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Tour of Georgia - 2.3
Georgia, USA, April 20-25, 2004
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Stage 6 : April 24 - Athens - Hiawassee/Young Harris, 206.4 km
Grajales delivers in deliverance country
Colombian climber beats the best on Brasstown Bald
By Kristy Scrymgeour and Tim Maloney in Georgia
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Former Colombian mountain bike champion, Cesar Grajales was the climbing revelation at the 2004 Tour de Georgia as he made an audacious attack on the yellow jersey Lance Armstrong, the domestic favourite Chris Horner (Webcor) and the CSC dynamic duo of Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt. Local to the area, Grajales, who is on the small Jittery Joe's team, has trained on the climb twice per week and was more than ready for the challenge on the beautiful Appalachian mountains of north-eastern Georgia.
Grajales' win catapulted him into sixth place in the general classification and with only a sprinter's stage remaining, it looks like the bean team boy will be the story of the race. Jittery Joe's Director Sportif, Micah Rice has been grooming Grajales for the big time ever since he showed his stuff on Fillmore Street at the T-Mobile International last year and won the king of the mountains category. This time, Rice's protégé conquered the freakishly steep slopes of Brasstown Bald, which the directeur-sportif of US Postal compared to the Angliru climb in Spain.
How it unfolded
Despite the length of the stage and the fact that a 10km wall was facing riders at the very end, not to mention the infamous Hogpen gap on the way, the race started quickly and aggressively, with many non-GC riders going on the attack. Eventually at the 50km mark, a group of eleven riders escaped, including Russel Hamby (Sierra Nevada) Thomas Bruun Eriksen (CSC) Jeff Louder (Navigators), Gord Fraser (Health Net), Paul Ellis (Jelly Belly), Chad Hartley (Jittery Joe's), Erik Saunders (Ofoto), Jacky Durand (Colnago), Todd Herriot (Colavita), Ivan Ravaioli (Barloworld) and Alessio Galletti (Domina).
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The blue train of the US Postal team set tempo on the front of the peloton keeping the break in check and never letting it get more than four minutes ahead, mainly because in the break was Galletti who was only 3'58" down on GC. The break worked well together with Galletti having the most to gain and becoming the driving force all day. Fraser was also up there for a reason and that was to take the sprint points along the way so that he could win back the sprint jersey from Ivan Dominguez (Colavita Bolla).
It was just before the start of Hogpen gap, the first KOM of the day, that Galletti attacked, with only Fraser going with him The rest of the break didn't get organized and quickly the pair had 50" on the group. On the way up Hogpen gap, Galletti continued to push the pace, eventually dropping Fraser and the two continued to ride solo from thereon in. The climb also had an effect on the rest of the break. The small group blew to pieces and one by one; the riders were caught by the bunch. Aside from Galletti and Fraser, Herriot was the last one to get caught.
After Hogpen, Fraser rode hard until the final sprint of the day. He took second place points and then relaxed with his work over for the day. He could then ride his own pace to the finish line, knowing that he had the sprint jersey on his back going into the final stage.
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It was up Brasstown Bald that the real action began. The steepness of the mountain was enough in itself to cause attrition in the peloton and with US postal setting tempo on the front, Galletti was also caught, but when Julich attacked midway up the climb, the bunch really split to pieces. Julich's attack didn't stay away but had its purpose. "I [attacked] to try and soften them up for before Jens hit them pretty good," he said.
With three kilometers to go and thousands of spectators looking on, Grajales made his move. Knowing the climb like the back of his hand, having trained on it twice a week in the lead up to the race, he knew exactly the places to attack. "I was thinking about it for some time, and I decided to go earlier than I had intended because the group was still so big. I went at 3km instead of two," said Grajales.
When he went, no-one could react - not even Armstrong - with Grajales taking the stage with 17 seconds to spare. Behind, the GC battle continued with only Armstrong, Voigt and Horner remaining. After Grajales' attack, Armstrong picked up the pace to eventually drop Horner, with he and Voigt finishing together, Voigt taking second place and Armstrong safely in third to keep his leader's jersey. Horner finished another 10 seconds down in fourth place, his final chance to move up on GC behind him.
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The efforts of Julich and Voigt could not overcome Armstrong today, but Voigt was happy that he kept his second place on GC. "We obviously had good position with me sitting in second on GC and Bobby sitting in fourth and we tried to take a shot at [Lance]," said Voigt.
"But what can you do? Lance is just stronger. Bobby had a go and I had a go. I was not only looking at beating Lance, I was also trying to make sure that Horner didn't pass me [on GC] and end up taking my spot. So it's like we neutralized each other for a while."
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/www.epicimages.us
- The peloton makes its way past a glassy pond.
- The site of the finish on top of Brasstown Bald.
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) put the hammer down on the Brasstown Bald climb, eventually winning the stage.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) shadows Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service/Berry Floor) on the way to the top.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service/Berry Floor) shows the pain of the day near the top.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) climbed smoothly today and came in second place.
- Webcor's Chris Horner had another great ride today to finish fourth.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) rode hard leading up to the base of the climb to help his teammate Jens Voigt.
- Race leader Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service/Berry Floor) and stage winner Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) take their spot on the podium in front of a large crowd.
Images by Getty Images/AFP
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) powers up the climb of Brasstown Bald on his way to victory.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service/Berry Floor) and Jens Voigt (CSC) fighting it out for second.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service/Berry Floor) and stage winner Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) salute the crowd.
- A hard but rewarding day at the office for Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's).
- Sergio Marinangeli (Domina Vacanze) rode his way into the top 10 overall after finishing seventh today.
Images by Eric Osguthorpe
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) launches his race-winning move.
- With the break slow to react, Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joe's) opens up a big gap within seconds.
- Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal Service/Berry Floor) sets the tempo up front for his fearless leader, Lance Armstrong.
Images by Trish Albert/Southeasterncycling.com
- Cesar Grajales (Jittery Joes) raises his hands in victory atop Brasstown Bald.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) outsprints Lance Armstrong (US Postal) to take second place.
- The crowds gather along the finish line atop Brasstown Bald Mountain.
- Kevin Buchard-Hall (TIAA-CREF) retained the young rider's jersey with a strong finish.
- A Barloworld rider shows the pain that the final climb caused many riders.
- Ivan Dominguez (Colavita Olive Oil) lost the orange sprinter's jersey to Gord Fraser (Health Net/Maxxis).
- Jens Voigt (CSC) knows what a frosty adult beverage can do for recovery.
- Race leader Lance Armstrong (US Postal) and Stage 6 winner Cesar Grajales receive the crowd's applause on the podium.
- King of the mountains Jason McCartney (Health Net/Maxxis) greets the crowd.
Photo sequence by Frank McPherson
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 1
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 2
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 3
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 4
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 5
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 6
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 7
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 8
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 9
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 10
- Jens Voigt and Lance Armstrong battling it out 320 meters from the summit - Photo 11
Results
1 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe's 5.16.29 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC 0.17 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 4 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor 0.27 5 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net 1.02 6 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC 1.08 7 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.20 8 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 1.45 9 Justin England (USA) Webcor 1.58 10 Juan Jose Cobo ACEBO (Esp) Saeco - Saunier Duval 2.06 11 Adam Bergman (USA) Jelly Belly 2.21 12 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly 2.35 13 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net 3.04 14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 15 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Jelly Belly 3.09 16 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 3.29 17 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 3.36 18 Brian Vandborg (Den) CSC 3.39 19 Dominique Perras (Can) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 20 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 21 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net 3.51 22 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco - Saunier Duval 3.59 23 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada 4.03 24 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Can) Sierra Nevada 4.29 25 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor 4.34 26 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) US National Team 4.49 27 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net 4.53 28 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 29 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 5.06 30 Tim Johnson (USA) Saeco - Saunier Duval 6.13 31 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32 Jimmi Madsen (Den) CSC 6.27 33 Imanol Ayesteran Odriozola (Esp) Webcor 7.12 34 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly 7.26 35 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 36 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 7.33 37 David George (Rus) Barloworld 38 Timothy Duggan (USA) US National Team 7.39 39 Daniel Bowman (USA) US National Team 7.55 40 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net 8.15 41 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld 8.19 42 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 8.42 43 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Colnago Landboukredit 8.48 44 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) CSC 9.04 45 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly 10.10 46 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 10.37 47 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 11.08 48 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor 11.35 49 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada 11.57 50 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 12.19 51 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net 12.27 52 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net 53 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net 54 Jacky Durand (Fra) Colnago Landboukredit 12.59 55 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil 13.18 56 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 13.25 57 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 58 Ivan Ravaioli (USA) Barloworld 13.52 59 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 13.59 60 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC 17.26 61 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 17.31 62 Thad Dulin (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 17.43 63 James Mattis (USA) Webcor 17.48 64 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 65 MassimilIano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 66 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Colnago Landboukredit 17.57 67 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe's 18.04 68 James Schneider (USA) Jittery Joe's 69 Jason Klikna (USA) Sierra Nevada 70 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 72 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 18.13 73 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Colnago Landboukredit 18.17 74 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 18.21 75 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18.25 76 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 77 Giovanni Lombardi (Rus) Domina Vacanze 18.50 78 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 79 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco - Saunier Duval 19.00 80 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 81 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 82 Aaron Olsen (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 19.12 83 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 19.35 84 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 85 Stuart Gillespie (USA) US National Team 86 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil 87 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 19.43 88 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe's 19.49 89 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 20.05 90 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil 20.11 91 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 92 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Colnago Landboukredit 20.20 93 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 20.46 94 Blake Caldwell (USA) US National Team 21.01 Sprints 1st sprint 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 1 2nd sprint 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 1 3rd sprint 1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 pts 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 3 3 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 1 Mountains 1st KOM 1 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 pts 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 9 3 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 7 4 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 6 5 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 5 6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 7 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 2nd KOM 1 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 12 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8 4 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 7 5 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 6 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 7 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 8 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 9 Justin England (USA) Webcor Builders 2 10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saeco-Saunier Duval 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 15.54.31 2 Us Postal Service Presented By Berry Floor 0.34 3 Webcor Cycling Team 1.55 4 Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented By Maxxis 2.53 5 Jelly Belly-Aramark 3.01 6 Saeco-Saunier Duval-Prodir/Mixed Team 7.14 7 Ofoto Cycling Team 12.41 8 Team Barloworld - Androni Giocattoli 13.52 9 Usa National 15.19 10 Sierra Nevada Cycling 15.25 11 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 16.53 12 Domina Vacanze 20.17 13 Colavita Olive Oil Pro Cycling Team Presented By Bolla Wines 22.02 14 The Jittery Joe's Cycling Team 31.04 15 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 34.40 Best young rider 1 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) USA National 22.29.54 2 Timothy Duggan (USA) USA National 6.39 3 Daniel Bowman (USA) USA National 8.36 4 Stuart Gillespie (USA) USA National 30.01 5 Blake Caldwell (USA) USA National 31.20 General classification after stage 6 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 22.19.05 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC 0.24 3 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor 1.01 4 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC 1.57 5 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 2.59 6 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe's 3.07 7 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net 3.44 8 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.06 9 Brian Vandborg (Den) CSC 4.52 10 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Sierra Nevada 5.25 11 Adam Berg,an (USA) Jelly Belly 5.27 12 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net 5.38 13 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 5.54 14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 6.13 15 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly 6.17 16 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net 6.17 17 Dominique Perras (Can) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 6.26 18 JuanJose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Saeco Saunier Duval 6.42 19 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7.07 20 Justin England (USA) Webcor 7.13 21 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Jelly Belly 7.39 22 Ben Jaques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada 8.07 23 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 8.16 24 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 8.41 25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Saunier Duval 9.38 26 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor 9.53 27 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 9.53 28 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.54 29 Jimmi Madsen (Den) CSC 10.34 30 Kevin Bouchard-Hall (USA) US National Team 10.49 31 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 11.56 32 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly 12.30 33 Imanol Ayesteran Odriozola (Esp) Webcor 13.02 34 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly 13.06 35 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld 13.31 36 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net 13.48 37 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net 15.03 38 Timothy Duggan (USA) US National Team 17.28 39 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 18.52 40 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) CSC 18.58 41 David George (Rus) Barloworld 19.23 42 Daniel Bowman (USA) US National Team 19.25 43 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 20.14 44 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Colnago Landbrouwkredit 21.40 45 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22.26 46 MassimilIano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23.04 47 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Barloworld 23.47 48 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada 23.49 49 Tim Johnson (USA) Saeco Saunier Duval 25.23 50 Sergey Lagutan (Uzb) Colnago Landbrouwkredit 25.46 51 Thad Dulin (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 25.56 52 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 26.35 53 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net 27.54 54 James Mattis (USA) Webcor 28.04 55 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 28.18 56 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 28.49 57 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 29.01 58 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC 29.16 59 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 29.37 60 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net 29.52 61 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 30.24 62 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 31.15 63 Benjamin Haldeman (USA) Webcor 31.53 64 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly 32.08 65 Jacky Durand (Fra) Colnago Landbrouwkredit 32.16 66 Aaron Olsen (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 33.00 67 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 33.34 68 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly 34.07 69 Jason Bausch (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 35.35 70 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net 35.54 71 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 36.33 72 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.23 73 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil 37.26 74 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 37.34 75 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 37.35 76 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Colnago Landbrouwkredit 37.43 77 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 37.44 78 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal Service/Berry Floor 37.59 79 Chad Hartley (USA) Jittery Joe's 38.07 80 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38.29 81 James Schneider (USA) Jittery Joe's 39.10 82 JuanJose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil 39.18 83 Jason Klikner (USA) Sierra Nevada 39.24 84 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 39.26 85 Stuart Gillespie (USA) US National Team 40.50 86 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil 41.59 87 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly 42.06 88 Blake Caldwell (USA) US National Team 42.09 89 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.20 90 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 42.49 91 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Colnago Landbrouwkredit 43.34 92 Nicola Gavaazzi (Ita) Saeco Saunier Duval 44.00 93 Jesse Lawler (USA) Jittery Joe's 46.07 94 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil 50.59 Sprints classification 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 42 pts 2 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 37 3 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 21 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Saunier Duval 18 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 17 7 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Jelly Belly/Aramark 17 8 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 9 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 10 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 11 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 12 12 Charles Dionne (Can) Webcor Builders 11 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 9 14 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7 15 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 16 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 17 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 18 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 5 19 Jackson Stewart (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 5 20 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 5 21 Tim Larkin (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 5 22 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 5 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 24 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 5 25 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 5 26 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 3 27 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 3 28 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 29 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 3 30 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 3 31 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 1 32 Erik Saunders (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 1 33 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 1 Mountains classification 1 Jason McCartney (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 36 pts 2 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 30 3 Chris Horner (USA) Webcor Builders 18 4 Cesar Grajales Calle (Col) Jittery Joe’s Coffee 15 5 Chris Wherry (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 14 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 8 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 12 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 11 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 12 William Frischkorn (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 10 13 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 9 14 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Ofoto/Lombardi Sports 9 15 Todd Herriott (USA) Colavita Olive Oil, presented by Bolla Wines 7 16 Henk Vogels (Aus) Navigators Insurance 7 17 Russell Hamby (USA) Sierra Nevada Cycling 6 18 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 6 19 Paul Ellis (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 5 20 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4 21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 22 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 23 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly/Aramark 3 24 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 25 Justin England (USA) Webcor Builders 2 26 Daniel Rincon (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 27 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net Presented by Maxxis 1 28 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saeco-Saunier Duval 1 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 67.04.32 2 Us Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.39 3 Health Net Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis 5.42 4 Webcor Cycling Team 9.27 5 Jelly Belly-Aramark 12.08 6 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 22.16 7 Ofoto Cycling Team 26.40 8 Sierra Nevada Cycling 27.35 9 Domina Vacanze 28.07 10 Team Barloworld - Androni Giocattoli 29.57 11 Saeco-Saunier Duval-Prodir/Mixed Team 34.26 12 Usa National 38.03 13 Colavita Olive Oil Pro Cycling Team presented by Bolla Wines 40.07 14 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1.06.42 15 The Jittery Joe's Cycling Team 1.08.35
