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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 16-22, 2007
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Stage 1 - April 16: Peachtree City to Macon, 153km
Tinkoff rides the wind to a win
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Macon, Georgia
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The first stage of the Tour de Georgia got off to a quick start today thanks to the strong "nor' easter" storm in the upper Atlantic states, which resulted in strong southeasterly winds reaching all the way down to Georgia. With a southeast parcours to match the result was a stage averaging 46.5 kilometres per hour. The other result was that the peloton miscalculated the catch of the typical early breakaway, allowing Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) to escape and survive solo to the line, taking the first leader's jersey of the race.
"My impression of American racing is positive," he said afterwards. "I raced here in 2005 and I am happy to be back. It is a really well organised event. The roads are great and there are no cars blocking the race. The race is fantastic and it was great for the Tinkoff team to have a win today."
Contrini crashed at Milan-San Remo and had a hard time training since then, according to his director. "He damaged his spine and back. He has not been able to train too hard until a short time ago. We are very happy with his win in light of his fitness and accident last month."
Contrini's teammate and team leader Tyler Hamilton was all smiles, happy for the team's win - something he says is important for the team in the US market. "It is an important market for Tinkoff Credit Systems," he said. "We were on the waiting list and weren't sure if we were going to get into the race but I am really happy that we did."
"Our director Dimetri was in the car following Contrini and that was great. He was a great rider too and just recently retired at the end of last year. He was the one who was behind telling Contrini exactly what to do and exactly where to attack and when. It proved to be very useful because Contrini was able to get away every time and win the race."
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Health Net-Maxxis' Doug Ollerenshaw, second on the day, said that he was surprised Contrini was able to ride away from the break in the end. "It was a really hard break and I really wanted to hang on for the finish after all that. Daniele was very strong today and incredible. He did about eighty percent of the work bridging across to Rapinski initially and then kept taking huge pulls all the way to the end. I thought for sure he wasn't going to have anything left for the finish but he proved to be really strong."
Navigators Insurance had the slight advantage in the break today with two riders. But Rapinski's 40 kilometre solo effort negated the advantage in the end. "We wanted to be aggressive today and there are a lot of guys in the race that can do well in GC," said fellow break rider Ben Day. "We wanted to take an opportunity to gain an advantage over some of the top guys on the ProTour teams [with] as many guys in the break as possible. Doug and I did a good job working together to catch Daniele but in the end we couldn't do it. But I want to congratulate everyone in the break because we all did a good job out there today."
Contrini holds both the overall and sprint lead, with twenty-one seconds over second-place Ollerenshaw. Day sits in third place seven more seconds behind, while the rest of the field is a little more than one minute behind.
How it unfolded
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The riders had a short roll across the highway from their hotel to the start line at the Peachtree City town hall. In fact, some riders were early enough that they sat on the lawn in front of the building, sipping coffee, and chatting away with fans. It was essentially "have a picnic with Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton and friends."
But the strong winds swirling around the start line was already having an impact, blowing tents and banners all over the place. Luckily for the riders, the race course was pointing mostly southeast, almost the same direction as the wind. From the opening kilometers the attacks ensued, mostly from the domestic teams looking to get in the early move. Adam Bergman (Colavita-Sutter Home) started the action with a solo attack. Jeff Louder (Health Net-Maxxis) and Austin King (Jittery Joe's) also tried moves, but in vain. These teams, along with Toyota-United and the European Professional Continental Tinkoff team, represented the early action.
A few kilometers later Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) jumped away with Viktor Rapinski (Navigators Insurance), Jonathan Garcia (BMC), Trent Wilson and Evan Elken (Jittery Joe's), Matt Goss (Team CSC), Christophe Brandt (Predictor-Lotto) and Hubert Schwab (Quick Step). This break hovered at 15 seconds and looked to have the riders to make it work, but again, the fast-moving peloton made short work of the uncooperative break.
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As the break fell apart Rapinski decided to go it alone just 50 kilometres into the race, and the peloton seemed to be content to let him have some rope. The strong eastern-European quickly rode the tailwind to a two minute lead heading into the first intermediate sprint, which he subsequently won with ease.
Behind him the peloton sprinted for the other places, which in turn, launched a bridging group of four consisting of Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) and Mike Sayers (BMC). Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe's) tried some time later to cross the gap, but never quite made it. Into the feed zone the chasing group was only thirty seconds behind Rapinski who sat up to wait for the additional help.
Back in the peloton the motivation did not seem to be urgent, which could have been a lack of time splits, according to Toyota-United's Chris Wherry. "Viktor went away by himself and nobody cares about a guy going away by himself, even with a tailwind," he said. "The other group went away after the sprint - the guys were sprinting and just kept it rolling. Everyone looked around and decided to let it go. We weren't getting time splits from the race organisers, so it was hard to tell if we were gaining or losing time. Then the first time split I heard was six minutes. I think that was the number one factor today - the miscommunication. We wanted a group sprint today, and I think things got a little overestimated. "
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The gap kept rising and at one point was reported to be near eight minutes - about the time that the peloton usually begins to take things seriously. A few teams looked to be trying to motivate the peloton to pull some time back. "CSC started chasing but then immediately pulled off," said Wherry. "Then Discovery started and we chucked in."
But the gap did not come down very quickly - thanks in large part to the fierce tailwind. "When you are going 60 km/h in a tailwind, it is hard to go 65," said Wherry. "The break is going as fast as everyone else!"
Eventually, Discovery Channel and Slipstream-Chipotle seemed to put a few riders on the front which ate away at the gap. But it was too much, and the break began to see Macon off in the distance. As the group of five entered the finishing circuits in Macon, the gap was still more than two minutes, and the organisers worried about spacing issues on the 2.55 mile circuit. However, a crash in the peloton just before the circuits slowed things down. "The first thing I saw after the crash was the ground," said Priority Health's Garrett Peltonen. No riders were seriously injured and all finished.
"We worked really evenly coming into the circuits and the first time up the climb Daniele attacked which got rid of Rapinski," said Ollerenshaw.
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"I attacked over the hill and got away," said Contrini. "The other riders were very strong but it was up to me in the final to do what ever I could to win." Mike Sayers had also dropped away at this point and it was only Day and Ollerenshaw left to chase.
"Daniele then pulled the entire lap before the climb again," Ollerenshaw continued. "The second time up the climb I opened a gap from Contrini to make Ben Day work and that's when Daniele attacked us and got away. All he needed was that ten metre gap. He kept taking time out of us all the way to the line."
Contrini looked strong as he rode away, staying mostly in the drops. The final lap up the cobbled Plum Street climb he only got out of the saddle once to turn over his big ring. On the descent back to the finish Contrini was looking over his shoulder, starting to realise that he had stolen the stage from the sprinters.
Following Contrini was Ollerenshaw easily taking the sprint for second with Day holding on for third. Health Net's Ryder Hesjedal led the peloton in for fourth, more than a minute behind the leader.
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Photography
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- George Hincapie (Discovery) signs autographs at the start.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) back racing in the US.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) has a chat with Levi Leipheimer (Discovery).
- Riders pass through the first sprint town of Zebulon, GA.
- The bunch gets strung out going after the break.
- Nice farmland amongst the Georgia countryside.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet) and Danny Pate (Slipstream) have a chat on the road.
- Viktor Rapinski (Navigators) leads the break of the day.
- The bunch taking it easy mid-way through the day.
- Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) has a chat with the team car.
- Viktor Rapinski (Navigators) and Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet) doing the work on the front.
- Riders pass an old mill along the route.
- Navgators comes to the front.
- Viktor Rapinski (Navigators) tried his best to make something happen today.
- The breaks gets up to five minutes ahead of the bunch.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet) leads Mike Sayers (BMC).
- The group races alongside some rail cars earlier in the day.
- CSC comes to the front to bring the break a little closer.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet) driving the break.
- The main group meandering along.
- Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) coming to the front to drive the pace.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet) spending lots of time up front.
- Discovery starts to come to the front after the feed zone.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet)
- Toyota-United coming to the front for the sprint.
- Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
- Ryder Hesjedal (HealthNet)
- Italy's Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) takes victory on the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Georgia.
- Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The peloton cruising through scenic Georgia countryside.
- Hopefully there were no fires in the race's vicinity today.
- Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) powers away in the break.
- There was little impetus in the peloton for an organised chase.
- Discovery Channel eventually came forward to keep the gap manageable.
- Contrini attacks Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet) and Mike Sayers (BMC) on the finishing circuits.
- The Italian was exceptionally strong on the final lap.
- Daniele Contrini takes victory on stage one in Macon.
- Ben Day (Navigators) crosses for third.
- Contrini is the first leader of the 2007 Tour de Georgia.
- All that suffering was worthwhile...
Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com
- The remnants of the day's break: Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff), Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) and Viktor Rapinski (Navigators) enter the finishing circuits in Macon.
- Toyota United came to the front and chased to try to bring the break back.
- Scott Moniger (BMC) concentrates.
- Danile Contrini (Tinkoff) looks back to see how far ahead he is.
- Ivan Stevic (Toyota United) digs deep to lead the chase.
- Levi Leiphemier (Discovery Channel) sits in the pack.
- Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff) salutes the crowd as he crosses the finish line.
- Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net) wins the field sprint.
- The stage podium (l-r): third placed Ben Day (Navigators), winner Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff) and second placed Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net).
- Best young rider Tommy Nankervis (Jittery Joe's) could get used to this!
- Kevin Livingston translates via cell phone for Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff) at the press conference.
- Tyler Hamilton faces tough questions from the media at his first race in the US since serving his doping suspension.
Results
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.24.26 (46.55 km/h) 2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.21 3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.28 4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.07 5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 11 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 14 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 15 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 23 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 24 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 26 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 28 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 29 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 30 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 33 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 34 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 35 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 37 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 38 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 40 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 43 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 44 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 45 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 46 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50 David McCann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 51 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 52 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 53 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 54 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 55 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 57 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 58 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 59 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 61 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 62 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 63 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 66 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 67 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 68 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 69 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 70 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 72 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 74 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 75 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 76 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 77 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 78 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 79 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 81 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream 83 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 84 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 87 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 88 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 89 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 90 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 91 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 92 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 93 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 94 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 95 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 96 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 97 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 98 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 1.49 99 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1.54 101 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.15 102 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.44 103 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 104 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 4.56 105 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 106 Brian Dziewa (USA) USA National Development Team 107 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 108 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 109 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 5.44 110 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 6.40 111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 113 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 114 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 115 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 7.01 116 Remmert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.51 Sprints 1 1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 3 3 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 2 1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 3 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 3 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Points 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 pts 2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12 3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 2 10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Teams 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.15.32 2 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis 0.21 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.28 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07 5 Predictor-Lotto 6 Team CSC 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Jittery Joe's 9 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle 10 BMC Racing Team 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12 Prodir-Saunier Duval 13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team 14 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell 15 USA Cycling National Development Team 1.49 General classification after stage one 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.24.11 2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.29 3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.38 4 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 1.20 5 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.21 6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.22 7 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 12 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 16 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 17 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 25 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 26 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 27 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 28 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 30 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 31 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 32 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 35 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 36 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 38 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 39 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 40 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 41 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 42 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 44 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 46 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 47 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 49 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 52 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 53 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 54 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 55 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 56 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 57 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 58 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 59 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 60 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 61 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 62 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 63 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 66 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 67 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 68 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 69 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 70 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 72 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 74 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 75 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 76 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 77 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 78 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 79 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 80 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 81 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream 83 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 84 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 87 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 88 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 89 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 90 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 91 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 92 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 93 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 94 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 95 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 96 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 97 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 98 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 2.04 99 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.09 101 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.22 102 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.59 103 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 104 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 5.11 105 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 106 Brian Dziewa (USA) USA National Development Team 107 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 108 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 109 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 5.59 110 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 6.55 111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 113 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 114 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 115 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 7.16 116 Remmert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.06 Points classification 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 pts 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13 3 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 6 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 9 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 3 10 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 11 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 2 12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 13 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Young rider classification 1 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 3.25.33 2 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 4 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 8 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 11 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 12 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 14 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 15 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 16 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 17 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 18 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 19 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 0.42 20 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.37 21 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 5.33 22 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team Team classification 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.15.32 2 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis 0.21 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.28 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07 5 Predictor-Lotto 6 Team CSC 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Jittery Joe's 9 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle 10 BMC Racing Team 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12 Prodir-Saunier Duval 13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team 14 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell 15 USA Cycling National Development Team 1.49
