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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 21-27, 2008
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Stage 3 - April 23: Washington - Gainesville, 108.2mi/174.1km
Henderson finally makes it to the top in Georgia
High Road does the triple-double today
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Gainesville, Georgia with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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High Road's Greg Henderson has been slowly tweaking his form here in Georgia, finishing fifth the first day and nearly taking the win yesterday. But he must have been inspired by his team-mate's win at La Flèche Wallonne earlier today, because he gave High Road the triple-double - two stage wins, one-two stage finish with team-mate André Greipel and two jerseys in the race as Henderson's time bonus earned him the sprint and overall leads.
"Greipel woke me up today and said, 'Today you strong!'" said Henderson. "The three of us [with George Hincapie] were together in the last corner and it was a drag between Greipel and me to the line."
High Road was the most organized coming into the final turns of a technical and fast final circuit. "I knew that we were going to go fast behind so I stayed cool and hit out with a one kilometre to go and took him to 500 metres," said Hincapie. From there is was flat until 300 metres to go when the road pitched downwards, putting the final sprint in the saddle and at warp speed.
"The sprint was deceiving because it actually ended at the top of the hill," said Henderson. "Even though we were going down hill, I couldn't press any harder on the pedals and it's hard for people to pace you on a downhill. I think that our speeds in the finish were about 70 km/h by the time we got to the line. So the race was really to the top of the hill."
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A former world champion on the track, Henderson said he used those skills on the fast finish. "I think my track [racing] helped me today because we were so full of lactic acid with 200 metres to go that I think my sprint was down in the seat," he said. "Coming from the track all my sprints are done in the seat."
The win earned him both the sprint and overall jerseys as former race leader Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) was not in good form on the day. "I told the guys go for Dominique [Rollin] and [Ivan]Stevic because I am not ready for this," Dominguez told Cyclingnews. "I was not expecting [the circuit,] when I checked the profile in book it looks kinda flat, but it isn't at all. Coming onto the circuit it was up and down - good if you have the legs. If I was riding good I would be there, but Henderson was good."
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While some enjoyed the difficulty of the final circuits, separating the strong from the weak, others were critical of the tight and narrow turns. "I didn't think it was that bad," said Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis), who put in a solo attack with two laps to go that earned him the most aggressive rider award. "It was hard but it's nice not to have a really quick circuit to the finish. It shows who the really good sprinters are - the ones that can hang in there and do the really good racing. I like that kind of finish."
"It was very dangerous - there is no point in having a course like that," said Dominguez. "There were too many tight turns, and I don't know why they did that."
Slipstream-Chipotle's sprinter Tyler Farrar is also having a fast week, finishing third today, keeping him in the hunt for the sprint jersey in second place and leading the best young rider category. "That circuit was crazy - really hard," he said. "I was caught back but then I made a move at 500 metres just to get up to the front. High Road rode it perfect, they had it dialed in."
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"I didn't know the circuit, we just saw on the map all the corners and we knew we had to be up front," said Greipel. "It looked really hard to get to the front but we decided to be at the front coming into the circuits so we didn't have to try to do that while we were already on them. I led out the last part of the sprint and I did see Henderson coming up beside me."
While Henderson had no illusions about keeping the leader's jersey into the mountains on Friday and Saturday, he was happy to be able to finally close the deal for the team here. "It worked out really well for us today to win the stage and also have the yellow jersey," he said. "High Road did such a great job, they really looked after me at the finish and I was just really happy that I could finish it off for the team."
The win gives High Road the final spot in tomorrow's team time trial, with Astana just ahead of them. Riders have mixed thoughts about this particular team time trial, with the split generally down ProTour/domestic lines. "We'll see what this team trial is like," said Levi Leipheimer (Astana). "It's out of tradition in that it's not on team time trial equipment and it's really short. I don't know what to expect."
How it unfolded
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Riders started the day in Washington, Georgia for the first time in the six years of the race. From the gun the racing was fast, with the terrain much like first two stages - flat and straight. Tempo speeds were routinely at 50 km/h, keeping any chance of a breakaway from forming. It seemed as if the teams wanted to keep the race together until at least the first intermediate sprint, 77km into the stage.
But about 80km into the race, on one of the only significant descents of the race so far - a downhill down to a crossing of the Broad River - disaster struck. The tightly packed group crossed the river and seam in the bridge deck caught Corey Colliers' (Health Net-Maxxis) wheel, sending him, Timmy Duggan (Slipstream-Chipotle-H3O) and Ben Day (Toyota-Untied) over their handlebars. Both Day and Collier were able to rejoin the race, despite Collier's destroyed bicycle. However Duggan was in far worse shape, with team director Chann McRae saying that Duggan was convulsing by the time the car reached the incident.
Duggan was immediately transported to Athens Regional Hospital by one of the two race ambulances, which sped past the peloton 10km later. He was most recently listed under stable condition with a broken collarbone and scapula.
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"My max speed was 82 km/h somewhere in the race because there were a lot of fast sections on the race today," said Henderson about the descents.
The incident happened just as four riders had 10 seconds on the peloton, climbing up from the river. As soon as the seriousness of the crash was realized, the bosses of the peloton, such as Leipheimer and Hincapie, rode to the front to slow the pace down. This allowed the break to gain four minutes in a matter of kilometres.
Scott Zwizanski (Bissell), Frank Pipp (Health Net p/b Maxxis), Moises Aldape Chavez (Team Type 1) and Rhys Pollock (Trek-Marco Polo) rode up to nearly a five-minute lead. However as the race neared Gainesville the road began to pitch up and down. Back in the field the Toyota-United team rode tempo keeping the lead in check.
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"It was a good composition in the beginning, but then guys started to get tired," said Moises Aldape (Team Type 1). "The Bissell guy missed a pull and started to get dropped. I was taking second in the sprints hoping I would make it to the finish and make it in a good position, but when it was under two minutes I started to miss pulls knowing that the peloton was going hard."
At this point High Road and Team CSC jumped on the front and put the pedal to the floor, cutting the lead to under two minutes in no time.
Near the city limits the break dwindled to two, with Pipp leading Pollock. Then it was just Pipp as the peloton swarmed up a hill to end the break.
Up ahead, two laps of a four kilometre circuit awaited the race. However, this was no ordinary course - with steep hills, off-camber turns and a downhill finish sprint. With less than two to go Sutherland jumped out of the fast-moving field and held a 12 second lead. But no other rider went with him right away, and he was left to dangle.
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After a valiant effort, Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) joined and passed Sutherland. "It was a very hard finish and I wanted to make sure I made it as hard as possible to help my team-mates in the end," said Sevilla. "I wanted to go with Rory when he went but he is too explosive and too fast for me and I would have wasted a lot of energy - so I decided not to actually cover that one. I felt like if I couldn't win from one of my own attacks then at least I my effort would help to set up the finish for my team."
"Having him out there made it better for me," said Rodriguez, who finished fifth. "I wasn't feeling 100 percent so having them out there was working better for me and if anything they could get into the right move and win the race. It's the kind of course where if I was having a good day, it would have been good for me."
After catching Sevilla, High Road put the big guns on the front, with Hincapie the biggest - leading it out from one kilometre, up a tough hill to the final turn at 500 metres. From there ProTour leader Greipel took over and actually gapped Henderson. But the New Zealander made it back by the time the pair reached 300 metres and the road went down, down...down.
Photography
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- Greg Henderson (High Road) takes out Stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia.
- The race gets ready to leave from historic Washington, Georgia.
- The first break of the day tries to get some time on the field.
- The main bunch gets strung out to bring back the break.
- The break that stuck for most of the day forms.
- Ahhhh...the pretty flowers.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) looking smooth in the bunch.
- Corey Collier (HealthNet-Maxxis) looked a little worse for the wear after his crash.
- Frank Pip (HealthNet-Maxxis) checks his gap on the field.
- The field gets a little sideways as things slow down a little.
- Rhys Pollock (GE Trek-Marco Polo) rode in the most aggressive jersey today.
- Not a marshmallow in a field, the bunch passes a hay bail.
- Freddy Rodriguez (Rock Racing) is finding the wins hard to come by so far.
- Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis) always happy to see the photographer.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) tucked in and going hard.
- Getting a little off the back.
- Frank Pip (HealthNet-Maxxis) leads the break.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) stayed safe throughout the day.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana), George Hincapie (High Road), and Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) come to the front to shut things down after the crash.
- Scott Zwizanski (Bissell) made it into today's break.
- The most aggressive rider jersey and king of the mountains jersey ride next to each other.
- Scott Zwizanski (Bissell) giving it his all at the front of the break.
- Children at an elementary school cheer the break as it passes by.
- Toyota United spent time on the front brining back the break and protecting its leader.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) stays surrounded by team-mates and out of trouble.
- Team CSC comes to the front with about 20 miles to go.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) spends his last day in yellow.
- Another attack tries to get up the road.
- The main bunch passes another school along the route.
- Rolling through the farmlands of Georgia.
- Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC) gets on the front to bring back the break.
- Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis) launches an attack on the finishing circuit.
- Greg Henderson (High Road) comes to the line next to team-mate Andre Greipel after his super fast lead-out.
- Greg Henderson (High Road) does an interview after his big win.
- Podium: Greg Henderson (High Road) in first, Andre Greipel (High Road) second and Tyler Farrar (Slipstream) third.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- High Road leads the pack in chasing down the break.
- Just looks like a drive in the park, doesn't it.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) and Freddy Rodriguez (Rock Racing) enter the finishing circuit and are just a few miles fro the line.
- George Hincapie (High Road) set up his team-mates today.
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- The Team Type 1 boys looked as if they had a few tricks up their sleeves before the start.
- The scene at the start as the colour guard presented the flag.
- Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly) gets things started with an early attack.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) leads the chase down a small hill.
- The peloton passed a school outside of Comer to the cheers of the students.
- Life moves a little slower in some parts of Georgia.
- The peloton didn’t seem to mind that the break was over four minutes up the road.
- A view from above as the field rolled through the Georgia countryside.
- Matt Crane (HealthNet-Maxxis) and a Jittery Joe’s rider give it a go.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) heads the field as the pace intensifies.
- The field found some motivation and caught the two escapees.
- A small group of four riders escape in the early going.
- The riders didn’t even pause to enjoy the Georgian architecture.
- The breakaway riders were working well together and gained over four minutes on the field.
- The peloton was a blur as they went in search of the breakaway riders.
- Toyota-United came to the front and started the chase.
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) made a move to bridge up to the break, but Toyota-United responded quickly.
- The break continued to add time to their lead.
- As the miles clicked by the peloton started to get restless.
- The peloton was all back together as they entered the finishing circuits.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) on the finishing circuits.
- Greg Henderson (Team High Road) wins the downhill sprint
- Greg Henderson (Team High Road) celebrates through the line
- Podium (L-R): Andre Greipel (Team High Road), Greg Henderson (Team High Road), and Tyler Farrar (Slipstream/Chipolte).
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) receives a double kiss from the podium girls.
- Frank Pipp (HealthNet-Maxxis) was awarded the King of the Mountains jersey.
Results
1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 3.55.45 (44.309 km/h) 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 6 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 8 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 9 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 13 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 14 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 16 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 17 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 21 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 23 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 24 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 26 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 27 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 31 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 32 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 33 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 34 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 35 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 36 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 37 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 39 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 40 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 41 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 42 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 43 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 44 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 45 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 46 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 47 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 48 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 49 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 50 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 51 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 52 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 54 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 55 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 56 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 57 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 58 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 59 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 60 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 61 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 62 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 63 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 64 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 65 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 66 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 67 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 68 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 69 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 70 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 71 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 72 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 73 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 74 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 75 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 77 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 78 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 79 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 80 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 81 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 82 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32 83 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 0.39 84 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 85 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 0.47 87 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.52 88 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.00 89 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 90 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.10 91 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.25 92 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.27 93 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 94 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 95 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.04 96 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 2.08 97 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.14 98 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 99 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 100 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 101 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 102 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 103 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.43 104 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.55 105 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.22 106 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.00 107 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 108 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 109 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 111 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 112 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 113 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 114 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 115 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 116 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 117 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 7.57 DNF Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC DNF Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5 pts 2 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 3 3 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 Sprint 2 1 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5 pts 2 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 3 3 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Sprint 3 1 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 5 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 3 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Finish 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 15 pts 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 12 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 10 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 6 6 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 7 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 9 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 1 Mountains None. Teams 1 High Road 11.47.15 2 Astana 3 Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 Rock Racing 5 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 6 Team CSC 7 Gerolsteiner 8 BMC Racing Team 9 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 10 Bissell Pro Cycling 11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12 Team Type 1 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 15 Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.10 General classification after stage three 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 10.58.17 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 0.09 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.11 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.13 5 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 0.14 6 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.15 7 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.17 8 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.18 9 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.20 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.21 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 12 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 13 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 14 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 15 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 16 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 20 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 21 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 23 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 24 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 25 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 27 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 28 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 29 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 33 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 34 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 35 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 36 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 37 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 38 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 39 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 40 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 43 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 44 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 45 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 46 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 48 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 50 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 51 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 53 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 54 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 55 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 56 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 57 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 58 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 59 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 60 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 61 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 62 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 63 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 64 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 65 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 66 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 67 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 68 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 69 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 71 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 72 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 73 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 74 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 75 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 76 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 77 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 78 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 79 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.49 80 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 1.00 81 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 82 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 83 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.01 84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 1.08 85 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.13 86 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.21 87 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 88 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.31 89 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.34 90 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.46 91 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.48 92 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.53 93 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21 94 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.25 95 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 2.29 96 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.58 97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.35 98 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 99 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 100 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 101 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 102 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.45 103 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.04 104 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.16 105 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.43 106 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.13 107 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.18 108 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.20 109 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.21 110 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 111 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 112 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 113 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 114 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 115 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.05 116 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 14.22 117 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14.23 Points classification 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 38 pts 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 30 3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 25 4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 5 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 7 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 13 8 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 13 9 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11 10 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 11 11 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 10 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 9 13 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 14 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7 15 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 17 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 5 18 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 19 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 20 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4 21 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 4 22 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 23 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 24 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2 25 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2 26 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 27 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 28 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 29 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 pts 2 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Best Young rider classification 1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 10.58.26 2 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.04 3 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.09 4 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.12 5 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 6 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 7 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 8 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 10 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 0.51 11 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 12 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.52 13 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.12 14 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.22 15 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.39 16 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.44 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.16 18 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 3.26 19 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.55 20 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.11 Team classification 1 High Road 32.55.54 2 Astana 3 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 4 BMC Racing Team 5 Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 Rock Racing 7 Team Type 1 8 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 9 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10 Team CSC 11 Gerolsteiner 12 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 13 Bissell Pro Cycling 14 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 15 Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.10
