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Race 4 - June 11: Philadelphia International Championship, 144 miles
Henderson and Health Net do the double in Philly
By Mark Zalewski, North American editor in Philadelphia
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"Oh, this is ridiculous!" is all Greg Henderson (Health Net-Maxxis) could manage after he sprinted to the win at the Philadelphia International, giving Health Net-Maxxis wins here two years in a row. The powerful kiwi sprinter, back from a long injury recovery, took his second win of the week after craftily winning a tricky sprint in Reading on Thursday. But today was even more special, surviving the 156 miles and ten times up the Manayunk Wall to out-power the Toyota-United Pro sprinters Ivan Dominguez and Juan Jose Haedo in a photo finish. "This is about how hungry I was to get back on the bike and start racing again. It's the motivation and I even surprise myself some days, like today."
Henderson relied on a strong lead-out from his teammates to navigate through the final field of thirty. Toyota-United drove the pace the final time around the Logan Square fountain into the long final 800 meter sprint. "Big Karl [Menzies] got a little excited and I just screamed at him to just wait because he wanted to go. He kept saying to me, 'What do you want me to do? What do you want me to do!' And I kept saying just wait, don't panic, it is so far from that last corner."
At that point it was a chaotic mess as a weary field fought for position with riders tired from more than six hours in the saddle. While many expected Juan Jose Haedo to carry the Toyota-United banner, he was give the task of lead-out man for teammate Ivan Dominguez. "Toyota wanted to keep it together for Dominguez in the finish. He was sitting on last wheel the whole last fifteen kilometers," said CSC sprinter Lars Michaelson.
"Those last 150 meters felt like 150 kilometers," Dominguez said. "There was so much wind! I was behind J.J. who was behind Henderson, and the moment I was supposed to go something happened with Mark [McCormack] -- he was bumping bars with someone and my front wheel touched his wheel and I almost crashed. From there I said I am going to go [alone] from here."
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At the same moment, Henderson took his own line on the opposite side of the road along the barriers, protected from the wind. "The swarm came right at the bottom of the roundabout and Karl put me in perfect position," Henderson said. "I freelanced a little bit from wheel to wheel and opened it up from about four or five bikes back and came up on the inside. I saw the line and everyone around me but I could just see myself catching Ivan slowly but surely. Sprinters know who wins it on the line."
"Around the roundabout all we could do is get him into position and let him do his own thing," said Menzies. "He beat the fastest guys in the U.S., I guess that means he is the fastest guy in the U.S."
A crash half-way through the sprint did slow some riders, including Michaelson. "I got fifth and I had to stop at one point at about 150 meters! But the way I saw Greg Henderson coming, he is the true winner. He was like an arrow on the left side! That's the right winner."
Having two strong wins back-to-back must ease some of the pain from Henderson's early season injury. "This is what I trained for because I had a bit of bad luck earlier in the season," he said. "I had so much motivation to train. It wasn't until about a week before [this week] that I ended up emailing Jeff telling him I had pretty good legs so to send me because I wasn't originally supposed to come here."
Cyclingnews asked Henderson if winning here was an equal trade for the time missed. "That's a difficult question. It's always beautiful to win here but I missed a lot of racing. That is what I am paid to do and what I am passionate about. There was nothing I could do about it, so it's not even an option, but it's good I still have the passion about racing my bike after all these years -- it's a good sign."
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In a complete opposite to last year's all-American podium, the top four spots were all non-American riders. However, they all ride on American domestic trade teams, showing that racing in America is just as good as American cycling. Greg Henderson agrees. "You ask any European pro that comes out here to race us and they find it very difficult to win."
How it unfolded
Early in the 156 mile race it seemed that a continuation of the Lancaster and Reading races might occur, with the attacks starting on the opening parade laps. Many tried, but the field kept the chase on and reeled in any attempts. About ten different attempts gave it a shot, mostly from the smaller American pro teams.
But after the three small opening laps were complete the real racing began. Argentinian Alejandro Acton (TargeTraining) built a small lead with German Christian Lademann (Sparkasse) as the race went onto the first large lap. First, Todd Yezefski (Nerac.com) attempted to bridge followed by Ryan Yee (Successfulliving.com) and Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home). The leaders held a slight advantage on the first ascent up the wall which took a slight amount of pressure off the field and the race to gain position at the bottom.
Up the wall the break blew apart and only Acton and Yezefski survived, but the pair were caught on the 'fall off the wall.' TIAA-CREF took hold of the action with a few attacks. As the race entered the Strawberry Mansion climb, Mike Jones (Health Net-Maxxis) launched an attack that took David O'Laughlin (Navigators) and Dustin MacBurnie (Targetraining) with him.
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After this trio established itself, John Hamblen (Nerac.com) is bridging as well as Chad Hartley (TIAA CREF) and Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) tried to bridge. Only Hartley was strong enough to make it across and the trio up front became a quartet that steadily built a decent lead.
Up and over the KOMs of the Manayunk Wall and Lemon Hill it was the young Canadian Dustin MacBurnie taking the points as the only one motivated for the classification -- a good move for the young rider on the young team. Steadily the gap grew with O'Laughlin seemingly the most motivated along with Hartley. "It was strange -- we weren't really going hard and the group must have just been creeping along because we were not going that hard," he said. "The others just were not really committed."
One rider that was visibly less involved with Health Net-Maxxis' Mike Jones. Having him in the break meant that his teammates did not have to chase, which put the onus on teams such as CSC and Toyota-United. As the time gap grew to more than ten minutes, Jones took shorter pulls. However he also began stretching his left leg and back, showing sights of discomfort. "He didn't do Reading because he was sick, but we needed a big diesel guy out there to just roll it," said team director Jeff Corbet. "He said he wasn't feeling well and not bluffing -- he was genuine," O'Laughlin said. "It was unfortunate we didn't have a few more. It worked out because it forced CSC and Toyota to chase -- that was all part of the plan."
Indeed, being in the break made a huge difference for the Health Net-Maxxis team. But Corbet said that Jones' presence was not about luck. "That is what Jones is here for. He is the quintessential early move guy. He is good at covering a lot of stuff and getting in breaks. He likes being there and out of the mayhem and enjoying be the lone guy. He's been in that move now three years in a row. You can't rely on one guy to make it so we had four of five guys set to cover, but our hope of hopes was to have Jones in that move and use him as the early guy."
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As the laps ticked away MacBurnie took more points over the KOMs, winning every one relatively uncontested. But with the break over ten minutes, the strategy changed. "We were saving the day for Danny and it was my job just to be there and representing," said TIAA-CREF's Chad Hartley. "We had tabs on everybody in the group, but O'Laughlin was just murdering us."
Nonetheless, the group began showing signs of soft pedaling. At one point the break decided to take a natural break together, stopping on the side of the road. Unfortunately, they stopped on the part of Kelly Drive where the race goes both directions and with such a large gap the peloton was rolling in the opposite direction, causing quite an awkward moment.
The next time up the wall, Jones, Hartley and MacBurnie fell of the pace and From here, decided it was time to go solo. From here the break began to lose time. Team CSC jumped in the drivers seat and hit the gas. The speed was so high that the field shattered completely. Three main groups eventually sorted themselves out with a leading group of about thirty, spearheaded by five CSC riders.
"I think CSC did what everybody expected them to do and we tried to surprise people a little with the whole team going to the front and coming out of it with a group of thirty," said Lars Michaelson. That created a lot of panic I think! This started the real race for the finale. We had designated riders to do the work -- Matti and me were saved for the sprint along with Luke Roberts."
With the KOM lead secure, MacBurnie was feeling the effects of his effort on the day. The rider spoke with team director Ken Mills who confirmed that he had to in fact finish the race to win the prize. "At that point I told him there was no way I was going to be able to finish!" MacBurnie admitted.
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"But as we kept riding and I kept watching the kilometers come down thinking I can probably hold on. After the break was caught the hardest part was the last two times up the wall. One of my teammates dropped back and helped me recover. Then it was the windy part along the parkway that was hard. Then I was looking forward to the climbs!" MacBurnie did make it to the final three laps where his time was prorated and his KOM win was official.
After leaving much of the field behind on the wall, the leading group of thirty made quick work of catching the first three break riders. O'Laughlin, on the other hand, was not ready to call it quits and powered on. The Irish champion survived another large lap to the wall, where he was caught half-way up by the flying group of thirty powered by CSC.
From here, Toyota-United gave it some gas via USPRO champion Chris Wherry, wearing the stars and stripes in this race for the first time ever. More attacks tried to go, but the speed was just two high. Behind this now leading group of thirty, Jeff Corbet's blood pressure began to rise for the first time all day. "We put ourselves behind the eight ball by missing that big split -- we only had Louder in there and we had to chase," he said. "People didn't see us chasing because it wasn't on front of the peloton, it was like group three. Jones had to come back and Gord and Kyle and Kirk."
The final time up Manayunk it was TIAA-CREF's Rahsaan Bahati launching an attack the was a lead-out for his teammate, Canadian champion Francois Perisien. But the field was moving too fast and quickly caught the attack as the crowds screamed their loudest all day.
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Back towards town it was Toyota-United on the front setting the pace, with Chris Wherry captaining the ship. The leaders crossed the line for three laps to go, which meant only Lemon Hill was on the climbing menu. Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF), who finished second last year, attacked entering the feed zone, hoping to catch riders off guard on the last feeding lap. Pate lasted an entire lap, with a late bridge by Glen Mitchell (Priority Health).
"When it comes to a big group that late in the race nothing usually happens, so it was kind of a hail mary. I was just trying to get something going, but nothing happened. If Glen [Mitchell] had been up with me the whole time it might have been different, but I did a whole lap before that. All thirty guys in the group and none of them wanted to do anything. So I tried to lead-out Friedman in the end and he got sixth."
Back on the front it was all Toyota-United, with multiple riders setting a blistering pace, showing their confidence in winning a field sprint. "They wanted to play for a sprint, so I was fine with that," said Corbet. "They had the numbers and could have kept launching bombs and we would have had a hard time covering it. But they played for a sprint and that's a page out of the Health Net book."
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Into the final finishing stretch it was Toyota-United leading the charge, burning every match they had left after keeping the pace high in the final kilometers of the race, but it was not enough to keep Henderson from throwing it on the line. "They were good in the end and the whole time," sprinter Ivan Dominguez said of his team. "Of course they are not going to all make it to the finish because they are giving it everything they had. I knew the only guy who could beat me is Henderson, and he showed a few days ago that he is going great. I'm happy with second and I am happy for him to win the race."
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- And the men are off!
- The men head towards downtown Philly.
- Stringing out along the roundabout.
- City Hall provides the backdrop for the mens field.
- Making it to Manayunk.
- Philly's finest have some fun on "the wall".
- CSC leads up the steepest section of the wall.
- David O'Laughlin (Navigators) helped drive the break today.
- Helping hands on the wall.
- The break makes its way to the top.
- A bunch comes up the infamous wall.
- TIAA-CREF leads a group up the climb.
- An AEG-Toshiba-Jet Network rider attacks the climb.
- Plenty of beer was flowing today in Manayunk.
- Riders come off the wall.
- Teamwork.
- Navigators comes to the front to control things.
- The men's field makes its way up Lemon Hill.
- CSC decided it was time to bring back the break.
- Mike Jones (Health Nnet) and Dustin MacBurney (TargeTraining) doing some work in the break.
- Tim Johnson (Health Net) does his turn at the front.
- The men come back to Lemon Hill.
- Dustin MacBurney (TargeTraining) descends from the KOM.
- Danny Pate (TIAA-CREF) attacks with 2 laps to go.
- Chris Wherry (Toyota-United Pro) comes to the front for the sprinters.
- Greg Henderson (Health Net) just gets the win over Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team)
- Greg Henderson (Health Net) celebrates his second victory of Philly Week
- The final podium with Greg Henderson taking the top spot, Ivan Dominguez in 2nd and Oleg Grishkine in 3rd.
- Dustin MacBurnie (TargeTraining) takes the KOM honors.
Images by Zui Hanafusa/www.miyashojicycling.org
- David O'Loughlin (Navigators) worked hard in the break
- Who can stop the CSC crew? The red, black and white army was back in force for Philly
- It's Hendo by a nose in the sprint finish
- The men's podium (l-r): Ivan Dominguez, Greg Henderson and Oleg Grishkine
Images by FJ Hughes/FJ Hughes Photo
- David O'Loughlin (far left) worked hard with his breakaway companions
- The breakaway managed to get a lead of over ten minutes
- What a great site! The colourful peloton heading up one of America's best races
- One of the Rite Aid crew makes his way up the Manyunck wall
- CSC was dominant in their quest for another way
- Chris Wherry (Toyota-United Pro) leads the peloton
- Ohhh, yeah! Greg Henderson celebrates a strong win in Philly
Images by Roger Miller/www.LucidMusic.com
- Jacob Fetty tries an early escape in the first lap of the 22nd annual Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, June 11th
- The peloton at the start of the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, June 11th 2006.
- A breakaway group of Chad Hartley, Bill Elliston, Michael Jones and David O'Loughlin attempt to hold their lead at the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship on Sunday, June 11th.
- Coverage of the breakaway during the Philly classic
- The peloton organises a chase as the race progresses
- Riders eye the road ahead
- Team CSC leads the charge to pull the breakaway group back into the peloton
- The days of the break are numbered as the peloton can see it down this straight
- Fans cheer the peloton during the final big lap in Philly
- Danny Pate attempts a solo break late in the race.
- Ivan Stevic and Tony Cruz of the Toyota-United Pro squad the set pace for the breakaway capture, setting up teammates Ivan Dominguez and JJ Haedo to place second and fourth respectively.
- Tony Cruz leads the Toyota-United Pro Team up to the breakaway group in Sunday's race
- Last year's USPRO champ, Chris Wherry (right) and teammate Ivan Stevic (left) lead their teammates into the final half lap. Toyata-United Teammates Ivan Dominguez and JJ Haedo both placed in the top five
- Greg Henderson (r, Health Net-Maxxis) passes Ivan Dominguez (c, Toyota-United) just before the finish to win the 22nd Philadelphia International Cycling Championship
- Health Net's Greg Henderson celebrates winning the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship
- Flying kiwi Greg Henderson just after winning the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship
- Well done, lads! Ivan Dominguez (l) Greg Henderson (c) and Oleg Grichkine (r) on the podium after a great day's racing at one of America's best races
Results
1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6.13.53 2 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 5 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 6 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 9 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 11 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 14 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 15 Trent Wilson (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team 16 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 17 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Priority Health Cycling Team 18 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 19 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 20 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 22 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 23 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 24 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 25 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 26 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 28 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Team Monex 29 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.18 30 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.46 31 Brent Brookwalter (USA) Priority Health 32 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.37 33 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.53 34 Curtis Gunn (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkware 6.54 35 Wilson Marentes (Col) Colombian national team 36 Justin Spinelli (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com 37 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld 38 Andrew Guptill (USA) TargeTraining 39 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 40 Austin King (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team 41 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) CSC 42 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 43 Francois Parisien (Can) Team TIAA-CREF 44 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly 45 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 46 Julio Garcia (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 47 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 48 Brian Jenson (USA) Jelly Belly 49 Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 50 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 51 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 53 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 54 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 55 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 56 Yovanny Torres (Col) Colombian national team 8.08 57 Chris Frederick (USA) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 58 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 59 Diego Montoya (Col) Colombian national team 10.17 60 Michael Norton (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com 61 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Team Monex 62 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team 12.25 63 Tim Henry (USA) 64 Emile Abraham (Tri) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 65 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining Cycling Team 66 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 67 Alexander Boyd (USA) VMG Racing 68 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining Cycling Team 69 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 70 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 71 Hugh Moran (USA) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 72 Glen Fant (USA) Team Monex DNS Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team DNS Zachary Taylor (USA) VMG Racing DNF Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis DNF Michael Jones (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis DNF Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis DNF Viktor Laza (SCG) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team DNF Eric Keim (USA) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team DNF Predrag Prokic DNF Jake Rubelt (USA) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team DNF Frank Travieso (Cub) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team DNF Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld DNF Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld DNF Jonathon Page (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling DNF Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling DNF Jairo Salas (Col) Colombian national team DNF Gerardo Rodrguez (Col) Colombian national team DNF Francisco Colorado (Col) Colombian national team DNF Alexis Rojas Diaz (Col) Colombian national team DNF Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC DNF Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Nick Riestad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Jeff Hopkins (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team DNF Evan Elken (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team DNF Neil Shirley (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team DNF Marc Anderson (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team DNF Philip Wong (USA) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team DNF Peter Hatton (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team DNF Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling DNF Jason Allen (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling DNF Dan Schmatz (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling DNF David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling DNF Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling DNF Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Monex DNF Emanuel Suarez (USA) Team Monex DNF Devon Vigus (USA) Team Monex DNF Nathan Miller (USA) Team Monex DNF Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Frank Wierstra (Ned) Netherlands national team DNF Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Netherlands national team DNF Frank Kwanten (Ned) Netherlands national team DNF Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands national team DNF Thad Dulin (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com DNF Jacob Fetty (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com DNF Jonathan Hamblen (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com DNF David Werling (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com DNF Todd Yezefski (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com DNF Adam Myerson (USA) Nerac/OutdoorLights.com DNF Jake Rytlewski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team DNF Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team DNF Robbie King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team DNF Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team DNF Christoph Herby (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Bradley Viera (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Russ Langley (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Joshua Taylor (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Ryan Dewald (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF John Delong (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Mike Beers (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Peter Penzell (USA) Rite Aid Pro Cycling DNF Tom Flammang (Lux) Team Sparkasse DNF Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse DNF Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse DNF Stefan Loffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse DNF Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse DNF Matthew Shriver (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team DNF Josh Bezecny (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team DNF Eneas Freyre (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team DNF Bill Elliston (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team DNF William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF DNF Chad Hartley (USA) Team TIAA-CREF DNF Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF DNF Zachary Bolian (USA) VMG Racing DNF Rudy Robaina (USA) VMG Racing DNF Todd Henriksen (USA) VMG Racing DNF Lee Farmer (NZl) VMG Racing DNF Spencer Beamer (USA) VMG Racing DNF Ryan Barnett (USA) DNF Jed Schneider (USA) DNF Jon Atkins (USA) DNF David Guttenplan (USA) DNF Andrew Miller (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkware DNF Adam Livingston (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkware DNF Ryan Yee (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkware DNF Daniel Ramsey (USA) Successfulliving.com presented by Parkware DSQ Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Netherlands national team King of the mountains 1 Dustin Macburnie (Can) Targetraining Cycling Team 67 pts 2 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 28 3 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 16 4 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 11 5 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10 6 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Targetraining Cycling Team 5 7 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 5 8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5 10 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 11 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 3 12 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 13 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 14 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Commerce Bank Triple Crown final standings 1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 108 pts 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 86 3 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling 80 4 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 70 5 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 48 6 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 33 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 25 8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 24 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 20 10 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 20 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 17 12 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 16 13 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15 14 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 14 15 Emile Abraham (Tri) AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 12 16 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 17 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 11 18 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 10 19 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8 20 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8 21 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines Cycling 8 22 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 23 Trent Wilson (Aus) The Jittery Joe's-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team 6 24 Frank Pipp (USA) Targetraining Cycling Team 4 25 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 3
