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1st Tour of Ireland - 2.1
Ireland, August 22-26, 2007
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Stage 3 - August 24: Tralee - Ennis, 194km
Bozic wins, Vandenbergh holds on
By Shane Stokes in Ennis, Ireland
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Slovenian professional Borut Bozic (Team L.P.R.) won an 89 rider bunch sprint to land the Stage 3 of the Tour of Ireland victory today, a mainly flat 194 kilometre race from Tralee to Ennis. "It was very good, my team did great work and I must thank them," said the 27 year-old, who has a one year contract with LPR. "I think it is very important to win for the team. Yesterday I made an error [going too early] in the last kilometre but today I didn't make a mistake
"I have taken three wins this year now," he added. "Last season I won 11 races, but this year it is my first as a pro and the races are very hard. I am happy, very happy."
Bozic timed his move perfectly, finishing ahead of Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile), Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria Navigare), Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) plus the rest of the peloton.
Race leader Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) placed 46th in the sprint and was classified in the same time as the day's winner. The Belgian remains in the yellow jersey, 20 seconds clear of Marcus Ljungqvist (Team CSC) with Aaron Olson (T-Mobile Team) a further second back.
Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) is fourth and retains the white jersey of best young rider. He was also fifth on the stage and ended the day pleased with how things had gone. "I had a team-mate up the road all day so that was good for us," he said. "It kept things controlled."
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Sulzberger said he hasn't been intimidated by competing against ProTour teams. "The approach we take is that we are just riding another bike race," he noted. "You don't dwell on the fact that you are racing against these people you see on the TV all the time."
The day was marked by a long distance breakaway by six riders. Moises Aldape Chavez (Ceramica Panaria Navigare), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance), Patrick McCarty (Team Slipstream), Zakkari Dempster (South Australia.com-AIS), Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi) attacked before the first bonus sprint at Tarbert.
They built a maximum lead of over five minutes but chasing efforts by the CSC, T-Mobile and Unibet teams inside the final two hours of racing saw this gap come right back. They were eventually recaptured with approximately eight kilometres remaining, setting things up for the big bunch sprint and Bozic's victory.
The Irish Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team tried to set up Paídi O'Brien for the sprint and while they rode very strongly, they mistimed their effort and delivered the Corkman to the front about two kilometres too early. He nevertheless finished 13th, and the team earned some important television time.
"Paídi is a good sprinter so I told him that we'd get him up there with five kilometres to go," said Cassidy immediately after the finish. "Things worked out well and we got to the front; we decided to give it everything to keep him up there as long as possible. We didn't have the full team up there and it is very hard to keep going at that pace for too long, but it was good to be up there with the big squads."
How it happened
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Once again benefiting from mild, dry conditions, 100 riders lined out for the start of the third stage of the Tour of Ireland. The stage took the riders 194 kilometres from Tralee to Ennis, encountering intermediate sprints at Tarbert (km 64.9), Foynes (km 85.1) and Limerick city (km 123.4). They would also cross the third category Cahir Mountain (km 155.5) which comes less than an hour before the front-runners fight it out for stage honours.
There was an aggressive start to the day, with many attacks being fired off. Nothing stuck until six riders clipped away in the run-up to the Tarbert sprint; the sextet were Moises Aldape Chavez (Ceramica Panaria Navigare), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance), Patrick McCarty (Team Slipstream), Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS), Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi).
The latter has been in excellent form this year and while he is just 20 years old, he has signed a contract with the T-Mobile Team for 2008 and 2009. He showed his speed by winning that first sprint ahead of Dempster, Aldape Chavez and McCarty, then did it again 20 kilometres later when he beat Day, McCarty and Dempster to the line in Foynes.
Just under 40 kilometres later they encountered the third sprint of the day in Limerick. Yet again, Boasson Hagen was best, beating Van Winden, Aldape Chaves and Dempster.
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The gap at this point was up to 4 minutes 57 seconds but the Unibet.com team started to ramp up the pace, working both for race leader Stijn Vandenbergh and their sprinter Baden Cooke. Team CSC also started to pull hard in order to help Matti Breschel try for a second successive stage win, and T-Mobile got involved to further Bernhard Eisel's chances.
As a result of these efforts the gap started to fall. McCarty took the top points at the summit of the third category Cahir Mountain, leading Dempster, Day and Boasson Hagen over the line. From there 38.5 kilometres remained and in that time the break's advantage dropped continuously. The junction was finally made with eight kilometres remaining.
The peloton continued to race hard towards the finish. Unibet.com were down a man as Jonas Ljungblad had crashed and, bizarrely, caught his arm in a wheel. The spokes reportedly had to be cut in order for the limb to be freed. Colavita Sutter Home's Adam Bergman also fell but, unlike Ljungblad, he would eventually make it in to the finish.
The Irish Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team were trying to land some success on home turn and they hit the front with approximately five kilometres remaining. Mark Cassidy and Stephen Gallagher ramped up the speed to set Paídi O'Brien up but their effort was a bit early and the latter found himself at the front with two kilometres remaining. He was duly swamped and had to try to fight his way back into contention.
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Once into the final kilometre Cooke moved towards the front and then hit the jets 300 metres to go. He got a gap but the effort proved to have been to soon when others came back at him. Bozic timed it better and flew towards the line, making amends for his premature jump yesterday in taking the win. Eisel gained ground inside the final 100 metres but wasn't able to get by, finishing second ahead of Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria Navigare) and Cooke. O'Brien was best of the Irishmen in 13th.
Vandenbergh crossed the line in the middle of the peloton, retaining his 20 second overnight lead over Marcus Ljungqvist (Team CSC). Aaron Olson (T-Mobile Team) punctured and lost 42 seconds; however the incident happened inside the final three kilometres and, as per UCI rules, he was given the same time as the bunch and thus remained 21 seconds back in third overall.
He and the other six contenders who are within striking distance of yellow will start tomorrow's penultimate stage aiming to take over the race lead. The race around Connemara starts and finishes in Galway and is the longest of the race at 232.5 kilometres.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Stephen McMahon
- Team Slipstream unveiled a prototype titanium bicycle and Ian McGregor was chosen as test pilot.
- Unfortunately disaster struck, but McGregor was not seriously injured and managed to start Stage 3 of the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- The Team Slipstream circus continued with an accomplished exhibition of juggling. The American squad brought more than its appetite and enthusiasm for racing to the start of Stage 3 in Tralee, County Kerry.
- Team Giant Asia professional Paul Griffin (Irish National Team) was happy to be back in his native Tralee for the start of Stage 3 and no doubt keen to mix it up on his home turf.
- Paul Griffin (Irish National Team) led the peloton out of Tralee and received a hero’s welcome from his home crowd.
- The route was lined with fans of all ages and with the sun also beaming down on the riders the stage was set for a great day’s racing on the way to Ennis, County Clare.
- With the first five kilometres neutralised due to a road traffic accident, many riders were keen to get stuck in. The attacking began as soon as the flag was dropped.
- Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) leads the main breakaway group of the day.
- The peloton seemed happy to let the breakaway group go for the moment. Here, Points Classification leader Matti Breschel (Team CSC) discusses the eternal question with his team mates: to chase or not to chase.
- All the while the escapees press on. Here, Australian rider Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) focuses on the task at hand.
- Although there was no distinct chase organised, the peloton maintained a brisk pace. In the interests of their top ten GC team mate Glen Bak, U-23 Irish National Champion Mark Cassidy and Paidi O’ Brien (Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly/Sean Kelly Team) kept a close eye on affairs at the front.
- Eventually there is a definite response from Unibet.com, T-Mobile Team and Team CSC. A high pace was maintained in order to discourage any further attacks.
- The breakaway realise their goal and attain a strong advantage of 4 minutes 35 seconds. They are riding well together as the race passes through Tarbert. The first intermediate sprint of the day was not contested as such, maximum points being taken by Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi).
- Mexican rider Moises Aldape Chavez was one of the six escapees.
- High speed drive thru for T-Mobile Team at the feeding station after 91 kilometres.
- Paidi O’Brien (Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly/Sean Kelly Team) and Craig Lewis (Team Slipstream) share a can of cola.
- Former British National Champion Jeremy Hunt (Unibet.com) spent extended spells on the front.
- Telecommunication technician Michael Moriarty tunes into race radio as the breakaway group passes by on the road to Limerick.
- Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) leads the break up towards the third category KOM at Cahir Mountain.
- Lasse Bochmann (Team CSC) led the pursuing peloton.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) raises the pace as the time gap to the escapees begins to fall. A bunch sprint could be on the cards.
- With eight kilometres to go the breakaway is on the verge of being reeled in by the Team CSC led peloton.
- With 75 metres to go Team LPR are obviously confident that Borut Bozic will prevail in the sprint.
- The Slovenian rider times his sprint to perfection and takes an excellent victory on Stage 3 of the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- Borut Bozic (Team LPR) was overjoyed with his win.
- Winner of Stage 3 of the Tour of Ireland 2007: Borut Bozic (Team LPR).
- Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) will continue to wear the white jersey as best placed U-25 rider.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) celebrates another day in yellow. What will tomorrow’s 220 km stage bring? No doubt his team are ready to defend.
- Matti Breschel (Team CSC) retains his lead in the Points Classification.
- Spanish rider Luis Pasamontes (Unibet.com) took the lead in the King of the Mountains classification.
- Many of the bike manufacturers had their latest products on display.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The start was harmonious
- Unibet's lonely road ahead as the sponsor had pulled out.
- The Irish crowd enjoyed the racing and the ads were fittingly in green.
- Vandenberg, Cooke, Eisel and House racing through Irish towns.
- The peloton riding along the coast.
- The field prays for the end of the day.
- The sprint for first.
- Borut Bozic (Team L.P.R) wins the stage
- Pat McQuaid in his home race.
- Matt Pinsent is a four-time Olympic champion.
- The peloton rolls over a scenic bridge.
- Ian Stannard from the T-Mobile Development program. Some say he'll have a great future.
- What a wedding in the heart of the Tour of Ireland.
- Irish country side at its best.
- Pinsent and McQuaid get attention.
- Pinsent and McQuaid shake hands.
Results
1 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 4.21.11 (44.566 km/h) 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 8 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 11 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 12 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 14 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 15 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 16 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 17 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 18 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 19 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 20 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 22 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 23 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 24 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 25 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 27 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 28 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 29 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 30 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 31 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 32 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 33 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 34 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 35 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 36 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 37 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 38 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 39 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 40 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 41 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 42 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 43 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 44 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 45 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 46 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 47 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 48 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 49 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 50 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 51 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 52 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 53 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 54 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 55 Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 56 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 57 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 58 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 59 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 60 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 61 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 62 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 63 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 64 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 65 David McCann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 66 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 67 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 68 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 69 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 70 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 72 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 73 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 74 Philip Deignan (Irl) Irish National Team 75 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 76 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 77 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 78 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 79 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 80 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 81 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 82 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 83 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 84 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 85 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 86 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 87 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 88 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 89 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 90 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.22 91 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 0.31 92 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.42 93 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 94 Lasse Bochmann (Den) Team CSC 1.34 95 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 1.39 96 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 2.37 97 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2.56 98 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 99 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 7.24 Sprints An Post Sprint: Tarbert 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 5 pts 2 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 3 3 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 4 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 An Post Sprint: Foynes 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 5 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1 An Post Sprint: Limerick 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 5 pts 2 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 3 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1 Mountains Cat 3 - Cahir Mountain 1 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 6 pts 2 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 13.03.33 2 South Australia AIS 3 Unibet.com 4 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 5 Team LPR 6 Murphy & Gunn 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling 8 T-Mobile Team 9 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 10 Ceramica Panaria Navigare 11 Team Slipstream 12 Team CSC 13 Plowman Craven Evans Cycles 14 Recycling 15 Colavita Sutter Home Cycling 16 Irish National Team General classification after stage 3 1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 12.20.08 2 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 0.20 3 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 0.21 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.24 5 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 0.25 6 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.27 7 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.28 8 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 9 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 0.43 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.15 11 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 13.28 12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 13.30 13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 13.34 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 13.35 15 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.43 16 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 17 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.45 19 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 20 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 21 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 22 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 23 David McCann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 24 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 25 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 26 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 27 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 28 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 29 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 30 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 31 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 32 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 33 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 34 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 35 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 36 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 37 Philip Deignan (Irl) Irish National Team 38 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 39 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13.57 40 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.00 41 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 42 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 14.04 43 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.05 44 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14.11 45 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.12 46 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.17 47 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 15.15 48 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 15.16 49 Lasse Bochmann (Den) Team CSC 15.37 50 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19.54 51 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 26.33 52 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39.46 53 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39.49 54 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 39.50 55 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 56 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 39.51 57 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 58 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 59 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 60 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 61 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 62 Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 63 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 64 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 65 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 66 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 67 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 68 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 69 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 70 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 71 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 72 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 73 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 74 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 75 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 76 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 77 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 78 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 79 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 80 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 81 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 82 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 83 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 84 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 85 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 40.13 86 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 40.26 87 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 40.33 88 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 40.35 89 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 41.08 90 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 41.17 91 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 41.21 92 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 93 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 41.53 94 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 42.33 95 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 42.45 96 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 42.47 97 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 43.01 98 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 44.39 99 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 48.45 Points classification 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 34 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 30 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 29 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 29 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 27 6 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 21 7 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 20 8 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 20 9 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 19 10 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 17 11 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16 12 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 14 13 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 14 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 15 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 12 16 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 12 17 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 12 18 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 19 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 9 20 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 9 21 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 8 22 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 8 23 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 24 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 25 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 6 26 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 6 27 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 5 28 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 5 29 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 5 30 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4 31 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 32 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 33 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 34 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2 35 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 2 36 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2 37 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 2 38 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 39 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 40 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 41 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 1 Mountains classification 1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 30 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 26 3 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 23 4 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 20 5 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 18 6 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 16 7 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15 8 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 9 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 14 11 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 13 12 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 12 13 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 11 14 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 9 15 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 8 16 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 7 17 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 6 18 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 6 19 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 4 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 21 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 22 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 U25 Rider classification 1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 12.20.08 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 24.00 3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 27.00 4 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 28.00 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.15 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.43 8 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.45 9 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 10 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 11 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 12 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 13 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 15 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 16 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 17 Philip Deignan (Irl) Irish National Team 18 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.00 19 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.05 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.17 21 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 15.15 22 Lasse Bochmann (Den) Team CSC 15.37 23 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39.46 24 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 39.50 25 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39.51 26 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 27 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 28 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 29 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 30 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 31 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 32 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 33 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 34 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 35 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 36 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 37 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 38 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 39 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 40 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 40.13 41 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 40.26 42 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 40.35 43 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 41.17 44 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 41.21 45 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 46 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 42.45 47 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 42.47 Team classification 1 Unibet.com 37.14.33 2 Team CSC 13.44 3 T-Mobile Team 13.48 4 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 13.49 5 Navigators Insurance Cycling 6 Team LPR 7 Team Slipstream 8 Rabobank 27.06 9 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 10 Recycling 11 Ceramica Panaria Navigare 27.26 12 Irish National Team 13 South Australia AIS 39.55 14 Murphy & Gunn 40.12 15 Colavita Sutter Home Cycling 1.19.18 16 Plowman Craven Evans Cycles
