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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 18-25, 2007
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Stage 3 - February 21: Stockton to San José, 152.2km
Voigt powers to second CSC win in as many days
Tough climbs make big changes to categories
By Mark Zalewski in San Jose, with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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"I was very lucky today that I had distance before the climb or today might not finish the way it did," said Voigt. "I was waiting for Bobby Julich so I had a little bit of [an easy] ride for the last 20 km and I had a chance to save my legs a little bit. I figured it should be possible to win the stage. I am never going to win a sprint against Tom Boonen but with a little group of five riders I thought I had a fair chance."
"Levi is on good form but luckily I knew he needed a couple of guys to go over with him so he had to wait for me!" chuckled Horner. "We were working together with what we could gain in the race, being Americans had nothing to do with it. It was hard all day today. What I liked about today's race was that there were no races for time bonuses. So it really forced Discovery to do the bulk of the work, which is the way it should be in a stage like this. They did a fantastic job today and hats off to them. Rabobank hopped on the front for a bit to help bring some of the time back."
When asked if he was surprised by the help from Rabobank, Leipheimer said no. "Ardila [Cano] had a great prologue, which is a sign he is riding well. And I have been hearing from Rasmussen that Gesink has been riding well. I think they made the right choice -- they weren't going to be in the race unless they closed it down... and thank God for us!"
Leipheimer and Discovery Channel do owe a bit of thanks to Rabobank for the help, as the days of defending the lead are taking a toll. "I feel like when you do a really hard time trial and your ass is all locked up... that's what I feel like right now," Tony Cruz told Cyclingnews. I did a lot more [today] than I would like to be doing, unfortunately."
"Tomorrow we have to just control the race, and not mess around like we did today. I would just rather take over from the gun, set the pace, then let a few guys get away. I had an idea it would turn out like that, and when I saw seventeen guys up the road with Jens Voigt and only one of us, I was pissed -- pissed at myself for not being there because we were going to have a shitty day. But it's racing."
The one teammate Cruz referred to was strongman Jason McCartney, who rode smartly in the break and saved enough to help Leipheimer as the peloton made the catch on the Sierra Road KOM. "Jason was phenomenal in the end and worked so hard today," said Leipheimer. "Jason, as well as the whole team, was extraordinary today. Today was a bike race -- it was a battle out there and all of the guys on Discovery suffered today. I personally saw Allan, Tony and Brian get dropped and come back, with the grimmace on their face all day long."
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Leipheimer said that they tried to not let such a big group get away, but had to be patient and let the course do its work. "We were really trying to close the gap when it was only 30 seconds but we couldn’t. We were going 65 k/h and needed to go 70k/h. It is really hard and trying to catch seventeen riders going that fast. So we decided not to panic and just stay calm to close the gap slowly. We accepted that fact that it was going to be an all day suffer for the team and we knew we still had two climbs to go."
With McCartney waiting up the road at the second KOM and riders like Basso driving it hard up the climb, Leipheimer was able to play cards that he did not have last year. "Discovery Channel chased me down and this year," he said. "I am on their team now and that is the difference. I knew with Jason up there on the climb that I didn't want to go too hard and go past him because I needed him. It worked out perfect -- I didn't have to let off that much and we still went up the climb pretty fast. When we got over the top and started the down hill I was having a lot of fun because Chris, Jens, Jason and I were really flying. We were putting down some smack there and just flying. I know when the field is chasing it is hard to hold them off. I think we did a great job to make it all the way to the finish."
While Discovery Channel held onto their lead in the overall, their lead in the points classification was lost, with Allan Davis not making the time cut after putting all his energy into today's chase. Jens Voigt takes over that jersey and is tied with stage one winner Graem Browne (Rabobank).
Voigt picked up ten seconds of bonus with the stage win, adding to the three seconds he earned winning the only intermediate sprint out of the early breakaway. This thirteen seconds vaulted him up the general classification to just three seconds behind Leipheimer, who took a six second bonus for second, setting up an interesting race at the top of the overall with the decisive time trial two days away.
"Today decided the front group, and the time trial will decide who wins the race," said Leipheimer about the overall classification.
"The race isn’t over until the fat lady sings!" joked Voigt. "we don’t have expressions like that in German so I like to say that one. The race is still really open. Yesterday we had a fantastic win with JJ and today we were a little bit lucky." As for his chances against Leipheimer in the time trial on Friday, Voigt said, "We are a little in the unknown so it is going to be hard to see how the time trial is going to go. I had a pretend time trial at camp and I was second to Cancarella so I might have a good time trial."
An additional boost to Discovery Channel's motivation came in the form of "The Boss" Lance Armstrong showing up and riding part of the course in the team car. "We knew that there would be some selection on the climb and Levi showed that he, along with Chris Horner, seem to be the two stronger guys in the race," he said. "It is going to come down to the time trial now. [Levi] has been in this situation before and we like his chances."
"Anything can happen tomorrow because tomorrow's stage is a long the coast and it will be windy all day long," he continued. "I like Levi’s chances to win the time trial. He is from here and he wants to win his first race for the team. It is no secret that we are looking for a title sponsor so we want to win this."
How it unfolded
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The group consisted of: Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step-Innergetic), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Charly Wegelius (Liquigas), Steven Cozza and William Frischkorn (Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle), Nicolar Reistad (Jelly Belly ), Kirk O'Bee and Shawn Milne (Health Net Presented By Maxxis), Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole), Kyle Gritters (Health Net p/b Maxxis), Mike Sayers (BMC), Jason McCartney (Discovery), Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner) as well as Aaron Olsen and Jakob Piil (T-Mobile).
This break made for some nervous work back in the peloton, as riders such as Voigt posed a threat to Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) in the overall. As well, some players in the mountain classification were present, such as Jurgen Van De Walle who was only three points behind Thomas Peterson (Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle).
"With Tom Peterson in the jersey we had to challenge Jurgen for the points, who was unfortunately in the break with us -- the one guy we didn't want to see," said teammate Will Frischkorn, who took the maximum points on the first KOM to protect Peterson's lead. "We essentially just played off of him. It made it tough for us, but I got the points over the top." However, Van De Walle took second which puts him in a tie with Peterson, each with sixteen points.
After descending down the the hill the break tried to settle in to a rhythm. But a few kilometers later Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) put the hurt on, attacking on a smaller unrated climb. With about 150 meter gap J-Mac looked around and saw he had nobody with him, eventually sitting up. But this would be a foreshadowing of what would come later.
About two-thirds of the way into the stage the course rejoined last year's course, winding around the Calaveras Reservoir along a difficult and narrow road that pitched slightly upwards for around fifteen kilometers. Half-way through this section, Health Net-Maxxis' Shawn Milne decided he had a chance to make a move, and attacked out of the break. "I was hoping someone would come with me," Milne said after the race. "We had pre-ridden the course from that point on, and I new it was really twisty, so a couple of guys away could do well. I knew McCartney had been sitting on and Voigt is a ridiculously strong guy -- if they came with me we would be good to go."
Milne dangled off the front with about thirty seconds. At this point the chasing Discovery Channel team was aided by Rabobank, which cut the breakaway's lead in half. Milne decided to stay solo in an effort to survive at least to the Sierra Road climb. " I was thinking about sitting up but then the gap was plummeting, so then I just gave it a go."
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Down off the Reservoir Milne and the chasing breakaway reached speeds well above fifty mph, while the peloton continued to pull back the time. Into Milpitas the road flattened out as the second KOM loomed ahead. Making the left turn onto Sierra Road, Milne was caught and passed by the breakaway, with the peloton right on their heels. "I thought maybe I could sit in with those lead guys on the climb, but that is just such a different world," Milne said about the speed of the ProTour riders. "I'm still amazed that Jens stayed away! I was maybe twenty seconds behind them when the field caught me and for them to just keep going, it's unbelievable. I guess I have some work to do."
At this point the race flipped on its ear, just like last year. McCartney and Voigt led the remnants of the break up the crowded early slopes, setting a pace that sent the others back to the peloton. T-Mobile's Aaron Olsen was one of those riders. "I was hoping to make it over in the lead groups, but I was content where I finished. It was good to see the crowds. Tim Johnson actually said to me, 'Can you believe where we are at? These crowds are incredible!'"
After the steep initial pitches the climb eased off a bit. A group of five held the lead, consisting of: Voigt, De Groot, McCartney, Piil and Kaggestad. Close behind was a chasing group of sixteen which included Leipheimer. As the climb wore on the numbers dwindled, and over the top it was only Leipheimer leading McCartney, Voigt, Gesink and Horner. These five dove down the narrow and tricky descent back to the town of Milpitas along the same roads as earlier, before heading in the opposite direction towards the finish in San Jose.
Along the flats towards downtown the five riders kept a high pace to hold off the reassembling peloton. McCartney did what he could to work for Leipheimer but was out of gas in the end. "I was cooked for the finish and I was just really cooked for the end. I’ve been riding on the front for the past few days so I’m feeling tired." But a bonus for this, in the eyes of Horner, was McCartney riding Gesink backwards from the lead.
"I never saw the Rabobank guy because he never took a pull!" he laughed. "Frankly, I don't understand his strategy because it would have been better for him to work. Then in the finish you can't play cat and mouse with Jason McCartney, sitting on his wheel -- so Jason just rode him straight out of the break."
With those two riders out of the picture, the sprint was set up between Voigt, Leipheimer and Horner. Voigt had the most to gain with the bonuses on the line, while Horner and his team are here purely for stage wins. "Our strategy [today] was just to do nothing," said Horner. "We are here to win stages -- my time trialing has been letting me down a little, and to win GC is not something I was thinking about. I was just thinking about winning today."
"Today I picked Levi’s wheel because I was hoping he would jump sooner to and force Voigt to go," Horner continued. "But he never jumped and therefore Voigt had a full acceleration all the way to the line and I am never going to win that way. A stage like today is perfect for me, but of course I screwed up on the finish."
Voigt was just too strong and easily took the win, similar to the gap his teammate Haedo won by yesterday.
Tomorrow's stage is a long and winding drag down the Pacific Coast Highway. Rain and temperatures in the high forties are forecast for tomorrow, which should add a little more uncertainty to the race. Catch all of the rain-soaked action on Cyclingnews' live reports starting at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time.
Photography
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- Team CSC's Jens Voigt leads home race leader Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel)
- The peloton rolls past a field of apple trees early in the day.
- As the day gets underway, so does the first break.
- The Liquigas boys decide what to do.
- The break still going strong.
- Discovery decides it's time to get things under control.
- The bunch comes up the Patterson Pass Road climb.
- And the bunch rolls on through the unique landscape.
- Clouds threatened rain later in the day but didn’t slow the front group.
- The break makes it's way up Patterson Pass Road.
- Jurgen Van De Walle (Quickstep-Innergetic) concentrates as Jacob Piil (T-Mobile) checks out the scenery.
- The peloton passes through a windmill farm.
- Part of the picteresque Patterson Pass Road climb.
- The group bunches up as they hit the climb.
- Allan Davis (Discovery) had a little trouble with the climbs today.
- Scott Stewart (USA National) climbs Patterson Pass Road.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) speeds up to the group.
- Shawn Milne (Healthnet/Maxxis) spent his fare share of the day of the front.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) and Jens Voigt(CSC) lead the break at the bottom of Sierra Road.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery) leads team leader Levi Leipheimer up to the KOM.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery) keeps the pressure on.
- The field starts to get blown apart.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery) keeping the pace up to catch the leaders.
- The group struggles as Ivan Basso (Discovery) keeps going hard.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) comes to the front.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) leads Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank).
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) hammers the pedals up the climb.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) and Jason McCartney (Discovery)about to get caught by the Lepheimer group.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) was the man of the day today.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery) tries to make the chase harder.
- A little local wildlife on the descent.
- Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) comes to the front with 10 miles to go.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) fought hard to the end today.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) up close and personal.
Images by PhotoSport International
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) passes through a windmill farm.
- Voigt's stage win takes Team CSC's count to two.
- Voigt now holds second place on general classification.
- Jacob Piil (T-Mobile)
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel)
- Jens Voight (CSC)
- Levi on the podium… again
- Allan Davis (Discovery)
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- Levi signs autographs for the fans before signing in for the stage.
- The riders were glad the wind on Patterson Pass was not blowing.
- Discovery Channel's Jason McCartney and Voigt were the first riders up Sierra Road.
- Yellow jersey-holding Leipheimer goes up Sierra Road.
- Emile Abraham (Priority Health) was the last rider over Sierra Road.
Images by Len Ramirez
- McCartney leads the break up one of the steepest sections of Sierra Road.
- Dimitri Fofonov (Credit Agricole) feels the pain of Sierra Road's 15 per cent gradient.
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas) pours it on.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) paces race leader Leipheimer and Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) up the mountain.
- Leipheimer makes it look easy.
- Legs and lungs hard at work under stormy skies.
- Tony Cruz (Discovery Channel) put in a great effort.
- A long way to the top: mid-pack riders are just looking to survive.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Steve Hegg gets his box.
- Jelly Belly knows how to keep fans happy.
- Hennie Kuiper inspects a bike.
- CSC mechanic does a last minute gear change.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) in a bit of pain.
- Germany's Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner).
- Fast Freddy, not going so fast...
- Mauro Da Dalto (Liguigas) checks his position at the back.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole).
- Even when it hurts, you can still make faces at the photographers.
- California isn't always about the beautiful people.
Images by Russ & Nancy Wright/www.wAbbiOrca.com
- Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) rides with a few friends ahead of the race.
- Patterson Pass before the peloton passes through.
- Go Ben Jacques-Maynes and Fred Rodriguez!
- The crowd grows at the top of Patterson Pass as the race nears.
- A group of 17 or so broke away early.
- Riders climb up Patterson Pass.
- The peloton passes through less than a minute behind the break.
- Riders pass through the windmills on Patterson Pass.
- The race caravan stretched from the bottom of the last Patterson Pass climb to the top.
- As quickly as they came, it's all over.
Images by Mark Johnson/Ironstring.com
- Cancellara and Bettini share an Italian thought at the Stockton start.
- Mario Aerts climbs Sierra Road under Belgian-looking skies.
- Jens Voigt on the climb.
- Leipheimer and Horner apply the pressure.
- It was a good day for Julich and the CSC boys.
- Freddy Rodriguez shows the strain of a long day in the saddle.
Images by Aleksandr Noy
- Fans chat at the side of the road waiting for the peloton to ride by.
- Here they come
- Luca Euser (Slipstream Sports) leads frenchman urgen Van De Walle (Quick Step-Innergetic) for the day's first KOM
- Riders in the break stayed away for most of the day but were caught before the finish
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC)
- Mike Sayers (BMC) rides up behind Kirk O'Bee of Health Net/Maxxis
- With the break past, the fans wait for the main group
- Discovery was all smiles but it would take a concerted team effort to keep stage 3 under control
- The main group kept their cool
- The weather was cool enough for vests but warm enough to open them up on the climbs
- Heading home. The fans mount their own rides to follow the race caravan back down the mountain.
Images by Mike Jacoubowsky / www.chainreactionbicycles.com
- Big crowds on the Sierra climb
- Lead group rides over the top of Sierra Mountain
- Levi Leipheimer, Jason McCartney and Chris Horner ride together over Sierra Mountain
Images by Larry Rosa
- Mike Sayers of Team BMC gives a pre race interview
- Fast Freddie (Team Predictor-Lotto) gets ready for the race
- Two up and coming race fans make sure the bike is good to go
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) peaks out the bus minutes before being called to the line
- The Golden Slipper
- Paolo has a laugh with the crowd before the race
- Happy autograph seekers waiting outside the Discovery bus
- Jakob Pill (T-Mobile) chats his fellow racers
- Big Crowds turn out to watch the Tour of California leave Stockton
- Third and final lap. Stage 2 winner JJ Haedo (CSC) leads the field out of Stockton
- A small break gets free on the Patterson Pass climb
- The chase group led by Tony Cruz and the Disco boys
- The pack makes it over the first part of Patterson Pass
- The pack heads toward the first KOM at the summit of Patterson Pass
Images by Dennis Hoover / www.hooverfoto.com
- Andrew Bajadali (Jelly Belly)
- Mauro Facci (Quick Step)
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
- Tony Cruz (Discovery)
- Team Slipstream bikes ready for action
- The Colavita squad
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) keeps a quick pace on the final cat 1 climb
- Jens Voigt (CSC) keeps a close watch on race leader Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
- Ivan Basso (Discovery)
- George Hincapie (Discovery) leads the previous days most aggressive rider Christophe Laurent (Credit Agricole)
Results
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3.43.44 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.04 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 15 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 16 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 17 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 19 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 24 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 25 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 27 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 28 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 31 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 34 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 35 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 36 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 0.18 38 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.03 39 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 40 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC 41 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 42 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 44 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 45 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 John Devine (USA) USA National team 48 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 49 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile 50 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 52 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 56 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 57 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 58 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 59 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 61 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 62 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 63 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 64 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 65 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile 66 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 67 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 68 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro 69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 71 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 72 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 74 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 75 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 9.55 76 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 79 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 81 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 82 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 84 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 86 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 87 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 88 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 89 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 90 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 91 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 92 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 94 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 95 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14.51 96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 98 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 103 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 104 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 105 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 106 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 107 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 108 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 109 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 110 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 111 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC 112 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 113 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 114 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 115 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 116 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 119 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 120 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 123 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 124 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 14.57 125 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 17.22 126 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 127 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 128 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 129 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 130 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC DNF Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team Outside time limit (hors delai) HD Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team HD Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team HD Scott Stewart (USA) USA National team HD Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA National team HD David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home HD Chad Beyer (USA) USA National team HD Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home HD Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National team HD Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team Mountains Patterson Pass - cat 4 (55.3km) 1 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3 3 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 4 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Sierra Road - cat 1 (153.1km) 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 pts 2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 5 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 5 6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 4 7 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 2 Sprints Sprint 1 - Livermore (71.2km) 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1 Sprint 2 - Finish at Santa Clara (152.2km) 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 10 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 6 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 8 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3 9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 11.11.20 2 Predictor-Lotto 3 Rabobank 0.04 4 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 Gerolsteiner 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.18 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.59 9 Credit Agricole 3.03 10 Team Slipstream 11 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 12 Liquigas 13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 14 BMC Racing Team 9.01 15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 17.50 16 Priority Health Cycling Team 22.45 17 USA National Development Team 27.41 18 Jelly Belly Cycling Team General classification after stage 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.46.25 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.03 3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.15 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.16 5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.17 6 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.18 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.19 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.20 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.23 12 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.24 14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 0.25 16 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.27 17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.28 19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.29 20 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 22 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 0.30 23 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31 25 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 0.34 26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 27 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 0.36 28 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.38 31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.39 32 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.43 33 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.44 34 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.49 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 0.50 36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.51 37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.52 38 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 3.14 39 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3.15 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile 43 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.21 44 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.23 45 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro 3.24 46 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC 3.25 47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3.26 48 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3.27 49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3.28 50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.31 51 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.32 52 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.33 54 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.34 55 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 56 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3.35 57 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.36 58 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3.37 59 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.39 60 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 61 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 3.40 62 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 63 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 64 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.42 65 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 66 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 67 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 3.43 68 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.50 69 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.52 70 John Devine (USA) USA National team 3.54 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.04 72 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile 4.10 73 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4.11 74 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.55 75 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.11 76 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.14 77 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 10.16 78 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10.18 79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 10.19 80 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 10.20 81 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.21 82 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 10.24 84 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 85 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 10.31 86 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.32 87 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.33 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 10.36 89 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 10.38 90 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 91 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.43 93 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 11.07 94 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 13.54 95 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 15.10 96 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15.13 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.14 98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15.20 99 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 100 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15.22 101 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15.23 102 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 15.24 103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 15.25 104 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.29 105 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15.33 106 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 15.35 107 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 108 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.36 109 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 15.38 110 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 15.39 111 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 15.40 112 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 113 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 15.43 115 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.51 116 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 17.57 117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.01 118 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 119 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 19.03 120 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19.10 121 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 19.12 122 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 19.18 123 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 19.25 124 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC 19.26 125 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 19.29 126 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 21.24 127 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 21.27 128 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 21.28 129 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21.53 130 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 21.55 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 16 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 16 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 5 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 6 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home 9 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 9 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 5 10 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 5 11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 4 12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 4 14 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile 3 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 2 17 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 18 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2 19 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 20 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 20 4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 18 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 17 6 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 16 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 12 9 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 10 12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 7 14 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home 6 15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 6 16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 6 17 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 5 18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 19 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 4 20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 21 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 24 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3 25 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 3 26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 27 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 28 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1 29 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 30 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 31 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 32 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 1 Young rider classification 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 12.46.54 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.07 3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.20 4 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 3.05 5 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.07 6 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.10 7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 3.11 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.23 10 John Devine (USA) USA National team 3.25 11 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.26 12 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.52 13 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 10.02 14 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.04 15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 10.09 16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 17 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14.41 19 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15.04 20 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.07 21 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team 17.28 22 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 19.00 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 38.20.07 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.03 3 T-Mobile Team 0.08 4 Predictor-Lotto 0.25 5 Rabobank 0.34 6 Gerolsteiner 1.02 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.03 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.51 9 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 3.03 10 Team Slipstream 3.09 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.21 12 Liquigas 3.24 13 Credit Agricole 3.38 14 BMC Racing Team 9.49 15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 18.38 16 Priority Health Cycling Team 23.13 17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 28.50 18 USA National Development Team 29.06
