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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC

USA, April 18-23, 2006

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Stage 6 - April 23: Cumming, GA - Alpharetta, GA , 190.2km

Haedo does it in Georgia too

Landis rolls in for overall victory

By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Alpharetta, Georgia

Juan Jose Haedo (Toyota United)
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J.J. Haedo made quite a name for himself at the Tour of California in February. But the more difficult climbing at the Tour de Georgia put a damper on the Toyota-United sprinter -- until today. Haedo's teammates drove the pace into Alpharetta to allow him to sprint past everyone for the final stage win. "I didn't feel that great today," said Haedo. "But the team did so much work for me that I had to do something good for them!"

Haedo had to come around some fast sprinters in Gord Fraser (Health Net-Maxxis) and Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), driving all the way to the line to take the win. "It was a drag race... I had to go all the way to the line!" he said. "It is hard to sprint with these guys. When you have Rodriguez, Hunter, Fraser you go to the sprint and it is not 100% that you will win. You just have to go with what you know of how you feel and go with what you have in the moment."

Gord Fraser was the defending winner of this sprint last year, but was without his man Greg Henderson who is healing a hip at the moment. This time he used the strong Australian Karl Menzies, who did the work in the final kilometer. "In the last 500 meters we got our act together and did a good sprint," Fraser explained. "Karl Menzies took me into 200 meters to go. I figured I would jump earlier and hopefully take it all the way. My legs were not quite as good as last year and they need to be very good to beat J.J."

Sprint leader Fred Rodriguez came in fourth, betting on the wrong train in the final kilometers. "I followed Popo on Discovery's train but that was the wrong train to be on. So, it cost me some energy to get on J.J.'s wheel." Rodriguez is part of a growing crowd who thinks that Haedo has a shot at the big show. "Haedo is a talented guy," he said. "I think he has what it takes to go to Europe and he might be successful there. The only thing he needs to work on is his endurance."

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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Race leader Floyd Landis (Phonak) only ran into one problem today, flatting on the finishing circuits and taking a wheel from a teammate. "It is always a little bit chaotic in the circuits," said Landis. "The guys did a great job helping me out but it wasn't so fast that I wouldn't be able to get back on."

With the race in the bag Floyd's team switched gears to enjoy the wins. "Winning three stage races this year -- I won three out of four races now," Landis said. "Tour of California and Georgia were goals of mine and I am really happy with it. I am very satisfied."

Ever the professionals Discovery Channel did the appropriate thing and slowed the field down. "I saw Landis flat and I road as fast as I could to the front and told the guys to slow down," said Tom Danielson. "I was in the same position as he was last year. I wouldn't want to worry about the stress of someone attacking you in your chief moment. I wouldn't want someone to attack me in that situation and there is no way I would ever do that to anyone else. The G.C. race was yesterday."

"It is always easy to look back and say I could have done this or that," said Johan Bruyneel. "It does not work that way. Cycling is not a science you try to be the strongest on the road. We tried to follow the plan and Floyd was stronger than we expected and we have to accept that. We have no regrets."

The light
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One thing that Bruyneel is taking away from this race is the strong performance by Yaroslav Popovych, who finished fifth today after a strong ride up Brasstown Bald. "Popovych is definitely a rider we expect a lot from for the Tour," Bruyneel said. "He has proven to be a great rider for the Tour. I see his progression going on. We want to bring him in an ideal position to start the Tour."

Their team also rode into town with the KOM jersey on the back of Jason McCartney who also showed he is ready for his ride in the Giro. "Hopefully I can recover," McCartney said of his week of sickness and racing. "My weight is good and I feel good. I'm not sick anymore -- I was sick at Paris-Nice. I am coming around and from what I hear Savoldelli is riding well -- and Danielson is obviously riding well, so I think the Giro will be good for us." But McCartney knows he is going there to work. "My full intention is to protect Savoldelli, so no personal ambitions at all."

The most aggressive rider of the stage was TIAA-CREF's Will Frischkorn, who managed to attack into the final circuits out of the day's break. But all day he had a watchful eye on him, as his father, Carl Frischkorn, was driving a medical moto in the break. "It's fun to see him out there in the race," Will said. "There aren't too many races that he can make it to. He said he would [draft us] for Clif Bars but I didn't have any handy!"

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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Floyd's Phonak teammates are clearly giving the thumbs-up to their team leader. "It is nice to work for a guy like Floyd," said Aurélien Clerc, who managed to squeak out a third after the tough work this week. "In the circuit when you do a lot of work like that for Floyd when he flatted it gives you energy too. That is how I was able to sprint today."

"Between now and the Tour I will take a week off," said Landis. "I will focus on the Tour from now on in training. We'll do a couple of the tour stages in June."

How it unfolded

Today's final stage of the Tour de Georgia was a departure from the previous years. While a little shorter, the stage included one rather significant category three climb as opposed to the usual all downhill run in from the north Georgia mountains. Leaving Cumming, which is only a fifteen minute drive from the race finish in Alpharetta, the race turned back north and headed towards Dawsonville.

Jeff Louder (Health Net) and Will Frischkorn (TIAA CREFF)
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At the end of the neutral start an attack came on a fast descent out of town by many, including Wes Hartman (TargeTraining.) Small groups like this came and were summarily reabsorbed before a group of nine got away. This included Caleb Manion and Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly,) Peter Mazur (Prodir,) Mike Sayers, Tim Johnson and Jeff Louder (Health Net-Maxxis,) Phil Zajicek (Navigators Insurance), Sean Sullivan (Toyota-United), Frank Pipp (TargeTraining), Allan Johansen (CSC), Danny Pate, Craig Lewis and Will Frischkorn (TIAA CREF) Scott Zwizanski (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada) and Leonardo Scarselli (Quick Step-Innergetic).

Even though there were three ProTour riders in the break, the majority of the riders in the break were domestic pros, taking advantage of a lull in the race for the GC. And most of the pace was being set by riders like Caleb Manion and Health Net-Maxxis.

The break built more than a five minute gap as they reached the climb up Burndt Mountain. While not a killer climb it at around eight percent grade, it was rather long and consistent. On the start of the climb, riders from TIAA-CREF took over and pushed the pace to try to drop some sprinting weight from the group.

Half-way up it was Zajicek who made the first move, which was answered by Scarselli, Lewis and Manion. Over the top it and down the other side the group reformed and held more than six minutes on the Phonak-led field. The break moved along nicely again as the road turned south back to the Cumming for a $2,500 sprint.

As the break began to get closer to the city limits the field began to turn up the gas to bring the gap to a more respectable limit. Once again it was Caleb Manion spotted setting the pace in front of the break with help from TIAA-CREF and Health Net-Maxxis. It was quite clear that some of the riders were sitting on with instructions from their team -- the ones hoping for a bunch sprint.

One rider Sean Sullivan (Toyota-United) came back to the Mavic car for some rear wheel service and commented that the climbing over Burndt Mountain was a little hard with the heat today. Luckily for him he is on a team with a fast sprinter so his instructions were to sit on for the ride.

Nearing Cumming again the time gap was falling and the sprint was on for the guaranteed cash. Mazur jumped but was not sure it was the correct spot, he told Cyclingnews after the race. Lucky for him it was and he earned $2,500. The speed increased with this and the break split apart for a while. Two groups formed and the gaps fluctuated.

Frank Pipp (TargeTraining) led the chase in the second group almost alone as many members of this group had riders here had teammates up the road. Eventually the group came back together but a few riders were shed, including Lewis and Zwizanski. Davitamon-Lotto was on the front now and did most of the work bringing the gap down.

Multiple attacks came as the group neared the finishing circuits in Alpharetta, with Pate, Johansen and Louder making some noise. Onto the circuits it was Frischkorn and Louder who managed to get a gap as the field bore down on the rest of the break. But the two increased their lead to more than two minutes as they approached the finish line showing six laps to go.

Tim Johnson (Health Net)
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"When we first attacked we thought it would just be for show," said Frischkorn. "Lauder was driving it, he was an animal. And for a couple of minutes we thought we might have it, with Floyd having his flat. But with all that horsepower behind they will get you."

The field now had both Davitamon-Lotto and Toyota-United working at the front, with Health Net-Maxxis waiting in the wings to see if Louder would stay away. As the two passed the field in the opposite direction on each lap, the teammates would cheer with Mike Sayers yelling the loudest. "Yeah, he is quite a cheerleader," said Gord Fraser. "The team did everything perfect today -- in the break and at the finish. I did the sprint as best I could and just got beat by a stronger rider."

Each lap saw the gap come down, as usual. And with two to go the final members of the original break were reeled in. A few lone attempts by Marco Pinotti, joined by Danny Pate. The two did not last long though. A final attempt was launched by David Zabriskie, but the fast-moving field made quick work of that.

Into the finish it was Navigators and then Discovery Channel setting the pace, working for Popovych. Health Net-Maxxis took over on the front with Karl Menzies looking after Gord Fraser, who was followed by J.J. Haedo.

Pick your bottle well.
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Like last year it was Gord Fraser jumping first, trying to get a boost before the rise at the end. But on his wheel J.J. Haedo punched past like he did in California.

Photography

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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us

Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com

Results

1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro                          4.37.44
2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                               
3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                               
6 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                 
7 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                                       
8 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining                                     
9 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly                                          
10 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                     
11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
12 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro                                   
13 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines             
14 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                      
15 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance                           
16 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines             
17 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining                                     
18 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                              
19 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                           
20 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        
21 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           
22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                
23 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                            
24 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                               
25 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
27 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                           
28 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Prodir-Saunier Duval                           
29 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                          
30 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
31 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                     
32 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                   
33 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
34 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                          
35 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines              
36 Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly                                         
37 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
38 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                       
39 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel                       
40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
41 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
42 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                                      
43 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval        
44 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                          
45 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
46 Philip Wong (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                           
47 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval                                 
48 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines             
49 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro                            
50 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                               
51 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                                     
52 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro                                 
53 Todd Wells (USA) Targetraining                                         
54 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining                                      
55 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval                               
56 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                         
57 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             
58 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
59 Dominique Perras (Can) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                  
60 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                            
61 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                          
62 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                          
63 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining                                   
64 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                             
65 Luis Oliveira Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
66 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines               
67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
68 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        
69 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                         
70 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance                          
71 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining                                         
72 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
73 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval                                 
74 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
75 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro                                 
76 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 
78 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                                
79 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             
80 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                
81 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                          
82 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
83 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                              
84 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             0.37
85 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                 0.41
86 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.03
87 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro                               
88 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                
89 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines              1.14
90 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance                         1.23
91 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                          1.27
92 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.37
93 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       1.55
94 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                          2.36
95 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly                                      3.06
96 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                                
97 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro                             12.26
98 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                         
99 Scott Zwizanski (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada              14.35
100 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                         
DNF  Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              
DNF  Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
DNF  Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro                             
DNF  Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining                                     
DNF  Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                     
DNF  Jackson Stewart (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                 
 
Mountains
 
Climb 1
 
1 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         6 pts
2 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                          5
3 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                         4
4 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                              3
5 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                                1
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1
 
1 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval                                 5 pts
2 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             3
3 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                         1
 
Sprint 2
 
1 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             5 pts
2 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                          3
3 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               13.53.12
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      
4 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                                
5 Davitamon-Lotto                                                         
6 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                          
7 Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines                                    
8 KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro                                      
9 Targetraining Cycling Team                                              
10 The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro                                     
11 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  
12 Team TIAA-CREF                                                         
13 Team CSC                                                               
14 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                         
15 Prodir-Saunier Duval                                                   
 
Final General classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       24.00.54
2 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                            0.04
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           1.55
4 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems        2.11
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                             2.15
6 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      2.31
7 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                          3.45
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval                            3.54
9 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro                         4.01
10 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                  4.20
11 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro                             4.35
12 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                       4.43
13 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel                   5.05
14 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      5.25
15 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                         6.07
16 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    6.59
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        7.08
18 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                        8.11
19 Todd Wells (USA) Targetraining                                     8.24
20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                      8.33
21 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining                                      
22 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval    8.44
23 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                       8.53
24 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                                  8.58
25 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                     9.08
26 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             9.19
27 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines           9.29
28 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval                            10.04
29 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                                10.52
30 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada           11.18
31 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                     11.19
32 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance                     11.26
33 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                            11.45
34 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                   11.54
35 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines        13.11
36 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                         13.18
37 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        13.37
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                              13.48
39 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                           14.03
40 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                14.16
41 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly                                    15.38
42 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Prodir-Saunier Duval                      15.57
43 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      16.13
44 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  16.44
45 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                           17.18
46 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                         17.55
47 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro                              18.08
48 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                    19.44
49 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              20.15
50 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  20.36
51 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines        21.09
52 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        21.20
53 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                  22.27
54 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                     22.28
55 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                22.32
56 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              22.37
57 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                          24.32
58 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    25.31
59 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                         25.35
60 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                      26.20
61 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance                        27.21
62 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                           28.11
63 Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly                                    30.42
64 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines         30.44
65 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro                            31.41
66 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                           32.19
67 Philip Wong (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                      32.22
68 Dominique Perras (Can) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             32.50
69 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro                          32.58
70 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance                      34.04
71 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        37.52
72 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines             38.04
73 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining                                    38.42
74 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                         38.46
75 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        39.08
76 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                     39.57
77 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro                           40.31
78 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                     40.33
79 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining                                40.54
80 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        41.03
81 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                   42.01
82 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                       42.51
83 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                44.30
84 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                    44.34
85 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval                            44.52
86 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly                                     45.32
87 Luis Oliveira Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              47.43
88 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                            48.20
89 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              48.28
90 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining                              50.17
91 Scott Zwizanski (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada              52.09
92 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro                             53.28
93 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.00.55
94 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                               1.03.44
95 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                       1.05.21
96 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                       1.07.56
97 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines      1.08.58
98 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                    1.09.19
99 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining                             1.20.24
100 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                  1.30.16
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                               35 pts
2 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                      28
3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                              12
4 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          12
5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             10
6 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            9
7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                              8
8 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                8
9 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                      7
10 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  7
11 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                          7
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                               6
13 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval                                6
14 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines                 6
15 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        6
16 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          5
17 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                             5
18 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                5
19 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                         5
20 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        4
21 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                        4
22 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                             4
23 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                4
24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel                      3
25 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                                    3
26 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             3
27 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines            3
28 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
29 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining                                    2
30 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro                                2
31 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro                               1
32 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                               1
33 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1
34 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval                              1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  47 pts
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                             41
3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro                               36
4 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                        23
5 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining                                   21
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             16
7 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                              15
8 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada               15
9 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                              14
10 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance                    13
11 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                            12
12 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                           12
13 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval                               11
14 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          10
15 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         10
16 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                            8
17 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                               8
18 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel                      6
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                               6
20 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance                          6
21 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                               5
22 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly                                        5
23 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          5
24 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                         4
25 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                        4
26 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                                     4
27 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                             3
28 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                       3
29 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                            3
30 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
31 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             2
32 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro                                2
33 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                       1
34 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval                                1
35 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                      1
36 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines                 1
37 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                         1
38 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                         1
39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval                              1
40 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining                                     1
41 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                    1
 
Best young rider classification
 
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                         24.03.09
2 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         4.53
3 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval     6.29
4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              7.04
5 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval                              7.49
6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                                  8.37
7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                       9.04
8 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                               11.33
9 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                 12.01
10 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      13.58
11 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                  20.12
12 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                20.17
13 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining                                38.39
14 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                   39.46
15 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                42.15
16 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                    42.19
17 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              46.13
18 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining                              48.02
19 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                       1.03.06
20 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity                   1.28.01
 
Team classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                              72.06.51
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              2.12
3 Team CSC                                                           11.59
4 Prodir-Saunier Duval                                               15.59
5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                     16.59
6 Quick Step-Innergetic                                              19.22
7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                  20.08
8 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                           29.41
9 Davitamon-Lotto                                                    33.00
10 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                    33.43
11 Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines                              34.51
12 Team TIAA-CREF                                                    40.35
13 Targetraining Cycling Team                                        46.14
14 The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro                                46.48
15 KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro                                53.57

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