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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 6 - September 13: Hermann - St. Charles, 96 miles
Cavendish back to winning ways in Missouri
Vande Velde heads into finale with GC lead
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in St. Charles, Missouri
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia) was disappointed with his fourth place finish in yesterday's stage from St. James to Jefferson City, saying it was the first time he has lost a field sprint since the Giro d'Italia. So an even more motivated Cavendish came screaming into the finish in St. Charles today and took out his third stage win of the tour in very convincing fashion. Race leader Christian Vande Velde and his Garmin-Chipotle squad successfully defended his 18-second lead over Michael Rogers (Columbia) on the last road race stage of the tour.
"We studied the last kilometre this morning - in the book the corners didn't look so sharp," said Cavendish about the downhill sharp turn at 800 metres. "There were some guys skidding toward us and I thought maybe I should just stay up right. But George [Hincapie] went 'Bam!' and when he goes there is no one who can challenge him. It was a headwind so maybe I told him to go a little too early. Health Net tried to go on the right and I started my sprint with 200 meters to do what I normally do."
Cavendish said the final turn made things interesting, with some riders past their comfort zones. "When you've got guys with their back wheels locked up, you've got to have good bike handling skills - and, more importantly, the balls to keep it upright! I was scared for a minute but I was following George and he gets me around the corners safely."
Coming 'close' to challenging Cavendish for the first time this week, at least compared to previous stages, was Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United). The Cuban sprinter has been a little off in his sprint, since he has raced less recently with the birth of his son Maximilliano. But as the race has wore on his speed has returned.
"I was trying to stay there and [Rollin] tried to keep me up front," he said. "Once we got to Cavendish's wheel I asked him to keep me there. George went with 500 meters to go - I was behind them but he swung off. With 200 metres to go Cavendish sat down for a second so I did too. That was my mistake right there; I should have gone around him."
"That's the thing about sprinting you can lose the race in just a second mistake," said Dominguez. "If you wait one second it's game over."
"That sprint is crazy and everyone was trying to get behind the Columbia train," said third-place Brad Huff. "It's just full-horsepower and once they set up shop everyone is scrambling behind. It was dangerous with two corners to go and Garmin was trying to get Vande Velde up there to keep him safe."
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Huff has also been inching his way closer to a win, which is doubly important as he is the only Missouri-native in the race. "Every day is motivation for me to get on the podium. I think Missouri has been waiting for me to get up there. I also think the fans like seeing Cavendish up there, he's a great rider. But just being on the podium is never enough. I've had all kinds of supporters, friends, family and loved ones. I've seen people on the course that I would never expect!"
Race leader Vande Velde seemed to get a nod to an overall win as defending champion George Hincapie (Columbia) congratulated him after the stage. "I knew that Columbia would throw everything at us as usual - we just had to wait until there was a correct combination up front and then let the gap open," he said. "I think we got better at doing that and today was a great day for that."
Like Huff, Vande Velde is a Midwest boy, growing up and still living near Chicago. His family is down to watch the finish of the race and he is happy to be in the lead. "This is a perfect way to end my season. I'm close to home, it's in the Midwest. It's been a long season and I've spent so many of my years away from home. I never imagined I'd get to end my season at a nice big stage race with in a five hours drive to my home town."
Trying to take back the sprinter's jersey from Mark Cavendish was his former teammate Eric Baumann (Sparkasse). Baumann attacked to get a break going for the first sprint, and that ended up making the main break of the day. "It was not the plan but then I saw that Mark was not going for the sprints so I attacked and got away with a group. We were only one minute for a while. Eisel tried to sprint me and he is a really good sprinter but he has been working a lot this week. I also told him I wanted to only keep my second place in the jersey because I knew they would catch us! I'm a bit tired today and I had a flat with 1km to go."
Though Baumann took nine points on the road, Cavendish took fifteen for the win, extending his lead. His Columbia teammate in the break Bernhard Eisel also took most aggressive honors for the day for a valiant solo attack for 8 of the final 11km.
"It was a perfect situation for me and for the team really," he told Cyclingnews. "I had 600 excuses out there! First I said I could not ride because Baumann was there. Then Louder was there so I said I could not ride. When it was down to 3 minutes I did ride a little. But then I said no because my team was coming! I went with 11km to go and they got me with 3km to go. Then I was done, cooked and it was like I was standing still."
Eisel said that Cavendish was determined to better his fourth place finish from stage five. "Yesterday fourth place was a new impression for Cavendish so he fought it back today, so good for him!"
The final stage is an urban circuit in St. Louis, almost identical to last year's course. Expectations are for another field sprint, but the remnants of Hurricane Ike could dump on the race.
How it unfolded
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As has been the story of every stage (save for the time trial) attacks came as soon as they were allowed by the race referees - and as before Columbia was one of the main instigators. Hoping to be the beneficiaries of Columbia's work to unseat Vande Velde, many smaller teams joined the efforts.
One of the other 'themes' of the week has been the amount of crashes - and again the bad luck struck just 25km into the race. This sent riders off into the fields to avoid the wrecks, but others were not so lucky, including Cesar Grajales (Rock Racing) and Henk Vogels (Toyota-United).
Soon after this Eric Baumann (Sparkasse) put in an attack as he saw the first intermediate sprint of the day looming, and a chance to secure his second place on the competition. This actually launched the main break of the day with Bernhard Eisel (Columbia) following him. Going with those two were: Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas), Steven Kruijswijk(Rabobank Continental), Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team), Scott Zwizanski (Bissell), Michael Creed (Rock Racing), Caleb Manion (Toyota - United), Rory Sutherland (Health Net) and Davide Frattini (Colavita).
This break was interesting as Louder was only 2'42" behind Vande Velde in the overall. But Garmin-Chipotle either oozed confidence or showed their tiredness after a long week of hard racing, as they let the gap reach nearly five minutes with 100km to go in the race. But it turned out to be the former as the team then assembled on the front to bring the gap down. Fortunately for them a few other interested parties pitched in with Symmetrics looking to protect Svein Tuft in third place overall.
The gap began to fall as Baumann pulled in the sprint points for the second
and third sprints, despite Eisel's best efforts. The KOM competition was not
an issue as the leader Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) was not threatened by
any of the break riders.
Garmin-Chipotle slowly chipped away at the lead and with less the 40km to go
the gap was well under 2 minutes. But another crash struck the tired field,
allowing the gap to go back to 2'15". Louder was clearly trying to motivate
his break mates, but that was not enough to make it work. The field had the
break in sight with 20km to go, and the attacks started flying.
Eventually a chase group split off the peloton as crosswinds shattered the field. With less than a minute gap the break felt the effects of the crosswinds more, and sat-up to wait for the field. Only Eisel remained vigilant, having had an easier ride for the day, and tried a solo move for the final 10km.
He hung tough until about 3km to go when he was finally reeled in. But his Columbia team took over moving sprinter Mark Cavendish into position. Down the final kilometre the team had control, and with the final downhill turn at 800 metres safely negotiated it was a sprinter's dream. Out of the fray it was again George Hincapie leading out Cavendish, and again there was no one able to come around him as he took his third stage win of the race.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes his third win on the race.
- The start line in Hermann for stage 6.
- Riders start to roll out.
- Riders pass by one of the wineries on the way out of Hermann.
- Tony Cruz (BMC) looking pretty happy to get out on the road.
- A break gets started not long after the things get started.
- The peloton passes over a bridge after the first sprint of the day.
- David Zabriskie (Garmin-Chipotle) has been race leader Christian Vande Velde’s right hand man the whole week.
- The bunch keeps tempo to monitor the break.
- Jeff Louder (BMC) has been active in the breaks the past couple days.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) has been staying well in control of things heading into St. Louis.
- Riders go hard at the front of the break.
- Michael Creed (Rock Racing) gets a bike adjustment out on the road.
- Water was high in some places from the recent heavy rains.
- Davide Frattini (Colovita-Sutter Home) going hard for the KOM.
- Lots of fans were in place to cheer riders up the KOM.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) at the front of the field on the KOM.
- Eric Wholberg (Symmetrics) leads the chase.
- Boy van Poppel (Rabobank) was looking good today after his big win yesterday.
- The peloton cruises by one of the small water ways today.
- The break got all the way up to a 4:45 gap today.
- The chase got hot and heavy as the day went on.
- Another KOM for the break.
- The break starts to fall apart as they get past the 20 kilometre mark.
- Bernard Eisel (Columbia) tried to go it alone after the break got caught.
- Bernard Eisel (Columbia) gets some time on the field.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) starts to pull ahead of Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United) for the win.
- Columbia teammates of Mark Cavendish were happy to take home another win.
- The jersey leaders heading into stage 7 and the last day.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- A large crowd was on hand to great the riders .
- The locals looked on .
- Please sign my baby! .
- Danny Pate (Garmin-Chipotle) .
- Some say cycling fans are babies, sometimes they are right!.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) gives the camera a big kiss as Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) looks on in disbelief.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) best young rider ready for work.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) leads the roll out .
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) stays close to his teammates on the KOM.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) wins another one ahead of Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) .
- Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit) after a rather nasty crash was happy the to see an end to the day.
- All the jerseys.
Images by Phoenix Timing Systems
- The side view of the sprint shows how far ahead Cavendish was.
- The timer's view of the sprint shows Cavendish well ahead of Dominguez.
Images by Greg Chang/Photosport International
- Fans watch the race pass.
- The crowds gather for the podium presentation.
- A bridge crossing in Missouri.
- Riders make their way through stage six.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) grabbing some food.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) focuses after his win.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) awarded after his stage win.
- Tom Danielson (Garmin Chipotle - H30) leads the pack, with Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) to his left.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) keeps the yellow race top.
- Race leader Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30)
- The jersey wearers with Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) in centre.
- USA's Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) is close to winning the overall.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) dominates another stage.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) flies to another stage win in Missouri.
- Flowers launched by Mark Cavendish (Columbia).
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) tops the stage winners podium.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) puts on the race leader's top.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) awarded the yellow jersey of race leader.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) in the centre of the jersey winners for the day.
- Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Chipotle - H30) giving an interview after the stage.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.32.25 2 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 5 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 13 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 14 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 15 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 16 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 17 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 20 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 21 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 22 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 23 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 24 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 25 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 26 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 27 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 28 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 29 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 30 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 31 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 33 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 34 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 35 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 36 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 37 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 38 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 40 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 0.08 41 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 42 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 43 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 44 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 45 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 46 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 47 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 48 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 49 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 50 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 51 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.13 52 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.16 53 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 54 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 55 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 0.24 56 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 57 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 0.29 58 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 59 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 60 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 61 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 62 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.52 63 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 64 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 2.08 65 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 66 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 67 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 68 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 69 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 70 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 71 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 72 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 73 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 74 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 75 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 76 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 77 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 78 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 79 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 80 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 81 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 82 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 83 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 84 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.17 85 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 86 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 87 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 88 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2.22 89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 2.30 90 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.53 91 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.38 92 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 10.23 93 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 94 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 95 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 12.15 DNF Daniel Holloway (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 DNF Omar Cervantes Diaz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara DNF Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing DNF Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team DNF Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight DNF Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight DNF Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast DNF David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast DNF Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team DSQ Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis Sprints 1 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 2 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 3 3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 3 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 5 pts 2 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Mountains 1 1 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6 pts 2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4 4 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 2 1 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6 pts 2 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 5 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 4 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 5 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 3 1 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6 pts 2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 4 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 3 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia 10.37.15 2 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 3 Team Sparkasse 4 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 5 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6 BMC Racing Team 7 Liquigas 8 Rabobank Continental 0.08 9 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 10 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 11 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.16 12 Bissell Pro Cycling 2.16 13 Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.16 14 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast General classification after stage 6 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 19.26.20 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 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.32 6 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1.33 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.54 8 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.39 9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2.42 10 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 2.47 11 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.18 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.23 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.42 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 4.08 15 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.56 16 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.19 17 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 6.48 18 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 7.28 19 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.30 20 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 7.46 21 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10.54 22 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 12.38 23 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 16.31 24 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19.53 25 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 20.04 26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 20.12 27 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.34 28 Luis Amaran (Cub) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 20.48 29 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20.54 30 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.14 31 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 21.16 32 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21.20 33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 21.24 34 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.40 35 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 21.53 36 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 22.13 37 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 22.24 38 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 22.33 39 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 22.42 40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.44 41 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 22.45 42 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 22.52 43 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.19 44 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 23.24 45 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 23.25 46 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 23.26 47 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.31 48 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 23.42 49 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 23.49 50 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.50 51 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.54 52 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 24.01 53 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 24.04 54 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 24.09 55 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.36 56 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24.41 57 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 24.43 58 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.47 59 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 24.54 60 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 25.08 61 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 25.17 62 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 25.19 63 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 25.23 64 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 25.25 65 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 25.29 66 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 25.34 67 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 25.39 68 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 25.54 69 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 26.24 70 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26.40 71 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 26.49 72 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 26.57 73 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 27.07 74 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27.29 75 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 27.41 76 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 27.47 77 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 28.00 78 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 28.44 79 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 28.52 80 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 28.55 81 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29.08 82 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 29.14 83 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 30.00 84 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 30.30 85 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 30.43 86 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 30.52 87 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 31.06 88 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 32.45 89 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 33.03 90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 34.00 91 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35.18 92 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 35.51 93 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 36.57 94 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 37.56 95 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 38.32 Points classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 62 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 48 3 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 29 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28 5 Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20 6 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 20 7 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 18 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 9 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 15 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 14 11 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 12 12 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 10 14 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 15 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 16 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 8 17 John Murphy (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8 18 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 6 20 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 6 21 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 22 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 23 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 24 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 5 25 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 26 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4 27 Lui Alfredo Gutierrez Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3 28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 3 29 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 30 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2 31 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 2 32 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2 33 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 34 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 2 35 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 1 37 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 1 38 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 1 Mountains classification 1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 24 pts 2 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18 3 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 13 5 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 8 6 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 8 7 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 8 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 6 9 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 5 10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 5 11 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 5 12 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 13 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 5 14 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast 5 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 5 16 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 17 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 18 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4 19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 4 20 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 3 21 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3 22 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home p/b CookingLight 3 23 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 1 26 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 27 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 19.28.14 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.48 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19.00 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 19.30 5 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20.39 6 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21.56 7 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.00 8 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 23.00 9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23.14 10 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.40 11 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 23.45 12 Ryan Andreson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24.46 13 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 25.03 14 Rob Ruygh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 27.01 15 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 27.14 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia 58.23.16 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 30.11 7 Liquigas 38.34 8 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 41.14 9 Symmetrics Cycling Team 45.12 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 49.10 11 Rabobank (Continental) 52.15 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 53.25 13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1.02.08 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.02.23
