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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 18-25, 2007
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Stage 1 - February 19: Sausalito - Santa Rosa, 155.7km
Questionable finish keeps Leipheimer in Cali lead
Brown pips Hendo by centimeters on the line
By Mark Zalewski in Santa Rosa, California with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins and Laura Weislo
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It was many minutes though before people knew who won the sprint due to Greg Henderson matching Brown's bike throw at the line, even for the sprinters themselves. "Normally sprinters know," Hendy said. "But I got told around the corner and I was like, 'Yesssss!' Two minutes later they said Brown got it and I was pissed! I had to take a couple of minutes to compose myself actually!" Actually, Cyclingnews was speaking to him as he was informed of the final decision. "I thought I won but I was just told that I didn't win. I am devastated. I don't know what to say," he said.
Brown was a little more certain of the result. "I thought I might have got it on the line because it was so close," he said. "T-Mobile was on the front for most of it and my teammate took me into the last corner. One of the T-Mobile guys slowed down through the last corner and it worked out perfectly for me. I was able to get out and have a perfect straight line -- but I was starting to die a little bit in the end."
But before the sprint finish a huge pile-up occurred as the field passed the finish line to begin the second of three finish circuits, due to a rider hitting one of the estimated 20 million Caltrans 'botts dots' marking the lanes on the California roads. The wreck held-up many of the GC contenders including the race leader Leipheimer. "All of a sudden I could see that a T-Mobile rider hit one of the metal balls on the road and his hands came off the bars and he flipped over the bars," he said. "He fell to the right causing a huge pile up."
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With the race at such a high speed on the penultimate lap, the riders that made it through did not slow down at all as they contested the stage win, while the rest of the field picked themselves up off the pavement. "When you crash like that and you are in the leaders jersey all you do is get up right away and try to get back on your bike," said Leipheimer. "There were a few guys on top of my bike and I was yelling at them to get up, they seemed too relaxed about the situation and I was trying to motivate them to get off the ground!"
"Once I found my bike I had to straighten my levers, my brakes were blocking the rear wheel and my chain was off. I thought about taking Jason's bike by he is too big. Once we started going George and Ivan [Basso] started to ride hard to bring me back."
Levi began to gain back some of the lost time, but with only two laps in which to do it, his leader's jersey, along with the hopes of many GC contenders, seemed to be dashed. That is, until the college of commissaires stepped in fifteen minutes after the race finished, announcing they were extending the UCI's three kilometer neutral rule (giving all riders within the same time in event of a crash) to where the crash occurred, some ten kilometers from the actual finish.
"Due to the crash and the large number of riders that went down in the crash, our panel of commissaires made a decision to award all the riders with the time of the winner," said race director Jim Birrell. "I think it was a fair decision and the right decision." When asked who initiated the discussion about making the change from the UCI regulation, Birrell said it was the chief commissaire.
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"Coming across the finish I was in that 5,000 rider pile-up," said Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis). "I'm not surprised that the commissaires did something about that because it was half the field. There were not enough spare wheels to go around and the convoy was spread everywhere with no commissaires around to control it."
The result was Leipheimer in the leader's jersey and the top of the GC unchanged. Leipheimer admitted that he is the beneficiary of the commissaire's decision, but qualified it by saying that races of this caliber in Europe do not have finishing circuits like these. "We come on to these circuits with the dots, the sprinters are fighting, and the GC guys are fighting to keep position near the front. They don't want me there and I don't want to be there! You don't see these circuits at the Tour or the Giro. I think the riders would like it if we would come into these circuits neutral and then go for the win."
Regardless of how he kept the lead, Leipheimer was once again happy to be racing in front of a hometown crowd. "My parents, my wife's parents and all my friends were here, so it was really special. It was much more difficult today than last year -- I would call it spectacular. All the people that came out to see the race, and even the riders were commenting on how beautiful it was. Today's course was perfect, I wouldn't change it."
Two other riders were affected by crashes. CSC's David Zabriskie went down with about forty kilometers to go and was taken to hospital after medical staff concluded he had a concussion. Later tests showed no abnormalities but will not be able to start tomorrow's stage. The other significant injury was to Nick Gates (Predictor-Lotto) who was involved in the massive pile-up. Gates did finish the stage but was transported to hospital with no indication if he would be able to start the next day.
How it unfolded
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The riders set out from Sausalito under blue skies, and headed immediately into the first climb of the day, Mt. Tam, a category four climb. Jurgen Van de Walle took the first KOM at kilometre 12 ahead of Slipstream's Thomas Peterson, Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner), Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto). On the descent, the rough roads caused a few crashes and flat tires, but resulted in no serious injuries, and the lead riders at the summit held a small gap on the descent that was quickly neutralized by the pack.
"It was pretty windy today... a hard stage," said Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis). "I think every one was nervous. We expected an easier first stage but that never really happened."
Alejandro Acton (Colavita-Sutter Home) attacked, and held a twenty second advantage until just before the first intermediate sprint of the day, when the Discovery Channel-led peloton brought him back. Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) took the bonus sprint ahead of teammate George Hincapie and Health Net-Maxxis' Karl Menzies.
Heading up the Pacific Coast highway, the riders were treated to spectacular views but plagued by a stiff headwind for the majority of the stage, something that discouraged breakaways. It wasn't until the peloton headed briefly away from the coast that the action started to pick up again. At the second bonus sprint, it was once again Discovery's Allan Davis taking max points, this time ahead of Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) and Argentinian Alejandro Acton (Colavita-Sutter Home).
Just after the second sprint, a group of five riders went clear, with Robert Gesink (Rabobank), William Frischkorn (Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle), Justin England (Toyota United Pro), and Davide Frattini (Colavita Sutter Home) being joined a kilometer later by world champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Inergetic) and Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel), but the gap didn't last long.
Frattini was not content to sit in the pack, and took off solo less than ten kilometres before the third intermediate sprint, gaining a maximum of a bit more than a minute on the pack. Frattini took the sprint, but as he headed to the second KOM of the day, his gap quickly fell. He was caught at the bottom and a counter attack by Thomas Peterson (Slipstream/Chipotle) created a lead group of four. At the top, Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step) once again took the KOM ahead of Peterson and Rabobank's Theo Eltink.
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Over the top, the group of four -- Van De Walle, Peterson and Eltink were joined by T-mobile's Adam Hansen, gaining more than a minute on the bunch. But as they hit the flat run-in to Santa Rosa, the sprinters' teams took charge and quickly brought them back to the fold, even with the winds still howling "There were various types of winds, but I'm not sure if it had any effect on the break succeeding," said Peterson. "Discovery was pulling pretty hard in the back and I think we would have been caught anyway. "
In the three finishing circuits, the T-mobile led pack ramped the pace up to more than 55km/h, when near the end of the first circuit, a huge crash leveled half the field, taking out race leader Levi Leipheimer. As T-mobile, Quick Step and CSC worked for their sprinters up front, Leipheimer's team was desperately trying to bring him back to the front group.
In the final kilometres, all the hard work was done by T-mobile, working for their new sprinter Greg Henderson. "It's amazing!" the new ProTour rider said about his new lead out train. "Just look at the rock stars in front of me. The last guy was three times time trial world champion [Michael Rogers -ed.] just positioning me. It's funny, he just cruises around like an eel in his 53-11 and I'm about four gears down whipping my legs!"
Henderson also said this was the first chance he has had to catch up with the U.S. based riders he rode with the past few years. "It was pretty cool actually," he said about chatting along the race course. "And I met a couple of them again with four kilometers to go banging handlebars and had to politely move them, as you do!"
"About two kilometers to go we only had Rogers, Barry and me. I was yelling at them that it was too easy. Barry pulled off at a kilometer to go and Rogers just had to go, because you can't stop! But then Jens Voigt came and I was like, 'Yes!'"
But the work done by T-Mobile, CSC and Quick Step was undone by opportunist Graeme Brown, who rocketed out of the final turn with Greg Henderson on his wheel. Hendy made a late charge for the line, and threw his bike but fell just centimetres short of victory on the photo finish. Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) took third, but gained enough points along the road to win the Sprint leader's jersey. After great debate, the judges decided to neutralize the time gaps on the closing circuits, allowing Leipheimer to keep the leader's jersey. Thomas Peterson (Slipstream) also kept the climber's jersey, and Taylor Tolleson (Slipstream) retained the young rider's jersey.
Tomorrow's stage is a new course from Santa Rosa winding through the wineries of Sonoma into the state capital Sacramento, totalling 186.4 kilometers. Follow all of the action with Cyclingnews' live coverage as the Hindenburg V2 floats over the Golden State.
Photography
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- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) just gets it ahead of Greg Henderson (T-mobile) and Allan Davis (Discovery)
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) explains some finers points of todays race.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) ready on the start line.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) gets set for the day.
- Bernard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) and Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile)happy on the start line.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery) excited about starting today.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) and David Zabriskie (CSC) ham it up at the start.
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) and George Hincapie (Discovery) ready to go.
- The bunch rolls through the California countryside.
- The bunch goes past an original looking ranch house along the route.
- Discovery riders come to the front to manage the pace on one of the windier parts of the course.
- Riders tackle one of the little rises past the feed zone.
- The group makes it's way along the California coast.
- The jagged coastline greeted the bunch as it makes it's way north.
- Riders bunch up as the wind picks up later in the race.
- The first real break of the day tries to get up the road.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) bridges up to the back of a group.
- Jean Marc Marino (Credit Agricole) tackles a climb.
- Sheldon Deeny (USA National) works his way back on.
- The group gets back together after some small attacks.
- David Zabriskie (CSC) catches back on after some mechanical issues.
- The bunch makes it's way up the Coleman Valley Rd. climb.
- Discovery comes to the front with 25K to go.
- The last group that tried hard to get away.
- A massive pileup with 2 laps still to go takes down most of the field.
- The dragrace to the line begins.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) keeps the leader jersey for another day.
Images by Laura Weislo / Cyclingnews
- Marking 300-meters to go at the finsh in Santa Rosa
- VIP's get to watch the finish from special areas
- TV crews setup in the finish area of Monday's stage from Sausalita to Santa Rosa
- The television production requires two huge truckloads of equipment
- Paul Sherwin is at the Tour of California commentating for the US sports channel Versus
Images by Dennis Hoover/www.hooverfoto.com
- Levi Leipheimer in the leader's jersey, chasing back after his crash
- The peloton rolls along
- The t-mobile train rockets into Santa Rosa
Images by PhotoSport International
- The peloton passes through the finish
- Henderson was clearly giving his all.
- Australia's Brown takes victory from New Zealand's Henderson.
- Henderson, prior to being informed he didn't win.
- Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer retains the yellow jersey.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Leipheimer signs in at the start.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) soaks up the Californian sun.
- T-Mobile leads the way into Santa Rosa.
- Discovery Channel, Rabobank and T-Mobile sprint to the finish.
- Greg Henderson (T-Mobile) was shocked when told he didn't win.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) wasn't suprised when informed of his victory.
- Greg LeMond being interviewed
- Podium (L-R): Greg Henderson (T-Mobile), Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel)
- Leipheimer keeps the yellow jersey, for another day.
Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/www.AbbiOrca.com
- Waiting for the Tour of California
- Sonoma's Steven Cozza gets lots of support
- More waiting, with some happy local California cows
- Brian Worthy rides up the hill
- More Cozza well-wishes
- Thor and Cippo
- BMC and Paolo Bettini have friends in the area.
- One way to ascend Coleman Valley Road
- A welcoming day of sunshine for the first stage of TOC
- Richard Fries announces AND distributes Jelly Belly beans.
- Fans reaching for the Jelly Bellies
- Saul Raisin, of Credit Agricole, rode up the hill with a Roaring Mouse Cycling Team member.
- Go go go Levi
- Mavic support part way through a full day
- Quick Step-Innergetic's Jurgen Van De Walle en route to securing the KOM jersey.
- Thomas Peterson, of Team Slipstream, chases Van de Walle
- The peloton crests the hill.
- Discovery leads the pack up Coleman Valley.
- Jackson Stewart, BMC
- Steve Cozza (Slipstream) and Gustavo Artacho (Colavita/Sutter Home) sandwiched between Health Net and CSC support.
- BMC support car
- The broom wagon/minivan
Images by Amando Mendoza
- Bettini and his Angel at the start under the Coit Tower.
Images by Peter Vaughan
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4.17.19 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 13 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC 15 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 16 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 17 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 21 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 25 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 27 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 28 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro 29 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 30 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 33 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 34 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 35 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 John Devine (USA) USA National team 37 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 38 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 41 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 42 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 44 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 47 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 48 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 49 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 52 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 53 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 54 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC 55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 57 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 58 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 59 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 60 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 61 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 62 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 63 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home 64 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 65 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 66 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 67 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 68 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile 71 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 72 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 74 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 75 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 76 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 77 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 78 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 85 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 86 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 87 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 88 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 89 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 90 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 91 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 92 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 93 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 94 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 95 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 96 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 97 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 98 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 99 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 100 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 102 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 103 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 104 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 105 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 106 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 107 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 108 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 109 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 110 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 111 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 112 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 113 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 115 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 116 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 117 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 118 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 119 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 120 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 122 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.32 123 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 124 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 125 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 126 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 127 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 128 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 129 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 130 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA National team 131 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 132 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 133 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 135 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 136 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 137 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 138 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National team 139 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National team 140 Scott Stewart (USA) USA National team 141 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 142 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 143 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team 10.26 DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC Mountains KOM 1 - Mt. Tam (cat 4) 1 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 4 pts 2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 3 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 4 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 KOM 2 - Coleman Valley Rd (cat 3) 1 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 6 pts 2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 5 3 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 4 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 3 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Sprints Sprint 1 (44.9 km) 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 Sprint 2 (72.4 km) 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 1 Sprint 3 (96.1 km) 1 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 5 pts 2 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 3 3 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Young rider 1 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 4.17.19 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 John Devine (USA) USA National team 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 9 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 10 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 11 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 12 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 13 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 16 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 17 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 18 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 21 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 3.32 22 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 23 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA National team 24 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National team 25 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National team 26 Scott Stewart (USA) USA National team Teams 1 Team CSC 12.51.57 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 BMC Racing Team 4 T-Mobile Team 5 Credit Agricole 6 Rabobank 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Predictor-Lotto 9 Liquigas 10 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 Team Slipstream 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 16 USA National Development Team 17 Priority Health Cycling Team 18 Jelly Belly Cycling Team General classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.22.08 2 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.01 3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 0.05 4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.06 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.07 10 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.08 11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.09 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.10 15 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.12 19 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.13 20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 21 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 22 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.14 24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 26 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile 0.15 28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 29 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro 30 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC 0.16 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.17 32 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 35 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.18 37 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.19 39 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 40 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 42 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 43 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.20 44 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 46 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 48 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 0.21 49 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.22 51 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 52 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 53 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.23 54 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 55 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 56 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 0.24 60 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 61 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.25 62 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 63 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 64 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 0.26 66 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 67 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 68 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 69 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 70 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 71 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 0.27 72 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 73 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 0.28 74 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 76 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 0.29 77 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.30 78 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 81 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 83 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 0.31 84 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 85 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile 87 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 88 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.32 89 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 90 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 91 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.33 92 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 93 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 94 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 95 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 0.34 96 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.35 98 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.36 99 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 100 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 0.37 101 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 102 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 103 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 104 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 0.38 105 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 106 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home 0.39 107 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 108 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.41 109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 110 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.42 111 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 112 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 0.43 113 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 114 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 John Devine (USA) USA National team 0.45 117 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.46 118 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.54 119 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.55 120 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC 0.56 121 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 1.06 122 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 3.53 123 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 3.56 124 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 3.59 125 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 4.00 126 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.04 127 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 128 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4.06 129 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 130 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 4.09 131 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.13 132 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 4.15 133 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 4.19 134 Scott Stewart (USA) USA National team 135 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA National team 4.20 136 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 4.21 137 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National team 4.22 138 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.25 139 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 4.27 140 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 4.28 141 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 4.32 142 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National team 4.42 143 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team 11.25 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 11 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 10 3 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 4 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 4 5 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 3 6 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2 8 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 10 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 12 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 6 6 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 5 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 8 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 4 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 11 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 12 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 3 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 14 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 15 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 16 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 1 Young rider classification 1 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4.22.21 2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.06 3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.07 5 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 0.12 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.13 7 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.14 8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 0.16 9 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.17 10 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 11 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 0.18 12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 13 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.19 14 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.23 15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 0.24 16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 17 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.26 19 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.30 20 John Devine (USA) USA National team 0.32 21 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.53 22 Scott Stewart (USA) USA National team 4.06 23 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA National team 4.07 24 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National team 4.09 25 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 4.19 26 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National team 4.29 Team classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.06.42 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.07 3 Team CSC 0.08 4 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 5 T-Mobile Team 0.12 6 Team Slipstream 0.14 7 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.26 8 Liquigas 0.29 9 Predictor-Lotto 0.33 10 Priority Health Cycling Team 0.36 11 Rabobank 0.38 12 Credit Agricole 0.43 13 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.53 14 BMC Racing Team 0.56 15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 16 Gerolsteiner 1.06 17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.17 18 USA National Development Team 1.33 Back to top
