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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 3 - September 10: Branson (ITT), 18 miles
Vande Velde continues top season with 'hardest' TT win
GC picture comes quickly into focus
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in Branson, Missouri with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins
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The top American at this year's Tour de France, Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle), is riding a wave in his best season ever. A fifth place at the Tour made the season for his team, a wild card entry. However, Vande Velde is not resting on that accomplishment. He placed third at the US professional time trial championships in August, behind his teammate David Zabriskie. But that still was not enough for him, saying that he was too cautious in the race and that he could have gone harder. Well he certainly went harder in the individual time trial at the Tour of Missouri, blasting the competition by a healthy margin to claim the stage and overall lead.
"It was a surprise," said Vande Velde about the win. "I wasn't a hundred percent confident with myself because of the way I've been feeling. I've been dealing with this-and-that the last couple of weeks and I didn't perform that well in the national championships. Even yesterday with the lead out Mick [Rogers] gave [Cavendish] he almost killed me and my morale even more!"
"It was a surprise but at the same time I rode the course in the morning and it motivated me to ride a good time trial. Time trials are always taxing even when you are going well and I always start out slower. I had Mick behind me which is always great motivation."
Vande Velde said he heard from last year's TT winner here, Levi Leipheimer, that this course was the hardest time trial he had done - but did not actually believe him... until today.
"Levi told me that it was the hardest time trial that he ever did - and I was like come on!' But I'd have to agree now that it is. I never really got into a big rhythm and I had to be very focused getting over all the climbs. It's so easy to just give up at the top of each climb."
Vande Velde's result was impressive given that he bested a former world champion Michael Rogers (Columbia), the defending race overall champion George Hincapie (Columbia) as well as his own teammate and current US time trial champion David Zabriskie. "Today was a big deal for me to finish ahead of a rider like Mick Rogers, and there are a lot of good time trialists here," he said.
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Now with the race lead Vande Velde is looking to put a winning cap on an already successful season.
Another impressive ride came from the current Canadian champion Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) who set the best time halfway through and remained in the hot seat until Vande Velde's finish. Rogers knocked him down to the third step a few riders later.
"I rank this as one of the top five time trials I've ever done in my life," said Tuft. "I think Beijing gave me a lot of confidence as a rider. I did everything I could to prepare going into that and I could see that I could compete with some of the best guys in the world. It helped me to focus coming into this race and not mess around at all."
Tuft said that the difficulty of the course made the strategy simple. "I did what I needed to do and stayed as fresh as possible going into today. There is no trick to this course; I just had to ride with everything I had. There was no point in conserving. I hit this course with everything I had all the way to the finish."
"There is such a huge pace change because some of the climbs do get really steep. I think the rider who can stay on top of his gear going over the climbs and still pick up speed over the top is the rider that is going to do well. It all comes down to form and fitness. I used a 55/44 and an 11-23."
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The overall picture is essentially today's stage results, with Vande Velde taking the overall lead from double stage winner Mark Cavendish. The sprinter's face showed a hard effort to honour wearing the yellow jersey, but he only managed 41st. Columbia's Italian time trial champion Marco Pinotti had bad luck today with a rear puncture, while defending champion Hincapie finished fourth.
Now the question to ask is will Columbia continue its impressive finishing displays now that the peloton control falls to Garmin-Chipotle? Or will they put their resources up the road to put pressure on Vande Velde to defend their lead? Second place Michael Rogers was upfront in answering this question.
"Obviously it's going to be hard for things to change on the classification for us, but there are many more possibilities for us with a rider like Mark Cavendish," he said. "The pressure has been lifted off of us now. I think we wont be playing as much of an aggressive role in the last couple of days because it doesn't make any sense for Columbia to work on the front to bring [Garmin] to the finish. They are going to have to take the lead from now on. But like I said the race isn't over yet and anything can happen."
Rogers cited the parcours as the main reason why there is not likely to be a change in the overall, with mostly rolling terrain the rest of the way into St. Louis. "There are no really decisive elements about the race, no big climbs or decisive mountain. Taking back the yellow is going to be no easy feat, these guys have experience and they are a strong team. Although the courses are undulating there are no decisive moment where we can make an attack. But certainly anything can happen."
Garmin-Chipotle once again showed its focus on the time trial - putting four riders in the top ten with Tom Danielson in eighth and Danny Pate in ninth. "I've been working on my time trial position a lot this winter and my team has put a lot of effort into that. We don't mess around when it comes to warming up, equipment, wattage - and team Columbia is the same," said Vande Velde. "So it is no surprise when you see in a time trial these two team Garmin-Chipotle and Columbia are dominant in the top ten."
"We've put a lot of effort in the time trial and Christian has really grown a lot in that respect," said Garmin-Chipotle director Jonathan Vaughters. "I think he's got a very good chance of winning the Tour de France next year and I think the next step to him doing that is making sure he is racing hard all the way to the end of the season."
"It sets up properly for the next year where he can take a rest at the proper time of year and rest back up, as opposed to stopping right after the Tour and taking a break. It's hard because he wants to just take a rest after doing the Tour and the Giro. We've pushed all out guys to race hard all the way to the end of the season."
Apparently Vande Velde is in agreement. "I finished the time trial in the Tour de France and I couldn't wait for it to begin again in 2009!"
Rock Racing had a rough day with two riders outside the time cut, Justin Williams and Sterling Magnell, as well as every rider fined 100 Swiss Francs for wearing differently designed team kits. Elliott Cervantes (Tecos) was the only other time cut.
Tomorrow's stage is a new route from Lebanon to Rolla, and reportedly has the toughest 'climb' of the tour -a 1.5-mile (2.4km) climb of 12 percent -which is one of three KOMs tomorrow. This will be a major factor in deciding the KOM competition, currently led by Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United).
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- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) rockets to the win and overall lead in Tour of Missouri's stage three time trial.
- Chris Wherry (Toyota-United) warms up for the TT.
- The Rock Racing boys get ready for the day.
- Andrew Randell (Symmetrics) leaves the start house in downtown Branson.
- The Missouri Department of Transportation was out in full effect to protect riders on the course.
- Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) rides along the massive line of MDOT trucks.
- Riders passing on the hilly and windy Branson course.
- Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit) tackling one of the long climbs.
- Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) posted a good time at the first split.
- Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas) had a chance to take in more of the Missouri countryside today.
- Chris Wherry (Toyota-United) tries hard to get down the descent as fast as possible.
- Brad Huff (Garmin-Chipotle) had lots of fans out near his home town.
- David Zabriskie (Garmin-Chipotle) comes by to post a time 1:10 off the winning pace.
- Rory Sutherland gets tucked in and aero for the descent.
- Ron Ruijgh (Sparkasse) made the long trip all the way from Holland to race in Missouri.
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) rode a great race to come in third today.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell)
- Mick Rogers (Columbia) coming by with a good ride for second place.
- Tony Cruz (BMC) always has a consistent ride.
- Martin Kohler (BMC) comes up the road sporting the best young rider jersey.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) has been a work horse for the team this week so far.
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia) had bad luck today with a flat out on the course.
- George Hincapie (Columbia) came in with a good 4th place finish.
- Jeff Louder (BMC) was a little off of his Tour of Utah winning pace today.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) will be happy to get back to the sprint stages.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) makes it up the climb in the last kilometer.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) has to fight all the way up to the finish line on this hilly course.
- Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) takes over the lead after winning the stage.
- The Branson waterfront provided the back drop for who has the jerseys so far.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Thomas Danielson’s (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) ride was good enough for 8th.
- Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) took the toughest time trial of the season, according to him.
- Vande Velde looking extremely focused.
- Mark Cavendish wasn't able to hold onto his overall lead.
- Hard work paid off.
- Steven Cozza (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) finished 1.51 down on his teammate.
- Michael Rogers (Team Columbia) finished 2nd 21 seconds behind.
- Cavendish makes his way to the line.
- The stage podium.
- David Zabriskie (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) the current US TT champion.
Images by Greg Chang/Photosport International
- George Hincapie (Columbia)
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics Cycling Team) took third for the day.
- Michael Rogers (Columbia) finished second.
- Craig Lewis (Columbia) gets started.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) rides in defence of the yellow top.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) on his winning run.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) takes over the leader's top.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30), on right, on the podium after the stage.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics Cycling Team) on his way to a good third place
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia) Italian TT Champ
- Tom Danielson's (Team Garmin-Chipotle) looking like a mad dog
- Steven Cozza (Team Garmin-Chipotle)
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia)
- George Hincapie (Columbia) followed closely, took 4th
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas)
- Last day in the leaders jersey for the sprinter Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
Results
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 39.52 (43.663 km/h) 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.21 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.32 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.03 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.10 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.15 7 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 1.22 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.23 9 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.24 10 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.25 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.33 12 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.33 13 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.50 14 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.51 15 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.54 16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.05 17 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.24 18 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.25 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.30 20 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 2.36 21 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.38 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 23 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.49 24 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.52 25 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.03 26 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.07 27 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.23 28 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.28 29 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 3.28 30 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.29 31 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 3.32 32 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.36 33 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 3.36 34 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 3.38 35 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.46 36 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.49 37 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 3.53 38 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 3.54 39 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 3.54 40 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.06 41 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.09 42 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.10 43 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.14 44 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 45 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 4.21 46 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.23 47 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.26 48 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.26 49 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 4.28 50 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.35 51 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.37 52 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.40 53 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.43 54 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.49 55 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.55 56 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.00 57 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.02 58 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.03 59 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5.05 60 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.09 61 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5.09 62 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5.13 63 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 5.16 64 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5.16 65 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.20 66 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.27 67 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.30 68 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.31 69 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.32 70 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5.33 71 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 5.34 72 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5.37 73 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.45 74 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.46 75 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 5.55 76 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 5.55 77 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.57 78 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.58 79 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.02 80 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6.06 81 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.09 82 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.10 83 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6.12 84 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 6.23 85 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 6.24 86 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 6.31 87 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.45 88 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 6.54 89 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 6.55 90 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.02 91 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.05 92 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 7.09 93 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 7.09 94 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 7.10 95 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7.12 96 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.13 97 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 7.27 98 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.29 99 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 7.31 100 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.34 101 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 7.36 102 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 7.40 103 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.43 104 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 7.50 105 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 8.00 106 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 8.12 107 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 8.14 108 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 8.34 109 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 8.42 110 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 9.54 HD Stirling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing 10.24 HD Elliott Everardo Vazquez Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 11.21 HD Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 14.01 DNS Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 Intermediate timing 15.7 km 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.55 2 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.05 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.08 4 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 0.09 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.11 6 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.17 7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 0.30 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.37 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.49 10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.57 11 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.58 12 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.00 13 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.02 14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.06 15 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.07 16 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.10 17 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.16 20 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.19 21 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.23 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.26 23 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.33 24 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 25 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.43 26 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.44 27 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.46 28 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.51 29 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 1.52 30 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 1.53 31 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1.54 32 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.56 33 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.59 34 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.00 35 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 2.05 36 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 2.09 37 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 2.10 38 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 39 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 40 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.18 41 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 42 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 43 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.21 44 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 45 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 46 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 47 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.22 48 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 2.24 49 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 2.27 50 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 51 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.28 52 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 2.37 53 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2.38 54 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 2.39 55 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.42 56 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.43 57 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.49 58 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 59 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 60 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.50 61 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 2.51 62 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 63 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2.56 64 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.01 65 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 66 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.03 67 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.04 68 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.06 69 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 70 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.07 71 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 72 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 73 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 74 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 3.08 75 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.09 76 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.10 77 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 3.16 78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3.20 79 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 3.23 80 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.29 81 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.31 82 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.32 83 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 84 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3.34 85 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 86 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3.36 87 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.38 88 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 3.41 89 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3.43 90 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3.46 91 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3.48 92 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 93 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.50 94 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3.56 95 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 3.59 96 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.01 97 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 4.07 98 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 4.08 99 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.10 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 102 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 103 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 4.12 104 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 4.17 105 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 4.20 106 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.24 107 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.28 108 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.34 109 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 4.46 110 Stirling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing 5.08 111 Elliott Everardo Vazquez Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.33 112 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 6.14 113 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 7.17 DNF Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 Young riders 1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 41.42 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.03 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.12 4 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.55 5 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 2.02 6 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 2.03 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 2.18 8 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.35 9 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 3.25 10 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.39 11 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.40 12 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 4.04 13 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.18 14 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.19 15 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.21 16 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 4.40 17 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 5.03 18 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.11 19 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.14 20 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 5.18 21 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 5.49 Teams 1 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 2.02.07 2 Team Columbia 2.28 3 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.05 4 BMC Racing Team 3.43 5 Liquigas 4.03 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 4.32 7 Symmetrics Cycling Team 6.35 8 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6.50 9 Team Sparkasse 7.43 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 9.53 11 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.58 12 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 10.04 13 Rabobank 12.12 14 Rock Racing 12.55 15 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.56 General classification after stage 3 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.48.24 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.21 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.44 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.03 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.15 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.21 7 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 1.22 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.24 9 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 10 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.25 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.33 12 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.44 13 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.51 14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.01 15 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.02 16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.05 17 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.25 18 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.30 19 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.35 20 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 2.36 21 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.38 22 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.39 23 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.58 24 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.00 25 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.03 26 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.18 27 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.23 28 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 29 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.36 30 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 3.38 31 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.39 32 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 33 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 3.43 34 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.46 35 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 3.47 36 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.49 37 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 38 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 3.54 39 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 4.04 40 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 4.05 41 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.17 42 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.21 43 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.25 44 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4.26 45 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.37 46 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 4.39 47 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.40 48 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.43 49 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.46 50 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.48 51 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.49 52 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.02 53 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.04 54 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5.09 55 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5.11 56 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5.18 58 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5.25 59 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 5.27 60 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.30 61 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.32 62 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 5.34 63 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5.37 64 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.38 65 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.42 66 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.57 67 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.58 68 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.07 69 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.08 70 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.09 71 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 72 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.10 73 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.13 74 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 6.19 75 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 6.22 76 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6.23 77 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6.30 78 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.56 79 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.05 80 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 7.08 81 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 7.09 82 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 7.12 83 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7.13 84 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 7.20 85 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 7.22 86 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 87 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 7.28 88 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7.34 89 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 90 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.43 91 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 7.50 92 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.57 93 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 8.12 94 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 8.16 95 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 8.53 96 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 9.37 97 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 9.46 98 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 9.49 99 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 9.56 100 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 10.06 101 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 10.10 102 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 10.14 103 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 10.35 104 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 10.38 105 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 10.49 106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 11.33 107 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 16.51 108 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 19.21 109 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 19.39 110 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 27.22 Young rider classification 1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.50.15 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.03 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.07 4 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.55 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1.58 6 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 2.13 7 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 2.14 8 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.35 9 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 3.36 10 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.39 11 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.51 12 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.18 13 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.19 14 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 4.28 15 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.32 16 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.14 17 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 5.18 18 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 5.21 19 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.22 20 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 8.15 21 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 17.48 22 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 25.31 Teams classification 1 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 26.27.46 2 Team Columbia 2.28 3 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3.05 4 BMC Racing Team 3.43 5 Liquigas 4.03 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 4.32 7 Symmetrics Cycling Team 6.46 8 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.01 9 Team Sparkasse 8.05 10 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.58 11 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 10.04 12 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 10.26 13 Rabobank 12.12 14 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 13.07 15 Rock Racing 13.17
