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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 18-25, 2007

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Stage 3 - February 21: Stockton to San José, 152.2km

Voigt powers to second CSC win in as many days

Tough climbs make big changes to categories

By Mark Zalewski in San Jose, with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins

Team CSC's Jens Voigt leads home
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Last year's stage into San Jose over the category one Sierra Road climb produced a lot of drama in the overall classification, and this year was no different. A breakaway of seventeen lasted until the first part of the climb, with crowds running five deep on each side when the Discovery Channel led peloton made the catch, launching race leader Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) to the front, with only Jens Voigt (CSC) and Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) eventually staying away with him to the finish. In the end it was the strong German Voigt outsprinting Leipheimer and Horner for the win.

"I was very lucky today that I had distance before the climb or today might not finish the way it did," said Voigt. "I was waiting for Bobby Julich so I had a little bit of [an easy] ride for the last 20 km and I had a chance to save my legs a little bit. I figured it should be possible to win the stage. I am never going to win a sprint against Tom Boonen but with a little group of five riders I thought I had a fair chance."

"Levi is on good form but luckily I knew he needed a couple of guys to go over with him so he had to wait for me!" chuckled Horner. "We were working together with what we could gain in the race, being Americans had nothing to do with it. It was hard all day today. What I liked about today's race was that there were no races for time bonuses. So it really forced Discovery to do the bulk of the work, which is the way it should be in a stage like this. They did a fantastic job today and hats off to them. Rabobank hopped on the front for a bit to help bring some of the time back."

When asked if he was surprised by the help from Rabobank, Leipheimer said no. "Ardila [Cano] had a great prologue, which is a sign he is riding well. And I have been hearing from Rasmussen that Gesink has been riding well. I think they made the right choice -- they weren't going to be in the race unless they closed it down... and thank God for us!"

Leipheimer and Discovery Channel do owe a bit of thanks to Rabobank for the help, as the days of defending the lead are taking a toll. "I feel like when you do a really hard time trial and your ass is all locked up... that's what I feel like right now," Tony Cruz told Cyclingnews. I did a lot more [today] than I would like to be doing, unfortunately."

"Tomorrow we have to just control the race, and not mess around like we did today. I would just rather take over from the gun, set the pace, then let a few guys get away. I had an idea it would turn out like that, and when I saw seventeen guys up the road with Jens Voigt and only one of us, I was pissed -- pissed at myself for not being there because we were going to have a shitty day. But it's racing."

The one teammate Cruz referred to was strongman Jason McCartney, who rode smartly in the break and saved enough to help Leipheimer as the peloton made the catch on the Sierra Road KOM. "Jason was phenomenal in the end and worked so hard today," said Leipheimer. "Jason, as well as the whole team, was extraordinary today. Today was a bike race -- it was a battle out there and all of the guys on Discovery suffered today. I personally saw Allan, Tony and Brian get dropped and come back, with the grimmace on their face all day long."

Ivan Basso (Discovery Channel)
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Leipheimer said that they tried to not let such a big group get away, but had to be patient and let the course do its work. "We were really trying to close the gap when it was only 30 seconds but we couldn’t. We were going 65 k/h and needed to go 70k/h. It is really hard and trying to catch seventeen riders going that fast. So we decided not to panic and just stay calm to close the gap slowly. We accepted that fact that it was going to be an all day suffer for the team and we knew we still had two climbs to go."

With McCartney waiting up the road at the second KOM and riders like Basso driving it hard up the climb, Leipheimer was able to play cards that he did not have last year. "Discovery Channel chased me down and this year," he said. "I am on their team now and that is the difference. I knew with Jason up there on the climb that I didn't want to go too hard and go past him because I needed him. It worked out perfect -- I didn't have to let off that much and we still went up the climb pretty fast. When we got over the top and started the down hill I was having a lot of fun because Chris, Jens, Jason and I were really flying. We were putting down some smack there and just flying. I know when the field is chasing it is hard to hold them off. I think we did a great job to make it all the way to the finish."

While Discovery Channel held onto their lead in the overall, their lead in the points classification was lost, with Allan Davis not making the time cut after putting all his energy into today's chase. Jens Voigt takes over that jersey and is tied with stage one winner Graem Browne (Rabobank).

Voigt picked up ten seconds of bonus with the stage win, adding to the three seconds he earned winning the only intermediate sprint out of the early breakaway. This thirteen seconds vaulted him up the general classification to just three seconds behind Leipheimer, who took a six second bonus for second, setting up an interesting race at the top of the overall with the decisive time trial two days away.

"Today decided the front group, and the time trial will decide who wins the race," said Leipheimer about the overall classification.

"The race isn’t over until the fat lady sings!" joked Voigt. "we don’t have expressions like that in German so I like to say that one. The race is still really open. Yesterday we had a fantastic win with JJ and today we were a little bit lucky." As for his chances against Leipheimer in the time trial on Friday, Voigt said, "We are a little in the unknown so it is going to be hard to see how the time trial is going to go. I had a pretend time trial at camp and I was second to Cancarella so I might have a good time trial."

An additional boost to Discovery Channel's motivation came in the form of "The Boss" Lance Armstrong showing up and riding part of the course in the team car. "We knew that there would be some selection on the climb and Levi showed that he, along with Chris Horner, seem to be the two stronger guys in the race," he said. "It is going to come down to the time trial now. [Levi] has been in this situation before and we like his chances."

"Anything can happen tomorrow because tomorrow's stage is a long the coast and it will be windy all day long," he continued. "I like Levi’s chances to win the time trial. He is from here and he wants to win his first race for the team. It is no secret that we are looking for a title sponsor so we want to win this."

How it unfolded

Patterson Pass
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The city of Stockton hosted its first stage start of the Tour of California, sending the riders off from Weber Point on a long and flat thirty five kilometers towards the first KOM up Patterson Pass. On the flats a strong group of seventeen riders broke away representing all of the major teams in the race.

The group consisted of: Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step-Innergetic), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Charly Wegelius (Liquigas), Steven Cozza and William Frischkorn (Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle), Nicolar Reistad (Jelly Belly ), Kirk O'Bee and Shawn Milne (Health Net Presented By Maxxis), Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole), Kyle Gritters (Health Net p/b Maxxis), Mike Sayers (BMC), Jason McCartney (Discovery), Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner) as well as Aaron Olsen and Jakob Piil (T-Mobile).

This break made for some nervous work back in the peloton, as riders such as Voigt posed a threat to Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) in the overall. As well, some players in the mountain classification were present, such as Jurgen Van De Walle who was only three points behind Thomas Peterson (Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle).

"With Tom Peterson in the jersey we had to challenge Jurgen for the points, who was unfortunately in the break with us -- the one guy we didn't want to see," said teammate Will Frischkorn, who took the maximum points on the first KOM to protect Peterson's lead. "We essentially just played off of him. It made it tough for us, but I got the points over the top." However, Van De Walle took second which puts him in a tie with Peterson, each with sixteen points.

After descending down the the hill the break tried to settle in to a rhythm. But a few kilometers later Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) put the hurt on, attacking on a smaller unrated climb. With about 150 meter gap J-Mac looked around and saw he had nobody with him, eventually sitting up. But this would be a foreshadowing of what would come later.

About two-thirds of the way into the stage the course rejoined last year's course, winding around the Calaveras Reservoir along a difficult and narrow road that pitched slightly upwards for around fifteen kilometers. Half-way through this section, Health Net-Maxxis' Shawn Milne decided he had a chance to make a move, and attacked out of the break. "I was hoping someone would come with me," Milne said after the race. "We had pre-ridden the course from that point on, and I new it was really twisty, so a couple of guys away could do well. I knew McCartney had been sitting on and Voigt is a ridiculously strong guy -- if they came with me we would be good to go."

Milne dangled off the front with about thirty seconds. At this point the chasing Discovery Channel team was aided by Rabobank, which cut the breakaway's lead in half. Milne decided to stay solo in an effort to survive at least to the Sierra Road climb. " I was thinking about sitting up but then the gap was plummeting, so then I just gave it a go."

The peloton passes through
Photo ©: Russ & Nancy Wright
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Down off the Reservoir Milne and the chasing breakaway reached speeds well above fifty mph, while the peloton continued to pull back the time. Into Milpitas the road flattened out as the second KOM loomed ahead. Making the left turn onto Sierra Road, Milne was caught and passed by the breakaway, with the peloton right on their heels. "I thought maybe I could sit in with those lead guys on the climb, but that is just such a different world," Milne said about the speed of the ProTour riders. "I'm still amazed that Jens stayed away! I was maybe twenty seconds behind them when the field caught me and for them to just keep going, it's unbelievable. I guess I have some work to do."

At this point the race flipped on its ear, just like last year. McCartney and Voigt led the remnants of the break up the crowded early slopes, setting a pace that sent the others back to the peloton. T-Mobile's Aaron Olsen was one of those riders. "I was hoping to make it over in the lead groups, but I was content where I finished. It was good to see the crowds. Tim Johnson actually said to me, 'Can you believe where we are at? These crowds are incredible!'"

After the steep initial pitches the climb eased off a bit. A group of five held the lead, consisting of: Voigt, De Groot, McCartney, Piil and Kaggestad. Close behind was a chasing group of sixteen which included Leipheimer. As the climb wore on the numbers dwindled, and over the top it was only Leipheimer leading McCartney, Voigt, Gesink and Horner. These five dove down the narrow and tricky descent back to the town of Milpitas along the same roads as earlier, before heading in the opposite direction towards the finish in San Jose.

Along the flats towards downtown the five riders kept a high pace to hold off the reassembling peloton. McCartney did what he could to work for Leipheimer but was out of gas in the end. "I was cooked for the finish and I was just really cooked for the end. I’ve been riding on the front for the past few days so I’m feeling tired." But a bonus for this, in the eyes of Horner, was McCartney riding Gesink backwards from the lead.

"I never saw the Rabobank guy because he never took a pull!" he laughed. "Frankly, I don't understand his strategy because it would have been better for him to work. Then in the finish you can't play cat and mouse with Jason McCartney, sitting on his wheel -- so Jason just rode him straight out of the break."

With those two riders out of the picture, the sprint was set up between Voigt, Leipheimer and Horner. Voigt had the most to gain with the bonuses on the line, while Horner and his team are here purely for stage wins. "Our strategy [today] was just to do nothing," said Horner. "We are here to win stages -- my time trialing has been letting me down a little, and to win GC is not something I was thinking about. I was just thinking about winning today."

"Today I picked Levi’s wheel because I was hoping he would jump sooner to and force Voigt to go," Horner continued. "But he never jumped and therefore Voigt had a full acceleration all the way to the line and I am never going to win that way. A stage like today is perfect for me, but of course I screwed up on the finish."

Voigt was just too strong and easily took the win, similar to the gap his teammate Haedo won by yesterday.

Tomorrow's stage is a long and winding drag down the Pacific Coast Highway. Rain and temperatures in the high forties are forecast for tomorrow, which should add a little more uncertainty to the race. Catch all of the rain-soaked action on Cyclingnews' live reports starting at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time.

Photography

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Results

1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           3.43.44
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                   
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.04
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                             
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                              
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
8 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                      
9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                               
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                    
11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                     
12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
13 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                       
14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                               
15 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      
16 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      
17 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                       
19 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
21 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                 
22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                               
23 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                                  
24 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
25 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
26 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                             
27 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                                 
28 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                       
29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                                
31 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro                               
32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                          
33 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro                                    
34 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
35 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step                                           
36 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                         0.18
38 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                3.03
39 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle        
40 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC                                                   
41 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     
42 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       
43 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          
44 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                      
45 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   
46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
47 John Devine (USA) USA National team                                       
48 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                
49 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile                                                
50 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle              
51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                              
52 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
53 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                       
54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
55 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC                                                  
56 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                      
57 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                              
58 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                    
59 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
60 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC                                                 
61 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                     
62 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                                   
63 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                       
64 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home                                   
65 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile                                                
66 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      
67 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                            
68 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro                                  
69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                               
70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                        
71 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                              
72 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      
73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                         
74 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                           
75 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC                                             9.55
76 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                             
77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
78 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                              
79 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
80 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        
81 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
82 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
83 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team                                  
84 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
85 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                         
86 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                             
87 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro                                      
88 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                              
89 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                          
90 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                        
91 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                             
92 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            
93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                           
94 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                            
95 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  14.51
96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                               
97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                              
98 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro                                      
99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
100 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             
101 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC                                                    
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                          
103 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         
104 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team                                     
105 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                                
106 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
107 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                         
108 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                               
109 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                                    
110 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   
111 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC                                                 
112 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                
113 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
114 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                          
115 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                           
116 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
117 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
118 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                           
119 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                      
120 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                      
121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                         
123 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                    
124 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                              14.57
125 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                 17.22
126 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team                               
127 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                               
128 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home                               
129 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                
130 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC                                                     
DNF Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                              
 
Outside time limit (hors delai)
 
HD Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                               
HD Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
HD Scott Stewart (USA) USA National team                                     
HD Christopher Stockburger (USA) USA National team                           
HD David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home                                   
HD Chad Beyer (USA) USA National team                                        
HD Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                                
HD Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National team                                     
HD Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team                          
 
Mountains
 
Patterson Pass - cat 4 (55.3km)
1 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle              4 pts
2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                      3
3 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                    2
4 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      1
 
Sierra Road - cat 1 (153.1km)
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 10 pts
2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  9
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 7
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              6
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  5
6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                     4
7 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                                 2
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1 - Livermore (71.2km)
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 5 pts
2 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           3
3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                      1
 
Sprint 2 - Finish at Santa Clara (152.2km)
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                15 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 12
3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                 10
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              7
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                            6
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                             5
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                          4
8 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     3
9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              2
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   1
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                           11.11.20
2 Predictor-Lotto                                                            
3 Rabobank                                                               0.04
4 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                          
5 Gerolsteiner                                                               
6 T-Mobile Team                                                              
7 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  0.18
8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     2.59
9 Credit Agricole                                                        3.03
10 Team Slipstream                                                           
11 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                            
12 Liquigas                                                                  
13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                            
14 BMC Racing Team                                                       9.01
15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                      17.50
16 Priority Health Cycling Team                                         22.45
17 USA National Development Team                                        27.41
18 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                                  
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           12.46.25
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              0.03
3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   0.15
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                               0.16
5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            0.17
6 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                        0.18
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    0.19
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                              
9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 0.20
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                             
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      0.23
12 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           0.24
14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro                               
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                            0.25
16 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   0.27
17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                  0.28
19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                   0.29
20 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
21 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      
22 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro                                0.30
23 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                                  
24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.31
25 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                 0.34
26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              
27 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step                                       0.36
28 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                                 
29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.38
31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       0.39
32 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 0.43
33 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            0.44
34 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle             0.49
35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                         0.50
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      0.51
37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                        0.52
38 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team            3.14
39 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                     
40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      3.15
41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
42 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile                                                
43 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  3.21
44 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   3.23
45 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro                              3.24
46 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC                                               3.25
47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                          3.26
48 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  3.27
49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                  3.28
50 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle    3.31
51 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                       3.32
52 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              3.33
54 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  3.34
55 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                                   
56 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                           3.35
57 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                 3.36
58 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                          3.37
59 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   3.39
60 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   
61 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home                               3.40
62 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                        
63 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                              
64 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   3.42
65 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC                                                 
66 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                            
67 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC                                              3.43
68 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                3.50
69 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        3.52
70 John Devine (USA) USA National team                                   3.54
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     4.04
72 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile                                            4.10
73 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle          4.11
74 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                7.55
75 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10.11
76 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    10.14
77 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro                                 10.16
78 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      10.18
79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   10.19
80 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                        10.20
81 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                     10.21
82 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
83 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        10.24
84 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            
85 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                       10.31
86 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              10.32
87 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   10.33
88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                       10.36
89 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team                             10.38
90 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                              
91 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                              
92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  10.43
93 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC                                            11.07
94 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                        13.54
95 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle            15.10
96 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                       15.13
97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              15.14
98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                          15.20
99 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                    
100 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 15.22
101 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    15.23
102 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                               15.24
103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                     15.25
104 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               15.29
105 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    15.33
106 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC                                               15.35
107 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
108 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      15.36
109 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 15.38
110 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                              15.39
111 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro                                15.40
112 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
113 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
114 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    15.43
115 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    15.51
116 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team                          17.57
117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   19.01
118 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                               
119 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro                               19.03
120 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        19.10
121 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                     19.12
122 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                           19.18
123 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                 19.25
124 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC                                            19.26
125 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team                                19.29
126 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                          21.24
127 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home                          21.27
128 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                 21.28
129 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                           21.53
130 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC                                                21.55
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                16 pts
2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     16
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 13
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 10
5 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  9
6 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home                                   9
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 7
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              6
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  5
10 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle             5
11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                    4
12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               4
13 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                          4
14 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile                                               3
15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          2
16 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                                2
17 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                   2
18 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             2
19 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     1
20 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                          1
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      1
 
Points classification
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     27 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                20
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                              20
4 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                           18
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       17
6 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                            16
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 12
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              12
9 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 10
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                           10
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                10
12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             7
13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                           7
14 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita Sutter Home                                  6
15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                             6
16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                     6
17 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home                               5
18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                    5
19 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                               4
20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         4
21 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         4
22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          3
23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 3
24 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    3
25 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                                   3
26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             2
27 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  2
28 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     1
29 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  1
30 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                        1
31 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   1
32 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                                  1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                12.46.54
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.07
3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle              0.20
4 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                                3.05
5 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                  3.07
6 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    3.10
7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home                                3.11
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                         
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         3.23
10 John Devine (USA) USA National team                                   3.25
11 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                7.26
12 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                                9.52
13 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                       10.02
14 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   10.04
15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team                             10.09
16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                              
17 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                              
18 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle            14.41
19 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     15.04
20 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       15.07
21 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team                           17.28
22 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team                                 19.00
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                           38.20.07
2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                      0.03
3 T-Mobile Team                                                          0.08
4 Predictor-Lotto                                                        0.25
5 Rabobank                                                               0.34
6 Gerolsteiner                                                           1.02
7 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  1.03
8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     2.51
9 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                         3.03
10 Team Slipstream                                                       3.09
11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                        3.21
12 Liquigas                                                              3.24
13 Credit Agricole                                                       3.38
14 BMC Racing Team                                                       9.49
15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                      18.38
16 Priority Health Cycling Team                                         23.13
17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                             28.50
18 USA National Development Team                                        29.06

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