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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 18-23, 2006
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Stage 4 - April 21: Dalton, GA - Dahlonega, GA, 191.4km
Freddie Finally Gets Good U.S. Karma
Sprinters take advantage of slightly easier climbing stage
by Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Dahlonega, Georgia
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The first mountainous stage of the Tour de Georgia was a little easier than previous years -- only a little. But that was enough for fast Freddie Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) who made it over the climbs with the smaller leading group, pouring on his sprint in the final turns to take his first win of the 2006 season. After many top places this year, including a second at the Tour of California, the seemingly eternal bridesmaid was happy to be on the top step today with his family here for extra motivation.
"I am always really motivated to have my family here with me at all the American races From Philly to San Fran," Rodriguez told Cyclingnews after the race. "Every time I get to see my family I get a little more motivated because it is extra special."
The sprint leader was hoping for a race that turned out the way it did today. "I knew I could win this race it is exactly what I was hoping to do," Rodriguez explained. "I was hoping for the right parts to play out both Discovery and Phonak went on the attack which made for a very controlled race that played in my favor. I was able to ride the climbs in the front and stay with in the first twenty riders all the time."
Rodriguez also extends his lead for the sprint jersey thanks to the mountains. "I was conserving as much as I could all day long so that I could make it over the climb. I knew that J.J. Haedo would not be able to make it over the climb and I was hoping that a couple of the other sprinters would not make it either made it a little easier for me to compete."
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The other man of the day, the day's most aggressive rider -- and arguably the most aggressive rider of the entire race, was Discovery Channel's Jason McCartney. The former winner of this stage should really looking into buying real estate here as he always seems to be at home. McCartney bridged up to the first main break of the day and then eventually left all but two in his wake as he powered up the rest of the climbs. "The team met their goals for today," McCartney said. "We forced Phonak to burn some matches before tomorrow's stage. From what I understand they were chasing pretty hard."
After eventually getting caught with less than 15km to go, a counter attack came and a tired McCartney still found enough juice to cover the attack. "It is definitely his stage, you have to give him that," said team director Johan Bruyneel. "The plan was to have a few guys up front, and Jason was well placed overall -- so it was a threat for Phonak. Floyd's team did a good job, but it was definitely a hard day for them today."
One of McCartney's fellow break riders, Lucas Euser (TIAA-CREF,) road the race of his career today, taking two top places and a second n the KOM competition. This earned him the KOM jersey by two points over McCartney. "It means a lot to our team to represent the break and ride with the big boys here," said Euser. "We are not ready to win the overall yet but we are capable of being up there representing breaks."
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Phonak did play their tactics well today, controlling the field so that the final catch would come close enough to the finish to dissuade dangerous counter attacks. "McCartney was dangerous, so we were always looking at the gap," said team director Rene Savary. "It did not go higher than four minutes. When some of the riders in the breakaway [were caught] we wanted [the break] to continue, with the gap getting less and less -- and it did."
While Phonak was always in control, only letting McCartney have around four minutes, it is not clear how much energy the team used in the process. But Savary says the team, and more importantly its leader, are different than last year. "We have a much better team here this year than last year -- a tougher team. And our leader, from last year to this year, made a big step forward. He is a leader now and he is so motivated and full of self-confidence. We will try everything and we should do it."
Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) says he is ready for his chance to take the win again tomorrow, just as he did one year ago. "Today was good -- not as hard as last year. It was an easier course with a few less climbs. I didn't have to do any work -- just follow the wheels." And Danielson is really thankful that McCartney is on his side, after the performance he put on today. "Floyd's team had to do a lot of work because of McCartney. I have to say hats off to him. He is incredible and extremely strong -- one of the most powerful guys I have ever seen! I'm just happy he is on my team."
How it unfolded
The start in Dalton was a little wet from early morning showers, but the local fans still came out to support the race. In addition, a special tribute to hometown hero Saul Raisin made the start even more significant. Fans and staff wore green ribbons while riders placed green tape on their handlebars in support of Raisin as he recovers in France.
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Not long into the race a break of nine riders rolled off the front. As race radio crackled the numbers away, most people did a double take to hear the number eleven of Dave Zabriskie (CSC) among the break riders. After reconfirming his presence, the race became that much more interesting as teams pondered what the CSC rider was up to. "I told [the team] in the bus I would try that, and it was fine for them," said Zabriskie. "I don't want to race for third place -- just sit there and defend third. I don't think I can attack on Brasstown, just try to take another chance at another place."
At the first sprint of the day it was only four riders really going for the points, which were taken easily by Francisco Ventoso. "I felt good today -- I saw the opening to go and I took it," Ventoso said. After the break riders who did not contest the sprint caught back up it was all Zabriskie driving the break towards the first KOM of the day up Fort Mountain, with the Discovery riders happy to sit on for the ride.
"I was trying to keep a steady speed and keep the group together -- try not to kill them," said Zabriskie. As he led the group up the climb the skies opened up and sprayed the riders similar to last year. This would surely make the descent a little tricky, but easier with a smaller group. "I was happy to be in a small group instead of a big group!"
But before the group made it to the top Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) attempted to bridge the gap. Phonak was not going to make it easy for the Iowa native, and reeled him in. But nearing one kilometer to the top, McCartney finally got away with Remmert Wielinga (Quick Step-Innergetic.) Meanwhile, over the top it was Euser taking the points and an extra $1,500 prime from a local business.
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On the descent the skies really opened up and the fog at the top made visibility quite poor. The two chasing riders caught on to the break near the bottom and the break rolled on while Phonak kept a watchful eye on the gap. Into the second sprint town the break partially contested the sprint with Ventoso taking another five points.
Towards the next climb McCartney decided to shed some extra weight with an attack that only brought Ventoso and Euser. While the rest of the group started to lose time to the field, the McCartney trio soldiered on, keeping a consistent gap. Near the top of the next KOM the three at more than three minutes and looked to be working well. The crowds began to get a little bigger while the roads began to get a little drier.
Up Wolfpen Gap, the other category two KOM of the day, McCartney decided to go alone. "McCartney and Ventoso were way stronger on the flats that I was," said Euser. "But I would take my bigger pulls on the climb. We were working really well together but Ventoso was hurting at the end and could work as much any more. McCartney had to do his job and go at the top of the second Cat two climb."
Ventoso then lost contact with Euser and was sitting up waiting for the field. "I didn¹t feel so good in the last part of the break," he said. "I returned to the group and try to recover a little for the sprint." Euser, on the other hand, kept going trying to last to the top of the final KOMs to ensure his position in that classification.
Up the final climb, Woody Gap, the crowds were the biggest and the gap was the smallest. Euser did not last to the top but McCartney held a twenty second gap as he dropped down towards the finish. On the bottom, the Phonak-driven field was aided by Davitamon-Lotto and CSC to reel in McCartney for the field sprint.
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With just under fifteen kilometers to go McCartney was contacted by the field. Immediately Leonardo Scarselli (Quick Step-Innergetic) countered to try to spoil the plans for the sprinters -- but McCartney flipped the switch again and covered the attack. "We have to cover all the attacks and that one Quick Step guy attacked -- Jason was just getting caught so he was right there," said Bruyneel. "When he passed him he covered it. That shows he is very good!"
Davitamon-Lotto finished off the small break. With the field all together, at least the surviving forty, the stage was set as the sprinters moved to the front. "My guys chased down the last couple of breaks and I just put off the other guys," said Rodriguez. "Discovery had a great lead out there in the last -- it was a hard finish."
Around the final left hand-turn at 200 meters, Rodriguez was second behind Popovych (Discovery Channel.) "Popovych went from before the corner, gave me the perfect lead out, and then I went from one hundred meters out and got it," a tired but elated Rodriguez told Cyclingnews following the sprint.
Landis rolled in behind the protection of his team and keeps the same four second advantage heading into the queen stage of the race. "We did not give it 100% to bring back McCartney because it was better for us to let him hang out there and make him tired," said Landis. "I hope I win Brasstown Bald tomorrow but it is never a for sure thing."
Stage 5: Race to the top
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Stage five of Tour de Georgia is the second of the mountain days and what one would call the deciding day of the Tour. (See stage map & profile). With two major climbs leading up to an Hors Category mountain top finish, the pressure is on the GC riders to show their climbing legs.
Last year, after finishing a minute down on Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the time trial, Tom Danielson, backed by Discovery teammate Lance Armstrong outclimbed everyone, making it to the summit with just enough time on Landis the take the jersey in what was like a slow motion, suspense filled finish. This year Landis doesn't have a minutes buffer, but is on amazing form and it will be a battle till the end once again.
The course starts in Blairsville, Georgia and travels along undulating roads for the first 80km before hitting the first KOM of the day. A category one climb up Hogpen Gap. This is a difficult enough climb to split things up considerably. 45km later comes the next climb up Unicoi Gap which leads directly into the big finale up Brasstown Bald, a long, steep, torturous climb that can either make you or break you.
Again Landis wears the leaders jersey going to the stage and his team will have the arduous task of controlling the peloton. His team worked all day on the front in Stage 4 and will have to back up and start the green train rolling again.
Make sure you follow all the action, live on Cyclingnews, from 11:30 local time (EDT), 08:30 PDT (USA West) 15:30 CEST (Europe), 01:30 AEST (Australia East).
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Freddie Rodriguez (Davitamon Lotto) finally gets a stage win.
- Do not mess with this man.
- Evan Elken (Jittery Joes) sports the new Georgia backwoods themed team kit.
- Freddie Rodriguez (Davitamon Lotto) checks out the green ribbon donned by the peloton today in honor of Saul Raisin.
- A Saunier Duval rider plugs in for the day.
- The initial break heading towards the first sprint.
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) not enthused about the rain.
- The bunch passes by the oldest mill in the southeast.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) takes notice of the photographers.
- Lucas Euser (TIAA CREF) leads the break.
- Phonak spent the day on the front keeping things in control.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) makes the move to get away from the break.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) keeps the pressure on.
- The bunch rolls through.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) spends more time on the front.
- The peloton rolls through the Georgia countryside.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) goes solo.
- More Georgia scenery.
- Gord Frasier (Health Net) climbs through on a new ride from Cannondale.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) looking remeniscent of two years earlier.
- Freddie Rodriguez (Davitomon Lotto) has it made going to the line.
- Fred Rodriguez and son Aiden take to the podium.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) gets his reward for today's effort.
Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com
- The Bobke Girls asked Boll Roll to "Show us your Bobke!"
- Fast Freddie Rodriguez expresses himself while crossing the finish line as the winner.
- Michael Lange (TIAA-CREF) finished with the first group.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) won the Aaron's Most Aggressive Rider Jersey with a break.
- Today's Top 3 - Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery), Freddie Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), and Matteo Tosado (Quick Step)
- Life is good for Best Young Rider Lucas Eusher (TIAA-CREF)
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) retained the Yellow Leader's Jersey.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) is tired after today's stage. He relaxes before the press conference.
Images by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) attacked a lot today. Here he tries to hide behind some Georgia foliage.
- The climbs really separated the field. A noticeable shrinkage in the size of the main field was evident.
- Francisco Ventoso (Suanier Duval-Prodir) easily took the sprint points on offer today.
- The good ole boys are rooting for Floyd and co.
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) leads the break up the first climb.
- No, this is not a shot from 2005. The rains returned.
Images by
Beth Seliga/
- Team TIAA-CREF director, Jonathan Vaughters struggles to figure out how to wear a photo vest.
- Floyd Landis in Autograph alley.
- Thinking of Saul.
- Floyd's fan club - junior division.
- Lots of fans.
- Phonak maintains the pace to limit the threat to race leader Floyd Landis.
- Fast Freddie Rodriguez takes the win!
- Lucas Euser (TIAA-CREF) picks up the KOM bonus.
- A very popular podium guest.
- Lucas Euser (TIAA-CREF) shows off the KOM jersey.
Results
1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4.49.29 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 5 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 7 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 10 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining 11 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 15 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 16 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 18 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 19 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 20 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 21 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 22 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 24 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 25 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 27 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 28 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 29 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 30 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 31 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro 32 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 33 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 34 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 35 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 36 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 38 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 39 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 40 Todd Wells (USA) Targetraining 41 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 42 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 44 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 45 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 46 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 49 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 50 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 51 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 52 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 0.25 55 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.34 56 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 57 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.45 58 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0.50 59 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25 61 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41 62 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.10 63 Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly 9.01 64 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.32 65 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining 66 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining 67 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 68 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 69 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 70 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 71 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 72 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 73 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 74 Jackson Stewart (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 75 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 76 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 77 Philip Wong (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 78 Dominique Perras (Can) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 79 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 80 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 81 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 82 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 83 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 84 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 85 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 86 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 87 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 88 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 89 Scott Zwizanski (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 90 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 91 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 92 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 93 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 94 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval 95 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro 96 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 14.02 97 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.37 98 Luis Oliveira Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 100 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.28 101 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 29.11 102 Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining 103 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 104 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 105 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 107 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 108 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 109 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC DNF Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC DNF Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Daniel Greenfield (USA) Targetraining DNF Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines DNF Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity DNF Peter Lopinto (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada DNF Dan Schmatz (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Mountains 1 1 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 8 pts 2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7 3 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 6 4 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 5 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 2 1 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 pts 2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 3 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 2 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 3 1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 8 pts 2 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 5 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 4 4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 3 5 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 1 Sprints 1 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 5 pts 2 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3 3 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 2 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 5 pts 2 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 3 3 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.28.27 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Quick Step-Innergetic 4 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 Prodir-Saunier Duval 6 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 Team CSC 8 Davitamon-Lotto 9 Team TIAA-CREF 10 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 11 Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 12 KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro 10.32 13 Targetraining Cycling Team 14 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 15 The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro General classification after stage 4 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.17.14 2 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.04 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.24 4 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.55 5 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.37 7 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 1.41 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 1.52 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 1.56 10 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.58 11 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 2.12 12 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 2.46 13 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 3.15 14 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 3.17 15 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.30 16 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 3.38 17 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.50 18 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 3.57 19 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4.01 21 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 4.02 22 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.05 23 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.15 24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.23 25 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 4.35 26 Todd Wells (USA) Targetraining 4.47 27 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 4.52 28 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 4.57 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.01 30 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 5.02 31 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 5.11 32 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.22 33 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 5.24 34 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 5.31 35 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 5.41 36 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 37 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.52 38 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 39 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 6.04 40 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.09 41 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.26 42 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining 43 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 6.31 44 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro 6.36 45 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 6.42 46 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.55 47 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.01 48 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.06 49 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.26 50 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.36 51 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 7.42 52 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 7.50 53 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.52 54 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.59 55 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 8.18 56 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.51 57 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 9.27 58 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 10.29 59 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10.31 60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 11.40 61 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 13.30 62 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 14.53 63 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 15.08 64 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.15 65 Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly 15.21 66 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 15.34 67 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15.53 68 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 16.13 69 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 16.31 70 Philip Wong (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 17.37 71 Dominique Perras (Can) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 17.52 72 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining 18.22 73 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro 18.24 74 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.40 75 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 18.57 76 Scott Zwizanski (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 18.58 77 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining 18.59 78 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 19.06 79 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 19.10 80 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 19.18 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 19.24 82 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 19.47 83 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 20.00 84 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 20.52 85 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 21.23 86 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 22.00 87 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 22.15 88 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 22.38 89 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 23.03 90 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 23.24 91 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 23.58 92 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 24.15 93 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 24.42 94 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval 25.09 95 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 25.49 96 Luis Oliveira Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.17 97 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 27.26 98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.52 99 Jackson Stewart (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 32.08 100 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36.46 101 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.47 102 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 40.34 103 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 40.45 104 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 41.07 105 Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining 42.50 106 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 43.05 107 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 43.58 108 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 45.19 109 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 49.06 Mountains classification 1 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 19 pts 2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 17 3 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7 4 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 5 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 6 6 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 7 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 8 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 4 10 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 11 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 12 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 13 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 3 14 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 3 15 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 2 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 2 17 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 1 18 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 19 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprint classification 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 40 pts 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 25 3 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 23 4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 21 5 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 18 6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 14 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 13 8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 9 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 10 10 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 6 12 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 6 13 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 6 14 Jackson Stewart (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 15 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 16 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 3 17 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3 18 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 3 19 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 3 20 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel 3 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 22 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 23 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 24 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2 25 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 1 26 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 27 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1 28 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 1 29 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1 30 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining 1 Best young rider classification 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 15.19.06 2 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 1.23 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.09 4 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 3.49 5 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.00 6 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 7 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 4.50 8 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.09 9 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.14 10 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.34 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 5.58 12 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.59 13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 13.42 14 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining 17.07 15 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 19.31 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 20.08 17 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 22.50 18 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 23.57 19 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 25.34 20 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.00 21 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.54 22 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 42.06 23 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 43.27 Team classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 45.55.07 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.03 3 Team CSC 3.00 4 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 5.55 5 Prodir-Saunier Duval 8.26 6 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9.12 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 10.58 8 Team TIAA-CREF 11.53 9 Davitamon-Lotto 12.20 10 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12.28 11 Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 12.31 12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 16.13 13 The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro 23.47 14 KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro 24.58 15 Targetraining Cycling Team 26.09
