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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 17-24, 2008
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Stage 3 - February 20: Modesto - San José, 103 mi / 152.2km
Leipheimer takes ownership in California
Gesink helps Levi, nets own stage win
Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in San José
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Defending tour champion Levi Leipheimer (Astana) got to work on today's first real climbing stage - a tough parcours with five rated climbs, including the hors category Mt. Hamilton and tough Sierra Road climbs. Like the past two years, Leipheimer was alone with Robert Gesink (Rabobank) over the top of Sierra Road, just 18 miles from the finish in downtown San Jose. The two had worked out a partnership before and rode it all the way to the finish, with Gesink taking the stage win, while Leipheimer claimed the leader's jersey.
"It was a hard stage...hard stage," an out-of-breath Leipheimer told Cyclingnews just after rolling to a stop. "They told us we had over a minute but I had my doubts because I had been in this position before. It's a long way from the top - we need a mountaintop finish in this race! Robert was amazing. I predicted last night that he would be my ally. I even spoke to him last night and it went to perfection. We put a lot into it and 12 seconds... it was worth it, I'll take that."
"When you become professional only professional wins count and I've had one win in the Tour of Belgium," said Gesink about his previous palmares. "This one is great because the field of riders here is much better over here."
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"I was planning to get away with Levi because if I go with other riders I still have to sprint in the end and I'm not the kind of sprinter who is sure to win on a flat course like this," Gesink said. "I had to be with Levi for it to be possible for me to win here. That's why I started riding hard and my team-mates started riding hard and then I took over and tried to drop the other guys to try to bring it down to just the two of us."
"At one moment he and I had a team-mate and I thought it best to keep it together," Leipheimer said about Gesink's acceleration on Sierra Road. "I tried to tell him that but he was really interested in the stage win, so I understand why he hit the gas. I was content just to follow, he was going really good and it had been a really hard stage. Mt. Hamilton was a real climb. It was awesome."
Down the descent of Sierra Road and onto the flats of outer San Jose, the two held a slim 45 second lead that slowly began to dwindle as Slipstream-Chipotle and CSC chased in earnest. "Levi and I just screamed at each other to push harder to make it to the finish line before the other guys," Gesink said. "There wasn't really a lot of talking it was just riding hard to get to the finish as fast as possible. [David] Zabriskie, [Fabian] Cancellara and [David] Millar were behind me but I didn't know that."
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"It's more like the kind of information that the team director doesn't give you because it wouldn't help me a lot knowing they were back there," Gesink laughed. "The director only told me the time and added about 10 seconds on top of that to keep me motivated and riding. That's the way it goes. I didn't know they were behind me but now I know and I realize what a good effort we did."
Before that, down the descent of Mt. Hamilton, High Road's George Hincapie tried to spoil the day - using his impressive bike handling skills to escape the leaders on the highly technical and dangerous descent. It was even more impressive that Hincapie had been dropped before the Mt. Hamilton KOM and then held a maximum 45 second lead all the way from the bottom of Mt. Hamilton to the start of the Sierra Road climb, nearly 25km. This effort earned him the most aggressive rider of the day.
The early surprise on the day was the abandonment by race leader Tyler Farrar (Slipstream-Chipotle). The young sprinter had difficulty on the first climb of the day, losing contact. He managed to catch back on, but then dropped hard on the second KOM. Director sportif Jonathan Vaughters said Farrar was suffering from a virus of some sort.
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"It's from a couple of days ago," he said. "It started out with [Steven] Cozza and then went to Tyler. It could just be a stomach virus - 20 percent of the field has it, [Tomas] Danielson too."
Despite the unlucky loss of Farrar, Vaughters was still pleased with his team's performance, particularly with David Millar and Dave Zabriskie finishing in the lead chase group. "I don't know why everyone is so surprised about that," he said regarding Zabriskie's strong climbing. "The guy got fifth in the Dauphine - have you seen the mountains in the Dauphine? They make these look like a pimple! I think you'll see Dave Zabriskie climb pretty consistently this year. He's getting older, so maybe he doesn't have the flashy prologue times like he used to, but he'll continue to climb better as he gets older."
Also climbing impressively was former race leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC), who now sits in second by 13 seconds. This means that Astana will have its work cut-out defending the race lead with the current world time trial champion, and two former Tour de France time trial winners all within 21 seconds of Leipheimer.
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"Millar time trials well too, and they are both in the same group!" said Vaughters. "To me this was the real crucial stage. Now it comes down to the time trial, and if it is still a few seconds then maybe those last stages will be tricky."
But Astana's Chris Horner, who was with Leipheimer on the early slopes of Sierra Road, is confident that the team is up to the challenge, especially after today's ride by Chechu Rubiera. "Rubiera was just un-believable!" he said. "Look how we rode today - we didn't have the jersey but you knew going in that Levi was the one and he had the virtual jersey on the road, so you knew we were going to ride today."
Leipheimer also echoed the sentiments about Rubiera's work today. "Chechu was phenomenal today," he said. "I raced with him before and I have never seen him ride so well. He did an enormous amount of work over Mt. Hamilton and then all the way down the descent and then again he pulled half way up Sierra Rd until there were only five riders left by the time he was done.
When asked if he thinks the tour is won yet, Leipheimer replied; "Definitely not. It's a step in the right direction but we have a long ways to go. I put a lot of effort into today so I hope I recover."
On the domestic side, BMC continues to be riding an impressive race, carrying the North America team representation. Scott Nydam, who rode solo forever in yesterday's stage, was in the early break and driving it over the first three KOM climbs. His work earned him the KOM jersey from team-mate Jackson Stewart.
How it unfolded
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A new start city of Modesto started the third stage of the Tour of California, as it climbed its way over five increasingly more difficult climbs. The stage culminates with a tough ascent over Mt. Hamilton at more than 1250 meters (4,100 feet) and followed by the well-known Sierra Road climb just 30km from the finish in downtown San Jose.
The new route through Del Puerto Canyon was an absolutely gorgeous ride through rolling hills covered in green grass and grazing cattle. A gentle creek followed the roadway for much of the early kilometres while the racing began to heat up.
The first break of the day included Paul Martens (Rabobank), Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole) and Scott Nydam (BMC). Apparently Nydam did not get enough torture on a long solo ride in Stage 2. The field initially thought about catching the break as it came to the only intermediate sprint, with an iPhone on the line, but once that was settled, the peloton sat in and let the break get up to five minutes on the opening slopes.
Back in the caravan, Kevin Lacombe (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) had a moment of inattention and ended up crashing through the back of the CSC team car, smashing the window to bits. While not the ideal way to get your name on Cyclingnews, Lacombe did not suffer any major injuries, but did abandon the race.
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Up front Slipstream's Steven Cozza, who is suffering a lot of bad-luck crashes this week - including one in today's opening kilometers, decided it would be safer in the break and tried to bridge. After a long time in no-man's land, he finally caught on. This break of four made it up and over the first three KOMs, with Nydam taking the points and taking the KOM jersey away from his team-mate Jackson Stewart.
Back in the peloton, Astana's Aaron Kemps was setting the pace, keeping the break within reach. CSC and Slipstream also helped the effort, as did all eight of the Bissell team.
As the kilometers clicked down to the feared Mt. Hamilton climb, the pace picked up and riders shot out the back. Up front, with the writing on the wall, the break disintegrated and only Martens was able to make it last, just about five kilometres from the top. The temperatures plummeted and the fog settled around the Lick Observatory on top of the climb, with riders' breath clearly visible.
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Chechu Rubiera (Astana) set a blistering pace that dismantled the rest of the field, dwindling the lead group down to under 20. Over the top of the KOM it was Rubiera followed by Jurgen Vandewalle (Quick Step), Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing Team), Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Rabobank), Iker Camano Ortuzar (Saunier Duval-Scott), Bobby Julich (Team CSC), Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Christopher Horner (Astana) and David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle).
The descent off Hamilton was the most technical descent in the entire race, with rough roads and barely any straight sections longer than 100 meters. While George Hincapie (High Road) had been dropped near the top of the climb, he was able to catch back on and pass the lead group, building a lead of 45 seconds on the way down. Hincapie held his lead all the way over to the Sierra Road climb, and onto its tough 17 percent early slopes.
But the set-up by Rubiera and Horner for Leipheimer was too much, and the lead group of now less than 15 caught and passed the former U.S. champion. On the way up Sierra Road, two riders emerged and got a gap -- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) was only matched by Leipheimer.
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Gesink and Leipheimer went over the top followed by Zabriskie, Horner, Cano, Vandewalle, and Thomas Peterson (Slipstream). On the descent a few more riders joined in the chase of the leading two, including Slipstream's David Millar and former race leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC).
The leaders came off the climb with a 45 second lead and worked together in time trial mode to get to the finish. Like the previous two years, Leipheimer was in a fight to stay alive to the finish - and again he was unable to convert it into a stage win. But the sacrifice today was for something bigger, the race leader's jersey.
Tomorrow's fourth stage is the identical one from Seaside along highway one to San Luis Obispo. Look for Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) to either repeat his win from last year, or to set-up team-mate Tom Boonen for another sprint win. Cyclingnews will have uninterrupted coverage from the start to the finish, beginning at 10:00 a.m. PST.
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- Tyler Farrar (Slipstream) was all smiles starting the stage in the leader's jersey.
- Scott Nydam (BMC) proudly wore the most aggressive riders jersey for the day.
- Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing) can’t believe the size of Tom Boonen's quads.
- The peloton rolls out of Modesto.
- Rolling past the farms just outside of Modesto.
- The bunch makes its way through the scenic Del Peurto canyon.
- Heading up towards the first KOM of the day.
- The CSC car had a bit of trouble when a rider ran into the back of it.
- Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefits) on the climb.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream) was either enjoying the climb or heavily grimacing.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) rode super strong on the climbs today.
- The break heads into Del Peurto Canyon.
- Astana comes to the front to take some time out of the break.
- The laughing group nears the top of the Mt. Hamilton climb.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) just off the back of the front group at the bottom of Sierra Road.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) knew today would be important for his Tour of California title defence.
- America's Levi Leipheimer (Astana) worked well with Dutch rider Robert Gesink (Rabobank).
- Robert Gesink is happy with his company.
- George Hincapie (High Road) puts on the most aggresive rider jersey.
- America's Levi Leipheimer (Astana) wears the yellow jersey into tomorrow's Stage 4.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) improved on his fourth place finish in San Jose from last year, winning the stage in 2008 ahead of Levi Leipheimer.
Images by Emory Ball/Cyclingnews.com
- Bettini has a Coke but no smile after a rough stage three.
- Cipo barely broke a sweat trying to make the time cut.
- Cipollini signs an autograph after stage three.
- Any question who's bike this is? Cipollini!
- The CSC team car sans rear window after KBS-Medifast rider Kevin Lacombe collided with the car.
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) wins the two up sprint against Levi Leipheimer (Astana).
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates his victory as he crosses the line.
- Stage winner Robert Gesink (Rabobank) wins the best young rider jersey.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) enjoys the spoils of wearing the yellow jersey.
- George Hincapie (Team High Road) wins the most aggressive rider on the day.
- Scott Nydam (BMC Cycling) continues as the King of the Mountain’s Leader.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) takes the yellow jersey on Stage 3.
- The jersey winners take to the podium.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) prepares to do battle on Stage 3.
- Tyler Farrar (Slipstream/Chipotle) Looking spiffy on the line in the yellow jersey.
- There was a slight mishap in the peloton as they were rolling out of town.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream/Chipotle) was involved in the mishap and needed a wheel from Mavic.
- The riders whizzed by some palm trees as they left Modesto.
- The peloton stretches out as they near the climb.
- The Bissell Pro Cycling Team was helping with the chase as four riders went clear.
- The peloton starts the first climb, all together.
- Paul Martens (Rabobank) leads the escapees through a turn in the lower part of the climb.
- The Astana team sent a few riders up to help with the chase.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream/Chipotle) bridges up to the break.
- The peloton was cut in half by the San Antonio Valley Road climb.
- The splintered peloton enjoys some great scenery on the way up.
- A bird’s eye view of the descent.
- Rory Sutherland (HealthNet) sights up the road looking for the top.
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) dances on the pedals as he climbs Mt. Hamilton.
- Odessa Gunn (Levi’s wife) was on hand to witness her husband taking the yellow jersey.
- David Millar (Slipstream/Chipotle) leads a small group up the final KOM.
- Paolo Bettini(Quick Step) climbs Mt. Hamilton alone.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) climb the final KOM together.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) climbs with determination.
- Paul Martens (Rabobank) seems to make easy work of the climb.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates his victory.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- The leaders struggle up Sierra Grade.
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream)
- Thomas Peterson (Slipstream) and Jurgen Vandewalle (Quick Step).
- CSC duo: Gustav Larsson and Fabian Cancellara.
- Italy's world champion, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step).
- The peloton couldn't keep the pace with the break-away riders.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) ahead of Levi Leipheimer (Astana).
- Stage 3 podium (L-R): Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Jurgen Vandewalle (Quick Step).
- Defending Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer (Astana) has good reason to enjoy the yellow jersey.
Results
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4.28.29 (36.94 km/h) 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 0.19 4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 11 Bernhard Kohl (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 14 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 15 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 4.20 18 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19 Oliver Zaugg (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 27 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 7.23 28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 30 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9.22 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 34 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10.08 35 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 36 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 37 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 11.46 38 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.59 40 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 43 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 44 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 45 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 46 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 47 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 48 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 50 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 51 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 54 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 55 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 19.49 57 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 20.51 58 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 24.21 59 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 63 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 64 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 66 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 67 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 68 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 69 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 71 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 72 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 73 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 74 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 76 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 77 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 78 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 81 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 82 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 83 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 84 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 85 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 89 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 91 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 92 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 93 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 95 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 96 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 97 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 98 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 99 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 100 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 101 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 102 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 103 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 104 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 106 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 107 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 108 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 109 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 110 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 113 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 114 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 115 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 118 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 119 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 120 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 HD Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 28.48 HD Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team HD Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 36.36 DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road DNF Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 DNF Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast DNF Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNF Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team Sprints 1 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Finish 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 3 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 10 4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 7 5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 6 6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 4 8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 10 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 1 Mountains 1 1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 pts 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 3 3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 4 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 2 1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 pts 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 3 3 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2 4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 3 1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 pts 2 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 3 3 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2 4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 4 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12 pts 2 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 10 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 4 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 7 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 7 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3 9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 2 10 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 5 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 6 5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 5 6 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 4 7 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2 Young rider 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4.28.29 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.19 3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 4.20 5 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 11.46 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 11.59 7 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 24.21 8 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 12 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 15 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner Teams 1 Astana 13.26.05 2 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.19 3 Rabobank 4.01 4 Quick Step 4.20 5 Team CSC 7.23 6 BMC Racing Team 11.24 7 Crédit Agricole 15.25 8 Gerolsteiner 16.00 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 21.13 10 High Road 23.04 11 Bissell Pro Cycling 27.27 12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 33.15 13 Rock Racing 36.01 14 Bouygues Telecom 47.41 15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 58.12 17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.12.25 General classification after stage 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13.45.30 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.13 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 4 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.20 5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 0.21 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.23 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 0.25 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.29 10 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 0.31 11 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 0.33 12 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.36 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.43 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.47 16 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4.23 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 4.28 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 19 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 4.29 20 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 4.31 21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 4.35 22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.39 23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.42 24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.44 25 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.47 26 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 7.27 27 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.31 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7.32 29 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.36 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.47 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9.31 32 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 10.19 33 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 10.23 34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 10.28 35 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10.32 36 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 11.56 37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 12.04 38 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 12.09 39 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 12.12 40 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 41 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 12.13 42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12.14 43 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 44 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 12.15 45 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 12.17 46 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 47 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 12.22 49 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 50 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.25 51 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.26 52 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12.30 53 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 17.11 54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 19.21 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.06 56 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 22.01 57 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 24.18 58 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 24.19 59 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 24.21 60 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 24.27 61 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 24.28 62 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 24.29 63 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.31 64 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 65 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 66 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 24.32 67 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 24.33 68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 24.35 69 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.36 71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.39 73 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 24.40 74 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 24.41 75 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 24.48 76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 24.58 77 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 26.22 78 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 29.12 79 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 29.36 80 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 29.41 81 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 29.44 82 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 83 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 29.45 84 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 29.47 85 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 29.48 86 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 29.50 87 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.52 88 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 29.53 89 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 29.54 91 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.55 92 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 93 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 29.56 94 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 29.57 95 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 96 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 97 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.58 98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 29.59 99 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 30.01 100 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 30.03 101 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 102 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 30.05 103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.19 104 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 30.20 105 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 30.27 106 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30.31 107 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.40 108 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 32.29 109 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.56 110 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 34.20 111 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 34.25 112 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 35.17 113 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.41 114 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 35.45 115 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36.14 116 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36.21 117 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 36.24 118 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 36.49 119 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 37.19 120 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 37.24 Points classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 pts 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 21 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 18 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 15 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 15 6 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 15 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 13 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 11 10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 11 11 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 12 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 10 13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 7 14 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6 15 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 6 16 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5 17 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 18 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 4 19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 21 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 22 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 23 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 24 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 25 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 2 26 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 27 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 28 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 1 29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 24 pts 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16 3 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 15 4 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 14 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 12 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11 10 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 10 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 8 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 14 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 6 15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 16 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 17 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 18 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2 19 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 13.45.45 2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.18 3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.28 4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 4.14 5 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 11.41 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 12.02 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 24.06 8 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 24.13 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 29.21 10 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 29.26 11 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 29.42 12 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 13 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.43 14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 29.44 15 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.25 16 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.41 17 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.26 Teams classification 1 Astana 41.17.21 2 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.09 3 Quick Step 4.29 4 Rabobank 4.31 5 Team CSC 7.13 6 BMC Racing Team 11.40 7 Crédit Agricole 15.51 8 Gerolsteiner 16.43 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 21.36 10 High Road 22.52 11 Bissell Pro Cycling 27.34 12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 33.24 13 Rock Racing 36.23 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 48.01 15 Bouygues Telecom 48.12 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.09.19 17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.22.31
