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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 21-27, 2008
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Stage 5 - April 25: Suwanee - Dahlonega, 133.4mi/214.7km
Bissell flies flag for domestic teams in Georgia
Slipstream takes overall lead, Henderson remains in sprint jersey
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Dahlonega, Georgia with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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The sixth Tour de Georgia came into slightly more focus Friday with the first of two mountain stages. While the three category three climbs would in no way decide who would win the overall, it did show who would not – as the yellow jersey on the road passed from sprinter Greg Henderson (High Road) to Slipstream-Chipotle's climber Trent Lowe, with the rest of the GC contenders within a few seconds. But the day belonged to the domestic Bissell team, with King in the long break and sprinter Richard England across the line first in the end.
"In reality I think the decisive point was making it over the second KOM with 40km to go. I felt a little shabby at the start but I told my team I had good legs and when I made it over the second KOM, I knew the short steep climbs would really suit me, similar to my training roads back in Melbourne.
England said that he had been itching all week to get a good crack at a sprint, and that today was the day. "I told my team last night that if I was in the bunch in the finish that I needed to go over the last climb in the first dozen. Even if it came back together toward the finish, the first group had an advantage because they didn't have to chase back up to get organized. My team did a good job when it got wet and slick they stayed at the front. I still had six team-mates around me. Jeremy and Ben took me into the last corner before the climb, in first position. I don't think anyone expected how steep the climb was!"
England out-sprinted the likes of Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis) and George Hincapie (High Road) for the win. "I was a little too far back coming into the finish and that last kilometer went by so quick that there was no time to think it was just do," said Sutherland. "Richard got a jump on me and he's a better sprinter than me anyway so I'd rather have a fellow Australian beat me and a domestic team win another stage."
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"It was a good stage for me and the team really wanted for me to give it a try," said Hincapie. "But I just didn’t realize how close the finish was from the last corner and I made a big mistake coming out of it in third because it was all down hill. I thought it was a little down hill and then mainly uphill and that coming out in third would have been perfect for that. But, when we came around the corner it was right there."
Earlier in the day, England's teammate Teddy King was slaving away in the day's long break, taking two second places on the KOMs to go with his second place on day two. The effort earned King the KOM jersey, capping off a perfect day for the team. "It's definitely big, California and Georgia are the two biggest races of the year and like every other team we aim to try and do something at these races," said director sportif Glen Mitchell. "We were a little bit frustrated with yesterday's stage, [with Zirbel] having a mechanical. We know the level we are at and we know we are capable of doing something big. With the frustration yesterday the guys were really fired up to get someone in the early move or get the KOM."
Most of the big names made the lead group, including Trent Lowe (Slipstream-Chipotle-H30), who takes over the leader's jersey from High Road's Greg Henderson. "It was a relentless day, I don't think it was easy for anyone, whether you were on the wheel or pulling!" Lowe told Cyclingnews. "Everyone was suffering. Just before the break went the peloton would go up a rise that would normally not be an issue for it and it was just wearing on us. There was never a time where you could get a rest. Even at the end with the little smack which mixed it up a bit."
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Henderson said he was feeling good on the day, making it over the first KOM with good legs and looking good to keep the yellow jersey. But on the start of the second KOM the lights went out for the Kiwi. "I was feeling great and then all of a sudden! On the second KOM, I don't know what happened... it was low sugars or something. Then once I got hold of the gels and Coke I was fine. It was amazing how quickly it turned from good to bad! I haven't had that for a while, ya know? I started asking team-mates for sugar but it was too late by then."
Still Hendy said he is feeling confident for Sunday's circuit race, which is sure to end in a field sprint.
But before that day comes, Hendy and the rest of the field will need to make to the top of Georgia, also known as Brasstown Bald mountain. That is sure to decide the overall winner of the race. Slipstream-Chipotle has the race lead, and four potential winners in Lowe, former winner Tom Danielson, last year's second place Christian Vande Velde and, according to director sportif Jonathan Vaughters, maybe even mustache-clad Dave Zabriskie.
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"You never know with Zabriskie, he could win tomorrow," Vaughters told Cyclingnews. Maybe he's hiding something under the mustache! Christian is going well too, so it's those four guys. But if I were to pick someone to put a tad more focus on it's Trent."
Trent Lowe rode well here in 2004 with the Jittery Joe's squad, which helped get him noticed by then-Postal director Johan Bruyneel. So it would be fitting for him to return to win it, though he has no delusions of grandeur. "It would be awesome but tomorrow is hard day – that is what it is all going to come down to, whoever has the legs!"
Today's stage was not quite as difficult as it had been in previous years – and a lot of big names finished in the field sprint, including Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing), Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Bobby Julich (CSC) – so anything is still possible tomorrow.
How it unfolded
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The start of the fifth stage, in Suwanee, saw action even in the neutral section. A race photo motorcycle collided with two pedestrians who had stepped out into the roadway. The driver, photographer and both pedestrians were taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries. With that out of the way, it was on for the first actual climbing stage of the race.
Again the peloton moved at a brisk pace, which kept any breaks from gaining more than 10-15 seconds. This has been the theme every day as nobody wants another repeat of last year's 29 minute breakaway. But about 65 km into the stage, a group of four domestic team riders got together, giving the rest of the peloton a happy carrot to follow. Cameron Evans (Symmetrics), Edward King (Bissell), Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) and Valery Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) built a 40 second lead pretty quickly, and as soon as the numbers were checked by the major team's directors, it was up over two minutes in no time.
The four worked quite well together, taking rather even pulls that lasted 20-30 seconds each. It was not until the first KOM that any separation occurred when Kobzarenko went for the points. But on the descent it was back to business as usual for the quad, putting a maximum of seven minutes on the field.
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Astana started the pace-making, with a little help from Slipstream-Chipotle and High Road. This kept the break within reach as the kilometers ticked off to the next KOM, 75km away.
By the time the break reached the second KOM, the gap was trimmed to under three minutes. But the four still looked rather fresh, staying seated on the climb and not rocking their shoulders. So it was no surprise that the gap went up to four minutes again on the way towards Dahlonega.
This must have set off the alarm bells in the field as inside 10km from the finish the gap was back down to under two minutes. The last five kilometers of the stage was a roller coaster, both in terms of terrain and drama. The last KOM sat just two kilometres from the finish, and it was steep little tease with pitches up to 15 percent. As the break turned onto the final road of the KOM, the field had them in sight. At this point, Johnson made the move that would earn him the most aggressive rider award on the day.
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He was aided by both a mechanical pause by King and a little information from his former team director-turned assistant race technical director, Jeff Corbett. "It was a good time to go because King had a problem with his chain and every one was looking at him and I just decided to go at that point and see what would happen. My old director Jeff Corbett told me that if I got over the last climb ahead than there might be a chance I would stay away. I had no idea how far back the field was so I just had to give it everything to see what would happen."
"It was a violent attack," he added. "When you are on a climb and you see that many fans clustered together, you know it is going to hurt really badly if it's a climb or your probably going to crash if it's a descent. When I turned that corner I tried to hang on as best I could but I dumped every last bit of energy I had into that last attack."
But the lactic acid won the battle and the fast-moving field, setting up the sprinters for the final kilometer, swallowed him whole.
From there it was a nasty descent with tight, off-camber turns that nearly sent some of the motorcycles off route. But the riders had no problem, and rode into Dahlonega with no problem. Richard King led the charge up the final turn at 150 meters, knowing that the downhill after would launch him up to the line for the win.
Tomorrow's penultimate stage will easily decide who will wear the leader's jersey into Atlanta. And you will find out who it is first by following Cyclingnews' up-to-the-kilometer live coverage, starting at 11:00 A.M. EDT.
Photography
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- Richard England (Bissell) takes a big win for his team.
- Toyota United gets its rides lined up and ready for the day.
- Greg Henderson (High Road) and Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) making the fans happy.
- Brad McGee (Team CSC) was a huge hit with the young fans.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) leads the first break of the day.
- The peloton gets a little strung-out as the break gets up the road.
- Toyota United has a little team meeting out on the road.
- Ed King (Bissell) swings off the front of the break after taking a pull.
- Things get more scenic as we head into the north Georgia mountains.
- The bunch was not too worried about the group up the road earlier in the day.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) rode hard today and captured the most aggressive rider jersey.
- Things stayed strung-out for most of the day.
- Astana kept a rider at the front the whole day to control things.
- Rolly Georgia countryside was the theme of the day.
- The main bunch rolls past the oldest mill in Georgia.
- Thomas Lovkvist (High Road) brings up bottles from the team car.
- Strung out heading off of the KOM.
- Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) heads up for another pull in the break.
- The four in the break worked well together all day.
- Valery Kobzarenko (Team Type 1) going after some KOM points.
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) riding strong.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Rock Racing) almost to the top of the KOM.
- Greg Henderson (High Road) comes by a little off the back at the second KOM.
- Teams stack up on the front as the finish looms.
- High Road gets the group strung-out.
- Chechu Rubiera (Astana) sits snuggly in the bunch.
- Richard England (Bissell) led the sprint out of the last turn.
- Richard England (Bissell) looks back to make sure he got the win.
- Yes...I got it!
- Andre Greipel (High Road) checks the clock as he rolls across the line.
- George Hincapie (High Road) gets presented with a special trophy for his third place in Dahlonega.
- The podium from today with Richard England (Bissell) in first, Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis) in second and George Hincapie (High Road) third.
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream) took off his best young rider jersey today for the leader's jersey.
- The jerseys heading into tomorrow.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- The pack cases the break early in the race
- Most aggressive rider, Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis)
- Fred Rodriguez (Rock Racing)
- Richard England (Bissell) celebrates his victory.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) struggles through the victory kisses.
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- Justin England (Toyota-United) takes a moment to sign a few autographs for fans.
- A young fan came to the start to cheer for his favorite rider.
- Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) checks his earpiece as he gets ready to go.
- An inspirational message printed on the seat posts of the Slipstream/Chipotle riders.
- There were many cheering school children along the route.
- Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) prepares to climb to the KOM.
- The peloton let four riders go and didn’t seem to interested in chasing.
- Richard England (Bissell Pro Cycling) sprints home for the win.
- Tim Johnson (HealthNet-Maxxis) won the most aggressive rider jersey for his hard work in the break.
- The Tour De Georgia podium girls.
- George Hincapie (High Road) receives the spoils of his third place placing.
- Richard England (Bissell Pro Cycling) hoists his locally made award in the air.
- Podium (L-R): George Hincapie (High Road), Richard England (Bissell Pro Cycling), and Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis).
- Trent Lowe (High Road) in yellow after a great ride today.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Greg Henderson smiles in the lead as Tyler Farrar looks on.
- The kilometre 0 sign is handheld in Georgia.
- The riders are starting to line up as stage 5 is about to take off.
- There were a ton of spectators lining the road.
Results
1 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.15.15 (40.862 km/h) 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 10 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 12 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 13 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 14 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 15 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 16 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 17 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 18 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 19 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 21 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 22 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 23 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.17 24 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 25 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 27 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 28 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 29 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 30 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 32 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 35 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 36 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 37 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 38 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 39 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.24 40 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 41 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 42 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 0.37 43 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 44 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 45 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 46 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 47 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 48 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 49 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 50 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.42 51 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.46 52 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 0.58 53 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 54 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 55 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 56 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 57 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 60 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 63 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 64 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 65 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.21 66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.32 67 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 69 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 2.28 70 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 71 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 72 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 73 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 74 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 75 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 77 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 78 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.36 79 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.41 80 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 81 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.03 82 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 83 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.39 84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 4.12 85 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 86 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 87 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 88 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 89 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 92 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.17 93 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 7.18 94 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 15.12 95 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 96 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 97 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 98 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 99 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.34 102 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 103 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 29.43 104 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 30.08 105 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36.00 106 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 37.49 107 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 108 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 109 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team DNS Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team DNF Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team DNF Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis DNF Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNF Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 Sprints 1 1 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 3 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1 Finish 1 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 15 pts 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 12 3 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 10 4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 7 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 6 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5 7 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 4 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 2 10 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Burnt Mountain (Cat. 3) 1 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 6 pts 2 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5 3 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 4 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 5 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 1 Woody Gap (Cat. 3) 1 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5 3 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 4 4 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3 5 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1 Crown Mountain (Cat. 3) 1 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 6 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 3 5 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 1 Teams 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 15.45.45 2 Astana 3 Team CSC 4 Team High Road 0.17 5 Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 7 Team Type 1 8 Rock Racing 0.34 9 Gerolsteiner 0.51 10 BMC Racing Team 1.01 11 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.19 12 Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.22 13 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.56 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.16 15 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.21 General classification after stage 5 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 16.33.29 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.04 5 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 6 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 0.06 8 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.13 10 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 12 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.17 13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 14 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 0.21 15 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.28 16 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 0.30 17 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 18 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.31 19 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.42 20 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 0.49 22 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.50 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 0.53 26 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 27 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 0.56 28 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 29 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.59 30 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 31 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.01 32 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.05 33 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.06 34 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.09 35 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 36 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 1.10 37 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 38 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 39 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 40 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 1.13 41 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.21 42 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.31 43 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.39 44 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.41 45 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.48 46 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 47 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1.51 48 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 1.54 49 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 50 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 1.59 51 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.09 52 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 53 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15 54 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.19 55 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.25 56 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.44 57 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 58 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.58 59 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.01 60 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3.02 61 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 3.07 62 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.10 63 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 3.21 64 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.29 65 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 3.31 66 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.44 67 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 68 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 3.51 69 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.09 70 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4.12 71 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.33 72 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.56 73 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.23 74 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 6.07 75 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.09 76 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 6.12 77 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 6.22 78 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6.32 79 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 6.36 80 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.15 81 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 7.24 82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 7.40 83 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.50 84 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 7.57 85 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8.01 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 8.07 87 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.09 88 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 8.35 89 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.48 90 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 9.01 91 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.16 92 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 13.05 93 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 14.57 94 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 15.07 95 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 15.16 96 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 16.29 97 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 16.55 98 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 17.17 99 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.48 100 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 20.21 101 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 22.31 102 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 25.08 103 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 30.36 104 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 37.30 105 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 42.55 106 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 44.06 107 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 44.27 108 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 45.52 109 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 46.49 110 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 51.31 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 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 25 5 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 18 6 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 9 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 15 10 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 13 11 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 13 12 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 12 13 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 10 14 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 9 15 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 16 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 6 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5 19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 5 20 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 21 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 22 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 23 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 25 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 26 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 27 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 28 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 2 29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2 30 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2 31 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 32 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1 33 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 34 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1 35 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 36 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 13 pts 2 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 10 3 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 10 4 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 6 5 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 6 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 4 9 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2 11 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 1 12 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1 13 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 1 Young rider classification 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 16.33.29 2 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.50 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.09 4 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 1.54 5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.25 6 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.58 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.44 8 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.09 9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.33 10 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 6.07 11 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 6.12 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 6.22 13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 7.24 14 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.50 15 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 16.55 16 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 17.17 17 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 42.55 18 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 45.52 Teams classification 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 49.40.27 2 Astana 0.12 3 Team High Road 0.35 4 Team CSC 0.39 5 Bissell Pro Cycling 2.23 6 Gerolsteiner 2.30 7 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.31 8 BMC Racing Team 2.37 9 Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.56 10 Team Type 1 3.05 11 Rock Racing 3.13 12 Health Net presented by Maxxis 3.25 13 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 5.59 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.49 15 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 10.40
