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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
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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."
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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."
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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!"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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- J.J. Haedo (Toyota United) does it again
- These little tykes were all ready for the autographs.
- Pick your bottle well.
- Greg Lemond talks to the crowds before todays charity ride.
- Tim Johnson (Health Net) knows how to butter up the media.
- The bunch rolls out of Cummings.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) descends from the KOM.
- Rolling through the countryside.
- Up close and personal with the Mavic moto.
- The break gets up the road.
- The light at the end of the tunnel.
- Caleb Manion (Jelly Belly) puts the pressure on leading up to the KOM.
- Phonak steady on the front.
- Peter Mazur (Prodir) takes the sprint.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) keeps the pressure on at the front.
- The bunch gets strung out towards the finish.
- Jeff Louder (Health Net) and Will Frischkorn (TIAA CREFF) try to stay away.
- Will Frischkorn (TIAA CREFF) fought hard till the end.
- Danny Pate (TIAA CREFF) counter attacks.
- The run into the finish.
- J.J. Haedo (Toyota United) just gets Gord Frasier (Health net) on the line.
- J.J. Haedo (Toyota United) happy with today's stage win.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) puts another notch in this season's belt.
Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com
- Phonak was on the front most of the day for Yellow Jersey Floyd Landis.
- Sprint Jersey Freddie Rodridguez (Davitamon-Lotto) stayed safely in the pack.
- Aurelien Clerc (Phonak) climbs Burnt Mountain.
- The caravan winds through the rolling hills of North Georgia.
- Benjamin Noval (Discovery) climbs the one rated climb of the day.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) wore the Most Aggressive Rider jersey.
- The Crowds in Alpharetta for the final circuits.
- The photogs better watch out for the champagne! Discovery won best team.
- Yeah, Baby! Floyd Landis (Phonak) wins the Tour De Georgia.
- Floyd Landis and Tom Danielson get into a champagne fight on the podium
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
