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Tour of California - 2.1
USA, February 19-26, 2006
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Stage 2 - February 21: Martinez to San José, 152.7km
Hincapie climbs and sprints for stage and lead
Time bonus puts Hincapie four seconds ahead of Leipheimer
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in San Jose
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Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) warned everyone yesterday that today's final climb up Sierra Road would be brutal -- and the climb lived up to every expectation, and even surpassed it. Leipheimer followed the KOM leader Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) and Floyd Landis (Phonak) in a three man break over the top and down into San Jose -- but it was Discovery Channel doing what they do best -- waiting. "It was important for us to stay together -- that's the way we raced the last ten years in the Tour de France with teams attacking us -- we always stay together and we will catch them eventually," Hincapie explained. "That strategy worked again for us today." Michael Barry, Jason McCartney and Tom Danielson all took turns driving the chase, catching the leaders and leading out Hincapie, with Barry delivering him to the line for his first win of the season.
"It was tough," Hincapie told Cyclingnews just after the race. "Those guys were going pretty good. My climbing is not as good as [Levi] right now. We stayed pretty close, and I knew it was a long way from the top of the climb and to the end. It was really steep." The key to Hincapie's win was the strong team effort, particularly from Tom Danielson, Jason McCartney and Michael Barry. "Michael and Jason were super strong, and Tom [Danielson] did a lot at the end. It was an amazing lead-out there at the end from Michael. Levi was on me and Chris was behind him -- they were going hard."
Danielson was part of the Discovery strategy today, said Hincapie. "Tom is a phenomenal climber, and we wanted him to attack -- but he couldn't do much damage on the climb at the end. Levi and Floyd were really strong, so we couldn't get rid of those guys."
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Riding close behind in the chase group after the final climb was Chris Horner, who caught a ride due to the fact that his teammate was up the road. "Discovery did most of the work to bring the break back," Horner said. "We had Cadel up there, and a lot of time trial specialists like Bobby and Discovery. I pretty much had a free ride down the descent until they caught Cadel." Once the leading group was back in the fold, it was Discovery who had numbers and who assumed control with CSC. "We told Dave [Zabriskie] to stop working and told Bobby and Christian [Vande Velde] to work with Discovery," said CSC's Scott Sunderland. "When the caught Cadel we started working -- CSC was working but Discovery pulled the break back," Horner continued. "Jason [McCartney] and Michael [Barry] started doing a lot of work," said Hincapie. "CSC started pulling when we caught Dave [Zabriskie] and we all had the same interests in mind. When we got closer I was able to sit in for the last ten or fifteen kilometers, and get ready for the sprint."
"In the last kilometer it was Barry on the front, with George second and Levi third and me fourth," Horner said. "There was a teammate of mine on my wheel, but I didn't realise it, otherwise I would have jumped sooner." From there Michael Barry put his head down and gave a huge effort to deliver his teammate to the final meters, though Hincapie was a little uncertain how his body would perform this early in the season. "For us it is the first time we have been digging into the red zone since September. It's hard to know how your body will react. You can train well but never as hard as in the race. We normally begin racing in February in the middle of nowhere in Spain, just getting our legs rolling. But here this is very different for us. I know all of the American cyclists are way more motivated in February then they have ever been."
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Down to the line it was Hincapie leading with Horner and teammate Josep Jufre Pou, passing Leipheimer. "Hincapie just had a really good sprint at the finish," said Horner. "I had to come around Levi first to get up to Hincapie's wheel -- but I certainly haven't shown that I have the speed to come around Hincapie in the past, but I thought I would give it a go anyways!"
With the stage win, Hincapie erased the six second deficit and put another four seconds between himself and Leipheimer. CSC's Bobby Julich sits nine seconds behind with Floyd Landis in fourth at ten seconds. "Those guys, Levi and Floyd are strong right now though," Hincapie admitted. "But it's nice -- see what I can do in the time trial. It's a good position to be in. Tomorrow will be a very crucial day -- the most crucial of the race. We have some good time trialists on our team as well, but those guys, Floyd and Levi will have the most pressure on them."
T-Mobile's Bernhard Kohl was happy to retain his lead in the KOM competition. "The KOM jersey for me is really nice. I was prepared to protect the jersey today, but it was not easy with the climbs. I was thinking maybe it was not possible for me, but the team was working well for me. On the last climb I was positioned good with Leipheimer. It was a big result for me, and it was nice to stay with the best guys in the front in the mountains. This is my second year as a professional and first jersey with the T-Mobile team. It is important for the team to have the jersey, and I think now it is possible to bring it to the finish."
How it unfolded
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Stage two began in Martinez, about 58 miles away from Santa Rosa, under similar sunny skies. Also similar to yesterday was the immediate climbing from sea level into the California hills. Gerolsteiner and T-Mobile took position at the front, protecting their leaders in the overall and KOM categories. After just 11 kilometers, Mark McCormack (Colavita-Sutter Home) tested the field and attacked on an incline. He sat in front for about a kilometer when Mike Sayers (Health Net-Maxxis) attempted to bridge, but brought the whole field with him.
Up and down the road undulated with some small, tough sections of twisting road. Half-way up the category four climb, Michael Creed (TIAA-CREF) shot off the front, and built a small gap. Over the summit, Creed took maximum points and was followed by Ben Jaques-Maynes (Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada) and Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole). The two chasers linked up with Creed after some time while Gerolsteiner sat comfortably on the front. "I went away on the KOM over Happy Valley Road and flew down the hill to bridge across to [Creed and Kaggestad]," said Jaques-Maynes. "We started cooperating immediately and the gap went wide open. The first time check we heard was 1'30" and then next was four minutes!"
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Two more tough climbs that were surprisingly uncategorised were ahead of the leading trio as they built their lead, which could be seen as helpful as the KOM leader would not be interested in bringing the two back. But with a category one climb just thirty kilometers from the finish, every team would be driving near the end. "We were pretty surprised that the gap went up to six minutes, but I wasn't surprised by how quickly it came down - I know how hard the ProTour teams can chase."
As the race continued south, two sprint lines were passed without much notice. As the race climbed up to the Calaveres Reservior, the speed increased and the time gap disintegrated as the road curved and snaked -- narrowing down to a single lane with steep drop-offs.
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The lead Creed and his compatriots built lasted until the race entered Milpitas, home to the now feared Sierra Road climb. As the trio turned left onto Sierra Road, a wall of pavement ascended into the clouds, lined by spectators the entire way. The steepness was similar to Manayunk and the trio slowed on the early slope. The field was not far behind at this point and Jaques-Maynes was the first to pop. Creed and Kaggestad continued on, with Creed eventually going alone. The field reeled in all the riders by the half-way point up the climb, led by Leipheimer and his Gerolsteiner team. From there, the pace shredded the field, with Leipheimer, Kohl and Landis riding alone on the front.
Kohl took the points on the summit, taking the KOM jersey lead back from Creed on the road, and the three dropped into town. Multiple groups of four and five riders survived behind and began the chase, powered along mostly by Discovery and CSC. By the time the race returned to Milpitas, the chasing groups had organized into a nineteen rider mob and was bearing down on the Leipheimer, Kohl and Landis, thirty-five seconds away.
One by one, the three were overtaken, and the Discovery Channel train rolled on, powered by Tom Danielson, Jason McCartney and Michael Barry. Into San Jose the course bent around five ninety-degree turns until the final four hundred meters to the finish. Hincapie launched off of Barry and held off Horner and teammate Josep Jufre Pou for the win.
Photography
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Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com
- Riders head off from the start in Martinez
- The pack winds through Calaveras Road - now that is pretty!
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Kodakgallery.com) leads Mike Creed (TIAA-CREF) and Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole)
- Lars Ytting Bak (CSC) gets some attention from the team car
- Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) heads up the leading trio through Calaveras Road
- Mads Kaggestad rides ahead of Mike Creed and Ben Jacques-Maynes
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) with the Clif Bar Green Sprint jersey, presented by Clif Bar's Jeff Johnson.
- The stage 2 top three (l-r): Josep Jufre Pou, George Hincapie, Chris Horner
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) wins with Davitamon-Lotto's Chris Horner and Josep Jufre Pou right behind
- The shadow of a victor - George Hincapie salutes the crowd after stage 2
Images by Craig Heuerman
- The crowds were loving it on the Upper Happy Valley Rd climb
- Ahh, the angel - again
- Mike Creed does it tough up the Upper Happy Valley Rd climb
- Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) checks behind for any sign of the main field
- The Gerolsteiner boys were keeping it tight on the Upper Happy Valley Rd climb
- It was tough work heading up this steep part of the Upper Happy Valley Rd climb
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) looking pretty cool before the start
- Team CSC signs on for stage 2, looking nice and relaxed
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) is welcomed to America by some fans
- Rene Hasselbacher (Gerolsteiner) at the start of Stage 2 - he ended the day 78th, 9:26 back
- Brice Jones rolls out at the start of Stage 2 with Bobby Julich
- The pack chasing on Calaveras Road
- Hincapie goes for it at the end of Stage 2
- Some yawns in the pack as they roll out of Martinez
- He's feeling it, man... a Cannondale canine bike racing fan enjoys an unobstructed view
- Ben Jaques-Maynes and Mads Kaggestad take Clif Bar sprint #2 in Castro Valley
- The pack at the Clif Bar Sprint #2 in Castro Valley
Images by Seng Chen
- The early break of Ben Jaques-Mayne, Mike Creed and Mads Kaggestad passes over a climb outside of Moraga.
- Kaggestad takes the front in the waning stages of a break with Jaques-Maynes and Mike Creed
- Share the road! The peloton bunches up before the Sierra Road Climb.
- Levi Leipheimer passes off extra clothing before the last climb.
- Paolo Salvodelli is watched by the Gerolsteiner riders, particularly Levi Leipheimer.
- George Hincapie powers to the line and takes a clear victory in San Jose.
- The peloton keeping a conservative tempo about four minutes behind the break of Creed, Jaques-Maynes and Kaggestad.
- A view of the Upper San Leandro Reservoir just past Moraga on today's route.
Images by Frank Chan/flickr.com/photos/frenquency/
- Mike Creed (TIAA-CREF) tries to stay away from the chase group on Sierra Road.
- The chase group hot on the heels of Mike Creed, containing all the usual suspects.
- The 10-strong chase group contains Tom Danielson, George Hincapie (Discovery), Bernard Kohl (T-Mobile), Floyd Landis (Phonak, obscured), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner, obscured), Dave Zabriskie (CSC), among others.
- A second chase group contains the rest of the top of GC, Gibo Simoni (Saunier-Duval), Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto), Bobby Julich (CSC), Jason McCartney (Discovery)
- Fast Freddie (Davitamon-Lotto) bides his time to fight for another big gear kind of day.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) Floyd Landis (Phonak) and Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) try to stay off the front on the way down from Sierra Road
- This Phonak rider tries for another sprint finish
- The podium featuring (l-r): Josef Pou (3rd, Davitamon-Lotto), George Hincapie (1st, Discovery) and Chris Horner (2nd, Davitamon-Lotto)
- Watch out or I'm going to whoop your butt!
- Mike Creed (TIAA-CREF) seems satisfied with his Most Aggressive Rider jersey.
- Those 20-somethings always seem to have problems with their clothes...the emcee jibes as Thomas Peterson (TIAA-CREF) was presented with the Best Young Rider jersey.
- Big George is all smiles after winning both the green and the golden jersey.
Images by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews.com
- Levi Leipheimer (c) has a laugh with Dave Zabriskie (l) and Bobby Julich (r)
- Tim Johnson (Health Net) looks relaxed
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is followed by teammate Tom Danielson
- Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) is a smiling litte racer
- A photo opportunity at every rolling hill
- The peloton make their way to San José
- One of the TIAA-CREF crew who doesn't have time to enjoy the awesome view
- The number of fans so far during the Tour of California indicates the massive support for this event
Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- The bunch gets underway early on.
- The group bunches up on the climb.
- Gerolsteiner leads the peloton through the rolly hills.
- Today's climb shattered the bunch.
- Today's course wound through the lush green hills north of San Jose.
- Gerolsteiner kept the tempo high throughout the day.
- Snaking our way through switchbacks.
- Gerolsteiner still on the front.
- Saunier Duval-Prodir comes to the front.
- The break that almost stayed away.
- Thanks to Castro Valley Cyclery (CVC) for getting us up in the air today!
Images by Dan Spisak
- Political commentary AND a road race.
- The main break of the day: Creed, Jacques-Maynes, Kaggestad.
- Kaggestad leads the break.
- Local hero Ben Jacques-Maynes.
- Mike Creed, the rider who initiated the break, follows.
- The peloton follows over three minutes later, controlled by Gerolsteiner.
- Frank Hoy and Sven Krauss working for Leipheimer.
- The pack follows.
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) enjoying the sunshine.
- Three 7s: Alexandre Moos, Mariano Friedick, Jackson Stewart.
- Jonathan McCarty and Martin Elminger - different colors, same team.
- Ekimov and Davidenko back in the bunch.
- The break (Creed, Jacques-Maynes, Kaggestad) still out front. The lead was as great as 6’-10”.
- Creed and Jacques-Maynes looking very determined...
- …followed by Kaggestad.
- The bunch still controlled by Gerolsteiner near the Sunol feed zone.
- George Hincapie biding his time in the bunch.
- Time to fuel up!
- The break still has a good lead near the beginning of the Sierra Grade climb.
- Gerolsteiner still controls the peloton.
- Watch out for that curb!
- The break was dissolved and the peloton exploded on Sierra Grade. Landis charges back into Milpitas with a 15 second lead.
- Bobby Julich was dropped on Sierra Grade but is in pursuit of Landis.
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4.01.26 2 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 12 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 13 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.01 14 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.03 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.04 16 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 18 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.05 19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 20 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.06 21 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.09 22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 23 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 3.18 24 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 3.19 25 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3.20 29 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 31 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 32 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 33 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 34 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 35 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.21 36 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 37 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 38 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 39 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 40 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 41 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.22 44 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 45 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.23 46 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.18 47 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 48 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.19 50 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 51 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 52 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 53 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 54 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 5.20 56 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 57 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 58 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 59 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 5.21 60 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 61 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.22 63 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 9.23 64 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9.24 66 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 67 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 68 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 69 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 9.25 71 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 73 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9.26 74 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 75 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 76 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 78 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 9.27 80 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 82 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.28 84 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 85 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 86 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 14.18 87 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 88 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 89 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 90 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 14.19 91 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 93 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 94 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 95 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 96 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.20 97 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 98 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 100 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14.21 102 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 103 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 104 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 105 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 106 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.22 107 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 108 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 109 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 14.23 110 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 111 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 112 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 113 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 14.24 115 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 116 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 117 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 118 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 18.10 120 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 23.14 121 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 24.19 HD Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.15 DNF Antonio Aldape (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team DNF Manuel Hernandez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team DNF Florencio Ramos (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team DNF Miguel Mesa (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Mountains 1 1 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3 3 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 2 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 4 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 7 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2 Sprints 1 1 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5 pts 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 3 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 1 2 1 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 pts 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 3 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 Teams 1 Davitamon-Lotto 12.04.18 2 Team CSC 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.05 4 Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.07 5 Credit Agricole 0.10 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.33 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.42 8 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 6.50 9 Team TIAA-Cref 9.59 10 T-Mobile Team 10.41 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12.02 12 Gerolsteiner 12.45 13 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines Pro Cycling Team 18.01 14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 18.05 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.07 16 KB Home Mexican National Team 24.09 General classification after stage 2 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 7.20.28 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.09 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.10 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.13 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.16 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.19 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.21 9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 10 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.22 11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.23 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.24 14 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.25 17 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.26 18 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 19 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 0.33 20 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35 21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 0.41 22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 23 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3.35 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3.36 25 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.37 26 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 3.39 27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3.42 28 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 29 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.43 30 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 3.45 31 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 3.47 32 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 3.50 33 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 3.51 36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.52 37 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.54 38 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 39 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.55 40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.59 41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.00 42 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4.04 43 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.05 44 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4.14 45 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 5.35 46 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.40 47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 5.47 48 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.48 49 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 50 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 5.50 52 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 5.51 53 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 54 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 5.59 55 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 6.00 56 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 6.01 57 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.02 58 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 6.06 59 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6.15 60 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 6.23 61 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 6.51 62 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7.21 63 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 9.40 64 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9.42 65 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.46 66 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9.47 67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.51 68 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 9.52 69 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 70 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.53 72 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 10.00 73 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10.01 75 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 76 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.02 78 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.03 79 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 10.04 80 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 10.05 81 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 10.11 82 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 10.13 84 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 10.15 85 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14.38 86 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 14.42 87 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 14.46 88 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 14.47 89 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 14.51 90 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 91 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 92 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 93 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 14.52 94 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 14.53 96 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 14.58 97 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 98 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 99 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 100 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 14.59 101 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.00 102 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly 15.01 103 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 15.06 104 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15.07 105 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 15.09 106 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 15.12 108 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 15.14 109 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 15.16 110 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 15.17 111 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 112 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 15.18 113 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 15.19 114 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.25 115 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 15.51 116 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 17.53 117 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 17.58 118 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.59 119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 22.29 120 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 23.56 121 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 32.08 Points classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 21 pts 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 15 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 10 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 9 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7 10 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 6 11 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 6 12 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 13 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 15 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 5 16 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 17 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 18 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 21 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2 22 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 2 23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 17 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 4 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 7 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3 9 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3 10 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 11 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 Best young rider 1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.24.42 2 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1.34 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1.36 4 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 10.37 Team classification 1 Team CSC 22.02.00 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.08 3 Davitamon-Lotto 0.23 4 Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.42 5 Credit Agricole 0.48 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.46 7 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7.10 8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7.22 9 Team TIAA-Cref 10.49 10 T-Mobile Team 11.34 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12.37 12 Gerolsteiner 12.58 13 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines Pro Cycling Team 18.49 14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 19.10 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21.14 16 KB Home Mexican National Team 33.09
