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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 11-16, 2007
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Stage 1 - September 11: Kansas City - Kansas City, 137 km
Dominguez returns to speedster form
Slow open with fast finish in Missouri
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Kansas City, Missouri
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Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) showed today that he is completely back to his fast form after a mid-season injury sidelined him. The Cuban sprinter came from nowhere to the front in the closing metres to win the first stage and the first leader's jersey of the Tour of Missouri.
"I was getting cramps on the circuits and I told the boys not to save themselves for me," Dominguez said, admitting the team did not know there was such a tough climb on the circuits. "I was expecting a flat circuit. I was a little worried that we didn't have enough riders at the end but we had discovery up there doing a lot of the work."
"I was losing places on the climb and was almost in last position at one point. I was not expecting to win the race today. Coming out of the last corner I was in fortieth wheel and I did not expect to pass so many guys so fast. I realized it was a long way but I said to myself, 'I'm going to try!'"
While seeing Dominguez on the top step is not a surprise for many, even with his injuries of the past, a real surprise was seeing Zack Bell of the Symmetrics team in second place. "I felt really good coming into the last lap and I was able to save my legs for the last half of the race. Going down the last hill there was a lot of traffic so in the last three hundred meters I went on my own. I decided to go early when I saw an opening with three or four hundred meters to go. I saw a bit of a shadow behind me with fifty meters to go so I knew that one of those fast guys would behind me that it would be tough to hold them off."
With so many other top races going on around the world this week, this race is giving a lot of smaller teams a chance at racing on a bigger stage. "I think our role in a race like this, being one of the smaller teams, is to go for stage wins or stage podiums," said Bell. "With the stages being flatter we can have a bigger part in the race. We are going to take the opportunities as they present themselves. As the week goes on we will formulate a strategy and I think that is what a lot of other teams are waiting for as well."
As is typical for a relatively flat opening stage like this, a break did get away and rode for much of the race before being caught in the finishing circuits. Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) launched a counter attack that became the main break when he was followed by Philipp Mamos (Team Sparkasse), James Meadley (Jelly Belly), Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis), Valery Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance).
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"Riding in the break was pretty hard," said Wren. "We were all working really hard because it was windy and the rollers really got to us -- they took a lot out of all of us. When we got onto the circuits the break started to fall apart a little bit."
With the stage win, Dominguez becomes the race leader -- and with another flat stage scheduled for tomorrow, it is possible for him to wear it into the race's only time trial on Thursday. "It is nice to start the race having both jerseys," he said. "These kinds of stage races are hard and normally we go for intermediate points. But I knew I wasn’t going for the intermediate points today. I came to this race with just one bullet so I had to save it for the end."
"I would like to keep the leaders jersey for as many stages as I can. Today was a nice stage and a couple of rollers that made it hard. Tomorrow is a little bit of a longer stage and that will be hard but I would like to keep it after tomorrow, at least."
How it unfolded
The inaugural Tour of Missouri set off from just south of Kansas City in the Country Club Plaza neighborhood and headed north towards downtown. As the race climbed to the centre of the city, office workers took a brief respite from their mundane cubicle world and lined Main Street to watch the race go by. After cresting the hill the race descended to the Missouri river before heading out on the main race route.
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Out on open interstate-wide roads, where the wind whipped around the riders, the attacks finally came off the front. Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Tecos-Trek), Glen Chadwick (Navigators Insurance), Jackson Stewart (BMC), and Sheldon Deeny (US National Development) started the first move of the day. Of course, it did not last long as everyone was fresh and eager to make the break. The first KOM of the day was merely a bigger version of the rolling hills that made up the entire course. Jeff Louder (Health Net p/b Maxxis) led followed by Darren Lill (Navigators Insurance) Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Jesse Anthony (Kodakgallery-Sierra Nevada) and David Vitoria (BMC).
Gregorio Ladino (Tecos-Trek) was easily the most active rider of the first half of the race, launching attack after attack. Though he did not make the main break of the day, his relentless attacking launched a counter attack that became the main break. Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) was followed by Philipp Mamos (Team Sparkasse), James Meadley (Jelly Belly), Tim Johnson (Health Net-Maxxis), Valery Kobzarenko (Navigators Insurance).
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And on the long straight roads away from north Kansas City, with the wind beginning to blow, the field said good-bye as it limped along at just 14 mph. Discovery Channel was unable to patrol the front of the race in the first half as one of the team leaders, Levi Leipheimer, had multiple mechanicals today, including a front flat and a broken chain.
The leading five rolled along working well together and built a lead of more than five minutes at the top end of the course, near Platte City, before turning back and riding the same course back towards Kansas City -- making for a lollipop-style course. Jackson Stewart (BMC) tried to cross the gap for many kilometres, but eventually decided it wiser to sit and wait for the sleeping peloton.
Eventually, after the loop turn around and with all their riders on working bicycles, Discovery Channel took up the role of chasers -- as is customary for the strongest team in the race to do. Their effort brought the gap to under five minutes, but was paused as the race entered the feed zone. With lunch bags put away the chase was back on.
Later on it was Slipstream-Chipotle upping the pace in place of Discovery Channel, with both teams looking to keep the time gaps to a minimum for their time trial specialists later in the week.
Back across the Missouri River the gap was around two minutes, and the break looked to be able to survive to at least the three, 5 mile finishing circuits.
The finishing circuits were the highlight of the day's racing -- running both directions on a wide boulevard style road with a large grassy stretch in the middle. Thousands of fans crowded along, watching the race go by on one side, then running like a cresting wave across to the other.
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With three laps to go the break began to disintegrate, with Johnson attacking to keep his sprinter Karl Menzies from having to do any work in the closing peloton. Kobzarenko was still working with Johnson while the German Mamos sat on. Behind it was BMC now putting their team on the front with Slipstream amassing as well.
With one lap to go, and the break caught, it was on for the sprinters... except for a momentary attack at 5km by Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) which was covered by George Hincapie. After this was reeled in, the sprinters finally breathed a sigh of relief and the tactics began. But of course, one rider had to try to spoil it all in the final kilometre -- this time it was Ryder Hesjdal (Health Net-Maxxis) dangling off the front.
The pace was high off the small descent into the final turn-around with 400 metres to go to the line. No clear organization seemed to be present, including Health Net, which had Pipp countering Hesjdal's move into the final turns. Pipp tried to keep it going for the line but was caught and out of the scrum it was Ivan Dominguez taking another big win on the season.
Tomorrow's stage is the first point-to-point from Clinton to Springfield, with two intermediate sprints and no KOM climbs. Tune into Cyclingnews' live coverage tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m. central US time.
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- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota) takes the first stage of the inaugural Tour of Missouri
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)and Danny Pate (Slip Stream-Chpotle) have a look at how to get a computer working.
- Nathan O'Neil (Healthnet)looks ahead to big things this week.
- George Hincapie (Discovery)and teammate Alberto Contador take to the line.
- The bunch heads out of downtown Kansas City.
- Riders pass by the scenic Parkville Academy.
- Close quarters in the bunch.
- The break forms and works at getting a gap.
- The break rolls past.
- A train races the bunch along todays course.
- The main group comes along in not too much of a hurry.
- Riders pass by a tobacco field early in the day.
- Saunier Duval-Prodir and Discovery come o the front.
- Riders cross the old steel bridge on the Platte River.
- The group gets strung out as they get a little serious about bringing back the break.
- Fans had their flags out today to support the riders and remember 9/11.
- Winding through the scenic little town of Parkville.
- The break continues to work hard.
- Discovery keeps riders stacked on the front to keep the pace high.
- The break still had a gap with only 2 laps left on the small curcuit.
- The main bunch passes along the water on the finishing circuit.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
- James Meadley (Jelly Belly)
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) signed autographs to thrilled fans as it is not often a Tour winner comes to Missouri.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) in his newly acquired Stars and Stripes jersey.
- Local fans, who also had been at the Tour of Georgia earlier this year.
- Throngs of fans lined the streets to see the heroes up close.
- Alberto Contador (left) and Levi Leipheimer (right) were the centre of attention in this race.
- The peloton enjoyed the flat, scenic roads in Missouri's country side.
- Riders were followed by other riders plus their own shadows.
- Discovery pulled but Toyota-United was attentive.
- Kansas City offered nice views as well.
- Two laps to go on the high-speed finishing circuit in Kansas City.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) does what he can best and that is beat everyone in a sprint.
- Dominguez had some trouble earlier in the season following a bizarre crash but has since recovered well.
- The podium where winner Dominguez is flanked by runner-up Zach Bell (Symmetrics, left) and Kyle Wamsley (Navigators).
- Aussie James Meadley leads the young rider's classification.
- Dominguez gets celebrated Euro-style
- The jerseys on the podium from left to right: Jeff Louder (HealthNet, mountains), Gregorio Ladino (Tecos-Trek, most aggressive), Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United, overall) and James Meadley (Jelly Belly, young rider)
Images by Kurt Jambretz /http://www.actionimages.cc
- Navigators mechanics were hard at work this morning checking over all the equipment
- Alberto Contador's (Discovery) trusty steed
- The position is verified on Levi Leipheimer's machine one last time
- Shane Fedon (Toyota-United Head Mechanic) installs race numbers as part of his pre-race routine
- Daimeon Shanks (Slipstream-Chipotle) affixes a team car decal to the windshield of the team car
- The Discovery team bus was a popular with the crowd
- The start/finish area one half hour before the scheduled start time
- George Hincapie (Discovery) just prior to the start
- Alberto Contador (Discovery) signs an autograph at the sign-in area
- Jeff Louder (Health Net) waits in the rider staging area
- Dan Schmatz (BMC Racing) was a local favorite during call ups
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) enjoys a few words with Nathan O'Neill (Health Net) on the line
- Tim Johnson (Health Net) leads a small break away of five riders onto the finishing circuit
- The five escapees stayed away for the first lap of the finishing circuit
- BMC Racing attempted to position Dan Schmatz for what was certain to be a bunch sprint finish
- Discovery was hard on the heels of BMC Racing as they saw them dominate the front of the peloton
- Health Net Maxxis moved their riders into position for the sprint on the second lap
- Jeff Louder (Health Net) motions to his team-mate as the come through the line on the final lap
- The DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team was a bit off the pace but made a great team effort to rejoin the pack on the finishing circuits
- With 50 meters to the line Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) dropped the hammer
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) powered through to win the sprint
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) celebrates his victory
- Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) cracks a small smile as he rolls through after a tough day
- Kyle Wamsley (Navigators) was all smiles on the podium
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) accepts the winner's check for his efforts
- The podium from left to right Zach Bell (Symmetrics), Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United), and Kyle Wamsley (Navigators)
- Jeff Louder (Health Net) enjoys a victory kiss as he receives the King of the Mountains jersey
- It was all smiles and kisses for the man in yellow Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United)
Results
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.05.37 (44.285 km/h) 2 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 4 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 5 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 7 Charles Huff (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 8 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 9 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 10 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 12 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 13 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 14 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 15 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 16 Daniel Schmatz (USA) BMC Racing Team 17 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18 Fausto Marcelino Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 19 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 20 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 22 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 23 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 25 Jeremy Venell (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 27 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 28 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 29 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 30 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 31 Dan Timmerman (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 32 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 33 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 34 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 35 Bernardo Colex (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 36 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 37 Ben Raby (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 38 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 39 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 40 Mark Walters (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 41 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 42 Josh Thornton (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 43 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 44 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 45 Cody O'Reilly (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 46 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 48 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 49 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 50 Francisco Javier Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 51 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 52 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 53 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 55 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 56 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 58 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 59 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 60 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 61 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 62 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 63 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 66 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 67 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 69 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 71 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 72 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 73 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 75 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 76 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 77 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 78 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 79 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 80 Pete Lopinto (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 81 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 82 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 83 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 84 Jonathan McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 85 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 86 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 87 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 88 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 89 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 90 David Canada (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 91 Guido Trentin (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 92 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 93 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 94 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 95 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 96 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 97 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 0.46 98 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.38 99 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 100 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 101 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1.39 102 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 103 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 3.13 104 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.14 105 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 106 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 107 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.15 108 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.17 109 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.40 110 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.41 111 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 112 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 6.45 113 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 114 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8.43 Sprint 1 1 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 5 pts 2 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 3 3 Charles Huff (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 1 Sprint 2 1 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 3 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1 Mountains 1 1 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6 pts 2 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 5 3 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 4 4 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 3 5 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 Teams 1 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 9.16.51 2 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3 Prodir-Saunier Duval 4 Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 5 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 7 Team Sparkasse 8 Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 9 BMC Racing Team 10 Symmetrics Cycling Team 11 KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 12 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 13 Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 14 USA Cycling National Development Team 15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team Young rider 1 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.05.34 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.03 3 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 7 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 9 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 10 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 11 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 12 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 13 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 14 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 15 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 16 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 17 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 0.49 19 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 1.42 20 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 3.17 General classification after stage 1 1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.05.27 2 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.04 3 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.06 4 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.07 5 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 0.08 7 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 Charles Huff (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 0.09 9 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 0.10 11 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 13 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 14 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 15 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 16 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 17 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 19 Daniel Schmatz (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 21 Fausto Marcelino Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 22 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 23 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 25 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 28 Jeremy Venell (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 30 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 31 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 32 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 33 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 34 Dan Timmerman (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 35 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 36 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 37 Bernardo Colex (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 38 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 39 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 40 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 41 Mark Walters (Can) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 42 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 43 Josh Thornton (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 44 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 45 Cody O'Reilly (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 46 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Prodir-Saunier Duval 48 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 49 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 50 Francisco Javier Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 51 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 52 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 53 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 55 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 56 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team 58 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 59 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 60 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 61 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 62 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 63 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 65 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 66 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 67 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 69 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse 71 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 72 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 73 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 74 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 75 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 76 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team 77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 78 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 79 Pete Lopinto (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 80 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 81 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 82 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 83 Jonathan McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 84 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 85 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 86 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonama de Guadalajara 87 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 88 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 89 David Canada (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 90 Guido Trentin (Ita) Prodir-Saunier Duval 91 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 92 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 93 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 94 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 95 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 96 Ben Raby (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 0.30 97 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 0.56 98 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.48 99 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 100 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 101 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1.49 102 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 103 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 3.23 104 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.24 105 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 106 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 107 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.25 108 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.27 109 Kane 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Vitoria (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 Luca Damiani (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling 7 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 9 Daniel Holloway (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 10 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval 11 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 12 Max Jenkins (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 13 Guy East (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 14 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 15 Jesse Anthony (USA) KodakGallery Pro Cycling p/b Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 16 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle 17 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18 Ben Bradshaw (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 0.49 19 Chris Monteleone (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 1.42 20 Chad Beyer (USA) USA Cycling National Development Team 3.17
