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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 5 - September 12: St. James - Jefferson City, 109 miles
Young Rabobanks show-up sprinters in Missouri
Vande Velde, team enjoy easier' day in yellow
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Jefferson City, Missouri
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After yesterday's slugfest between Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle that resulted in a 29mph average speed, riders were ready for another day of the same. And it did start that way until a 12 rider break formed, including former leader Mark Cavendish. The double stage winner took the sprint points on the road to take over the lead - but he was not able to quite find the legs for the uphill finish, as two young Rabobank riders surprised the field, with Boy van Poppel taking the win with his lead-out Michael Van Stayen holding off Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast) for second.
"I didn't expect to be so close to the win," van Poppel told Cyclingnews. "In the last two kilometres one of my teammates went to the front. I told him go, go, go!' Coming into the last corner there were seven people and with three hundred meters one went. I went with him but I was thinking in my head, where is Cavendish?'"
Cavendish was there all right, but behind in a bad position - and with the uphill sprint he was unable to correct it in time before the line.
"I was a bit pissed off actually," said Cavendish. "George [Hincapie] was taking me down the right but I swung off to get on Baumann's wheel, but he died at 200 metres. Then at 100 metres I started my sprint but I was just out of position."
"It's the first [sprint] I've lost since the Giro, but it wasn't a lack of speed!"
"When I knew Cavendish wasn't there I had more morale to sprint," said van Poppel, who is the son of the famous Dutch sprinter Jean-Paul Van Poppel. "I was thinking this is my chance, I have to do this!' I like to race against the big guys like Cavendish.
"I was thinking that it was too early but, better too early than too late! We turned the corner and started up the hill. I thought for sure I would see the other riders come past me on the left. But there was no one. That's when I knew I won. I really couldn't believe it. And I didn't know that my teammate was on my wheel either. It was a good day for us."
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Back in the field race leader Vande Velde rolled in safe and sound. "Today was a perfect combination for our team," he said. Luckily our team didn't do one-tenth the work as yesterday, which means they are a little more fresh to help me defend tomorrow."
Vande Velde said the humidity was the story of the day. "No one is used to the humidity. It was noticeable as soon as we got off the bus today! But we thought we would be riding through rain, so in some ways it was a bonus."
Cavendish's fourth place gave him five more points than Baumann, who finished in ninth. But he said that jersey is an afterthought compared to stage wins and getting teammate Michael Rogers into the lead. "It was just my turn to attack," he said about riding in the main break of the day. "We just wanted someone in the break and I just ended up in it and we stayed away. Ideally I would have stayed in the peloton and gotten the points jersey back just by winning the stage. I much rather win the stages!"
Rogers is still 18 seconds behind Vande Velde, but with another rolling day into St. Charles tomorrow. "For sure we'll attack," he said. "It's less than 20 seconds so you have to keep trying."
How it unfolded
If the rolling countryside of Missouri was not enough to tire the riders, Mother Nature added some addition variable - humidity that felt like it was 200% and temperatures touching 90F (32C). But this did not discourage active racing right from the referee's flag drop.
And like yesterday it was Columbia on the attack, trying to put the pressure on race leader Christian Vande Velde and Garmin-Chipotle. But they responded to Columbia's attack right away, showing they still had fight left in them. Columbia continued to be active early and got some help from the numerous domestic teams looking for a season-making stage win.
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For the next 20 miles it was the same racing as yesterday, fast and furious. But on one of the rolling hills a counter-attack split and the peloton finally relented. In this group was double stage winner Mark Cavendish (Columbia) who sat one point behind sprint leader Eric Baumann (Sparkasse). Sparkasse apparently did not hear his number called over radio tour, and allowed the gap to grow. By the time they realized he was in the group of 12, the first sprint of the day was 1km away. Dirk Muller (Sparkasse) tried to then get across to challenge Cavendish, along with Edward King (Bissell Pro Cycling) and Rory Sutherland (Health Net p/b Maxxis), but to no avail.
Cavendish took the sprint uncontested while Sparkasse assembled on the front of the peloton. But with so many teams represented in the break, nobody wanted to help chase. As well Garmin-Chipotle was content as no GC threats were up the road. The gap did come down to 45 seconds but without any help, the chasing was futile for one team alone.
The second sprint line 20 miles away in Vienna, MO came too fast for Sparkasse again, and Cavendish extended his lead to five points over Baumann. With all of the sprints out of the way the gap grew to more than three minutes, as Vande Velde had at least 10 minutes on the riders in the break.
Even though he had his points for the day Cavendish still took his pulls in the breakaway, as did the entire break. But with about 30km from the finish things began to get active in the break, as the peloton started reeling them in. With Cavendish still up the road it was Sparkasse on the front, not wanting him to get the triple points on the finish line. This, plus the help of Garmin-Chipotle, brought the gap down.
Up front Cavendish decided he had enough of the break. "When it was under three minutes I started missing turns and less than a minute I just sat up."
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Finally the break attacked itself into pieces, and only four riders remained: Darren Lill (BMC), Michael Creed (Rock Racing), Chris Wherry (Toyota - United) and David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast). This group worked together a few more miles into the capital of Missouri, Jefferson City. But eventually Lill upped the pace and only Veilleux, as the two entered the finishing circuits, but only 15 seconds ahead of the field.
"When there were 25 km to go I tried to give everything I could to make it to the finish," said Veilleux who was voted most aggressive. "I was trying to get away and maybe do one lap out front. Lill is a strong rider and I think we made a good duo. I think I had a little more punch and kick than Lill did but he would always drag me back."
By the time the field saw the finish line it was all together and two laps to go. But no team had any numbers on the front with total control - just a smattering of Columbia, Garmin-Chipotle, Health Net-Maxis and Liquigas.
Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Frank Pipp (Health Net-Maxxis) made solo attempts, but the hard-charging field combined with the rolling hills of the circuits, shut these attempts down. A final move came from the only Missouri-native Brad Huff (Jelly Belly), trying to lead-out his teammate Nic Sanderson. But he ended up alone on the front with 500 meters to go, giving the home crowd a show.
But the field came by in a flash, led not by Columbia and Cavendish, but by the young Rabobank continental squad - Boy Van Poppel taking the win with teammate Michael Van Stayen barely edging out Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast) for third.
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- Boy Van Poppel takes the uphill stage from his Rabobank team-mate.
- Van Poppel ahead of Rabobank team-mate Michael Van Stayen.
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- Van Poppel is the first rider to beat Mark Cavendish in a sprint since the Giro.
- Riders head out of downtown St. James for stage 5.
- Bernard Eisel (Columbia) leads the first attack of the day.
- The bunch passes over a river en route to Jefferson City.
- Eric Bauman (Sparkasse) had a tough fight out on the road today to try and stay in the sprint leader jersey.
- Sparkasse worked hard at the front to reel the breaks back in.
- Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) holds onto third overall heading into the last 2 stages.
- Team Sparkasse keeps the tempo high at the front.
- Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) had an easier time of things today.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) tried his hand at being in the break today.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) lends some power to the break.
- David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast) was one of the last riders to stay away today.
- Darren Lill (BMC) going hard on the front of the break.
- The break working hard together to get more time on the field.
- Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) brings some bottles up to the rest of the team.
- The break descends after one of the KOM’s.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) takes a pull on the front.
- The peloton gets strung out as it passes some of the rockier parts of Missouri.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) and Darren Lill (BMC) spend some time pulling on the front of the break.
- The peloton gets strung out through some of the lush Missouri countryside.
- Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) gets a little more focused as things progress.
- Long roads and wide open space along the route today.
- Riders tackle one of the many rollers on the course.
- Garmin-Chipotle and Symmetrics come to the front to take some time out of the break.
- Jelly Belly also shared in the work at the front today.
- Numbers in the break start to dwindle but they keep the pressure on.
- David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast) and Darren Lill (BMC) make at last attempt at staying away.
- The spearheaded group makes its way into downtown Jefferson City.
- The bunch passes by the state capitol building.
- Boy Van Poppel (Rabobank) gets interviewed by reporters after today’s big win.
- Rabobank enjoyed having the top two spots on the podium today.
- The jersey leaders had a scenic backdrop today with the state capitol building.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Boy Van Poppel (Rabobank) signs autographs at the beginning of the day
- Matej Mugerli (Liquigas) stops in at the local diner for a tasty treat, it is very possible he will test positive for "Vanilla Shake."
- The Veteran Honour Guard was there for the rider call up
- A Colavita rider hangs off the front and checks the pack under his shoulder as he crosses the line at the beginning of the circuits
- Race winner Boy Van Poppel and his Rabobank teammate Michael Van Stayen watched by Mark Cavendish (Columbia), l - r.
- Boy Van Poppel (Rabobank) gives a post race interview
- All the local celebrities were on hand for the podium presentation
Results
1 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 3.48.42 2 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 3 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 11 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 13 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 14 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 15 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 20 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 21 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 22 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 23 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 0.05 25 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 26 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 27 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 28 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 29 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 30 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 31 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 32 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 33 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 34 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 35 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 36 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 38 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 39 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 40 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 41 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 42 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 43 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 44 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 45 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 46 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 47 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 48 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 49 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 50 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 51 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 52 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 53 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 54 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 55 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 56 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 57 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 58 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 59 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 60 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 61 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.18 62 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 63 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 64 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 65 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 66 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.22 67 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 68 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 69 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 0.25 70 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 71 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.28 72 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 73 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 74 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.31 75 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.44 76 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 77 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.48 78 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.52 79 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 0.56 80 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 81 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 0.59 82 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 83 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1.03 84 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 85 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.08 86 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 87 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.41 88 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.04 89 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2.10 91 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 92 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.14 93 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 94 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 95 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 2.47 96 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 97 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4.02 98 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.18 99 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5.16 100 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.49 101 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 102 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 7.00 103 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 104 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 105 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.28 106 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DNF Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast Sprints Sprint 1 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5 pts 2 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1 Sprint 2 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 5 pts 2 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 3 3 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 Mountains Mountains 1 1 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 5 3 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 4 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 5 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 11.26.06 2 Team Columbia 3 BMC Racing Team 4 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 0.05 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 7 Liquigas 0.10 8 Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 10 Team Sparkasse 11 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 12 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.18 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Rock Racing 0.31 15 Bissell Pro Cycling 1.04 General classification after stage 5 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 15.53.55 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.18 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.48 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.03 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 1.32 6 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1.33 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.54 8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.42 9 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 10 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 2.47 11 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3.11 12 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.18 13 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.23 14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.42 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 4.08 16 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 4.40 17 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5.05 18 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 7.28 19 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.30 20 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 21 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 10.30 22 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 10.46 23 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 14.23 24 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 19.28 25 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 19.35 26 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19.53 27 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 20.05 28 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 20.08 29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 20.12 30 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.34 31 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 32 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 20.40 33 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 20.41 34 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20.54 35 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.04 36 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 21.08 37 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 21.14 38 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.32 39 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 21.34 40 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 21.45 41 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 21.48 42 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 21.55 43 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 21.56 44 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.33 45 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 22.35 46 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 22.36 47 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 22.39 48 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.40 49 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 22.45 50 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 22.52 51 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 23.00 52 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.15 53 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 23.21 54 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.23 55 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 56 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 23.24 57 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 23.25 58 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.26 59 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 23.31 60 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 23.34 61 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 23.46 62 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 63 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 23.49 64 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 23.50 65 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 24.09 66 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.20 67 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24.32 68 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.47 69 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 24.54 70 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 24.57 71 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 24.59 72 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 25.12 73 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 25.19 74 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 25.25 75 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 25.26 76 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 25.28 77 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 25.41 78 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 26.07 79 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 26.16 80 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26.35 81 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 26.49 82 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 26.57 83 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 27.00 84 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 85 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 27.06 86 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 27.23 87 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 27.33 88 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 27.50 89 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 27.52 90 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 28.06 91 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 28.09 92 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 28.15 93 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 28.44 94 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 28.49 95 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 28.55 96 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 30.06 97 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 30.43 98 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 31.27 99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 31.34 100 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 33.12 101 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 33.16 102 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 34.40 103 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35.02 104 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 37.43 105 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 39.26 106 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 45.09 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 47 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 33 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 23 4 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 22 5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 20 6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 7 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 15 8 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 15 9 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 14 10 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 10 12 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10 13 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 10 14 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8 16 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 7 17 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 6 18 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 20 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 21 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 22 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4 23 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 24 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 3 25 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 26 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 27 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 2 28 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 2 29 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 30 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 31 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1 32 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 1 33 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 1 34 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1 35 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1 Mountain classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 24 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 15 3 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 8 4 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 5 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 5 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 5 7 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 8 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 5 9 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 5 10 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 12 Cesar Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 4 13 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4 14 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 4 15 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 16 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 17 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 3 18 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 3 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 1 20 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 1 21 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia 47.46.01 2 BMC Racing Team 2.18 3 Team Sparkasse 6.46 4 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 16.17 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19.25 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 27.55 7 Liquigas 38.34 8 Symmetrics Cycling Team 40.56 9 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 41.14 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 44.54 11 Rabobank 52.07 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 53.17 13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1.02.00 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.02.07 15 Rock Racing 1.05.39 Young rider classfication 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15.55.49 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.48 3 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 18.47 4 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19.00 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 19.40 6 Daniel Holloway (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 20.45 7 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21.32 8 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 21.37 9 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 21.52 10 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 21.56 11 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 22.38 12 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 23.00 13 Steven Kruijswijk(Ned) Rabobank Continential 23.03 14 Omar Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 23.32 15 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 25.03 16 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 25.06 17 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 27.01 18 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 31.18 19 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 35.49 20 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 43.15
