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Tour of California - 2.1
USA, February 19-26, 2006
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Stage 6 - February 25: Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks, 144km
T-Mobile scores first (men's) victory in California
Overall leaders remain in jerseys in final climbing stage
by Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Thousand Oaks
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Attacks came early and often in the final road stage of the Tour of California, with four categorized climbs were on tap, including a deceivingly difficult category four climb just 34 kilometers from the finish. Gerolsteiner was the present in every move today, including a long solo effort by Sebastian Lang. Unfortunately for Lang, his more than three minute lead was robbed from him just 22 kilometers from the finish with a slow rear wheel change. This sent the sprinter's teams into action, with T-Mobile finally able to organize and deliver their sprinter Olaf Pollack to the line for their first win of the season.
"[This win] is a special one," said Pollack. "My last victory was one and a half years ago and last year I had many problems with my body, in the hospital for a month. This victory was very important for me." It also is important for others, as every win for the T-Mobile team results in a 3,000 Euro donation to UNICEF. But those Euros did not come easy, with a hard effort by Team CSC in the finishing circuits.
"The last three kilometers was very difficult to go," said Pollack. "Team CSC was working for Stuart O'Grady and it was very fast. It was up and down the last 2,000 meters but my team with Michael Rogers, Andre Korff and Andre Greipel went on the left side and it was faster than the other guys." Pollack commented on CSC's effort being rather far out from the finish, on the second lap of three to the finish. "I think it was too early. If you have a big team that can go the final 10km at 55kph, then maybe O'Grady could win the stage."
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While Gerolsteiner did not come away with a stage win today, team leader Levi Leipheimer sewed up his KOM jersey by following teammate Fabian Wegmann over the category three climb to solidify his lead over T-Mobile's Bernhard Kohl. Leipheimer was smart to do this as the final category four climb was a bit surprising to all in the field. "That turned out to be incredibly steep," said Leipheimer. "It wasn't long, and at first it was just gradual. I don't think anybody expected it, and when we turned the corner we saw this wall! But at that point the race for the jersey was already over with -- nobody could catch me. I found myself sprinting at the top and then I was like, 'What am I doing?'"
In the overall, Floyd Landis and his Phonak team rode comfortably over the climbs with non-threatening breaks up the road most of the day. "Fortunately today some teams helped out and thanks to Levi for not attacking on that steep climb!" said Landis. With the final climbs out of the way, he is virtually guaranteed to hold his lead through the final circuit race tomorrow. And while this win will be a nice palmares for Landis, he is measuring victory in another way. "It is sweet, because I am going to In and Out Burger afterwards! I don't normally get to do that. By the way, they don't sponsor me either -- I'll pay for the burger!"
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Pollack's win today launched him into second place in the sprint jersey, behind Discovery Channel's George Hincapie. "It's not really a priority for me, I won two stages," Hincapie told Cyclingnews after the stage. "If I keep the jersey, that's fine. We were just making sure that if there were any breakaways we would be represented. Once we know it was going to be a field sprint, we just stayed near the front." And when asked whether or not Ina Teutenberg's win for the T-Mobile women's team last weekend at the Geelong Women's Tour put any pressure on the men's squad to answer, Pollack chuckled and said, "Our victories are together and is good for a big sponsor."
Looking at the bigger picture for the season as a whole, both Landis and Leipheimer are optimistic that they will be able to reload for the Grand Tours. "I think [the leaders of this race] have been in shape in the early spring and then in July -- so long as between now and then we get a little rest..." said Landis. "With that said I'll go to Paris-Nice next week, which will be fun! Hopefully after that I will get a break."
"You can take a break and build back up," said Leipheimer. "This race has provided me with a great early season race, and motivated me to train hard over the winter. I can afford to take a break now. While [Floyd] is in Paris-Nice I'll be on the beach in Hawaii or something!"
How it unfolded
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It was tough to choose which Gerolsteiner rider deserved the Most Aggressive jersey today -- with Sven Krauss and Sebastian Lang taking turns attacking the field, riding in breaks, soloing off the front and attacking again after being caught. "It was pretty fast and hilly," said Lang. "It was the plan from the last stage to go with a breakaway with other riders -- but alone is too hard, staying in front with a headwind and no tailwind. It was pretty hard against the wind."
One of the deciding factors in the jersey selection was Lang's unlucky rear flat which cost him at least a minute off his three minute lead. "It was a really long change," said Lang. "I was thinking, 'Hey man, now I've lost a minute and I can't do anything!' Then I was f***ed and the motivation was a bit low. The field was working for a sprint then." It was even more unfortunate for Lang since he had survived the surprisingly tough final category four climb and looked to be riding well on his own into the finish. "It was very hard! In the flat I was going very hard to break away. It was a really steep climb, and I looked up and thought, 'Oh s**t, what do I do?!? I have only a 25 [on the back!]' I was thinking I may need a 27!"
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Even Levi was a little surprised by his team's strong and unrelenting effort today, with Haselbacher even attacking with just 800 meters from the finish in a last-ditch effort. "The team has been extremely aggressive all week trying for another stage win. I don't know what it is, they are just having a great time here in the Tour of California. They are happy and are always the first ones to attack and when the group comes back they attack again. I don't know what to say, they've been inspired by the race, the fans, the great weather.
Krauss was present in the first major break of the day, along with Scott Davis (T-Mobile), Michael Jones (Health Net-Maxxis), Dominique Perras (KodakGallery.com Sierra Nevada), Brice Jones (Jelly Belly), Karsten Kroon (CSC) and Justin England (Toyota-United). Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) tried to bridge, spending another day in breaks, but the riders up front did not want any part of it. The Discovery Channel team went to the front and rode tempo to keep the break in control once Eki sat-up.
The break maintained a lead hovering around one minute for more than thirty kilometers, making it over the first KOM. However, the slow descent into the town of Ojai for the intermediate sprint disintegrated the remaining time gap with Discovery Channel pushing the pace -- with only Sven Krauss surviving taking the sprint points. Following the capture and sprint, counter attacks ensued with Krauss up the road. Other riders tried to bridge to Krauss, but none were successful, and Krauss pushed on alone.
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Near the top of the next KOM, the field finally reeled Krauss in. More groups tried to make a go of it as the road sloped down towards the next sprint in Santa Ana. Near the sprint, Sebastian Lang jumped from the field -- a bold move with the field moving at a good pace, but he was able to get a gap and took the points in the town -- and continued on alone to keep with the Gerolsteiner theme of the day.
Up the nasty Balcolm Canyo climb, Lang increased his lead to nearly two minutes with large crowds packing the road near the top. Once over the gap was almost three minutes, and a stage win was nearly in sight for Lang. On the flats Lang drove hard alone, as Dominique Perras (KodakGallery.com-Sierra Nevada) tried in vain to bridge. About the time that Perras was absorbed by the field, Lang punctured and was hampered further by a slow service. Back up and running, and only about a minute up on the field, Lang gave it his best effort, but the psychological effects alone doomed his chances.
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On the final small climb of the day Lang was caught and the usual counters tried to get off, but with little success as teams like Toyota-United and Health Net-Maxxis wanted a field sprint. But Gerolsteiner was at it again with Sven Krauss trying another solo flyer. Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval-Prodir) eventually went with him and the two held a slight lead until the circuits.
CSC then joined the fun and drove the pace around the circuits with six riders on the front, led by Lars Bak -- but with two laps to go some felt that this move was ill-timed. The last 3 kilometers was very difficult to go," said Pollack. "Team CSC was working for Stuart O'Grady and it was very fast. It was up and down the last 2,000 meters and my team with Michael Rogers, Andre Korff and Andre Greipel went on the left side and it was faster."
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Even in the last two kilometers, Gerolsteiner did not give up on a solo effort with Rene Haselbacher jumping off the front, but getting caught at fifty meters with T-Mobile driving the train. Davitamon-Lotto's Freddie Rodriguez came up short again today, picking the wrong wheel to follow in the final kilometer. "They were technical with a lot of corners. CSC was driving it pretty hard and it was tough getting the team together. We got together with a couple of kilometers to go, but came up a bit short -- so did United," Rodriguez said.
"I got caught on J.J.'s wheel, which I thought was the greatest wheel to be on. T-Mobile was doing the lead out and I boxed Pollack for J.J.'s wheel and thought this is perfect! It looked like it was good speed coming down the last 200 meters and I was just waiting for J.J. to start because I knew it was uphill. I thought I would let him start and then just swing by. But he was not going and then he just swings off -- at the same time I wanted to go, Pollack went and we hit. I had to get out of the way and I came back in but that was it, game over."
Photography
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- Phonak takes to the front of the peloton shortly after racing begins.
- The peloton leave Santa Barbara and head inland on its way to Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks.
- Sven Krauss (Gerosteiner) makes a solo break as the race enters the finishing laps around Amgen headquarters.
- Toyota-United Pro takes the front as the race starts its finishing laps, perhaps hoping to bring Juan Jose Haedo another stage victory.
- A packed crowd cheers on Floyd Landis and the rest of the peloton.
- Team CSC takes to the front with two laps to go.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) keeps his troops close beside him on the finishing circuit.
- René Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) leads out from about 500m but Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Gord Fraser (Health Net-Maxxis) Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) and Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) block out Haselbacher's team-mates Fabian Wegmann and David Kopp.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) completes another hard day in the leader's jersey.
- Fred Rodriguez and son Adian receive a bouquet from Thousand Oaks mayor Dennis Gillette.
- Stage winner Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) takes to the podium with Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto).
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) secures another leader's jersey going into the final stage.
- The jerseys remain largely unchanged - (L to R) Sebastian Lang (most aggressive), Thomas Peterson (best young rider), George Hincapie (points), Floyd Landis (GC) and Levi Leipheimer (KOM).
Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- The first break of the day gets up the road.
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) leads the chase.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) sitting comfortably in the leader's jersey.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) leads the charge with one lap to go.
- Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) tries to stay away coming into the final circuits.
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) beats Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Freddie Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) to earn T-Mobile's first victory of the season.
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) rejoices at his and the team's first win for the season.
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) with his son Adian on the podium.
- Big, big crowds at the finish in Thousand Oaks.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) poses for the press after donning another leader's jersey.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) stays near the front of the pack one kilometre before the third KOM sprint.
- Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) hurting a little.
- Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Phonak) uses his lanky frame to dance on the pedals.
- Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) comes onto the finishing circuit less than 15 seconds ahead of the pack.
- The pack closes in on Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner).
- Michael Barry (Discovery) and Alexandre Moos (Phonak) on the finishing circuit.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) leads the pack on the last lap of the finishing circuit.
- Seasoned pro Scott Moninger (Health Net/Maxxis) looking at ease.
- Robert Hunter (Phonak) eyeing the finish line.
Images by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews.com
- Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) on the climb.
- A puncture sees Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) receive an unsually long wheel change.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) goes for broke in a brave solo move.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) chats with Juan José Haedo (Toyota-United Pro).
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) shows off his cute little baby.
- Tony Cruz (Toyota-United Pro) signs autographs.
- Dave Z (CSC) tries to calm the enthusiastic Santa Barbara crowd.
- Michael Creed (TIAA-CREF) gets his radio fixed.
- Jelly Belly DS Danny Van Haute driving the team car.
- The riders push the photo-moto off the road as David Zabriskie catches the moto's front wheel just prior to going down.
- Janez Brajkovic and Vladimir Gusev play water boys for Discovery Channel.
- Mike Friedman (TIAA-CREF) mixes it up with Jean Marc Marino, Charles Dionne and Jackson Stewart.
- Toyota-United Pro riders Justin England, Juan Manuel Garcia and Heath Blackgrove pull hard in front Bernard Kohl (T-Mobile) and the peloton behind them.
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) takes the win.
Images by Steve Cohen/www.sportsshooter.com/STEVEC
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) on the podium with his baby.
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) on the podium.
- The stage 6 podium.
- Sprints leader George Hincapie (Discovery Channel).
- The various jersey wearers on the podium.
- Saunier Duval-Prodir hold a conference.
- Gerolsteiner's Sven Krauss tries his luck.
- Toyota-United Pro hit the front.
- Health Net/Maxxis take their turn at the head of affairs.
- Peek-a-boo!
- Phonak and Discovery go head-to-head.
- CSC taking control.
- Jelly Belly still riding.
- Looks like a horse race is going on.
- Big Jens Voigt powering the peloton.
- Health Net/Maxxis haven't given up.
- Everyone needs a media pass - even Freddy's bub!
Images by Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) recounts the previous day's attack on the San Marcos climb to Thomas Peterson (TIAA CREF) and Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly).
- This officer lets Floyd Landis (Phonak) off with an autograph.
- Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) attacks in Thousand Oaks.
- Health Net was a presence in the finale, their sprinter Gord Fraser taking fourth.
- Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) puts another victory in the can for the boys in pink.
- CSC put the hammer down on the final three laps of a 3.3 mile circuit in Thousand Oaks.
- The Clif Bar girls were a hit with fans in Thousand Oaks.
- Showing the marks of a hard day in the saddle.
- Cyclingnews' Mark Zalewski gets the live race report out to the world.
- The jersey wearers - (L to R) Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), most aggresive; Levi Leiphiemer (Gerolsteiner), KOM leader; George Hincapie (Discovery), points leader; Floyd Landis (Phonak), general classification leader; and Thomas Peterson (TIAA CREF), best young rider, on the Thousand Oaks podium.
- Marco Pinotti (Prodir-Saunier Duval), Andre Korff (T-Mobile) and Freddy Rodriguez (with year 2028 contender) on the podium at Amgen's Thousand Oaks headquarters.
- Sebastian Lang's (Gerolsteiner) day out in front earned him the most aggresive rider's jersey.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) dons the points leader jersey.
- Floyd's pins - these legs are made for riding.
Results
1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.26.39 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 12 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 14 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 15 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 16 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 18 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 25 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 26 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 27 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 28 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 31 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 32 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 33 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 35 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 37 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 38 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 39 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 41 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 43 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 44 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro 45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 46 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 49 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 50 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 52 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 53 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 54 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 55 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 56 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 57 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 58 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly 60 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 62 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 65 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 67 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 68 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 69 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 70 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 73 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 75 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 76 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 79 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 80 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 81 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 82 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 83 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 85 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 86 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 87 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 88 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 89 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 90 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27 91 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 93 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.36 94 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 95 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 96 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 97 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 0.43 98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 99 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 101 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 102 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12 103 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.17 DNS Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly DNF Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis DNF Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly Sprints 1 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1 2 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains 1 1 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4 pts 2 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 3 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 2 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 2 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 3 3 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 4 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 1 3 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 5 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 4 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 10.19.57 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 T-Mobile Team 4 Davitamon-Lotto 5 Team CSC 6 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Credit Agricole 9 Prodir-Saunier Duval 10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 Team TIAA-Cref 12 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines Pro Cycling Team 13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 16 KB Home Mexican National Team General classification after stage 6 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.56.19 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 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7.34 30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 7.36 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.39 32 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro 7.46 33 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.52 34 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.02 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8.26 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 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.07 44 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 12.26 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 12.29 46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12.39 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 14.43 52 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 15.47 53 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 16.35 54 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16.50 55 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17.21 56 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.22 57 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.50 58 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 18.04 59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 18.21 60 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 18.47 61 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18.57 62 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.08 63 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.25 64 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.37 65 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.57 66 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.58 67 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 20.17 68 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 20.21 69 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 20.24 70 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 20.30 71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.19 72 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 21.20 73 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 21.33 74 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21.36 75 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 21.56 76 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 23.10 77 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 24.38 78 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro 24.41 79 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.50 80 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 25.01 81 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 25.07 82 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 25.18 83 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 25.42 84 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly 25.59 85 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26.10 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.13 87 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 26.39 88 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 27.01 89 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.40 90 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 27.52 91 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.16 92 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 28.22 93 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.55 94 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 28.57 95 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 29.25 96 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 29.31 97 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team 30.05 98 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 31.04 99 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 31.05 100 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 31.28 101 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 32.05 102 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 32.07 103 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 40.45 Sprints classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 40 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro 30 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 19 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 9 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 17 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 12 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 13 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 14 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 15 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 8 16 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 17 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 7 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 20 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 6 21 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 22 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 6 23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 24 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 5 25 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 26 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines 5 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 28 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 29 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 30 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 31 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 32 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro 3 33 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 34 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 3 35 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2 36 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 37 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro 2 38 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1 39 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 1 40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 41 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 1 42 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 43 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 44 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 Mountains classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 31 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 22 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 5 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 10 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6 12 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6 13 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 5 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 16 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada 5 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 18 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4 20 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance 4 21 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 2 24 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 25 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 26 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 27 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1 29 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro 1 Best young rider classification 1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 20.05.54 2 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10.42 3 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10.46 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 59.51.07 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
