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Tour of California - 2.1
USA, February 19-26, 2006
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Stage 1 - February 20: Sausalito to Santa Rosa, 129.1km
Homecoming for Leipheimer, Haedo Wins Big
Levi retains overall lead as new team notches big first win
by Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Santa Rosa
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Levi Leipheimer (Gerolstenier) was emotional on the podium today - understandably, as he rode into his hometown wearing the leader's jersey. Even better, he got to keep it as a field sprint culminated the short but hilly 129km course with Juan Jose Haedo (Toyota-United) taking the top prize. "I think the guys had to work pretty hard," Leipheimer said after the race. "It was pretty fast, a lot of attacks at the end and of course the circuits are pretty difficult. They did a great job. It wasn't a long stage but they had to ride pretty fast. I won the prologue, but they made it possible for me to wear the leader's jersey in my hometown."
Haedo was quite excited, as he took the first win for his newly created team, as well as the sprinter's jersey. "I won a couple of big races last year, but I guess this is a bigger one. And it's the first win for the Toyota-United team, our second race of the year. I almost crashed with two to go. I just went for it. I think I went a little too long, but I felt it was the moment to go. I am so happy and I want to thank all of the guys." His sprint win was even more impressive as he easily put a three bike-length gap between him and second place Stuart O'Grady (CSC). "It was pretty chaotic," O'Grady said of the finishing circuits. "We just tried to keep up at the front, out of the carnage. Just under a kilometre to go it got a little bit messy, but I was pretty well placed. Next thing you know this guy [Haedo] is taking five lengths out of us."
Leipheimer was feeling good most of the day, both because his team was defending the lead well and because there were fans lining most of the race route. "The whole day today, there were fans along the road," Leipheimer said. "We didn't go five hundred meters without somebody cheering us on. We took off out of Sausalito and climbed over to the coast - there was a moment when the peloton took a break and it was beautiful." Yet Levi was more interested in retaining his lead as he rode home. "We defended [Tour of Germany] for six days - from that, the team takes experience," Leipheimer explained. "Everyone who is here has experience defending the lead. From what I saw of my team today, they were as motivated as I am. They saw how much I want to win the overall, and to come into my hometown. They know what that is like for a rider, and they were fantastic."
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The Gerolsteiner team has its work cut out for it tomorrow, as Levi is surrounded by multiple CSC and Discovery Channel riders with the race headed into a tough stage two with a critical climb only thirty kilometers from the finish. "The big question is what happens before the climb, with teams attacking," Leipheimer said. "If we get to the climb then everything is within reach. Hopefully we can get it down to a small group and race it as a time trial." Regarding feeling a little lonely at the top, Leipheimer said, "It doesn't worry me - it's the situation we're in and we can't change it. We'll do the best with what we have. I'm the one leading the race and they have to attack us - they have to go on the offense."
How it unfolded
The riders were greeted with mild temperatures and a rare sunny day across the bay from San Francisco, on the pier in Sausalito. But the smiles soon turned upside down after the neutral section when the road twisted and turned steeply on the way to the coast. Gerolsteiner assumed its role at the front with the leader's jersey. Once over the top the views of the Pacific ocean were simply breathtaking, and the speed slowed - partially for the riders to enjoy and because the descent to the coast was fraught with dangerous curves and sections of road slipping away. "The sections that were rough and dangerous were pretty well marked," CSC's O'Grady said. "I think everyone was pretty alert. For many of us it's the first time racing over here, and didn't know what to expect, so you are extra alert."
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After the field felt comfortable, Credit Agricole's Jean Marc Marino initiated the main break of the day, and was quickly joined by Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada). "Our team discussed how it was going to play out today," said Stewart. "Marino established the move, and I was just waiting and jumped on." These two rode for nearly sixty-five kilometers, along rolling terrain with only one major climb. "It wasn't incredibly hard - the weather was nice," Stewart said. "We were really smooth, and then he turned it up towards the end, once we saw three minutes. At first I was trying to save some, but then at the end I really didn't have that much."
Their lead ballooned to more than three minutes at one point, but then quickly fell as Discovery Channel's Vladmir Gusev and Jason McCartney drove the pace off the front of the field. From here the break was doomed, and the two were caught with Santa Rosa, with its three finishing circuits, in sight.
As the field entered the city the speed was quite high, led by Gerolsteiner. Thousands of people lined the entire course and were even hanging off of a four-story parking deck overlooking the finish. "The circuits were just packed, with people even hanging out of the parking garage," Leipheimer said. But the field did not have time to enjoy the atmosphere too much as the circuits included fourteen turns - many at ninety degrees and one more than 100.
Being a native, Leipheimer took advantage of the home court' and used his pre-race scouting to its fullest. '"I saw this circuit months ago and knew it was going to be technical, fast and a big battle," Leipheimer explained. "I just made sure I was always in the top ten - I was following David Kopp and Rene Haselbacher - for a finish like this they are really good."
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As the laps clicked off Gerolsteiner was challenged at the front by Phonak, CSC and Health Net-Maxxis riders. Health Net-Maxxis' sprinter Gord Fraser suffered an unlucky flat on the second lap and teammate Mike Sayers jumped on the front to slow the pace. The pace did change quite a lot with the field moving from single-file to curb-to-curb multiple times. Finally, Davitamon-Lotto put six riders on the front to set-up Fred Rodriguez.
After the final left turn at 800 meters, the road dipped down and up under a bridge before the straight shot to the finish. "It was really, really messy," said Haedo. "It wasn't that fast so people came around and you lost your teammates. I was on my own, but it worked out pretty good. The last 800 meters I took the front. Stuart O'Grady went with 300 meters to go, then I jumped on him." After that, Haedo flew by everyone and had enough time to put his arms in the air, look around and enjoy his team's first win - and probably his biggest. "It is different for sure, with nine Pro Tour teams here," Haedo said. "I can't say I wasn't surprised. But at the same time I worked hard through the winter to be here in shape."
Leipheimer was ecstatic that he could ride into his hometown wearing the leader's jersey for what is arguably America's biggest race. "I've been dreaming for months; training the whole winter, every day, thinking about the possibility of winning the prologue and bringing the yellow jersey into my hometown; and then to actually realise that dream is something I can't describe," said the Gerolsteiner rider. "It's an amazing feeling. I got reports last night that they were expecting 50,000 people today and [thought] well, that's maybe a little bit much. But I think you saw today that was at least as many people out there. It was very impressive to see the support for the race and for me. I'm overwhelmed and very grateful," he added.
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Tomorrow the race hits a few tough climbs - a category four and a category one - as well as two intermediate sprints. "I think we are going to need some help tomorrow, which will come," Levi predicted. "But it's going to be a hard day."
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Juan José Haedo (Toyota-United Pro) takes the win in the first victory for his new team
- Juan José Haedo (Toyota-United Pro) takes the win in the first victory for his new team
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- A couple of Gerolsteiner boys have a chat during stage 1
- The final descent took riders down onto the flat final kilometres of the stage
- Lining it up on the streets of Santa Rosa for the sprint
- The Davitamon-Lotto train wind it up for Fast Freddie in the sprint
- Juan Jose Haedo wins stage 1 in Santa Rosa, taking Toyota-United Pro's first victory
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) started and finised the day in gold
- The stage 1 podium (l-r): Stuart O'Grady, JJ Haedo and Olaf Pollack
- In gold on home turf... Levi Leipheimer retains the lead in the Tour of California
Images by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews.com
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) is too focused to notice the San Francisco skyline across the bay.
- Temperatures were changing a lot today.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) zips up in the cooler temperatures.
- Aaron Olson (Suanier Duval-Prodir) rides to the sign-in.
- Race leader Levi Leipheimer rides with Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) and Mike Sayers (Health Net-Maxxis) to the start.
- Gerolsteiner leads the field around the bend off the first climb towards the Pacific coast.
- Gerolsteiner continues to lead up the small rolling climbs.
- The beautiful California hills provide a nice backdrop for the race.
- Jean Marc Marino (Credit Agricole) initiated the main break of the day, and was quickly joined by Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada).
- Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada) begins the second climb of the day.
Images by David Wood
- A brisk morning in Sausalito for former rider turned commentator Paul Sherwen.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) signs in.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is rugged up to sign in
- Can you sign here please, Mr Hincapie
- That's it...
- Hincapie's teammate Viatcheslav Ekimov signs in, but we don't get to see the mullet!
- Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) signs in
- Some of the Credit Agricole crew sign in
- Floyd Landis being interviewed after signing in.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) getting treated like the race leader.
- Hey, remember the time...? A couple of Saunier Duval riders share a joke at the sign-in.
- There were plenty of fans waiting for the next big name to sign-in.
- The sign-in area was busy before the start, as usual.
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) leaving the sign-in area.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) looking relaxed before the start
- Off they go! Riders begin the race to Santa Rosa.
- A typical sight in Sausalito - only that this is the big time
Images by
Beth Seliga/
- The Specialized angel reappeared today for Stage 1. Maybe she's been blessing the Gerolsteiner bikes?
- Taylor Tolleson's (TIAA-CREF) family came out to cheer him on - he's a local boy
- It's always important to stake out a good viewing spot at the start/finish lines. It's also important to make your signs big enough for riders to see them.
- Fans have been lining up in droves for the Tour of California. Here they watch the action on the Jumbotron.
- You won't find better scenery at a race - not that the racers get to enjoy it!
- Packed to the rafters! US bike racing fans are really getting behind the Tour of California. When's the last time you saw fans stacked this deep outside of a grand tour?
- Bobby Julich (CSC) looks composed behind Swiss Champ Martin Elmiger (Phonak) who took 8th today.
- Sometimes you just need Dad's help to get a good view of the podium presentations.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) got to keep the leader's jersey as he rode into his home town Santa Rosa.
Images by Seng Chen
- Gerolsteiner controls the tempo early on as the race enters the Point Reyes National Seashore.
- Gerolsteiner protects their leader.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) makes his way to the front in the final laps.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) returns home to Santa Rosa in the leader's jersey.
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) sticks close to Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) near race end.
- Fans risk life and limb for a good view.
- Juan José Haedo celebrates a clean sprint victory.
- Olaf Pollack and Stuart O'Grady take second and third as GeorgeHincapie looks on.
- Ekimov stretches his back after the first day of real riding.
- Levi takes questions... News at 11.
- O'Grady, Haedo and Pollack share the podium.
- Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada) wears the most aggresive jersey after stage 1
- Taylor Tolleson (TIAA-CREF) is the best young rider after stage 1
- JJ Haedo (Toyota-United Pro) wears teh points jersey after his stage win
- King of the Mountain Bernhard Kohl with the Santa Rosa mayor
- Levi Leipheimer is awarded the leader's jersey in his home town of Santa Rosa.
- Levi Leipheimer takes it all in.
- This one's for you, man! A fan holds up encouragement for Levi during the awards ceremony.
- Leipheimer waves good bye for the day.
Results
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 3.14.13 (39.88km/h) 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 12 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 13 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 16 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 19 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 23 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 24 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 26 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 31 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 33 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 34 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 37 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 39 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 42 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 43 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 44 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 45 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 46 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 48 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 49 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 52 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 55 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 56 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 57 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 58 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 59 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 61 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 65 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 67 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 68 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 69 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 70 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 71 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 72 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 73 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 74 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 78 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 79 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 80 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 81 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 82 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 84 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 86 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 89 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 90 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 95 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 96 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 97 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 98 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 99 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 101 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 103 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 104 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 105 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 108 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 110 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 111 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 112 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro 0.29 113 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 0.42 114 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 0.56 115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 116 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.35 117 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 2.54 118 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3.16 120 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 6.57 121 Florencio Ramos (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 122 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 123 Antonio Aldape (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 124 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.03 125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.11 126 Manuel Hernandez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 11.45 127 Miguel Mesa (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team Sprints 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 pts 2 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Teams 1 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines 9.42.39 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Team CSC 4 Discovery Channel 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Team TIAA-Cref 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 9 Toyota-United 10 Jelly Belly 11 Davitamon-Lotto 12 Credit Agricole 13 Prodir-Saunier Duval 14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada 15 Navigators Insurance 16 KB Home Mexican National Team 6.57 General classification after stage 1 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.19.06 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.05 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.06 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.09 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.10 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 8 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.11 9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.12 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 15 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.15 18 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.16 19 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.17 20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 23 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.18 27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 28 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.19 29 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 0.20 30 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.21 33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 35 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22 36 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 40 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.23 41 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 42 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 43 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 44 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 0.24 45 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 46 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 47 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.25 48 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 50 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 52 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.26 54 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 55 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 57 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.27 58 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 60 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 62 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 0.28 64 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 65 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 66 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 67 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 0.29 68 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 69 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 70 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 0.31 72 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 73 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.32 74 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 75 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.33 78 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 79 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 81 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 0.34 82 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 83 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 84 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.36 85 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 86 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.37 90 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 0.38 92 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 93 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 94 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.41 95 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.42 96 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 0.44 97 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 0.45 99 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 100 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 101 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 102 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.50 104 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.51 105 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 106 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 107 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 0.52 108 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 109 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 0.54 110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 111 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 0.59 112 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.01 113 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1.03 114 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro 1.28 115 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.29 116 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.58 117 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 3.28 118 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3.39 119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 4.15 120 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.36 121 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 7.45 122 Antonio Aldape (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 7.51 123 Florencio Ramos (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 8.06 124 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 8.24 125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.24 126 Manuel Hernandez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 12.50 127 Miguel Mesa (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 13.01 Points classification 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 15 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 4 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6 6 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 7 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 5 8 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 9 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 11 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 2 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Team classification 1 Team CSC 9.57.42 2 Discovery Channel 0.03 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.13 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 0.20 6 Davitamon-Lotto 0.23 7 Toyota-United 0.35 8 Prodir-Saunier Duval 9 Credit Agricole 0.38 10 Navigators Insurance 0.40 11 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines 0.48 12 Team TIAA-Cref 0.50 13 T-Mobile Team 0.53 14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada 1.05 15 Jelly Belly 1.07 16 KB Home Mexican National Team 9.00 Best young rider 1 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 3.19.29 2 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.03 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.05 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.27
