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1st Tour of Ireland - 2.1
Ireland, August 22-26, 2007
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Stage 4 - August 25: Galway - Galway, 232.5km
Boasson Hagen wins, no change in overall
By Shane Stokes in Galway, Ireland
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Talented young Norwegian rider Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi) won today's fourth stage of the Tour of Ireland, proving quicker than Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile Team), Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria – Navigare) and the rest of the 41 rider front group in the mass sprint into Galway.
The emerging Norwegian, featured on Cyclingnews only yesterday, has been a pro since 2006 and has already bagged 19 pro wins at the tender age of 20. He has been signed to T-Mobile for 2008 and is considered a favourite for the U23 category road race at the upcoming Road World Championships, to be held in Stuttgart, German, next month.
Race leader Stijn Vandenberg (Unibet.com) placed 16th and retained his 20 second lead over Marcus Ljungqvist (Team CSC). Aaron Olson (T-Mobile Team) is a further second back in third place. With just tomorrow's mainly flat stage remaining, it looks likely that Vandenberg will hold onto his yellow jersey.
Today's stage was marked by a long distance breakaway comprising five riders - Danny Pate (Slipstream Chipotle), Gordon McCauley (Plowman Craven Evans Cycles), Adam Bergman (Colavita Sutter Home), Roger Beuchat (LPR) and Rob Partridge (Recycling.co.uk). Riding well on the tough 232.5 kilometre route around Connemara, they built a maximum lead of seven minutes 40 seconds but the main bunch began to close this right down. Pate and Beuchat went on ahead in the closing stages but were chased by five others with approximately six kilometres remaining.
There were two Irish riders present - David McCann (Colavita Sutter Home) and national champion David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance), plus former Tour de France stage winner Frank Schleck (CSC), Matteo Priamo (Ceramica Panaria Navigare) and Tom Veelers (Rabobank).
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However any hopes of a home win were dashed due to bad luck. Just before the chasing group caught the front duo, two spokes broke in O'Loughlin's back wheel and ruled him out of the break. He was highly disappointed after the finish, as was McCann. He said that he was feeling very strong and believed he had the legs to win, but a lack of information about the location of the bunch cost him his chance.
"I am raging. We caught the front two and got a time check of 50 seconds. There was no blackboard, no radio..nothing. I thought we were well clear. I had the legs to jump the boys, I was just waiting for my moment and suddenly the bunch appeared from nowhere. I had no idea they were coming up."
The group were caught with about a kilometre to go. Boasson Hagen then made his move with 400 metres remaining and his explosive power saw him rip well clear of the bunch, adding to his high season tall of wins. He also takes over as points leader.
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Yellow jersey Vandenberg finished in the bunch to defend his lead. A disappointed McCann was best of the Irish in 22nd and also remains best of the home contingent overall. He is 18th overall, 13 minutes and 45 seconds back.
The Tour of Ireland concludes tomorrow with a flat 147.7 kilometre leg from Athlone to Dublin. The riders will slug it out on a route through Moate and Enfield, up the Strawberry Beds, though the Phoenix park and concluding with ten laps of a circuit of Merrion Square.
It's mainly flat, lacking any categorised climbs, but intermediate sprints at Kinnegad (56.4 km), Lucan (104 km) and Merrion Square (130.9 km) will spice things up before the final few circuits outside government buildings.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- Stage 4 of the Tour of Ireland 2007 started in Galway, the City of the Tribes, and covered over 230 kilometres. Subsequently, there was plenty of water on standby.
- With the longest stage looming and a foreboding weather forecast this was as close as any of the riders would come to a relaxing slice of life on Stage 4 of the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- Team Slipstream manager Allen Lim’s meticulous preparations could make all the difference on a technical and demanding course.
- With a top ten GC position to defend, American rider Craig Lewis (Team Slipstream) will need to know where the climbs, sprints and, most importantly, feeding stations are on Stage 4.
- Austrian rider Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile Team) limbers up.
- The last man on the road: Ray Brewster drives the dreaded Broom Wagon on the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- Business as usual for the Unibet.com as Stage 4 gets under way. Here, Jeremy Hunt sets a steady tempo as the race leaves Galway City behind and heads for the rugged landscape of Connemara.
- Like leader of the Points Classification Matti Breschel (Team CSC), many of the riders chose to wear an extra layer of clothing. There were reports of fresh and misty conditions on some of the climbs and a strong possibility of rain.
- Last placed GC rider Adam Bergman makes the first move on Stage 4. He is accompanied by New Zealand rider Gordon McCauley (Plowman Craven Evans Cycles) with Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) on his way over from the main peloton.
- The trio are riding very well together and are obviously committed to the cause.
- Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) and Rob Partridge (Recycling.co.uk) have ridden across to the leading group. The five begin to build a significant lead.
- Jeremy Hunt (Unibet.com) continues to lead the peloton at a high tempo.
- This trend continues as the race makes its way through Cong, the hometown of Irish National Champion David O’Loughlin (Navigators Insurance).
- Darkening clouds on the horizon as the peloton makes its way towards the first KOM of the day at Finny.
- Narrow roads on the way up the second category climb at Finny.
- You-know-who leads the peloton over the top of the first KOM.
- It was wet, it was windy and it was very tough going, but the sound of miniature cow bells no doubt gave some of the riders reason to smile.
- The wet conditions made descending especially treacherous. Lasse Bochmann (Team CSC) fell heavily and had to be taken to hospital. Fortunately, reports filtered through later in the stage that he was out of danger.
- The breakaway press on, their lead hovering around the five minute mark.
- Weather conditions deteriorated further and the peloton began to fragment.
- The pressure mounts on the breakaway group as their lead begins to drop dramatically. Here, Rob Partridge (Recycling.co.uk) gives his best efforts maintain their advantage.
- Several teams are now involved in the pursuit. T-Mobile, Unibet.com and Ceramica Panaria Navigare share the workload and subsequently increase the likelihood of a bunch sprint into the seaside town of Salthill on the outskirts of Galway City.
- Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) and Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) have decided to go it alone on the final KOM climb at Keeagh.
- Matti Breschel (Team CSC) looking determined, and was no doubt keen to retain his lead in the Points Classification.
- Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) and Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) dig deep into their mental and physical reserves, but, with the sprinters hunting for victory, their advantage over the main field is under serious threat.
- After a dramatic chase and an exceptionally fast sprint finish, Norwegian strongman Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) takes victory on Stage 4 of the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) celebrates his victory.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) retained the yellow jersey and, with only one stage remaining, is looking good for overall victory.
- It is a hard life for Best U-25 jersey holder Wesley Sulzberger (South Australia AIS). As well as charming company on the podium, he has the possibility of a place on the final podium if everything goes to plan tomorrow.
- Roger Beuchat (Team LPR) takes the lead in the King of the Mountains Classification.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) dons the green jersey of Points Leader after his victory on Stage 4 of the Tour of Ireland.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) is obviously and understandably pleased with his day.
- The peloton fly by an old castle on Stage 4.
Images by Tour of Ireland
- American Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) and Switzerland's Roger Beuchat (Team L.P.R.) push hard in tough conditions on Stage 4.
- Ireland's David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance) leads the chasing bunch.
- Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi) powers home to victory.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi) took the lead in the points classification.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Vandenbergh wearing yellow.
- Vandenbergh keeping an eye on his competition.
- The peloton makes its way past on of the many old buildings in Ireland.
- Boasson Hagen gets the win.
- The peloton make their way up a misty climb.
- Coming up on the KOM sprint , with Unibet.com leading.
- Unibet.com spent a lot of time on the front of the peloton.
- Danny Pate leading the breakaway.
Results
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 5.53.23 (39.48 km/h) 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 9 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 11 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 13 Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 15 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 16 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 17 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 18 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 19 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 20 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 22 David McCann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 23 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 24 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 25 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 26 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 27 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 28 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 29 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 30 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 32 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 33 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 34 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 35 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 36 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 37 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 38 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 39 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 40 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 41 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.21 43 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.38 44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.48 45 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 46 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.28 47 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1.31 48 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.09 49 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 50 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 51 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 52 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 53 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 54 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 55 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 56 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 57 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 58 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 59 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 60 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 61 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 62 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 63 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 64 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 65 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 66 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 67 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 68 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 69 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 70 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 71 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 72 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 73 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 74 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 75 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 76 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 77 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 78 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 2.21 79 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.15 80 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 81 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 6.27 82 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 8.01 83 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 13.01 84 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 13.03 85 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 86 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 87 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 88 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 89 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 90 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 16.53 DNF Lasse Bochmann (Den) Team CSC DNF Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com DNF Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle DNF Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi DNF Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed DNF Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light DNS Philip Deignan (Irl) Irish National Team DNS Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Sprints An Post Sprint: Westport 1 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 pts 2 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 3 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 2 4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 An Post Sprint: Louisburgh 1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 5 pts 2 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 3 3 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 An Post Sprint: Oughterard 1 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 5 pts 2 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 3 3 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 2 4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 Mountains Cat 1: Tourmakeady 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 15 pts 2 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 12 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 10 4 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 8 5 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 6 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 4 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 2 8 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 1 Cat 3: Leenaun 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6 pts 2 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 4 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 4 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1 Cat 2: Finny 1 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 10 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 7 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 4 4 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 5 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1 Cat 3: Maumturk 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6 pts 2 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 4 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 4 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1 Cat 2: Keeagh 1 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 10 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 7 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 4 4 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 5 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 1 Teams 1 South Australia AIS 17.40.09 2 Ceramica Panaria Navigare 3 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 4 Unibet.com 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Colavita Sutter Home Cycling 7 Team CSC 8 Rabobank 9 Team Slipstream 10 Team LPR 11 Recycling 2.57 12 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 4.18 13 Navigators Insurance Cycling 14 Murphy & Gunn 15 Plowman Craven Evans Cycles 16 Irish National Team 6.27 General Classification after stage 4 1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 18.13.31 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 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.27 6 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.28 7 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 0.43 8 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.37 9 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.15 10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 13.20 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 13.29 12 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 13.34 13 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.43 14 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 15 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.45 17 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 18 David McCann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 19 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 20 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 21 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 22 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 23 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13.57 24 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.00 25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 26 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14.11 27 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.23 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.38 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15.00 30 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 15.10 31 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 15.13 32 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 15.54 33 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 34 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 35 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 36 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 37 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 38 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 39 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 40 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 16.13 41 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17.00 42 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 26.48 43 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 44 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 27.08 45 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 28.04 46 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39.46 47 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 39.50 48 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 39.51 49 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 50 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 51 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 52 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 53 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 54 Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 55 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 56 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 57 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 58 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 59 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 60 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 40.32 61 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 41.13 62 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 41.58 63 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 41.59 64 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 42.00 65 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 66 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 67 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 68 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 69 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 70 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 71 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 72 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 73 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 74 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 42.20 75 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 76 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 42.22 77 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 42.35 78 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 42.42 79 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 42.44 80 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 44.02 81 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 82 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 44.54 83 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 46.36 84 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 51.08 85 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 52.52 86 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 52.54 87 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 54.24 88 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 55.07 89 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 57.42 90 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 59.26 Points classification 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 44 pts 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 43 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 41 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 41 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 34 6 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 26 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 23 8 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 21 9 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 20 10 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 19 11 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 18 12 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 17 13 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16 14 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 14 15 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 16 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12 17 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 12 18 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 19 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 10 20 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10 21 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 9 22 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 9 23 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 9 24 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 8 25 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 8 26 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 27 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 8 28 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 8 29 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 7 30 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 7 31 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 6 32 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 5 33 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 5 34 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 35 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4 Mountains classification 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 67 pts 2 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 38 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 36 4 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 23 5 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 20 U25 Rider classification 1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 18.13.31 2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.24 3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.27 4 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.28 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.15 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 13.20 7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.43 8 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.45 9 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 10 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 11 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.00 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.38 13 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 15.13 14 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 15.54 15 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 16 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 17 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 18 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 19 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 27.08 20 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39.46 21 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39.51 22 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 23 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 24 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 25 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 26 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 40.32 27 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 41.13 28 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 41.59 29 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 42.00 30 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 31 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 32 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 33 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 34 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 35 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 36 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 42.20 37 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 42.22 38 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 42.35 39 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 42.44 40 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 44.02 41 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 44.54 42 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 51.08 43 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 52.54 44 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 54.24 Team Classification 1 Unibet.com 54.54.42 2 Team CSC 13.44 3 T-Mobile Team 13.48 4 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 13.49 5 Team LPR 6 Team Slipstream 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling 18.07 8 Rabobank 27.06 9 Ceramica Panaria Navigare 27.26 10 Recycling 30.03 11 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 31.24 12 Irish National Team 33.53 13 South Australia AIS 39.55 14 Murphy & Gunn 44.30 15 Colavita Sutter Home Cycling 1.19.18 16 Plowman Craven Evans Cycles 1.23.36
