Chicchi sprints to win in penultimate stage

The Tour of Missouri delivered the fastest-ever day of racing in North American stage racing history on Saturday, appropriately enough concluding in St. Joseph, the starting point of the Wild West's original speedy delivery service Pony Express. Italy's Francesco Chicchi chose his own path to glory, rocketing up the right side of the finishing straight while the other sprint contenders occupied themselves on the left.

Chicchi out-paced sprint leader Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam) and Argentina's Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) in another raucous bunch finish, continuing the fast men's domination of Missouri’s road stages.

Chicchi crossed the finish line in 3:41:41 for the 177.5-kilometre stage, an average speed of 48.04 km/h (29.86 mph). Despite nearly 5,000 feet of climbing on the typically undulating Missouri farmland, a stiff tailwind and aggressive racing from start to finish propelled the peloton to St. Joseph 25 minutes ahead of the fastest projected arrival time.

Chicchi waited until the final stage of last year’s Missouri to win his first stage and this year victory arrived one day earlier, all the more sweet for his undermanned Liquigas squad. "We only had six guys but today they rode like 20," said Chicchi. "They launched me at 250 [metres to go] and I had great legs. The whole race was very fast. Everyone wanted to get into a break early on and it was 52 km/h for the first 80 kilometres. It was flying all day. Only at the Tour de France have I seen races like that."

For the first time a domestic team's sprinter cracked the top three on a Missouuri road stage, as Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) finished third for the stage, ending his heretofore frustrating race experience.

"The difference today versus the first four stages was my position," said Haedo, younger brother of yesterday's stage winner Juan Jose Haedo (Team Saxo Bank). "In the first couple of stages I couldn't get in the position that I wanted. Having the ProTour teams here, the people who race in Europe, if you don't get the good position than it’s very complicated.

"Unfortunately I crashed in stage four coming into Jefferson City and that was the best stage for me to win because it was an uphill finish,” he said. “I'm glad I had the chance to sprint today. The stage was very fast and in particular the last two kilometres was extremely fast. Inside one kilometre to go I got inside Hushovd’s wheel and he had his teammate doing the lead-out so I was in very good position."

A lesson learned

Race leader David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) spent his first stage in the yellow jersey and his team passed its first defensive test with flying colours. Zabriskie continues to lead Gustav Larsson (Team Saxo Bank) by 30 seconds and Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) by 44 seconds.

"The team was amazing today," said Zabriskie. "I knew they had it in them and they pulled through. The speed was very high and we didn't necessarily have to take the front because so many teams wanted to be in the break today."

Garmin-Slipstream capitalized on its experience from last year, when the squad endured a difficult day of racing to keep Christian Vande Velde in the leader's jersey. "We learned a lot last year,” he said. “The day where it really broke apart last year was when [Michael] Barry won that stage in Rolla. These roads are...you can't really take the front as a team and ride it. There are so many rollers that the other teams will come off of us and sling shot on the rollers and then you blow yourselves up. That’s why we just kind of let everyone do their race."

Zabriskie is one day of racing away from earning his first ever stage race victory and his tenure in the yellow jersey has had quite an affect on the Utah native. "I'm on cloud nine,” he said. “I've never been this happy before in my life. I really am enjoying the moment and it’s great to be with these guys [team-mates - Ed.]. In all seriousness, I know my emotions don't come through so much and a lot of people say I don't smile enough but I'm having a great time and I really am happy."

Speed is all you need

Unlike all of the previous road stages the first significant escape of the day didn't occur until just past the feed zone at kilometre 74.4 when Cervelo TestTeam's Jeremy Hunt rode off the front on his own. The 35-year-old Briton wasn't deemed a threat by the peloton and soon found himself three minutes ahead, but Hunt sat up after approximately 30 kilometres of solitude and was re-absorbed. Hunt would receive the day's most aggressive rider jersey for his efforts off the front.

Once Hunt was back in the peloton attack after attack was launched, but to no avail. Team Type 1's Chris Jones was one of many riders who tried to form an escape, only to succumb to the peloton's furious tail wind-fueled tempo. "The pace was unbelievable, that was amazing," said Jones. "You were just spun out going as fast as you can. It was good motorpacing.

"Garmin did a good job of holding things together. It would split, there'd be 20 guys off, and they'd weld it back together. They definitely rode strong."

Approaching the day's second intermediate sprint at kilometre 149.8, two riders - Frederique Robert (Quick Step) and Phillip Gaimon (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) - found a chink in the Garmin-Slipstream armour and made their escape. The pair worked smoothly together to claw their way to a 30-second advantage as they rolled across the sprint line, reached first by Gaimon.

"I wanted to get off the front and hope that the field sat up," said Gaimon. "It was an aggressive day, ridiculously fast. It just never stopped and the break would not go. It was unbelievable.

"We've been kind of waiting for this day all week but it just didn't happen. Garmin was real picky about letting a break go."

The duo received a powerful boost in horsepower as it arrived at the base of the 1.5-kilometre ascent to the day's only mountains classification line at kilometre 166. Astana's Levi Leipheimer and Yaroslav Popovych bridged the gap to Gaimon and Robert, but the quartet were absorbed by the peloton approaching the KOM line as mountains leader Moises Aldape Chavez (Team Type 1) crossed the line first, adding to his mountains classification leadership over Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank).

"There were two guys from Astana, then Sorensen and another rider," said Aldape. "Sorensen was going for it at one kilometer. He attacked and then I
went hard at 200 metres."

Chaos ensued crossing the KOM line as the peloton split into several groups and a threatening move by Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia-HTC), Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana) and Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) capitalized on the moment to make a bid for victory with less than 10 kilometres remaining. Pinotti is only one second behind third placed Zirbel and the escape set off alarm bells for the American Continental squad.

"Frank [Pipp] and Andy [Jacques-Maynes] just slayed themselves to bring him [Pinotti - Ed.] back," said Zirbel. "I didn't even know he was off the front. I was out of position because I thought I had a flat tire and [was] freaking out about that. I thought the sprinters' teams were going to bring everything back. But my team didn't even leave it to chance, they just killed themselves to bring him back.

"I actually thought he was going to wait until tomorrow," continued Zirbel. "He’s used to three week stage races so I'm sure he'll be going again tomorrow.”

After Bissell Pro Cycling neutralized the Pinotti break approaching five kilometres to go, Craig Lewis (Columbia-HTC), Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team) and Luis Romero Amaran (Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) each tried solo attacks only to be brought back by the Cervelo TestTeam-led peloton looking for a second Hushovd victory.

As the peloton made the final turn onto the finishing straight at 500 metres to go Cervelo TestTeam looked to have the race under control, however the crafty Chicchi made his move with 250 metres to go on the opposite side of the road from Hushovd to earn his second career Tour of Missouri victory.

Tomorrow the peloton completes its final stage at the Tour of Missouri, a 114.9-kilometre circuit race in Kansas City. The battle for the final podium may go down to the wire on a circuit with a 16 percent climb which must be tackled seven times.

Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas3:41:41
2Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test TeamRow 1 - Cell 2
3Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 2 - Cell 2
4Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet EnergyRow 3 - Cell 2
5Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTCRow 4 - Cell 2
6Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet EnergyRow 5 - Cell 2
7Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing TeamRow 6 - Cell 2
8Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 7 - Cell 2
9Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick StepRow 8 - Cell 2
10Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 9 - Cell 2
11Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test TeamRow 10 - Cell 2
12Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo BankRow 11 - Cell 2
13Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 12 - Cell 2
14Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick StepRow 13 - Cell 2
15Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16Daniel Oss (Ita) LiquigasRow 15 - Cell 2
17Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 16 - Cell 2
18George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTCRow 17 - Cell 2
19Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-HTCRow 18 - Cell 2
20Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 19 - Cell 2
21Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick StepRow 20 - Cell 2
22Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing TeamRow 21 - Cell 2
23Janez Brajkovic (Slo) AstanaRow 22 - Cell 2
24Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 23 - Cell 2
25Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 24 - Cell 2
26Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro CyclingRow 25 - Cell 2
27Gregory Rast (Swi) AstanaRow 26 - Cell 2
28Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick StepRow 27 - Cell 2
29Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1Row 28 - Cell 2
30Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 29 - Cell 2
31Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 30 - Cell 2
32Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1Row 31 - Cell 2
33Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet EnergyRow 32 - Cell 2
34Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing TeamRow 33 - Cell 2
35Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro CyclingRow 34 - Cell 2
36Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTCRow 35 - Cell 2
37Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 36 - Cell 2
38Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo BankRow 37 - Cell 2
39Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 38 - Cell 2
40Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-HTCRow 39 - Cell 2
41Brian Vandborg (Den) LiquigasRow 40 - Cell 2
42Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 41 - Cell 2
43Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 42 - Cell 2
44Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo BankRow 43 - Cell 2
45Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 44 - Cell 2
46John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 45 - Cell 2
47Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test TeamRow 46 - Cell 2
48Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) AstanaRow 47 - Cell 2
49Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro CyclingRow 48 - Cell 2
50Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 49 - Cell 2
51Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 50 - Cell 2
52Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 51 - Cell 2
53Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo BankRow 52 - Cell 2
54Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1Row 53 - Cell 2
55Scott Wizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 54 - Cell 2
56Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 55 - Cell 2
57Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AstanaRow 56 - Cell 2
58Andrey Zeits (Kaz) AstanaRow 57 - Cell 2
59Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 58 - Cell 2
60Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 59 - Cell 2
61Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 60 - Cell 2
62David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 61 - Cell 2
63Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 62 - Cell 2
64Levi Leipheimer (USA) AstanaRow 63 - Cell 2
65Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 64 - Cell 2
66David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 65 - Cell 2
67Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing TeamRow 66 - Cell 2
68Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1Row 67 - Cell 2
69Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 68 - Cell 2
70Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 69 - Cell 2
71Addy Engels (Ned) Quick StepRow 70 - Cell 2
72Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test TeamRow 71 - Cell 2
73Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo BankRow 72 - Cell 2
74Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 73 - Cell 2
75Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1Row 74 - Cell 2
76Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1Row 75 - Cell 2
77Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia-HTCRow 76 - Cell 2
78Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1Row 77 - Cell 2
79Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 78 - Cell 2
80Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 79 - Cell 2
81Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick StepRow 80 - Cell 2
82Francois Parisien (Can) Planet EnergyRow 81 - Cell 2
83Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 82 - Cell 2
84Christopher Baldwin (USA) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 83 - Cell 2
85Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 84 - Cell 2
86Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1Row 85 - Cell 2
87Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTCRow 86 - Cell 2
88Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By MaxxisRow 87 - Cell 2
89Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 88 - Cell 2
90Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 89 - Cell 2
91Ryan Roth (Can) Planet EnergyRow 90 - Cell 2
92Franco Pellizotti (Ita) LiquigasRow 91 - Cell 2
93Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet EnergyRow 92 - Cell 2
94Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 93 - Cell 2
95Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test TeamRow 94 - Cell 2
96Valerio Agnoli (Ita) LiquigasRow 95 - Cell 2
97Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test TeamRow 96 - Cell 2
98Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test TeamRow 97 - Cell 2
99Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 98 - Cell 2
100Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) AstanaRow 99 - Cell 2
101Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) LiquigasRow 100 - Cell 2
102Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro CyclingRow 101 - Cell 2
103Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team0:01:49
104Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team0:01:54
105Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana0:02:27
106Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:02:43
107Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro CyclingRow 106 - Cell 2
108Andrew Randell (Can) Planet EnergyRow 107 - Cell 2
109Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:02:44
110Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:05:05
111Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:10:31
112William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 111 - Cell 2
DNFDavide Malacarne (Ita) Quick StepRow 112 - Cell 2
DNFJurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick StepRow 113 - Cell 2
DNFCharly Vives (Can) Planet EnergyRow 114 - Cell 2
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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team5pts
2Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas3Row 1 - Cell 3
3Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step1Row 2 - Cell 3
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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team5pts
2Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step3Row 1 - Cell 3
3Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling1Row 2 - Cell 3
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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 16pts
2Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana5Row 1 - Cell 3
3Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana4Row 2 - Cell 3
4Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step3Row 3 - Cell 3
5Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step1Row 4 - Cell 3
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Teams
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Team Columbia-HTC11:05:03
2Planet EnergyRow 1 - Cell 2
3BMC Racing TeamRow 2 - Cell 2
4Quick StepRow 3 - Cell 2
5Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking LightRow 4 - Cell 2
6LiquigasRow 5 - Cell 2
7Cervelo Test TeamRow 6 - Cell 2
8Kelly Benefit StrategiesRow 7 - Cell 2
9Team Saxo BankRow 8 - Cell 2
10Jelly Belly Cycling TeamRow 9 - Cell 2
11AstanaRow 10 - Cell 2
12Ouch Presented By MaxxisRow 11 - Cell 2
13Bissell Pro CyclingRow 12 - Cell 2
14Team Type 1Row 13 - Cell 2
15Garmin-SlipstreamRow 14 - Cell 2
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General classification after Stage 6
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream19:53:45
2Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank0:00:30
3Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:00:44
4Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-HTC0:00:45
5Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step0:01:02
6Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana0:01:09
7Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:01:14
8Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step0:01:15
9Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:01:16
10Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:01:22
11Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana0:01:30
12Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas0:01:31
13Scott Wizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:01:32
14Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank0:01:34
15Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling0:01:41
16Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC0:01:43
17Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-SlipstreamRow 16 - Cell 2
18Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:01:46
19Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team0:01:50
20Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling0:01:55
21Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas0:01:58
22Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:02:04
23Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:02:05
24Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-HTC0:02:06
25Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 10:02:08
26Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team0:02:13
27Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 10:02:16
28Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team0:02:17
29George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTCRow 28 - Cell 2
30David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:02:18
31Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:02:19
32Christopher Baldwin (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:02:24
33Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team0:02:28
34Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team0:02:34
35Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:02:36
36Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana0:02:41
37Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:02:51
38Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy0:03:00
39Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:03:03
40Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AstanaRow 39 - Cell 2
41Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:03:04
42Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step0:03:05
43Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana0:03:06
44Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 10:03:07
45Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 10:03:08
46Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:03:14
47Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team0:03:27
48Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:03:28
49Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:03:33
50Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team0:03:36
51Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 10:03:37
52Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step0:03:40
53Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:03:44
54Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:03:45
55Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:03:46
56Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:03:47
57Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test TeamRow 56 - Cell 2
58Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:03:53
59Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:04:03
60Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:04:09
61Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 10:04:12
62Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:04:18
63Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana0:04:22
64Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:04:23
65Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia-HTC0:04:25
66Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:04:26
67Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:04:33
68Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team0:04:35
69Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana0:04:40
70Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team0:04:51
71Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:04:54
72Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank0:04:56
73Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:04:57
74Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:05:07
75Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking LightRow 74 - Cell 2
76Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy0:05:08
77Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTC0:05:13
78Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step0:05:14
79Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet EnergyRow 78 - Cell 2
80Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:05:16
81Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team0:05:18
82Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet EnergyRow 81 - Cell 2
83John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis0:05:21
84Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:05:24
85Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank0:05:30
86Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:05:42
87Andrew Randell (Can) Planet Energy0:05:47
88Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:05:49
89Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step0:05:51
90Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana0:05:55
91Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:06:03
92Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:06:05
93Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank0:06:30
94Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC0:07:02
95Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy0:07:07
96Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team0:07:17
97Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 10:07:18
98Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:07:26
99Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 10:07:44
100Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas0:07:53
101Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas0:09:34
102Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:09:45
103Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:10:12
104Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:10:22
105Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy0:11:17
106Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:11:22
107Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light0:11:54
108Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling0:13:15
109Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas0:13:17
110Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:14:08
111Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas0:17:21
112William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:25:50
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Sprint classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team66pts
2Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank49Row 1 - Cell 3
3Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas22Row 2 - Cell 3
4Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step22Row 3 - Cell 3
5Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light19Row 4 - Cell 3
6Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy17Row 5 - Cell 3
7Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas15Row 6 - Cell 3
8Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 114Row 7 - Cell 3
9Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream11Row 8 - Cell 3
10Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC11Row 9 - Cell 3
11Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team11Row 10 - Cell 3
12Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies11Row 11 - Cell 3
13Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy11Row 12 - Cell 3
14Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana9Row 13 - Cell 3
15Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team8Row 14 - Cell 3
16Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 18Row 15 - Cell 3
17Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team7Row 16 - Cell 3
18John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis7Row 17 - Cell 3
19William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream6Row 18 - Cell 3
20Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light6Row 19 - Cell 3
21Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team5Row 20 - Cell 3
22Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy5Row 21 - Cell 3
23Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC5Row 22 - Cell 3
24Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank5Row 23 - Cell 3
25Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream4Row 24 - Cell 3
26Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team4Row 25 - Cell 3
27Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step3Row 26 - Cell 3
28Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas3Row 27 - Cell 3
29Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank3Row 28 - Cell 3
30David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies3Row 29 - Cell 3
31Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 12Row 30 - Cell 3
32Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team2Row 31 - Cell 3
33Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team2Row 32 - Cell 3
34Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis2Row 33 - Cell 3
35Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet Energy2Row 34 - Cell 3
36Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling1Row 35 - Cell 3
37Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step1Row 36 - Cell 3
38Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis1Row 37 - Cell 3
39Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team1Row 38 - Cell 3
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Mountains classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 136pts
2Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank23Row 1 - Cell 3
3Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 118Row 2 - Cell 3
4William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream15Row 3 - Cell 3
5Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream12Row 4 - Cell 3
6Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana11Row 5 - Cell 3
7Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 16Row 6 - Cell 3
8Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling6Row 7 - Cell 3
9Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team5Row 8 - Cell 3
10Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana5Row 9 - Cell 3
11Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana4Row 10 - Cell 3
12Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream4Row 11 - Cell 3
13Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis4Row 12 - Cell 3
14Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream4Row 13 - Cell 3
15Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step3Row 14 - Cell 3
16Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana3Row 15 - Cell 3
17David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies3Row 16 - Cell 3
18Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy3Row 17 - Cell 3
19Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team3Row 18 - Cell 3
20Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step1Row 19 - Cell 3
21Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-HTC1Row 20 - Cell 3
22Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 11Row 21 - Cell 3
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Best young rider classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step19:54:47
2Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step0:00:13
3Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:00:44
4Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas0:00:56
5Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team0:01:11
6David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:01:16
7Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:02:02
8Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step0:02:03
9Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana0:02:04
10Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step0:02:38
11Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies0:02:51
12Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:03:16
13Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:03:31
14Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:04:05
15Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTC0:04:11
16Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet Energy0:04:16
17Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step0:04:49
18Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy0:06:05
19Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 10:06:16
20Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas0:08:32
21Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:09:10
22Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream0:13:06
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Teams classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Team Saxo Bank59:44:37
2Bissell Pro Cycling0:00:18
3Garmin-Slipstream0:00:29
4Team Columbia-HTC0:01:15
5Astana0:01:58
6Quick Step0:02:09
7BMC Racing Team0:02:31
8Kelly Benefit Strategies0:02:44
9Ouch Presented By Maxxis0:02:54
10Cervelo Test Team0:04:06
11Team Type 10:04:14
12Jelly Belly Cycling Team0:06:41
13Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light0:07:00
14Planet Energy0:07:09
15Liquigas0:08:02

 

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