Gretsch tops Colorado Springs prologue

HTC-Highroad's Patrick Gretsch earned his first victory on US soil with a stellar performance in the opening 8.3km prologue of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, starting in Garden of the Gods park and finishing in downtown Colorado Springs.

The 24-year-old German topped Garmin-Cervelo's Christian Vande Velde by two seconds, while Brent Bookwalter of BMC claimed the third spot, four seconds off the win. The victory was Gretsch's second time trial triumph of the season to go along with his win in stage 1 of the Ster ZLM Tour. He's also finished in the top-ten on six other occasions, all in time trials, with his most recent placing prior to today a third place finish in stage 3 at the Tour of Utah 10 days prior.

"It's a really nice feeling," said Gretsch. "I put all of my focus on this prologue as the next days are not really something for me. I had really good preparation and also felt really good this morning when we had training [on the course] so I'm super-happy to have the jersey and the win."

While Gretsch went into the day's prologue guns blazing and expecting to garner a good result, runner-up Christian Vande Velde was pleasantly surprised with his placing.

"I didn't expect to be on the podium today, but I expected to do a good ride nonetheless," said Vande Velde. "I expect and hopefully will be on the podium at the Vail time trial, that's what I perceived more [favourable] than this today.

"It sets me up for a good ride and puts some seconds into some people [on general classification] but nobody knows how they're going to react to this altitude and with the weather up in the mountains it could be gnarly."

Gretsch will head into the first stage wearing the race leader's jersey, but is unlikely to withstand the assault of the GC favourites as the roads tilt upwards toward the skies on stage 1. Vande Velde is the best of the riders with GC ambitions while Tour of Utah and Tour de Suisse winner Levi Leipheimer is well placed in seventh, with Gretsch's teammate Tejay Van Garderen and Tour de France champion Cadel Evans close behind in eighth and ninth respectively.

HTC-Highroad swept all three of the jerseys on offer for the stage. In addition to Gretsch's leader's jersey, Van Garderen is the best young rider while Danny Pate earned most aggressive for the prologue.

"You see a lot of teams that come apart and the riders nose dive a bit but I think that the guys are still riding well shows the class of the whole team and organization," said Pate.

Early gamble pays off

While the bulk of the general classification favourites tackled the prologue course at the end of the starting order, many teams front-loaded their early start slots with strong time trial talent in a bid to cover all the bases regarding adverse weather. Late afternoon thunderstorms are not infrequent occurrences in Colorado Springs at this time of the year and any precipitation on the course would have played a pivotal role on a course with a downhill on which riders exceeded 80km/h in their approach of a tricky left hand turn 2.3km into the course.

Four of the top 10 finishers started either first or second on their squads' start orders, with the day's second starter, Ryan Roth (Team Spidertech Powered By C10), clocking 8:38, good enough for tenth after all 130 riders completed the prologue.

Vande Velde, the day's 11th starter and the first for Garmin-Cervelo, bumped Roth from the hot seat with a time of 8:29

"I've never started first before, ever, so it was weird warming up that much earlier and having to wake up that much earlier," said Vande Velde. "Many times in races that I've been in you put one of your best riders at the beginning and one of your best riders at the end just to offset your odds if rain comes or the wind changes around. Obviously HTC was thinking the same thing we were.

"We thought about afternoon thunder showers coming through and I couldn't even think about coming down that hill in the rain. We took a chance and put me first and obviously it paid off. I don't know if it helped out or it didn't, but it was nice to get it out of the way first and foremost."

Two riders later, prologue stalwart Brent Bookwalter came within two seconds of Vande Velde, in a time ultimately good enough for third place.

Germany's Robert Förster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling), the 22nd rider to start and the second off for his Pro Continental squad, also came close to Vande Velde and Bookwalter, stopping the clock in 8:33, a time which proved to be fourth best on the day ahead of a deep selection of ProTour time trial talent.

But the ride of the day would be performed by another German, time trial powerhouse Patrick Gretsch, who was the 41st rider to start and whose 8:27 bumped Vande Velde from the hot seat.

The evergreen Jens Voigt can never be counted out in short races of truth, and the 59th starter of the day would finish seven seconds shy of his young compatriot Gretsch to slot in for fifth place.

Seventy-one more riders had yet to finish, but the fastest five times of the day had already been set.

It wasn't until crowd favourite George Hincapie finished fractions of a second slower than Voigt 37 riders later anyone new rode themselves into the top 10.

Under darkening skies, which took the sting out of the sweltering mid-afternoon heat, the remainder of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge prologue was still stacked with chrono talent, all of whom would test their mettle against Gretsch's benchmark. Former U23 time trial world champion Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad), a Colorado Springs local, fell 11 seconds shy of his teammate Gretsch, but would pick up the most aggressive rider's jersey for his efforts.

2010 Swiss time trial champion Rubens Bertogliati (Team Type 1-Sanofi) would finish 34 seconds off of Gretsch's time, Scott Zwizanski (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) stopped the clock 20 seconds down, and Swedish time trial champion Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank Sungard), too, would fall short.

Four of the final five starters, Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad), David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo), Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and the final rider, Cadel Evans (BMC), were all expected to challenge for the right to wear the first leader's jersey. Leipheimer, Van Garderen and Evans would claim seventh, eighth and ninth, all within one second of each other, and eight seconds back on Gretsch.

Results

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Prologue results
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad0:08:28
2Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:00:02
3Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:04
4Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:05
5Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek0:00:07
6George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 5 - Cell 2
7Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack0:00:08
8Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-HighroadRow 7 - Cell 2
9Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing TeamRow 8 - Cell 2
10Ryan Roth (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:10
11Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad0:00:11
12Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 11 - Cell 2
13Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy0:00:13
14Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:14
15Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:15
16David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 15 - Cell 2
17Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack0:00:16
18Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamRow 17 - Cell 2
19Francois Parisien (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:17
20Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 19 - Cell 2
21Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:00:18
22Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack0:00:20
23Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 22 - Cell 2
24Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:21
25Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 24 - Cell 2
26Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack0:00:22
27Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 26 - Cell 2
28Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling0:00:23
29Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 28 - Cell 2
30Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:24
31Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:26
32Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 31 - Cell 2
33David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 32 - Cell 2
34Rob Britton (Can) Bissell CyclingRow 33 - Cell 2
35Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:27
36Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:00:28
37Lachlan Norris (Aus) HTC-Highroad0:00:29
38Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad0:00:30
39Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:31
40Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 39 - Cell 2
41Sander Oostlander (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:00:32
42Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 41 - Cell 2
43Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell CyclingRow 42 - Cell 2
44Giovanni Manuel Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:33
45Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard TrekRow 44 - Cell 2
46Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) EPM - UNERow 45 - Cell 2
47Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 46 - Cell 2
48Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard TrekRow 47 - Cell 2
49Edward King (USA) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 48 - Cell 2
50Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:00:34
51Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShackRow 50 - Cell 2
52William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda0:00:35
53Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 52 - Cell 2
54Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 53 - Cell 2
55Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale0:00:36
56Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team ExergyRow 55 - Cell 2
57Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard TrekRow 56 - Cell 2
58Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:37
59Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShackRow 58 - Cell 2
60Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard TrekRow 59 - Cell 2
61Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 60 - Cell 2
62Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad0:00:38
63George Bennett (NZl) Team RadioShackRow 62 - Cell 2
64Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 63 - Cell 2
65Sam Johnson (USA) Team ExergyRow 64 - Cell 2
66Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 65 - Cell 2
67Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 66 - Cell 2
68Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:39
69Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 68 - Cell 2
70Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:40
71Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:41
72Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 71 - Cell 2
73Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 72 - Cell 2
74Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShackRow 73 - Cell 2
75Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:42
76Matt Cooke (USA) Team ExergyRow 75 - Cell 2
77Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 76 - Cell 2
78Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:43
79Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 78 - Cell 2
80Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:00:44
81Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 80 - Cell 2
82Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 81 - Cell 2
83Andrès Miguel Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy0:00:45
84Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 83 - Cell 2
85Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:47
86Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 85 - Cell 2
87Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek0:00:48
88Carlos Fernando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:49
89Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 88 - Cell 2
90Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy0:00:50
91Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-HighroadRow 90 - Cell 2
92André Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:51
93Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-HighroadRow 92 - Cell 2
94Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 93 - Cell 2
95Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:00:52
96Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing TeamRow 95 - Cell 2
97Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 96 - Cell 2
98Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 97 - Cell 2
99Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:53
100Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek0:00:54
101Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega (Col) EPM - UNERow 100 - Cell 2
102Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:00:55
103Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 102 - Cell 2
104William Dugan (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:00:56
105Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 104 - Cell 2
106Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Skil - Shimano0:00:57
107Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:58
108Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 107 - Cell 2
109Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:59
110Edward Stiver Ortiz Caro (Col) EPM - UNERow 109 - Cell 2
111Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 110 - Cell 2
112Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:01:01
113Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 112 - Cell 2
114Oscar Alvarez (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 113 - Cell 2
115Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 114 - Cell 2
116Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling TeamRow 115 - Cell 2
117Rafael Montiel (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:01:02
118Sebastien Salas (Can) Team Exergy0:01:03
119Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team0:01:04
120Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:01:08
121Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:01:10
122Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:01:13
123Erik Slack (USA) Team Exergy0:01:14
124Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) EPM - UNE0:01:15
125Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:01:19
126Alejandro Ramirez Calderon (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 125 - Cell 2
127Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:01:20
128Cristhian Montoya Giraldo (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:01:24
129Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:01:28
130Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:02:04
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Young rider
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad0:08:35
2Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack0:00:08
3Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:00:13
4David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:18
5Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:25
6Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale0:00:27
7Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale0:00:29
8George Bennett (NZl) Team RadioShack0:00:30
9Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda0:00:31
10Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team0:00:44
11Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 10 - Cell 2
12Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:47
13Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Skil - Shimano0:00:49
14Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:50
15Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:51
16Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 15 - Cell 2
17Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:01:05
18Erik Slack (USA) Team Exergy0:01:06
19Cristhian Montoya Giraldo (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:01:16
20Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:01:56
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Most aggressive rider
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
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General classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad0:08:28
2Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:00:02
3Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:04
4Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:05
5Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek0:00:07
6George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 5 - Cell 2
7Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack0:00:08
8Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-HighroadRow 7 - Cell 2
9Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing TeamRow 8 - Cell 2
10Ryan Roth (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:10
11Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad0:00:11
12Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 11 - Cell 2
13Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) Team Exergy0:00:13
14Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:14
15Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:15
16David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 15 - Cell 2
17Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack0:00:16
18Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling TeamRow 17 - Cell 2
19Francois Parisien (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:17
20Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 19 - Cell 2
21Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:00:18
22Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack0:00:20
23Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 22 - Cell 2
24Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:21
25Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 24 - Cell 2
26Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack0:00:22
27Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 26 - Cell 2
28Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling0:00:23
29Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 28 - Cell 2
30Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:00:24
31Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:26
32Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 31 - Cell 2
33David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 32 - Cell 2
34Rob Britton (Can) Bissell CyclingRow 33 - Cell 2
35Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:27
36Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:00:28
37Lachlan Norris (Aus) HTC-Highroad0:00:29
38Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad0:00:30
39Michael Mørkøv (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:31
40Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 39 - Cell 2
41Sander Oostlander (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:00:32
42Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 41 - Cell 2
43Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell CyclingRow 42 - Cell 2
44Giovanni Manuel Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:33
45Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard TrekRow 44 - Cell 2
46Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) EPM - UNERow 45 - Cell 2
47Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 46 - Cell 2
48Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard TrekRow 47 - Cell 2
49Edward King (USA) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 48 - Cell 2
50Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:00:34
51Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShackRow 50 - Cell 2
52William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda0:00:35
53Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 52 - Cell 2
54Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 53 - Cell 2
55Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale0:00:36
56Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team ExergyRow 55 - Cell 2
57Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard TrekRow 56 - Cell 2
58Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:37
59Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShackRow 58 - Cell 2
60Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard TrekRow 59 - Cell 2
61Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 60 - Cell 2
62Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad0:00:38
63George Bennett (NZl) Team RadioShackRow 62 - Cell 2
64Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 63 - Cell 2
65Sam Johnson (USA) Team ExergyRow 64 - Cell 2
66Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 65 - Cell 2
67Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-CerveloRow 66 - Cell 2
68Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:39
69Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 68 - Cell 2
70Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:40
71Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:41
72Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 71 - Cell 2
73Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 72 - Cell 2
74Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShackRow 73 - Cell 2
75Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:42
76Matt Cooke (USA) Team ExergyRow 75 - Cell 2
77Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 76 - Cell 2
78Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:43
79Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 78 - Cell 2
80Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:00:44
81Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 80 - Cell 2
82Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 81 - Cell 2
83Andrès Miguel Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy0:00:45
84Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 83 - Cell 2
85Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:47
86Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro CyclingRow 85 - Cell 2
87Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek0:00:48
88Carlos Fernando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:49
89Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 88 - Cell 2
90Kai Applequist (USA) Team Exergy0:00:50
91Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-HighroadRow 90 - Cell 2
92André Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:00:51
93Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-HighroadRow 92 - Cell 2
94Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 93 - Cell 2
95Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:00:52
96Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing TeamRow 95 - Cell 2
97Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 96 - Cell 2
98Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-CannondaleRow 97 - Cell 2
99Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:53
100Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek0:00:54
101Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega (Col) EPM - UNERow 100 - Cell 2
102Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:00:55
103Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing TeamRow 102 - Cell 2
104William Dugan (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:00:56
105Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 104 - Cell 2
106Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Skil - Shimano0:00:57
107Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:58
108Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 107 - Cell 2
109Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:59
110Edward Stiver Ortiz Caro (Col) EPM - UNERow 109 - Cell 2
111Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 110 - Cell 2
112Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:01:01
113Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b KendaRow 112 - Cell 2
114Oscar Alvarez (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 113 - Cell 2
115Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 114 - Cell 2
116Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling TeamRow 115 - Cell 2
117Rafael Montiel (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:01:02
118Sebastien Salas (Can) Team Exergy0:01:03
119Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team0:01:04
120Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:01:08
121Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:01:10
122Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:01:13
123Erik Slack (USA) Team Exergy0:01:14
124Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) EPM - UNE0:01:15
125Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:01:19
126Alejandro Ramirez Calderon (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes AntioquiaRow 125 - Cell 2
127Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi0:01:20
128Cristhian Montoya Giraldo (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:01:24
129Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:01:28
130Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:02:04
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Young rider classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad0:08:35
2Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack0:00:08
3Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:00:13
4David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C100:00:18
5Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team0:00:25
6Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale0:00:27
7Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale0:00:29
8George Bennett (NZl) Team RadioShack0:00:30
9Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda0:00:31
10Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team0:00:44
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14Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE0:00:50
15Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Bissell Cycling0:00:51
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17Philipp Ries (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:01:05
18Erik Slack (USA) Team Exergy0:01:06
19Cristhian Montoya Giraldo (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia0:01:16
20Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:01:56

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Based in the southeastern United States, Peter produces race coverage for all disciplines, edits news and writes features. The New Jersey native has 30 years of road racing and cyclo-cross experience, starting in the early 1980s as a Junior in the days of toe clips and leather hairnets. Over the years he's had the good fortune to race throughout the United States and has competed in national championships for both road and 'cross in the Junior and Masters categories. The passion for cycling started young, as before he switched to the road Peter's mission in life was catching big air on his BMX bike.

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