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Tour of California - 2.1
USA, February 19-26, 2006
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Stage 5 - February 24: San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara, 169.5km
Hincapie answers Haedo's double
Landis retains overall despite Leipheimer's best efforts
by Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Santa Barbara
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If there was any point at which Floyd Landis' (Phonak) overall lead in the Tour of California would be in jeopardy, it would be the fifth stage's rolling parcours and three significant climbs, including the category one San Marco Pass. But Landis successfully defended his leader's jersey on the tough climb, even with a strong effort by Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer near the top. With the main group all together Discovery Channel put their team on the front, and delivered George Hincapie to his second stage win of the race.
"The team did a great job there at the end, Paolo and Michael into the last kilometer," said Hincapie. "Until about three hundred meters to go, which was a long way for me... but I was able to hang on and finish it off with a win. With a team like this working for you it is a lot of pressure to finish it off. The last hundred and fifty [meters] I was counting and it was good nobody was able to come around."
George is a little surprised that he has already notched two wins so early in the season, especially sprint finishes when he has been focusing more on climbing and time trials. "I didn't expect to get two wins so early," Hincapie admitted. "Last season helped my confidence a lot and I believe in myself a lot more than I have in the past, and it is really starting to show. I was a sprinter at one point and I try to work on them once or twice a week, just to not let that totally go away. In situations like this if I can make it over climbs why not have a little... it's easy to do ten second sprints at home and as you saw today it helped a lot -- to keep those fast-twitch muscles going. With all of the training for the climbs and time trials it's easy to let that slide away."
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Leipheimer may not have come away with a stage win or any closer to Landis' lead, but he did gain enough points on the only KOM climb to wear the climbers jersey tomorrow. "There are not many opportunities left for me in the race, and today was a first category climb," said Leipheimer. "I've been feeling good and I am not just going to sit there -- I am going to make the race and give it everything I got. I knew the climb and I knew the downhill and knew the chances were not very good. I wasn't thinking at all about the jersey -- this was something that if the points were there I would snatch them up. I had no idea where Bernhard was and I was surprised he could not follow. I just wanted to get across to the breakaway where my teammate was. I had my team just throttle it at the bottom like it was a field sprint, and I just kept going."
Leipheimer made a bold move, attacking solo out of the field halfway up the climb with a teammate sitting on in the break. "At one point it looked like a good situation because I went up to the break and I had a teammate there -- unfortunately I caught them a little too quickly. There were only two of us on the downhill and the Saunier Duval guy wasn't very committed. It was impossible for us to stay away. But it made the race and I came out of it with the [KOM] jersey, so it's not such a bad thing."
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Back in the field, Landis did not panic. "We didn't mind that somebody like Levi or a CSC or anybody within the first few guys as long as it wasn't multiple guys working together," Landis explained. "I would rather keep my team with me rather than follow. If I had done that I could count on some attacking as soon as I caught him and then I would be on my own. The best thing was to let Levi have his time and make him pay for it."
In the final kilometer of the climb Landis lost his final teammates, and Hincapie and Discovery drove the pace over the top. "When Levi went it seemed like the situation was still under control," said Hincapie. "Phonak had two guys doing tempo. But near the top Floyd was alone and it seemed like guys were hurting more. I was feeling good so I gave it a shot to see if I could get away. But the descent was not very tricky and I had five or six guys in the group. The best situation was for us to hang back. I had good legs so I just wanted to give it a little try, and it ended up working out anyway."
At this point, Landis was forced to react with Hincapie a threat at only forty-five seconds down on the overall. "I reacted because any time dangerous guys are reacting in front of you, you have to react just to make a point, if nothing else," Landis said. "It was a long way to the finish, and with one kilometer to go [on the climb] I knew they weren't going far. George sprinted and I just assumed he would not have done that, but it got us to the top faster!"
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One factor that played well into Discovery Channel's hand was their intimate knowledge of the area, having had their training camp in nearby Solvang for the past few years. "We knew all the roads and we knew that last climb really well. As you could see we had six guys there in the final group, which is more than any other team."
One team that was absent from the goings-on in the end was CSC, which Leipheimer speculates is taking a conservative stance to protect their high GC positions. "I'm not very impressed with their tactics," Leipheimer said. "They are not very aggressive -- they haven't won a stage yet. They have second and third on the GC which is nice, but they haven't won anything. I didn't see Dave or Bobby attacking. If Discovery had sent Danielson with me or if CSC had sent Bobby that would have been ideal. I don't think when it comes to the climbs they are a little afraid -- they want to conserve their spot on GC."
But CSC's Bobby Julich told Cyclingnews that his team had planned on a move at the climb, but decided against it when they saw the level of difficulty was not what they expected. "[The plan] was blown out of the water when we saw the climb wasn't so hard and that there was a headwind. When you are second or third, you can try to make moves but at the same time something may go wrong in that situation. We made the main decision in the time trial because it would be very hard to gain time especially without time bonuses at the finish anymore. There wasn't much talk because we had Jens up the road and we wanted to play that card for a stage win, because he was riding super-strong today. I think Discovery had the same thing in their mind which is why we weren't as aggressive."
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Julich was not worried about Leipheimer's move. "There wasn't any need to. When he got the gap I was ten wheels back, and when I didn't see Floyd react, the one who would need to react, he didn't panic and kept his teammates around him -- there was very little to gain and a lot to lose. We just all stuck together and we knew that with forty guys behind him that it would be difficult for him to gain any more time or even stay off for the stage win. The climb wasn't so hard and there was a headwind so it made it easy to stay on wheels. It was all of the GC guys marking each other. It was business as usual." Looking back on the week that has transpired, Julich did say that he wish he had known the first year of this race was going to be as big as it has."If I had known this race would be as big as it is maybe I would have trained more specifically for it!"
Hincapie says his team is content to have two stage wins and is realistic about any chances for a change in the overall. "There aren't many climbs left. Obviously, Floyd hasn't been in any trouble. Right now we are just happy with two stage wins. The final two stages are more for the real sprinters but we will still be out there racing -- we can't give Floyd an easy ride to Redondo Beach, that wouldn't be any fun!"
With only one more stage of any significant climbing, and Sunday's circuit race in Redondo beach almost guaranteed to end in a field sprint, Landis' lead looks rather safe and the stages left up to the sprinters. But when Hincapie was asked if Discovery Channel has what Hincapie calls 'real' sprinters, Landis chimed in, "The guy won two stages, leave him alone!"
Photography
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- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) takes his second win at the Tour of California, this time beating Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) to triumph in Santa Barbara.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) ham it up at today's start.
- Jaun Jose Haedo (Toyota-United Pro) and Bobby Julich (CSC) have a chat on the line.
- And they're off!
- The first break of the day works together through the sprint on the road.
- The bunch rolls through the sprint.
- The second break of the day with Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) and Jens Voigt (CSC).
- The break of Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) and Jens Voigt (CSC) also contains Jelly Belly's Nick Reistad.
- Lunch time.
- Phonak controls the front.
- Eventual stage winner George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) rides comfortably in the bunch.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) rides hard off the front.
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) works to power the break.
- Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) checks to see what's ahead along the route.
- The bunch keeps together through the rolling hills.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) cruising in the bunch.
- The bunch early on.
- The bunch passes some old farm equipment along the route.
- A windmill at one of the many vineyards along the route stands tall next to the group.
- Lake Cachuma provides a picturesque backdrop for the peloton zipping pass.
- Phonak sets the tempo at the front for team leader Floyd Landis.
Images by Seng Chen/www.iheartbrains.com
- Where'd everybody go? With 50 meters to go, Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) dusts the field at the first Clif Bar sprint in Arroyo Grande.
- Mark McCormack (Colavita) takes to the front of a short lived break with Lars Bak (CSC) and René Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner).
- Discovery takes to the front with Phonak keeping close tabs as the peloton passes through Santa Maria.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) takes the front with Riccardo Ricco (Prodir Saunier Duval) in tow.
- Leipheimer keeps the pressure on to take the category one climb and the King of the Mountains jersey.
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery) powers up San Marcos Pass with Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) and Jens Voigt (CSC) in tow.
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) looks strong near the end of the final climb.
- Tim Johnson (Health Net- Maxxis) and Mike Creed (TIAA-CREF) string their group over the top.
- Is that George? A fan sneaks in between groups.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) leads a group over San Marcos Pass.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Tom Danielson has a new buddy - a Chihuahua with a LiveStrong collar.
- Colavita riders sign on in San Luis Obispo.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) wait at the start line.
- They're off!
- Gerolsteiner's Rene Haselbacher rolls out at the start.
- Oh, fudge! What kind of fans do we have at the Clif Bar sprint #1?
- Tim Johnson (Health Net/Maxxis), Jackson Stewart, and Tony Cruz chasing the sprint.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Christian Vande Velde (CSC), and others.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) with Mayor Marty Blum of Santa Barbara.
Images by Doug Herrick/www.mitchophoto.com
- The pack comes through with Andy Bajadali leading Ricardo Rico.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the line for the stage win.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval Prodir) and Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) lead with 300 metres to the summit of the last climb of the day up San Marcos Pass.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) and Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) near the crest of the climb.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) sizes up the field near the summit of the final climb.
- A Phonak rider in the hurt bag.
- A Toyota-United Pro rider suffers on the last climb.
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval-Prodir) enjoying himself. Not.
- Tim Johnson (Health Net/Maxxis) does his best to stay focused.
- Michael Friedman (TIAA-CREF) shows you suffer more at the back than you do at the front.
Images by Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) enjoys another sunny morning in San Luis Obispo.
- Michael Barry (Discovery Channel) enjoying a good laugh.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) is ready to rumble in San Luis Obispo.
- Brothers Stephen and Michael Leece scored a serious number of pro autographs in San Luis Obispo.
- This Mavic neutral support man is your best friend when you flat.
- Ken Hanson, 2005 United States Division 1 collegiate criterium champion, didn't have to go far from his home college campus of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to watch stage 5.
- The peloton passes through Arroyo Grande, a small town south of San Luis Obispo on California's central coast.
- Scores of local riders pre-rode the course north of Santa Barbara.
- Spectators Jamie and Brandon Arsenault brave the harsh California winter weather while waiting for the peloton.
- Jens Voigt (CSC), Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) and Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) head through the Santa Ynez Valley on their way to the climb to 2,155 foot San Marcos Pass.
- Phonak lines them out as the field passes through the Santa Ynez Valley.
- The field faced this obstacle on their last 25 miles into Santa Barbara.
- Judging from the big crowds like this in Santa Barbara and the splendid weather that's followed every stage, the inaugural Tour of California has been a success.
- Levi Leiphiemer (Gerolsteiner) and Floyd Landis (Phonak) share a light moment on the Santa Barbara podium with George Hincapie (Discovery), Thomas Peterson (TIAA CREF) and Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly).
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 3.52.02 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 9 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 11 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 12 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 16 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 22 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 23 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 24 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 29 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 30 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 31 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 34 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 35 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.10 36 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.20 37 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13 38 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 42 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 46 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 47 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 49 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 50 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 51 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 52 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 53 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 54 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 55 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 3.25 57 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 58 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 60 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 6.10 61 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 62 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 63 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 65 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 66 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 67 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 69 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.24 72 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 73 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 74 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 75 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 76 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 10.48 78 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 79 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 80 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 81 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 82 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 84 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 85 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 87 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 88 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 89 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 90 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 91 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 92 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 93 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 95 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 96 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 97 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 98 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 99 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 103 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 104 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 105 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 107 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 13.02 DNF Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNF Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team DNF Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada DNF Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly DNS Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto Sprints 1 1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 pts 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 2 1 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 5 pts 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 1 Mountains 1 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 5 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 5 6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 Teams 1 Davitamon-Lotto 11.36.06 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 Team CSC 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Prodir-Saunier Duval 8 Credit Agricole 9 T-Mobile Team 1.13 10 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.26 12 Team TIAA-Cref 8.36 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.59 14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 16.58 15 KB Home Mexican National Team 18.11 16 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines Pro Cycling Team 20.23 General classification after stage 5 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.29.40 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.29 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.34 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.45 5 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.08 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.10 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.29 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.49 9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.55 10 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 1.58 11 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.14 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.15 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.17 14 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 2.20 15 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 2.32 16 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.52 17 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.56 18 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3.11 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.22 20 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.10 22 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.31 23 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 5.30 24 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 6.13 25 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 6.20 26 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 6.32 27 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 6.49 28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 6.52 29 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 7.03 30 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.34 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 7.36 32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.39 33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 7.43 34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.52 35 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.02 36 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8.56 37 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 9.11 38 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 9.13 39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.23 40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 9.35 41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.17 42 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 11.09 43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.56 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.07 45 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 12.26 46 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 12.29 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.48 48 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 13.01 49 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 13.30 50 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 14.15 51 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.16 52 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 15.47 53 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 16.35 54 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.38 55 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.50 56 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 57 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.22 58 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.50 59 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 18.04 60 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 18.21 61 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.45 62 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 18.47 63 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18.57 64 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.08 65 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.10 66 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.25 67 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.58 68 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 20.17 69 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 20.21 70 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 20.24 71 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 20.30 72 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly 20.46 73 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 20.57 74 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.19 75 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 21.20 76 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21.36 77 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 21.56 78 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 22.02 79 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 22.43 80 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 24.31 81 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 24.38 82 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 24.41 83 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.50 84 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 25.01 85 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 25.18 86 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 25.42 87 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 25.59 88 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26.10 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.13 90 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 26.39 91 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 27.01 92 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.04 93 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 27.40 94 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 27.52 95 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.16 96 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 28.22 97 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.55 98 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 29.25 99 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 29.31 100 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 30.05 101 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 30.52 102 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 31.04 103 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 31.05 104 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 31.15 105 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 31.24 106 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 32.05 107 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 40.45 Sprints classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 40 pts 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 30 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 19 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 9 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 10 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 11 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 12 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 8 13 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 7 14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 16 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 6 17 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 18 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 19 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 6 20 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 5 21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 24 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 5 25 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 26 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 27 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 28 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 3 29 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 32 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 3 33 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2 34 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 35 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 2 36 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 1 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 38 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 1 39 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 40 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 Mountains classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 9 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6 11 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 5 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 14 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4 15 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 4 16 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 2 19 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 20 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 22 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 Best young rider classification 1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 16.39.15 2 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10.42 3 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10.46 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 49.31.10 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 3 Davitamon-Lotto 3.58 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.59 5 Credit Agricole 6.07 6 Prodir-Saunier Duval 7.35 7 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 11.34 8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12.41 9 Gerolsteiner 17.34 10 T-Mobile Team 17.51 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19.57 12 Team TIAA-Cref 25.38 13 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 43.16 14 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines Pro Cycling Team 48.03 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 48.17 16 KB Home Mexican National Team 1.03.28
