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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 17-24, 2008
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Stage 7 - February 24: Santa Clarita - Pasadena, 93 mi / 150 km
Hincapie redeems High Road
Leipheimer does the deuce in California
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Pasadena, California
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After yesterday's penalty of Mark Cavendish cost the High Road team a stage win, the team was more motivated than ever to get a win in its new home of California. But with only one stage left, it was do-or-die on the tough run over the San Gabriel mountains into the finish at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. But team captain George Hincapie was not to be denied, catching solo attacker Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) with three others and then out-sprinting them for the win.
"As soon as we came onto the circuit, it was really hard," said Hincapie. "A lot of people were attacking and it seemed like most of the others put the responsibility on me to chase everything down. I decided at that point that even if I wasn't fresh at the end, I was going to try to keep it together no matter what. Pieper was on the radio telling me that it was my responsibility and I knew that Rory [Sutherland] and Jason [Mccartney] were the strongest guys. I figured if I kept them in check and kept my eye on Tom Zirbel's gap than I had a chance.
"The last 30 kilometres were really difficult and it just happened to work out for me," Hincapie continued. "Today was cold, not as cold as Thursday. But as soon as we got onto the circuits it was really aggressive and we warmed up really quick."
Director sportif Rolf Aldag said that the mood within the team after yesterday's issues, one of redemption, was led by Cavendish. "Cavendish had the feeling that nothing could go wrong today," said Aldag. "I think that went around the team really quickly was that we would show them we can win."
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Second place on the line in the sprint Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis) with an impressive ride considering he was in yesterday's long break. "I think I'm smart enough to know that racing against George to the finish, that I'm not really going to be winning," he said. "But I did the best I could do and I picked the best places on the circuit that I thought suited me best. I tried to pass the responsibility on to the other guys."
Astana's Levi Leipheimer rode into Pasadena on the back of his team's train, which had assembled at the front of the peloton to keep him safe as the skies opened up.
"This race was more special," said Leipheimer. "The theme of this race was the caliber of the peloton and the amount of stars we had in the race. That is what really makes the race so great. Its people like Cipollini, Millar, Vande Velde, Cancellara, Bettini, Boonen, Friere...the list goes on. We had all the stars in the race and for me to win it is unbelievable.
"I told Fabian after the Time Trial was so great for me and my team Astana is because the competition is so great - you're only as good as your competitors," he added. "I think the peloton really made this race a special edition."
Leipheimer had a lot of thank yous for his team-mates as well, particularly because of this year's weather conditions. "They did an amazing amount of work and they were upfront in the most miserable, horrific conditions for miles and miles and hours and hours," he said. "That's a job that no one every really wants to do but they did it and they did it well. They proved that they are strong and we proved that Astana is one the best teams in the world."
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The Bissell team's Zirbel made the most aggressive move on the day, counter-attacking the day's long breakaway while entering the finishing circuits and keeping the remnants at bay for more than four entire laps of 7.2km each. "I saw an opportunity with the break - everyone was looking at each other and I took advantage," a understandably tired Zirbel managed to tell Cyclingnews after the stage. "I was kinda hoping someone would go with me! But once I had the gap I just went into Time Trial mode. I thought it would last for two laps, so I just figured the end of my race was in two laps. Then I got another lap! And so I just started taking it one lap at a time."
Zirbel's second pair of four laps were much tougher than the first two, and it showed. "The last two laps were pathetic," Zirbel laughed. "I had nothing left, especially on the risers. I was just praying for someone to catch me, actually.
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"I lasted longer than I thought I would and then I just kept thinking about stage four, when Rollin took it to the line and sprinters' teams screw it up sometimes," he added. "It was an eternity - I heard 15 and 10 [seconds] - Glenn just kept telling me to keep on it. I was just like, 'keep on top - keep on top'. But the finish line didn't come soon enough."
Zirbel was caught by Hincapie and Sutherland, and immediately dropped - mostly because he had such tunnel vision he never saw the catch coming. "I didn't know they were that close and I let a gap open up, but I was able to get back on. Once they attacked [in the end] I had no acceleration," he said.
Sadly for Zirbel, the race organizers do not award a most aggressive rider award on the final day, choosing instead to honor a most aggressive for the week. That award, voted on by the assembled press corps, went to the entire BMC team for its defense of Scott Nydam's KOM jersey and presence in the breaks early in the week.
Sprint leader Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) was able to place high enough in the final sprint, just behind Juan Jose Haedo (CSC), to finish with a two-point buffer in the category. This, combined with the BMC team's KOM and most aggressive wins, puts the domestic teams in far better light in relation to the ProTour teams, especially compared to the first two years of the race.
How it unfolded
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The tumultuous California weather continued at the start of the final stage of the Tour of California. At one point, race organizers did not even know if the race would be able to cross the San Gabriel mountains at Millcreek Summit as originally planned due to the severe weather. At the start it was a combination of rain, sun, clouds and a mix of it all as the riders rolled out. But reports on the climb said the roads were clear enough to race.
Right at the zero kilometre mark, after the neutral section, Rock Racing's Doug Ollerenshaw showed that the team was itching for a result. This got the field motivated and counter attacks ensued. While Ollerenshaw did not make the eventual break, his team-mate Michael Creed did. Also in the break were: George Hincapie (High Road), Jason McCartney (Team CSC), Yannick Talabardon (Credit Agricole), Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner), Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom), Danny Pate (Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30), Taylor Tolleson (BMC Racing Team), Rory Sutherland (Health Net p/b Maxxis) and Tom Zirbel (Bissell).
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This break combination pleased Astana, who was happy to patrol the front and keep the gap within reason. After the first sprint and heading up towards the only KOM of the day, the category three Millcreek Summit.
Later on, with the gap more than three minutes, a dangerous bridging move threatened Astana. Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing), Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Thomas Peterson (Slipstream-Chipotle) shot off the front, and were later joined by Peterson's team-mate David Zabriskie. Astana quickly stepped on the gas and eliminated the danger.
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Up front, Rock Racing's Creed decided to step on the gas too, doing anything he could to fly the team's flag after a slow start on the week - both for the team and for himself. "I was pretty mad at myself that I didn't make the break yesterday, so I made sure of it today," he said. "I'm still a little disappointed because I spent so much time at the back earlier in the week with the flu."
Creed was eventually reeled back in over the top of the KOM, but not before he took the maximum points. Down the other side the fog worsened, making visibility very limited around the tight turns.
The peloton crested the KOM still around three minutes and change down on the break, but without any alarm bells sounding. It was much more important to get down the descent safely. This was not the case for Rock Racing's Freddie Rodriguez, who crashed in one of the two tunnels on the descent. A few riders were quite unhappy with this situation, including Rodriquez, who had a few choice words for the race jury. But with the assurance that there were no more tunnels, the racing continued.
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All the riders made it down the 30-plus kilometres of descent safely, despite the increasingly heavy rains. Into the Pasadena neighborhoods, everyone began to watch the time splits as the gap came down but was still above two minutes. Nearing the circuits the break began to look around at each other. Jason McCartney (CSC) jumped from the break to take out the sprint points to help his team-mate Haedo. This started the attacks, but it was Zirbel's attack that got away.
The man from Colorado, nicknamed Thor by his team-mates, held on to a gap for four whole laps around the 7.2 km circuit. But it was not to be for him today, as a strong chase by Hincapie, Sutherland and McCartney kept him within reach.
On the final lap it was those four plus Creed hanging onto a small advantage over the peloton. In the final kilometre it was McCartney again going first, like he did entering the circuits. But the man known more for his climbing abilities was caught and passed by Hincapie with Sutherland trailing close behind.
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- Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing) and Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) have a chat at the start.
- Doug Ollerenshaw (Rock racing) tried to get things going from the gun.
- An early break tries to get up the road.
- The break that got away.
- The main bunch exits one of the tunnels along the route today.
- Things get strung out along the route.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) leads the break.
- Things really get rolling in the field.
- George Hincapie (High Road) powers the break.
- Rock Racing riders Victor Hugo Pena and Mario Cipollini.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) had a relatively easy day today.
- The main bunch begins to leave the valley.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) tries to go it alone.
- George Hincapie (High Road) comes up to bring back Michael Creed.
- Jason McCartney (CSC) sits in the break.
- As usual Astana comes to the front to take control.
- George Hincapie (High Road) doing work at the front of the break.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) having a good time out on the road.
- Janez Brajkovic (Astana) leads the field.
- The main bunch heads through one of today's many canyons.
- The bunch begins to climb.
- The break powers along.
- Freddy Rodriguez (Rock Racing) moments before his ugly crash.
- Chaos ensues as riders hit the deck in a dark tunnel.
- It’s Astana back to the front.
- The bunch begins under grey skies.
- Things get hectic at the back of the race when riders slow from a crash.
- The group descends from the fog.
- George Hincapie (High Road) comes through in fine form.
- Riders enter the final circuit with the Rose Bowl in the background.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) makes a last ditch effort to go solo.
- The break begins to feel each other out with one lap to go.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) still solo with one to go on the circuit.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) looks to see if anyone is going to jump.
- George Hincapie (High Road) endures the rain just a little bit longer.
- George Hincapie (High Road) takes the win.
- The BMC team gets awarded the most aggressive award.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) with wife Odessa happy to have another victory in California.
- The top three with Levi Leipheimer (Astana) in first, David Millar (Slipstream) second and Christian Vandevelde (Slipstream) in third.
- Thats all folks...
- George Hincapie (High Road) takes a stage win after a week of trying.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- America's George Hincapie (High Road) wins a wet stage at the Tour of California.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) signing in.
- Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing) and Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) swapping stories about their visit to California.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) attacked in the closing laps, but didn't last to the line.
- A tight pack and lots of rain on the final stage.
- George Hincapie (High Road) keeps a close watch on Rory Sutherland (Health Net) with one lap to go.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and his wife smile for the crowd.
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- Big George Hincapie (Team High Road) wins the final stage of the Tour of California.
- George Hincapie (Team High Road) celebrates on a soggy finish line.
- The bunch sprint was close, but safe... everyone remained upright.
- Mark Cavendish (Team High Road) powers through the line.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) celebrates his victory with his wife on stage to share in the festivities.
- There was even a rainbow at the podium presentations.
- Stage 7 podium (L-R): Rory Sutherland (Health Net), George Hincapie (Team High Road), and Jason Mcartney (CSC).
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) alone on the top step of the podium.
- The final jersey winners salute the crowd.
- A colorfully dressed cycling fan waits in "Autograph Alley" for a chance to interact with the riders.
- Frank Pipp & team-mate John Murphy (HealthNet) prepare for the start of stage 7.
- Ermanno Capelli (Saunier Duval) enjoys a brief patch of dry pavement.
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream/Chipotle) battles the elements as the peloton enters the final circuits.
- A small break lead the race into Pasadena with a gap of only 3 minutes.
- This Bouygues Telecom rider attempts a new method of hydration on the final laps.
- ...and then there were seven. The break dwindles in numbers as Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) takes a flier.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling), not content to wait for the rest of the break goes it alone in the final few laps.
- Rory Sutherland (HealthNet) leads George Hincapie (Team High Road) through the line with one lap to go.
- The Astana team, with Levi in tow decided to pull back the break.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) was spent after the race.
- Rory Sutherland (Health Net) rode an amazingly aggressive race, powering the breakaway all day.
Images by Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) signs autographs at the start in Santa Clarita.
- Fabian Cancellera (CSC) keeping the fans happy with team-mate Stewart O'Grady behind.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) alone with the world in Santa Clarita.
- At the start Freddy Rodriguez (Rock Racing) does an interview for U.S. sports network Vs.
- Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) drinks the downpour while trying to maintain his gap on the field in Pasadena.
- Yannick Talabardon (Credit Agricole), Taylor Tolleson (BMC), Danny Pate (Slipstream-Chipotle), Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner), and Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) labor to keep the break alive around the Rose Bowl.
- Conditions unlike Southern California greeted the riders in Pasadena.
- George Hincapie (High Road) wins the final stage.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) wins his second Tour of California and underscores his opinion that his team should be in the Tour de France.
- The final leader's board: Robert Gesink (Rabobank), Union Bank Best Young Rider Jersey; Scott Nydam (BMC), California Travel and Tourism King of the Mountain Leader's Jersey; Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Amgen Leader's Jersy; Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United), Herbalife Sprint Leader's Jersy; Alexandre Moos and Team BMC, Tachyon Most Aggressive Rider's Jersey.
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 3.50.57 (38,969 km/h) 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 4 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 5 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 0.12 7 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 14 Frank K Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 16 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 17 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 18 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 19 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 23 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 25 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 27 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 29 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 30 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 33 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 36 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 37 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 40 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 42 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 43 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 44 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 45 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 46 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 47 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 48 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 49 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 50 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 51 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 52 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 53 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 58 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 59 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 61 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 62 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 65 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 66 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 67 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 68 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.00 70 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 71 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 72 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 2.16 74 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 75 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.17 76 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 3.03 77 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.03 DNS Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott DNS Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road DNS Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank DNS Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNS Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast DNS Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast DNS Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast DNS Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis DNS John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis DNS Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNS Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNS Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling DNS Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNS Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team Sprints Sprint 1 1 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 5 pts 2 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 Sprint 2 1 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5 pts 2 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Finish 1 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 15 pts 2 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12 3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 10 4 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 7 5 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 5 7 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 4 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 1 Mountains 1 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 6 pts 2 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 4 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 5 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 3.51.09 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 8 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 9 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 10 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 12 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.48 Teams 1 High Road 11.33.15 2 Rock Racing 3 Team CSC 4 Bissell Pro Cycling 5 Quick Step 0.12 6 BMC Racing Team 7 Astana 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10 Rabobank 11 Crédit Agricole 12 Saunier Duval-Scott Final general classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 29.24.32 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 7.08 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 9.23 23 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10.05 24 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 10.46 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.11 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11.49 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 12.02 28 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 29 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 15.31 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15.41 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.47 32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.00 33 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 18.45 34 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 19.14 35 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19.22 36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 20.05 37 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 20.16 38 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 20.25 39 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 20.46 40 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 22.22 41 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 24.14 42 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 26.10 43 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 26.57 44 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 28.34 45 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 28.47 46 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 29.08 47 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 29.17 48 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 32.06 49 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 32.10 50 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 32.11 51 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 32.44 52 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 32.52 53 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.28 54 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 33.30 55 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 33.37 56 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.22 57 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 34.41 58 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 35.05 59 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.23 60 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.53 61 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 36.14 62 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 38.06 63 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 38.17 64 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 38.26 65 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 38.52 66 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 39.45 68 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 39.59 69 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 40.06 70 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 40.07 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.04 72 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.34 73 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 41.58 74 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 42.27 75 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 44.08 76 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 46.42 77 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 52.12 Sprints classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 44 pts 2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 42 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 32 4 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 28 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 24 6 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 20 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 17 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 15 9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 13 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 11 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 12 12 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 11 13 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 10 15 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 10 16 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 17 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 10 18 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 7 19 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 7 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6 21 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 6 22 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 6 23 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 25 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 26 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 5 27 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 28 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 4 29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 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 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 39 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 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 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 12 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 12 8 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11 11 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 13 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 8 14 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 15 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 6 16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 5 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 4 21 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 22 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 23 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 24 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2 25 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 26 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2 27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 2 28 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 1 29 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 30 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 29.26.50 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 37.41 12 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41.50 Teams classification 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 88.17.05 2 Astana 0.16 3 Team CSC 8.44 4 Quick Step 8.47 5 Rabobank 10.02 6 BMC Racing Team 19.11 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 22.59 8 Team High Road 23.24 9 Credit Agricole 24.28 10 Bissell Pro Cycling 36.40 11 Rock Racing 47.56 12 Bouygues Telecom 1.03.48
