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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC

USA, April 21-27, 2008

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Stage 6 - April 26: Blairsvill/Union County - Brasstown Bald/Towns County, 88.4mi/142.3km

High Road plays trump card with young climber

Sivtsov rides into yellow, Slipstream misses opportunity

By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor atop Brasstown Bald, with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins

Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road) has plenty of time to celebrate
Photo ©: Jon Devich
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The finish atop Brasstown Bald Mountain in north Georgia once again provided fans and racers of the Tour de Georgia with plenty of excitement. But the excitement came from a surprising source. 25 year-old Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) shadowed the day's two likely candidates, race leader Trent Lowe (Slipstream-Chipotle-H30) and last year's stage winner Levi Leipheimer (Astana), all the way up the five kilometer brutal climb before putting in a killer attack in the final 250 meters to take the stage win ahead of the other two. And due to the lack of a reaction by Lowe in the final meters, Sivtsov captured the overall lead as well.

"There was no way to use tactics today because this mountain is very steep," Sivtsov told Cyclingnews. "It was all about who is fit, strong and able to win. I followed Levi's accelerations, and then I found one opportunity to attack in a place I could accelerate. Levi was the favourite here and I waited behind him and Trent who were doing a lot of work.

"My team told me last night that his was the perfect stage for me and that a stage win would be so good for me and for us," he said. "George [Hincapie] told me what to expect from the climb, where it was steep and where it was more gradual. So he instructed me to wait and give one very strong attack in the right moment and it was perfect. My team was a beautiful team that did some beautiful work today!"

The time gaps were so small at the finish - ten and sixteen seconds for Lowe and Leipheimer - that it took some time for the officials to announce that Lowe had lost the lead. "If that's the case than he deserves it because he is a really strong guy," Lowe said. "High Road has used a lot of energy all week and for him to have the legs to do what he did today. He deserves it; he's a strong bloke."

"It sucks, but what are you going to do?" Slipstream's director sportif Jonathan Vaughters told Cyclingnews after his team lost the leader's jersey. "I told him he had to watch Sivtsov as well. But close counts in horseshoes..."

"I guess we were a little more focused on Slipstream and Trent," Leipheimer said. "I had [Sivtsov] in my mind but you never know with a young guy."

High Road's team owner Bob Stapleton had told Cyclingnews at the team time trial that Sivtsov was a GC rider for the team, so it was no surprise to him that he came through. "We brought him here with the hopes that he could put on a good show here and be competitive for the overall, and he came through big time," he said. "We are super proud of him. He is a fine young man from Belarus and we discovered him late last season when he rode for Barloworld, when he was a U23 world time trial champion."

As last year's stage winner here, Leipheimer knew where and when to attack to shed the most riders. But everyone else knew he was the one to watch, and so Leipheimer had to set the pace most of the final 3km. "I had given it a big effort before and when he went it was clear, he was the strongest of the three of us. I kinda waited to see what Trent was going to do – I'm surprised he didn't mark him a little more because it was his race to lose. But he rode really well, too."

"I think our team rode the perfect race," Bruyneel said about the set-up for Leipheimer. "We always had someone in the break. Slipstream was forced to work, and that worked well for us. At the end it was man-against-man, and we have no excuses. Trent defended and he was super strong. You never know on these things and Sivtsov is a great rider. He was the world champion in U23 and had a few difficult years after, but he is a good climber. He deserved to win, he was the strongest."

"We tried everything we could, and I don't think Levi really had the legs today," Bruyneel said. "He did all the pulling though but he didn't have the acceleration. We knew he had to drop Trent and he couldn't."

Astana did indeed play a textbook race today, putting a man in every break, including the main break of the day with Andrey Mizurov – who followed orders and served as the caboose of the seven-rider break. Following the catch in the final kilometers before the start of the final climb, riders such as Chris Horner, Antonio Colom and Chechu Rubiera put in strong efforts for their team.

"I pulled into the right hand corner and did the last 1.5km at 100 percent," Horner said. "We had a bunch of guys all ready with Chechu and Andre already up the road. Antonia was with Levi doing the hit after me to soften everyone up. But sometimes it just goes that way. That's why you play the game!"

In the general classification, Lowe now sits four second behind Sivtsov, while Leipheimer is fourteen seconds. Tomorrow's final circuit race around downtown Atlanta has three intermediate sprints with time bonuses (3, 2 and 1 seconds) and on the finish line, 10, 6 and 4 seconds are up for grabs, for a total potential of thirteen seconds. Leipheimer and Lowe are technically still in the hunt. However, High Road's captain George Hincapie will have sprinters such as Greg Henderson, currently wearing the sprint jersey, and André Greipel will be there to cover any last-ditch efforts by Slipstream. And at just 64kg, Lowe is not known as a power sprinter.

"Trent Lowe is not much of a sprinter, but never say never," Hincapie said to Cyclingnews after the stage.

In the other classifications, Jason McCartney (CSC) rode an impressive race, winning both KOMs and taking home the final KOM jersey.

An impressive domestic showing came from Health Net-Maxxis' Rory Sutherland, who finished fourth on the day. Also impressive was Team Type 1, who put four riders in the top 20, led by Mexican Moises Aldape. This put them into third place on the team GC, the top-placed domestic team, behind Astana and CSC.

Cyclingnews will have live coverage of the final stage starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

How it unfolded

The Tour de Georgia kept its streak of good weather this week with sunny skies and warm (but not too hot) temperatures. This was important today as the infamous ascent of Brasstown Bald Mountain lay off in the distance. At the start all of the potential general classification contenders were called up to the line, with Slipstream-Chipotle-H30 ready to defend the race lead of Trent Lowe.

But first there would be two KOM warm-ups with Hogpen Gap and Unicoi Gap, a category one and two climb respectively. Unlike all of the previous stages, the peloton let a break get up the road relatively early. This was likely because Astana was in every break of the day, ensuring it would only be Slipstream with the responsibility to do the chasing.

The main break of the day started as seven riders, with Jason McCartney (Team CSC), Ivan Stevic (Toyota - United), Andrey Mizurov (Astana), Craig Lewis (Team High Road), Stephan Schreck (Gerolsteiner), Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe's) and Svein Tuft (Symmetrics). WIth a much different Tour de Georgia parcours this year, including a team time trial in place of an individual one. This meant that McCartney was virtual leader on the road, though with a lot of kilometres, and climbing remaining.

Approaching the first KOM Slipstream had done a good job of keeping the break well within reach at just more than four minutes, and dropping. As the best climber in the break it was McCartney leading up the climb, and Mizurov tacked on the back with the best spectating seat of the race.

Up to the climb the group worked well together, with all riders rotating rather well. But on the climb the differences showed. Over the top it was McCartney taking maximum points, on his way to claim the race's KOM jersey for the day and the race. Only three other riders managed to keep contact with the Coralville, Iowa resident, Tuft, Shirley and Mizurov.

Back in the peloton, the Slipstream train had shed all but 51 riders - but all the main contenders were still there. On the way to the second KOM, six riders had escaped the Slipstream grasp: José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Astana), Bradley McGee (Team CSC), Craig Lewis (Team High Road), Thomas Lövkvist (Team High Road), Stephan Schreck (Gerolsteiner), and Santiago Botero Echeverry (Rock Racing). With the lines of McGee and Rubiera up the road, it was all hands on deck for Slipstream.

"When Chechu went across to the break I was closed off so we didn't have anyone to cover, so we had to chase pretty hard," said Tom Danielson. "Those guys were really moving! Astana got us pretty good - we had to bury ourselves with me, Pate, Zabriskie... that was a lot of pulling!"

The four leaders had two minutes on the chasers and four minutes of the remaining field, but that continued to come down as the kilometres to Brasstown Bald shrunk. Over the second KOM McCartney led again and secured his KOM jersey lead for the race.

However it took seemingly forever for the chasers to close the gap to the leaders, with the gap holding around 30 seconds for quite a while. Finally Mizurov sat-up and waited for his team-mate and then drove the chasers up to the break.

At this point it was less than 20km from the finish and the field was less than two minutes behind, so Neil Shirley decided it was now or never. His solo attack quickly put 22 seconds on the tiring break riders, with McCartney burned from pulling up the climbs all day. While Shirley rode well last year in Greenville to earn him a podium spot at the USPRO road championship, this move was more to secure the most aggressive rider award of the day - and it (surely) worked.

Up the long, unrated drag to the road leading to Brasstown Bald, the field made it's catch. Chechu and McGee sprung free and passed Shirley to try another escape, but it was short lived. The yellow jersey group, with Leipheimer, Chris Horner, Antonio Colom and a few others made the turn onto the climb. Rubiera joined the group and put in a little dig, followed by Horner. This softened up the other riders and shed a few others. But Lowe stuck to Leipheimer's wheel like there was a bottle of Cooper's Sparkling Ale dangling from the saddle.

But behind Lowe sat Kanstantin Sivtsov, waiting in the wings for his moment, unbeknownst to seemingly everyone else in the race. The three ended up alone half-way up the climb, but with Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) and Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis) making some waves close behind. Sevilla was less of a surprise than Sutherland who earned the top finish for domestic teams with an impressive fourth. [Let's hope the amazing ride did not take too much out of his diary-writing abilities! - Ed]

Up the road it was Leipheimer trying to put in a dig on the steep section just inside the final kilometre. He drove it hard up the pitch but Lowe and Sivtsov were there with him. When Leipheimer sat down Sivtsov made his move, and the usual spot on the final kilometre - the super-steep 180 degree switchback at 500 metres. From there it was all Sivtsov with Lowe and Leipheimer unsure what to do.

Finally Lowe reacted, passing Leipheimer but it was too little, too late. Sivtsov crossed the line 10 seconds ahead of Lowe and sixteen seconds ahead of Leipheimer.

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Results

1 Kanstantin Sivtsou (Blr) Team High Road                     3.47.16 (37.568 km/h)
2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                   0.10
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                   0.16
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                    0.33
5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                0.38
6 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1                         0.54
7 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                    1.04
8 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                     
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30        1.38
10 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1                               2.20
11 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                             2.24
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       
13 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                              
14 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
15 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                           2.33
16 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                             2.39
17 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                               
18 Francios Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team               2.44
19 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        2.52
20 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
21 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                 3.00
22 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                 
23 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                   3.14
24 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                          3.19
25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   
26 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                     3.26
27 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              3.53
28 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  4.02
29 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team    4.06
30 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team             
31 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                      4.28
32 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                    4.44
33 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1                               5.03
34 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                   5.21
35 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                     5.35
36 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                         5.48
37 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing                            6.15
38 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                                
39 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                              
40 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            6.49
41 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                      
42 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      7.35
43 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             7.51
44 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                    8.13
45 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing                   8.20
46 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         8.25
47 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30             8.57
48 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                     9.07
49 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              9.28
50 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                9.38
51 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team            10.08
52 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                             11.02
53 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                    11.15
54 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           11.27
55 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                
56 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            11.59
57 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                       12.30
58 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                             13.18
59 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         14.37
60 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team             21.17
61 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                             21.25
62 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                             
63 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team            
64 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                            
65 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                             
66 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team            
67 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                                  
68 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road                                
69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                 
70 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                        
71 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team      21.37
72 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      
73 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                             
74 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team                                
75 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team              
76 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                    21.43
77 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                     
78 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                       
79 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                      21.48
80 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                   
81 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                          
82 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
83 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
84 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                         
85 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   
86 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
87 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                    
88 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team           21.55
89 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      
90 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              22.11
91 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30               22.16
92 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                    
93 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                     22.24
94 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 
95 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team         22.36
96 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing                            22.41
97 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team         22.57
98 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team                            23.03
99 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           23.08
100 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team        23.15
101 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                     
102 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   23.19
103 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team            
104 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team         23.32
105 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                    24.03
106 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                     
DNF Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            
DNF Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            
DNF Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                 
DSQ Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 

Sprints

Sprint 1

1 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                 5 pts
2 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                3
3 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1

Mountains

Mountain 1

1 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                   10 pts
2 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                 9
3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                          7
4 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                       6
5 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                                  5
6 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                4
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                              2
 
Mountain 2

1 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                    8 pts
2 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                 7
3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                          6
4 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                       5
5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                              3

Most aggressive

1 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team  

Teams

1 Astana                                                     11.25.32
2 Team Type 1                                                    2.03
3 Team CSC                                                       3.03
4 Symmetrics Cycling Team                                        5.26
5 High Road                                                      5.50
6 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                           7.01
7 BMC Racing Team                                                7.07
8 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                 8.48
9 Rock Racing                                                    9.24
10 Gerolsteiner                                                 14.49
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                          15.58
12 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                               26.05
13 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                           30.49
14 Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team                                 32.50
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                     42.13

General classification after stage 6

1 Kanstantin Sivtsou (Blr) Team High Road                    20.20.51
2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                   0.04
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                   0.14
4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                 1.02
5 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                    1.11
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                1.25
7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30        1.32
8 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1                         1.37
9 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                    2.08
10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   2.31
11 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                          2.39
12 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                             2.49
13 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                          3.19
14 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               3.26
15 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                           3.29
16 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                 
17 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                           3.40
18 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                 3.44
19 Francios Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team               3.48
20 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1                               4.13
21 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team             4.15
22 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        4.25
23 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  4.26
24 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team    4.28
25 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                     4.30
26 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  4.34
27 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team          5.02
28 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                      5.21
29 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                     5.33
30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              6.02
31 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1                               6.51
32 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                             
33 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing                            7.19
34 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                   7.20
35 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            7.33
36 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                   7.40
37 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                  8.31
38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             8.35
39 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      8.39
40 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30             8.51
41 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                           10.00
42 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                               10.02
43 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                        10.28
44 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                   10.45
45 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30           11.38
46 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing                  11.45
47 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                    11.51
48 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                         12.31
49 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           12.52
50 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team            13.09
51 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                    13.10
52 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         17.32
53 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             18.10
54 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team        19.07
55 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            19.43
56 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                             20.36
57 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road                           21.36
58 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                        22.01
59 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                 22.24
60 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team      22.32
61 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                        22.40
62 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                      22.47
63 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                             23.13
64 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                  23.28
65 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team         23.50
66 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team              23.51
67 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team       24.03
68 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           24.08
69 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team       24.17
70 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                             24.21
71 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                   24.29
72 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                 24.56
73 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                 25.18
74 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                   25.24
75 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team            26.02
76 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                          
77 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               26.15
78 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               26.38
79 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                       27.21
80 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              27.28
81 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team           28.01
82 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                        28.34
83 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team         28.39
84 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team             29.20
85 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                            
86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                            29.26
87 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team                            29.33
88 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team              29.39
89 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team         29.41
90 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                               29.50
91 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            30.58
92 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team         31.52
93 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                    34.42
94 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                     36.58
95 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30               39.05
96 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team               39.30
97 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 39.38
98 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                             41.32
99 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                41.58
100 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team       45.44
101 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                    49.05
102 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                   59.12
103 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team                        1.05.58
104 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing                         1.06.41
105 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team       1.10.15
106 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 1.14.44
 
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 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team              10
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                 9
16 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                   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 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                5
24 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team          4
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      3
26 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                             3
27 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             3
28 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        3
29 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                     2
30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                         2
31 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team           2
32 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                         1
33 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                1
34 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                1
35 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                      1
36 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1
37 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                        1

Mountains classification

1 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                   18 pts
2 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                16
3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                         13
4 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                            13
5 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                      12
6 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                              10
7 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      10
8 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1                            6
9 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                           6
10 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                                 5
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      5
12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                     4
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                  4
14 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               4
15 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                           4
16 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                             3
17 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                      2
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                             2
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                             1
20 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                    1                         

Best young rider classification

1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30               20.20.55
2 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                  3.40
3 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                    7.36
4 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                    10.41
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                          12.27
6 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                     13.06
7 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             19.39
8 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                              20.32
9 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                         22.36
10 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                             23.09
11 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team       24.13
12 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                   25.20
13 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team            25.58
14 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               26.11
15 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team           27.57
16 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30               39.01
 
Teams classification

1 Astana                                                     61.06.11
2 Team CSC                                                       3.30
3 Team Type 1                                                    4.56
4 High Road                                                      6.13
5 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                           6.49
6 Symmetrics Cycling Team                                        8.10
7 BMC Racing Team                                                9.32
8 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                12.01
9 Rock Racing                                                   12.25
10 Gerolsteiner                                                 17.07
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                          18.09
12 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                               28.24
13 The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                           36.36
14 Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team                                 43.18
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                     49.50

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