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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 21-27, 2008
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Stage 4 - April 24: Road Atlanta (TTT), 10mi/16.1km
Slipstream flexes team TT muscles in Georgia
High Road retains overall, Lowe new best young rider
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Braselton, Georgia with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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The unique team time trial of the Tour de Georgia, held on the Road Atlanta motor racing track sans time trial equipment, was a showcase for the fans with teams riding four laps of the four kilometre circuit. But the varying terrain of the course - which is no problem for the high-octane super machines that call this track home - made for surprisingly interesting racing. Slipstream-Chipotle impressed the crowds with organized tactical riding which made the difference, taking the win ahead of Astana and High Road.
Each lap some riders would pop off the back of their respective echelons, usually on the climb. For some, this was not the intended plan - as with Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) who came off on the second lap. But for others, strategy made the difference - as with Slipstream-Chipotle who used riders such as Danny Pate on the final lap in a lead-out fashion, finishing with only the required four to take the win.
"I think we did a pretty good job of performing at our pace," said Pate. "We planned on losing a couple of guys in order to set up for the fastest time possible. When it comes to a team time trial it's a lot about how smooth you can ride and at what pace you can ride at. If you start out too fast then you are not going to do that well."
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While the team did put its four best general classification riders across the line first, it did sacrifice the best young rider jersey of Tyler Farrar to do so. "We were planning to only use me and Lucas but we ended up using Tyler too," said Pate. "In the end all we wanted to do was win the stage, but it would have been nice to keep Tyler. First and foremost we were going after the stage win and we accomplished that."
Team director Jonathan Vaughters, who arrived in Georgia last night, said the plan was to put both Lowe and Danielson into position for the next two climbing stages. "We had planned that Lucas and Danny would peel off but Tyler just wasn't quite on the ride and we had to make a split second decision of whether or not to sacrifice three-four seconds to keep Tyler with us and in the jersey or to just go for the extra time for Trent and Tom. So we decided to go for the extra time for Trent and Tom."
The Astana team seemed to be on course to blow the other teams out of the water after setting the fastest first lap time by three seconds over High Road with a 4:57. But the team lost some organization in doing so and had to pull back the pace to keep all the riders, slowing by seven seconds on the second lap and turning a 5:01 on the third lap, before pulling it together on the final lap for the second fastest on the day at 4:52.
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"[We were] spread out because everyone was trying to pull at once and so no one was recovering so we had to slow down," said Leipheimer. "It was just a matter of some guys being stronger and some guys being weaker than others in the rotation. We lost a big chunk of time on some parts but when we got down to the last lap we had our core group of guys and what I heard was that we were fastest in the whole race, maybe we should have just started with those guys."
"All of us were biting our nails, especially when Astana went through six seconds faster on the first lap," said Tom Danielson. "I remember thinking on the first lap I was totally thinned and I don't think I could have gone any faster. So six seconds is a lot and I thought oh man! You can see the experience from a guy like Zabriskie who kept us smooth and calm and that really paid off with a victory. When High Road and Astana were out on course, I think I used more energy being nervous and sitting by the radio, watching the TV screen than I did in the actual race."
High Road also rode impressively, especially down a man and with two sprinters on the team. The overall race leader, sprinter Greg Henderson, led the team across the line. "Whoever came off the hill basically, it was just go full gas too the line," he said about being first. "We tried to keep it as smooth as possible. I might have gotten a little carried away up the hill - it's such a short but steep climb, it is really hard to judge it. We have some really strong guys but it's a really hard job for me anyways to hang on to them for 20 minutes. For a sprinter to make it to the line I was quite happy with it."
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Henderson said that picking gears was a tough call as well. "It was such a changing course - we were in the small ring going up the climb and then in the 54-11 on the downhill. It's different in warm-up - you try your gears out and say, 'Oh this feels fine'. But when you hit it with legs loaded with lactic [acid] it's a different climb. We were unfortunate to be pipped at the post basically."
Despite the win by Slipstream, Leipheimer is surely still the favourite with two tough climbing stages to go. "I didn't see Slipstream race but they beat us and I think it proves that they did their homework," he said. "They went fast today so that's all I can say. Trent [Lowe] is a good rider, but cycling is a long process and you have to take it step-by-step and for him to really challenge would be a big step. But, we can't let him get any time tomorrow and I don't think I would count him as being one of the most dangerous on Brasstown."
Lowe took over the best young rider jersey from team-mate Tyler Farrar, and is in good position to challenge for a general classification spot. "It was not something we were thinking of, but it's a bonus," said Lowe. "Tyler had it before me and we get to keep it in the team, so that is good."
"Brasstown Bald is a drag race, so whoever has the legs there is going to be it for the overall," Lowe told Cyclingnews about his chances. "We can probably feed off each other a bit but Levi is going to be tough to beat, and Chris Horner is looking pretty fit as well. We'll work out our strategy over the next two days - I don't know how much tomorrow is really going to change GC too much, but you never know with Johan, he is really crafty with tactics. I'm sure he is going to be pretty innovative with the race plan in the next few days."
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Lowe said one of the keys to the win was the cooling effort of team physiologist Alan Lim, who had the guys wear ice vests during the warm-up period. "We've done some pretty innovating things with Alan Lim like his ice vest," he said. "I think some people were laughing at it, but then can laugh all they want when you win."
One of the surprises of the day was 2002 time trial world champion Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) dropping off his team on just the second lap. Botero was so upset with his race he declined to talk to the media. But Leipheimer warned about counting him out. "I know that guy and he will give it everything tomorrow," said Leipheimer. "He will be firing all day long, no doubt! Maybe Brasstown is too steep for him, but I have seen him down on GC before in past races and he can bring it all back in one day."
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As for Henderson's thoughts on keeping the leader's jersey for at least one more day, the affable Kiwi said he would see what the team wants him to do. "I don't know the climbs to be honest," he said. "It depends on if they want me to work or if they see if I can get over it - it doesn't bother me either way. I am more than happy to lay it on the line for the team, seeing as they have done it for me the last couple of days. I don't mind to pay back for the sprinting, no worries!"
Before the racing started today, a Le Mans car and a race motorcycle took a few laps of the course, to show the cycling fans the speeds that the course is used to hosting. After the race a course worker came over the loudspeaker in the media room and said, "The average speed of the race winner today was 30 miles per hour. That is just a mere 100 miles per hour off the course record!"
Road Atlanta has played a significant role in American motorsport since opening in 1970. After playing host to the legendary Can-Am series for many years the track held NASCAR's first Busch series road race in 1986. The track was purchased and upgraded by American automotive mogul Don Panoz 12 years ago and has since hosted rounds of the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) league and more recently the American Le Mans Series. The venue was recently upgraded to the safety standards required to hold motorcycle races.
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- Team Slipstream rode to victory in the team time trial, but it cost them the shot at the yellow jersey.
- The show is about to start at Road Atlanta.
- A Porsche race car takes to the track to put on a show for the fans, a lay down a bit of rubber on the track.
- A race motorbike shows how to take a turn at over 100mph.
- Team High Road and Team Type 1 take a practice lap on the track.
- Bissell checks out the rolly course.
- Team Type 1 comes around on a practice lap.
- BMC has a look around the race track.
- George Hincapie talks about strategy to the rest of the High Road team.
- Corey Collier (HealthNet-Maxxis) still made it out after his vicious crash yesterday.
- Tom Zirbel comes through on the front of the Bissell train.
- The GE Trek-Marco Polo team gets up the first climb.
- HealthNet-Maxxis tackles the tough climb just after the start.
- Jittery Joe’s kept organized on the first lap.
- Frank Pip leads HealthNet-Maxxis after the climb.
- Gerolsteiner comes by on its way to a seventh place finish.
- Jittery Joe’s still going strong.
- Bissell leans into turn seven.
- Team CSC comes by with Jason McCartney driving the pace.
- JJ Haedo passes by off the back of Team CSC's line-up after dropping his chain on the climb.
- Jelly Belly finished 1’10' off the blistering pace.
- Tom Danielson leading the Slipstream team on to its winning time.
- Christian Vandevelde pulling hard at the front for Slipstream.
- Nicholas Sanderson comes to the front for Jelly Belly.
- Team Type 1 comes through with a time 56 seconds off the winning time.
- Rock Racing keeps the hammer down to make the top 10.
- Team Type 1 with one lap to go.
- Michael Creed sitting on the front for Rock Racing.
- BMC winds its way through the S turns.
- Symmetrics tackles the climb near the finish.
- BMC breaks over the top of the last climb.
- Mike Sayers comes through a little off the back of BMC.
- Symmetrics nears the finish.
- Dominique Rollin leads Toyota United.
- Toyota United crests the last hill.
- Levi Leipheimer took long hard pulls for his Astana team.
- Levi Leipheimer pulling hard for his Astana team-mates.
- Slipstream screams past on the way to the win.
- Andre Greipel stays aero while leading the High Road team.
- George Hincapie takes a hard pull for the High Road team.
- Team High Road approaching one kilometre to go.
- Team High Road went flat out, but couldn't take the lead in the end.
- Chann McRae accepts the trophy for the Slipstream team's win.
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream) took over the best young rider jersey after today's stage.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Astana blew apart on the technical course, but still finished second.
- Team Trek Marco Polo makes their way over the rollers
- Jittery Joe's
- Team CSC
- David Zabriskie leads the slipstream team into a downhill corner
- And then there were 5! But they would loose one more to finish with 4
- Rock Racing in tight formation
- Rock Racing's Tyler Hamilton fights up the hill
- Team BMC
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) working hard and not looking too happy
- Toyota United flies on the downhill
- Team High Road passes the 1km to go marker
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Team CSC set the fastest early time but were surpassed by Slipstream.
- David Zabriskie leads Slipstream in his US National TT Champion jersey.
- Astana takes one of the turns along the twisty course.
- Chris Horner leads the Astana train and then Rubiera pulls through.
- The high pace of Slipstream jettisoned even Danny Pate, who did his work and then dropped off.
- Slipstream ended with four riders Vande Velde, Danielson, Lowe and Zabriskie.
- Astana sprinted up the first climb and perhaps went a bit too hard.
- Astana was down to six after the first lap and lost one more quickly.
- Levi Leipheimer detonated his Astana team in search of stage glory and time on the GC.
- High Road crests the hill which was quite a nasty little climb.
- Team High Road sprints to the line with yellow jersey Greg Henderson firmly in tow.
- Henderson put everything into the time trial and looked strong throughout.
- Motorcycle multi world champion Kevin Schwantz joins Slipstream in celebration of their win.
- Greg Henderson was pleased to keep the jersey another day.
- The Devil came down to Georgia… and gave a push to Fuyu Li, who flatted after the first lap.
- Jittery Joe's put in a solid effort.
- Slipstream enjoys the stage podium.
- Greg Henderson gets another yellow jersey for Team High Road.
Results
1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 19.36.86 (49.285 km/h) 2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 5 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 0.03.41 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 10 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 0.05.20 11 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 12 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 15 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 16 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.12.72 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 19 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 20 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 21 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 0.21.69 22 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.23.43 23 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 24 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 25 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 26 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.27.19 27 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 0.31.65 28 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 29 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 30 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.32.67 32 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.40.86 36 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 37 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 38 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 39 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 40 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 41 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 42 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.41.20 43 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 44 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 45 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 46 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 47 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.43.44 48 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 0.52.35 49 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 51 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 52 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.52.81 53 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 55 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 56 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 57 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 58 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 59 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 60 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 0.55.56 61 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 62 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 63 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 64 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 65 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 66 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 67 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 1.08.94 68 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.10.26 69 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 71 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 72 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 73 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.10.58 74 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 75 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.16.14 76 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.19.14 77 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.20.71 78 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 79 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 80 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 81 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.20.97 82 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.22.55 83 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 84 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 85 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 86 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 87 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 88 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.27.43 89 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.28.14 90 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 1.29.52 91 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.37.45 92 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 93 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1.43.81 94 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.46.09 95 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 1.54.63 96 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 97 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.10 98 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.02.61 100 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 2.04.29 101 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.08.35 102 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.13.18 103 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2.35.85 104 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.51.22 105 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.54.21 106 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.03.96 107 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 3.08.12 108 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 3.13.64 109 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 110 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 3.37.64 111 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.58.00 112 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 3.59.38 113 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.07.46 114 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 4.08.61 115 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.35.35 116 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Michael Schär (Swi) Astana Teams 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 19.36.86 2 Astana 0.03.41 3 Team High Road 0.05.20 4 Team CSC 0.12.72 5 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.23.43 6 BMC Racing Team 0.31.65 7 Gerolsteiner 0.32.67 8 Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.40.86 9 Bissell Pro Cycling 0.41.20 10 Rock Racing 0.52.35 11 Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.52.81 12 Team Type 1 0.55.56 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.10.26 14 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.20.71 15 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.22.55 Team rankings 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 58.48 2 Astana 0.12 3 Team High Road 0.18 4 Team CSC 0.39 5 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.12 6 BMC Racing Team 1.36 7 Gerolsteiner 1.39 8 Health Net presented by Maxxis 2.03 9 Bissell Pro Cycling 2.06 10 Rock Racing 2.39 11 Symmetrics Cycling Team 12 Team Type 1 2.48 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.33 14 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 4.03 15 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.09 General classification after stage 4 1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 11.17.59 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.15 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 7 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 0.19 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 10 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 12 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 0.21 13 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 14 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 15 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 0.28 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 18 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 19 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 20 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.35 21 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 0.37 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.39 23 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.43 24 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.46 25 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 0.47 26 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 27 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 28 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 29 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.56 32 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 33 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 34 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.57 35 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 36 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 37 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 38 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 1.04 39 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1.05 40 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 1.08 41 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 42 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 43 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 44 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 45 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 46 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 47 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 48 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 49 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 50 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 51 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 1.11 52 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 53 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 54 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 55 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 56 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.18 57 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.26 58 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 59 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 60 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 61 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.32 62 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.36 63 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 64 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.38 65 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 1.45 66 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 1.50 67 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.56 68 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 69 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 1.58 70 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1.59 71 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.01 72 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.12 73 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.13 74 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.15 75 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 76 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.18 77 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 2.20 78 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 79 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.24 80 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.25 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.35 82 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.48 83 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.51 84 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.03 85 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.10 86 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 3.29 87 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 88 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 3.43 89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 4.10 90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.13 91 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.23 92 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 4.38 93 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.49 94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.51 95 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.52 96 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.18 97 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.19 98 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.21 99 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 100 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 5.24 101 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5.39 102 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 5.44 103 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.48 104 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 6.05 105 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 6.32 106 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.35 107 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.38 108 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 6.53 109 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 110 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7.29 111 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7.37 112 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.18 113 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 9.15 114 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.41 115 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 14.40 116 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.46 Young rider classification 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 11.18.14 2 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 0.06 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.32 4 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.50 5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.53 6 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 0.56 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.03 8 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.41 9 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 1.43 10 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.00 11 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 12 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 2.05 13 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.10 15 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.33 16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.48 17 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.06 18 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 5.50 19 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.03 Teams classification 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 33.54.42 2 Astana 0.12 3 Team High Road 0.18 4 Team CSC 0.39 5 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.12 6 BMC Racing Team 1.36 7 Gerolsteiner 1.39 8 Health Net presented by Maxxis 2.03 9 Bissell Pro Cycling 2.06 10 Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.39 11 Rock Racing 12 Team Type 1 2.48 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.33 14 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 4.03 15 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.19
