 4 Gerolsteiner 26.09 5 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 34.27 6 Team L.P.R. 45.14 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 45.44 8 Credit Agricole 59.15 9 Jittery Joe's - Kalahari Pro Cycling Team 1.01.47 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04.29 11 Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 1.14.39 12 Team TIAA - CREF 1.49.01 13 Symmetrics Cycling Team 1.53.34 14 Colavita Olive Oil - Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team 2.22.49 15 USA National Team 2.32.18 Best young rider 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Jittery Joe's - Kalahari 21.58.56 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.31 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.42 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.25 5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. 11.21 6 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 19.08 7 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.15 8 Nick Waite (USA) USA National Team 41.35 9 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 42.34 10 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 46.03 11 John Devine (USA) USA National Team 46.40 12 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 59.40 13 Andy Guptill (USA) USA National Team 1.04.03
