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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
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"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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- Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road) has plenty of time to celebrate his win.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) looked like he knew he was going to have a good day at the start.
- The race rolls past the Blairsville courthouse.
- Stage 6 gets under way.
- Riders head out and on there way to Brasstown Bald.
- Brad McGee (Team CSC) still in the bunch before getting in the break.
- Aaron Olson (Bissell) heading out for the day.
- The field passes a reservoir along the route.
- Astana stayed in control during the first part of the race.
- Slipstream comes to the front as things get more animated.
- The break of the day gets up the road with Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe’s) in the lead.
- The break comes up the first sprint line.
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) was taking hard pulls in the break all day.
- Jason McCartney (Team CSC) comes to the front.
- An old barn along the route greets the riders after the feed zone.
- The main bunch tackles Unicoi Gap.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) comes through a little of the back.
- Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing) hoping for the flats.
- Jason McCartney (Team CSC) still powering the break.
- A chase group formed to try and bring in the four leaders.
- Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe’s) heads off on a solo attack.
- Dave Zabriskie leading the Slipstream train.
- Bradley McGee (Team CSC) tries to get off the front.
- Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe’s) looks back to check on his gap.
- Horse country today.
- The break still away.
- The field from shoulder-to-shoulder as the road steepens again.
- It was a long lonely road for today’s break.
- Jason McCartney (Team CSC) keeping the pressure on.
- The main field begins to climb.
- Tom Danielson (Slipstream) sets tempo at the front.
- Riders can just be seen behind the break as the gap comes down.
- Inigo Cuesta (Team CSC) made a charge at the front with four kilometers to go.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) comes right to the front as the road steepens.
- Three riders made the final selection on the way to the top.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) has had enough and takes off on his own.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) unhooks his power meter after crossing the line.
- Todays podium with Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) first, Trent Lowe (Slipstream) second and Levi Leipheimer (Astana) third.
- Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe’s) took home a well deserved most aggressive rider jersey for today’s stage.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) poses for the excited fans at the finish.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) was very excited after his great ride today.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- The pack starts the day
- Tyler Farrar (Slipstream Chipotle) makes his way back to the pack after and early service
- The leaders with 600 meters to go
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) with only 600 meters to the finish was just 8 secons off the leaders
- Chris Horner (Astana)
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream Chipotle) was happy to get a little helping hand
Images by Trish Albert /southeasterncycling.com
- Stage Winner and new yellow jersey winner Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road grimaces in pain.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) is shadowed by Slipstream's Trent Lowe.
- A Toyota United rider concentrates around the final corner.
- A Symmetrics rider is almost at the top.
- King of the Mountain Jason McCartney (CSC) enjoys the winner's spoils.
- Stage six jersey winners: Points - Greg Henderson (High Road), Young Rider - Trent Lowe (Slipstream), Yellow Jersey - Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road), King of the Mountains - Jason McCartney (CSC), Most Aggressive - Neil Shirley (Jittery Joes)
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) advertises for a little help up the climb.
- The scene at the start in Blairsville.
- Frank Pipp (HealthNet-Maxxis) speaks with the start/finish area marshal.
- Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) rolls and talks with a guest journalist from Colombia.
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream/Chipotle) waits patiently for the Start of stage 6.
- Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) borrows Ivan Dominguez’s sign at the start.
- Chris Horner (Astana) rolls up to the sign-in area.
- The line for the shuttle bus that brings fans up the final five kilometres of Brasstown Bald.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road) crests the final summit on Brasstown Bald and heads for the line.
- Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road) brings it home solo for the win.
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream/Chipotle) follows Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road) to the line.
- Rory Sutherland (HealthNet-Maxxis) crosses the line with the look of pain etched on his face.
- Moises Aldape Chavez (Team Type 1) finishes a respectable sixth place on the day.
- The rider in the Best Young Rider Jersey Christian Meier (Symmetris) crosses the line after a tough stage.
- George Hincapie (Team High Road) gives the thumbs up as he crosses the line.
- Chris Horner (Astana) with a look of relief as he completed his ride.
- Ben Jaques Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) rode a great race, but missed the move today.
- Neil Shirley (Jittery Joe’s) won the most aggressive rider award with an impressive solo effort.
- Jason McCartney (Team CSC) receives kisses from the podium girls as he accepts his King of the Mountains Jersey.
- Levi Leiphheimer (Astana) acknowledges the crowd as he steps onto the podium.
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream/Chipotle) was second on the day.
- Podium (L-R): Trent Lowe (Slipstream/Chipotle), Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road), and Levi Leiphheimer (Astana).
- The parting shot at the awards ceremony on Brasstown Bald.
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
