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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 11-16, 2007
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Stage 2 - September 12: Clinton - Springfield, 202 km
Hincapie sprints to win, overall lead out of break
Huge time gap causes nightmare flashbacks of Georgia for organisers
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Springfield, Missouri
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After a long 200-plus kilometres in the saddle, and a breakaway that put double-digits on the peloton, George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) out-sprinted his eleven other break companions to take the stage win and overall lead in the Tour of Missouri, with Frank Pipp (Health Net-Maxxis) close behind in second and Dominque Rollin (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada) in third.
"There were really strong guys in the break today," said Hincapie. "Everyone was pulling great the whole way. I didn’t know too many of the riders in the break today except for Cañada and obviously I know Frischkorn and Friedman. I knew Dominique must be fast because we both went for the intermediate sprint points and I didn’t go around him that easy. But I knew it was going to be up to me to keep it together in the end."
The second stage of the race was similar to another stage of another major American race -- the now infamous third stage of the 2007 Tour de Georgia when the breakaway put twenty-nine minutes on the field. At one point today the well-stocked breakaway had more than 16 minutes while the field lazily rolled along. At this point organisers worried over the safety of the race with such a enormous gap between the envelopes holding up traffic and police resources stretched far too thin. Finally the peloton rolled along at an actual tempo and kept the split to just under fifteen minutes.
One of the reasons for such an unmotivated peloton was that only five out of the fifteen teams did not have a rider in the break. But one of those teams was race leader Ivan Dominguez's Toyota-United team. "NO one was really looking at us," said Dominguez. "When the group went away we tried but we weren’t getting anywhere so we decided not to keep pulling because there were a few other teams that missed the break. But the other teams didn’t want to do anything. They started working when the break was already at 15 minutes and that is stupid."
Still, race organisers were looking to the race leader's team to at least put in a symbolic effort and keep the break at a reasonable gap, if not a catch-able one. At one point, with the break clearly out of reach, the race organisers spoke with some team managers in the caravan about upping the pace from a crawl to at least a walk. But most of the response was of the shoulder-shrug variety.
"I would hope that the teams would have spoken to one another," said race director Jim Birrell, regarding the need for organisers to suggest teams start chasing. "I don't know what happened with the four teams that weren't in the break. Two tours back-to-back where teams didn't step up to defend their yellow jersey and Toyota didn't even make and attempt to support the groups that started after to reel in the group. I'm left without words to describe what went on in the chase group today."
"We did a lot of work yesterday with one rider [time] cut because they qualified yesterday’s stage as a flat stage, while it was hillier than today!" said Toyota-United director Harm Jansen in response. "Sullivan is sick with asthma problems, Stevic has a bad knee and pulled out of the race, Baldwin crashed twice, Dominguez is our leader and two of our riders left, England and Blackgrove are just spent from yesterday. So the only guy I had left was Wherry and I’m not going to finish off that last piece of bread I have left on my plate."
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"We made the race yesterday and today we were the first team to start to chase when the break went up the road and I think that the other teams had an incentive to chase too. I even put the two guys I had left on the front for the last hour but I wasn’t going to spend Chris Wherry, I have to keep someone. I think some teams gave away their GC with this break."
Health Net-Maxxis director Jeff Corbett said that his team expected just this scenario and thought that this was a little different than the Georgia debacle. "Georgia was a different scenario, the leader's team there only had six total guys. And there were several big team that missed it there that should have chased. We knew this was going to happen -- we talked about it weeks ago between the distances they were putting up and the crosswinds. That is why we had guys like Nathan and Ryder, GC guys, covering the moves."
Hincapie said that his team was not working for a huge time gap, but was patrolling the front to make sure the break stuck. "The break was holding at thirty seconds for the first twenty kilometers but we were going as hard as we could and they were going as hard as they could -- sooner or later someone is going to crack and typically it’s the ones who are chasing. So after that the gap should go up, so I’m not really surprised that we gained that much time."
Mike Friedman was the man caught in the final metres, hoping for a major stage race win. But his sprint started just that much too early to catch riders like Hincapie off guard, leaving him quite upset after the stage. "I feel pretty bad because I had a team-mate that was slaughtering himself all day getting bottles, covering, getting food and protecting me for the sprint. I should have attacked at the end maybe, like a counter move, but I thought that they would have just chased me down."
"I’m going to give it a try in the time trial," said Friedman, who has had good results in recent time trials, finishing fourth overall at the 2006 national championships. "It gets really hilly from here on in. I feel really bad because I got in the move and I made a promise of getting on the podium. It just pisses me off."
Former Canadian champion Dominque Rollin will be a rider for Hincapie to watch, as he sits only four seconds behind in second place and contested both intermediate sprints today. "We knew that everyone was almost at the same level and so we were all cooperating in the break and that gave us a very good gap on the field," he said. "In the end everyone was looking at George and he won the sprint. But it worked out well for me to be third today."
Hincapie now holds the leader and points jerseys, and is the odds-on favourite to hold the lead all the way to St. Louis, given that tomorrow's time trial should suit a power rider like him. But the experienced veteran is not counting any chickens (or armadillos) before they hatch. "There is no guarantee that I have won this race, based on the time trial tomorrow," he said. "Cycling is such a hard sport and there are no gifts."
How it unfolded
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The peloton rolled out of the small town of Clinton today under sunny and warm skies -- but that was about the only thing that was bright and sunny for the start. Multiple flats and mechanicals held the race under neutral speeds until after the 0km mark to allow the peloton to start together. Unfortunately, soon after actually starting the peloton encountered what seemed to be an armadillo in the middle of the road. It was not known if said dasypus novemcinctus was alive or dead when the slow-moving peloton reached it, but the species is known to jump straight up in the air when startled. Regardless, Missouri native Dan Schmatz (BMC) took the brunt of the encounter and ended up hard on the road just 7km into the stage.
The local hero was not able to continue and was transported to the finish hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken collarbone and several lacerations. However he was not admitted and is expected to make a full recovery.
For the next forty kilometres the peloton rode at a fast clip, diving across the road to cover any potential moves. For a while it seemed like this would be the order of the day, but with 150km left to race that would be a difficult proposition. Finally, a move of twelve riders got off the front and the field finally let go. It turned out that the reason behind this was that most of the major teams all had one rider in the move with Slipstream-Chipotle the only team with two.
The two Slipstream riders were last weekend's Univest GP winner Will Frischkorn and Mike Friedman, along with Hincapie, David Cañada (Saunier-Duval Prodir), Stefan Parinussa (Team Sparkasse), Frank Pipp (Health Net-Maxxis), Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance), Andrew Randell (Symmetrics), Jonathan Garcia (BMC), Jesse Anthony (Kodakgallery-Sierra Nevada), Andrew Guptill (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Matthew Rice (Jelly Belly).
This break held only about a thirty-second lead for about 10-15km while Toyota-United rode tempo on the front, but soon after the elastic snapped and just thirty kilometres after the break was formed they had more than seven minutes on the field. Ten kilometres later it was more than eleven minutes and the first sprint of the day was just around the corner.
This sprint revealed who was interested in contending for the points and overall jerseys, with Dominque Rollin charging up the incline with Hincapie right on his wheel. The two were within a wheel of each other on the line with the Discovery rider taking the points and bonus seconds.
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With 85km to go the gap was approaching the 17 minute mark and the alarm bells were ringing with the organisers. Finally, one team stepped up to at least ride tempo as DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed put six riders on the front. Later on, the Tecos team tried to help, and even had two riders attack the field in a suicide bridge attempt. Hector Hugo Rangel and Fausto Marcelino Esparza tried to go but Discovery Channel rode the front and made quick work of them.
The rest of the race into Springfield was in the front as the 12 leaders continued to run their double pace-line with short, efficient pulls on the front. Even onto the finishing circuits the group remained together, though with a little less organization. Across the finish line with two laps to go it was still all together.
Finally, Will Frischkorn put in an attack -- something the entire break was expecting and waiting for as Slipstream held the only numerical advantage. Hincapie immediately covered the move as Rollin stuck to the former national champ's wheel. Then it was Friedman taking a dig, which was covered by Kobzarenko.
The attacking continued with Cañada and Hincapie finally taking the lead and calming things down into the final lap. Then it was Rollin's turn to attack, which was covered by Hincapie. The two held a good gap for a few seconds and looked like they could hold their lead -- but the two sat up and waited, relying on tactics more than sheer strength.
"We could tell that George had good legs because he was bringing back all of the attacks," said Rollin. "At one point we got away together but with two Slipstream riders chasing we were going no where. After that it was a matter of starting the sprint at a good time. I was just a little bit too far back and we came to the line faster than I expected."
"I was always trying to make sure I wasn’t the first to jump on any attack," said Pipp. "I played off of Friedman and Dominique in the end. There were so many attacks within the last two laps because we had so much time on the peleton that we didn’t need to work for time."
The slight downhill of the finish only increased the speed as Mike Friedman jumped on the inside. Friedman held his lead in the final 200 metres but was eventually caught at 50 metres by Hincapie who held his fist up across the line.
Cyclingnews will be live for tomorrow's important time trial, giving you updated split times and results, starting at 11:00 central time.
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- George Hincapie (Discovery) crosses to take the second stage and the overall.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle) signs autographs at the start of stage 2.
- Tim Johnson (Healthnet) making a youngster happy.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery) signing one of his yellow jersey magazine covers.
- Discovery comes to the front to control the pace.
- Riders get strung out under clear blue skies today.
- Will Frischkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle) and Dominique Rollin (Kodak-Sierra Neavada) sit on the front of the break.
- Not paying much attention as the group rolls past.
- Heading into the lush Missouri countryside.
- Tony Cruz (Discovery) takes on some water for the rest of the team.
- The Sparkasse team leads through the many rollers today.
- Another old steel bridge along the route today.
- Having a chat in the bunch.
- The DFL-Cyclingnews team had a better time of it today.
- The main bunch rolls past a patriotic barn.
- Gregorio Ladino (Tecos) , yesterdays most aggerssive rider chats with a teammate in the bunch.
- DFL-Cyclingnews comes to the front to keep the field moving.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) had things under control in the break.
- The break rolls up another roller.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) keeping the pace high on the front.
- Will Frischkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle) leads the break up a climb.
- Frank Pipp (Healthnet) and Andrew Randell (Symmerics) hmmering on the front.
- The break closes in on the Springfield.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) gets the win after a long day in the saddle.
- The main bunch finally make it to the finish.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) 1st, Frank Pipp (Healthnet) 2nd and Domonique Rollin (Kodak-Sierra Nevada) 3rd on the podium.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) gets the spoils for the win.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Hope Allen and Most Agressive Rider Will Frischkorn.
- Dominguez's rode his last day in Yellow today.
- Contador takes pace behind Mavic after crash on Lake Dam.
- The peloton stroll past a scenic lake enroute to the finish.
- A "RollerCoaster" ride for the peloton.
- Just like at the amusement parks.
- Hincapie Takes the win for stage two.
- Hincapie was pleased to win.
- Hincapie on the podium with his new Yellow jersey..
Images by Kurt Jambretz /http://www.actionimages.cc
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) stops to sign a few autographs on his way to sign in
- Frank Pipp (Health Net) signs a race program for a fan
- Rory Sutherland (Health Net) does his time in autograph alley
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) looks great in the race leaders yellow jersey
- George Hincapie (Discovery) awaits the start this morning in Clinton, Missouri
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) (l) and Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) add some colour to the front row
- Race leader Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) (l) and Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) (r)
- Alberto Contador (Discovery) looked like a very determined man on the line in Clinton
- Valeriy Kobzarenko (Navigators) and Andrew Guptill (Colavita) jump hard from the field out of an early corner initiating a break of twelve riders
- Twelve riders strong with many of the dominant teams represented, the break descends into the final turn before the feed zone
- Frank Pipp (Health Net) looked comfortable in the break as they put 15 minutes into the field
- With twelve riders up the road and the gap growing to as much as 17 minutes the peloton looked like they were out for a group ride
- The view from the back as the peloton approached the feed zone
- The fans lined the course in Stockton as they waited to see who would take the sprint points
- The Tecos team came to the front and started to bring down the gap, but none of the other teams seemed interested in the chase
- The remainder of the peloton rolled lazily through the sprint line in Stockton
- Will Frischkorn (Slipstream/Chipotle) leads the break through the second sprint line
- Frank Pipp (Health Net) takes his turn at the front of the break helping to extend their lead
- Frank Pipp (Health Net) rides past one of the many enthusiastic fans toting an American flag
- The twelve-man break enters the finishing circuits with a very comfortable advantage over the peloton
- George Hincapie (Discovery) takes the victory on the line by a narrow margin
- George Hincapie (Discovery) celebrates his victory in front of a huge crowd in Springfield, Missouri
- A few Sparkasse riders rolled under the banner with one lap to go a bit off the pace
- Danny Pate (Slipstream/Chipotle) was happy to see two of his teammates in the break today
- Frank Pipp (Health Net) enjoys the second position on the podium today
- George Hincapie (Discovery) with a celebratory double kiss
- The podium (l-r) Frank Pipp (Health Net), George Hincapie (Discovery), and Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada Brewing)
- The best young rider jersey was won by James Meadley (Jelly Belly)
- George Hincapie (Discovery) ends his day in the yellow leaders jersey
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 4.35.26 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 4 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 5 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 David Canada (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 8 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 9 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 10 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 0.39 11 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 12 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 14.17 14 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 16 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 17 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 Pete Lopinto (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 19 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 20 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 21 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 22 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 23 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 24 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 25 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 26 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 27 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 29 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 30 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 31 Charles Huff (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 32 Fausto Marcelino Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 33 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 35 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 36 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 37 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 38 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 39 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 40 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 41 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 42 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 43 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 44 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 45 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 46 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 47 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 48 Mark Walters (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 49 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 50 Francisco Javier Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 51 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 53 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 54 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 55 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 56 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 57 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 58 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 59 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 60 Jeremy Venell (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 61 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 62 Bernardo Colex (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 63 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 64 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 66 Cody O'Reilly (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 67 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 68 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 69 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 70 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 71 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 72 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 73 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 74 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 76 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 77 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 78 Jonathan McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 79 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 80 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 81 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 82 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 83 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 84 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 85 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 86 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 87 Ben Raby (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 88 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 89 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 90 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 91 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 92 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 93 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 94 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 95 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 96 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 97 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 98 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 99 Josh Thornton (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 100 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 101 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 102 Dan Timmerman (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 103 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 104 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 105 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 106 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 107 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 108 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 109 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 15.56 110 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18.44 111 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 112 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team Sprints Sprint 1 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 5 pts 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 3 3 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1 Sprint 2 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 5 pts 2 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3 3 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1 Young rider 1 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.49.43 2 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 3 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 4 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 5 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 6 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 7 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 10 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 12 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 14 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 15 Cody O'Reilly (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 16 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 17 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 18 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 19 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 20 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.27 Teams 1 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 14.01.14 2 Prodir-Saunier Duval 13.38 3 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 4 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 5 Team Sparkasse 6 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 7 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 8 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 9 Symmetrics Cycling Team 10 BMC Racing Team 14.17 11 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 USA Cycling National Development Team 27.55 13 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 14 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team General classification after stage 2 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 7.40.50 2 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 0.04 3 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.07 4 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.10 5 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.11 6 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 0.13 7 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 8 David Canada (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 9 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 10 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.52 11 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 12 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.30 13 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 14.20 14 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 14.24 15 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 14.26 16 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 14.27 17 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 14.28 19 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 20 Charles Huff (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 14.29 21 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 14.30 22 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 23 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 24 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 25 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 26 Fausto Marcelino Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 28 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 29 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 30 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 31 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 32 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 33 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 34 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 35 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 36 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 37 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 39 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 40 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 41 Jeremy Venell (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 42 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 43 Mark Walters (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 44 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 45 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 46 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 47 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 48 Bernardo Colex (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 49 Pete Lopinto (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 50 Francisco Javier Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 51 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 52 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 53 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 54 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 55 Cody O'Reilly (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 56 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 57 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 58 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 60 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 61 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 62 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 63 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 64 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 65 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 66 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 67 Dan Timmerman (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 68 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 69 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 70 Josh Thornton (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 71 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 72 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 73 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 74 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 75 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 76 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 77 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 78 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 79 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 80 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 81 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 82 Jonathan McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 83 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 84 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 85 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 86 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 87 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 88 Guido Trentin (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 89 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 90 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 91 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 92 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 93 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 94 Ben Raby (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 14.50 95 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 15.16 96 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 16.08 97 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 98 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 16.09 99 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 100 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 17.43 101 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 17.44 102 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 103 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17.45 104 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 18.10 105 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 18.11 106 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 107 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18.57 108 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 109 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 21.15 110 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 22.11 111 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 22.54 112 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 23.13 Sprint 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 Young rider 1 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.55.17 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.03 3 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 5 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 7 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 8 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 9 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 10 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 11 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 12 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 13 Cody O'Reilly (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 14 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 15 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 16 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 18 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 0.49 19 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 1.42 20 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.30 21 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 7.44 Teams 1 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 23.18.05 2 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 13.38 3 Prodir-Saunier Duval 4 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 Team Sparkasse 6 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 7 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 8 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 9 Symmetrics Cycling Team 10 BMC Racing Team 14.17 11 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 27.55 13 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 14 USA Cycling National Development Team 15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
