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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 18-23, 2006
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Stage 2 - April 19: Fayetteville, GA - Rome, GA, 186.9km
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Lightning strikes again for Popovych and Discovery in Rome
Acton nearly survives four hour solo break
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Rome, Georgia
Two years ago Lance Armstrong pulled off a surprise sprint win on the challenging finishing circuits in Rome, and nearly won again here last year. This year, Armstrong paid a surprise visit to the team, visiting with them before the stage. And at the finish, his former teammate Yaroslov Popovych (Discovery Channel) notched another win for the team in the city of Rome, but this time the deed was done by attacking alone in the final kilometer on the steep Clock Tower Hill while the rest of the field hesitated, waiting for someone else to do the job. "It was not Discovery's plan to attack on the climb -- but when we were moving along I felt I could do what I did," Popovych explained. "I talked to my director and told him I felt good to attack and he said to go for it and that is how it happened to be today."
What enabled Popovych to launch his winning move was a hard effort by four Discovery Channel riders during the final lap. "Discovery took over and they drove the last half lap," said Juan Jose Haedo (Toyota-United.) "They drove really hard and then when we got into the steep part, Popovich attacked. He wasn't that far away, but when we were at the top it was Menzies, Freddie, myself and Grajales looking at each other hesitating, and that's when he went away. If I would have gone, they would have chased me and if Freddie had gone, we would have chased him."
Popovych held on to his 100 meter gap from the top of the climb to the finish, with Juan Jose Haedo and Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) fighting for second place. "I knew I should have closed the gap all the way and not rely on the other teams to do that," said Rodriguez. "Everyone was getting ready for the sprint so no one wanted to do the work to chase. It was a fast finish."
How it unfolded
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Coming into Rome, the crowd was rooting for a lone solo rider, Alejandro Acton (TargeTraining,) who had spent nearly 150 kilometers out in front of the field. The Argentinean pedaled alone through the wind and rain, similar to last year's epic stage four. Acton was able to make more than ten minutes on the field that was content to lounge most of the day -- as well as aided by the torrents of rain that slowed the field.
"When we approached the first sprint I was feeling good and I won there," said Acton. "I kept going after that and I was feeling good. My director told me to relax, but I kept riding hard because I was feeling good. Once I got the second sprint I thought I would try to keep going to see how long I can be in front. I had a very big gap and so I thought I would continue to try to get to the circuits."
Eventually, Davitamon-Lotto took charge of the field and upped the speed which quickly dissipated the gap to Acton. "We did most of the main effort to bring the break back today," said Rodriguez. "Phonak, CSC, Lotto all helped chase the break." Phonak also joined in the chase, as well as a couple of CSC riders.
"Ten minutes is a very big gap, too big to let it get any bigger," said Phonak's director René Savary. "Once we started to chase other teams like CSC and Lotto helped us a lot. Our first objective was only to reduce the gap, not to catch the break rider. Once the gap was reduced we knew that the other teams were going to ride hard coming into the circuits to set up their sprinters and to go after the KOM."
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After catching Acton in Rome the field kept the pace high coming to Clock Tower for the first ascent which also counted as the first KOM climb of the Tour. Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) was the first to jump and powered over the hill in first place. "It was in the back of our minds," explained O'Bee regarding his attack on the KOM. "Karl Menzies had mentioned because he thought the jersey looked nice! Otherwise it was because we were at the front and I took advantage of the opportunity."
O'Bee assured Cyclingnews that he was going to taunt Menzies with his pretty peach jersey, but probably for only a day or two. "I don't think this is going to be a priority, especially for myself -- this is not a jersey I am looking forward to defending! I think now we are looking for stage wins with the time trial and the last day with the sprint finish."
From that point on it was a rotating effort from teams trying to control the front of the race, including Davitamon-Lotto, Health Net-Maxxis, Toyota-United and Phonak. Then Jelly Belly's Matty Rice attacked on the second-to-final lap, and held a slight advantage. "The last lap and a half I was with Chris Baldwin and my guys -- they were chasing Matty Rice and I was behind Freddie," said Haedo. Across the line, Rice was caught and Toyota-United pushed the pace a little longer before the Discovery train took over, launching Popovych to the win.
Fred Rodriguez retains his lead in the sprint classification by taking a couple of points during the intermediate sprints. "I have the sprint jersey and know we will work to keep it but intermediate points and go for more stage wins. My biggest competition is Lars Michaelsen."
Similar to two years ago, the stage winner also becomes the race leader as the Tour de Georgia heads into the important stage three time trial. However, it is unclear as to whether Popovich will become the designated leader of the team, or if the defending champion Tom Danielson will remain the plan. "The time trial is a good test for me," Danielson told Cyclingnews. "I have been working really hard on my TT and I would like to do well. There are better time trialists than me here but I wont lose as much time. Then when we get to the hills we are going to go after the leaders jersey. Brasstown Bald is my main goal -- it is a steep climb and a good one for me that is where I hope to do well."
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With Lance here for the rest of the week, Danielson will certainly have the support to do well. "I am indeed mentoring the team for the Tour de Georgia," Armstrong told Cyclingnews. "I was there for the Tour of California and I will be there for the Giro d'Italia. I am not necessarily giving tactical advice because Johan will be in the car -- I am here to support the team and watch the race."
"I think having Lance here is great for the team morale," Danielson said. "Even if we just ride harder because he is around."
Stage 3 time trial ventures outside Georgia
Stage three of the Tour de Georgia is set on a totally new course and marks the first time the Tour of Georgia has ventured outside of Gerogia (See stage map & profile). It is the stage that the GC riders will be looking to to set themselves up for the overall.
Last year, Floyd Landis took the win by 19 seconds from David Zabriskie (CSC), only to lose it a couple of days later to Tom Danielson on Brasstown Bald. This year Zabriskie is confident he can take the win and keep the jersey for the remainder of the Tour.
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The course starts in Chikamuaga and climbs over Lookout Mountain before crossing the state line into Chattanooga, Tennessee. 39km in length, the race of truth will be a good indicator of which GC rider has the form to take our the overall tour.
Last year Danielson proved however, that the time trial is not all important. He lost exactly a minute on Floyd but was able to make it up on the steep section of Brasstown Bald. This year Danielson told Cyclingnews that he's been working on his time trial and he believes he has improved considerably. "I won't win tomorrow," he said, "but I think I can go come in a lot closer than last year.
Follow all the action, live on Cyclingnews, from 11:00 local time (EDT), 08:00 PDT (USA West) 17:00 CEST (Europe), 01:00 AEST (Australia East).
Photography
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- Tom Danielson (Discovery) has a chat with ex team boss Lance Armstrong.
- The group bunches up when the rain begins to fall.
- Ahhh, spring flowers starting to come up in Georgia.
- Nic Ingels (Davitamon/Lotto) takes his turn on the front.
- Davitamon/Lotto controls the pace.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) follows teammate Jose Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna.
- The local golf community came out in force today to see the race go by.
- Riders pass over one of the many rivers today.
- Kirk O'Bee (Health Net) came in to town fast to capture the KOM jersey.
- Davide Frattini (Colovita) comes in hot on the heals of Kirk O'Bee.
- Lars Michaelsen (CSC) sporting the leader jersey after yesterday's stage win.
- Alejandro Acton (TargetTraining) off solo for most of the day, got swallowed up on his way into town.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) bests the sprinters in stage 2 to take the day and the overall.
- Jaun Jose Haedo (Toyota-United) wins the field sprint for second place.
- Today's jersey winners - Alejandro Acton as the most aggressive, Kirk O'Bee in the mountain jersey, Yaroslov Popovych wearing the leader jersey and Freddie Rodriguez as the sprint leader.
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- The peloton rolls through scenic Georgia countryside.
- The chase gets organized.
- Lots of fans turned out for stage 2.
- Davide Bramati (Quick Step) finds a novel way of keeping the rain off.
- Clearing skies.
- US cyclocross national champ Todd Wells in the “off season”.
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) - as ever, a tireless worker for team leaders Danielson and Popovych.
- Local flavor.
- Rural Georgia was on show in stage 2
- Ian MacGregor (TIAA-CREF) at race start.
- A long day for Alejandro Acton (TargeTraining) whose solo break animated the race.
- Golf carts filled with fans lined the course.
- Team TIAA-CREF takes time for a quick photo.
- The stage 2 podium.
- Plenty of kisses for the winners.
Results
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.47.39 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 0.06 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 6 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 13 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 14 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 15 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 16 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel 18 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 19 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 23 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining 25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 27 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 28 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 29 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 30 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 31 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 32 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 33 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 34 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 35 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 36 Todd Wells (USA) Targetraining 37 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 38 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 39 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 40 Dominique Perras (Can) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 41 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 43 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 45 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 48 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 49 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 50 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 51 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 53 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 54 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 55 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 56 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 57 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 58 Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly 59 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 60 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 62 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 63 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 64 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 65 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 67 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 69 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 70 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 71 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 72 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 73 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 74 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining 75 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining 76 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 77 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 78 Luis Oliveira Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 80 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 81 Aaron Olson (USA) Prodir-Saunier Duval 82 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 83 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 84 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 85 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 86 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 87 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 88 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 89 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 90 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 91 Jackson Stewart (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 92 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 93 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro 94 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 95 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 96 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro 98 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 99 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 100 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 101 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 102 Michael Dietrich (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.34 103 Peter Lopinto (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 104 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 105 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 106 Scott Zwizanski (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.48 107 Philip Wong (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 0.55 108 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.05 109 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 1.13 110 Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining 1.18 111 Dan Schmatz (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 1.25 112 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1.31 113 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 1.49 114 Daniel Greenfield (USA) Targetraining 115 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.53 116 Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 3.54 117 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 6.11 Mountains 1 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 pts 2 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 3 3 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 2 4 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 Sprints 1 1 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 5 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 1 2 1 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 5 pts 2 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 3 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.23.12 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06 3 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.10 4 Davitamon-Lotto 0.14 5 KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro 0.15 6 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 0.18 7 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.19 8 Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.21 9 Quick Step-Innergetic 10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.23 11 Team CSC 0.24 12 Targetraining Cycling Team 0.32 13 Team TIAA-CREF 0.34 14 The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro 15 Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.43 General classification after stage 2 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.33.15 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.04 3 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota United Pro Cycling 0.07 5 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.12 6 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.14 7 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 0.15 8 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 9 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.16 10 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 17 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 23 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro Cycling 24 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 27 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 30 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 32 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 34 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 38 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro Cycling 39 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 41 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 44 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 47 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 48 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 49 Todd Wells (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 50 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 51 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 52 Peter Hatton (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 53 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 54 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling Team 56 Brian Jensen (Den) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 58 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 59 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 60 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling Team 61 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 63 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 65 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 67 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 68 Evan Elken (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 69 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Mark Mccormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling Team 71 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro Cycling 72 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.44 73 Anthony Colby (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 74 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 75 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 76 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining Cycling Team 78 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling Team 79 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro Cycling 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 82 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 83 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling Team 0.58 84 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro Cycling 1.04 85 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.09 86 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 87 Philip Wong (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 1.33 88 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 1.40 89 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 1.47 90 Dan Schmatz (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 2.03 91 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota United Pro Cycling 2.12 92 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.46 93 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.31 94 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota United Pro Cycling 4.43 95 Luis Oliveira Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.59 96 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.04 97 Neil Shirley (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 5.05 98 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.06 99 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Austin King (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 101 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 102 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 103 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5.16 104 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.52 105 Ryan Blickem (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 6.06 106 Craig Wilcox (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 6.13 107 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 6.23 108 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.25 109 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 110 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 111 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 6.37 112 Daniel Greenfield (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 8.08 113 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 8.16 114 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.45 115 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining Cycling Team 10.21 116 Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling 12.03 117 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.20 118 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 13.28 Mountains classification 1 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 pts 2 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 3 3 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 2 4 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 Sprint classification 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 21 3 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining 18 4 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 18 5 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 16 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 14 8 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 6 9 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 6 10 Jackson Stewart (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 11 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 3 14 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 3 15 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 3 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 17 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 18 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 19 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 2 20 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1 21 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 1 22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1 Best young rider classification 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.33.32 2 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.01 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 5 Peter Mazur (Pol) Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.07 6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.08 8 Peter Hatton (Aus) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 0.10 9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.13 10 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 0.14 11 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.16 12 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.19 13 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 14 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 0.42 15 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining 0.43 16 Nic Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.15 17 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 4.48 18 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 5.11 19 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.35 20 Craig Wilcox (USA) Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity 5.56 21 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 6.20 22 Wesley Hartman (USA) Targetraining 23 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 6.28 24 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.03 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.40.30 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06 3 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.10 4 Davitamon-Lotto 0.14 5 KodakGallery.Com-Sierra Nevada Pro 0.15 6 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 0.18 7 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.19 8 Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.21 9 Quick Step-Innergetic 10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.23 11 Team CSC 0.24 12 Team TIAA-CREF 0.34 13 The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro 14 Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.43 15 Targetraining Cycling Team 1.00
