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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 18-25, 2007
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Stage 6 - February 24: Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita, 169.6km
Haedo, out of nowhere, makes it two in Cali
Breakaway threatens, but Discovery holds Levi's lead
By Mark Zalewski in Santa Clarita, California with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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With a lead increased from three seconds to twenty-one on his closest rival, and minute or more on the rest, one might think that the final road stage of the Tour of California would be calmer for race leader Levi Leipheimer and the Discovery Channel team. Think again. A large and dangerous breakaway escaped early in the stage and lasted until the finishing circuits in Santa Clarita, with Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) serving as race leader on the road for much of the stage.
But Discovery Channel put the pedal to the floor and reeled the break in enough to eventually enlist help from other teams. And out of the scrum that was the field sprint came Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) to take his second stage of this edition and fourth stage in Tour of California history.
"The last lap is like any other race and everyone wants to be at the front," Haedo told Cyclingnews after the race. "I just stuck close to my team and then got behind Thor Husovd in the final sprint. It was just a hard drag race to the line."
The final kilometre was controlled by four Gerolsteiner riders, working for Robert Förster. "Normally it was perfect in the final kilometre," said Förster. "Wrolich rode to the final kilometre mark, then Fabian Wegmann took a long time on the front -- maybe 500 metres, then Kruass pushed until 230 metres. But it was too long with a little headwind and uphill -- my 53/11 was a little too hard and at the 100 metre mark I felt it, losing a little power."
Then out of the swarm of riders came Haedo, darting on the inside and taking the final metres. "I just found my way a little bit with Jens Voigt again and ended up on Thor’s wheel with 500 meters to go," said Haedo. "I had a good position and I knew it was a head wind and a little but up hill so I waited a little longer than usual."
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Also in the fight for the line was Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto), but he somehow knocked into Förster in the closing metres, slowing him enough to take him out of the sprint. "As they came by Rodriguez's foot ended up in my front wheel!" said Förster. "I was just trying to get Freddie into the last corner clean," Rodriguez's teammate Chris Horner said. "I got him there with 100 metres to go. Freddie said he had a clean line but then bumped with one of the Gerolsteiner rider in the end."
Coming in second place for the second time was Kiwi Greg Henderson (T-Mobile). "It was close again," he said. "I was originally going to lead out Gerald but he lost my wheel and when I looked back for him I could see he was caught too far behind. One hundred meters to go I was in the lead and fifty meters to go I was winning. Then in the very end, J.J. came past. This time the line was too far away, where as last time the line was too close."
"Being second three times in a row is frustrating," Henderson admitted. "We have proved that we are consistently fast but just not fast enough on the day. I can say personally speaking it is quite frustrating but we can only look to improve. I’m pretty confident that we can win. We’ve been close on three occasions now."
Discovery Channel had to spend a lot of energy today keeping O'Grady within reach. They also took a hit with an unfortunate crash in the opening kilometres that occured right in front of the yellow jersey, with Tony Cruz touching Ivan Basso's wheel, sending the Long Beach local down and American champion George Hincapie tumbling after him. Both riders got up and rejoined the race, both finishing. However, an x-ray of Hincapie's wrist revealed a fracture, which will keep him from starting tomorrow's final stage.
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The crash occurred just as attacks were flying off the front, so an organized slow-down did not happen -- something that Leiheimer said was another indication of the mentality towards the team. "Everyone came out with all guns firing to crack us. It was a very, very hard race. The attacks were happening fast when we had some difficulty with Tony and Hincapie," he said. "We were trying to contain everything until they got back but it was taking forever. There were groups everywhere. The race was in pieces and it was really everyone against us today. We stuck together but it was really unbelievable. I was hoping that guys would be polite and wait, but that is bike racing."
The Discovery Channel team knows it will not get any easier as the race winds up with a fast and flat circuit race around Long Beach tomorrow -- especially being down one rider in Hincapie. "Tomorrow is going to be fast so we have to stay concentrated and take this all the way to the line," said Leipheimer. "They will all come out attacking again so we really need to stay focused for tomorrow."
One race did conclude today, the king of the mountains. Christophe Laurent (Credit Agricole) took the honours after a hard fought finale with four rated climbs on the stage. "Van de Walle from Quick Step was very motivated today to get points today," said Laurent. In the beginning the first climbs weren't as bad because there was a break up the road. But when it regrouped it was much more difficult." In regards to his win, Laurent said. "I am very pleased because the climbing was quite challenging!"
How it unfolded
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The two riders got up and rode themselves back into the peloton, but the slow-down caused the gap to the attacking riders to increase slightly. Shawn Milne (Health Net-Maxxis) and Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Rabobank) joined up and built a sizeable gap through the flats along many citrus groves.
On the first KOM, Ardila Cano jumped ahead of Milne to take the points while attacks came out of the peloton behind. Christophe Laurent (Credit Agricole) was battling all day for the points to secure his mountains jersey, and took the third place on the climb. On the second KOM, which was just four kilometres later, Ardila Cano took the lead again over Milne, and actually went solo over the top while Milne decided to wait for the group.
Back in the field it was obvious that the chasing was full-on, as the peloton split into two large groups. Ardila Cano held his lead after the second KOM but the first 'peloton' held him in sight. Into the town of Ojai Ardila Cano was caught and the pace quickened as Team CSC tried to increase the lead of points leader Juan Jose Haedo. But it was Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) taking the maximum points ahead of Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC).
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Out of Ojai a group of six rolled off the front, with two pairs of chasers trying to come across. The group of five, led by Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) eventually waited for the four chasers, to make a group of nine, with: Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), Bram Tankink and Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step-Innergetic), Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas), Josep Jufre Pou (Predictor-Lotto), Viktar Rapinski (Navigators Insurance) and Danny Pate (Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle).
The entire break worked well for most of the way, climbing up the final KOM -- a very underrated category four up Balcolm Canyon, which saw some of the largest crowds last year. The crowds did not dissapoint this year, with 'The Pope' even coming out for a look. Out of this group O'Grady posed the biggest threat, only sitting 1:20 behind Leipheimer. And it was clear that Team CSC was trying to take the leader's jersey away with this move. O'Grady put every ounce of energy into the break, encouraging his new 'teammates' to work when the gap of more than three minutes began to diminish from the efforts of Discovery Channel.
The final descent of the day came a few kilometres later -- a fast and open road with sweeping turns that saw the riders reaching some of their highest speeds of the week. Unfortunately, Danny Pate was not able to enjoy the roads. "I had a flat tire on that so it wasn't so cool!" he said. "I had like 40psi in my rear tire and had to ride down it, through the turns really slow, and then catch back on in the straights. You can't stop when you are going 90kph an hour because you won't catch back on."
After a wheel change on the bottom it was flat roads all the way into Santa Clarita. The gap slowly fell as the chase continued in earnest. However, O'Grady was not done, taking long pulls yelling at the other riders to keep going. Into the three finishing circuits the break still held an advantage of just more than a minute. At this point, with the virtual jersey back on Leipheimer's shoulders, other teams started to help with the chase, hoping to put their guy across the line in a field sprint. Health Net-Maxxis sent most of their team to the front to help, and the gap inched closer and closer.
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With one lap complete the break still survived, with Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) taking a huge pull. But not everyone was pulling evenly, and the attacks from the break signaled its demise, even with less than five kilometres remaining. Taking over from the chase was T-Mobile with a few riders on the front. But in the final lap, Gerolsteiner had the best organisation with four riders lined up in a row, protecting Robert Förster. As each one peeled off the pace quickened, keeping the sprinting safe behind. But with 250 metres to go Förster was left alone, and the chasing sprinters caught and passed him.
On the inside, waiting in the wings, was Juan Jose Haedo, flying by untouched to take the win and increase his lead in the points competition. "I didn’t expect it to be a field sprint to be honest," said Haedo. "I thought the break would stay way with about thirty seconds. But even with thirty kilometers to go, I started to prepare myself for a sprint."
Haedo was unsure if his team will try to protect the sprint jersey tomorrow, or go for another stage win outright. "I don’t know if I will be going for points tomorrow. We didn’t had a team meeting yet and so I will tell you tomorrow!"
Tomorrow's final stage is a fast circuit race around Long Beach, in front of the Queen Mary. Stay with Cyclingnews for all of the live updates and the final recap of the racing!
Photography
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- JJ Haedo (CSC) takes his second win in California ahead of Greg Henderson (T-Mobile).
- A stack of carbon for the Rabobank team.
- Fred Rodrigeuz (Predictor-Lotto) was all smiles at the start.
- Aaron Olson (T-Mobile) ready for the day.
- The group rolls out from scenic Santa Barbara.
- On the way to the second KOM of the day.
- Chris Wherry (Toyota United) tries to bring the second group back up.
- The group on the climb.
- The lead group comes through.
- T-Mobile did lots of work today with Michael Rogers in the break.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) leads the rest of the CSC boys on the second KOM.
- Discovery and Healthnet come to the front when they head into the finishing circuits.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) comes in shadowed by CSC.
- The break tries hard to stay away with 2 laps to go.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) heading into the last lap.
- Stewart O'Grady (CSC) powers the break.
- Tim Johnson (Healthnet) tries his hardest to get the group up to the the break.
- Gerolsteiner works the outside to try and get their man up front.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery) cruises in after a hard days work.
- JJ Haedo (CSC) made the sprint today look easy.
- JJ Haedo (CSC) gets swarmed by the press after the finish.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) goes straight to medical after crossing the line.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Discovery Channel leading the chase
- Forster unclips after contact with Fred Rodriguez
- JJ Haedo wins his second stage
Images by Mark Johnson/Ironstring.com
- Ojai locals bring a bit of Belgium to the Southern California sunshine.
- The bike was the way to get to the best spectator points.
- Riders climbed out of the Ojai Valley, a renown spa destination, to the third KOM of the day.
- Tour of California official Thaddeus Verhoff measures off the 200 meters to-go signs below the KOM.
- Painter elves were busy last night on the climbs.
- The field attacks the category 3 climb out of Ojai.
- The cow goes crazy.
- Today's stage flew over the climbs.
- The break arrives in Santa Clarita.
- It's all over for the break in Santa Clarita.
- HealthNet lines it up behind Basso and Hincapie.
Images by Steve Cohen/www.sportsshooter.com/STEVEC
- Viktar Rapinski (Navigators) leads the break coming into the circuit.
- Discovery Channel leads the peloton on the first circuit.
- CSC is right there.
- Discovery Channel is showing the strain.
- JJ Haedo (Team CSC) is ready to pounce.
- The Magenta of T-Mobile protecting Greg Henderson.
- Quick Step-Innergetic leads the break, but checks out the competition.
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) powers the break.
- JJ Haedo (Team CSC) takes the finish of stage 6.
- Adam Hansen (T-Mobile) winds down.
- Discovery Channel is all smiles.
- T-Mobile looks a little dejected.
- Team CSC worked hard today getting JJ Heado the win.
- JJ Heado (Team CSC) gets congratulations.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Innergetic) shows his serious side.
- Stuart O’Grady (Team CSC)
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) is the best rider under 25.
- JJ Heado (Team CSC) says green will do.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) keeps the yellow jersey.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) is all smiles.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- SaulRaisin
- Paolo Bettini among the crowds
- Ivan Basso and Paolo Bettini
- UCI ProTour team director meeting
- Levi Leipheimer in yellow
- Rough roads in Stage 6
- Stage 6 rough roads must have caused some flats!
- The peloton negotiates some tricky roads.
Results
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 3.56.04 (43.1 km/h) 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 8 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 10 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 12 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 13 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 14 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 15 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 18 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 19 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 22 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 23 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 24 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 27 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 30 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 31 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile 32 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 33 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 34 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 37 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 38 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 40 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 41 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 42 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 43 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 44 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 45 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 46 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 47 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile 48 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 49 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 50 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 51 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 53 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 56 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 58 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 59 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 61 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 62 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 66 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 69 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 70 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 71 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 72 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 73 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 74 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 75 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 77 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 78 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 79 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 80 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 81 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 83 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 85 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 86 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 87 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 88 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.40 89 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 90 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.40 91 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 92 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.32 93 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.09 94 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 95 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 96 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.48 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.02 98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 13.11 99 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 101 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.11 102 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 105 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 106 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 107 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 108 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 13.12 109 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 110 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 111 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 112 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 113 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 114 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 115 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 116 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 117 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 13.13 118 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 119 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team HD Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.14 HD Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team DNF Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC DNF Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Mountains KOM 1 1 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 4 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole KOM 2 1 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 4 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole KOM 3 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step KOM 4 1 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 4 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Sprints Sprint 1 1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC Sprint 2 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step Final sprint 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 12 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 10 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 6 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4 8 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 3 9 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 2 10 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 Young rider 1 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 3.56.04 2 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 5 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 11 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 13 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.09 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 16 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.11 17 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 13.12 19 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team Teams 1 Team CSC 11.48.12 2 Predictor-Lotto 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 Credit Agricole 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7 Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Gerolsteiner 9 BMC Racing Team 10 Rabobank 11 Liquigas 12 Team Slipstream 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 13.11 17 Priority Health Cycling Team 26.24 General classification after stage 6 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.17.56 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.21 3 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.54 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.06 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.16 6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.24 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 1.32 8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.38 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.41 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.57 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2.09 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile 2.16 13 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 15 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 2.19 16 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.21 17 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2.31 18 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 2.37 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.44 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.50 22 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.54 23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3.10 24 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 25 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 3.11 26 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 27 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.19 28 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 3.31 29 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.35 30 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.36 31 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.43 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.02 33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4.27 34 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 4.28 35 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 36 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.35 37 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.14 38 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 5.16 39 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.26 40 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5.54 41 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 5.58 42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.02 43 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.20 44 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.22 45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 6.23 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 6.40 48 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile 6.41 49 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7.01 50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.10 51 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.14 52 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.30 53 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.32 54 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.42 55 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 7.47 56 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 8.01 57 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8.12 58 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 8.20 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8.25 60 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 8.35 61 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 8.58 62 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 9.19 63 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.20 64 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 9.55 65 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 10.05 66 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 10.19 67 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.31 68 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 11.39 69 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11.52 70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12.09 71 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 13.05 72 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 13.59 73 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14.22 74 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 14.36 75 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14.37 76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 15.29 77 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15.49 78 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 16.02 79 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 16.19 80 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 16.46 81 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 16.57 82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 17.20 83 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 18.00 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 18.10 85 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 18.30 86 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18.32 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.40 88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18.41 89 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 19.01 90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 19.54 91 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.04 92 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 20.08 93 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 20.40 94 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.50 95 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22.32 96 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 22.33 97 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.37 98 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.08 99 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 25.01 100 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.18 101 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 28.29 102 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.00 103 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.42 104 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 30.55 105 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.48 106 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 33.22 107 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 35.17 108 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35.19 109 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 35.54 110 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 35.57 111 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 36.38 112 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 37.03 113 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 37.18 114 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 38.37 115 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 39.49 116 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 40.57 117 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 42.59 118 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 43.03 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 25 3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16 4 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 12 5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 12 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 10 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 9 8 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 8 9 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 8 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 11 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6 12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 14 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 5 15 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 5 16 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 19 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 20 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 2 21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 Points classification 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 43 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 32 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 31 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 29 5 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 28 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 21 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 18 9 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 10 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 16 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 16 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 13 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 14 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 10 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 17 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 19 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 5 20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 21 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 22 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 4 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 3 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 25 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 26 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3 27 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 3 28 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 30 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 32 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1 33 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 34 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1 35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 36 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 37 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 38 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22.20.46 2 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.41 3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.53 4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.36 5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.30 6 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 4.57 7 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 5.11 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 6.08 9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.05 10 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.15 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 11.09 12 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 13.56 13 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 14.07 14 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.42 15 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 17.18 16 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.10 17 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26.52 18 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 28.05 19 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32.29 20 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 36.59 Team classification 1 Team CSC 66.56.17 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.19 3 T-Mobile Team 3.20 4 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.39 5 Predictor-Lotto 5.49 6 Quick Step-Innergetic 6.11 7 Rabobank 6.24 8 Credit Agricole 6.46 9 Gerolsteiner 7.17 10 Liquigas 7.39 11 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 8.10 12 Team Slipstream 8.39 13 BMC Racing Team 18.37 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 22.12 15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 26.45 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 37.45 17 Priority Health Cycling Team 57.48
