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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 17-24, 2008
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Stage 4 - February 21: Seaside - San Luis Obispo, 135 mi / 217 km
Rollin survives epic ride for epic win
Astana team manages miserable day with no help
Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in San Luis Obispo
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The two years of nearly perfect weather for the Tour of California built up quite a balance in the karma bank, and the cycling gods cashed out everything for today's fourth stage, unleashing relentless rain, whipping wind and nearly freezing temperatures for seven long hours on wet and technical roads. Despite the horrid conditions, Dominque Rollin (Toyota-United) was able to come out smiling with a solo win out of a 200km breakaway, holding off American George Hincapie (High Road) and Spaniard Iker Camaño (Saunier Duval-Scott) by little more than thirty seconds.
"To be able to ride away with 20km to go is the best win ever!" said Rollin. "Today the goal was to get me in the break and we knew that with crappy weather we could do something but I never expected to get away with 20km to go. I could see the other guys were getting tired and tired and I felt good. I took the opportunity and just went for it. I just held on and managed to stay away from guys like Hincapie -- it is just amazing!"
Being a Quebecor, Rollin is used to racing in less-than-ideal conditions, including his last win on the second stage of the 2005 Tour de Beauce in Quebec. "The last time I won a stage, I rode in such crappy condition and I won there too," he said. "Back in that race there were 70km an hour winds and the other guys were getting blown off the road! Generally the worse the conditions, the better my results."
"The conditions were terrible, it was a head-wind all day -- it was cold, wet and really strong winds," said Hincapie, who along with Camaño tried in vein to pull Rollin back. "My hands and feet were ok but my core was so cold, super cold. I know its not that cold outside but I think the wind just went right through me!"
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Just for the sake of comparison, the same stage in the previous two years took just five hours to complete.
Hincapie commented that a domestic rider like Rollin has extra motivation to win in a race like this and that he is impressed to see some of the domestic teams racing. "This is the biggest race in the U.S. and these guys here have every thing in the world to prove," he said. "I remember when I was young and went into races like this, I did everything I could because it’s the one shot you’ve got to make it to the next level. I think these guys are doing an great job."
Back in the peloton, the Astana team earned their cut of any potential winnings by race leader Levi Leipheimer, leading him and the peloton through a massive headwind all the way down to San Luis Obispo.
"My guys put in a hard day's work," Leipheimer said. "After the day today they can definitely be called the hard men of the race!"
"We had this coming to us in the Tour of California -- we had two years of beautiful weather and then three years of bad weather all in one day. That was probably one of the top three worst days I have every had on the bike!"
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As for the tactics on the day, Leipheimer told Cyclingnews that the idea was not to catch the break to keep it safer on the technical run-in to the finish. "We didn't really want to catch them," he said. "CSC tried it in the end but it didn't work."
CSC's new American acquisition Jason McCartney said they wanted to set things up for sprinter Juan Jose Haedo, but that cooler heads must have prevailed. "The plan was to set it up for JJ but I guess we didn't want to take chances in the rain," he told Cyclingnews.
The Astana team kept the break to little more than three minutes, ensuring Leipheimer's 4:47 GC advantage over the break's best-paced rider Camaño was never a threat. Leipheimer's American teammate Chris Horner summed it up nicely, telling Cyclingnews, "F**king miserable parade! Our job was that."
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As for the race leader, the overall picture stayed the same -- with a lot of potential GC threats still hot on his heels heading into tomorrow's time trial in Solvang. "I've got the world's best time trialist right behind me, the winner of Paris-Roubaix, so I've got my work cut out for me."
While riding in such miserable conditions is not the best preparation for clocking a fast time in tomorrow's time trial, Leipheimer can take solace in the fact that everyone else had to ride in the same mess. "In these kind of conditions you have to think that everyone feels the same. What can you ask for after seven hours in freezing cold rain? But I did my best to take care of myself and I'll do my best tomorrow."
When asked what he thinks of racing in Belgian-style spring classics over here in his home state of California, usually known for its mild winters, Leipheimer laughed and said, "I don't even do those races, but I had to do one today!"
How it unfolded
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Like last year's start to this stage in Seaside, the skies were cloudy and a light rain fell. But unlike last year, the rain not only continued for almost the entire day, but increased at times to near deluge. Rain capes, hats, gloves and just about anything else in the rider's bags were on their bodies. The weather forecast was so bad, along with a bout of stomach bugs going through the peloton, that multiple riders did not even take the start.
Three Gerolsteiner riders, including the points jersey leader Heinrich Haussler, abandoned the tour at the start. The team lost two more riders out of course due to sickness, leaving the team with only three riders. Other casualties on the day included sprinter Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United), Tom Danielson (Slipstream-Chipotle) and former KOM leader Jackson Stewart (BMC).
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Out on course, the riders rolled along for 15 kilometres with only small attacks attempted - and quickly dismissed by the Astana-led peloton. Saunier Duval-Scott's overall hopes were put on the back burner yesterday as their GC rider Iker Camaño failed to make the selection. In an attempt to salvage something from the race, Camaño helped initiate the main break of the day with Rollin, which also included another rider out of the GC picture, Highroad's George Hincapie.
Things were not going Hincapie's way early in the tour with a nasty crash. "I hit my head and almost got a concussion and headache and I don't have skin on the left side of my body," he said. Additionally, his team is suffering the same sickness as the rest of the peloton, but all that is still not discouraging him. Being down on the GC enables him to get away in breaks like today. "Three guys are sick with a stomach virus, but the guys are still motivated and I haven't had this much fun on a bike in a while," he said. "To have the chance to race and be aggressive and go in breaks, today away for almost 200km. This is fun and we are going to keep trying."
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Also present in the break were: Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly), Danilo Wyss and Jackson Stewart (BMC Racing Team), Edward King (Bissell), Jonathan Hivert (Credit Agricole), Julien Belgy (Bouygues Telecom) and Roman Kilun (Health Net-Maxxis).
Jackson Stewart continued a strong tour for the BMC team, leading over the first KOM. But the matches he has burned so far this week eventually caught up to him, and Stewart was unable to finish the stage. However, by taking the maximum KOM points he protected the lead of his team-mate wearing the KOM jersey on the road, Scott Nydam.
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For the next five-plus hours, the break maintained a steady pace as Astana assumed its rightful position on the front of the peloton.
Jumping ahead 150 km, the break still had around two minutes, but a few riders were shed from both the break and the peloton. King, Kilun, Rollin, Wyss, Mollema, Hincapie and Camaño were the riders left in the break. Coming up the incline out of Morrow Bay the group was still working but signs of variance in strength were beginning to show.
For a kilometre the riders starting looking around at each other and beginning to notice who was not pulling through. The disorganization only lasted a minute but it foreshadowed what was to come. When the break re-ogranized and began trading pulls, Rollin was at the back. When he came through, nobody followed him and he just kept going.
Once he realized what was happening, Rollin, a former Canadian time trial and road race champion, put his hands in the drops and did not look back. He quickly built a 10 second lead before anyone behind reacted. The roll-away shattered the break with only Hincapie and Camaño following.
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On the open roads the strong Rollin showed his strength by putting 20 more seconds into Hincapie and Camaño, and increasing his lead over the peloton to 3'30. Turning off Highway One into Cuesta College Rollin kept himself upright through the tight turns and onto the back roads into San Luis Obispo. The chase was on as the kilometres clicked off and the roads began to twistsand turns into the downtown finish.
Kilometres and seconds were calculated and it wasn't until three kilometre to go until the crowd realized that Rollin was going to hold off Camaño and Hincapie, who were now 20 seconds behind. Rollin savored the moment after the final off-camber turn to the uphill finish, sacrificing a few seconds to the chasers and peloton. Leipheimer's group arrived 2'28 behind the winner, with all of the leader's jerseys safe.
Tomorrow's race-determining time trial in Solvang begins at noon PST. Tune into Cyclingnews for up-to-the-minute live coverage and time splits.
Photography
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- Dominique Rollin (Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team) takes victory on Stage 4.
- Local cheerleaders were on hand this morning to motivate the riders.
- Dave Zabriskie (Slipstream) keeps dry at the start with the help of a fan.
- Good buddies Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Scott Nydam (BMC) at the start.
- The weather was not looking very promising at the start of the day.
- Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) shows the pain of the day.
- The break just starts to get a good gap on the field.
- Riders cross the famous Bixby Bridge.
- The break gets organized and picks up the pace.
- The bunch heads out of Big Sur.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) on track for his big win.
- Team Astana gets control of the front of the main bunch.
- George Hincapie (High Road) has a snack under stormy skies.
- The break keeps rolling along Highway 1.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota United) and George Hincapie (High Road) power the break.
- A Gerolsteiner rider all bundled up for the nasty weather.
- The break drops down next to the seashore as they get closer to San Luis Obispo.
- Henk Vogels (Toyota United) was not too happy with the weather today.
- The rolly roads of Highway 1 keep the break working hard.
- Team Astana spent the whole day on the front.
- The break powers along despite the bad weather.
- As the sky darkens Astana begins to bring back the break.
- George Hincapie (High Road) comes across the line for second place.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Astana at the front.
- David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle) early in the race.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream Chipotle)
- Stage Winner Dominique Rollin (Toyota - United) just a few miles from the biggest victory of his life.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota - United) brings it home.
- George Hincapie (High Road) and Iker Camano Ortuzar (Saunier Duval) where just happy it was over.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota - United) is one happy boy.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) Kept the leaders jersey.
Images by Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com
- Riders started the morning in Seaside with lots of clothes.
- BMC's Scott Nydam readies for a rainy day on the bike.
- The distinctive scent of heat rub permeated the air this morning.
- Sanier Duval's Spanish riders Iker Camano Ortuzar and David Canada get prepped by Milan Magliaro.
- The day ahead on the top tube.
- Jens Voit and the CSC boys roll out.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wonders if he really left rainy Belgium.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) starts the day in yellow.
- Tom Peterson's (Slipstream) Felt is ready for a wet day on the road.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) bundled up against a cold Seaside rain.
Images by www.actionimages.cc
- The peloton crosses a bridge during the scenic fourth stage.
Results
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6.56.08 (31.288 km/h) 2 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 0.18 3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 2.28 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 6 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 7 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 8 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 9 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 11 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 19 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 20 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 21 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 23 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 24 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 25 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 26 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 34 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 35 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 36 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 39 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 42 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 45 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 46 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 48 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 49 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5.05 50 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 54 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 56 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 57 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.32 58 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 59 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 60 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 61 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 62 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 65 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 67 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 68 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 70 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 71 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 72 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 73 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 74 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 75 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 76 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 77 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 78 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 79 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 80 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 81 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 82 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 83 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 84 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 85 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 86 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 87 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 90 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 92 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 93 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 94 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 95 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 11.41 96 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 97 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 98 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 99 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 100 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 102 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 103 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 104 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 11.59 105 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 14.51 DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis DNF Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNF Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 DNF Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team DNF Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast DNF Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNF Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling DNS Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner Sprints 1 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 3 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 1 2 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 3 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 Finish 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 15 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 12 3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 7 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 6 6 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 5 7 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 4 8 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 3 9 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 1 Mountains 1 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 pts 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 4 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 2 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 pts 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 3 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2 4 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 1 3 1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 pts 2 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5 3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 4 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 Young rider 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 6.58.36 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 3 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 2.37 8 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.04 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 10 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9.13 12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 9.31 Teams 1 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 20.53.20 2 High Road 0.18 3 Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Rock Racing 2.28 5 Team CSC 6 Rabobank 7 Astana 8 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 9 Quick Step 10 BMC Racing Team 5.05 11 Crédit Agricole 12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 6.32 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Bouygues Telecom 9.09 15 Bissell Pro Cycling 16 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 10.36 17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14.40 General Classification after Stage 4 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 20.44.06 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 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.41 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.43 15 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.37 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.13 17 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4.23 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 4.28 19 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.39 20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.48 21 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 5.17 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 7.05 23 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 7.06 24 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 7.08 25 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.31 26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7.32 27 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.36 28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 8.39 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9.31 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 10.19 31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.24 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 12.04 33 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 12.09 34 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 12.12 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12.14 36 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 12.22 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.26 38 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 14.27 39 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 14.32 40 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14.36 41 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 16.16 42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 16.18 43 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 16.19 44 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.24 45 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16.34 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.06 47 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.15 48 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 21.48 49 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 22.01 50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 23.25 51 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 24.21 52 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 24.27 53 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 24.33 54 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 24.40 55 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 26.05 56 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 27.12 57 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.13 58 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 28.22 59 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 28.23 60 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 28.35 61 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 28.36 62 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.40 63 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.43 64 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 28.45 65 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28.52 66 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 29.02 67 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 29.36 68 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 29.44 69 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 29.45 70 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.53 71 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 29.54 72 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.58 73 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 30.03 74 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 75 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 30.26 76 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 32.24 77 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 33.44 78 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 33.45 79 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 33.52 80 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 33.54 81 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 33.56 82 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 33.57 83 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 33.59 84 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 34.01 85 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 86 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 87 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 34.05 88 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 34.20 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.23 90 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 34.24 91 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 34.25 92 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 34.35 93 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 35.45 94 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 38.25 95 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 39.08 96 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 39.09 97 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 39.12 98 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 39.18 99 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 39.21 100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 40.28 101 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 41.28 102 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 41.42 103 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 45.27 104 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 45.34 105 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 49.12 Sprint classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 36 pts 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 26 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 25 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 19 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 15 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 15 7 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 13 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 12 10 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 11 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 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 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 6 17 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 6 18 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5 19 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 4 21 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 22 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 3 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 25 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 26 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 27 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 28 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 1 29 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 30 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 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 12 7 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12 8 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 8 12 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 13 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 6 14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 15 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6 16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 17 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 18 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2 19 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2 20 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 21 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20.44.21 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 6.51 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 21.33 6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 24.06 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 29.21 8 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.43 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 33.30 10 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 33.46 11 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 12 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 38.57 Teams classification 1 Astana 62.13.09 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 14.17 7 Crédit Agricole 18.28 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 19.26 9 High Road 20.42 10 Gerolsteiner 20.47 11 Bissell Pro Cycling 34.15 12 Rock Racing 36.23 13 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 37.28 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 45.33 15 Bouygues Telecom 54.53 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.21.31 17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.30.39
