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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 14-22, 2009
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Stage 5 - February 19: Visalia - Paso Robles, 216.1 km/134.3 mi
Cavendish delivers the double in Cali
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Pasa Robles, California
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Mark Cavendish delivered a second stage win to his Columbia-Highroad squad in the fifth stage of Tour of California, once again getting the better of Quick Step's Tom Boonen in the bunch sprint. Rabobank's Pedro Horillo filled in for his fallen leader Oscar Freire, who crashed out in Wednesday's stage, with a fine third place finish.
"This was the stage I was targeting since we got here, it worked out perfectly," said Cavendish. "The guys worked so well for us. It was touch and go whether we were going to get the break back. Again it was George [Hincapie] and Mark Renshaw - once I get dropped off in that position there's no way I can do anything but win."
"My team and the other teams worked really hard to bring them back," said Cavendish of the break. "I had the best team in the world to lead me out. I had Big George in the last kilometres bringing me down [to the] the last kilometre which was a little downhill. Renshaw went again just before 500 metres to go and I was dropped off at 200 metres to go. There were loads of other teams there from Cervélo, Liquigas and QuickStep. It was a battle of the teams, really. Fortunately we came out on top."
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Notwithstanding Cavendish's description of the battle of teams, he maintained his confident tone from yesterday's win. "I could see a shadow to my right and I thought it was Tom [Boonen]. I was looking at the video after and I realised it was me - I was racing against my own shadow! When I saw my shadow I kept going because yesterday I sat up early and he was close."
Once again Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was actually in Canvendish's shadow, this time almost by a bike length as the Columbia sprinter waited a little longer to start his celebration. "It was pretty fast and chaotic in the last kilometre but once we got through that it was ok," said Boonen. "I think we all did a really good job and there wasn’t anything else we could have done. The guys kept speeding up but it was impossible to pass."
Even though the Belgian is zero from two on the sprint stages, his trip to California is not all lost, as the first few days gave him good training for the races he is really targetting. "The early weather in this race helped me a lot [for the Classics]. I feel great now after racing two or three days in the rain!"
Levi Leipheimer (Astana) finished the stage well up in the top 20 to maintain his lead in the overall classification. With no KOM climbs on the day Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) effectively had a day off in defence of his KOM lead. He lost the sprint classification jersey lead to Cavendish however, with the Brit taking 15 points in that competition courtesy of the stage win.
The long road home
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Stage five from Visalia to Paso Robles was the longest journey of this year's Tour of California, and as usually occurs when the peloton is facing a long day in the saddle, the early break was given a long leash. Familiar with this protocol, teams which have not scored a stage win went on the attack from the gun.
At mile seven, the six lucky men formed the day's breakaway: Pieter Weening (Rabobank), Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team), Cameron Evans (OUCH p/b Maxxis), Matthew Crane (Jelly Belly Cycling Team), Curtis Gunn (Fly V Australia) and Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing). They built up a 6:50 lead on the long, pancake-flat valley roads of King County.
The parcours for the day was more of a transition stage to get the race from the Sierra Nevadas back over to the coast and as such, the first two-thirds of the stage were long flat roads, with only seven turns in the first 100km. "It was pretty boring; we were trying to make jokes just to pass the time," Chadwick told Cyclingnews. "The best [joke] we saw was a 'dangerous descent' sign out there [on the flat.] That was probably the highlight of the day!"
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The kiwi stalwart laughed when asked why he always ends up in the long breakaways. "It always seems that way. Rudy [Pevenage] told us we had the day off, but I said I would see what happens. I told everyone we weren't doing anything today, but I got into it nice and early - 200km off the front. Long roads and they were pretty rough. I thought I was in Quebec doing the Tour de Beauce, they were that rough!"
The break added another minute on the way up to the highest point of the stage at mile 95, putting Weening into the virtual overall lead. The Dutchman picked up time bonuses at both of the intermediate sprints: three seconds in Cholame and two in Shandon behind Evans.
"We worked really well together all day," said Matt Crane. "It took us 30 kilometres to get going and accustomed to where the wind was coming from. We rotated all day and in the last six kilometetres we started attacking each other. That started to break us up."
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Louder and Gunn were dropped from the breakaway on a small climb in the final 20 miles, but the other four persevered, still holding 1'30 with 10km to go. The chase was touch and go, but the leading quartet failed to cooperate on the rolling approach to Paso Robles and were caught with 5km to go.
"I don't know how they do it but the ProTour teams always know how to time it," said Chadwick. "It's like a minute for every ten kilometres. So we had three minutes at 30 kilometres to go then two minutes at 20 kilometres to go!"
Astana controlled the peloton until an attack by Tim Johnson put the pressure on the sprinters' teams to get the race under control. Columbia-Highroad and Liquigas took the front of the peloton as Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) bridged up to Johnson. A Liquigas rider also joined the brief breakaway until Columbia closed it down to set up the sprint for Cavendish.
The peloton split on the wide highway finish, with Cervélo setting up on the right and Columbia on the left, but another massive leadout by Mark Renshaw delivered Cavendish to his second consecutive stage victory.
Additional reporting from Peter Hymas.
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- Davide Frattini (Colavita) sits in the bunch after having a good ride yesterday.
- Yes Mr. Officer, I would like a biscotti!
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) goes back to the team car to get some snacks.
- Riders pass behind rows and rows of trees along today's route.
- Long shadows were cast without much for shade along the course.
- Life at the back of the peloton.
- Green grass and rolling hills greeted the riders later in the race.
- The Mavic boys were enjoying having the sunny weather today.
- The bunch heads away from the snow that covered Sierra mountains.
- The Cervélo TestTeam does a little bit of bike maintenance out on the road.
- Curtis Gunn (Fly V Australia) going hard in the break.
- Pieter Weening (Rabobank) takes his pull at the front.
- Green grass on recently tilled fields along the route.
- George Hincapie (Columbia-Highroad) has a laugh with friend Lance Armstrong.
- Riders go along one of the huge irrigation ditches that lined the course.
- More of the trees that lined the course.
- A natural hole in rocks along the course provide a window to the race.
- Teams come to the front to take some time out of the break.
- Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) spending time in the break.
- The breakaway didn't have a whole lot to look at for most of the day.
- The main bunch starts to pick up the pace.
- Riders go by the memorial site where movie star James Dean was killed.
- The race heads into wine country after a long day of heading south.
- Andy Guptil (Colavita) gets to the front to help bring back the break.
- As the road goes down the field strings out to chase.
- The final moments of the break.
- Mark Cavendish takes win number two at this year's Tour of California.
- Team Astana was very alert in protecting Leipheimer's position overall.
- Mark Cavendish is looked after in the bunch, with a smiling Michael Rogers in the background.
- The break worked well together but still couldn't hold on.
- More kisses for Mark Cavendish after another stage win.
- The race came together within 10km of the finish.
- Astana loaded the front of the peloton to ensure the break didn't get too much time.
- The only colour in this landscape came from the peloton rolling through.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana, r) keeps his team captain Levi Leipheimer protected during stage five.
- The day's break was given a fair amount of slack but brought back in time.
- Glen Chadwick (foreground) was part of the long break.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) was making sure he stayed out of trouble.
Images by Mark Johnson/www.ironstring.com
- Argentina's Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) placed third yesterday in Clovis.
- At the sign in in Visalia Lance Armstrong (Astana) and Mark Cavendish (Columbia-High Road) are two guys who know what it's like to win.
- Floyd Landis (Ouch-p/b Maxxis) is ready to roll in the California sunshine.
- Rabobank's Eric Bruekink lost a key rider yesterday when Oscar Freire went down.
- Big crowds came out early in Visalia.
- This gentleman brings Americans cycling live on Versus TV.
- Moto marshalls keep the big show rolling.
- Svein Tuft (Garmin-Slipstream) recently found himself featured in a New York Times piece.
- Does big George Hincapie (Columbia-High Road) have a win on the cards today?
- Riders roll out of Visalia for the 134 mile stage to Paso Robles.
- Cavendish (Columbia-High Road) makes it look easy as he beats Tom Boonen in Paso Robles.
- The podium pins belonging to (l-r): Pedro Horillo, Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Legs of a champion... Tom Boonen waits for the sign on.
- The day's break was doomed from the start, especially with Cavendish having found his legs.
- George Hincapie was ready to drive as Columbia-Highroad set up Cav for win number two.
- Mark Cavendish opens the sprint in Paso Robles.
- The stage five podium (l-r): Pedro Horillo, Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen.
Images by Mark Zalewski/Cyclingnews.com
- The race organisation warns the riders of a dangerous descent ahead.
- The riders get a colourful send off in Visalia.
- The breakaway rides through the valley and endless stretches of farm land.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Columbia doesn't use the same hairdresser that Silence-Lottos uses...
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) straps up his shoes.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) squints in the sun and what a chance that was from the first four days.
- The bikes are ready – where are the riders?
- Basso, too, is ready to take on his opponents.
- Liquigas discusses which direction to go.
- Basso with Roberto Amadio who is the team manager of Liquigas.
- Visalia has made a name for quality racing in California, but the ToC was unprecedented.
- The start of the race under sunny skies.
- The riders roll off.
- Lance Armstrong – are the yellow colours a subtle hint for his Tour ambitions?
- Basso and Armstrong talk during the roll-out.
- The dryness of the landscape didn't suggest the peloton battled heavy rains for the first half of the race.
- The bunch moves through California
- The pace was high as the bunch approached the finish.
- California mountains are best enjoyed from a distant...
- Nature calls and some answer.
- Cavendish takes the win ahead of Boonen.
- The peloton comes home
- Cav took his second win in as many days.
- Cavendish enjoys the kisses on the podium.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.07.28 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 6 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 7 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 11 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 21 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 22 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 26 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 29 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 30 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 33 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 35 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 37 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 40 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 41 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 42 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 43 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 44 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 45 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 46 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 47 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 49 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 50 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 51 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 52 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 54 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 55 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 56 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 57 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 58 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 59 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 60 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 0.13 61 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 62 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 0.20 63 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 64 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 65 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 66 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 67 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 68 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 0.33 69 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.47 70 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.53 71 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 75 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 76 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 77 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 78 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 79 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 80 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 81 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 82 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 83 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 84 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 85 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 86 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 87 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 89 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 90 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing 91 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 92 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 93 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 94 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia 95 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 96 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 97 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 98 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 99 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 1.44 100 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia 101 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.59 102 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 103 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.06 104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 105 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.14 106 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 3.05 107 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6.07 108 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 6.10 Sprints Cholame 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 3 3 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia 1 Shandon 1 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 5 pts 2 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Paso Robles 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 12 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 6 6 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 5 7 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 4 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 3 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia 2 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia-High Road 15.22.24 2 Rabobank 3 Team Saxo Bank 4 Astana 5 Quick Step 6 Rock Racing 7 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 8 Garmin-Slipstream 9 Liquigas 10 Cervelo Test Team 11 Ouch Presented By Maxxis 12 AG2R La Mondiale 0.53 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.13 14 Bissell Pro Cycling 1.46 15 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation 2.37 16 BMC Racing Team 2.39 17 Team Type 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 23.41.20 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.24 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.28 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.30 5 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 0.34 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.38 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.39 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0.40 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.42 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.51 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 0.53 17 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.12 18 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 3.03 19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.32 20 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4.40 21 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 4.45 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 5.25 23 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5.56 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.59 25 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.01 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6.04 27 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 6.08 28 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 29 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 6.09 31 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.53 32 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 6.56 33 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 7.01 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 35 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.06 36 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.13 37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.21 38 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 7.43 39 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 9.07 40 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 9.08 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 9.09 42 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 10.07 43 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 10.19 44 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 11.02 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 14.39 46 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.59 47 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 15.13 48 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 15.36 49 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 15.40 50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 15.44 51 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 15.49 52 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 15.51 53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 16.44 54 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18.02 55 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18.26 56 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 18.45 57 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 21.05 58 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 21.07 59 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 21.33 60 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 21.40 61 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 22.19 62 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 22.21 63 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 22.24 64 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 23.11 65 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 24.02 66 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 24.15 67 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 24.53 68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 24.55 69 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 25.43 70 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 25.46 71 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 26.07 72 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 26.26 73 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 26.57 74 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 27.56 75 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 28.07 76 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 28.28 77 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 29.30 78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 29.45 79 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.51 80 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 29.52 81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 29.55 82 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 29.56 83 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 29.58 84 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 30.02 85 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30.07 86 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30.09 87 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia 30.15 88 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 30.20 89 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 30.27 90 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 30.45 91 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 30.47 92 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia 30.52 93 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 94 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing 30.55 95 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 31.37 96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 31.49 97 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32.02 98 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia 32.25 99 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 32.52 100 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 33.39 101 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 33.52 102 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 34.59 103 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 35.33 104 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 36.39 105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 36.51 106 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 36.55 107 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 36.59 108 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 38.22 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 36 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 30 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 28 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 24 5 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 15 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 13 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 8 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 12 9 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 12 10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 11 11 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 11 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 10 14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 15 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 10 16 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 10 17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 9 18 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 9 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 8 20 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 21 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8 22 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 8 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 7 24 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 26 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 6 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 6 29 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 5 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 5 31 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 5 32 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 33 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 5 34 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 36 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia 4 37 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 4 38 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 4 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3 40 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 3 41 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1 43 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 1 44 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 1 45 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia 1 Mountains classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 43 pts 2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 29 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 22 4 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 17 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 13 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 10 7 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 10 8 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 8 9 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 8 10 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 8 11 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 7 13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 7 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 6 15 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 6 16 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5 17 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5 18 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2 19 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 21 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 22 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 1 Best young rider 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 23.41.59 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.12 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2.24 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5.17 5 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.34 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 8.29 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 16.05 8 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.23 9 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 25.28 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 28.51 11 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.28 12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30.13 13 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 34.54 14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 36.16 Teams classification 1 Astana 71.05.10 2 Garmin-Slipstream 3.58 3 Team Saxo Bank 5.41 4 Team Columbia-High Road 5.46 5 Quick Step 6.05 6 Rabobank 6.07 7 Rock Racing 6.39 8 Cervelo Test Team 17.42 9 AG2R La Mondiale 21.21 10 Bissell Pro Cycling 21.40 11 Ouch Presented By Maxxis 21.58 12 BMC Racing Team 22.56 13 Liquigas 24.09 14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 35.58 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 50.38 16 Team Type 1 1.05.37 17 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation 1.08.01
