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5th Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 7-14, 2008
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Stage 3 - September 9: Chard - Burnham-on-Sea, 185km
Day-trip to the seaside pays off for Berges
By Gerry McManus
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Emilien Berges (Agritubel) attacked his breakaway companions and time trialled his way to the finish in Burnham on Sea to take stage three of the Tour of Britain. Thanks to his victory he managed to wrestle the yellow jersey from the shoulders of overnight leader Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes).
The Frenchman proved to be the strongest on a tough stage in the Exmoor region of Devon after he escaped from a nine man group that had been formed in the latter stages of the race by riders jumping across to lone leader Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel). Lequatre had a little compensation when won the group sprint to take second spot ahead of Gabriele Bosisio (Team LPR Brakes) and Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30).
Berges now leads the race by 29 seconds, ahead of teammate Lequatre with Bosisio third at 36 seconds.
"We didn't really have a strategy for the stage," explained Berges. "We were very vigilant at the start as we knew there would be a cross wind and that the first hill was early but it wasn't as hard as we thought. We all rode at the front and Lequatre attacked a number of times and he gained a lot of time on the rest of the bunch.
"Myself and Freddy Bichot got into the big group who got away on the main climb and I eventually got across to the leaders. Originally I was going to lead Lequatre out for the sprint because he had won all the time bonuses during the stage but I found myself alone on the front when I accelerated in the group and they let me go. Time trialling is my speciality and when I couldn't see any motorbikes behind me with 3km to go, I knew I was going to win."
"Now we have the hardest part of the race because we have the yellow jersey and it is going to be hard to keep it," Berges continued. "We will have to be vigilant everyday. Nothing is won yet. The result today is very important for me. I have been close to several wins recently but they didn't work out."
How it unfolded
The weather conditions were truly awful as the field left the Somerset town of Chard. The rain was continuous and the temperature was warm but windy, Riders donned rain capes, arm warmers and overshoes to keep as dry and warm as possible.
Ben Swift started his campaign to win the king of the mountains competition for a second successive year by taking the top points at the category two Staple Hill.
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The weather conditions didn't deter riders attacking on the relatively flat roads of Somerset. A group of nine riders had broken away early in the stage. The leading group included mountains leader Kristian House (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Great Britain's Ben Swift and Andy Tennant, Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustalia.com), Magnus Backstedt (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30), CSC Saxobank stagiere Jonathan Bellis and last year's winner Romain Feillu (Agritubel).
The leading group managed to stay clear for a while with the LPR team riding tempo on the front of the bunch to keep the leaders within striking distance. Their moment of freedom ended as they reached the town of Tiverton. Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel) counter attacked as the break was recaptured and the strong Frenchmen proceeded to put over 6 minutes between himself and the main field as he reached the intermediate sprint point at South Molton. Daniel Fleeman (An Post - Sean Kelly Team) and Steve Cummings (Barloworld) took off in pursuit of Lequatre and began to claw back time on the category one climb of Mile Hill. The key break emerged from the bunch on the tough climb with 24 riders reaching the summit and homing on the leader and the two British chasers but without the yellow jersey Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes) and his faithful lieutenant Danilo Di Luca.
Cummings and Fleeman were the first to join the Frenchman at the 130km mark then Ian Stannard (Team GB) jumped across with Giro d'Italia stage winner Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) who was aiming to keep the yellow jersey in the team. The quintet had over a minutes lead at the final climb at Cothelstone Hill but the gap was down to 40 seconds with 20km to go.
Reinforcements arrived in the shape of Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) with reports saying that the Irishman had single-handedly crossed the divide with Frederick Veuchelen (TopSport - Vlaanderen), Berges and Benny De Schrooder (An Post - Sean Kelly Team) all in tow. Berges launched his race winning move with 5km to go and had plenty of time to celebrate as he sat up and punched the air in celebration.
Roger Hammond (Team Columbia) just moves into the green jersey as points leader ahead of Petacchi who lost over 13 minutes on the stage and is out of contention for overall victory. House has a four point lead in the mountains classification over Swift and Cummings. Di Luca still leads in the sprints competition.
Photography
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- Great Britain team mates Andy Tennant and Ben Swift lead the break on a small climb in the village of Uffculme
- King of the Mountains leader Kristian House (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) in the break ahead of Australian Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
- The main field arrives in the Devon village of Uffculme
- Russell Downing (Pinarello CandiTV) studies the plan of the finish before the stage started in Chard
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC Saxobank) leads the main field in Devon through the village of Uffculme
- LPR Brakes ride tempo on the front to keep the break at a reasonable distance
- Ben Swift (Team GB) on the front of the early break on stage three
- Emilien Berges (Agritubel) wins the stage into Burnham on Sea
- Geoffroy Lequarte congratulates a delighted team mate Emilien Berges after he won stage three into Burnham on Sea and took over the yellow jersey as race leader
- Emilien Berges (Agritubel) celebrates his victory from a lone break in Burnham on Sea
- Emilien Berges (Agritubel) pulls on the yellow jersey as race leader after he won stage three into Burnham on Sea
- Emilien Berges (Agritubel) talks to journalists at the post stage press conference
- Lucky Kristian House (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) gets kisses from the podium hostesses as he is presented with the king of the mountains jersey
- Roger Hammond (Team Columbia) takes over the green jersey as point’s leader on the race
- Geoffroy Lequarte (Agritubel) wins the group sprint to take second place on the stage
- Emilien Berges's (Agritubel) first task as race leader is to sign some yellow jerseys
Results
1 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 4.49.22 (38.36 km/h) 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 0.30 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 5 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 6 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 7 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 8 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 9 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.39 10 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.45 11 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1.46 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1.56 13 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 14 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.58 15 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 2.00 16 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.01 17 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 2.03 18 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 20 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 2.05 21 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 2.10 23 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3.35 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 13.02 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 27 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 29 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 30 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia 31 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 34 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 35 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 37 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 38 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 39 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 40 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 41 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 42 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 44 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 47 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 48 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 49 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 50 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 51 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 52 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 53 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 54 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 55 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 56 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 57 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade 58 Diego Caccia (Ita)Barloworld 59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 61 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 62 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 63 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 64 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade 65 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 66 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 67 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 68 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 69 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 70 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 71 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 72 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade 73 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 75 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 76 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 77 Rhys Lloyd (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 78 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 79 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 80 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Energade 81 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 82 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 83 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 84 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 85 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 86 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 87 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 88 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 89 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv 28.11 90 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 91 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk DNS Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira DNF Juan Gomis (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira DNF Rahsaan Bahati (USA) Rock Racing DNF Paidi O'Brien (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam Sprints Tiverton 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 5 pts 2 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1 South Molton 1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 5 pts 2 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 3 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1 Bridgwater 1 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3 3 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 2 4 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 1 Mountains Cat 2: Staple Hill 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 6 pts 2 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 5 3 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 4 4 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 5 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 2 6 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 1 Cat 1: Mile Hill 1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 10 pts 2 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 8 3 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 6 4 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 5 5 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 4 6 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 3 7 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 2 8 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Cat 2: Cothelstone Hill 1 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 6 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 4 4 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 3 5 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 2 6 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 Teams 1 Agritubel 14.30.39 2 An Post M.Donnelly 14.42.08 3 LPR Brakes - Ballan 14.43.24 4 Garmin - Chipotle 14.43.34 5 Barloworld 14.43.41 6 Topsport Vlaanderen 14.43.45 7 Great Britain 14.43.48 8 MTN Energade 14.46.48 9 Pinarello RT - Candi TV 14.55.55 10 Team Columbia 14.56.06 11 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co. 14.56.10 12 Plowman Craven RT 14.56.11 13 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 14.56.13 14 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14.56.15 15 Rock Racing 15.07.12 16 SouthAustralia.com - AIS General classification after stage 3 1 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 10.06.17 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 0.29 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 0.36 4 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 0.37 5 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 6 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 0.39 7 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 0.40 8 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 9 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.49 10 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.50 11 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 1.56 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 2.06 13 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.08 14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.10 15 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 16 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.11 17 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 2.13 18 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 19 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.15 20 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 21 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 2.20 22 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 2.25 23 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3.43 24 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 13.02 25 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 13.04 27 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 13.06 28 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 29 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 30 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 31 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 13.08 32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 13.09 33 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 13.10 34 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 13.11 35 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 36 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13.12 37 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 38 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 39 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 40 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 41 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 42 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 43 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 44 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 45 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 46 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 47 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 48 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 49 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 50 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 51 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 52 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 53 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade 54 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 55 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 56 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 57 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 58 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 59 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 60 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 61 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade 62 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 63 Rhys Lloyd (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 64 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 65 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 66 Diego Caccia (Ita)Barloworld 67 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Energade 69 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 70 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 72 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 73 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 74 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 75 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 76 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 77 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 78 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 80 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 81 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 13.22 82 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 13.28 83 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 13.32 84 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia 13.58 85 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 86 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade 15.01 87 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 16.39 88 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 26.40 89 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 28.21 90 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 91 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv Points classification 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 26 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 25 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 4 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 18 5 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 16 6 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 16 7 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 16 8 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 15 9 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 15 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 14 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 14 12 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 13 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 13 14 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 12 15 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 11 16 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 17 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 11 18 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 11 19 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 10 20 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 9 21 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 9 22 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 8 23 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7 24 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 7 25 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 6 26 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 27 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 28 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 29 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 2 30 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 1 31 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 1 32 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1 Sprint classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 14 pts 2 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 10 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 9 5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 8 6 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 8 7 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 8 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 5 9 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 5 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 5 11 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 14 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 2 15 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 2 16 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 2 18 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 1 19 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1 Mountains classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 19 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 15 3 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 15 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 14 5 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 10 6 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 9 7 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 8 8 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 8 9 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 6 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 6 11 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 4 13 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 4 14 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 4 15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 16 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3 17 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 3 18 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 19 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 20 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 2 21 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 22 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 2 23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 24 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 25 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 26 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 27 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Teams classification 1 Agritubel 30.21.54 2 An Post M.Donnelly 11.29 3 LPR Brakes - Ballan 12.45 4 Garmin - Chipotle 12.55 5 Barloworld 13.02 6 Topsport Vlaanderen 13.06 7 Great Britain 13.09 8 MTN Energade 16.09 9 Pinarello RT - Candi TV 25.16 10 Team Columbia 25.27 11 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co. 25.31 12 Plowman Craven RT 25.32 13 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 25.34 14 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25.36 15 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 36.33 16 Rock Racing
