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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC
USA, April 21-27, 2008
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Stage 2 - April 22: Statesboro - Augusta, 116.9mi/188.1km
Injured hand not slowing Haedo anymore
Dominguez remains in leader's jersey, England robbed of aggressive jersey
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Augusta, Georgia with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins and Laura Weislo
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A healing broken wrist hampered Argentinean sprinter Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) in yesterday's opening stage of the Tour de Georgia. He told Cyclingnews that the risk of crashing and re-injuring it made him hesitant to mix it up in the finale. But you cannot keep a good sprinter from doing what he does best, and that was the best medicine for Haedo today. By staying on the front he avoided a crash in the final corner and was able to out sprint Kiwi Greg Henderson (High Road) by half a wheel for the win.
"With three corners to go is when I knew that I was going to give the sprint 100 percent. I did not tell the team to work for me in the sprint today," Haedo said, because of his injured wrist. "I told McGee if I was feeling good in the last few kilometers then he would help me out. But he was on one side of the field and I was on the other so I had to find my own way at that point.
"I found my way to the front, took Ivan's wheel and was happy to be in that position. I knew that he had a strong lead out. I heard the noise of the crash but that's it. At that point you can't even look back or you can crash yourself, too."
From there it was a straight shot to the line, with all of the top sprinters jumping on wheels. "I had George [Hincapie] looking after me," said second place Greg Henderson. "One gets a lot of respect in the peloton when George is looking after ya! He got me to one kilometre to go and he took me straight to the back of the Toyota-United train. That Toyota team train is really strong right now but I wasn't able to drop down in my eleven so I sprinted in my twelve. I'd rather win but JJ and Ivan [Dominguez] are good mates of mine and to finish behind JJ is alright with me. "
Coming in fourth was Slipstream-Chipotle's Tyler Farrar, who won the first intermediate sprint of the day today after flatting in yesterday's final 3km. "We tried to make amends today," said Farrar. "It went well and I took the first intermediate, but the final was a bit hectic with a big descent in the final 3km. I came in fourth - it's not a win but the legs are OK."
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Farrar is now tied for the best young rider of the race with the first stage's second place finisher Nicholas Sanderson (Jelly Belly.) "It was a bit dicey but I didn't have a good day today," Sanderson said about the finish. "The second time up the hill I started cramping, but I'll try again tomorrow." Sanderson will keep the jersey for tomorrow and said it was a good goal for the team.
The main break of the day was initiated by the media's pick for most aggressive on the day, Toyota-United's Justin England, who went clear alone 64 kilometres into the stage. He rode solo for another 32 kilometres before Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly) and Rhys Pollock (GE-Marco Polo) bridged up. However, the race organiser decided to change the most aggressive award at the last second, giving it to Pollock and leaving a sour taste in the media's mouths.
"It was a bummer, it definitely stung," England said about hearing the announcement for most aggressive rider as he limped across the line off the back. "But the most important thing of the day is to have a guy in the move to take the pressure off the team so they can be fresh for the circuits at the end.
"I don't know who the guy is that decided to take the jersey away from Justin, but that's not right," said race leader Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) who finished in third. "He was supposed to get the jersey and everyone was talking about that. He was the first guy alone out there for a long time and two guys bridged across to him. There is nothing that we can do about it now.
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"We were joking with Justin that if he won today we were going to get him drunk!" Dominguez joked. "It was good for us to have Justin out there. I'm not going to win the GC anyway unless someone lets me go behind the car on the climb! It's better for us to have a rider up the road so we don't have to chase. Justin did a lot of work and we are really happy with him and we are still going to get him drunk!"
Cyclingnews asked the race director Jim Birrell of Medalist Sports what the rationale behind the most aggressive award was. "It is a three party process: the media, online voting and the management staff of Medalist," he said. "And the management staff thought that the Marco Polo rider did a lot of work in the break."
Coincidentally, General Electric is co-sponsoring the Marco Polo team for this race only - and General Electric is also a sponsor of the race for the best young rider category. Finding sponsorship money has been a problem for this race in recent years, with sponsors stepping in at the eleventh hour last year. When asked if sponsor considerations came into play in the process of deciding who should get the most aggressive award, Birrell said: "That might have something to do with it."
The pre-race favorite for the race, Astana's Levi Leipheimer avoided the major crash of the day, floating to the back of the pack once inside the safety of the final 3km. "I got kind of a sixth sense about it," he said. "When you've gone down in a crash like that it's not worth it, so I like to hang back a little bit. It's inside 3km so you see the crash, put it in the little ring and start spinning."
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Astana did some of the work earlier in the day, keeping Justin England's lead to only seven minutes, not wanting to repeat last year's race where a break got 29 minutes on the field. "Those stages aren't done yet!" he laughed. "But I think it was partly our responsibility to help control it."
The CSC team did not do much work out on the course to bring the break back, and Haedo said it was because he was not planning on sprinting. "We didn't help the other teams today because I didn't know if I was going to be able to sprint or how my wrist would feel," said Haedo. "Tomorrow we are going to have to give back by helping the other teams do a little bit of work, especially if we are going to sprint at the end. But I have a team that always helps out the other teams in most situations; but, yes we are going to help the teams out tomorrow."
Tomorrow is another day for the sprinters, starting in Washington, Georgia and traveling west towards Lake Lanier with a finish in Gainesville. No KOM points are on offer, so today's sprint climb winner, Frank Pipp (Health Net-Maxxis) will get a free ride in the jersey for an extra day."
Ivan Dominguez will wear the leader's jersey for at least one more day tomorrow, but after that the course will turn uphill. "I'll have the jersey for one more day, but it's getting heavy," he said. "I will do my best and will try. The guys are riding very well and I am so happy with them."
How it unfolded
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After a brief delay due to trouble getting the Gerolsteiner camper van off the course, the peloton departed from Statesboro under beautiful sunny skies and warm temperatures. Constant attacks kept a high pace ahead of the first intermediate sprint at mile 29.
Despite a strong attack from Malaysian rider Loh Sea Keong (GE Marco Polo Trek) which put him 30 seconds ahead of the field before the first sprint, Slipstream managed to deliver Tyler Farrar to the intermediate bonus ahead of points leader Nic Sanderson (Jelly Belly), putting the two on par in the battle for the GC. The field caught Keong on the line, and he held on for third.
After the sprint, the attacks continued until finally Justin England (Toyota United) went clear on his own 40 miles into the race. With the feed zone coming up, the peloton settled in to an easy pace while England quickly built up a lead of two minutes on the peloton.
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A crash in the feed zone took down Michael Schär (Astana) and Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1), but both resumed riding. As England stretched his lead out to four minutes, two riders decided to try to join him at the front. Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly) and Rhys Pollock (GE Trek - Marco Polo) worked their way up to England over the next 15 miles, and during this time England passed through the second sprint to take the points while Mead led Pollock at the line.
The trio built up a lead of just over seven minutes before the Astana team took up the pace. Along with High Road, Gerolsteiner, and later Slipstream and Rock Racing, the break was caught as they approached the finishing circuits in Augusta. After 100 kilometres off the front, England and his two companions were absorbed and the battle for the bunch sprint was on.
Team Slipstream seized the reins on the first circuit, holding the lead until the single KOM, where Health Net's Frank Pipp escaped to take the first mountains jersey. He was followed by Bissell's Ted King, who countered the sprint and was followed by Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing).
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The pair could only manage a few seconds advantage on the fast-moving peloton, and coming into the final lap they were brought back by the High Road-led bunch. Coming into the hill on the final circuit, Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC) attacked and opened up a lead, but again, the high pace and keen interest in a bunch sprint spelled his demise.
Gerolsteiner and Toyota-United gained control in the final kilometre, but a crash in the final turn disrupted the bunch, and Ivan Dominguez was left on the front too early. The race leader opened up the sprint from there, but was passed by a flying JJ Haedo who took out his sixth win of the season. Greg Henderson (High Road) came around for second, while Dominguez held on for third to keep his leader's jersey.
Dominguez also gained the points leader's jersey, while Sanderson was given the best young rider's jersey.
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- Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) takes a surprise win on stage two. The rider was unsure of whether his injured wrist would allow him to sprint.
- The bunch stayed unorganized for the first part of the race as riders tried to get away.
- Jittery Joe’s was active at the front right from the gun.
- Cameron Evans (Symmetrics) comes to the front to drive the bunch.
- Ed King (Bissell) rides in the bunch.
- Endre Greipel (High Road) takes it easy through a tight turn.
- Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe’s) leads George Hincapie (High Road).
- Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) waiting for the mountains to launch his attacks.
- The complicated dash on the time board moto.
- The bunch passes a fountain along the route.
- Frank Pip (Healthnet) ended up with the climber's jersey at the end of the day.
- Bringing bottles up to the team.
- Michael Schar (Astana) gets back to the group after his crash in the feed zone.
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream) sporting the pirate look.
- Things start to get strung out as the day progresses.
- Tight quarters in the bunch.
- The break away with Rhys Pollock (GE Trek-Marco Polo) leading Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly) and Justin England (Toyota United).
- Astana comes to the front.
- Justin England (Toyota United) spent lots of time alone of the front.
- The bunch passes the entryway to one of the plantations along the route.
- The scenic trees of the Georgia countryside.
- Leaving the sprint town of Millen, Georgia.
- Type 1 tried hard to get a team-mate up the road today.
- Michael Schar (Astana) and Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) have a pileup in the feed zone.
- The aftermath of the feed zone crash.
- Passing by one of the fields of flowers along the route.
- A lone ex-tree greeted the bunch mid-race.
- High Road starts to work at the front to get things under control.
- Justin England (Toyota United) leads the break while it still has a good gap on the field.
- The break continues to work well together.
- Rhys Pollock (GE Trek-Marco Polo) ended up with the most aggressive rider jersey today.
- The peloton starts to get some time back on the break.
- Andre Greipel (High Road) peeks out from behind his teammates.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream) leads the group the first time up towards the KOM.
- It was a hard one to call on the line.
- JJ Haedo (Team CSC) tells how it all went down.
- The stage podium with JJ Haedo (Team CSC) first, Greg Henderson (High Road) second and Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) in third.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) basks in the glow of the leader's jersey for another day.
- The jerseys heading into tomorrow.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- JJ Haedo (Toyota United) contemplates his victory salute at the end of the day.
- Nicholas Sanderson (Jelly Belly) rounds the turn after the first sprint line.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) takes it easy after the second sprint line.
- JJ Haedo (Toyota United) takes the sprint.
- Podium: Greg Henderson (High Road), JJ Haedo (Team CSC), and Ivan Dominguez (Toyota).
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- Ben Day (Toyota-United) signs an autograph for a fan on his way to sign in.
- Tyler Farrar (Slipstream/Chipotle) waits patiently for the start of today’s stage.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) waves to the crowd as he makes his way to the line.
- Thomas Fothen (Gerolsteiner) rolls through the intermediate sprint in Sardis.
- Sardis Georgia is a quaint little town with many family-owned businesses.
- Justin England (Toyota-United) went off the front early and put over four minutes into the field.
- The break grew to three as a pair of riders bridged up to Justin England (Toyota-United).
- The peloton didn’t seem too excited about chasing the break.
- Slipstream-Chipotle went to the front once the race hit the finishing circuits
- Big Karl Menzies (HealthNet-Maxxis) was in the mix in the final laps.
- JJ Haedo (Team CSC) sprints home for the win.
- David Galvin (BMC Pro Cycling) was caught up in a crash on the final circuits.
- Cody Stevenson (Jittery Joe’s) rolled in favouring his right arm from a mishap in the final corner.
- Podium (L-R): Greg Henderson (High Road), Juan Jose Haedo (CSC), and Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United).
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) in yellow again after Stage 2.
- Frank Pipp (HealthNet-Maxxis) acknowledges the crowd with a wave and a shrug as he steps on stage to receive his KOM jersey.
- Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) enjoys a double kiss for his stage win.
Results
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 4.32.35 (41.403 km/h) 2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 5 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 8 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 9 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 10 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 11 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 12 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 14 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 16 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 17 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 18 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 20 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 23 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 25 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 26 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 27 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 28 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 29 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 32 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 33 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 34 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 35 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 36 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 37 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 38 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 39 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 40 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 41 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 42 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 43 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 44 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 45 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 46 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 47 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 49 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 50 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 51 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 52 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 53 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 55 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 56 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 58 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 59 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 60 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 61 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 62 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 63 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 64 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 65 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 66 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 69 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 71 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 72 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 73 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 74 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 75 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 77 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 80 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 81 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 83 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 84 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 85 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 86 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 87 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC 88 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 89 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 90 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 91 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 92 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 93 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 94 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 95 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 96 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 97 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 98 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 99 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 100 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 101 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 102 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 103 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 104 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 105 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 106 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.29 107 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.43 108 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 0.55 109 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 110 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 111 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.32 112 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 113 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 114 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 115 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.37 116 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 117 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 7.38 118 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.04 119 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team Sprints 1 1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 5 pts 2 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 3 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 2 1 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 3 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Finish 1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 12 3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 10 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 7 5 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 7 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 4 8 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 9 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2 10 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 1 Mountains 1 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 Teams 1 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 13.37.45 2 Team High Road 3 Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 Team Type 1 5 BMC Racing Team 6 Astana 7 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 8 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 9 Rock Racing 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 Team CSC 13 Bissell Pro Cycling 14 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 15 Health Net presented by Maxxis General classification after stage 2 1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7.02.39 2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 0.03 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.04 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.06 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.10 7 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 8 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.11 9 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.13 10 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 12 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.14 13 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 15 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 17 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 18 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 19 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 20 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 21 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 22 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 23 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 25 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 27 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 28 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 29 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 30 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 31 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 32 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 33 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 34 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 35 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 36 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 37 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 38 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 39 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 40 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 41 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 42 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 43 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 44 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 45 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 46 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 47 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 48 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 49 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 51 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 52 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 53 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 54 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 56 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 58 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 59 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 60 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 61 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 62 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 63 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 64 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 65 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 66 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 67 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 71 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 72 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 73 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 74 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 75 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 76 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing 77 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 78 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 79 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 80 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 81 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 82 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 83 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 84 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team 85 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 88 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 89 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 90 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 91 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 92 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC 93 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 94 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 95 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 96 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 97 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 98 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 99 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 100 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 101 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 102 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 103 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 104 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 105 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 106 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 107 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 108 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 109 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 110 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.47 111 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.54 112 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.57 113 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.02 114 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.09 115 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.46 116 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.51 117 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 7.52 118 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 9.15 119 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.16 Points classification 1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 25 pts 2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 23 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 20 4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 5 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 7 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 7 8 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7 9 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 12 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 13 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 14 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 4 15 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 4 16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 17 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 18 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2 19 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 1 20 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1 21 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 22 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 23 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 Young rider classification 1 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.02.45 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 3 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.05 4 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.07 5 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.08 6 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 7 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 8 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 9 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 10 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 13 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 14 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 15 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 16 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 17 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 18 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.48 19 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 1.03 20 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.40 Teams classification 1 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 21.08.39 2 Team High Road 3 BMC Racing Team 4 Astana 5 Team Type 1 6 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7 Symmetrics Cycling Team 8 Rock Racing 9 GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Team CSC 13 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 14 Bissell Pro Cycling 15 Health Net presented by Maxxis
