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1st Tour of Ireland - 2.1
Ireland, August 22-26, 2007
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Stage 5 - August 26: Athlone - Dublin, 147.7km
Marcato wins stage; Vandenbergh takes overall
Irelands's O'Loughlin finishes third
By Shane Stokes
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Team LPR rider Marco Marcato took the first victory of his 2007 season in today's final stage of the Fáilte Ireland-baced Tour of Ireland. He crossed the line first on what was a very unusual day of racing.
Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank) was second while Irish road race champion David O'Loughlin posted the best home performance of the week in finishing a strong, but disappointed, third. However the result plus his good effort in the closing kilometres of yesterday's fourth stage show that he is able to compete with the top ProTour and Professional Continental team riders at the race.
Overnight race leader Stijn Vandenbergh came home in ninth place, finishing alongside his main rivals and thus scooping the first stage race success of his professional career. The Belgian won Wednesday's first stage in Cork and he and his Unibet.com team successfully fended off all attacks by closest rivals Marcus Ljungqvist (CSC) and Aaron Olson (T-Mobile).
Today's big aggressors Marcato, Berkhout, and O'Loughlin broke clear of the peloton after 62 kilometres of racing and worked well together to build a maximum lead of five and a half minutes. The main bunch then started to work to reduce the gap but appeared to miscalculate, hitting the finishing circuit over two and a half minutes back.
Although 24 kilometres remained at this point and it was mathematically possible for the peloton to overcome that time deficit, the short 2.4 kilometre laps on the finishing circuit instead saw the break lap the bunch and thus guarantee that victory would go to one of the three.
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Racing on home soil, the Irish road race champion had the most to lose and was therefore forced to chase. Marcato capitalised on this by waiting, then coming off his wheel to close the final metres to Berkhout before attacking and hurtling up the finishing straight to take the win.
Vandenbergh ended the five-day, 2.1 ranked event 20 seconds clear of Ljungqvist and 21 ahead of Olson. David McCann (Colavita Sutter Home) was best Irishman in 22nd overall.
How it unfolded
In mild conditions, 89 riders lined up for the start of the final day of the Tour of Ireland. This 147.7 kilometre race was almost completely flat, with the main flashpoints being bonus sprints at Kinnegad (56.4 km), Lucan (104 km) and on the third passage of the finish line in Dublin (130.9 km).
The route would take them into the heart of Ireland's capital city. Heading through the Phoenix Park and down the Grand Canal, the riders would then slug it out over ten laps of a 2.4 kilometre finishing circuit, which included Merrion Square and finished outside Government Buildings.
There was an aggressive start to the stage, with 13 riders going clear very early on. They were caught after five kilometres. The attacking continued and with 14 kilometres covered, ten riders clipped away, pursued by three others. The initial ten were Michael Blaudzun (CSC), Jeremy Hunt (Unibet.com), Francesco Tomei (Ceramica Panaria Navigare), Kristian House (Navigators Insurance), Timothy Duggan (Slipstream Chipotle), Alessandro Maserati (Team LPR), Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com/AIS), Martijn Maaskant (Rabobank), Evan Oliphant (Team DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed) and David McCann (Colavita Sutter Home).
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Bates punctured and this reduced the lead group to twelve. He was picked up by the bunch, led by the Murphy and Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team. Their efforts saw the gap falling to 45" with 30 kilometres covered.
Those in the break started attacking each other and with approximately 34 kilometres done, House and UCI Europe Tour leader Maaskant went clear. However six kilometres later there was a regrouping of the break. With the bunch closing in Duggan, Van Poppel, Oliphant, Hunt and House then tried but after 42 kilometres of racing it was all together.
Several others clipped off then, including Karsten Kroon (CSC), Pieter Jacobs (Unibet.com), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance), Nazereno Rossi (Team LPR) and Maaskant. Moises Aldape Chavez (Ceramica Panaria Navigare) got across and this group were 23 seconds ahead of the field with 45 kilometres covered. However three clicks later it was all back together.
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The riders sprinted it out for bonus seconds in Kinnegad, 56.4 kilometres after the start. Matti Breschel (CSC) took the points ahead of Norwegian road race champion Alexander Kristoff (Maxbo Bianchi), Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Maxbo Bianchi). Breschel had started the day one point behind Boasson Hagen
Next to try were Irish national road race champion David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance), Marco Marcato (Team LPR) and Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank). They clipped away after 62 kilometres of racing and, seven clicks later, had 46 seconds. This lead then surged in the next three kilometres, jumping up to one minute and 36 seconds as the peloton stalled.
The gap ballooned soon after, increasing to five and a half minutes with some 84 kilometres raced. Pushed on by a slight tailwind, the trio were doing fifty to sixty kilometres per hour at times. Behind, the peloton started riding again and ramped up its own speed.
CSC and T-Mobile were leading the chase and with 50 kilometres to go the gap was four minutes 50 seconds. Given the old rule of thumb that a committed bunch can bring back one minute every ten kilometres, it was certainly possible at that point for the break to be caught. However over the next 15 kilometres, the gap only dropped a further 35 seconds and, as time passed, it became clear that the break had a growing chance of staying clear.
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With the bunch instructed to stop racing, O'Loughlin, Marcato and Berkhout moved through the field and back out off the front. They no longer had to worry about the other riders in the race but there was very much a big battle in store amongst the three. The cooperation continued until the final lap and then the tactics kicked in; Berkhout attacked on the second last corner, O'Loughlin chased hard to try to bring him back and then Marcato jumped off the Irishman's back wheel, came past Berkhout and thundered up the finishing straight to take a fine win.
Jean Paul Van Poppel's aptly named son Boy took the gallop for fourth, with points winner Matti Breschel making sure of his green jersey in placing fifth. Stijn Vandenbergh came across the line in ninth, arms aloft, taking the first stage race of his professional career and bringing the 2007 Tour of Ireland to a close.
Photography
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Images by Aidan Collins
- Three breakaway riders enter the circuit at Baggot Street bridge: David O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance) followed closely by Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank) and Marco Marcato (LPR)
- David O'Loughlin leads over Baggot Street Bridge.
- The peloton allowed the breakaway riders to get clear leaving them to contest for the stage win.
- The peloton on Baggot Street
- David O'Loughlin (Navigators) and Marco Marcato (LPR) have four laps to go.
- The breakaway riders come around the the corner on to Baggot street with only three laps to go
- Stijn Vandenbergh will surely take the yellow jersey now
- David O'Loughlin on Baggot Street
- Marco Marcato (LPR) takes the stage win in Dublin.
- Marco Marcato (LPR) wins the stage in Dublin.
- Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank) comes in second.
- Irish National Champion David O'Loughlin (Navigators) comes in third.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet) has won the Tour of Ireland!
- Marco Marcato (LPR), stage winner, on the podium
- Roger Beuchat (LPR) wins the King of the Mountains competition
- The podium (from left) Matti Breschel (CSC), Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet) and Roger Beuchat (LPR) celebrate with champagne.
- Stage 5 winner Marco Marcato (LPR) drinks champagne on the podium
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet) drinks champagne from his trophy.
Images by Tour of Ireland
- Riders cross a bridge on a clear, sunny day
- The peloton rolls along.
- David O'Loughlin (Navigators) leads the break.
- Marco Marcato (L.P.R) celebrates his win.
- Stijn Vandenberg (Unibet) smiles in his leader's jersey.
- All the jersey winners share a podium.
- This handy trophy doubles as a drinking vessel.
Images by Stephen McMahon
- On the banks of the River Shannon, the town of Athlone in County Westmeath played host to the start of Stage 5 of the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) was involved in one of the crashes that marred the action on Stage 4. Despite being stiff and sore the Australian rider chose to start Stage 5 so that his team mate and race leader Stijn Vandenbergh had adequate support on the road.
- Stephen Roche checks out the weight of fellow Irishman Stephen Gallagher's (Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly/Sean Kelly Team) Specialized Tarmac.
- Australian rider Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) ponders the road ahead at the start of Stage 5.
- With a lead of just one point over Matti Breschel (Team CSC), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo-Bianchi) needs to be on guard if he is to take the green jersey home to Norway.
- After the rain and wind of Stage 4, blue skies and warm sunshine returned to the Tour of Ireland as the peloton rolled of Athlone and began their journey to Dublin.
- With a short stage and a slight tail wind the pace was fast and furious. Here, British rider Hamish Haynes (Team DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) leads an early breakaway group.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) sets a brisk but steady tempo at the head of the main peloton.
- Jeremy Hunt (Unibet.com) is on police duty today for a change.
- Francesco Tomei (Ceramica Panaria Navigare) leads the breakaway group.
- Best placed Irish rider on the GC David McCann (Colavita Sutter Home Cycling) looks like he is committed to staying away.
- With no representatives in the leading group, the Murphy & Gunn/Newlyn Group/M. Donnelly/Sean Kelly Team and Plowman Craven Evans Cycles Team set about reeling in the attackers. Irish rider Stephen Gallagher leads the way.
- Matti Breschel (Team CSC) is on the hunt for points as the race hurtles towards the east coast.
- Feeding time for Team Maxbo-Bianchi. Despite the pressure to retain it, Edvald Boasson Hagen seemed to be enjoying his day in the green jersey. It has been a good race so far for the Norwegian squad.
- Three riders have gone clear after 62 kilometres. Irish National Champion David O’Loughlin (Navigators Insurance) leads Marco Marcato (Team LPR) and Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank).
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) is looking good for the overall race win as the peloton roll through the outskirts of Leixlip in County Kildare.
- Team Maxbo-Bianchi led the chasing peloton through Lucan village and along the Liffey Valley.
- As the peloton enter the Phoenix Park in Dublin City the breakaway trio have a lead of almost three minutes.
- The peloton are running out of time and road. With 10 laps of a 2.4 kilometre circuit ahead there is a real danger of the main field being lapped by the trio. The sprinter’s teams are setting a furious pace.
- The breakaway trio have succeeded in lapping the main field. Here, David O’ Loughlin (Navigators Insurance) makes his way through the neutralised peloton.
- It is now guaranteed that the victory will go to one of the trio. It is all about tactics with one lap to go.
- Marco Marcato (Team LPR) takes victory on Stage 5 of the Tour of Ireland 2007. Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank) finished second.
- O'Loughlin (Navigators Insurance) had to settle for third place on the stage which, when his valiant efforts on Stage 4 are considered, was no meagre achievement.
- A very happy Marco Marcato (Team LPR).
- With two stage wins and overall victory in the King of the Mountains Classification, it has been an excellent week for Team LPR. Roger Beuchat receives his final red jersey and crystal trophy.
- Matti Breschel (Team CSC) secured overall victory in the Points Classification with fifth place on Stage 5.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) took the yellow jersey with victory on Stage 1 and rode with exceptional composure to maintain his lead and take overall victory in the Tour of Ireland 2007.
- The final podium got very messy when the champagne arrived. It was great to see the riders letting off some steam after a hectic five days of racing.
- Matti Breschel (Team CSC) used all his tactical know how to avoid being saturated by race winner Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com).
- Order was eventually restored on the podium. With the racing finished and good reason to celebrate there was only one thing left to do…
- …share a celebratory swig of champagne and toast a fantastic five days of racing at the first edition of the Tour of Ireland. Roll on next year.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- O'Loughlin attack's.
- The break away in the streets of Dublin.
- Working well together.
- Pheonix Park.
- The peloton making thier way through Dublin.
- The peloton was brought to a stop by the lead bikes, as they were about to be lapped by the breakaway.
- Vandenbergh finished the tour as winner.
- Marcato won the final stage.
- Marcato saluting the crowd.
- Breschel on the podium in the sprinters jersey.
- Vandenberg on the final podium.
- A demonstration of a paceline.
- The crowds in Dublin were enthusiastic.
- The mountain jersey winner Beauchat on the podium.
- Points winner Matti Breschel (Team CSC) with the green jersey on the green island.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) held on to the win in the end.
- The final podium Breschel, Vandenbergh, Beauchat and stage winner Marco Marcato.
- Champagne is sticky enough but if you get showered by four guys simultaneously...
- Cooke protected Vandenbergh very well on the final stage
- The break lapped the field which is a rare sight in the professional Euro races.
- David O'Loughlin is the Irish champion and even his handle bar is green.
- Marcato won his first race of the 2007 season.
Results
1 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.04.20 (48.076 km/h) 2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.08 4 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.30 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 6 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 7 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 9 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 10 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 11 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 12 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 13 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 15 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 17 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 18 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 19 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 20 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 21 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 23 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 24 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 25 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 27 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 28 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 29 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 30 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 31 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 32 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 33 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 35 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Team 36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 37 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 38 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 39 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 40 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 41 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 42 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 43 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 44 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 45 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 46 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 47 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 48 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 49 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 50 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 51 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 52 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 53 David McCann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 54 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 55 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 56 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 57 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 58 Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 59 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 60 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 61 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 62 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 63 Isaac Speirs (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 64 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 65 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 66 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 67 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 69 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 70 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 71 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 72 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 73 Troels Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 74 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 75 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 76 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 77 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 78 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 79 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 80 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 81 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 82 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 83 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 84 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 85 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 86 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4.50 87 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly DNF Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed DNF Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing DNS Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Sprints Sprint 1: Kinnegad 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 3 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 1 Sprint 2: Lucan 1 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 pts 2 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 2 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 1 Sprint 3: Finish line third passage 1 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 pts 2 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 3 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1 Team 1 Rabobank 9.18.00 2 Team LPR 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling 0.08 4 Unibet.com 2.30 5 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 6 Team CSC 7 T-Mobile Team 8 Murphy & Gunn 9 South Australia AIS 10 Colavita Sutter Home Cycling 11 Irish National Team 12 Recycling 13 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 14 Ceramica Panaria Navigare 15 Plowman Craven Evans Cycles 16 Team Slipstream General Classification after stage 5 1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 21.20.21 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 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 11.03 10 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 12.30 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.12 12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 13.20 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 13.28 14 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 13.34 15 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 13.43 16 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 17 Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13.45 19 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 20 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 21 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 22 David McCann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 23 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 24 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13.57 25 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.00 26 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 27 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14.11 28 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.23 29 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14.31 30 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.38 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15.00 32 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 15.10 33 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 15.54 34 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 35 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 36 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 37 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 38 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 39 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 40 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 41 Brian Keneally (Irl) Irish National Team 16.13 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 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 50 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 51 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 52 Toms Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 53 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 54 Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 55 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental 56 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 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 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 41.58 63 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 64 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 41.59 65 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 42.00 66 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 67 Svein Vold (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 68 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light 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 Ian Stannard (GBr) T-Mobile Team 42.20 75 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles Racing 76 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 42.22 77 Derek Burke (Irl) Irish National Team 42.35 78 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 42.44 79 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team 44.02 80 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 44.54 81 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 45.02 82 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 46.22 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 Sprint classification 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 60 pts 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 51 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 43 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 41 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 34 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 Best young rider classification 1 Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com 21.20.21 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 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 11.03 6 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team L.P.R. 12.30 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 13.12 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 13.20 9 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13.43 10 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 13.45 11 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 12 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.00 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.38 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 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 41.58 29 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly 41.59 30 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 42.00 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 64.15.12 2 Team LPR 11.19 3 Team CSC 13.44 4 T-Mobile Team 13.48 5 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 13.49 6 Team Slipstream 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling 15.45 8 Rabobank 24.36 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
