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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 1 - September 8: St. Joseph - Kansas City, 90 miles
Cavendish starts off Missouri with win
Cavendish vs. Farrar, day one
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins in Kansas City, Missouri
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Mark Canvendish (Columbia) proved the obvious today in the finish of the the first stage of the Tour of Missouri - the obvious being that he is the fastest in the peloton. Cavendish was sitting second wheel behind Dominque Rollin (Toyota-United) in the final 300 meters when Rollin swung off. Everyone hesitated including Cavendish, who looked over both shoulders before jumping on Tyler Farrar's (Garmin-Chipotle) wheel. This allowed him to rest enough to come around Farrar before the line, well ahead of Italian Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) in third.
"George [Hincapie] dropped me off on Rollin's wheel," said Cavendish. "[Rollin] swung off with 200-meters to go but there was a bit of a head wind. Tyler jumped [then] and I jumped on his wheel which gave me a couple seconds rest. It was just a case of kicking past him and crossing the line first."
"To be honest it was more hectic at the finish here than it is in Europe," Cavendish continued. "There are a lot of guys who haven't raced me before and maybe they thought they could beat me. I give them a lot of credit for trying to do that. But when you have a team like I have it's pretty hard to beat me."
Farrar said that the unorganized fashion of the last few kilometers made an already dangerous setting even more chaotic. "It was hectic in the last lap with the big down hill on the circuits that made it easy to swarm," he said. "I was kind of just looking for Mark's wheel - my guys worked hard to get me there. I sat on his wheel until about 200 meters to go and tried to jump there but it didn't quite work."
Coming into the final 500 meters it was Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) on the front driving it, but with Cavendish on his wheel. "I don't know what happened," said Rollin. "I was leading out Ivan [Dominguez] and then he wasn't on my wheel anymore. We had a smooth run-in coming around the Columbia lead out, but I think we got messed up because of the crash."
"I ended up doing a great lead-out for Cavendish!" Rollin laughed. "I couldn't go any more because I was going out from 600 meters and there was a headwind."
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On how it was sprinting against the winner of four stages at this year's Tour de France, Rollin said, "I don't think he was that quick today - I think he was more lucky to catch my wheel. The weather didn't help us setting up a good sprint. Tomorrow is a longer stage and hopefully that will break the field up more."
Cavendish said his team's efforts to control the stage was a key to his win, and that everyone should expect more of the same the rest of the week. "I think we showed how dominant we were by staying at the front, and we were able to hold the whole lot off. The last three kilometres we just had to pick it up, but we have a lot of good time trialist on the team who were able to sustain a high pace. They ride selflessly and one hundred percent for me, to keep me up there."
Farrar said he will try to beat Cavendish in the flat finishes of this race, of which there are many still to come. "I'm going to continue to try to beat Mark in the sprint - I think there are a lot of good opportunity this week. Tomorrow is another day, another bike race. We've raced against each other before..."
At that point Cavendish cut in, joking, "But you never beat me!"
How it unfolded
The first stage began under ominous grey skies with temperatures hovering around 13C most of the day. But this was actually an improvement over the lightning and torrential rains that blanketed the Kansas City area overnight. The start in St. Joseph, north of Kansas City, is home to many famous points in history - including where Jesse James was gunned down and the disputed home of the doughnut.
The riders rolled out of town past seemingly every school in the town, with all of the students more than happy to take a break from their classes to wave at the riders. The riders were not exactly waving back as the first KOM climb was just nine miles out of town. This proved to be important as there are no KOMs for the next two days, giving the bearer of the jersey a free ride three entire stages.
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Multiple attacks came in the miles approaching the KOM, which was a power climb around a kilometer long. This made the climb more of a sprint as Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) took the points ahead of Frank Pipp (Health Net p/b Maxxis), Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast), Dirk Müller (Team Sparkasse) and Jonathan Garcia (BMC Racing Team).
The only other KOM was on the finishing circuit, 14 miles from the finish line, setting up for a battle late in the stage.
As these riders settled back into the peloton, a couple of opportunists jumped away, looking to neutralize the sprinting force of Mark Cavendish with a breakaway. Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) and Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) started off on the rolling hills, holding just a ten second lead at first. But once the Columbia-led peloton took down their numbers, the gap grew.
With the gap at 50 seconds a third rider decided he needed to be up the road too. Johnny Sundt (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast) spent many kilometers in the cold alone trying to make it to the break. Adding to his woes was Mother Nature who decided the riders needed a rain shower.
Sundt eventually made it to the leading two, who eventually waited for him once he was within 30 seconds. The trio expanded their lead to more than three minutes, but with Columbia all over the front it was clear that was only borrowed time.
Sundt won the first intermediate sprint of the day in Platte City with relative ease. The second sprint in Parkville was taken by Kohler by a few bike lengths.But at this point the gap was under two minutes and falling, with thirty miles to go. Garmin-Chipotle gave Columbia a hand in the chasing, looking to see if their sprinter Tyler Farrar could match up with Cavendish.
In the outskirts of Kansas City the catch was made with relative ease, as curious commuters watched the race enter more urban roads. Though the rain has subsided the roads were still wet and dangerous. And as the three riders were reeled in, Columbia took advantage of the moment and hit the gas. This caused a split with about 25 riders off the front - mostly Columbia and Liquigas. The high pace shed numerous from the peloton and put the rest to the limit all the way to the finishing circuit.
"Columbia surprised everyone with 20km to go having a group off the front," said Rollin. "They realized everyone was in the gutter and hit all the way to the circuit but luckily then they ran out of guys. "
The field reformed by the circuit and the race for the second KOM was on. An opportunistic Tecos-Trek rider, Bernardo Colex, tried to escape solo. But he should have waited until after the KOM as riders like Rollin were going for points. Rollin led over the climb followed by Will Routley (Symmetrics) and Frank Pipp.
While everyone else sat-up from the effort, Routley took advantage and kept his effort rolling. He built up a small lead and tried to make the most of it. Behind Team Columbia merely set a steady tempo with all of their riders in a line on the front. Routley stayed away for two laps of the finishing circuit, but never more than 15 seconds. He was finally caught with less than 2km to go, as the field sprint finally wound-up.
Coming down the hill after the 1km banner (which blew down with 1 lap to go, but was out of the way for the final lap) the wet roads took their toll. A touch of wheels behind sent some riders to the ground, including sprinters Karl Menzies (Health Net-Maxxis) and Brad Huff (Jelly Belly), but the leaders came onto the flat intact. From 600 meters Rollin was on the front hoping that Ivan Dominguez was on his wheel. But it was Cavendish getting the free ride. Rolling swung off at 250 meters and left Cavendish hanging.
Tyler Farrar came around the hesitating Cavendish at 200 meters and went for the line. But this gave Cavendish a quick breath, allowing him to recover and come around Farrar on the line for the win. Cavendish took an addition $2,500 prime on
Tuesday's second stage is another rolling stage with only sprints to be contested. Cyclingnews will have live coverage of the race starting at 11:00 a.m. CDT.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) takes the opening stage of the Tour of Missouri into Kansas City.
- Cavendish won the stage ahead of Tyler Farrah (Garmin-Chipotle).
- The Pony express came with the news that the Tour of Missouri had started.
- Cavendish is the proud owner of three jerseys.
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- Cavendish celebrates as he crosses the line to take stage 1.
- Davide Frattini (Colovita/Sutter Home) gives an autograph at the start in St. Joseph.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) was a big hit with the fans at the start.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes to the line.
- The colour guard comes out to send of the race.
- The race makes it to the outskirts of St. Jo.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) and Martin Kholer (BMC) snuck of the front in the early part of the stage.
- Jonathan Sundt (Kelley Benefits) bridges up to the break.
- The bunch was not too interested in chasing early in the day.
- Team Columbia gets on the front to start to reel in the break.
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) powers the 3 strong break.
- David Zabriskie (Garmin-Chipotle) will be sporting his new TT national camp skinsuit this week.
- The group passes a big field of tobacco plants on the way to Kansas City.
- It was a picturesque scene out on the route today.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) will be looking his opportunities to get into a break this week.
- Toyota United gets back to the group after taking care of some business back in the caravan.
- Team Columbia keeping the pace high on the front.
- The field flies through the old town of Parkville.
- Things stayed strung out in hopes of bringing back the break.
- Team Columbia worked hard today to keep their top sprinter in good position.
- A short lived split at the front of the field gets all of the big guns up the road.
- Reflections show the race going through downtown Kansas City.
- The bunch seems to get back together again before entering the last circuit.
- Passing by some of the finer real-estate outside of downtown.
- Will Routley (Symmetrics) tries to go solo.
- Some scenery along the finishing circuit.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Chipotle) and Mark Cavendish (Columbia) drag race to the line.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) easily takes his first US win.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) looking like he has some more tricks up his sleeve for this week.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) basks in the glow of today’s win.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.15.14 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 6 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 7 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 8 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 12 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 13 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 14 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 15 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 16 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 17 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 18 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 19 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 21 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 23 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 24 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 25 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 26 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 27 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 28 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 29 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 30 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 31 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 32 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 33 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 34 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 35 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 36 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 37 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 38 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 39 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 40 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 42 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 43 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 44 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 45 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 46 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 47 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 49 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 50 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 51 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 52 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 53 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 54 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 55 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 56 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 57 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 58 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 59 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 60 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 61 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 62 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 63 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 64 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 65 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 66 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 67 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 69 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 70 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 71 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 72 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 73 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 74 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 75 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 76 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 77 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 78 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 79 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 80 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 81 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 82 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 83 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 84 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 85 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 86 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 87 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 88 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 89 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 90 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 91 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 92 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 93 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 94 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 95 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 96 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 0.20 97 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 98 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 99 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 100 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 101 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 102 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 103 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.24 104 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.47 105 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.08 106 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.00 107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 5.18 108 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 109 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 110 Sterling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing 7.34 111 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 112 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.15 113 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 114 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 16.44 115 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 16.46 DNF Peter Dawson (Aus) Rock Racing Sprints Sprint 1 1 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 pts 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 Sprint 2 1 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5 pts 2 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 3 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 Mountains Mountains 1 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 3 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 4 4 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 5 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Mountains 2 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 3 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 4 4 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 5 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Teams 1 Rabobank Continential 9.45.42 2 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 3 Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 BMC Racing Team 5 Team Columbia 6 Team Sparkasse 7 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 8 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 9 Bissell Pro Cycling 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 11 Liquigas 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 14 Rock Racing 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team General classification after stage 1 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.15.04 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 0.04 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.05 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.06 5 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.07 6 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.10 7 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 8 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 9 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 12 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 14 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 15 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 18 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 19 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 20 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 21 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 22 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 23 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 25 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 26 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 27 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 28 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 29 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 30 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 31 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 32 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 33 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 34 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 36 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 37 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 38 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 40 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 41 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 42 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 43 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 44 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 45 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 46 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 47 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 48 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 49 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 50 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 51 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 52 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 53 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 54 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 55 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 56 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 57 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 58 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 59 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 60 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 61 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 62 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 63 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 64 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 65 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 66 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 67 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 68 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 69 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 70 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 71 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 72 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 73 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 74 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 75 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 76 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 77 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 78 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 79 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 80 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 81 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 82 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 83 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 84 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 85 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 86 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 87 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 88 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 89 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 90 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 91 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 92 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 93 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 94 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 95 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 96 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.30 97 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 98 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 99 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 100 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 101 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 102 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 103 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.34 104 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.57 105 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.18 106 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.10 107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 5.28 108 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 109 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 110 Sterling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing 7.44 111 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 112 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.25 113 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 114 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 16.54 115 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 16.56 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 15 pts 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 12 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 10 4 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7 6 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 6 7 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 6 8 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 9 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4 10 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 11 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 3 12 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 2 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 12 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10 3 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 8 4 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 6 5 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 Teams classification 1 Rabobank Continential 9.45.42 2 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 3 Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 BMC Racing Team 5 Team Columbia 6 Team Sparkasse 7 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 8 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 9 Bissell Pro Cycling 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 11 Liquigas 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 14 Rock Racing 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team Best Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.15.04 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.05 3 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 0.10 4 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 5 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 7 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 8 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 10 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 11 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 12 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 13 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 14 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 17 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia 18 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 19 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 0.30 21 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 7.44 22 Elliott Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.25 23 Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing 16.54 24 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 16.56 Back to top
