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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 18-25, 2007
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Stage 7 - February 25: Long Beach - Long Beach (Circuit race), 124.7km
Dominguez carries continental teams' flag to win
Leipheimer takes jersey from start to finish
By Mark Zalewski in Long Beach, California with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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The final stage of the Tour of California was once again a fast circuit race - this time on part of the auto Grand Prix course. A long breakaway of seven made the race interesting into the final kilometres - even more interesting was the fact that it consisted of six continental team riders, showing the ProTour teams that they wanted a piece of the pie. Even though the break was caught in the end, the continental teams were not done, with the 'Cuban missile' Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) upsetting the Team CSC and Rabobank lead-out trains to win the field sprint.
"I was not so good all week with heavy legs and I wasn't riding quite so good this week," Dominguez told Cyclingnews after the race. "Today I felt much better and today in our team meeting we were talking about having a podium place today, maybe not winning but a second or third place would be good. It feels so good to win a stage here in the Tour of California. Coming into the last 300 meters I saw J.J. and passed him - he was trying to get in there but he saw me and that I was already there."
"That is why we have him on the team," said Toyota-United director sportif Harm Jansen. "We hired him for those three or four occasions a year where he can pull it off big." When asked about the performance of the domestic teams this week, Jansen was enthusiastic. "Look at yesterday - we had two riders who came from domestic teams going first and second. Cycling has changed here in the US. We have all these big races now and it is different."
Asked if he felt pressure to repeat last year's performance, Jansen said that he did not, but was still relieved to get a win here. "Of course we feel an enormous amount of relief, but there is a lot of homework that goes into it."
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Cruising in for a less hectic win today was Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) who held the race lead from day one. "I felt great this morning, very relieved and very satisfied," he said. "It is one of the most satisfying victories for me because of the way that the team rode. With the amount of pressure we had on us and being able to lead from the very beginning to the very end was something very special."
"Having the win here in California in front of my family is a bit like a fairy tale," he continued. "I told Jens Voigt thanks for a great race because I don't know if we could have more of a nail biter type race - it was really tough out there!"
Even though he could not make it three wins this week, Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) took home the sprinter's points jersey for his efforts. "I am very happy - it is a huge start for the team and a huge start for me," he said. "I am happy with it because it is going to give me and us a lot of confidence going into the season."
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Joining in his confidence was teammate Stuart O'Grady, who says that despite not taking the leader's jersey yesterday, he was happy with the team's performance this week. "We came here with the objective of going for the overall," he said. "But getting three stage wins plus second, fourth, fifth, sixth, the overall team classification and the sprinters jersey was a superb week. We've come from a really hard training camp and it was hard. But the hard days are paying off and we've come away from this with way more than expected and we are all very happy."
Another Team CSC rider, Bobby Julich, had commented at last year's final press conference that he was disappointed in the performance of the domestic teams, save for Jonathan Vaughters' TIAA-CREF team. This year, Julich gave slightly higher marks to the domestic teams, mostly through admitting that there are different levels for some teams. But he once again gave the highest marks to Vaughters' Slipstream-Chipotle team. "I was pretty impressed with Jonathan's team, but I guess you just have to not plan on winning a stage and instead get out and attack - and those guys did a good job of that.
"There is a huge gap still between the European pros and the American pro teams, but we just got done with a training camp and for these younger guys it is only February. I don't want to be too hard on them, but I was disappointed that only two riders from our national team finished the race. The Tour of California is being gracious in letting younger riders in and not being exclusively ProTour only teams, to give them a chance. And this is their chance, this is it. This is where J.J. was discovered and Tour de Georgia is where Jason [McCartney] was discovered."
Still, seeing the domestic teams dominating the day's breakaway, and a domestic team rider taking the field sprint, was all part of these teams attempting to make the most of their race. "It's about sponsors, getting out there and making a race of it for the crowd," explained Health Net's Karl Menzies. "Keeping them on the edge of their seat the whole time."
How it unfolded
Riders were greeted with overcast skies, but luckily only the hint of rain, and by race time, the sun started to cut through the clouds, allowing many riders to shed the arm warmers and vests. The 12.1km out-and-back circuit used portions of the Long Beach Grand Prix circuits, compete with concrete barriers and overhead pedestrian walkways. This helped create a fast atmosphere, aided by the large grandstands of crowds.
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Even though there was hardly any elevation gain, the consistent wind off of San Pedro Bay gave a nice tailwind out and a grueling headwind back. "It was so windy and brutal," said Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis). "It was a flat course but no way!"
From the start the action ensued, with attacks coming straight away from Slipstream-Chipotle followed by Health Net-Maxxis. It was clear that the domestic teams were intent on giving the ProTour teams a battle on the final stage. Slipstream's Danny Pate was one of the break initiators, along with Tim Johnson. This aggressiveness by Pate, combined with riding in the long break yesterday and overall aggressiveness by him and his team all week gave him the honour of most aggressive rider for the tour.
After a few bridge attempts a group of seven formed, with six domestic riders: Steven Cozza and Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle), Karl Menzies and Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis), Sean Sullivan (Toyota-United), Ben Jacques-Maybes (Priority Health), and one ProTour rider in Adam Hansen (T-Mobile).
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This group worked well early on, pulling hard on the way out to make use of the tailwind, and then taking short pulls on the way back to help beat the headwind. "At the beginning we were just making sure we had someone in the break," said Johnson. "If it went to the end for sure I was going to work for Karl."
Also in the break for the second time this week was Sean Sullivan (Toyota-United). "It was hard... I'm still trying to recover from the breaks I was in the other day. I tried to give Ivan a bit of an easier ride - I knew it was probably going to come back." At one point he and Menzies passed a Coke between them out on the course, keeping their energy high. "You know, you gotta look after each other - Tassie boys!" joked Menzies.
Back in the peloton, it was no surprise to see Discovery Channel lined up on the front, with Leipheimer tucked away for safety. Even though the team was down one with George Hincapie suffering a broken wrist from yesterday's crash, the entire team looked to be taking even pulls on the front - from Basso to Danielson to hometown boy Tony Cruz. The high speed of the circuit was evident by the snaking, single-file line of the entire peloton. This also indicated that the gap to the break had reached nearly three minutes, giving Danny Pate the virtual yellow jersey on the road.
All week long the rest of the teams had made Discovery Channel do the work reeling back the breaks, except for the final kilometres of yesterday's stage when Health Net-Maxxis pitched in to close the deal. However, once Discovery had brought the virtual jersey back to Leipheimer, every team not represented in the break was working for a field sprint finish.
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First it was the new BMC team putting four of its riders into the Discovery rotation up front. This brought the gap down to a little more than two minutes. Next it was a mix of Rabobank and Credit Agricole riders taking turns in place of Discovery riders. Eventually, Discovery Channel was able to sit back and take a breather as the laps counted down to three, and then two remaining.
Up front the breakaway still tried to keep the pace consistent, even though the headwind was taking a larger toll. "It was going alright, but the other guys must have thought we would make it to the finish and sort of half worked," said Hansen. "If you don't put 100% in you are not going to go anywhere. I don't know if it is inexperience or what - but when we had made ground they said it was enough work."
The gap fluctuated in the closing laps, hovering around a minute, as the peloton tried to control the catch to prevent counter attacks. Into the final lap the gap was under a minute and the end was in sight. Even with the peloton in sight, Karl Menzies decided it was not yet time to put up the white flag, as he put in a suicide dig off the front. "When he made that attack at the end and I couldn't believe it!" said teammate Tim Johnson, who was cracking from the headwind.
"When there is a bunch sprint coming and you have been riding out front all day you are not going to have any legs for a sprint," said Menzies. "We were probably too cooked to even help out the guys. Tim just drove the break and I was able to just roll through and keep it consistent. I've had shit legs all tour and finally had good legs today - just floating on the pedals. I thought if I got out there and we could get three guys out there we could do it - but only Hansen came up to me and he had sprinters to think about behind."
As the two pushed against the headwind, the field came around and past - led by Rabobank, T-Mobile, CSC and Gerolsteiner.
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Points leader Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) was safely tucked into a row of teammates, as was Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner). As the sprint played out it was CSC controlling the front with four riders ahead of Haedo. But as the riders swung off the speed of the peloton seemed to be too much. On the outside of the CSC train, Rabobank began its own lead-out for Brown - and on the outside of them it was Gerolsteiner.
"We set a really high pace coming into five kilometers to go but unfortunately at the end there I caught one of the biggest hooks in my career," said O'Grady. "I was very lucky to have all my body still intact. We got whipped out by the Gerolsteiner lead out team. It was a very fast finish with a lot of guys desperate to get a stage win - it was a really high risk finish."
"Gerolsteiner were coming up in the outside, so it was either commit to the sprint then or get swamped," said Brown. "It was around 250 meters so it was a little early." On Brown's wheel was Ivan Dominguez, freelancing his way through the swarm, and popping out at the right time to put the bike throw across the line for the first domestic team win of the race.
"For me it is better if I find my own way in a sprint," said Dominguez. "With four laps to go I found Graeme Brown's wheel and I stayed there. When we started the sprint he just took me all the way to the finish."
Photography
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- Ivan Dominguez wins the last stage of the 2007 Tour of California
- Adam Hansen (T-mobile) leads the break followed by Danny Pate (Slipstream)
- Team Discovery chasing the break
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile)
- VITORIA David (Bmc)
- Team CSC
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) in the pack
- Pack comes through the finishing area
- Team CSC celebrating the overall team award
- Top 3 podium
- Levi may rule on the bike, but he is beat by the bottle of Champagne
Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- And they're off...
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) starts off the day in yellow.
- The break that almost stayed away.
- Discovery comes to the front to get things under control.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) sitting comfortably in the pack.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) sitting next to fellow sprinter JJ Haedo (CSC).
- Adam Hansen (T-Mobile) leads the break on the back side.
- The group makes its way around the far turn on the course.
- Discovery spent lots of time on the front today controlling things.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery)
- Fans watch as the group makes its way along the course.
- Long Beach brought the riders close to the water again.
- Adam Hansen (T-Mobile) leans into a turn with Tim Johnson (HealthNet) close behind.
- Sean Sullivan (Toyota United) powers it down the back side.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) kept it together to stay in yellow today.
- The main bunch passes by the downtown buildings of Long Beach.
- The group passes by on another lap.
- Going through Long Beach.
- The break working well together.
- Passing the amusements in Long Beach.
- The main field powers through on the last lap.
- Coming to the line.
- TV star Patrick Dempsy was on hand at the finish.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) gets congratulated by points jersey winner JJ Haedo (CSC).
- CSC took home the team award.
- Christian Vandevelde (CSC) celebrates after a hard week.
- The final top three with race winner Levi Leipheimer (Discovery), Jens Voigt (CSC) second and Jason McCartney in third.
Images by Mark Johnson/Ironstring.com
- This Long Beach pooch is a fan of the Slipsteam-Chipotle argyle boys.
- Taylor Tolleson (Slipsteam-Chipotle) tries some new shades before the start.
- Bart Dockx' (Predictor-Lotto) legs after eight days of California sun.
- Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel) signs in.
- Paulo and the Long Beach whale.
- Fast Freddy delighted by his fans.
- Best young rider Robert Gesink (Rabobank).
- This bike racing thing seems to be catching on with the U.S. fans.
- The race gets rolling on the Long Beach Grand Prix auto circuit.
- HealthNet's Tim Johnson drives the break.
- Slipstream-Chipotle's Danny Pate animates.
- The BMC boys take a pull.
- US Development Team rider Caleb Fairly gets some on-the-road mechanical assistance.
- Ivan Dominguez brings one home for Toyota-United.
- Leave it to an Aussie (Stuart O'Grady) to start flinging champagne. CSC celebrates winning the team competition.
Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com
- The peloton lead by Discovery Channel with Levi Leipheimer right there.
- Rabobank rider Mathew Hayman having some fun before the racing starts.
- The breakaway led by T-Mobile's Adam Hansen.
- The Giant girls were having fun.
- The bunch flies through Long Beach.
- Toyota United rider Ivan Dominguez takes the win.
- The top three from today's stage (l-r) Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile), Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United Pro), Graeme Brown (Rabobank).
- The final jersey winners from the 2007 Tour of California.
- A familiar sight - Team CSC take the best team award.
Images by Steve Cohen/www.sportsshooter.com/STEVEC
- The entertainment for the race.
- A Team Slipstream rider out by himself.
- Discovery protecting Levi Leipheimer's overall lead.
- Tim Johnson and Karl Menzies (Health Net) lead the break.
- Discovery controlling the peloton.
- Ivan Basso peels off after a spell on the front.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United Pro) sitting pretty.
- Davide Frattini (Colavita/Sutter Home).
- Johnson and Menzies still driving the break.
- Ivan Basso got rid of his knee warmers as the pace heated up.
- Chris Horner leads Predictor-Lotto's efforts to bring the break back.
- Levi Leipheimer comfortably tucked away behind Ivan Basso.
- Levi Leipheimer in the thick of things.
- Health Net controls the peloton
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The final podium McCartney, Leipheimer and Voigt
- Jason McCartney, Levi Leipheimer and Jens Voigt
- Ivan Dominguez takes the sprint
- Levi Leipheimer in yellow
- Leipheimer finishes the last stage in yellow
- Levi Leipheimer at the start of the final stage
- Graeme Brown and Ivan Dominguez
- Alpaca Lamas
- Levi Leipheimer leads Jens Voigt
- Jacob Piil
- Tom Danielson
- Ivan Basso
- George Hincapie
- Levi Leipheimer
- Long Beach crowds
- Ivan Basso and Team Discovery
- Discovery in Long Beach
- Long Beach finish
Results
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 2.39.28 (46.92 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 8 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 9 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 11 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 13 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 16 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 18 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 21 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile 22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 23 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 24 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 25 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 26 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 30 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 31 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 33 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 34 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 35 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 36 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 37 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 39 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 40 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step 41 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 42 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 44 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 45 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 47 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 48 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 49 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 55 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 56 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 57 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 58 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 61 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 62 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 63 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 64 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 65 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 66 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 67 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile 68 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 69 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 70 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 71 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 72 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 74 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 76 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 77 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 79 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 80 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 81 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 82 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 83 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 84 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 87 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 88 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 89 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 90 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 91 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 92 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 93 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 94 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 95 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 96 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 97 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 98 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 99 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 100 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.16 101 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 102 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 0.25 103 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.31 104 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.38 105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 106 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 107 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 108 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 109 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.49 110 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 111 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03 112 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 1.49 113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.55 DNF Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNS George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNS Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNS Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNS Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home DNS Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Sprints Sprint 1 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 3 3 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 1 Sprint 2 1 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 3 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 Sprint 3 1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 5 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 3 3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 1 Stage, Étape 1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 15 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 10 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 7 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 4 8 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 3 9 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2 10 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 2.39.28 2 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 5 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 8 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 12 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 13 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 15 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 16 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 17 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.31 18 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 0.38 19 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03 Teams 1 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.58.24 2 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 Rabobank 4 T-Mobile Team 5 Liquigas 6 Team CSC 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 Predictor-Lotto 9 Quick Step-Innergetic 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Credit Agricole 12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 14 Team Slipstream 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Priority Health Cycling Team 17 BMC Racing Team 0.25 Final General classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.57.24 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 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 2.19 15 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.21 16 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2.31 17 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 2.37 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.44 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.50 21 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.54 22 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.05 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 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.14 37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 5.16 38 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.26 39 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5.54 40 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 41 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 5.58 42 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.20 43 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.22 44 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile 6.41 46 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7.01 47 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.10 48 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC 7.12 49 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.14 50 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.30 51 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.32 52 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.42 53 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 7.47 54 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 8.01 55 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 8.20 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8.25 57 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 8.35 58 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8.50 60 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 9.19 61 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.20 62 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 9.36 63 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 9.55 64 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 10.36 65 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 10.57 66 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.31 67 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 11.39 68 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11.52 69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12.09 70 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 13.05 71 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 13.59 72 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14.22 73 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14.37 74 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 14.52 75 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 15.45 76 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 16.02 77 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 16.19 78 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 16.46 79 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 16.57 80 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 17.20 81 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 18.00 82 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 18.10 83 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18.32 84 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.40 85 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18.41 86 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 19.01 87 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19.08 88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 19.54 89 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.04 90 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 20.08 91 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.50 92 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 21.18 93 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22.32 94 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 22.33 95 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.37 96 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.08 97 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 25.01 98 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.18 99 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 28.29 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.42 101 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.03 102 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 30.55 103 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.48 104 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 33.22 105 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 35.17 106 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 35.57 107 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 36.38 108 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 37.18 109 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 39.49 110 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 40.26 111 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 40.57 112 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 43.03 113 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 43.24 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 powered by Chipotle 16 4 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 12 5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 12 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 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 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 3 20 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 21 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile 2 22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 2 24 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 2 25 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 2 26 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 1 27 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 28 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 29 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 30 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Points classification 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 44 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 41 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 32 5 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 28 6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 28 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 23 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 21 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 10 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 18 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 17 12 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 13 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 16 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 16 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 10 17 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 9 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 19 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 7 20 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 21 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 6 22 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 5 23 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 24 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 5 25 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 26 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile 3 28 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 29 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3 30 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 31 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 34 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2 35 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 1 36 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1 37 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile 1 38 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1 39 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1 41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 42 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 43 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 25.00.14 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 6.46 9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.05 10 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.46 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 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26.52 17 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.13 18 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 28.05 19 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 36.59 Team classification 1 Team CSC 74.54.41 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 19.02 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
