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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 16-22, 2007
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Stage 7 - April 22: Atlanta circuit race, 107km
Haedo get his Georgia win and a jersey
Brajkovic claims overall win for Discovery
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Atlanta
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Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) came close to a stage win in yesterday's fast downhill field sprint, but could not make it past Freddie Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto.) However, the tables were turned in today's final stage as the last 250 metres tilted upwards, with Haedo powering past Rodriguez and Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) to add another win to his growing palmares.
"It was really tough in the last few hundred metres and I had to make sure I found the right wheel," Haedo told Cyclingnews. "I was in fourth wheel with one hundred metres to go and I knew that was pretty good because of the way the sprint worked out. It was still hard to pass Freddie and I think he went for too long but that is the way he plays. He had a perfect position for yesterday and went a little too early today."
Holding on for third place, behind Rodriguez and Haedo, was a non-traditional sprinter Lagutin. "I had the right position - the team put me in great position right on Freddie's wheel," he said. "But in the end the other guys were stronger. I did what I could but the other two were much faster."
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Coming in fourth was Toyota-United's Ivan Dominguez who just could not find the right timing this week in the sprints. "It was fast and hard," he said about the sprint finish. "I lost my guys in the last turn. The guy in front of J.J. locked his rear wheel and J.J. almost crashed. From there Caleb went down - he was in the right place for me but I had to go then. Yesterday I waited too long, today I went too soon."
"Someone locked their wheels up going through there and when me and Vogels came through there we had nowhere to go but straight into the gutter, over the handlebars and into the crowd," said Dominguez's teammate Caleb Manion. "The crash wasn't so bad but I was disappointed because I had good legs but I couldn't help Dominguez and the boys out for a win."
Even though Haedo told Cyclingnews earlier in the morning that the team goal was not to defend the points jersey, a small breakaway during the race ate up the three intermediate points - meaning that Haedo would only have to place within one place of Rodriguez in the finish. CSC also was clearly not working for the time bonuses that could vault second place overall Christian Vandevelde over Discovery Channel's Janez Brajkovic, with Vandevelde doing a lot of work to bring back the breakaways.
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"I was fortunate enough to get into that break in the last minute and take advantage of a good opportunity," said Vandevelde about stage three. "I had to play the biggest card that I had for this race and get on the podium. My team supported me one hundred percent after that and it was frustrating not being able to make back time. But luckily we have such a stud in J.J. to be able to pull of a win for us today!"
Still, the second overall is an impressive result for the American, who did not exactly have fond memories of cycling in Atlanta. "I would lie if I said I didn't have bad memories about riding around here. I was about to quit the sport after going to the Olympics and not making the team - it was really hard. We were a close knit group and there was a lot of pressure being in Atlanta. It is crazy how I used to live back then with my 12 dollar per diem and eating burrito's four times a day!"
But the man of the race was the young Slovenian rider Janez Brajkovic, who claimed his first win as a professional and this race's best young rider jersey for the second time. "For me personally this is a great success in my career so far and I am extremely happy," he said. "I wasn't even planning to be here so it is an amazing victory. To win this race by myself it would have been impossible. But with the team we had here they were amazing and did a lot of work in the last few days. I have to say thank you to them for helping me. For our team it is a great victory being a race in America racing for an American team, it is like winning a Spanish race for a Spanish team."
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Also claiming an overall jersey was Health Net-Maxxis' Ryder Hesjedal in the KOM. "We had some good efforts and a perfect race with out actually having a victory," he said. "I'm really happy to have this jersey after a hard race like this. It was all I could do to be happy with the race after having no GC hope. I wanted to be able to be as impressive as I could on the Brasstown Bald stage to show what I was capable of on the hardest day of the race. Now I can look at the race and be happy with it."
The most aggressive rider of the week, voted on by the entire media, was Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) for his persistent presence in breakaways. The most aggressive rider on the day was Cesar Grajales, who rode in the day's main breakaway of the day with Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) and Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health). Grajales, who crashed the other week at Redlands, rode the entire week with a separated shoulder, often wearing his right arm in a sling. "I came to do the race but I knew I wasn't going to be a contender for the GC. I wanted to do something for my team and come to race and finish."
But the main problem in today's hot day was the inability for Grajales to take any water hand-ups. "We had to grab the bottles for feeding from the right and I couldn't because of my separated shoulder. So that made today really hard."
How it unfolded
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The nearly 12 kilometre race course was quite a departure from the long rolling hills and smooth roads of northern Georgia for the first six stages. But the positive side of riding on an urban course, for many laps, was that the crowds, which were larger than the other stages, would see much more action.
Nine laps of a twisting and turning urban course, combined with a fast-moving peloton, all but assured things would end in a field sprint. Many attacks came and went as the group topped 60 kilometres per hour at times. Finally three riders seemed determined to spoil it for the sprinters: Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes), Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health) and Kirk O'bee (Health Net-Maxxis.) This was the break that finally managed to get away from the field - though never for very long.
Back in the field, the rough roads caused problems for more than a few riders, including race leader Brajkovic, who flatted with about 30 kilometres to go. Discovery Channel teammate Brian Vandborg immediately tried to swap his rear wheel with the race leader, but the change was not smooth. Luckily, the team dropped riders back to pace. "In a few seconds the whole team was at the back of the peloton waiting for me," he said. "It wasn't a problem and we were back up to the front of the group in a matter of minutes."
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Another rider, Ben Jacques-Maynes, suffered the same fate as Brajkovic, but did not have the good fortune of having a team waiting for him - only his two fellow break riders, with little more than two minutes separating them from the peloton. Even though Mavic was quickly on the scene, the chase in the back was in full swing, and he was swallowed up a few kilometres later.
With less than two laps to go the catch was in sight, with Grajales and O'Bee burying themselves to the end. But it was not to be and the field had them within twenty-five metres crossing the line with one lap to go. At that moment, David Millar surprisingly attacked the peloton, bringing a few opportunistic riders with him. "I was thinking of going for the sprint, but then thought even if I have an exceptional sprint I will be lucky to get third. So I'll attack to see what happens."
Millar bridged up to the two break riders with Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel), Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis) and Timmy Duggan (Slipstream-Chipotle.) "Millar attacked going into the start/finish and I got on a guy going after him," said Johnson. "We picked up the break a couple of kilometres later. Then it was just full throttle - these guys go pretty fast. 'Sparky' Danielson just stood up and zipped along - that helped us hold off the pack for a little while."
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Even with new life, the break was finally reeled in by CSC at about five kilometres to go. "It lasted a while - if we just had one or two strong guys we might have made it," said Millar. "Danielson was really strong - it was really just me and him."
The field then had to reorganize quickly, with two 90 degree turns in the final two kilometres, with the last one off-camber at 1.5 km. That is where the trouble occurred, with the high speeds of the sprint not mixing well with the downward-sloping turn. A few riders were taken down, but most of the field made it through, including the sprint favourites. The long flat drag past the one kilometre flag made it even more dramatic, as the field dove across to the inside barriers. Rodriguez took an inside line behind the TV moto, swinging to the middle at 250 metres when the road really kicked up.
Behind him was Lagutin, grimacing from the effort. But on the right side was Haedo, moving too fast for the others to catch.
Photography
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- JJ Haedo (CSC) takes the win ahead of Fast Freddy Rodriguez (Predictor Lotto) and Sergey Lagutin (Navigator's Insurance)
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) signs in at the beginning of the stage.
- Dave Zabriskie and Christian Vandevelde (CSC) waiting for the start.
- The Tour gets underway.
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health), Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) and Kirk O'Bee (Navigators) tried to get a break going early in the race.
- Atlanta provided the backdrop for the today's last stage.
- The group picks up the pace to bring back the break.
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) was on the gas all day.
- The group comes through on lap three.
- Toyota-United stay together in the bunch.
- Rolling through the finish area.
- CSC comes to the front to get things under control.
- Predictor-Lotto also helped keep things active today.
- A little bit of green in the city.
- The bunch leading into the uphill sprint.
- Team Discovery also took home the team classification.
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) took home the most aggressive rider jersey, even with his separated shoulder.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) overall winner with Christian Vandevelde (CSC) in second and David Canada (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in third.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) happy about his new trophy.
Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com
- The moto crew of the Tour de Georgia.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) signs autographs at the start.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) chats on the start line.
- The peloton could see the Atlanta skyline.
- Lucas Euser (Slipstream) stands on one of the course's many climbs.
- Daniele Contrini (Saunier Duval) hangs on.
- Hubert Schwab (Quick.Step) glances over his shoulder.
- CSC comes to the front to try to keep the group together for their sprinter JJ Haedo.
- Kirk O'Bee (Health Net) leads Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) in the break down a hill.
- JJ Haedo (CSC) wins stage seven.
- The stage winners: 3rd Sergey Lagutin (Navigators), Winner JJ Haedo (CSC), and 2nd place Freddy Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto).
- The overall jersey winners.
- The tradition of pouring the champagne over the winner's head.
- Overall winner Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) salutes the crowd from the podium.
Images by Doug Gravino/www.southeasterncycling.com
- Team CSC and Discovery on the front in downtown Atlanta.
- No horses or cows in today's photos as the peloton does nine circuits around downtown Atlanta.
- Riders speed onto historic Auburn Avenue in front of the Atlanta Flatiron Building.
- Young race leader Janez Brajkovic is protected in the peloton by super-domestiques George Hincapie and Tom Danielson.
- Team CSC's JJ Haedo beats Predictor-Lotto's Fast Freddie Rodriguez in the group sprint on the last stage of the 2007 Tour de Georgia.
- Stage seven winner JJ Haedo (Team CSC) flanked by 2nd placed Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) and 3rd placed Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance).
- The jersey winners: Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's), Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net), Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) and JJ Haedo (Team CSC).
- Young winner Janez Brajkovic gets doused with champagne by his Discovery teammate Levi Leipheimer as George Hincapie and Tom Danielson look on.
- Discovery's Janez Brajkovic proudly accepts the winners trophy for the 2007 Tour de Georgia.
- Overall winner Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) with 2nd placed Christian Vandevelde (Team CSC) and 3rd placed David Canada Gracia (Saunier Duval).
- Despite missing the yellow jersey by only 12 seconds, CSC's Christian Vandevelde is all smiles at the post-race press conference.
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) won the most aggressive rider jersey for stage seven after leading a long breakaway despite having a separated shoulder and broken wrist.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The final podium Canada, Brajkovic and Vandevelde
- The peloton speeds along past the Atlanta skyline
- Brajkovic salutes from the podium for the overall classification
- Ryder Hesjedal wears the KOM jersey
- JJ takes the uphill sprint
- Haedo wins the sprint
- Brajkovic also won the best young rider competition
- The podium for the jersey winners: Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's), Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net), Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) and JJ Haedo (Team CSC).
- Brajkovic gets support from Tom Danielson and Levi Leipheimer
Results
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 2.25.30 (44.329 km/h)
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance
4 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United
5 George Hincapie (USA) USA Discovery Channel
6 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
9 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's
10 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home
11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net
12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step
13 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home
14 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC
16 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC
17 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream
18 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
19 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team
20 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC
21 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team
22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC
23 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
24 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
26 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home
27 Preben Vanhecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
28 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home
29 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United
30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel
31 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC
32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net
33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir
34 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance
35 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
36 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream
37 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel
38 Kurtasle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
39 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net
40 Edward King (USA) Priority Health
41 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems
42 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step
43 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance
44 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC
45 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's
46 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
47 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net
48 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home
49 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
50 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team
51 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
52 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance
53 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net
54 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
55 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
56 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home
57 Nicholas Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team
58 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream
59 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's
60 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC
61 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC
62 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's
63 Cesar Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's
64 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home
65 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream
66 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net
67 Carty Jonathan Mc (USA) Team Slipstream 0.27
68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir
69 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home
70 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step
71 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step
72 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's
73 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC
74 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.40
75 Douglas Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net
76 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United 0.42
77 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health
78 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
79 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance
80 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
81 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
82 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
83 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
84 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
85 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
86 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health
87 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team
88 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream
89 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream
90 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
91 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
92 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
93 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United 0.56
94 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto
95 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United
96 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United
97 Christopher Wherry (USA) Toyota-United
98 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health
99 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream
100 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1.02
101 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's 1.06
102 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.09
103 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.19
104 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United
105 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 3.39
106 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net 4.22
Sprints
Sprint one (35.4 km)
1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 5 pts
2 Hecke Preben Van (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3
3 Cesar Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's 1
Sprint two (59 km)
1 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net 5 pts
2 Cesar Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's 3
3 Benjamin Jacquesmaynes (USA) Priority Health 1
Sprint three (82.6 km)
1 Cesar Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's 5 pts
2 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net 3
3 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1
Sprint four - finish
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 pts
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 12
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 10
4 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United 7
5 George Hincapie (USA) USA Discovery Channel 6
6 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health 5
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3
9 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's 2
10 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home 1
Young rider
1 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 2.25.30
2 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
4 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream
5 Edward King (USA) Priority Health
6 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step
7 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
8 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home
9 Nicholas Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team
10 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream
11 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's
12 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 0.27
13 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health 0.42
14 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
15 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team
16 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream
17 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
18 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
19 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream
20 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1.02
21 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.19
22 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 3.39
Teams
1 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team 7.16.30
2 BMC Racing Team
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
4 Team CSC
5 Quick Step-Innergetic
6 Tinkoff Credit Systems
7 Predictor-Lotto
8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
9 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
10 Prodir-Saunier Duval
11 USA Cycling National Development Team
12 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle
13 Jittery Joe's
14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
15 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell 0.42
Final General classification
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 25.26.33
2 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.12
3 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.04
4 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.06
5 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4.22
6 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 5.35
7 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net 6.00
8 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net 6.59
9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 10.08
10 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step 12.15
11 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 12.53
12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 24.48
13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 26.57
14 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net 27.15
15 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 28.55
16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 29.03
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net 29.09
18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 29.55
19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.00
20 George Hincapie (USA) USA Discovery Channel 30.13
21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 30.37
22 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 30.49
23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 30.50
24 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 31.28
25 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 31.30
26 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 32.37
27 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net 32.59
28 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 33.06
29 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 33.20
30 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 33.53
31 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 34.06
32 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 34.08
33 Cesar Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's 34.10
34 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 34.17
35 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 34.26
36 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC 35.07
37 Hecke Preben Van (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 36.03
38 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36.06
39 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 36.17
40 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 36.29
41 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 36.44
42 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC 36.53
43 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home 36.54
44 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
45 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 37.25
46 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 37.30
47 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 37.58
48 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step 38.18
49 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home 38.41
50 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 38.46
51 Carty Jonathan Mc (USA) Team Slipstream 38.50
52 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.10
53 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39.16
54 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United 39.25
55 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.59
56 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United 40.18
57 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United 40.21
58 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 40.29
59 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.31
60 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40.35
61 Douglas Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net 40.48
62 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 40.58
63 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 41.28
64 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home 41.38
65 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home 42.04
66 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 42.34
67 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 43.01
68 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health 43.04
69 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 44.38
70 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net 44.41
71 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 44.51
72 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 45.04
73 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's
74 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45.30
75 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.35
76 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United 45.47
77 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 46.00
78 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United 46.06
79 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC 46.08
80 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home 46.10
81 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 46.14
82 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.45
83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.54
84 Nicholas Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 49.53
85 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50.20
86 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United 50.38
87 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 51.08
88 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51.21
89 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 51.23
90 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's 51.28
91 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health 52.06
92 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United 52.15
93 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 52.52
94 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 53.01
95 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net 53.08
96 Christopher Wherry (USA) Toyota-United 53.43
97 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 54.28
98 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's 55.45
99 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's 55.58
100 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's 56.02
101 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health 58.04
102 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's 58.49
103 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 59.33
104 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.04.42
105 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 1.07.55
106 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health 1.08.12
Sprints classification
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 41 pts
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 37
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 26
4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 20
6 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United 19
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net 16
8 George Hincapie (USA) USA Discovery Channel 16
9 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United 15
10 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance 14
11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net 14
12 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 14
13 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14
14 Douglas Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net 13
15 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 13
16 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 12
17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 11
18 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 10
19 Cesar Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's 9
20 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 9
21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 9
22 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net 8
23 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net 7
24 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 7
25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7
26 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net 7
27 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6
28 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step 5
29 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home 5
30 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net 5
31 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home 5
32 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health 5
33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 5
34 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's 4
35 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net 4
36 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
37 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 4
38 Hecke Preben Van (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3
39 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3
40 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United 3
41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3
42 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3
43 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home 2
44 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's 2
45 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1
46 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1
47 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1
48 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step 1
49 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 1
50 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 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 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 25.26.33
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4.22
3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 10.08
4 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step 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 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home 38.41
9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.10
10 Edward King (USA) Priority Health 40.58
11 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 43.01
12 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health 43.04
13 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 46.00
14 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.45
15 Nicholas Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 49.53
16 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 51.23
17 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's 51.28
18 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 52.52
19 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 53.01
20 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 54.28
21 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 1.04.42
22 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 1.07.55
Teams classification
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 76.41.52
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 1.36.10
14 USA Cycling National Development Team 1.37.05
15 Jittery Joe's 1.45.22
