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5th Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 7-14, 2008
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Stage 6 - September 12: Darlington - Gateshead, 156km
Petacchi wins the Gateshead gallop
By Gerry McManus in Gateshead
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Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes – Ballan) exploded down the finishing straight at Hillgate Quay in Gateshead to win his second stage of the 2008 Tour of Britain.
The Italian sprint star held his position in the tough run in to the finish. The final kilometre had two tight turns with the peloton travelling at speed over a bridge spanning the river Tyne and Petacchi powered his way past Rob Hayles (Team GB) to take the honours. A fast moving Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) tried to go around the outside but had to settle for third place after netting the previous two stage victories.
Geoffroy Lequatre finished safely in the bunch and now leads the race by six seconds to Steve Cummings (Barloworld). Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) gained the most in the overall classification stakes when he finished in the 18-man front group and moved up to third overall and only 14 seconds behind Lequatre.
"It was perfect for us today," said race leader Lequatre. "Garmin and LPR helped us to ride. The finish was nervous and a little bit difficult with the rain. It was very slippery but I kept a good place in the peloton and finished in the first ten in the sprint. It began to get dangerous when it started to rain about 20-25km away from the finish and there were a lot of crashes. Tomorrow is probably going to be the biggest day. If I can make it through tomorrow OK, then Sunday will be good but the race is not finished yet."
Stage winner Petacchi described the final sprint for the line. "Today was very very difficult," said the Italian sprinter: "Because the last 10 kilometres were not very fast because of the wet roads. O'Grady (Stuart) did a lot of work on the front and I stayed in the wheels. I started my sprint very early at 300m to go. I had Boasson Hagen and Rob Hayles on my right so I attacked down the left. It was difficult because of the cold and the wind and my legs were not very good. The team did a lot of work for me today. Di Luca, Spezialetti, Bosisio and Ermeti worked for many kilometres to go and I wanted to win the sprint for them."
How it unfolded
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The whole race was quite simply today. Scotsman Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven RT) attacked just as the neutralised section ended at the start of the stage. Bradley McGee (Team CSC Saxobank) and Pete Williams (Pinarello CandiTV) joined Oliphant and the trio pulled out a ten second gap over an Agritubel led bunch. Diego Caccia (Barloworld) saw the opportunity and jumped across to the leaders but he had to work hard to make the connection. None of these riders were a real threat to Lequatre's lead but the main field rode tempo to limit the leaders margin.
The four riders proceeded to grow their lead to over six minutes. Oliphant took the maximum king of the mountain points at Langley with Williams taking the next at High Barns and the sprint at Harelaw. The special primes were largely ignored by the quartet who were working together for the stage victory rather than waste energy fighting each other. Caccia won the sprint in Morepeth and Oliphant took the final one Seaton Sluice.
LPR and Team Garmin-Chipotle were leading the charge and the gap started to fall dramatically as the finish in Gateshead loomed.
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Caccia crashed on a descent and he was caught by the charging Barloworld led bunch. Williams attacked twice as the gap to the bunch came down to under 30 seconds but was brought back by McGee and Oliphant. McGee put one last effort in as the bunch caught the other two and the former prologue winner of the Tour de France tried to time trial his way clear. McGee dangled precariously off the front with only 100m lead and his bid for glory was over when the bunch swarmed past him with three kilometres to go.
The peloton split under the combination of speed and the twisty final kilometre and Petacchi showed his still rules as king of the sprints. Hayles and Boasson Hagen did make it difficult for the Italian who had to lunge for the line and had no time to celebrate his victory.
There was no change in the mountains of sprint competitions today but Di Luca pulled on the green jersey as points leader. Saturday's stage features a tough 153km stage from Glasgow to Drumlanrig Castle. The Menock pass at 109km is the toughest category one climb in the race and nearly 10km long. If Martin has the legs on the day to seize the opportunity and stay clear to the finish, he could be in yellow tomorrow night.
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- Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes) wins his second stage in the Tour in a frantic sprint finish in Gateshead ahead of Britain's Rob Hayles (Team GB) and Norways Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes) takes his second stage when the race finished in Gateshead on Friday
- The main field climbs up the third category climb at Langley with the Agritubel team riding on the front in defence of the yellow jersey
- The four-man breakaway Pete Williams (Pinarello CandiTV), Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven), Bradley McGee (Team CSC Saxobank) and Diego Caccia (Barloworld) arrive at the summit of the third category climb at Langley with over two minutes lead on the main field
- Bradley McGee (Team CSC Saxobank) leads the break over the climb at Langley
- Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven) rides comfortably in the key break of the day on the road to Gateshead
- The Agritubel team ride on the front of the bunch to keep close to the breakaway group
- Bradley McGee (Team CSC Saxobank) leads the Evan Oliphant (Plowman Craven RT) and Pete Williams (Pinarello CandiTV)
- Stephen Gallagher (An Post - Sean Kelly Team) leads the bunch on the way to Gateshead
- Stephen Gallagher (An Post Sean Kelly Team) puts the hammer down on the front of the bunch in pursuit of the breakaway group
- Diego Caccia (Barloworld) firing on all cylinders as he crosses the gap to the leaders
- Diego Caccia (Barloworld) crosses the gap to the leaders
- Bradley McGee (CSC) drives the break
- The Agritubel team ride tempo on front of the bunch
- Rob Hayles (Team GB) and Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes) on the front of the charging bunch in Gateshead in the final 200m
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR) was delighted with his form and his second win in the Tour of Britain
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team LPR Brakes) now leading the points competition after six days in the saddle
- Race leader Geoffory Lequatre (Agritubel) stays in yellow
- Pete Williams (Pinarello CandiTV) won the combativity away for the stage
- The race finish area in Gateshead
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Bradley Wiggins (Team Columbia) racing on home soil.
- Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), overall leader of the race.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) sitting comfortable mid peloton.
- David Millar leads his Garmin-Chipotle-presented by H30, Magnus Backstedt through a corner.
- Fred Rodriguez (Rock Racing) mixing it up in the convoy.
- Hamilton off the front.
- Santiago Botero (Rock Racing) leads Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank).
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3.45.09 (42.11 km/h) 2 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 4 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 5 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 6 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 7 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 9 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 10 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 11 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade 12 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 14 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 15 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 16 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 17 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 19 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 0.05 20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 22 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 23 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 24 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 25 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 26 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 27 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 29 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 30 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 31 Emilian Berges (Fra) Agritubel 32 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 33 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 34 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 35 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 37 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 0.11 38 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 39 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 40 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 41 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 0.12 42 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 43 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 0.28 44 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.39 45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 46 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 0.50 47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.56 48 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.09 49 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.24 50 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.33 51 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 1.40 52 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 53 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.40 54 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 55 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.46 56 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 57 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 58 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 1.46 59 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.14 60 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.16 61 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 62 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.39 63 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.03 64 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 3.33 65 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3.38 66 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade 4.08 67 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 4.12 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4.19 69 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 6.17 70 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia 71 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 72 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 7.06 73 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.18 74 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 75 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 76 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 77 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv 78 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 80 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade 81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 82 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Energade 83 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 84 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 85 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 9.08 86 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 87 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 11.41 88 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 89 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld Sprints Harelaw 1 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 5 pts 2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Morepeth 1 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 3 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Seaton Sluice 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 5 pts 2 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 3 3 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Mountains Cat 3: Langley 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 4 pts 2 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 3 3 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Cat 3: High Barns 1 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 4 pts 2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Teams 1 Great Britain 11.15.27 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.05 3 Agritubel 4 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co. 0.10 5 An Post M.Donnelly 6 MTN Energade 7 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 0.16 8 Team Columbia 0.17 9 Rock Racing 0.22 10 Garmin - Chipotle 0.28 11 Topsport Vlaanderen 1.19 12 Pinarello RT - Candi TV 1.24 13 Plowman Craven RT 2.26 14 Barloworld 2.36 15 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 3.38 16 LPR Brakes - Ballan 3.43 General classification after stage 6 1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 21.14.49 2 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 0.06 3 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 0.14 4 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 0.15 5 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 0.16 6 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 0.18 7 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 0.19 8 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28 9 Emilian Berges (Fra) Agritubel 0.40 10 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.24 11 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 1.47 12 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.49 13 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1.52 15 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 1.54 16 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1.59 17 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.04 18 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.48 19 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3.31 20 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4.35 21 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 10.34 22 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 11.52 23 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12.15 24 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 12.35 25 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 12.46 26 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 12.48 27 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 12.51 28 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 29 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 13.00 30 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 13.17 31 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 13.53 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 33 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 14.11 34 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 14.21 35 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 14.31 36 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 15.19 37 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 15.37 38 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 16.19 39 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 16.20 40 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17.15 41 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade 17.31 42 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 17.42 43 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 17.50 44 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 18.15 45 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 18.32 46 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 18.51 47 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19.07 48 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19.57 49 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 20.34 50 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 20.51 51 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21.04 52 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 22.03 53 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 22.44 54 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 23.20 55 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 23.22 56 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 23.46 57 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade 24.11 58 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 24.28 59 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 24.42 60 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 25.02 61 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 25.07 62 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 25.16 63 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 25.21 64 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 26.03 65 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 26.12 66 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 26.34 67 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 26.37 68 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 26.39 69 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 26.45 70 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 27.16 71 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 27.19 72 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 27.20 73 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 27.28 74 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 27.50 75 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28.22 76 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 30.06 77 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia 32.22 78 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 33.16 79 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Energade 33.17 80 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 33.27 81 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 33.39 82 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 33.48 83 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade 35.37 84 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 35.46 85 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36.52 86 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 37.00 87 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 39.24 88 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 41.04 89 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv 51.25 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 44 pts 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 43 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 39 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 39 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 37 6 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 31 7 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 30 8 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 30 9 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 27 10 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 27 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 26 12 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 25 13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 24 14 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 22 15 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 22 16 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 20 17 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 20 18 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 19 19 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 16 20 Emilian Berges (Fra) Agritubel 15 21 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 15 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 13 23 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 12 24 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 25 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 12 26 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 11 27 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 11 28 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 10 29 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 30 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 9 Sprint classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 17 pts 2 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 15 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 13 4 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 12 5 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 11 6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 10 7 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 8 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 9 9 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 9 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 8 11 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 8 12 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 7 13 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 14 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 5 15 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 5 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 5 17 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 4 18 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 19 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 21 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 3 22 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3 23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 24 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 25 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 26 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 2 27 Emilian Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 28 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 2 29 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 1 30 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1 31 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 1 Mountains classification 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 29 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 19 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 19 4 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 15 5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 14 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 11 7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 8 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 10 9 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 9 10 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 8 11 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 8 12 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 13 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 8 14 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 7 15 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 7 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 6 17 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 6 18 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 19 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 20 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 21 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 5 22 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 4 23 Dan Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 4 24 Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 25 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3 26 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 27 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 3 28 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 3 29 Emilian Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 30 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 2 31 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 32 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 33 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 34 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 35 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 36 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Teams classification 1 Agritubel 63.48.16 2 An Post M.Donnelly 9.32 3 Great Britain 11.05 4 Garmin - Chipotle 11.11 5 Topsport Vlaanderen 12.50 6 LPR Brakes - Ballan 14.00 7 MTN Energade 14.46 8 Barloworld 15.47 9 Team Columbia 23.17 10 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23.27 11 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co. 24.37 12 Pinarello RT - Candi TV 27.01 13 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 36.29 14 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 37.38 15 Plowman Craven RT 39.03 16 Rock Racing 40.46
