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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 16-22, 2007
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Stage 6 - April 21: Lake Lanier Islands/Hall Co. to Stone Mountain Park , 182.9km
Fast Freddie makes up for slow spring in Georgia
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Stone Mountain Park, Georgia
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Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) usually ends his spring racing campaign with the Tour de Georgia, enjoying a race at home with his family looking on. This year, riding well here was slightly more important to the California native as he battled sickness for most of the spring. "I have won more stages than anyone else here but I've been kind of quiet because I have been coming back from being sick," he said. "It has just been in the last couple of weeks coming back on form. I didn't even know myself how good I was going to feel [here.]"
But the multiple-time USPRO champion usually finds a way - and today it was right up the middle of the road, sprinting from the pack at 150 metres to claim his fourth stage win in the fifth edition of the race.
"In sprinting you win one and you lose lots so I was happy to win one here," he continued. "I would say this stage is hard because of the hills before the finish so it suited my style of racing if it is hard." The hills Rodriguez referred to come in the final circuit finish - a tough 12.5 kilometre (7.8 mile) loop around Stone Mountain Park in the suburbs east of Atlanta. The final three kilometres have two 150 foot elevations changes and a fast, sweeping downhill turn at 550 metres before a straight drag to the finish.
The other two usual suspects, Juan Jose Haedo (CSC) and Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) were too little, too late on the line. "I was behind JJ coming at one kilometre to go," Dominguez told Cyclingnews after the stage. "We were like 20 people behind and we started passing guys from the last corner like nothing! I saw the finish coming, coming and I said, 'I have to go!' But making the decision and thinking... it was too late. We got to the top two guys in like two seconds but Freddie was going - we came almost next to him, but we should have gone at 250 metres to go."
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Haedo was a little closer at the line, throwing his bike for second to Dominguez's fourth - with Freddie holding on with a bike throw as well. However, it was clear that Haedo and Dominguez were at a disadvantage with their two teams tired from doing all of the chasing of the day's main breakaway. "We were hoping to have someone out there so that the guys could just sit on the wheels," said CSC director sportif Dan Frost. "We knew we could pull them back, but it's a matter of pulling them back at the right moment. Our guys were pulling a lot at the end and it is not easy for them to also help J.J. We also had a flat tyre and problem with Matt Goss' bike, and we had talked about using Matt to bring up J.J., but we could not do that with him back in the peloton."
"The guys did a lot of work today and I wish I could have been in better position," said Haedo. "I still tried hard and I tried my best but it wasn't enough again. The whole day it was CSC and Toyota-United [on the front]. Toyota-United is one of the strongest teams here and they don't have any reason to be ashamed of their race here. We did all the work the whole stage." Even though he did not take the stage win, Haedo does take over the points jersey, but is just one point over Rodriguez. Haedo said he was not yet sure if the team would be working to keep it into tomorrow's final stage around Atlanta. "We will see if the guys still want to work for me or if they want to take it easy one day. I am only one point in front of Freddy and so I will need to finish in front of him."
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Also on the line was the current USPRO champion George Hincapie (Discovery Channel,) obviously mending well from his crash at the Tour of California in February. Even though his team is charged with the task of defending the leader's jersey, resting on Janez Brajkovic's shoulders, he was given the green light once inside three kilometres. "It was safe for me to go for the sprint when Janez was within the three-kilometre mark," he said. "I wasn't too worried either after seeing Christian working for JJ in the sprint. I think [these stages are] a really good time for the rest of the team and I am really thinking positively about the races that I've got left cause I haven't raced in a while and I'm excited about getting back in the game."
The main breakaway was a trio of riders - two Belgians, Olivier Kaisen (Predictor-Lotto) and Maarten Wynants (Quick Step-Innergetic,) and a Kiwi/Aussie who lives in Belgium, Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance.) The three went clear about eighty kilometres after a very fast and combative start to the stage, and held their lead all the way onto the closing circuits. "I just tried to get in the moves all day," said Chadwick. "I was in the first big move that went but someone wasn't happy with it so it came back. Then a group of twenty of us got away but there were a lot of sprinters in there, and I was the only one that wasn't, so my team started to chase it back. Through the feed zone the two Belges went and I the rest of the break sorta sat-up so I went after them. It took about a kilometre to get across."
Even though the three riders worked rather evenly all day, Wynants put in a few long pulls and rode away solo in the end to earn the most aggressive rider of the day. However Chadwick is not too concerned with not being named most aggressive. "I'll get it eventually!" he said. And he may be correct, having suffered for a long time in a break on stage two, and the media yet to vote on an overall most aggressive rider for the week.
How it unfolded
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Sunny skies again gave the riders ideal racing conditions as they set off from Lake Lanier for a southern ride before turning west to the finish at Stone Mountain Park. However, the race organiser insured a fast start to the stage, placing the first sprint line just a few miles from the end of the neutral section. The riders were taunted with the five kilometre to sprint sign place before the zero kilometre mark of the stage. On the line it was Karl Menzies (Health Net-Maxxis) taking out the points and an additional $2,000 offered by the local community.
The high speed of the peloton continued after this with breaks forming and dissolving faster than the officials could write down bib numbers. Finally, a break of two made it away (and easier for the officials to track) with David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) trading pulls with Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance.) The two only managed to get 30 seconds on the field, but still gave it the old college try. With no other riders bridging and the field chasing hard, Lagutin drifted back to the field while Millar soloed on for a few more kilometres.
Eight kilometres later a hefty group of 20 riders, many of them team leaders, rolled off the front. However, with too many sprinters and numbers, it was not easy to organise and the peloton reformed. A little later another large break formed - but through the feed zone the impetus waned. Off the front Olivier Kaisen (Predictor-Lotto) and Maarten Wynants (Quick Step-Innergetic) made a move that no other rider seemed to be interested in - except for Glen Chadwick (Navigators) who bridged across. The three then settled in for about 80 kilometres of work.
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Also for the next 80 kilometres, CSC and Toyota-United worked - at first to keep the break within a reasonable distance, and second to time the catch to dissuade any counter-attacks. The break did manage around six minutes at one point, but after that it was a steady drop to two minutes entering the larger and difficult finishing circuits.
The trio survived the first lap, but were caught soon after on the second, with Wynants giving a last-ditch solo effort to earn him the most aggressive rider award. From there, CSC and Toyota-United continued the pace-making, with Health Net-Maxxis also finally joining in. A few solo attacks came from various Health Net riders, including Kirk O'Bee. "We were trying to soften up CSC on those few little kickers, maybe take off some of their lead-out guys," he said. Even though he was understandably tired from the effort, he still managed a smile, saying: "It was a fun circuit!"
Ivan Stevic even gave a little solo attack while covering one of the many Health Net moves. But an even bigger surprise was seeing Discovery Channel's Tom Danielson and Levi Leipheimer on the front up the hill towards the one kilometre mark, working for George Hincapie. "We were hoping the hill in the last kilometre would be a little bit harder," said Hincapie. "We tried to do something [because] I have been feeling better everyday here."
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But over the top of the one kilometre flag it was all together, with the field single file around the hard 90-degree turn just over 500 metres from the line. "I followed an attack through the one-kilometre to go sign and we toughed it over that," said Rodriguez. "I think that took the edge off of the others. I went over the top with George Hincapie and at that point I was looking for the right wheel. Health Net came by and I jumped on their train. Coming through the last corner I was third wheel and then they stalled on their lead out. I saw 200-metres to go and I felt the sprint coming from behind so I went and was able to hold off Haedo by half a bike wheel."
There were no other changes to the leaders jerseys today, with Janez Brajkovic sitting comfortably at 15th wheel all day and no KOMs for Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net-Maxxis) to defend. Tomorrow's final stage is a circuit race around downtown Atlanta, beginning and finishing near Centennial Olympic Park. Follow along with Grover and the Cyclingnews live coverage of the conclusion to the Tour de Georgia, starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Fast Freddy Rodriguez takes it on a bike throw
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) happy to sign some autographs for the fans.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) rounds out the team autograph collection for this fan.
- The bunch rolls out past Lake Lanier.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) heads up an early break.
- Lots of farmland along todays course.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) keeps his head down trying to make the break stick.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) spends another day in yellow.
- Ben Day (Navigators) having a little trouble with his gears during the day.
- A covered bridge along the course.
- A fan spends some time keeping race pace.
- The main group gets strung out while on the chase.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream) decides it's time to try to get away.
- Toyota-United and Discovery come to the front.
- Another break tries to get up the road.
- The break powers along.
- The mystery continues...where's Grover?
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) riding comfortably in the bunch.
- The group gets a little bunched up.
- Toyota-United and CSC start to work.
- The chase really starts to go hard.
- The peloton heads into Stone Mountain State Park.
- Olivier Kaisen (Predictor-Lotto) worked hard in the break that almost stayed away.
- Glen Chadwick (Navigators) spent another day working hard off the front.
- Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) takes the stage win.
- Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) happy about the day.
- The jersey leaders heading into the final day.
Images by Phoenix Sports Technology
- The sprint between Freddy Rodriguez (Predictor Lotto) and JJ Haedo (CSC) was close...
- ...no matter which way you look at it.
Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com
- The mobile announcers ride in the caravan to call the action to the crowds.
- Saunier Duval bikes ready to go.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) signs autographs
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) on his way to the sign in.
- The peloton approaches the first sprint as seen from the Mavic car.
- The Mavic car exchanges a wheel with the Mavic moto on the go.
- The break: Olivier Kaisen (Predictor-Lotto), Maarten Wyants (Quick Step), and Glen Alan Chadwick (Navigators).
- Olivier Kaisen (Predictor-Lotto) drives the break.
- Ryder Hejedal (Health Net) in the King of the Mountains jersey gets his reward.
- The Jersey winners from Stage 6 are presented.
Images by Doug Gravino/www.southeasterncycling.com
- With some gold bling, Saunier Duval-Prodir really knows how to pimp out its Scott bikes.
- Due to his injury at Redlands, Jittery Joe's Cesar Grajales still needs a little pre-race bandaging.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) gets his morning cup of coffee in the start area.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff) arrives at the sign-in area.
- You can't have a Tour de Georgia without some fiddle music on the podium.
- Stage winner Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) and his son Aidan surrounded by second placed JJ Haedo (Team CSC) and third placed George Hincapie (Discovery Channel).
- Aidan Rodriguez and Julia Hincapie share the podium with their famous fathers.
- The media are out in force for the 2007 Tour de Georgia.
- The fans at Stone Mountain, Georgia enjoy watching the awards ceremony after Stage 6.
- Jersey winners (L-R): JJ Haedo (Team CSC), Maarten Wynants (Quick Step - Innergetic), Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), and Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net).
- Fast Freddie Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) is happy about his win at the post-race press conference.
- Last year's winner Floyd Landis speaks to reporters about...well...you know the rest.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Photographers capture the peloton from a train tressle
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) flies past the camera
- The peloton approaches the feedzone
- Brajkovic rides along in his yellow jersey
- Brajkovic in yellow on the penultimate stage
- A horse and rider cheer the passing peloton
- The peloton snakes along one of Georgia's rural highways
- The bunch exits a covered bridge
- George Hincapie is showing form after coming back from a broken wrist
- Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) wins with a bike throw
- The peloton passes Stone Mountain monument
Results
1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 4.04.00 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 9 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 10 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 14 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 16 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 17 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 20 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 21 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 25 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 26 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 27 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 29 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 34 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 35 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 37 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 38 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 40 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 41 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 43 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 44 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 45 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 46 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 47 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 48 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 50 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 51 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 52 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 53 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 54 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 55 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 57 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 58 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 60 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 61 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 62 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 63 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 64 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 65 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 67 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 69 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 70 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 72 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 73 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 74 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 75 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 76 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 79 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 80 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 81 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 83 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 84 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 85 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 86 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 87 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream 88 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 89 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 90 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 91 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 92 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 93 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 94 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 95 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 96 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 97 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.28 98 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.39 99 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.23 100 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.52 101 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 102 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6.05 103 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 104 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 105 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 106 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 107 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 108 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team Sprint 1 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 Sprint 2 1 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 pts 2 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 Sprint 3 - finish 1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 15 pts 2 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 12 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 6 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 4 8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 9 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2 10 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Young rider 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.04.00 2 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 3 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 4 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 6 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 7 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 9 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 10 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 11 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 12 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 14 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 15 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 16 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 17 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 18 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.52 19 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 20 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 6.05 21 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.12.00 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Jittery Joe's 4 Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 Predictor-Lotto 6 Prodir-Saunier Duval 7 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team 8 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell 9 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis 10 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 BMC Racing Team 12 Team CSC 13 USA Cycling National Development Team 14 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle 15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team General classification after stage 6 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.01.03 2 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.12 3 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.04 4 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.06 5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.22 6 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.35 7 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 6.00 8 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 6.59 9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 10.08 10 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.15 11 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 12.26 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.48 13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.57 14 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 27.15 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 28.21 16 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 28.55 17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 29.09 18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 29.55 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.00 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.13 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 30.37 22 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.49 23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.50 24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 31.30 25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31.35 26 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 32.37 27 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 32.59 28 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 33.06 29 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 33.20 30 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33.44 31 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 33.53 32 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 34.06 33 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.08 34 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 34.16 35 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.17 36 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 35.07 37 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 35.47 38 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 36.05 39 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36.06 40 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 36.17 41 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36.44 42 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 36.53 43 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 36.54 44 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 45 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 37.18 46 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 37.25 47 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 37.30 48 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 37.51 49 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream 38.23 50 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 38.28 51 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 38.29 52 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38.34 53 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 38.41 54 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 38.46 55 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.18 56 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 39.23 57 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 39.25 58 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 40.08 59 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 40.18 61 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 40.29 62 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.31 63 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 40.46 64 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 40.58 65 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 41.38 66 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 41.52 67 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 42.04 68 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 42.19 69 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 42.22 70 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 44.24 71 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 44.41 72 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 44.44 73 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44.48 74 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 45.04 75 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 76 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 45.10 77 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 45.33 78 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.35 79 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 45.47 80 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 46.08 81 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 46.10 82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 46.24 83 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.03 84 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.54 85 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 48.15 86 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 48.51 87 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 49.53 88 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50.12 89 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50.20 90 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 50.26 91 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 50.38 92 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 50.41 93 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 51.28 94 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 51.33 95 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 51.59 96 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 52.06 97 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 52.47 98 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 52.52 99 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 53.46 100 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 55.31 101 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 55.45 102 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 56.02 103 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 57.22 104 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 57.43 105 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 58.37 106 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.03.23 107 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 1.04.16 108 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 1.07.16 Sprint classification 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 26 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 25 3 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 16 6 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 15 7 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 14 9 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 11 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 13 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 12 14 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 18 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 10 19 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 9 20 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 9 21 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 22 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 23 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 25 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 26 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 5 27 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 29 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 4 30 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 4 31 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 32 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 4 33 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 34 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 35 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 36 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 37 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3 38 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2 39 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 40 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1 41 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 42 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 43 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 1 Mountains classification 1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 18 pts 2 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 16 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 4 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 5 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11 7 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 8 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 10 9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 9 10 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 8 11 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 14 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 6 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 6 16 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 17 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 18 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 19 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 4 20 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3 21 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 22 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 23 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.01.03 2 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.22 3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 10.08 4 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.15 5 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 32.37 6 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 33.06 7 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 33.53 8 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 38.28 9 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 38.41 10 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 40.58 11 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 42.19 12 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 42.22 13 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 45.33 14 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.03 15 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 49.53 16 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 50.41 17 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 51.28 18 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 51.59 19 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 52.52 20 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 53.46 21 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.03.23 22 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 1.04.16 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69.25.22 2 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis 8.42 3 Prodir-Saunier Duval 10.42 4 Quick Step-Innergetic 21.25 5 Team CSC 36.38 6 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle 45.21 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 46.23 8 BMC Racing Team 46.29 9 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team 51.24 10 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1.23.24 11 Predictor-Lotto 1.24.43 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.35.14 13 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell 1.35.28 14 USA Cycling National Development Team 1.37.05 15 Jittery Joe's 1.45.22 Back to top
