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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 17-24, 2008
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Stage 5 - February 22: Solvang - Solvang (ITT), 15 mi / 24 km
Leipheimer owns TT in Solvang
Levi extends overall lead, Slipstream moves up
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Solvang
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Entering today's time trial, the discussion about who would emerge on top of the overall was mixed. World champion Fabian Cancellara (CSC) had put time into race leader Levi Leipheimer (Astana) in the opening prologue, and Slipstream-Chipotle had three good time trialists within striking distance. But at the end of the day it was Leipheimer putting all doubts to rest, smoking the rest of the field by nearly half a minute and extending is overall lead.
"All I can say is that I was very inspired here this year just like I was inspired here last year," said Leipheimer. "To be the defending champion and to have the yellow jersey means a lot to me. We really have a reason to fight here with my team Astana." Leipheimer said that this time trial ranks near the top, with only last year's final time trial in the Tour de France beating it. "I think this was my best time trial next to the Tour de France. I was thinking about that the whole time. He's one of the best bike racers in the world and the defending champion and the fans wan tot see him race and we are going to go there and give it to them."
In regards to the actual ride, Leipheimer said he was in tunnel vision with comments from director sportif Viatcheslav Ekimov faintly in the background. "I got a lot of great information, but the sign of a good time-trialer is that you don't remember a lot when you're done. It's a blur and I told myself to go to that place where I can hurt the most."
"Eki was great, he knows exactly what is going through my mind and what it takes to motivate me. He said 'you are so close - Millar's flying with the best split time! He told me I was 3rd best split time. With every passing kilometre I was yelling at myself but not to crash on the last corner because I was a little cross eyed!"
A very strong second place ride by British champion David Millar (Slipstream) catapulted him into second place on the overall, 49 seconds behind Leipheimer. Millar was followed by a surprising time trial from teammate Christian Vande Velde, who moved into third overall, 1:08 behind.
"Jonathan [Vaughters] brought us here last year to check out the course so it was not much of a surprise to me in terms of what to expect," said Millar. "I made a bit of a mistake in the prologue by going out too easy and I told myself I wouldn't do the same thing here. I think I might have scared Jonathan a little bit - I went out pretty hard and hung on!"
"I was surprised, for myself, I expected Fabian to win today," said Vande Velde who is a former teammate of Cancellara. "I put a little bit more pressure on myself, I did well two years ago and last years ago and I want to de even better this time. Those are all goals I had in my head, not exactly voiced before the race."
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"The course was very dynamic with a lot of left and rights and ups and downs and some tail winds where you could sort of ease off and recover," said Millar. "Because of the dynamic course there were moments where you could go hard or easy, its all relative but I thought it was a beautiful course."
Former race leader and prologue winner Fabian Cancellara kept his ride today in perspective, with the other riders focusing on winning here while he looks ahead to the spring classics. "I am the world champion but without good condition to beat the other ones it is hard," he said. "Levi and Millar, the whole team Slipstream, are all in good condition because this is one of the main goals for them.
"For a small guy to go fast like this, he shows every year now that he is fast in this race," Cancellara continued. "For him and [others] the Tour of California is the biggest race. For me the Tour de Suisse is maybe the same. He is good here and he has a rest after, but for me it is not the end - I still have to work hard to be serious for the next race. I have Flanders and Roubaix on my head."
"My condition is not super - I did a really good performance on the San Jose stage and yesterday with seven hours on the bike it was not easy for everybody. I was also taking on a new role on the team because I was in a good position, me and Larsson, and normally I am not expected to do this - normally it is [Larsson,] but that is cycling. But to be in this condition here is good. I'll take a good rest like the other day and be ready for tomorrow."
Leipheimer said that while Cancellara did not have his best day, he was impressed with his performance on the third stage into San Jose. "We are not machines and Fabian made an amazing performance the other day proving he could climb. He has a lot of heart and a lot of fans but we are not machines. Obviously today is not a normal day for Fabian, he's better than that and I think I got lucky."
Cancellara said that while Levi showed he is the strongest in the race today, he thinks that Slipstream is still a threat. "With two days more, it is not finished. I am sure Slipstream will do something - they want to win. I think they have more riders to have a leader. They showed on the San Jose stage that they are really strong, and were really strong today and they are good. They have to play their cards. When they don't then they are not better than Levi, but when you play really good cards and make good tactics, maybe in the end they will find a way."
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"Who knows what tomorrow its going to bring," said Vande Velde. "It's not just going to be us, it's going to be a combination of everybody and its most likely going to be guns blazing like it has been every year. It's a very hard start on small roads with some really nasty climbs. I'm sure Astana will be tired, I don't know how they couldn't be tired, everyone is. They did get a rest day today so batteries are recharged a bit."
One of the pleasant surprises today was Bissell's Tom Zirbel, who finished as the top domestic rider in eighth, 1:24 behind Leipheimer. Zirbel bested his time trial teammate Ben Jacques-Maynes by one second, giving that team two top-ten results on the day. "It was pretty windy today," said Zirbel. "I'm happy with my time trial today and that I had the lead for a little while. Its my first time trial this year other than the prologue and I felt pretty good. I think it is a good indication that I will have more good time trials this year."
Tomorrow's penultimate stage will be a tough test for Leipheimer and Astana, with four KOM climbs and three intermediate sprints before three tough finishing circuits in Santa Clarita. There are time bonuses on all the sprints and the finish, which could help close the distance to Leipheimer before the final stage, which has a tough climb up Millcreek Summit.
Cyclingnews will continue its live coverage of every stage, beginning tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. PST.
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- Leipheimer powers to victory ahead of David Millar.
- Leipheimer receives the perks of victory.
- CSC (the company, not the team) offers race spectators real-time GPS tracking of each rider.
- Slipstream/Chipotle's Steven Cozza finished in 27th place in Solvang.
- Stuart O'Grady of Team CSC is making his return to the peloton after a frightening crash last season.
- Danny Pate (Slipstream/Chipotle) looks long and lean on the TT course.
- A Team High Road rider makes the lonely journey through the countryside around Solvang.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) finished in mid-pack and was likely saving himself for the final two stages.
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) won yesterday's epic stage in brilliant fashion.
- Tom Zirbel (Team Bissell) is reaping the benefits of wind tunnel testing done earlier in the season.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) may have been showing the signs of a rough day yesterday, finishing 4:12 off the pace.
- Rory Sutherland (Health Net) tackled the course on Cannondale's new Slice.
- José Luis Rubiera (Astana) accelerates on course.
- Toyota-United's Ben Day streaks across the time trial course.
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) heads out on the familiar Cervélo P3C along with his trademark O.symetric elliptical chainrings.
- Jens Voight (Team CSC) was happy to be warm and dry today.
- Big George Hincapie (High Road) shows the scabs of an earlier crash and finished outside of the top-twenty.
- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Team Bissell) grimaces at the effort and earned a spectacular 9th place finish on the day.
- The grey skies threatened rain often during the day but thankfully never really opened up.
- Iker Camano Ortuzar (Saunier Duval-Scott) passes Rabobank's Mauricio Ardila Cano on a roller.
- Thomas Peterson (Slipstream/Chipotle) donned a new Pearl Izumi skinsuit for today's event.
- The face of Alexandre Moos (BMC) shows the pain of the day.
- Christian Vande Velde was one of two Slipstream/Chipotle riders in the top five.
- Chris Horner (Astana) rises out of the saddle.
- This way to Solvang!
- Dave Zabriskie (Slipstream/Chipotle) was unmistakable with his newly grown moustache.
- David Millar (Slipstream/Chipotle) was bested only by Levi Leipheimer with a margin of 29".
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) hasn’t quite hit his form this early in the season.
- BMC's Scott Nydam donned the KOM jersey through Solvang.
- Tim Johnson (Health Net) concentrates on getting to the finish.
- Bradley Wiggins (High Road) gets far forward on the saddle.
- Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole) looks forward to hitting the climbs again tomorrow.
- Victor Peña Grisales (Rock Racing) rounds the corner.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) on his way to the stage win.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) was swarmed by fans and media after crossing the line.
Images by Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) rounds the first turn and heads for the first downhill.
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream/Chipotle) presses it on the flat.
- David Millar (Slipstream/Chipotle) heads back into town like a man possessed.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) rounds the final turn with "pain" written all over his face.
- David Millar (Slipstream/Chipotle) came within 29 seconds of winning the stage.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) looked fresh at the top of the first climb.
- Christian Vandevelde (Slipstream/Chipotle) looks longingly ahead towards the finish line.
- David Zabriskie (Slipstream/Chipotle) turns up the heat into the home stretch.
- David Millar (Slipstream/Chipotle) the British time trial champion looked great during his ride.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) finished the course with a very vocal crowd pushing him all the way.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) Determination personified!!.
- The typical competitor’s view of Levi Leipheimer (Astana).
- Scott Nydam (BMC Racing) retains his KOM jersey for yet another day.
- Levi celebrates another day in the leader’s jersey.
- All the jersey winners took to the podium.
- The young ladies from Rock Racing help Levi Leipheimer (Astana) enjoy his victory.
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 30.47 2 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.29 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.45 4 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 0.57 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.05 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 1.15 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 1.19 8 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.24 9 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.25 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 1.28 11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 1.29 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 1.35 13 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step 1.38 14 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.42 15 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.43 16 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 1.44 17 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.56 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.57 19 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.59 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.03 21 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 2.07 22 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.08 23 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2.13 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2.18 25 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 2.19 26 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.21 27 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2.24 28 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 2.24 29 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 2.25 30 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.25 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 2.25 32 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.25 33 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.28 34 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.32 35 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 2.36 36 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2.37 37 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.41 38 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 2.45 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.52 40 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 2.54 41 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 2.56 42 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 3.03 43 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.05 44 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3.06 45 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3.15 46 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.15 47 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 3.16 48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.22 49 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3.23 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3.27 51 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3.29 52 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3.29 53 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.32 54 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 3.35 55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3.38 56 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 3.40 57 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.44 58 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.49 59 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.50 60 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.50 61 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 3.51 62 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3.53 63 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.53 64 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 4.01 65 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 66 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.05 67 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4.07 68 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 4.08 69 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4.08 70 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.11 71 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.11 72 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4.12 73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.16 74 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.17 75 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 4.20 76 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 4.26 77 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.27 78 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 4.30 79 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4.34 80 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4.35 81 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.37 82 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.45 83 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.45 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.53 85 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4.55 86 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 5.01 87 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.04 88 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.09 89 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.11 90 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5.15 91 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.16 92 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.20 93 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 5.21 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.28 95 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.30 96 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.47 97 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.51 98 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.59 99 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 6.01 100 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.22 101 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.31 102 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7.01 OTL Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 7.49 OTL Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 8.27 DNS Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast Young rider 1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 32.31 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 3 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.40 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.41 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 0.52 6 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.13 7 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.48 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 1.57 9 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.21 10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.12 11 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.25 12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 3.31 Teams 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.34.47 2 Astana 0.25 3 Team CSC 1.52 4 High Road 2.43 5 Bissell Pro Cycling 2.46 6 Saunier Duval-Scott 3.42 7 Quick Step 4.27 8 BMC Racing Team 5.03 9 Rabobank 5.40 10 Crédit Agricole 6.09 11 Rock Racing 6.34 12 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6.51 13 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 7.01 14 Gerolsteiner 8.24 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.42 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 9.48 General classification after stage 5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 21.14.52 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 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 8.34 22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 8.50 23 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.24 24 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 9.27 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 9.58 26 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10.08 27 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 10.46 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.11 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11.49 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 12.02 31 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 14.05 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road 14.29 33 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.01 34 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 15.16 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 15.41 36 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC 15.47 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.48 38 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 17.38 39 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis 18.24 40 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 18.45 41 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19.22 42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19.33 43 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.27 44 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 20.46 45 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 22.39 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 24.18 47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 25.00 48 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 26.10 49 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road 26.57 50 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 27.03 51 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 27.56 52 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 28.29 53 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 28.34 54 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 28.53 55 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road 29.53 56 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.21 57 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.40 58 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 31.48 59 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 31.51 60 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 32.06 61 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 32.10 62 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 32.11 63 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32.36 64 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 32.44 65 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 32.52 66 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 33.03 67 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 33.17 68 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.28 69 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 33.30 70 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 33.47 71 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing 34.45 72 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 35.15 73 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.23 74 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.53 75 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.54 76 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36.04 77 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 36.09 78 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 36.14 79 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 36.58 80 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 37.49 81 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 37.51 82 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 38.06 83 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana 38.17 84 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 38.26 85 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 38.52 86 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 39.01 87 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 39.11 88 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 39.22 89 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 39.45 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.51 91 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 39.59 92 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 40.19 93 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 42.27 94 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 43.39 95 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 44.08 96 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 44.25 97 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 45.08 98 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 45.54 99 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 47.29 100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 47.30 101 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 51.57 102 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 51.58 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 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 21.17.10 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 24.45 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road 30.59 8 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.12 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 33.51 10 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.48 11 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 36.53 12 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41.50 Teams 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2 pts 2 Astana 2 3 Quick Step 2 4 Team CSC 2 5 Rabobank 2 6 BMC Racing Team 2 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 2 8 High Road 2 9 Crédit Agricole 2 10 Gerolsteiner 2 11 Bissell Pro Cycling 2 12 Rock Racing 2 13 Health Net Presented by Maxxis 2 14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Bouygues Telecom 2 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2 17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2
