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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 17-24, 2008
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Stage 6 - February 23: Santa Barbara - Santa Clarita, 109 mi / 175 km
Cavendish's win undone in California
Levi maintains lead with one to go
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Santa Clarita
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Similar to the first stage of last year's Tour of California, the racing of this year's sixth stage was not decided by the racers but by the officials, with 22 year-old Mark Cavendish (High Road) seemingly taking out the field sprint. However, a crash 8km from the finish involving Cavendish as well as Rock Racing's Mario Cipollini and Freddie Rodriguez, caused an issue. Cavendish had to swap for his spare bike and was escorted back to the peloton while his team car made derailleur adjustments. The race commissaries thought this was too excessive and penalized him twenty seconds, and taking away his win ahead of Saunier Duval-Scott's Luciano Pagliarini.
"I'm so sorry about what happened to Cavendish but in my opinion the decision was normal to disqualify [him] because he crashed with five kilometres and we came into the circuits at a very high speed," said Pagliarini. "I am so sorry about him and this is not a big win for me, it is just a good win for my [career.] It's not like a win with the hands up today. I was the second but I am the first."
The High Road camp understandably had a different view on the decision, citing the precedent set by last year's first stage, which saw the rules adjusted to allow then race leader Levi Leipheimer to remain in the leader's jersey. The 'Levi rule,' as it was affectionately termed, extended the rule which allows riders that have an incident to receive the same time as the group they were in from 3km to 10km. Today's incident involved Cavendish receiving a pull from his team car back into the peloton while his mechanic worked on his bike.
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"Your riders go to the front and you have a crash so you change the rules," said director sportif Brian Holm who was driving the team car. "This year we have a crash at 8km and let's fine him and take him out!"
"I think it's bullshit because when you neutralize a race 15km from the finish when an American is in the yellow jersey, last year, why you can't go with that rule!" a disappointed Cavendish told Cyclingnews. "It's just bullshit -- who is working on this f**king race? I don't understand it. There have been cars in bike races for a hundred years."
"When you have every car in the peloton dropping back to get me on... like it has been in professional cycling for a hundred years... who is working on the jury here? What are you going to do, make it a f**cking crit every day? So now next year they are going to make it a criterium every day!"
Team owner Bob Stapleton was in agreement with his rider on the issue, saying that drafting of Cavendish was slight compared to others involved in the crash. "If Cipo was practically in the f**king car, but Mark comes from all the way back and wins... and that is something that has to be yanked, that is completely wrong," he said. "I'm not exactly sure that the complaint is, but for me, Mark crashes with 5km to go and he fought his way all the way back to the line. I think he won that stage fair and square. In my mind he won -- he did a great individual effort and he deserves full credit. It's a complete embarrassment that the effort would be tarnished by [this decision.]"
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The team's other director sportif, Allan Peiper, said that they were just doing what is normal in a race. "They said it wasn't regular because we were going 60 kph but that is how fast the bunch was going," he said. "At critical points like that you just do what you have to do and that's it. It's a quite difficult situation to be in anyways. You have your best sprinter crashing 10km out, it was just part of the deal closing up the peloton. They gave us no room for discussion anyways."
The race's jury president Martijn Swinkels told Cyclingnews that the race jury tried to contact Hold and Peiper to inform them of the decision. "I tried to phone Brian Holm and he didn't answer his phone and tried to inform the team managers personally," said Swinkels. "I am sorry for the rider that he could not win this stage."
"He didn't come back in the bunch after his crash in the normal fashion," Swinkels said about the infraction. "He was held by his team car and mechanic so we gave him a 20 second [penalty.]"
Race director Jim Birrell said that he had no involvement with the decision to penalize Cavendish. "These are officials that are appointed by our international governing bodies and we as race organizers or promoters have no say or pull in their decision in the process."
When asked if the officials on the scene tried to warn High Road about the infraction, Swinkels responded that they did, but that High Road's response was, "Not what it should be."
Saunier Duval-Scott's director sportif Matteo Algeri told Cyclingnews that while he thinks Cavendish was the strongest on the day, that the rules needed to be followed. "I'm very sorry for him, because he demonstrated to be the strongest today," he said. "There is nothing to say, he merits the win. But actually there are some rules, and rules are rules."
The actual racing
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Before the 'shenanigans' of the finale, there was actually some strong racing, as a group of six rode a long breakaway that seemed to have a chance as lasting. In that group were Steven Cozza (Slipstream-Chipotle), David Canada Gracia (Saunier Duval-Scott), Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis), Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom), Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) and Karsten Kroon (Team CSC).
Sutherland was named most aggressive rider on the day, though he said all of the break riders were pulling pretty evenly into the rough head wind. "It was a head wind the whole way today," he said. "I think we might have turned once and then turned again right back into the head wind! We were a group of guys who were happy and prepared to work well together. It was a good selection of the teams who were in there.
Sutherland said he thinks the domestic team's are having a better showing this year -- and by being in the break, his team included. His team's sponsor, Health Net, also sponsored the day's stage -- which was additional motivation for him to get into the break. "I think every team has been unlucky [this week] and at the end of the day look at the quality of the field, look at the size of the budgets in comparison to the domestic teams, I think the domestic teams can be very proud. But for us, especially on today's stage, for the guys that haven't made it this far, it is important to save some face and get some airtime for the sponsors. I would have done the same thing if it was the smallest race in the country."
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Speaking of domestic teams having a good showing, BMC's Scott Nydam put a lock on his lead in the KOM competition, despite a moment of inattention on the first climb. "I was in bad position on the first KOM," said Nydam. "In the second KOM I moved up the right side with my teammate Alex Moos, he lead me out for what ever points I could get. From there that was the move over the top of the KOM to form a break. I wasn't able to go with the break and there was a separation over the top, partially due to a lack of attention on my part.
"The KOM right now is truly a team jersey," said Nydam.
Race leader Levi Leipheimer had a similar day to last year's race, with only one moment of worry when second-place overall David Millar took a flyer on the finishing circuits. "I think it went how I imagined it today," said Leipheimer. "I was confident Millar would try to do something in the end. There was a big tailwind section and I had a feeling he would try to go right there. I was trying to look around for him and it was just one moment when I couldn't move out that he went. Fortunately I had Chechu, Evan and Chris go to the front even in the middle of Quick Step lead out trains they were able to close the gap so it shows how strong my team is."
Astana will be down one gun for tomorrow's final stage, as Vladamir Gusev crashed and suffered a broken collarbone. But Slipstream's director sportif Jonathan Vaughters told Cyclingnews that Levi is much better protected than last year. "Last year Discovery had weaker riders on the front end that would pop off earlier. Astana brought its a-team here and they are really strong -- so we tried to go for a stage win today with Cozza."
How it unfolded
The sixth stage of the Tour of California once again started on the water in Santa Barbara and wound inland towards Santa Clarita, the home of the Magic Mountain theme park. But the riders would not have time to enjoy the roller coasters as there was still a lot of business to attend to.
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High Road's George Hincapie successfully avoided the spot early in the stage where he was crashed into by a teammate, resulting in a broken wrist. The Astana team kept the gas on full as various breaks tried to form. This resulted in the peloton climbing the first KOM intact, allowing Jurgen Vandewalle (Quick Step) to take four points out of KOM leader Scott Nydam. Nydam was able to regain two of those points on the second KOM thanks to help from his teammates, leaving the advantage at seven points at the end of the day. And with only six points on offer tomorrow, the lead was cemented.
Nydam could rest easy after the second KOM because Astana finally found a break combination it liked in the form of Steven Cozza (Slipstream-Chipotle), David Canada Gracia (Saunier Duval-Scott), Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis), Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom), Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) and Karsten Kroon (Team CSC).
For the next 130km, the group worked well, trading pulls and pushing their lead to more than seven minutes.
By the time the break had Santa Clarita in sight, the group still had around two minutes, and the question began to arise as to whether or not they could pull it off. None of the riders in the break were a danger to Astana, who had long handed over chasing duties to the sprinters' teams such as Quick Step, Rabobank and High Road.
Onto the circuit with three laps to go the break had just under two minutes, but still had their organization. It was not until another lap later when the gap was reduced to a minute, thanks to the efforts of most of the Tom Boonen-led Quickstep team, that the attacks came.
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As the peloton rounded the final corner to see two laps to go, a touch of wheels as the road narrowed sent riders to the ground, including Canvendish, Rodriguez and Cipollini. Cipollini and Cavendish got a quick change, but Rodriguez was slower to get up. Once he finally did, his rear-wheel tacoed underneath him and the ensuing change slowed him even more.
Up front, the break had a little more life as the peloton slowed to regain the crash victims, but soon it was back up to 60 kph. As the break catch commenced, Slipstream's David Millar took a desperation flyer, with Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Iker Camaño (Saunier Duval-Scott) coming along for the ride.
This move brought Astana back to the front one more time, shutting down the move by Millar to gain a few seconds on Leipheimer.
With the field back together in the final 500m, sprint leader Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) was left on the front and had to start his sprint early. But around him came the swarm, led by Cavendish and followed by Pagliarini, Juan Jose Haedo (CSC) and world champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep).
For Rollin, only five points were earned today, with Haedo and Gerald Ciolek (High Road) gaining a few more points. For tomorrow, a tough category three climb will make for a rough day in the sprint competition.
"Luckily today I had Vogels and Blackgrove helping to keep me in position today," said Rollin. "It's still a hard stage and not many sprinters will make it to the finish. I think maybe I will go for the first intermediate sprint and be secure with enough point to keep the jersey."
Race organizers announced Saturday evening that due to the possibility of severe weather conditions, the route for tomorrow's stage could be modified. Race officials will make the decision tomorrow -- stay tuned to Cyclingnews for this information -- especially if you are planning on watching the race. Or follow the stage live on Cyclingnews starting at noon PST.
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- Mario Cipllini (Rock Racing) signs autographs for fans in Santa Barbara.
- Mark Cavendish (High Road) makes some fans happy.
- Riders leave scenic Santa Barbara.
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell) rolling out in the morning.
- The break starts to form.
- Astana comes to the front early in the day.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Rock Racing) tries to bridge up the break.
- The break that finally got away.
- The break leaves the Ojai valley.
- The field on the way to the first KOM.
- Astana keeps the pace up on the climb.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) sits back safely on the first KOM.
- David Canada (Saunier Duval) works hard in the break.
- The bunch tackles the last KOM of the day.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) climbs up to the last KOM.
- The break continues on.
- High Road starts to send riders to the front.
- Thomas Lovkvist (High Road) heads to the front to do some work.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) sits behind team-mate Chechu Rubiera.
- The field powers along on the way to Santa Clarita.
- Bradley Wiggins (High Road) comes to the front.
- Rabobank drives the chase.
- Bradley Wiggins (High Road) sits in the field.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) sits in.
- Mark Cavendish (High Road) looking forward to the finish.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) staying fresh for the sprint.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) wearing the sprint leaders jersey.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream) with head down and going hard.
- Karston Kroon (CSC) and David Canada (Saunier Duval) drive the break.
- Astana tries to minimize the time gap to the break.
- The break rolls on.
- The field passes rows of scenic palms.
- The break gets close to the last KOM.
- The field gets some holy encouragement on the climb.
- Big sweeping turns drop the field down from the last KOM.
- Speeding down into the valley below.
- The main bunch rolls along.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) looks ready to be done for the day.
- The field enters the final circuits.
- Rory Sutherland (Healthnet) keeps the break going on the final circuits.
- Quickstep gets things rolling to help its sprinters.
- The break realizes the field is near.
- It was anyones guess as the sprint winds up.
- Battle scars on the leg of Mark Cavendish (High Road).
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) was happy to be third on the podium.
- Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval) with JJ Haedo (CSC) and Paolo Bettini (Quickstep).
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) happy to go into the last stage comfortably in yellow.
- Gerald Ciolek (High Road) celebrates his team-mates win but found out later that Mark Cavendish was disqualified.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Mark Cavendish (High Road) was the first to cross the line… …but the Manxman didn't win the stage after being handed a penalty.
- It was a beautiful sunny day at the start , until start time….
- Danny Pate (Slipstream Chipotle) still a little sore from the day before
- Team Quick Step on the finishing circuit
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) & George Hincapie (High Road)
- With one more lap of the circuit the break was down to 20 seconds
- Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana was safely tucked in with his teammates
- Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Saunier Duval-Scott) proudly drapes himself in the Brazilian flag
Images by Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com
- Stage 6 started in lovely Santa Barbara, California.
- At Casitas Pass, frenzied fans wrapped themselves in tape and started belting out"Olé, olé...olé, olé, olé!" in singsong like they were at a Real Madrid match.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) takes the second KOM of the day.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream-Chipotle) helped initiate a break that stuck all the way to Santa Clarita.
- The field tops Casitas Pass and prepares to descend to Lake Casitas, site of the rowing competition in the 1984 Olympics.
- Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval-Scott) went on to win the stage.
- The University of California Santa Barbara cycling team came out in force to urge the peloton over their local mountains.
- The field storms into Santa Clarita.
- It's all over, boys.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) placed third today.
- The operatically named Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Saunier Duval-Scott) makes his homeland of Brazil proud with a win in Santa Clarita.
Results
1 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.18.31 (40.616 km/h) 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 11 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 16 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 17 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 18 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 25 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 26 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 29 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 30 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 31 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 32 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 33 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 34 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 35 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 36 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 37 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 38 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 41 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 42 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 45 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 46 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 50 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 51 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 52 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 53 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 54 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 55 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 56 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 57 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 58 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 59 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 60 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 62 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 64 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 65 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 66 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 67 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 68 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 69 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 70 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 71 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 72 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 73 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 0.20 75 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 76 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 77 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 0.43 78 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.13 79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2.05 81 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2.44 82 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5.00 84 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 85 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 86 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 87 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 88 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 5.36 89 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 90 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 7.31 91 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 12.10 DNF Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis DNF Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis Sprints 1 1 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 pts 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 3 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 2 1 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Finish 1 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 15 pts 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 12 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 10 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 7 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 6 6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 7 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 4 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 9 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 10 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains 1 1 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 4 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 2 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 3 3 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 3 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 4 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 3 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 4 1 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 pts 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Young rider 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 4.18.31 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 5 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 8 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 0.20 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2.05 12 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2.44 Teams 1 Rabobank 12.55.33 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 3 Team CSC 4 Gerolsteiner 5 BMC Racing Team 6 Quick Step 7 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 8 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 9 Astana 10 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 11 Bissell Pro Cycling 12 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 13 Crédit Agricole 14 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 15 High Road 0.20 16 Bouygues Telecom 0.22 17 Rock Racing 5.20 General Classification after Stage 6 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 25.33.23 2 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.49 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1.08 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.18 5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 1.19 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1.36 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 2.07 8 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 2.11 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.18 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.27 11 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2.58 12 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 3.17 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.34 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3.40 15 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.06 16 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.48 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6.49 18 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 7.30 19 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 7.48 20 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8.08 21 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 8.50 22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.24 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 9.58 24 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10.05 25 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 10.46 26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.11 27 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11.49 28 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 12.02 29 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.01 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15.41 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.47 32 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 33 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 18.21 34 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 18.45 35 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19.22 36 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 19.32 37 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19.33 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 20.05 39 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 20.16 40 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 20.46 41 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 22.39 42 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 24.14 43 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 26.10 44 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 26.57 45 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 28.29 46 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 28.34 47 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 28.47 48 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 29.08 49 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.43 50 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 31.51 51 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 32.06 52 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 32.10 53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 32.11 54 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32.36 55 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 32.44 56 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 32.52 57 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.28 58 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 33.30 59 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 33.37 60 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 33.47 61 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.22 62 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 35.05 63 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 35.15 64 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.23 65 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 35.29 66 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.44 67 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.53 68 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 36.14 69 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 37.49 70 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 37.51 71 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 38.03 72 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 38.06 73 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 38.17 74 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 38.26 75 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 38.52 76 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 77 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 39.11 78 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 39.19 79 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 39.45 80 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 39.59 81 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 40.06 82 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 40.19 83 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.04 84 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 41.58 85 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 42.27 86 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 44.08 87 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 44.22 88 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 44.25 89 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 45.08 90 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 45.54 91 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 52.29 Sprints classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 41 pts 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 38 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 32 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 19 5 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 15 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 15 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 15 8 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 13 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 12 11 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 10 13 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 10 14 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 15 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 8 16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 7 17 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 7 18 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 7 19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6 20 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 6 21 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 6 22 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 23 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 24 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5 25 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 26 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 27 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 4 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 29 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 31 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 32 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 33 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 34 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 1 35 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 36 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 26 pts 2 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 19 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 17 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 12 7 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12 8 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 12 9 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11 11 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 13 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 8 14 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 8 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 17 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6 18 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 19 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 21 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 22 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2 23 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2 24 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 2 26 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 27 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 25.35.41 2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.40 3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.22 4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 6.32 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 24.39 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 26.50 7 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.12 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 31.19 9 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.48 10 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 36.34 11 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 36.53 12 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41.50 Teams classification 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 76.43.38 2 Astana 0.16 3 Quick Step 8.47 4 Team CSC 8.56 5 Rabobank 10.02 6 BMC Racing Team 19.11 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 22.59 8 High Road 23.36 9 Crédit Agricole 24.28 10 Gerolsteiner 29.02 11 Bissell Pro Cycling 36.52 12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 44.20 13 Rock Racing 48.08 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 52.15 15 Bouygues Telecom 1.03.48 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.30.04 17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.40.18
