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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 4 - September 11: Lebanon - Rolla, 95 miles
Barry ends stage win drought in Rolla
Vande Velde in lead despite Columbia's relentless pressure
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Rolla, Missouri
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To say that race leader Christian Vande Velde and his Garmin-Chipotle team were tested today would be an understatement. Team Columbia came out swinging from the gun today and every swing was for the fences, as they tried to break the back of Vande Velde. But the Midwest-native did the yellow jersey proud today, keeping his wits about him and using his team's efforts to shut down the dangerous moves. But Columbia did continue its stage win route, with Canadian Michael Barry attacking Jeff Louder (BMC) out of the lead group for a solo win - his first win in three years.
"I just kept pushing until the finish because I don't always trust what the officials are saying for times," he said referring to the gaps behind him. "Once [Louder and I] were on the circuits I had a better chance to open a gap because it is harder to close on circuits than on open roads. I just watched my power meter and try to focus on the guys coming up behind and stay focused on finishing."
Barry was part of a 'kitchen sink' team tactic today, sending every rider up the road to isolate Vande Velde. Then it was dangerous GC riders like Michael Rogers and George Hincapie putting the screws to the yellow jersey. "We started attacking straight from the start to try and narrow down the numbers until we had more riders than them in the front group," said Barry. "Then we started attacking at the end when there was no one left to chase. Everyone was on the limit and our guys were doing a tremendous job. There were rollers everywhere and the peloton was suffering a lot. We were in a good position to split things up."
But once it was clear that Garmin-Chipotle had the jersey secure, about 25km from the finish, team director Tristan Hoffman said he told Barry to ride for the stage win. "I won a race 2 or 3 years ago at the Tour of Austria," Barry said about his last win.
"It was hard; it was a really hard day!" Vande Velde told Cyclingnews. "Everyone threw it all at us today and the team did a great job covering and shutting it down. We were worried a lot today. Michael [Rogers] got up the road twice and it was hard shutting all the attacks down, but we showed patience today."
Today was the first day with any significant KOM climbs, though relative to European climbs they were still minor. But they still hurt due to the constant up-and-down terrain that preceded them, according to Vande Velde. "Two of them were hard, but it wasn't so much the actual climb but the racing before the climbs. The word of the day: relentless!"
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The most difficult KOM was the final one at mile 64 (103km), a 1.5-mile stretch that averaged 12%. But this was the catalyst that split the field into pieces, with a group of 18 split off the front with Columbia driving the pace. This ended up being the race as the yellow jersey and all of the major contenders were present. Columbia had a distinct numbers advantage over Garmin-Chipotle with George Hincapie, Michael Barry, Marco Pinotti and Michael Rogers compared to just Vande Velde and Tom Danielson.
Vande Velde said it was all instinct at this point with everything happening so fast. But he and his teammate watched Rogers and Hincapie closely, and eventually team tactics played into their favor as other riders began itching for the stage win, looming just 25 miles away. Andy Bajadali (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) attacked the group and three riders went with him, including Barry, Louder and Richard Faltus (Team Sparkasse).
Barry was clearly the strongest in the group, but also had the advantage of having teammates behind, allowing him to sit-on. He tried to go solo early at 35km to go. However, the four stayed together a while longer with that distance a little long for a solo rider, with the remaining chasers at just over a minute behind. But with 25km to go, Barry attacked and only Louder could stay with him. "Michael sat on a little bit while Louder and I did a lot of work," said Bajadali. "[Barry] had the three other guys back in the chase. Michael counter-attacked one of my jumps and Louder went with him. [Faltus] didn't really want to put his head down to close the gap so we dangled 15 seconds in front of the field."
Barry and Louder rode together onto the finish circuits with Barry playing the team card for much of the way. "It wasn't an ideal situation for us because [Louder] was higher up on GC, so I worked with him a little bit and them I just sat on," Barry admitted. "I started working again when the gap wasn't as threatening. I was a little fresher at that point because I was sitting on him for a long time."
"I knew Barry was going to play tricky which was fair, he did what he had to do," Louder told Cyclingnews. "He wasn't about to drag me up the road for nothing, he spent me. There was a big group of us. Four of us jumped up the road and it ended up being the right move. Barry attacked once which disturbed our rotation... it was too early. He attacked again and I went with him. He worked for a little while but then it was just me working."
Louder was caught by the chasers on the finishing circuits, leaving a mini-field sprint for second. Sparkasse's Eric Baumann, giving him the sprint jersey by one point over its previous owner Mark Cavendish, took this. The two riders were teammates on Sparkasse and T-Mobile, with Baumann saying they still have a friendly rivalry.
In the KOM competition, Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) held onto his lead, which he earned on day one. Rollin is more a sprinter by trade, giving perspective to the KOM climbs, said that a stage win is still the ultimate goal. "The KOM is great but we are still looking for a stage win. We have a good [KOM] lead so now we will focus more on a stage win with myself or Ivan [Dominguez.]"
After the final KOM, which fractured the field, Rollin was attentive enought to stay near the front and make the final split. The rest of the peloton came in 18:37 behind. This was actually outside the time cut by two minutes, but officials increased it to 10% so as not to have an 18-rider peloton for the next three days. "I think it was a crazy fast stage today with almost a 29 mph average!" said Rollin. "Everyone was on the attack making it a hard day. To see the field coming in ten minutes behind means it was a hard day on the bike."
But everyone knows that the hard days are far from over, including Vande Velde. "I'm sure it is going to be more of the same. The key strategy is to keep control of the race and not let anyone close on GC get away, dangerous guys like Mick Rogers who is sitting twenty second behind me and Hincapie and Tuft. Maybe we let some quasi-dangerous guys go and then the non-threatening guys stay at bay.
How it unfolded
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The racing began in the town (not country) of Lebanon for the second year, and like last year most of the town's school children were out to watch the racers... and avoid their studies. After a neutral loop through the town the race headed out into the country. Right at the 0km mark the attacks came, and kept coming. But it was not the opportunistic domestic teams looking for TV time like in the previous stages, it was Columbia firing every bullet to wound race leader Christian Vande Velde and his Garmin-Chipotle team.
Columbia's tactics were made clear when former race leader and top sprinter Mark Cavendish took a flyer off the front in the opening kilometres, clearly not looking to save his legs for a field sprint. The attacking was non-stop with Garmin-Chipotle on the front shutting dangerous moves down - which was just about every one.
Groups of five or six riders were constantly off the front, but never long enough to even see race numbers. This was the order of the day until the KOM climbs, where a few riders went for points, including KOM leader Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United), who won the first and third climbs.
It was on the final climb that the other racing finally changed. With Columbia driving the pace over the top a group of 18 split off the front of the strung-out peloton, including all of the major GC riders, including the top three of Vande Velde, Michael Rogers (Columbia) and Svein Tuft (Symmetrics.) This essentially became the peloton as the rest of the field sat-up, spent from the never-ending attacks at high pace.
Once this group took stock of its composition, BMC's Jeff Louder and Andy Bajadali (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) shook things up with attacks. This resulted in four riders away, with Barry and Faltus joining them.
Riders like Vande Velde were happy to see this go, as the pace eased-off considerably. The final four built a minute lead before beginning to think about attacking each other. It was Barry finally escaping with Louder, riding away to the finish circuits. On the finish circuits Barry had saved enough by making Louder do most of the work, and jumping him was easy for the solo win.
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- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) leaves the bus in the morning to face a tough day on the road.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) and the Columbia boys get ready on the line.
- Riders are off for the day.
- The bunch gets strung out in the Missouri countryside.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) responds to an acceleration at the front of the bunch.
- Craig Lewis (Columbia) leads an attack early in the stage.
- Garmin-Chipotle had a full day of controlling things at the front.
- Riders descend after the first KOM.
- The peloton gets shattered after a crash just after the KOM.
- It was a long road for riders and team cars to catch up on after the crash.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) weathered the storm easily in the bunch.
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia) launches an attack.
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia) gets a small gap on the field.
- Soldiers were happy to have the race pass through Fort Leonard Wood.
- A retired tank and lines of soldiers greeted riders as they passed through Fort Leonard Wood.
- George Hincapie (Columbia) made it into the break that eventually launched teammate Michael Barry.
- What was left of the front group once the four riders got away.
- Riders sit up once the break gets a gap.
- Andy Bajadali (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) biding his time in the break.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) sitting in the break and waiting for the attack.
- The attacks start to go as we get closer to town.
- Jeff Louder (BMC) gets away with Michael Barry (Columbia).
- Jeff Louder (BMC) continues to lead as the finish circuits loom ahead.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) launches his attack.
- The chase group makes its way onto the circuit.
- Jeff Louder (BMC) does all he can to get to the line.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) comes in solo after his late attack.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) showing the strains of the day after his big win.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) monitored the time gaps to spend another day in yellow.
- The jerseys heading into tomorrows stage.
- At the end of the day a young fan shows his route map and excitement for the race.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) solos to his first win in three years in Rolla on stage four.
- Michael Barry (Columbia) held off the chasing group of favourites after dropping his three breakaway companions.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Michael Barry (Team Columbia) takes his first win in two years.
- The main field making their way towards Rolla.
- Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) maintains his overall lead, but was forced to defend today.
- Vande Velde working hard.
- Barry salutes the crowd as he crosses the line solo.
- The field received a military style salute.
- Barry finished with 46 seconds to spare , plenty of time to savour his win.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- The pack crests one of the early rolling hills
- Tom Zirbel (Bissell) talking to the boss
- Michael Barry (Columbia) lets it all hang out
- Jelly Belly at the front
- Dominique Rollin (Toyota - United)
- Michael Barry (Columbia) on another attack
- Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin-Chipotle) with one lap to go on the circuit
- Michael Barry (Columbia) all alone with lots of time to celebrate
- Michael Barry (Columbia) giving post race interviews
Results
1 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 3.16.03 (46.79 km/h) 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.46 3 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 7 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 8 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 9 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 10 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 0.49 11 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 12 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 14 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 0.56 16 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 17 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 19 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.03 20 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 2.30 21 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.41 22 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.46 23 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 24 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18.37 25 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 27 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 28 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 29 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 32 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 34 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 35 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 36 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 37 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 38 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 39 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 40 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 41 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 42 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 43 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 44 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 45 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 46 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 47 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 48 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 49 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 50 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 51 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 52 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 53 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 54 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 55 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 56 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 58 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 59 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 60 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 61 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 62 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 63 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 64 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 65 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 66 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 67 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 68 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 69 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 70 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 71 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 72 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 73 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 74 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 75 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 76 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 77 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 78 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 79 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 80 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 81 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 82 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 83 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 84 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 85 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 86 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 87 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 88 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 89 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 90 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 91 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 92 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 93 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 94 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 95 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 96 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 97 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 98 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 99 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 100 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 101 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 102 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 103 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 104 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 105 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 106 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 DNF Elliott Everardo Vazquez Cervantes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara DNF Stirling Magnell (USA) Rock Racing DNF Justin Williams (USA) Rock Racing DNF John Devine (USA) Team Columbia DNF Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia DNF Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing HD Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast Sprints 1 1 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 2 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 5 pts 2 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 1 Mountains 1 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 3 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 4 4 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 3 5 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1 2 1 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 6 pts 2 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 5 3 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 4 4 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 3 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 1 3 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 5 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 Young riders 1 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.16.49 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 17.51 4 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 6 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 10 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 12 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 13 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 14 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 15 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 16 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 18 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 19 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 20 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast Teams 1 Team Columbia 9.49.41 2 Team Sparkasse 0.59 3 BMC Racing Team 1.03 4 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 18.40 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 18.43 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 24.47 7 Liquigas 36.28 8 Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 36.31 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 36.38 11 Rabobank 42.23 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 42.28 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 54.19 14 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 15 Rock Racing General classification after stage 4 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12.05.13 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.18 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.43 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.03 5 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.27 6 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.28 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.54 8 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.12 9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.42 10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 12 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.13 13 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.23 14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.42 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 4.03 16 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 4.35 17 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5.05 18 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.02 19 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 7.23 20 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7.25 21 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 10.17 22 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10.41 23 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 12.09 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 19.06 25 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19.09 26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19.12 27 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19.15 28 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 19.35 29 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19.42 30 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19.52 31 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 19.56 32 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.21 33 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 20.26 34 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 20.27 35 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.29 36 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20.49 37 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.51 38 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.09 39 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.14 40 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.27 41 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21.30 42 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 43 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 21.34 44 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 21.38 45 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 21.40 46 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 47 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 21.55 48 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.12 49 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22.17 50 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.28 51 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 22.30 52 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.31 53 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 54 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 22.39 55 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 22.40 56 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 22.53 57 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 22.55 58 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 23.00 59 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.02 60 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 23.16 61 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 23.18 62 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.21 63 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.23 64 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 23.25 65 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 23.28 66 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 23.29 67 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.33 68 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.48 69 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 23.49 70 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.58 71 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 23.59 72 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 24.00 73 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 24.01 74 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 24.04 75 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 24.10 76 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 24.13 77 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24.14 78 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 24.21 79 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.47 80 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 24.56 81 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 24.59 82 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 25.00 83 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 25.04 84 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 25.13 85 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 25.19 86 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 25.25 87 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 88 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 25.34 89 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 25.41 90 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 25.48 91 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26.07 92 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 26.44 93 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 27.28 94 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 27.37 95 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 27.40 96 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 27.41 97 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 27.47 98 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 27.57 99 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 28.01 100 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 28.26 101 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 28.29 102 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 28.40 103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 29.24 104 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 37.12 105 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 37.30 106 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 45.13 Points classification 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 31 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 30 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 20 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19 5 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 15 6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 7 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 10 9 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10 10 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 10 11 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 12 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 13 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 14 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 6 15 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 6 16 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 18 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 19 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 5 20 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4 21 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 22 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 23 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 2 24 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2 25 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 26 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2 27 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 1 28 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 29 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 24 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15 3 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 8 4 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 5 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 5 6 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 7 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 5 8 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 9 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 4 10 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 4 11 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 4 12 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 13 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 3 14 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 3 15 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 1 17 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.07.07 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.48 3 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 17.48 4 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18.55 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 19.46 6 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 20.01 7 Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20.23 8 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 21.24 9 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21.27 10 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21.39 11 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.06 12 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.07 13 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 22.16 14 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.20 15 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.02 16 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 23.06 17 Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 23.10 18 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 26.03 19 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 35.36 20 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 43.19 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia 36.19.55 2 BMC Racing Team 2.18 3 Team Sparkasse 6.36 4 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 16.12 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19.20 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 26.51 7 Liquigas 38.24 8 Symmetrics Cycling Team 40.46 9 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 41.04 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 44.36 11 Rabobank 52.07 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 53.07 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.01.49 14 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1.01.55 15 Rock Racing 1.05.08
