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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 18-25, 2007

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Prologue - February 18: San Francisco ITT, 3.1 km

Leipheimer does it again; Donald hangs on until the final second

By Kirsten Robbins

Levi Leipheimer
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Levi Leipheimer, Discovery Channel's race favourite has made it back to back wins in the Tour of California prologue with a winning time of 4:49:05 over the 3.1 km course - four seconds better than his winning time last year. He barely broke Jason Donald (Slipstream presented by Chipotle) time of 4:50:01 and Ben Jacques Maynes' (Priority Health) 4:54:00.

Jason Donald dazzled the media after the event with his star struck awe of the second placed position he had put himself into so early in the race. "There are those times where it just all comes together and it is hard to believe, but it is just one of those days," Donald said. "It is hard to believe that Levi Leipheimer has to worry about me – probably not much longer than today though."

"I look back on the prologue now and it is all a blur. With fifty meters to go I saw 4:48, 4:49 and I knew that was fast. I just figured it wouldn't hold up and the race was going to be much fast than last year. These guys are amazing athletes and for anyone to be putting me on that same level is an honor and very hard to believe."

Donald and Jacques-Maynes were two of the earliest riders to set off along the Embarcadero and up Telegraph hill to Coit Tower this afternoon when wind conditions were favorable. "I think the wind conditions favored the early riders today because you could see the times getting slower and slower during the day," Jacques Maynes said. "So it was our team plan to position a good time trial rider first."

Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream
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Both American riders surprised themselves and the estimated 300,000 spectators when the best riders in the world continued to cross the finish line with slower times, including the road world champion from Quick Step Paolo Bettini and the time trial world champion, Team CSC's Fabian Cancellara. When the final rider, Leipheimer, began his prologue Donald's time has yet to be beat.

"It was a surprise that people were not able to beat his time but this is the next generation of cyclists that the USA is bringing along, and for them to be able to take part in the Amgen TOC next to the world champions this is an amazing experience for them," Leipheimer said.

Winning the Amgen Tour of California prologue may have been a surprise to Leipheimer last year but this year a tornado couldn't stop him from winning the leaders jersey. He will be racing into his hometown crowd of Santa Rosa for the second time, the biggest motivating factor behind today's win. "For all Americans, having our families here to support us is what motivates us so much to take part of the Amgen Tour of California," Leipheimer said. "It is a great way to start the year and for me it is a very important race and it is a very important race to the Discovery Channel team. It means a lot to me to bring the leaders jersey into my hometown again."

Ivan Basso showed early season form…
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Leipheimer added, "I had a lot more pressure this year. Last year I wanted to do a great prologue but I didn't expect to win and this year I expected myself to win and so did a lot of other people. The pressure mounted a little bit because Johan came back from following the race and said that the wind had changed direction – a lot of the favorites were not able to set the time set by Jason Donald. But, I felt great, prepared and I wanted to give it everything I had, without negative thoughts."

The fans went crazy with the suspense as Leipheimer approached the finish line and the clock was ticking closer to Donald's time. In the end it came down to little more than one second between the neo-pro and the veteran. "When I was near the finish people were throwing their hands up and cheering so loud, and when you see that and hear that - oh man - you almost start to float," Leipheimer said. "At that point I wished the climb was an extra kilometer because I felt like I could keep going with all the support."

Bram De Groot's face showed
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Three of the four race jerseys were handed to the athletes on the gold podium stage. Leipheimer put on the gold leaders jersey in front of his family and friends. Taylor Tolleson (Slipstream presented by Chipotle) was presented the best young rider jersey at the age of twenty-one. "Being the youth in the sport, normally I would never get to see the world champions or race against them," Tolleson said. "There are a lot of really tough guys here and I am really looking forward to racing with them this week."

Brian Sheedy (Priority Health) landed the KOM jersey to start the event, based on the time from the hard turn coming into the climb to the finish. The most aggressive riders jersey was not handed out for the prologue.

Tomorrow morning, the riders will start from Sausalito, just across the bay from San Francisco, over Mt. Tam and then along the Pacific Coast and over the Coleman Valley Rd. climb into the Santa Rosa streets.

Photography

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  • Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) laid it all on the line today and came in with a prologue winning time of 4’49”
  • Frederik Willems (Liquigas) trying out some American racing on his shiny new American made Cannondale.
  • Tim Johnson (Healthnet) puts in a good ride and comes in only 12 seconds back on the winner.
  • Tony Cruz (Discovery) back in his old team colors.
  • Stuart O'Grady (CSC) had a strong ride coming in 10 seconds behind.
  • Sebastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) riding far away from his French homeland.
  • Brian Sheedy (Priority Health) comes up ride behind Hinault.
  • Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) grits it out for the young fans.
  • Tom Danielson (Discovery) stayed within a respectable 10 seconds of the leader today.
  • David Zabriskie (CSC) comes through sporting his National Championship stripes.
  • George Hincapie (Discovery) finished a strong 9th, only 8 seconds back.
  • Justin England (Toyota United) comes by 20 seconds off the pace.
  • Chris Horner (Predictor/Lotto) one of the favorites for the overall.
  • Alexandre Moos (BMC) giving it all he's got.
  • Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) cranking it out.
  • Christian Vandevelde (CSC) coming off of a super strong last season.
  • Michael Barry (T-Mobile) showing off his new T-Mobile colors.
  • Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) will be looking for some big finished this week.
  • Tom Zirbel (Priority Health) coming in strong.
  • Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) had a little trouble earlier on the course with a dropped chain.
  • Danny Pate (Slipstream) comes by only 18 seconds back.
  • Freddy Rodriguez (Predictor/Lotto) looking for the top.
  • Bobby Julich (CSC) comes through calm and collected.
  • Kirk O'Bee (Healthnet/Maxxis) will be after the sprint finishes this week.
  • Fabian Cancellara (CSC) World Time Trial Champion.
  • Chris Baldwin (Toyota United) pulled off another good TT today coming in at 14 seconds back.

Images by PhotoSport International

Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com

Images by David Wood/www.coolbikepics.com

Images by Adria O'Dea

Images by Rob O'Dea

Images by Russ and Nancy Wright/www.abbiorca.com

Images by Mitch Friedman/www.mitchophoto.com

Images by Chris Hipp

Images by John Pierce / PhotoSport International

Results

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery                               4.49.50
2 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream                            0.01.00
3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health                 0.04.73
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Maaxis                       0.05.20
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) CSC                                   0.06.48
6 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile                                    0.06.55
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                   0.07.41
8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance                      0.07.46
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery                               0.07.74
10 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                           0.07.80
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Maaxis                       0.08.62
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                0.09.06
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC                                         0.09.65
14 David Zabriskie (USA) CSC                                    0.09.67
15 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                    0.09.78
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC                                     0.09.92
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery                             0.10.33
18 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Maaxis                      0.12.12
19 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream                        0.12.65
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                             0.12.86
21 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                0.13.23
22 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC                                       0.13.72
23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery                                   0.13.85
24 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro                  0.14.25
25 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                     0.14.30
26 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Maaxis                         0.14.35
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                   0.15.08
28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro                         0.14.80
29 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro                     0.15.06
30 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC                                      0.15.97
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              0.16.70
32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                               0.17.00
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                      0.17.07
34 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                             0.17.35
35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery                               0.17.90
36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                         0.18.19
37 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                             0.18.40
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                        0.19.43
39 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                          0.18.65
40 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery                              0.18.70
41 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                         0.19.23
42 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery                                  0.19.38
43 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Maaxis                          0.20.48
44 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                       0.19.83
45 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic              0.20.27
46 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro                       0.20.31
47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home                     0.20.36
48 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health                             0.21.00
49 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile                                   0.21.03
50 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.21.21
51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           0.22.27
52 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                     0.22.00
53 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Slipstream              0.22.44
54 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                0.22.64
55 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Maaxis                           0.22.85
56 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                    0.22.86
57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.22.97
58 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                               0.23.44
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                        0.23.72
60 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 0.24.29
61 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Maaxis                      0.24.92
62 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                      0.25.04
63 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                          0.25.08
64 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                0.25.31
65 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic               0.25.42
66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     0.25.50
67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   0.25.69
68 Juan José Haedo (Arg) CSC                                    0.25.82
69 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             0.26.23
70 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                    0.26.42
71 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 0.26.48
72 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home                        0.26.73
73 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home                   0.26.91
74 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                            0.27.32
75 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      0.27.69
76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.27.87
77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                   0.28.41
78 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health                       0.28.46
79 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA Development Team                0.29.14
80 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly                               0.29.68
81 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                     0.29.64
82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                          0.29.74
83 Edward King (USA) Priority Health                            0.29.80
84 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home                   0.30.04
85 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance                   0.30.20
86 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                              0.30.40
87 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home                      0.30.76
88 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                0.30.79
89 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      0.30.79
90 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                 0.30.92
91 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              0.31.41
92 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.32.22
93 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery                                 0.31.65
94 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Maaxis                        0.31.87
95 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.31.97
96 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                0.32.38
97 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  0.33.31
98 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance                       0.32.69
99 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                        0.32.77
100 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC                                   0.33.01
101 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                           0.33.18
102 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream                          0.33.79
103 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro                       0.33.86
104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC                                    0.34.11
105 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance               0.34.21
106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                              0.35.22
107 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            0.36.03
108 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                      0.36.05
109 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA Development Team                 0.36.98
110 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                0.36.63
111 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly                             0.36.88
112 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home                  0.37.03
113 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health                       0.37.45
114 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC                                       0.37.71
115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                0.38.48
116 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home                     0.39.43
117 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                           0.39.01
118 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                         0.41.02
119 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                             0.41.20
120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            0.41.30
121 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         0.41.80
122 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                   0.42.08
123 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro                        0.42.65
124 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                      0.42.67
125 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.43.21
126 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health                          0.43.27
127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          0.43.36
128 John Devine (USA) USA Development Team                      0.44.93
129 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                            0.45.94
130 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health                              0.46.92
131 Scott Stewart (USA) USA Development Team                    0.47.23
132 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA Development Team          0.48.35
133 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home                   0.49.13
134 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Development Team                    0.50.24
135 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly                                0.52.96
136 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            0.53.66
137 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC                                        0.54.66
138 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           0.54.91
139 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC                                    0.55.66
140 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                         0.55.71
141 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health                         0.59.25
142 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA Development Team                     0.59.85
143 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC                                   1.05.62
144 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Development Team                       1.09.50
 
Mountains
 
1 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health                                  4 pts
2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                               3
3 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                     2
4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                                  1

Young rider
 
1 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream                         5.02
2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                         0.07
3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                           0.06
4 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee       0.07
5 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                       0.12
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.14
7 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                             0.15
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA Development Team                 0.16
9 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee          0.17
10 Edward King (USA) Priority Health                            0.17
11 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home                      0.18
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                0.18
13 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Maaxis                        0.19
14 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream                           0.21
15 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             0.23
16 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA Development Team                  0.24
17 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                 0.24
18 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly                              0.24
19 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                            0.26
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.31
21 John Devine (USA) USA Development Team                       0.32
22 Scott Stewart (USA) USA Development Team                     0.35
23 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA Development Team           0.36
24 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Development Team                     0.38
25 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA Development Team                      0.47
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           14.45
2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             0.07
3 Team CSC                                                      0.08
4 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                    
5 T-Mobile Team                                                 0.12
6 Team Slipstream                                               0.14
7 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                0.26
8 Liquigas                                                      0.29
9 Predictor-Lotto                                               0.33
10 Priority Health Cycling Team                                 0.36
11 Rabobank                                                     0.38
12 Credit Agricole                                              0.43
13 Quick Step-Innergetic                                        0.53
14 BMC Racing Team                                              0.56
15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                  
16 Gerolsteiner                                                 1.06
17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                     1.17
18 USA National Development Team                                1.33
 
General classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery                               4.49
2 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream                            0.01
3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health                 0.05
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Maaxis                           
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) CSC                                   0.07
6 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile                                    0.06
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                   0.07
8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance                      0.08
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery                                   
10 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                               
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Maaxis                       0.09
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                    
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC                                         0.10
14 David Zabriskie (USA) CSC                                        
15 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                        
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC                                         
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery                                 
18 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Maaxis                      0.12
19 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream                        0.13
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 
21 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                    
22 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC                                       0.14
23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery                                       
24 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro                      
25 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                         
26 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Maaxis                             
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                   0.15
28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro                             
29 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro                         
30 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC                                      0.16
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              0.17
32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC                                   
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC                                          
34 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                 
35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery                               0.18
36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             
37 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                                 
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                        0.19
39 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                              
40 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery                                  
41 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee            
42 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery                                      
43 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Maaxis                          0.21
44 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee      0.20
45 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                  
46 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro                           
47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home                         
48 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health                             0.21
49 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile                                       
50 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee          0.22
52 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                         
53 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Slipstream                  
54 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                0.23
55 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Maaxis                               
56 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                        
57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee           
58 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                   
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                        0.24
60 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                     
61 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Maaxis                      0.25
62 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                          
63 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                              
64 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                    
65 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                   
66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     0.26
67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
68 Juan José Haedo (Arg) CSC                                        
69 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
70 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                        
71 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 0.27
72 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home                            
73 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home                       
74 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                                
75 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      0.28
76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
78 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health                       0.29
79 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA Development Team                    
80 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly                               0.30
81 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee        
82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee             
83 Edward King (USA) Priority Health                                
84 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home                       
85 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance                       
86 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
87 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home                      0.31
88 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                    
89 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee         
90 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                     
91 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
92 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.32
93 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery                                     
94 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Maaxis                            
95 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                      
96 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                    
97 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  0.33
98 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance                           
99 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee           
100 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC                                       
101 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                               
102 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream                          0.34
103 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro                           
104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC                                        
105 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance                   
106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                              0.35
107 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            0.36
108 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                          
109 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA Development Team                 0.37
110 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                    
111 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly                                 
112 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home                      
113 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health                       0.38
114 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC                                           
115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                0.39
116 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home                         
117 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                               
118 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                         0.41
119 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                 
120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                
121 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         0.42
122 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
123 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro                        0.43
124 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                          
125 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
126 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health                              
127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
128 John Devine (USA) USA Development Team                      0.45
129 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                            0.46
130 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health                              0.47
131 Scott Stewart (USA) USA Development Team                        
132 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA Development Team          0.48
133 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home                   0.49
134 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Development Team                    0.50
135 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly                                0.53
136 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            0.54
137 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC                                        0.55
138 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
139 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC                                    0.56
140 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                             
141 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health                         0.59
142 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA Development Team                     1.00
143 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC                                   1.06
144 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Development Team                       1.10
 
Mountain classification
 
1 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health                               4 pts
2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                            3
3 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                  2
4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream                         5.02
2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                         0.06
3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                               
4 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee       0.07
5 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                       0.12
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.14
7 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                                 
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA Development Team                 0.16
9 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit AgriColavita/Sutter Homee          0.17
10 Edward King (USA) Priority Health                                
11 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home                      0.18
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                    
13 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Maaxis                        0.19
14 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream                           0.21
15 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             0.23
16 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA Development Team                  0.24
17 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
18 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly                                  
19 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                            0.26
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.30
21 John Devine (USA) USA Development Team                       0.32
22 Scott Stewart (USA) USA Development Team                     0.34
23 Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA Development Team           0.35
24 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Development Team                     0.37
25 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA Development Team                      0.47
 
Team classification

1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           14.45
2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             0.07
3 Team CSC                                                      0.08
4 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                    
5 T-Mobile Team                                                 0.12
6 Team Slipstream                                               0.14
7 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                0.26
8 Liquigas                                                      0.29
9 Predictor-Lotto                                               0.33
10 Priority Health Cycling Team                                 0.36
11 Rabobank                                                     0.38
12 Credit Agricole                                              0.43
13 Quick Step-Innergetic                                        0.53
14 BMC Racing Team                                              0.56
15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                  
16 Gerolsteiner                                                 1.06
17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                     1.17
18 USA National Development Team                                1.33

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