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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 17-24, 2008
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Stage 1 - February 18: Sausalito - Santa Rosa, 97 mi / 156 km
Haedo nets another CSC win in California
Cancellara retains lead thanks to team-mate's win
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Santa Rosa
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The inaugural Tour of California was the springboard that launched Juan Jose Haedo (CSC) from the domestic peloton into the spotlight of the ProTour. His two sprint wins in 2006 earned him a contract with the CSC team and the chance to race at the highest level, and Haedo returned the next year to match his performance with two more wins. In the third year of the race, Haedo got to work at matching his previous performances early, easily taking the field sprint on the first stage into Santa Rosa.
"It was great to win in Santa Rosa again and especially because there are very good riders in the field here," said Haedo. "It was a great thing to have the help of my team and Fabian - that is something that always feel nice."
Haedo was referring to the race leader's work at the front of the race in the closing kilometres, which both kept his race lead safe but also kept the pace high enough to avert any solo attacks. "He wasn't feeling that great today but he did a great job of keeping me at the front and in good position."
The win by Haedo helped protect the slim overall lead held by his team-mate Fabian Cancellara, which was under threat by Slipstream-Chipotle's Tyler Farrar, after the young American had claimed three seconds of time bonuses via the intermediate sprints. Coming into the finish Farrar was only two seconds off the lead, and only needed to finish third to gain a final bonus to take the jersey. However, Gerald Ciolek (High Road) and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) took the other two bonuses.
"I saw that Cavendish and Farrar were making the bonus sprints but I was not there, feeling fit," said Cancellara. "In the end that is the thing about the bonus sprint, we wanted to focus on the finish. I told the guys they needed to be at the front of the race because it was a very tough circuit."
"For us to be able to keep JJ in the front and still keep the yellow jersey is beautiful," continued Cancellara. "I'm very proud and the whole team is proud because we did the right thing today. Everyone has to work because it's a big cake and everyone wanted some of it!"
"We were so close we thought if I could pick up a few seconds here and there I could get into the jersey," said Farrar about the bonus sprints. "The first two [sprints everyone was going, then the sprinters were a little nervous about the third one because it was so close to the climb - they were all kind of saving it [for the finish] and so we saw an opportunity. We came pretty close and we'll definitely try again tomorrow. If the final sprint had gone better it would have worked out, but there are a lot of really good sprinters here."
Haedo's win today gives him a total of five in the three years of the race - and with a total of eleven 'sprint' stages in the three years, Haedo has won almost half of them.
As for Cancellara's hopes to retain the leader's jersey, he will have to have a better performance on the climbs than he did today. "For me the climb was very hard and before we came to the circuit I felt so bad - my legs were so tight," he said. "I felt the lactic acid from yesterday's effort and even though it was short it was really tough so I felt this in my legs today. I hope tomorrow my legs and my feeling in general are going to be better."
Hometown hero Levi Leipheimer (Astana) had a quiet day today, but the race organizers allowed the American champion to address his fans on the award stage. Leipheimer was sporting his newly designed national champion's kit, matching his bike. "I had a little bit of input on the design of my kit," he said. "I had a bike designed for Missouri last year that was kind of retro and I really liked it so they decided to do it on the jersey and shorts. Some people don't like it!"
How it unfolded
Before the fireworks of the field sprint, the day was all about Jackson Stewart (BMC) who attacked with a few other riders around 15km into the race. While the other attacks were short lived, Stewart persisted alone and steadily built a lead as the field felt content to watch him suffer. Out of the feed zone 70km later, the lead had grown to thirteen minutes.
Sports director, John Lelangue said that the team's plan was to target today's stage - both because it was the first stage and also because the team is based out of Santa Rosa. "It was the plan to send one of the three riders who are not GC contenders or sprinters," he told Cyclingnews. "Last night I told Jackson, Scott (Nydam) and Taylor (Tolleson) to be in the breakaway because anything can happen on the first stage. We are also the local team - we are based in Santa Rosa."
"I don't think it was our plan to be off the front for that long," said Stewart. "It was our plan to be in the moves and to be involved in the race. But I don't think it was planned for me to do it alone! Anyway, that's how it worked out and we had our sights set on the KOM jersey so that worked out great."
While Stewart may not have been happy to be riding alone, back in the team car Lelangue sat comfortably and directed his rider to not go too hard too early. "Even when he had thirteen minutes I told him to stay quiet and take it easy," he said. "I know that if I was a sport director behind and he got seventeen minutes, everyone would go crazy. So I said to recover a little bit and I will tell him when to hit the gas, which was between the last sprint and the KOM."
However, the field had started to react to the gap approaching the KOM and Lelangue knew the smarter move was to be conservative. "On the downhill I said to recover and take bottles for the team-mates because you have to one, finish the stage and two, a whole week of racing remaining."
Lelangue was content with the most aggressive award, as well as the early KOM lead. "It would have been stupid to go for the stage when you have the whole field working behind. But we have the most aggressive and the KOM jerseys."
By the time the field crested the KOM Stewart's lead was nearly cut in half - and down the descent as Stewart recovered the gap continued to shrink. At the bottom, 126km into the stage, Stewart was finally caught and the final 30km of flat would set up the field sprint.
As the race entered the three finishing circuits, Slipstream was back on the front trying to get Farrar into position. But Quick Step and CSC were also motivated, with Quick Step working for Paolo Bettini and CSC working for both Haedo and Cancellara. Slipstream had one rider on the front for most of the first lap, but all three teams traded turns on the front after. On the final lap Alexander Moos (BMC) put in a suicide attack with 2km to go, but to no avail.
The attack disorganized the field for a few moments until the ProTour teams regained control. Bobby Julich was one of the riders leading it out for team-mate Haedo. A few other trains were forming, including Slipstream led by part-owner and team captain David Millar. But in the end, Haedo's jump was too much for the field, putting him across the line with at least three bike lengths to spare.
"The whole team was involved in the lead out on the last lap," said Haedo. "I was at the front from the first lap and in the last lap the guys were working really hard. Quick Step came around a little bit at the end but Fabian helped me and kept me in really good position - I tried to be patient because he has a lot power in the legs and I have to tell him to hold on because it's too long for me. I tried to keep calm and he did a really good job for me."
Back behind American George Hincapie was caught up in a crash while trying to set-up team-mate Ciolek. "First of all George is fine," said Ciolek. "He just has some small lumps but I think he will be fresh tomorrow. Coming into the finish I was in good position but it was tough for the first race and I think I lost some punch in the last meters and I wasn't as strong today. I hope I will get better and not worse."
Tomorrow's second stage is the same as last year, starting in Santa Rosa and heading inland to the state capital in Sacramento. There are two rated climbs, including a hefty jaunt up Trinity Grade, followed by a flat final 100km with two time bonus sprints. Tune into Cyclingnews at 10:00 a.m. PST for up-to-the-minute live coverage, direct from the race course.
Photography
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- JJ Haedo (CSC) takes number five Tour of California stage win, his second in Santa Rosa.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) up close and personal.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) in his national champions jersey.
- The bunch in Sausalito taking an easy spin through town.
- Early in the day the bunch was content to ride easy.
- The bunch passes through town.
- Parade pace on the roll out.
- Riders head up the canyon.
- Up a hill to the coast CSC is still driving it.
- Weather worn trees hover over the riders.
- Saunier Duval sent some riders to chase.
- CSC puts the train to work controlling the gap to Jackson Stewart (BMC)
- It looks a bit like France with the yellow flowers on the road side.
- Saunier Duval is a mix of yellows this year.
- Toyota United sends their team to the front to chase.
- Riders pass through verdant countryside thanks to a wet winter, it's all green.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream) leads Hincapie.
- The 132 riders roll out from Sausalito to Santa Rosa.
- The group holds up traffic with their leisurely pace.
- The peloton spent much of stage one in the tight, wide spread formation of a slow moving bunch.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom)
- George Hincapie (High Road) teaches his young prodigy Mark Cavendish the local lingo.
- Locals watch the race go by.
- High Road drives the pace for Cavendish in the intermediate sprints.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) showing battle scars from a fight with the tarmac in training last week.
- David Millar (Slipstream) is in the British champ's jersey.
- The Slipstream boys kept Cavendish and Boassen Hagen at a distance.
- Slipstream put the hammer down when Cavendish was dropped, keeping Farrar in contention for yellow.
- Cancellara staying safe and near the front of the finish.
- Ouch! Hincapie's bar tape and skin had similar appearances after his crash at the finish of stage one.
- The jerseys: Jackson Stewart, KOM (BMC) Cancellara, overall (CSC), Gerald Ciolek, young rider (High Road) and Haedo second on points to Stewart (CSC
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Cancellara and Wiggins shake hands at the start in Sausalito.
- Cipollini is introduced along with best young rider Edvald Boassen Hagen, Cancellara, Wiggins, Bettini and Freire.
- Cipo rolls out for stage one.
Images by Emory Ball/Cyclingnews.com
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) enters the finishing circuts with front group.
- Levi Leipheimer comes home in his national champions jersey.
- Quick Step controled the front for most of the finishing circutes and was clearly looking for win with almost all of their riders near the front.
- CSC had its train lurking right behind Quick Step.
- Tom Boonen was looking for his first win on American soil but it was not to be.
- Astana ran into a few problems and some of its riders arrived too late to enter he finishing circuits.
- Edvald Boassen Hagen was in a second group that lost ground every lap.
- Hey boss how far down will we be? the delayed Astana riders get clarification from the team car.
- George Hincapie (Team High Road) looked good in the front group until a crash with 300 meters too go left him on the ground.
- Chechu Rubeira was nice enough to explain some of the races finer points to the fans while he watched the finish.
- Stuart O'Grady cruising in the final lap.
- Quick Step showed they weren't here for a vacation with Paulo Bettini getting a big leadout into the last turn.
- It was great to the the rainbow bands of the world champion in California again.
- The second group gets the signal to go slow due the crash of George Hincapie.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Team Quick Step at the front coming into downtown Santa Rosa
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) & Levi Leipheimer (Astana)
- Juan Jose Haedo (CSC) is ecstatic
- Podium girls doing what podium girls doing what podium girls do!
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) , another day in yellow
- All the leaders jerseys
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Race leader Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) riding.
- Juan José Haedo (Team CSC) takes a nice win.
- Juan José Haedo (Team CSC) flies to victory.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) happy for his team-mate's win and to keep the leader's jersey.
Images by Garrett Lau
- Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing) enters the finishing circuit.
- Quick Step leads the peloton out of the tunnel for the third time.
- George Hincapie crashes so suddenly that the spectators don't notice.
- Markus Zberg passes the fallen Hincapie.
- The crowd cheers as George Hincapie finishes the race.
Images by Mark Johnson/ironstring.com
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) at the start in Sausalito.
- The field heads inland into bucolic Sonoma County.
- Rock Racing and its Rolls Royce were turning heads at the start.
- Where Super Mario walks, people swarm.
- The peloton did three parade laps in Sausalito before heading for Mount Tam.
- Slipstream's Danny Pate in Sausalito.
- Jackson Stewart (BMC) spent a long day off the front and won the most aggressive rider jersey for his efforts.
- A gentle climb in Sonoma County.
- Juan Jose Haedo (CSC) puts his fifth-ever Tour of California win in the bag.
- Haedo (CSC) collects a Peanuts trophy in Santa Rosa. Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schultz was from Santa Rosa.
Results
1 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 4.03.29 (38.37 km/h) 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 21 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 23 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 24 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 25 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 28 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 29 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 30 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 34 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 35 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 37 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 41 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 42 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 43 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 44 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 47 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 52 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 53 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 56 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 58 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 59 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 60 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 61 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 62 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 63 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 64 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 65 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 67 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 68 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 70 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 71 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 72 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 73 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.21 75 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 4.14 76 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 5.17 77 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 78 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 79 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 80 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 81 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 82 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 83 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 84 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 85 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 86 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 87 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 88 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 89 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 90 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 91 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 92 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 93 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 94 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 95 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 96 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 97 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road 98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 100 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 101 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 102 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 105 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 106 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 107 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 109 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 111 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 112 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 113 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 114 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 115 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 116 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 8.47 117 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 9.52 118 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 119 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 120 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 121 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 122 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 11.02 123 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 124 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 125 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 126 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 127 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole 128 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12.17 129 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 130 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 131 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 132 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 17.11 Intermediate sprints 1 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 3 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 1 2 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 3 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 3 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 pts 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 3 3 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 Finish 1 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 12 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7 5 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 9 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 2 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Mountains 1 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 pts 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 3 5 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 12.10.27 2 High Road 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Quick Step 5 Astana 6 Rock Racing 7 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 8 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Rabobank 11 BMC Racing Team 12 Crédit Agricole 13 Saunier Duval-Scott 14 Health Net presented by Maxxis 15 Bissell Pro Cycling 16 Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 9.31 17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10.34 General classification after stage 1 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.07.20 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.02 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 0.04 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.06 5 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.07 6 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 0.08 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 8 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.09 9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.10 11 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 0.11 13 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.12 14 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 15 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 0.13 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 0.14 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 20 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.15 22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.16 25 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 27 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 28 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.17 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 31 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 32 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 0.18 33 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 34 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.19 35 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 36 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 37 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 0.20 38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 39 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 44 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 45 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 47 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 48 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.22 50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.23 52 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 53 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 54 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 55 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.24 56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 0.25 58 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 59 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 0.26 60 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.27 61 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 0.29 63 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 64 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.30 65 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 66 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.32 70 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.33 71 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 72 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.34 73 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.37 74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.43 75 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 4.30 76 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 5.21 77 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road 5.24 78 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5.26 79 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.29 80 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5.30 81 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 5.31 82 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 83 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.32 84 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 5.33 85 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 86 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5.35 87 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 88 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.37 90 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 91 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 92 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 5.38 93 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 94 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 95 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 96 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5.39 98 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.40 99 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 100 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5.41 101 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 102 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 103 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.42 104 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 105 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 106 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.43 107 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.44 108 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.45 110 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5.46 111 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.48 112 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 113 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.50 114 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.52 115 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.01 116 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 9.22 117 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 10.05 118 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 119 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 10.08 120 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 10.10 121 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 10.15 122 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.26 123 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.27 124 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 11.28 125 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 11.30 126 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 11.32 127 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 11.35 128 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12.34 129 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12.48 130 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 13.09 131 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 13.10 132 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 17.36 Points classification 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 15 pts 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 12 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 9 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 6 8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 11 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 2 12 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 13 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 1 14 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 pts 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 3 5 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 1 Best young rider classification 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 4.03.29 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 3 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 5 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 5.17 8 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 9 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 10 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 11 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 12 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.17 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 15 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road 17 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 18 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.02 Teams classification 1 High Road 12.22.19 2 Team CSC 0.02 3 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 4 Astana 0.12 5 Bissell Pro Cycling 0.19 6 Quick Step 0.21 7 Health Net presented by Maxxis 8 BMC Racing Team 0.28 9 Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.32 10 Rock Racing 0.34 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.35 12 Crédit Agricole 0.38 13 Rabobank 0.42 14 Bouygues Telecom 0.43 15 Gerolsteiner 0.55 16 Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 10.18 17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 11.19
