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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 11-16, 2007
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Stage 3 - September 13: Branson (ITT), 29 km
Leipheimer takes tough Time Trial, Hincapie extends lead
Discovery enjoys positive flashbacks of Georgia in Branson
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Branson, Missouri
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The memories of Georgia keep flowing at the Tour of Missouri, with two races now running simultaneously - the race between yesterday's 12 break riders for the overall win and the 95 other riders now just fighting for stage wins. As in Georgia it was Discovery Channel taking charge of both of these races in the Time Trial, with Levi Leipheimer once again winning the race against the clock. But unlike Georgia, where Janis Brajkovic was the unlikely general classification benefactor for the team, designated leader George Hincapie was 'Johnny-on-the-spot' yesterday and he extended his overall lead with a sixth place finish.
"I definitely felt tired after yesterday because it was 11 guys against me," said the yellow jersey wearer Hincapie. "I had to cover every attack and so I paid a little in today's Time Trial for that effort. It was still good today because I was better than everybody that was in the break so I did all that I needed to do today."
"It was a hard course and the thing about today was that you really had to know when to push and when not to push," said stage winner Levi Leipheimer. "I don't know if you could call it a climb but today was two big rollers that were very hard. I had to go over my limit on those rollers and then try in some places to recover. There was one moment that it was so fast coming down the hill that I had to stop pedaling and tuck.
"I realised [I could win] when I was catching riders and I would make up time on them on the hills and hold them in position on the down hills," he said. "I think that I rode well today but it wasn't my best day even though I was still able to win.
As in Georgia, Leipheimer's dominant Time Trial effort never had a chance to put him in contention for the overall. But unlike last April, Leipheimer was not unhappy about it. "It's okay because we knew that George is the best time trialer in the break," he said. "We wanted someone else to win, especially George who has had a lot of bad luck. I've won a lot of races this year."
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Finishing a strong second place was the Australian Time Trial champion Nathan O'Neill (Health Net-Maxxis) who also finished second to Leipheimer in Georgia. However today, on a course that is just about the same distance and difficulty, O'Neill was only 16 seconds slower, compared to 1.18 minutes in April.
"Second and only losing 30 seconds to Levi is pretty good and I am not all crying about that," said O'Neill. "I am crying about the break going up the road yesterday though because the fact that they took 15 minutes on us is ridiculous. So I cant explain that but at the same time it's a bike race and that's why we have a race and why it is called a race."
O'Neill came out to Missouri well in advance to pre-ride three stages, including the Time Trial. "When I came to look at the course I knew right away that it was going to be a good course for me," he noted. "I wanted to go fast today and I was up for it today. I woke up feeling really good and I knew right from the beginning that I was going to have a good day so it is nice to be able to deliver it."
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The surprise of the day came early - first, in fact, as the first rider across the line was the seventh rider to start. Matti Helminen (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) caught and passed all six riders who started at one minute intervals in front of him to set a blazing fast first time. At first the judges thought he may have somehow missed a turn and cut the course, until they realised it was the multiple Finnish Time Trial champion who double-flatted in the closing circuits of the first day.
"I'm focusing on the World Championships," said Helminen. "I wanted to see what I could do on this Time Trial course as an indication of what I am doing for worlds. But this course was really different - it is a lot of climbing. It is sill a good way to open up the legs and get ready for [the worlds.]"
"It is too bad we had such bad luck on stage one," he said. Helminen also commented on why the team decided to do the majority of the work yesterday even after their GC hopes were dashed in the first stage. "We just had the invitation to race here just two weeks ago and we had to split the team to be able to come here."
Navigators Insurance also had a strong showing, putting four in the top 20, with Aussie Ben Day finishing the best at fourth. "I didn't feel bad but I didn't feel great enough to push myself too hard," he said. "Some days you have that feeling and today I didn't. I believe I've done better rides, it wasn't for a win like it was in Beauce. The course was hard, ya know, the first 10 kilometres you just felt like you were going up and up and up!"
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The overall picture shifted considerably, at least from second place to 12th, with Slipstream-Chipotle rider Will Frischkorn riding a strong second place to take over the second place spot, 1.40 minutes behind Hincapie. Former second place rider Dominque Rollin (KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada) dropped to fourth place, but only by one second behind David Cañada (Saunier Duval-Prodir), setting up a potential intermediate sprint battle over the final three stages.
Slipstream-Chipotle is also performing well beyond the second place overall - the team leads the classification and Steven Cozza took over the best young rider jersey by finishing 15th on the day.
The leader of the bad luck classification continues to be Toyota-United. After losing Ivan Stevic and Jose Garcia to injuries in the first two days, Sean Sullivan was time cut after nobly battling a bad case of asthma. The team's Time Trial hope Chris Baldwin was noticeably cut-up from a crash earlier in the week.
One of the hardest stages looms tomorrow - a 214 km leg with more of the same relentless rolling Missouri hills, two intermediate sprints and a KOM climb before finishing in the University town of Columbia.
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- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) time trialing his way to victory.
- Josh Thornton (Kodak-Sierra Nevada) and Timo Honstein (Sprakasse) battle it out on the climb.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) at one kilometre to go.
- Tim Johnson (Healthnet-Maxxis) going hard up to the KOM.
- Nathan O'Neill (Healthnet-Maxxis) had a great ride today with a second place finish.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream-Chipotle) comes in fast to become the best young rider today.
- Heath Blackgrove (Toyota United) passes Tyler Wren (Colavita/Sutter Home) at one kilometre to go.
- Huub Duyn (Slipstream-Chipotle) was not too happy to see the next climb when he rounded the corner.
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) had a hard time on today's difficult course.
- Jeremy Venell (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) comes past mid-way through the bunch.
- Jeff Louder (Healthnet-Maxxis) held onto the King of the Mountain jersey today.
- Scott Moninger (BMC) passes by about 3.30 minutes off of the fastest time.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle) was in good TT form today for a fifth place finish.
- Jesus Zarate (Tecos) going hard on the climb.
- Yaroslav Popovich (Discovery Channel) made an easy ride of it today.
- Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance) sported his New Zealand national TT jersey today.
- A Tecos rider passes the one kilometre mark.
- Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel) didn't go too hard on the climb.
- Guy East (USA National Development Team) had a good ride today coming in at only 6.50 minutes back on the professional field.
- Michael Friedman (Slipstream-Chipotle) keeps the pressure on as the road steepens.
- Tony Cruz (Discovery Channel) going at his usual fast pace.
- Brad Huff (Slipstream-Chipotle) was a crowd favourite being a Missouri native.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) hammering on the last climb.
- Kyle Wamsley (Navigators Insurance) rides through close to the finish.
- Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval-Prodir) focusing on the climb to come.
- Will Frischkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle) had a good ride today to move to second overall.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) doing his not so favourite thing.
- Matty Rice (Kodak-Sierra Nevada) looks up at what's ahead.
- David Canada (Saunier Duval-Prodir) with a good ride coming in 4.16 minutes behind.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) tackles the last climb of the day.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) posting the fastest time of the day.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) with one kilometre to go.
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- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) put in a strong effort to finish 10th.
- The Discovery Channel team car keeps a close eye on its Time Trial specialist Levi Leipheimer.
- American Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) continued to display his Time Trial prowess.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) posted a good time to take sixth on the stage.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) sets out at the beginning of his stage winning run.
- American George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) gets ready to defend his general classification lead.
- The television camera keeps a close on eye race leader George Hincapie (Discovery Channel).
- Discovery Channel's George Hincapie rides amid admirers after posting the sixth fastest time.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) enjoys the spoils of being general classification leader.
Images by Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
- The start house for today's Time Trial was in a beautiful downtown outdoor mall setting.
- Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) screams through a turn on the first half of the course.
- Huub Duyn (Slipstream/Chipotle) turns down the on ramp onto highway 65.
- Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis) powers up a small incline on this very hilly course.
- Brian Dziewa (Jelly Belly) seemed to be struggling a bit this afternoon.
- Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) looked as if he was enjoying the ride today.
- Ben Raby (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada Brewing) attempts to clear the sweat out of his eye.
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) would finish in 17th place over this undulating course.
- Jeff Louder (Health Net-Maxxis), the current KOM jersey holder powers up one of the many small rollers on the course.
- Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) directs all his focus on the course ahead.
- Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) would finish only four minutes of the pace.
- Ryder Hesjedal (Health Net-Maxxis) looked comfortable and aerodynamic on the bike.
- Timmy Duggan (Slipstream/Chipotle) has been burning up the Time Trial courses lately and today was no exception.
- Eric Wohlberg's (Symmetrics) face showed the signs of the intense effort.
- Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis) plunges down the highway onramp at breakneck speeds.
- Some enthusiastic cycling fans cheered the riders on along the way.
- Joshua Thornton (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada Brewing) gets out of the saddle to climb.
- Scott Moninger (BMC Pro Cycling) picks up some speed on the descent.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream/Chipotle) follows the yellow line as he heads out on highway 65.
- Nathan O'Neill (Health Net-Maxxis) was just a precious 16 seconds of the pace today...so close.
- Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos) didn't seem to be affected by the soaring temperatures.
- Dan Timmerman (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada Brewing) out of the saddle and riding hard.
- Nathan O'Neill (Health Net-Maxxis) on his return trip powers up the slight incline.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) works his way back from the turn around.
- A very determined Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) heads for home.
- John Devine (Discovery Channel) displays great form as he motors along.
- William Frishkorn (Slipstream/Chipotle) rode himself into 12th place on the day.
- Local favorite Brad Huff rode to the many cheers from his adoring fans.
- David Canada (Saunier Duval-Prodir) tucks in for the maximum aerodynamic position on the descent.
- Andrew Randell (Symmetrics) with the pain of his effort written all over his face.
- Stephan Parinussa (Team Sparkasse) blasts down the expressway on ramp toward the turn around.
- Frank Pipp (Health Net-Maxxis) descends a small hill on the mid section of the course.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) rode to a respectable sixth place finish just over two minutes off the pace
- Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada Brewing), wearing his sprint classification leader's jersey, concentrates on his tempo.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) looked great on the bike and rode well.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) enjoys another trip to the top step of the podium.
- Podium (L-R): Nathan O'Neill (Health Net-Maxxis), Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel), and Matti Helminen (DFL- Cyclingnews-Litespeed).
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) retains his yellow leaders jersey once again.
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 39.37 (43.920 km/h) 2 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.16 3 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 1.27 4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.32 5 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.04 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2.07 7 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.31 8 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.39 9 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2.55 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.57 11 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.07 12 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 3.31 13 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.33 14 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 3.36 15 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 3.48 16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.52 17 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.06 18 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4.12 19 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.16 20 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 4.17 21 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 4.25 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 4.26 23 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 4.28 24 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.29 25 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4.31 26 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4.40 27 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4.41 28 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.42 29 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 30 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.51 31 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 32 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.55 33 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.56 34 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.57 35 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5.01 36 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 5.02 37 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.03 38 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 5.05 39 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5.15 40 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.17 41 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel 42 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 5.19 43 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 5.21 44 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 5.22 45 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5.23 46 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 5.25 47 Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team 5.29 48 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 49 Joshua Thornton (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 5.32 50 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5.36 51 Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 5.38 52 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5.42 53 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.44 54 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.50 55 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel 56 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 57 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 5.55 58 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 6.01 59 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 6.06 60 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 6.11 61 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6.15 62 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6.16 63 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6.18 64 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 65 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6.23 66 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6.29 67 Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 6.33 68 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.34 69 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 70 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6.42 71 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6.43 72 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 6.48 73 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6.52 74 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 6.54 75 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 7.02 76 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.03 77 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.04 78 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.05 79 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 7.06 80 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.18 81 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.24 82 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 83 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7.27 84 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 7.29 85 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 7.35 86 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.36 87 Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.40 88 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 89 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.43 90 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 7.44 91 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 7.47 92 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 7.51 93 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.52 94 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 7.56 95 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.59 96 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 8.15 97 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 8.19 98 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 99 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.27 100 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 8.28 101 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 102 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.32 103 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 8.36 104 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.37 105 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 8.43 106 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 9.05 107 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 9.47 HD Jose Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 10.24 HD Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 10.29 HD Daniel Holloway (USA) US National Development Team 11.09 HD Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.07 HD Chad Beyer (USA) US National Development Team 15.23 Mountains 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 3 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 4 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 5 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Best Young Rider 1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 43.25 2 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.29 3 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.41 4 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.08 5 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel 1.29 6 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 1.37 7 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 3.00 8 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 3.06 9 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.14 10 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.55 11 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 3.56 12 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 4.03 13 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.11 14 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 4.48 15 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.49 16 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 4.55 Team 1 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 2.03.55 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.40 3 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 3.02 4 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.03 5 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 6.46 6 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8.29 7 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.58 8 Symmetrics Cycling Team 9.08 9 BMC Racing Team 9.19 10 Prodir-Saunier Duval 9.22 11 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 9.59 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 11.10 13 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 11.54 14 Team Sparkasse 13.25 15 USA Cycling National Development Team 14.07 General classification after stage 3 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8.22.34 2 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.40 3 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.22 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 2.23 5 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.48 6 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2.57 7 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.04 8 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.48 9 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.20 10 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.21 11 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6.25 12 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 6.34 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 12.23 14 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 12.39 15 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13.55 16 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 14.27 17 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 14.54 18 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15.02 19 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15.18 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 15.20 21 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.30 22 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 15.56 23 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 15.59 24 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16.11 25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16.15 26 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 16.29 27 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 16.35 28 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16.40 29 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 16.48 30 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 16.49 31 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16.51 32 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16.54 33 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 17.03 34 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.05 35 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17.08 36 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.14 37 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 17.18 38 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 17.19 39 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 17.25 40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 17.26 41 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 17.28 42 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 17.31 43 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17.38 44 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel 17.40 45 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 17.42 46 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 17.45 47 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17.46 48 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 17.48 49 Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team 17.52 50 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 51 Joshua Thornton (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 17.55 52 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 17.59 53 Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 18.01 54 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 18.07 55 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18.13 56 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel 57 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 58 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 18.18 59 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 18.24 60 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 18.28 61 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 18.38 62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 18.41 63 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 64 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 18.43 65 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18.46 66 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 18.52 67 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 18.57 68 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18.59 69 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19.01 70 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 19.06 71 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 19.11 72 Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 19.16 73 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 19.25 74 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.26 76 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 19.28 77 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19.37 78 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 19.41 79 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 19.50 80 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 19.58 81 Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 20.03 82 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20.06 83 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 20.14 84 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 20.15 85 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 20.38 86 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.50 87 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 20.51 88 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20.52 89 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 20.53 90 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 20.54 91 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 20.56 92 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 20.59 93 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.00 94 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 21.06 95 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 21.07 96 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 21.25 97 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 21.48 98 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 22.10 99 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 22.28 100 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 22.36 101 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 23.18 102 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.05 103 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 24.14 104 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 24.22 105 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 24.49 106 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 27.04 107 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 28.33 Sprint classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 20 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 18 3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 15 4 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 12 5 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 12 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 10 7 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 8 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9 9 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 7 11 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 7 12 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 13 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 14 Charles Huff (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 5 15 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 4 16 David Canada (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 4 17 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 18 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 3 19 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 3 20 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2 21 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 2 22 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 1 Mountain classification 1 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 9 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 6 3 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 4 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 5 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 6 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 7 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 3 8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 9 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 1 Best Young Rider classification 1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 8.38.45 2 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.29 3 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.38 4 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.08 5 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel 1.29 6 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 1.37 7 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 3.00 8 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.14 9 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.55 10 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 4.03 11 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 4.42 12 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 4.45 13 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 4.48 14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.49 15 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 4.55 16 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 5.59 17 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8.38 Team classification 1 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 25.24.26 2 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 11.12 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13.52 4 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14.15 5 Symmetrics Cycling Team 20.20 6 Prodir-Saunier Duval 20.34 7 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.49 8 BMC Racing Team 21.10 9 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 21.11 10 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 23.06 11 Team Sparkasse 24.37 12 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 32.15 13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 33.58 14 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 36.39 15 USA Cycling National Development Team 39.36
