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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 11-16, 2007
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Stage 6 - September 16: St. Louis, 119 km
Dominguez dashes to bookend win in Missouri
Rollin sprints onto GC podium, Hincapie takes final American tour for Discovery
By Mark Zalewski with Kirsten Robbins in St. Louis, Missouri
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After a week of surprising crowds and clear weather, the Tour of Missouri rolled into its final stop with a circuit race in downtown St. Louis. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) needed to only roll around in the peloton to claim his best overall stage race victory. But that did not mean the racing was going to be boring, as the races within the race for the sprint and other podium spots was as close as could be - not to mention the final chance for a stage win. Despite a team plagued with bad luck all week, stage one winner Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) did the double, bookending his tour with another field sprint victory.
"It was hectic because all of the riders wanted to get a stage win," said Dominguez. "It was the last chance for them. But even though I already won a stage I was still hungry to win today!
"Coming to the last turn I was 20th wheel and I lost some places," he said. "I jumped out and sprinted to the front but then I slowed down because it was too early and I thought everyone was going to try to pass me. I jumped again a second time and got a gap and went for it."
Finishing second was Symmetrics rider Andrew Pinfold, who was second for the second time this week. "He's better than me," said Pinfold following Dominguez's victory. "In my head I didn't think about the sprint, just do it, don't think. I followed his wheel and hesitated through the chicane a little but it was good. Dominguez and I were 20th with about 500 metres to go but I just stayed on his wheel and the holes opened up and we went. I'm happy to get second it's a special day being my one year anniversary with my wife." Even though it was another runner-up for the team, the effort reflects well on an up-and-coming team like Symmetrics.
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The exciting finish was put on hold for a moment when Brad Huff (Slipstream-Chipotle) collided with the barricades at 50 metres, flipping over his bike in dramatic fashion. Huff had tried to stay on the inside left of Dominguez, but the barriers moved right with the road and the Missouri native ran out of room. Luckily Huff was able to get up and roll to the finish along with team-mate Mike Friedman, who also went down. "We tried to set up Brad, but it was so fast into the final kilometre," said Friedman. "It was like 70 kph and we just got swarmed in the final two turns."
Also exciting was the race between fourth placed overall Dominque Rollin (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada) and third placed David Cañada (Saunier Duval-Prodir) only one second ahead. After Rollin won the first intermediate sprint just ahead of Cañada, it was down to the finish sprint. "With one kilometre to go I had two team-mates left with me and I jumped at a good moment," said Rollin. "They did an amazing job to keep me up there. Jesse [Anthony] dropped me off with 300 metres to go and it may have been a little too soon but it worked out perfect. I am happy with my accomplishment here."
Overall winner Hincapie was delighted with his win, as it is the last for the Discovery Channel team on US soil. He was especially appreciative of the fan turnout and support the entire week. "They are happy to have us here and the whole week the fans have been thanking us and the guys aren't really used to that," he said. "So it has been a really special race for us."
"We brought a great team here because it is the last race we do as a team here in the US and so it was very important for us to bring a strong team and try to get the win," he added. "Fortunately I got in a great break away on the second stage and was able to hold onto that. Having a guy like Contador and the whole Tour de France team working for me, it was really special. I will definitely miss all the guys in the next couple of years."
The best overall team went to Slipstream-Chipotle, as did the best young rider with Steven Cozza and second overall with Will Frischkorn. "It has been an exciting week for the entire team," said Frischkorn. "We have all made the jump to where we are expected to be next year. It's been a big week for us and I think it shows we are going to be ready to replace Discovery and the top American team in Europe."
The KOM classification had already been sewn up by Health Net-Maxxis' Jeff Louder, but the most aggressive overall was decided today by the media, with Tecos' Colombian rider John Fredy Parra taking the honour. "We are really happy and proud to be able to race here," he said. "We wanted to come into this race and be as aggressive as possible. We have a lot of confidence."
How it unfolded
The final circuit race of the Tour of Missouri might seem unexciting on paper, especially with the winner all but locked on George Hincapie. But the battle two places down for the final podium spot was almost as exciting, with Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada) just one second down on David Cañada (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and three intermediate sprints carrying time bonuses before the finish.
From the gun, attacks went but it was all Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada riding a strong tempo to keep the race together until at least the first sprint. With one kilometre to go to the line on Euclid Street it was Kodak Gallery followed closely by Saunier Duval - Rollin shadowed by Cañada. But Kodak Gallery's lead out was perfect for Rollin, who finished just ahead of Cañada, locking the two together for third. However, by virtue of the tiebreaker, Cañada still held the podium spot, meaning that Rollin would have to either take another intermediate sprint or finish in the top five ahead of Cañada.
Unfortunately, this information did not come over radio tour before the peloton had let a break get up the road, containing Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance), Jeremy Venell (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed), Fausto Marcelino (Tecos) and Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home). Jonathan Garcia (Team BMC) tried to bridge across but never quite made it, while the break rolled up to a maximum advantage of around three minutes.
Discovery Channel rode the front for much of the race to make sure the overall stayed intact for Hincapie, while the break took the final two intermediate sprints, including a crowd prime collected by Van Ulden for the final sprint.
At this point, with two laps to go, the break's advantage had been reduced, thanks to work by Kodak Gallery. With one to go it was less than a minute, signaling Van Ulden it was the point of no return. The Navigators Insurance rider attacked his breakmates and soloed to a 30 second gap, but it was not meant to be as the sprinters and Rollin had much more interest in seeing a field sprint.
Coming back on the course towards the downtown, it was all together with little attacks have no success. With three kilometres to go the Kodak train was replaced by six Slipstream-Chipotle riders, confident after yesterday's stage win and looking to put Missouri-native Brad Huff (Slipstream-Chipotle) across the line in the fast downhill sprint finish.
But the high speeds and wide roads made for many opportunities, and the Slipstream train was swarmed inside the final two turns at 800 metres. Coming around the final turn it was riders diving to all sides of the four lane road. Dominguez popped to the front on the left side with Huff on his wheel. But with the barriers shifted in at 400 metres to accommodate the roadway, and Huff simply ran out of room, hitting the barriers and flipping over his handlebars in dramatic fashion.
But Dominguez was unaffected and easily took the win on the line. The rest of the Slipstream team huddled around their fallen comrade, with Mike Friedman also involved. Luckily the two only had minor bumps and scrapes - with both getting back on their bikes to finish the race.
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- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) thrives in the chaotic field sprint to take victory.
- Davide Fratinni (Colavita/Sutter Home) signs autographs for some fans.
- The autograph gauntlet that the riders faced today.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery) was a big hit with the fans today.
- On the start line in St. Louis.
- Riders leave the start in front of the old Union Station.
- The group gets strung out with the arch in the distance.
- The peoloton and caravan get stretched going through the start/finish area.
- Kodak/Sierra Nevada comes to the front to help teammate Dominic Rollin with the 3rd place.
- Tyler Wren (Colavita/Sutter Home) leads the break.
- Jonathan Garcia (BMC) tried his best to get to the break.
- Passing in front of an old church along the course.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) had an easy day today.
- The bunch gets strung out as it leaves downtown St. Louis.
- Some jokesters along the course had their signs out to support the now infamous Armadillo.
- Beautiful buildings along side St. Louis University.
- The main bunch heads back towards the arch in the distance.
- Team Discovery streams past crowds by the sprint line.
- Tim Johnson (Healthnet) comes to the front to help bring back the break.
- Fausto Marcelino (Tecos) comes to the front of the 4 man break.
- The break couldn't quite get enough time between it and the group to get out of site.
- Getting strung out heading out of town.
- The bunch closes in on the break.
- Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators) tries to go solo from the break as they leave downtown.
- The group starts to wind up with one lap to go.
- Heading in for the finish.
- Brad Huffs bike (Slipstream-Chipotle) was determined to get to the finish line with or without him.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) explains how he took the win.
- Special t-shirts were made for Dan Scmatz epic Armadillo dual.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) happy with his prizes from the win.
- Will Frischkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle) takes home a bottle of local wine for his second place in GC.
- The final podium with George Hincapie (Discovery) 1st, Will Frischkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle) 2nd and Dominic Rollin (Kodak-Sierra Nevada) 3rd.
- Dominic Rollin (Kodak-Sierra Nevada) gets a treat from George Hincapie after they all get hosed with champagne.
- Slipstream-Chipotle takes home the best overall team prize.
- Mike Friedman bore the brunt of the champagne celebration for the Slipstream-Chipotle team.
- The jersey podium. Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) with the sprinters jersey, John Fredy Para (Tecos) most aggressive, George Hincapie (Discovery) overall leader, Jeff Louder (Healthnet) king of the mountain and Steven Cozza (Slipstream-Chipotle) best young rider.
- A special presentation for members of the Discovery team along with previous riders from US Postal, Motorola and 7 Eleven. The end of an era.
Images by Phoenix Sports
- A clear bike-length separting Dominguez from second-placed Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics).
Images by PhotoSport International
- The final stage of the first Tour of Missouri starts with the St Louis arch as a backdrop.
- Podium (L-R): Canada's Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics), Cuban Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) and Canada's Dominique Rollin (Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada).
- Cuban Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) dons the sprinter's jersey for the final time at this year's race.
- Farewell kisses: George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) claims the final podium kisses for anyone wearing a Discovery Jersey on US soil.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) takes his second victory in Missouri.
- There was no sign of Nelly on the day, but you could find plenty of bike riders in St Louis on Sunday.
- Could the owner of the white Felt please move their bicycle? There's a sprint in progress...
- Brad Huff (Slipstream-Chipotle) takes a view of the peloton from a new angle.
- Local rider Brad Huff (Slipstream-Chipotle) went for the sprint victory, but came off a little worse for wear.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) had no objections to a second kiss from the event's podium girls.
- The inaugural Tour of Missouri jersey winners stand tall.
- Slipstream took out the teams classification and the massive paycheck that came with it.
- Overall podium (L-R): William Frishkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and Dominique Rollin (Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada).
Images by Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
- Nathan O'Neill (Health Net) signs a fan's T-shirt in autograph alley
- Tony Cruz and Fuyu Li (Discovery) sign in prior to the start
- Kyle Wamsley (Navigators) prepares for the start
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) is introduced on the line next to Alberto Contador (Discovery)
- Cindy Yorgason, who did a great job with her time board duties all week, let the fans know how the race felt about cycling in Missouri
- Kodak Gallery-Sierra Brewing started to amass at the front of the peloton during the second lap
- By the mid point of lap two Kodak Gallery-Sierra Brewing had five riders at the front controlling the pace
- A Saunier Duval rider attacks the field late in the closing kilometres of lap two
- Several riders were quickly on the radio seeking instructions from their Director Sportif's
- The downtown circuit race was held on a beautiful ten mile course featuring many prominent city landmarks
- Some young fans were busy scribing the names of their favourite riders on the asphalt with chalk
- An early break went up the road containing Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance), Jeremy Venell (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed), Fausto Marcelino (Tecos) and Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home)
- Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) is shadowed by Jeremy Venell (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed)
- Jonathan Garcia (Team BMC) jumped from the peloton and made a valiant solo attempt to bridge
- The riders up the road were a concern for Discovery so they stacked up at the front of the peloton
- Ben Day (Navigators) out of the saddle on the backstretch as the pace intensifies
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) takes his meal to go through the feed zone
- The four man break continues to put time into the field on lap four
- Saunier Duval lends Discovery a hand in the chase
- Andrew Bajadali (Jelly Belly) jumps had on the pedals to cover a small gap in the paceline
- In the closing laps you could see many teams start to work their strategy. Here Health Net works their way up the peloton
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) with a huge effort dominates the downhill sprint for the win
- A fan proudly displays a T-shirt immortalizing Dan Schmatz's encounter with an Armadillo during stage one. Unfortunately, Dan suffered a broken collarbone in that crash
- An elated Dominique Rollin (Kodak Sierra Nevada Brewing) took third on the day
- Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics) finished the day in second after Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) came around him in the sprint
- The Mayor of St. Louis presents Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) with the key to the city
- The podium (l-r): Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics), Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United), and Dominique Rollin (Kodak Sierra Nevada Brewing)
Results
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.37.13 (45.567 km/h) 2 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 4 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 6 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.01 7 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 11 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 12 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 15 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 16 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 17 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.02 18 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 19 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 20 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 21 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 22 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 23 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.05 24 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 25 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 26 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 27 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.06 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 30 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 31 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 32 Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team 33 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 0.07 34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 36 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 37 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 38 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 39 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 41 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.08 42 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 43 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 45 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 46 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 47 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 0.09 48 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 49 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 50 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 51 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 52 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 53 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.10 55 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 56 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 57 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 58 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 59 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.11 60 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 61 Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 62 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 63 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 64 Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 65 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 0.12 66 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 67 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 68 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 69 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel 71 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 72 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 73 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 0.13 74 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 75 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 76 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 77 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 78 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.14 79 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.15 80 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 81 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 82 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 83 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 85 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.16 86 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 87 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 88 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 89 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.17 90 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 91 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 92 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 93 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 94 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.24 95 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 2.05 96 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 3.06 97 Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 98 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 3.10 99 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 3.16 DNF Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse DNF Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team DNF Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team DNF Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light DNS John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Mountains Mountain #1 1 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 6 pts 2 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 3 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4 4 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 3 5 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Mountain #2 1 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6 pts 2 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 3 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 4 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 3 5 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Mountain #3 1 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6 pts 2 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 3 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 4 4 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 5 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 Sprints Sprint #1 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 5 pts 2 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 Sprint #2 1 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 pts 2 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 1 Sprint #3 1 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3 3 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 1 Best young rider 1 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.37.14 2 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 4 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 0.01 5 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.04 6 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 0.06 7 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 8 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.07 9 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 10 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 0.09 11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.10 12 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 13 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 0.11 14 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.12 15 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.14 Teams 1 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 7.51.41 2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.02 3 Team Sparkasse 4 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.06 5 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.08 6 BMC Racing Team 0.09 7 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 0.10 8 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 0.12 9 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 0.13 10 USA Cycling National Development Team 11 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 0.14 12 Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.15 13 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 0.18 14 Prodir-Saunier Duval 15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.21 Final general classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 21.00.33 2 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.38 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 2.09 4 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.21 5 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.46 6 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2.51 7 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.06 8 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.50 9 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.26 10 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.16 11 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 6.27 12 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 6.34 13 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 11.50 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 12.23 15 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 12.48 16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13.37 17 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14.54 18 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 14.58 19 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 15.13 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 15.25 21 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15.27 23 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.35 24 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 16.04 25 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16.06 26 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16.09 27 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 16.34 28 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 16.43 29 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16.50 30 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 16.59 31 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.05 32 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.19 33 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 17.25 34 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 17.34 35 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17.39 36 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 17.43 37 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 17.47 38 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 39 Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team 17.51 40 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 41 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18.00 42 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 43 Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 18.05 44 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18.08 45 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 46 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 18.13 48 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 18.16 49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel 18.18 50 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 18.29 51 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 18.32 52 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 18.33 53 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18.39 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 18.40 55 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 18.41 56 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 18.47 57 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 18.52 58 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18.56 59 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 18.57 60 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18.59 61 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 19.00 62 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 19.12 63 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 19.13 64 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19.15 65 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 19.31 66 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 19.33 67 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.34 68 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 19.35 69 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 19.43 70 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 19.49 71 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 20.00 72 Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 20.07 73 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 74 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 20.17 75 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 20.29 76 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20.36 77 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 20.42 78 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 20.57 79 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 21.00 80 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 21.01 81 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21.03 82 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.04 83 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 21.23 84 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 21.31 85 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 22.31 86 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 22.38 87 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 88 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 23.20 89 Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 23.45 90 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 24.06 91 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 24.25 92 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 24.43 93 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 24.46 94 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 25.25 95 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26.04 96 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 27.03 97 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 27.23 98 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30.30 99 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 31.14 Mountains classification 1 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 26 pts 2 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 17 3 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 17 4 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 6 6 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 6 7 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5 8 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 9 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 4 10 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 11 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 12 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 3 13 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3 14 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 16 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 41 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 36 3 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20 6 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 19 7 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 16 8 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15 9 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15 10 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 15 11 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 13 12 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 11 13 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 14 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9 15 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 16 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 8 17 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 18 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 19 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8 20 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7 21 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 22 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 23 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 24 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 7 25 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 6 26 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 27 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 28 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 5 29 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 30 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 4 31 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4 32 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 3 33 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3 34 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 3 35 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 3 36 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2 37 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 1 38 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 1 39 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 40 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1 41 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team 1 Best young rider classification 1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 21.16.39 2 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.37 3 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.19 4 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team 1.37 5 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team 3.06 6 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.27 7 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle 3.43 8 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.01 9 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team 4.11 10 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team 4.51 11 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team 4.54 12 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team 4.55 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.58 14 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 6.32 15 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada 7.14 16 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8.37 Teams classification 1 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 63.15.51 2 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 13.43 3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 13.49 4 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 14.16 5 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.52 6 BMC Racing Team 21.14 7 Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.48 8 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 23.01 9 Prodir-Saunier Duval 23.05 10 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 23.36 11 Team Sparkasse 26.52 12 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 32.20 13 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 34.52 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 36.32 15 USA Cycling National Development Team 42.02
