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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 16-22, 2007
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Stage 5 - April 20: Dalton to Brasstown Bald/Towns Co. , 172.1km
Leipheimer owns Brasstown, Discovery owns Georgia
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins
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In a way, stages four and five of the Tour de Georgia are a 'what could have been' for Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel). After dominating the time trial up Lookout Mountain yesterday, the California native beat the entire race into submission with a seemingly effortless ascent of the much-feared Brasstown Bald mountain in north Georgia, taking out the stage win by thirty-eight seconds over teammate Tom Danielson. Race leader Janez Brajkovic, also of the Discovery Channel team, shadowed Christian Vandevelde (CSC) the entire way up, all but confirming his overall lead in the race.
"Fortunately I felt great yesterday and again today, I had the legs to keep it going. Tom was gracious enough to lend me Brasstown Bald for this year," said Leipheimer, after his teammate won the stage last year.
"I waited a long time just to see what Simoni would do," said Danielson about Saunier Duval - Prodir setting Gilberto Simoni up at the bottom of Brasstown. "Simoni was really strong and did the most work at the bottom of the climb but when Levi left, I just sat on Simoni to let the gap go. I went hard enough to make sure Simoni couldn't come with me. I gave it about 30 seconds before I started going hard too. I was hoping to win the stage but Levi was the first to attack so I let the gap go big to make sure the coast was clear and then I hit it out hard."
Behind them race leader Brajkovic was feeling capable on Vandevelde's wheel, signalling to the team that he had the situation in hand. "They both went with Simoni when he attacked, and once they saw Janez was ok with them up the road, they went," said Discovery Channel team director Johan Bruyneel. (Read Cyclinews' 2006 interview with Brajkovic.)
"Obviously when we were on the last climb I had to focus on staying on his wheel," said Brajkovic about staying with Vandevelde. "I didn't care about other riders, I just focused on Vandevelde's wheel up the climb. He attacked like more than 20 times and I have to say it was really hard but I was able to stay with him and that is all that mattered."
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I didn't go with the guys at the bottom - I wasn't that confident," said Vandevelde. "This was not our race to win because we were focused on our own race. But in hindsight, they were right there at the end. Maybe I could have gone with them, because I ended up having to ride the whole way on my own. They weren't so far ahead of us but still, there is no way we were going to do that."
"I think Janez was as good [as me] or better - so I don' think it would have made any difference," he continued. "I tried as much as I could to make time up on Janez. For a second I thought maybe I could have but I wasn't able to go fast enough."
The surprise of the day was the third place finish by Colavita-Sutter Home's Anthony Colby, who rode strong in an eight-man breakaway, surviving to the final climb and placing the best out of his fellow breakaway riders. "Things just kind of fell into place today, being in the move and then keeping it going through out the whole race," said Colby. "We had a pretty decent gap at the base of the climb and there were four of us rolling well together up until several attacks part way up. We hit the climb and whatever you had you gave."
"It was really a mental slipstream more than anything else," he continued. "When it got steep I just kept going and Levi passed me there. I just did what ever I could to get to the top and take the opportunity for the podium."
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Another domestic rider, Nathan O'Neill (Health Net) finished strong, just six seconds behind Colby. "I kept my own pace but I just had really good legs at the bottom," said the Australian. "I thought I was going to get dropped by the first ten guys so I just settled in to see what would happen. They weren't riding away from me so I decided to push a little harder. The next thing I knew I was just riding away. I have never felt like that before." And since this is only his sixth day of actual racing in 2007, he is quite happy with his result. "I've just had the best help [rehabbing.] I think it tells me that I can climb with just about anybody [in the United States]."
Another of the breakaway riders who was in it until the end on Brasstown Bald was Health Net's Ryder Hesjedal, who came away with a nice consolation prize for his efforts - the final king of the mountains jersey. "I was cleared to go for the KOM jersey because I was in the break," he said. "I gained some points on the first one and decided to keep going for them." Hesjedal's teammate Jeff Louder virtually passed the jersey to him on the road. "It is great for us to be able to keep this jersey because we had it going into the stage race and it just switched from Louder to myself. It is great for Health Net to solidify a jersey at this stage race."
The most aggressive rider on the day was Alexandre Moos (BMC) even though he said he was not supposed to be in the break. "The break just sort of happened," he said. "There were a series of decisions that were not discussed at the start of the race for our team today." But what made the decision to name him the most aggressive on the day was his attack five kilometers from the bottom of the final climb. "The breakaway started to disorganize coming to the climb and I attacked trying to take those who wanted to work hard up the climb. I waited a little to see if there would be some riders that might bridge up to me to work with. No one joined me so I had to make a do or die effort to get to the top of the climb even though it was not my intention to make such an early move or to even be in the early break."
Unlike previous editions of the race, the extra day means that there are two more stages to go - though without any climbing it should be little work for Discovery Channel to protect its lead. But you would not know it from Brajkovic, who sounded ready for battle. "For sure we got the jersey but there are still two stages more," he said. "Until the race is over we can't say that I have won the race. We need to wait for the next coupe of days, but I think we are on a good path to win the race. The guys were amazing and I have to say thank you to them. They did an amazing job today and it is an amazing feeling to be protected by those riders."
How it unfolded
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The Tour de Georgia departed from the hometown of Saul Raisin, Dalton, once again this year. And Saul Raisin was on hand to lead the peloton out for the march east towards Brasstown Bald. Raisin even gave the peloton a little gas, putting quite a gap on them during the parade laps.
Out on course the attacks again came early and often, but the fast-moving peloton would not allow anyone to get away before the first sprint in Elijay, just 23 kilometers in. Soon after, as the road titled up towards the first KOM at Fort, the attacking finally paid off, with a large group of riders rolling clear: Anthony Colby (Colavita/Sutter Home), Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net-Maxxis), Thomas Danielson (Discovery Channel), Christopher Baldwin (Toyota-United), Cesar Augusto Grajales (Jittery Joe's), Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC), Alexandre Moos (BMC), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance), Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir), and Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle).
However, with so many big guns in the group, the fate of the break would likely be sealed. Over the top it was Hesjedal followed by Day, Colby and Zajicek along with Blaudzun, Moos, Pate and Baldwin - while the rest of the early break floated back to the comfort of the peloton. USA Development Team rider John Devine, himself having a strong tour, tried to bridge solo for many kilometers but could only manage to draw out a minute. Nonetheless, Devine is doing his team proud this week, finishing eighth on the day.
The gap grew steadily to more than five minuted before any real action took place back in the peloton. Then Jittery Joe's, sporting a different all-white team kit as is its tradition on this stage every year, put six riders on the front with a few Saunier Duval-Prodir riders pitching in. Team director Jesse Lawler said this was to put Cesar Grajales in position at the bottom of Brasstown, like he was when he won here back in 2004. "That was the only card we had to play on a stage like today, to get Cesar to the bottom of the final climb, which we did," he said. "It was either that or ride around in circles all day, so we rather do that." Even tough Grajales separated his shoulder at Redlands the other week he has been giving it a full effort this week - earning the unofficial strong-man award around the press room. "It didn't work out in the end but I give Cesar a lot of credit for even trying," said Lawler.
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This move by Jittery Joe's kept the breakaway within a reasonable gap, something that breakaway rider Danny Pate could have done without. "It was a good break with eight strong guys," he told Cyclingnews. "It was just unfortunate for us Jitterly Joe's took up the chase so early for not much in the end. It didn't seem like anyone else cared until later."
As the breakaway neared the Georgia 180 spur, the time was down to little more than two minutes. Even though Alexandre Moos had been seen struggling at the rear of the breakaway up the second KOM of Wolfpen Gap, he rolled off the front on one of the many difficult rolling hills about seven kilometres from the start of Brasstown Bald. "He was kinda soft pedalling all day and I figured he would be the strongest guy, and he was," said Pate. "He probably should have waited to attack us until we were on the climb because the four of us were riding behind him working together for like five kilometers. But he didn't know the climb - didn't think it would be as severe. You can lose a minute in the final 750 meters!"
Moos held about a 50-100 meter gap all the way to the base of the mountain, which had a lovely banner darkly welcoming riders to "The Wall". The remaining riders in the breakaway were Pate, Colby and Hesjedal with the peloton not far behind and Moos just barely up the road.
Saunier Duval-Prodir powered the peloton trying to set up Simoni for the win as its hopes for the overall were clearly out of reach. Up the early slopes it was David Millar giving it the full gas. Discovery Channel waited for Simoni to make the first move while still keeping an eye on Vandevelde for Brajkovic. "I was ahead of Janez and Vandevelde riding the first part of the climb with Simoni and Levi," said Danielson. "Simoni took over at the front," said Leipheimer. "He was strong and very smart about his efforts - hitting it hard on the steep parts. With five kilometers to go it was just Tom and me on his wheel and I sensed that he had slowed down a little bit so I tried to hit him hard first. If that didn't work than Tom would be there to follow his wheel."
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With that it was the Levi and Tom show, as the two rode up the climb catching and passing the remnants of the breakaway, finally passing Moos halfway up. "Levi caught me with two kilometers to go and the hardest part of the climb was still to come," said Moos. "I felt like when Levi caught me there were some others coming from behind. There were no chances to recover on the last section of the climb because it was just too steep. There was no option but to just keep going as hard as I could to the top."
Leipheimer danced on the pedals at a high cadence, reminiscent of a certain former Tour de France winner, all the way to the top.
Back down the slope Brajkovic pretended to be Vandevelde's shadow, never leaving his rear wheel. Vandevelde put in a notable effort, trying many times to accelerate on the steep sections, but to no avail. The two crossed the line as they had ridden the entire climb, with Vandevelde ahead of Brajkovic.
Tomorrow's stage is a new route from Lake Lanier to Stone Mountain Park. Join Cyclingnews and Grover for complete live updates and a detailed report on all of the action, beginning at noon EDT.
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- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) rolls in with a comfortable margin over teammate Tom Danielson, in second.
- The bunch rolls out of Dalton.
- Rolling through downtown Dalton.
- David McCann (Colovita/Sutter Home) heads up the Fort Mountain climb.
- Getting strung out heading into Ellijay.
- Christian Vandevelde (CSC) has a chat with teammate Jaun Jose Haedo.
- The peloton rolls through Ellijay.
- Ben Day (Navigators) spending his time in the break.
- Anthony Colby (Colovita/Sutter Home) pulls off the front as Alexandre Moos (BMC).
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) had things under control all day.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) stayed towards the front to monitor things.
- Passing by the oldest mill in Georgia.
- The break cranking it up to 5 minutes off the front.
- Phil Zajicek (Navigators) keeps things going in the break.
- Half through the day the brake was still going strong.
- Jittery Joes comes to the front.
- Jittery Joes spent a lot of time on the front today.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) worked hard at the front all day long.
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) kept things in check heading up to Brasstown Bald.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) taking it easy on a decent.
- The green Georgia countryside.
- The powerhouse teams come to the front heading up to the last climb.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) heads up the climbers group.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) gets on the front on the Fort Mountain climb.
- Things get strung out along the way.
- A little trouble at the back of the field.
- Toyota-United tries to get something going.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) sitting in during the day.
- Ryder Hesjdal (Healthnet) had a great ride today.
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) up front in good position for the climbs ahead.
- The break away further along in the stage.
- Getting a few adjustments on the road.
- Lush Georgia countryside.
- Jittery Joes and Saunier Duval power the chase.
- The break never gave up.
- The main bunch keeps the chase going.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) looking comfortable in the main bunch.
- Michael Blaudzun (CSC) leads the break.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) strings out the whole field.
- The main group descending into Ellijay.
- Single file as the speeds pick up.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) sits surrounded by teammates.
- The attack goes at the bottom of Brasstown Bald.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) throws down the gauntlet at the base of the climb.
- The three that swallow up the break.
- Nathan O'Neill (Healthnet) came on strong once the roads got steep.
- John Devine (USA National Team) had a breakout ride today.
- Christian Vandevelde (CSC) tried hard to take time away from Janez Brajkovic.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream) gives it his all on the climb after being in the break.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream) gets some encouragement from fans.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) finally decided it was time to go for the win.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) gets brought up the climb by some fans.
- Anthony Colby (Colovita/Sutter Home) clearly happy with his third place today.
- Christian Vandevelde (CSC) leads through at the finish.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) happy to hold onto the leaders jersey.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) meets some happy family at the top of the mountain.
- The jerseys line up at the end of the day.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) happy to keep his jersies.
Images by John Pierce/PhotoSport International
- Slovenian rider Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) sports the yellow jersey on Stage 5.
- American Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) claims another stage win on home soil.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) holds a 12 second advantage with two stages remaining.
Images by Doug Gravino/www.southeasterncycling.com
- Gilberto Simoni crosses the line in fifth place, clearly getting into form for the upcoming Giro d' Italia.
- 'Fast Freddy' Rodriguez was taking his time up the hill, saving his energy for tomorrow's sprint.
- Italian Quickstep rider Mauro Facci seems to be enjoying his Brasstown experience.
- The Devil that came down to Georgia was apparently skinny and young.
- Tinkoff's Pavel Brutt is chased by a giant M&M during the last kilometre of Brasstown Bald.
- Toyota-United's Ivan Dominguez prefers his stage finishes to be a bit flatter.
- Tyler Hamilton chats with the famous Phil Liggett after the finish of Stage 5.
- No UCI race would be complete without the anti-doping van.
- Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer and Tom Danielson chat about how they pulled off first and second place.
- Levi Leipheimer is clearly happy with his win on Brasstown Bald.
- Janez Brajkovic of Discovery Channel is beaming in his 2007 Tour de Georgia race leader's yellow jersey.
Images by Trish Albert/www.southeasterncycling.com
- The Brasstown Bald jersey winners
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) turns to head back to the team car.
- Phil Liggit and Bob Roll hanging out at the finish.
- Injured Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) rode through the pain.
- Phil Zajicek (Navigators) is happy to be finished.
- The feeling of a lot of riders today.
- Floyd Landis made an appearance at the finishline.
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.33.33 2 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.38 3 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1.00 4 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.06 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.19 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.25 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.29 8 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 1.30 9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.38 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.07 12 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.17 13 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.20 14 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.26 15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.28 16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.32 17 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.46 18 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 19 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.52 20 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.03 21 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.05 22 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 3.09 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.14 24 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.18 25 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.22 26 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3.28 27 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 3.36 29 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.53 30 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 4.20 31 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 4.32 32 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.40 33 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4.50 34 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 4.52 35 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.55 36 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 5.00 37 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 38 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 5.15 39 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5.18 40 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 41 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 5.30 42 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.33 44 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.38 45 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.03 46 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.09 47 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 6.31 48 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 7.05 49 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.13 50 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 51 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 52 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7.21 53 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 54 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.33 55 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 56 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 57 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream 58 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8.15 59 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 9.00 60 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 9.09 61 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9.15 62 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.22 63 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 9.27 64 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 9.50 65 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 9.55 66 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 10.09 67 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 10.22 68 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 69 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 70 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 10.25 71 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.33 72 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 10.39 73 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 10.55 74 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 11.00 75 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 11.08 76 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 11.44 77 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.56 78 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 79 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 12.35 80 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.39 81 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.42 83 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 12.57 84 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 13.10 85 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.28 86 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 13.47 87 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 13.52 88 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13.58 89 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 90 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 91 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 14.30 92 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 14.36 93 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 94 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 14.56 95 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.06 96 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 17.14 97 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 17.41 98 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 99 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 17.57 100 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 18.28 101 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 18.31 102 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19.04 103 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 104 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 105 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 19.11 106 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19.16 107 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 111 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 22.40 Sprint 1 1 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 5 pts 2 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Sprint 2 1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1 Sprint 3 - finish 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 pts 2 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 3 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 10 4 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 4 8 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3 9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains 1 1 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 pts 2 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 7 3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 6 4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 Mountains 2 1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 6 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 3 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 5 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1 Mountains 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 pts 2 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 3 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 8 4 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 4 8 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3 9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Young rider 1 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 4.35.03 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.08 3 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.58 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 2.06 5 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 2.50 6 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 3.22 7 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.25 8 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 3.30 9 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 5.01 10 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 5.51 11 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7.45 12 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 8.20 13 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 8.39 14 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 8.52 15 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 8.55 16 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10.26 17 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 13.00 18 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 13.06 19 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 15.44 20 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 17.34 21 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 22 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 17.41 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.42.55 2 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis 3.47 3 Team CSC 4.31 4 BMC Racing Team 4.41 5 Prodir-Saunier Duval 4.45 6 Quick Step-Innergetic 5.41 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7.13 8 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team 8.44 9 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle 8.49 10 Predictor-Lotto 16.03 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 16.06 12 USA Cycling National Development Team 20.31 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.01 14 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell 25.02 15 Jittery Joe's 35.36 General classification after stage 5 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.57.03 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 30.17 21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.30 22 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 30.37 23 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.49 24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 31.30 25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31.35 26 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 32.24 27 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 32.37 28 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 33.00 29 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 33.06 30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 33.20 31 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33.46 32 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 33.53 33 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 34.06 34 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.08 35 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 34.16 36 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34.17 37 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 35.07 38 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 35.47 39 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 36.05 40 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36.06 41 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 36.17 42 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36.44 43 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 36.53 44 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 36.54 45 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 46 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 37.18 47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 37.25 48 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 37.30 49 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 37.54 50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream 38.23 51 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 38.28 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 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 39.05 56 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 39.08 57 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.18 58 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 39.23 59 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 39.25 60 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 40.08 61 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 40.18 63 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.31 64 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 40.46 65 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 40.58 66 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 41.38 67 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 41.52 68 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 42.04 69 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42.12 70 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 42.19 71 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 42.22 72 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 42.24 73 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 44.24 74 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 44.36 75 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 44.44 76 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44.48 77 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 44.54 78 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team 45.04 79 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 80 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.35 81 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 46.08 82 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 46.10 83 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 46.30 84 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 46.42 85 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.54 86 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 48.15 87 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 48.23 88 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 49.53 89 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50.14 90 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50.20 91 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 50.26 92 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 50.38 93 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 50.54 94 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 51.28 95 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 51.46 96 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 51.59 97 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team 52.52 98 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team 53.46 99 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 55.31 100 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 55.45 101 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 56.02 102 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team 57.18 103 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 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 59.24 107 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 1.00.51 Sprint classification 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 16 4 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 15 5 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 6 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 14 7 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 8 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 10 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 12 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 10 14 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 10 15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 9 16 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 9 17 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 18 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 7 19 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 21 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 22 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 5 23 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 24 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 25 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 26 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 4 27 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 4 28 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 29 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 31 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 32 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team 3 33 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 1 34 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 36 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 18.57.03 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 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 39.08 11 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 40.58 12 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42.12 13 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 42.19 14 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell 42.22 15 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 44.36 16 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team 49.53 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 57.18 22 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team 59.24 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57.13.22 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
