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Tour of California - 2.HC
USA, February 14-22, 2009
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Stage 3 - February 17: San José - Modesto, 167.7 km/104.2 mi
Hushovd and co. click in wet California
Leiphimer holds onto gold despite rude awakener
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Modesto
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Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) has recorded win number one for 2009 with a powerful sprint on the wet streets of Modesto at the end of stage three. Cervélo rode the perfect train to deliver Hushovd to the line, ahead of Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and former teammate Mark Renshaw (Columbia-Highroad) after an uncomfortably wet and cold day in the saddle.
"Hayden Roulston started it with a little more than one kilometre to go, then Dominique Rollin pulled into the last corner," explained Hushovd. "Then Brett Lancaster took over after the last corner, and I passed him with about 150 metres to go. Our team did a great job today, and I am really thankful. It's the first time we've worked together and it went well, so that was a good start.
Cervélo's leadout was textbook; they lined up three ahead of him before the final kilometre and delivered him precisely to the line ahead of a disorganised peloton, something the experiened Norwegian paid tribute to. "I know that with these guys, we may be one of the best lead-out teams in the world, and I think today that we showed it," he said.
One of the sprint favourites, Mark Cavendish (Columbia-High Road), had trouble getting to the head of the race, despite having Mark Renshaw at the front. "Today's finish was extremely dangerous with the little cat head reflectors [bots dots] in the road and the wet turns," said Renshaw. "With probably a kilometre to go I figured Cavendish was behind me. As we turned into the final straight I looked behind but he wasn't there. Mark was having a tossle with a rider from Rock Racing. I had a rider between me and George Hincapie, and when the sprint started he dropped the wheel."
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Renshaw said that the team was hoping for a win in the first true sprint stage of the tour, which is why his team pitched in to bring the break back. "We had to commit a few guys early on to bring back the break which I think sacrificed a little at the end. It's a little bit dissapointing for the team, we put a lot of work into today. We didn't get it together today but we'll have another chance."
A four-man effort
The stage came down to a sprint despite the valiant efforts of four men who spent almost the entire day off the front. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Brian Vandborg (Liquigas), Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) and Brad White (OUCH-Maxxis) broke away before the very first climb of the day, Sierra Road, which began just 7.2km into the stage. At times, the peloton lagged five-and-a-half minutes back, but the sprinters' teams got hungry and drove the ultimately successful pursuit to recapture the escapees.
"OUCH brought me on this year because of my aggressive style of racing," said White. "I wanted to bring the team some recognition today. The conditions were a lot better than they have been in the last two days but they still weren't all that great. The wind made it really hard for the break, but it was a good day, all-in-all."
"I wanted to get away before the climb because I knew I wasn't going to get away on it," Jeff Louder told Cyclingnews. "I know that climb and I know Sierra Road. White attacked and I followed him. Later Mollema came across and Vandbourg came soon after."
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Louder was the one to initiate the attacking onto the circuits that broke up the break with the peloton closing in, using the slight rise of an overpass to his advantage. "It was just my turn in the rotation and I saw that Mollema was the strongest and that White was was getting tired. I've raced in Belgium a long time and you gotta attack on the bridges!"
Leipheimer's scary moment
General classification leader Levi Leipheimer kept his position at the top of the standings, but not without a few scary moments. During the stage he crossed paths with a teammate and crashed, but was not seriously injured and was back underway after a speedy bike change. His teammates pulled him safely back up to the peloton, where he remained for the duration.
"I just looked down for a second and wasn't fully concentrating in that moment - it was windy out there so it was hard to hold a straight line in the peloton," said Leipheimer. "I looked down, the guys moved over a little bit and we crossed wheels. It happens. It hurts a little bit. I can feel it on my butt - that's where I landed. I've done it before, it's no big deal.
"It was one of those crashes that only hurts for a second and then it went away, like when you stub your toe, only bigger then that. I think thats a good sign," he added.
Of the conditions heading into the finish, Leipheimer said, "With the crashes today, I thought it was better they cut [the finish circuits] down. These circuits are very nerve-racking. It's the first time we've done one this year... so it's back to racing. I forgot how hectic it can be!"
Additional reporting from Sue George
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- Four riders got away during the wet stage.
- Astana leads with Lance Armstrong sitting behind at the head of the chase group.
- The peloton was strung out as it past a windmill farm. Lots of energy would have been created on the cold and windy day.
- Astana and Garmin-Slipstream riders were just a few of the riders that went down on today's stage.
- Astana is joined by Columbia at the head of the peloton.
- Brian Vandborg (Liquigas) leads his break away mates Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Jeffry Louder (BMC Racing Team) and Bradley White (OUCH p/b Maxxis).
- Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) charges in as Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) looks across to teammate Mark Renshaw.
- Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) wins stage three in Modesto.
- Riders leave the start town of San Jose in the pouring rain.
- Jeff Louder (BMC) went right to the front to get the break going.
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) leads the break up the Sierra Road climb.
- Team Type 1 tries to send a rider up the road to catch break.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) cruises along at the front of the bunch.
- The break tackles another one of the many rolling hills along todays route.
- Riders fight to catch back on after things broke up on the climb.
- The bunch crests the top of the climb.
- Chechu Rubiera (Astana) was always at the front to keep things in control.
- Davide Frattini (Colavita) comes back from the team car with a fresh set of gloves.
- Brad White (OUCH) going hard on the first climb.
- Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) tries again to get away from the main field.
- The front group starts to descend.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) descends through the rain on the first climb.
- Brad Huff (Jelly Belly) gets over the top and heads down to the valley.
- Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) and teammate Oscar Sevilla together in the bunch.
- The back side of the truck that Ian MacGregor tagged on the way down from the Sierra Road climb.
- Riders pile up after a slip on the wet roads.
- The group slows down after the crash to get everyone back together.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) takes a lunch break.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) comes to the front in one piece after hitting the deck hard.
- Mark Renshaw (Columbia-Highroad) sitting back in the bunch before taking third place on todays stage.
- The break continues along as the race gets closer to Modesto.
- Janez Brajkovic (Astana) spent most of the day on the front working for the team.
- Two Columbia-Highroad riders catching back on after a mechanical.
- Floyd Landis (OUCH) sits safely in the bunch.
- Things get bunched up before winding up to catch the break.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) leaves the podium today with another yellow jersey.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Cervélo TestTeam's big Norwegian Thor Hushovd confirms he's in great form with a win in Modesto.
- Don't turn around, Bauke! Rabobank's Bauke Mollema looks around to see where the bunch is
- Jeff Louder (BMC) drives on as the two-man break aims for the win.
Images by Mark Johnson/www.Ironstring.com
- It was so cold at the top of Sierra Road that spectators were wearing sleeping bags.
- Steven Cozza's (Garmin) mom rugged up and came up to the top of Sierra Road to cheer him on.
- Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) went for glory from the gun again, but couldn't hold on for a repeat victory.
- Saxo Bank in formation up 1943-foot high Sierra Road.
- An AG2R rider suffers up Sierra Road.
- Some of the professionals had to resort to paper-boying their way up Sierra Road.
- This Sierra Road local is none too happy with the Tour of California ruckus in his normally bucolic pasture.
- The Tour of California has had so much rain that new lakes are forming.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Cervelo Test Team bulldoze wind on their way into Modesto.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) corners after topping Peterson Pass.
- The break echelons across the plains of California's Central Valley.
Images by Phoenix Sports
- Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) takes the win.
- Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) takes the win over Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
Images by Wil Matthews
- Two cultures meet in stage three of the Amgen Tour of California outside of Modesto.
- Bob Stapleton (r) owner of Team Columbia surveys the paddock following stage three of the Amgen Tour of California
- Mechanic Alejandro Torrallo works on the bike ridden by Thor Hushovd, winner of stage three of the Amgen Tour of California
- Riders in the Amgen Tour of California descend Patterson Pass in California's Central Valley on their way to Modesto, the finish of stage three.
- Fans of Lance Armstrong await the peloton outside of Modesto, CA
- Farmers in this Central Valley area took the afternoon off to see the riders in stage three of the Amgen Tour of California
Images by John Pierce / PhotoSport International UK USA ASIA
- Thor Hushovd win stage 3
- The Norwegian is off to a good start and for a sprinter an early win gives confidence for the rest of the season.
- Astana time trial bikes are lined up with one having a distinct yellow colour.
- Armstrong's road bike has a unique paint job
- The Astana mechanic works on Armstrong's bike prior to the prologue.
- This is the bike that was stolen after the first day's racing.
- The news of the theft changed the mood in the Astana camp a bit. A reward will be offered if anybody can track down the thief.
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 4.28.12 (37.3601 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 7 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 8 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 14 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 15 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 16 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 18 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 19 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 20 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 21 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 22 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 23 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 24 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia 25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 26 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 27 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 28 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia 29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 35 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 37 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 38 John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 39 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 40 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 41 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 42 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 43 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 44 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 45 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 46 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 48 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 49 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 50 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 51 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 52 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 53 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 54 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 55 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 56 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 57 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 59 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 60 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 61 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 62 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 63 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 64 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 65 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 66 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 67 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 68 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 69 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 70 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 72 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 73 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia 74 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 75 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 76 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 77 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 78 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 79 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 80 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 81 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 82 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 83 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 84 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 87 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 88 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 89 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 91 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 92 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 93 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 95 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia 96 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 97 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 98 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 99 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 100 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 102 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing 103 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 104 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 105 David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia 106 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 107 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 109 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 110 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 111 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.21 112 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1.49 113 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1 1.54 114 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 115 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2.08 116 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 117 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 2.20 118 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 2.23 119 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Edward King (USA) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling DNF Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 DNF Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1 DNF Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light DNF Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light DNF Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia DSQ Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis DSQ Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1 DSQ Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team Sprints Sprint 1 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Sprint 2 1 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 5 pts 2 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 1 Stage finish 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 15 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 12 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 7 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 5 7 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 4 8 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains Climb 1 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 10 pts 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 9 3 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 7 4 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 5 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 5 6 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 4 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 2 Climb 2 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia-High Road 13.24.36 2 Cervelo Test Team 3 Rabobank 4 Liquigas 5 Astana 6 Team Saxo Bank 7 Garmin-Slipstream 8 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 9 Quick Step 10 Rock Racing 11 Ouch Presented By Maxxis 12 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation 13 BMC Racing Team 14 Team Type 1 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 16 Bissell Pro Cycling 17 AG2R La Mondiale General Classification after Stage 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13.51.14 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 0.56 17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2.10 18 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.12 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4.32 20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 21 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4.40 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 4.45 23 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5.56 24 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5.57 25 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.59 26 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.00 27 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 6.01 28 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 6.03 29 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 6.04 30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 31 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 6.08 32 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 33 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 6.09 35 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 6.13 36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 37 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 6.15 38 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.20 39 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.28 40 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 8.21 41 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.03 42 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 9.08 43 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 9.09 44 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.14 45 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.26 46 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 14.21 47 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 14.39 48 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 14.50 49 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 14.51 50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.59 51 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 15.13 52 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15.24 53 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 15.29 54 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 15.40 55 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 16.44 56 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 17.41 57 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 17.42 58 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 17.59 59 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 20.40 60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 20.44 61 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 21.07 62 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 21.17 63 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 21.27 64 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 21.28 65 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 66 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 21.38 67 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.53 68 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 23.56 69 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 24.00 70 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 71 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 24.01 72 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 24.02 73 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 74 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 24.04 75 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 24.05 76 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 24.06 77 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 24.07 78 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 24.15 79 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 25.57 80 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 26.04 81 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 26.18 82 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 26.28 83 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 29.45 84 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 29.50 85 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 29.52 86 John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 29.53 87 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 29.54 88 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 29.56 89 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 90 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 29.58 91 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia 29.59 92 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 93 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 94 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 95 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 30.00 96 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 97 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 30.02 98 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing 99 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 100 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30.03 101 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia 30.04 102 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 30.09 103 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 30.10 104 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia 105 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia 30.15 106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 30.27 107 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 31.19 108 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 32.00 109 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 34.59 110 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 35.13 111 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36.28 112 David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia 36.32 113 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 36.39 114 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 36.51 115 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 36.55 116 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 36.59 117 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 38.22 118 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 45.37 Sprint classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 25 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 15 3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 15 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 5 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 12 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 12 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 10 9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 10 11 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 9 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 8 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 7 14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 7 15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 16 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 18 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 6 19 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 5 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 5 21 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 5 22 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 5 23 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 24 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 4 25 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 4 26 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 27 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 4 28 David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia 4 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3 30 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 31 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 32 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 3 33 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 3 34 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 35 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1 36 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 26 pts 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 13 3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 11 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 10 5 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 10 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 8 7 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 8 8 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 9 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 8 10 David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia 8 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 7 12 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 7 13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 6 14 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 6 15 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5 16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5 17 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 19 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 13.51.53 2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.12 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 1.31 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5.17 5 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5.41 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 17.03 9 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.21 10 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23.22 11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 29.11 12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.20 13 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 34.34 14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 36.16 15 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 44.58 Teams classification 1 Astana 41.34.52 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 Bissell Pro Cycling 19.54 10 BMC Racing Team 20.17 11 AG2R La Mondiale 20.28 12 Ouch Presented By Maxxis 21.58 13 Liquigas 24.09 14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 35.58 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 49.25 16 Team Type 1 1.02.12 17 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation 1.05.06
