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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 2 - September 9: Clinton - Springfield, 126 miles
Cavendish, Columbia owning Missouri
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Springfield, Missouri
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Even though the Tour of Missouri does not pass through Columbia, Missouri like it did last year, that city's name is well represented in this year's Tour. Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish showed once again that he and his team are the strongest in the entire race with his lead-out train delivering him to 250 metres with clean wheels, making his win by a bike length over Eric Baumann (Sparkasse) and yesterday's third place Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) look easy.
"When you've got a team like mine then yes, it is as easy as it looks," Cavendish told Cyclingnews. "When you've got a team as good as mine you just jump on their wheel and go. When you start that far ahead the only thing you can do is win. It's been that way all year."
Even after an almost entire day on the front, the team was still powerful and organized enough to take control on the finishing circuits, despite attempts from Liquigas, Garmin-Chipotle and Sparkasse. "The whole team was there and we showed our control the whole day by riding up front," said Cavendish. "We came in and had pressure from teams like Liquigas and Sparkasse. We had to show how dominant we are and it was just a case of keeping our position at the front in the last two kilometres. The pace was so high and I was dropped off at 150 metres to go with nothing else to do but win."
Team Columbia's owner Bob Stapleton even alluded to Cyclingnews that Cavendish is not quite at 100 percent this week, but that the team effort more than makes up for it.
The man in charge of shepherding him to the finish was last year's winner here, George Hincapie. "Hincapie is so strong and so fast in the finish. The hardest part of the race was in that last kilometre when George was at the front. When the pace is that high it tires out a lot of legs. He helped me by telling me last night that it was the perfect distance and terrain, slightly up hill, headwind. He was able to go through all that like a bullet."
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Trying to find any chink in the Columbia armour were a host of sprinters, including the only Missouri-native in the race Brad Huff (Jelly Belly), who managed sixth. Huff put sprinting against Cavendish into perspective quite well.
"I don't actually know what it's like sprinting against Cavendish because it is so hectic behind I have to sprint just to get up to Cavendish," said Huff. "Columbia has it really controlled and nobody can come around their lead-out train. All of us small teams have to sprint just to get to his wheel, so we never actually sprint against him - that becomes the actual sprint. When a guy like Cavendish has a team so that he never touches the wind until 200 metres to go... we can't compete with that."
Cavendish's win keeps him in the leader's yellow jersey, but likely only for one more day. Tomorrow is the race's only time trial, possibly the only time Cavendish will not be on the podium this week. However, with three strong time trialists on the team - including multiple world time trial champion Michael Rogers and Tour de France top ten time trialist George Hincapie - Cavendish's prediction of handing the jersey to a teammate is not all that unlikely.
"I never had any intention of keeping the jersey after the time trial," he said. "I'll go as hard as I can because I'm wearing it but I can't see myself keeping it. But I would be surprised if we don't keep it within the team after tomorrow."
On the flip side, with the way the first two stages have gone, other teams might be throwing everything and the kitchen sink into the time trial for a win.
How it unfolded
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The second stage was an identical stage to last year's, with a start in Clinton and heading south to Springfield along country farm roads. The rolling hills would make for a long day to go along with the longest stage in terms of distance, at 126 miles. This stage was also the now infamous 'armadillo incident' which ended Missouri-native Dan Schmatz' race early last year. Luckily all of the armadillos stayed in their homes for the stage.
With Team Columbia and Mark Cavendish looking impossible to beat in a field sprint the only other way would be to win out of a breakaway. As such many riders were actively manoeuvring to get into a breakaway from the opening kilometres, especially the smaller domestic teams. Colavita-Sutter Home was represented in five early moves, as were other teams such as Bissell, Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast and Rock Racing.
Eventually Andy Guptill (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Reid Mumford (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) escaped and Andreas Schillinger (Sparkasse), Mike Sayers (BMC) and Andrew Randell (Symmetrics) were able to join. This seemed to please Columbia as they turned off the gas enough to let the lead build to a minute.
By the time the lead grew to more than two minutes the peloton was all blue with Columbia assuming control. Up front the break worked extremely well together with a rotating pace line of 15-second pulls. But even despite this Columbia only allowed them to have a maximum gap of 3:15.
"I think we rolled steady and did what we could," said Randall. "It went over 3:15 but then came right back down to just over 2 minutes. I don't think Columbia would have let any more guys get up the road."
And for a total of around 100 miles, that was story. Columbia was alone in controlling the field, but they stepped up to the challenge.
Break rider Mike Sayers, who is retiring after this season, said the break worked well. "It was actually pretty good, except for the Sparkasse guy everyone was giving 100 percent. I was just out there trying to represent and just trying... like always. And you never know, everyone could just fall down! And they way these finishes are going everyone is falling down. But I think our guys will ride good in the time trial tomorrow."
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Schillinger won the first intermediate sprint. After the second intermediate sprint, won by Sayers, the gap began to fall significantly. By this point Garmin-Chipotle put riders into the chase, including Dave Zabriskie, to set-up Tyler Farrar for the sprint. Liquigas was also near the front looking to set-up their sprinter Francesco Chicchi.
With the writing on the wall the break began to attack itself, looking for TV time or the most aggressive award on the day. This of course doomed the chances of the break straight away.
"We tried to pick it up at the end and then the stupid aggressive rider's jersey makes the guys attack instead of trying to hold it together for the finish," said Randall. "It upped the tempo and puts the hurt in the legs when we could have been riding together for a bit more. But it's better than riding in the pack for seven days!"
But this did not decide the aggressive award, given by the media. The award was a team effort today as the constant attacking by the Colavita-Sutter Home team in the beginning, which helped launch the break, earned Andy Guptill the jersey.
The catch was finally made with around 12km to go, with the finishing circuits beginning at 10km. Entering the circuits another crash occurred, similar to stage one, ending the chances for some sprinters early.
But the favorites were already at the front and out of harm's way. Liquigas, Sparkasse and Garmin-Chipotle all trying to wrestle control from Columbia. As well another suicide solo move by a Symmetrics' Will Routely gave the crowd something to cheer for. But in the end it was all Columbia when it mattered. George Hincapie moved up Garmin's train with Cavendish in two, delivering him perfectly to the line for his second win in a row.
Cyclingnews will continue its live coverage for tomorrow's time trial in Branson, as well as in-depth reporting and photography.
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- The town of Clinton rolled out a massive US flag for the rider’s departure.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) starts to do with his shiny new leader’s jersey.
- The break that stuck for the bulk of the day.
- The break makes its way across one of today’s rivers.
- An old stone house provides the back drop for riders as they get closer to Springfield.
- The main bunch crosses one of today’s larger bridges.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) sits in the bunch with teammates close at hand.
- The main field barrels across a dam along the route.
- Team Columbia sets the tempo and gains some time on the break.
- Large barns are common in the mid-west but not quite like this one.
- The break continues with a 1:30 gap.
- The break starts to attack each other as they get closer to Springfield.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) leads the bunch into the last lap.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) heads into tomorrows TT in yellow.
- Cavendish takes his second consecutive stage to retain the overall lead.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The main field heads past a traditional farmhouse with Columbia leading the way.
- Cavendish (Columbia) takes the win after a fine team lead-out.
- [There was] nothing else to do but win!
- A huge American flag was rolled out at the stage start.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.53.19 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 5 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 10 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 11 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 12 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 14 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 15 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 16 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 17 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 19 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 20 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 22 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 23 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 25 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 26 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 27 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 28 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 29 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 30 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 31 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 32 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 33 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 34 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 35 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 36 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 38 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 39 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 40 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 41 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 42 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 44 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 45 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 46 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 47 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 48 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 49 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 50 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 51 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.11 52 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 53 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 54 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 55 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 56 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 57 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 58 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 59 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 60 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 61 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 62 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 63 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 64 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 65 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 66 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 67 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 69 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 70 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 71 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 72 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 73 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 74 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 75 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 76 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 77 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 78 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 79 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 80 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 81 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 82 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 83 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 84 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 85 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 86 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 87 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 88 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 89 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 90 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 91 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 92 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 0.24 93 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 94 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 95 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.28 96 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.47 97 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.50 98 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1.15 99 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.27 100 Sterling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing 1.36 101 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 102 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 2.08 103 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.34 104 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 105 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.47 106 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 107 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.11 108 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 3.42 109 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 4.12 110 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 4.25 111 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 112 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 6.02 113 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 6.43 114 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 8.09 DNS Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Sprints Sprint 1 1 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 pts 2 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light Sprint 2 1 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 pts 2 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light Teams 1 Team Columbia 14.39.57 2 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 3 Rabobank Continential 4 Bissell Pro Cycling 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 BMC Racing Team 7 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 8 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 Liquigas 10 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.11 11 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12 Symmetrics Cycling Team 13 Team Sparkasse 0.22 14 Rock Racing 15 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.33 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4.53.19 2 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 3 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 5 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 6 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 7 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 8 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 12 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.11 14 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 15 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 16 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 17 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 18 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 19 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 20 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 21 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 0.24 22 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 3.42 23 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 4.25 24 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 6.43 General classification after stage 2 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 8.08.13 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.12 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.14 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 5 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.15 6 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 0.20 7 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 10 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 13 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 14 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 16 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 17 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 18 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 19 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 20 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 21 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 22 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 25 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 26 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 27 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 28 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 29 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 30 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 31 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 32 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 33 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 35 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 36 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 38 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 39 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 40 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 41 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 42 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 43 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 44 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 45 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 46 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 47 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 48 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 49 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.25 50 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.28 51 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.31 52 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 53 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 54 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 55 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 56 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 57 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 58 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 59 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 60 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 61 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 62 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 63 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 64 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 65 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 66 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 67 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 68 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 69 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 70 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 71 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 72 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 73 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 74 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 75 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 76 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 77 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 78 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 79 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 80 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 81 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 82 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 83 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 84 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 85 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 86 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 87 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.44 88 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 89 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 90 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.48 91 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.07 92 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.10 93 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 1.35 94 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.47 95 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.20 96 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 2.26 97 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.39 98 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2.54 99 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 100 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.03 101 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 3.07 102 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3.31 103 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 104 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 4.32 105 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 4.45 106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 5.38 107 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5.49 108 Sterling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing 9.30 109 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 10.16 110 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 11.40 111 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 12.19 112 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.35 113 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 20.48 114 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 23.47 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 30 pts 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 20 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 20 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 19 5 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 6 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 10 7 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 8 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 9 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 8 10 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 11 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 12 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 13 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4 14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 15 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 16 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 4 17 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 2 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2 19 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 2 Teams classification 1 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 24.25.39 2 Rabobank Continential 3 Team Columbia 4 BMC Racing Team 5 Bissell Pro Cycling 6 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 7 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8 Liquigas 9 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10 Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.11 11 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 13 Team Sparkasse 0.22 14 Rock Racing 15 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.33 Young rider classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 8.08.13 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.15 3 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 0.20 4 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 6 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 7 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 8 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 9 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.31 13 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 14 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 15 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 16 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 17 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 18 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 19 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 20 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 0.44 21 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 12.19 22 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.35 23 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 20.48 24 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 23.47
