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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 18-25, 2007

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Stage 5 - February 23: Solvang - Solvang (ITT), 23.5km

Leipheimer puts stamp on California: "It's my turn!"

ProTour puts smack down in time trial

By Mark Zalewski in Solvang, with additional reporting from Kirsten Robbins

Levi Leipheimer
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"It was one of my best time trials ever," said Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) about extending his lead in the time trial stage of his home race to an all-but-insurmountable lead of twenty-one seconds on Jens Voigt (Team CSC). Voigt, who rallied to beat Leipheimer at his home Deutschland Tour last year, finished second to Leipheimer in today's 23.5km time trial in the California wine country.

"After the finish I jokingly told him that now we are in California so it is my turn," said Leipheimer. "Him winning the Deutschland Tour was fantastic, the fans were out in support for him. I told him we should take our show on the road because we have had some great battles over the last couple of years."

"For me the biggest pressure was facing my teammates if I wasn't able to defend this lead," admitted Leipheimer. "They have really suffered in the past five days and I couldn’t think of not keeping the yellow jersey. That made me be able to push harder than normal."

Starting in the final position, Leipheimer had all of the time splits in front of him, including his teammates Ivan Basso, George Hincapie and a surprisingly fast finishing Jason McCartney, who was third on the day. "You know it is interesting because I haven’t been riding my bike much," said McCartney about his time since camp, spent at his home in Iowa. "I have just been skiing a lot. We had a real bad cold snap where it was zero degrees and so I haven’t been able to ride my bike since camp. But I ski between 2 and 4 hours. I wasn’t sure how my form was going to be here but I think skiing helped me stay fit."

The splits helped Leipheimer stay motivated for the first part of the course, which was relatively flat but extremely cold and windy, with the wind right in the riders' faces from the start. "The first half of the course was either a cross-head or direct headwind. It was hard mentally because the speed wasn't very high. But that is really where the time difference was made. I just tried to stay one with my bike."

Jens Voigt (CSC)
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"I was given a lot of time checks that were set by Ivan Basso and George Hincapie," he continued. "In the beginning I was close but then I started to pull away from those time checks. When I got to the climb I could hear the announcer say I had the best time."

However, after that point team director Johan Bruyneel used his experience to keep the motivation going. "With five kilometers to go he said I was five seconds ahead," explained Leipheimer. "I thought he might have been lying to me to get me to go faster. With two kilometres to go he said I was only two seconds ahead! "Those checks definitely pushed me."

Levi also had help from a new time trial position, something he 'discovered' a few months ago at the wind tunnel in San Diego. "We were in the wind tunnel and I almost had left, when somebody suggested I try something different," he said. "My hands are defintely up -- I don't think it's as radical as last year's winner -- but that is because of the UCI rules. But for me it works out perfect and it is comfortable. I can't say why but it is fast, and that is what the wind tunnel is for. Right from that moment my motivation has been different. "

The truth was that Leipheimer was four seconds faster than Voigt at the halfway split in Los Olivos, right before the twisting, turning climb. "I gave it everything up the climb, stayed in my big chain ring and sprinted over the top," said Leipheimer. "I was a little bit cross-eyed coming down the hill but I pulled it off and I think the big climb and the climb with two kilometres to go I really gave it everything at those points. That is probably where I made my time."

Benjamin Jacque-Maynes (Priority Health)
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Discovery Channel and Team CSC occupied the top nine positions, with Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health) leading the domestic riders in tenth. "I was going to go out and see how I was going to do, and I told Glen to honk the horn if I was doing a great time. At that point I was going to go full gas. When I hit the time split, I came in two seconds faster than my teammate Tom Zirbel. He set a really fast time before me and so I was using his time splits to gauge how fast I was going. I started out easy and worked my way into it so when I heard the horn I just laid it down and went full gas."

In the best young rider classification, Robert Gesink (T-Mobile) jumped ahead of Matthew Lloyd (Predictor-Lotto), with Thomas Peterson (Slipstream p/b Chipotle) holding onto his third place. No changes came in the KOM or sprint classifications, but those races have yet to be decided. Team CSC extended its lead in the team competition while Discovery Channel jumped many places into second place.

Tomorrow is the final point-to-point road stage. While there is a significant amount of climbing, three category four climbs and one category three, Discovery Channel should have no problems controlling things. But the racing is certainly not over. The KOM race should be a battle as it was on stage four, as Christophe Laurent (Credit Agricole) holds a ten point lead on both Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step) and Thomas Peterson (Slipstream p/b Chipotle). A maximum of eighteen points is on offer on stage six.

In the points race, Juan Jose Haedo (Team CSC) holds a slim two point lead over Graeme Brown (Rabobank), with the entire top eight separated by two points each down the line -- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Jens Voigt (Team CSC) and Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile). Two intermediate sprints total ten maximum points and the finish holds fifteen, so there could be some action ahead of the two intermediate sprints on stage six.

Photography

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Results

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              29.40.44 (47.32 km/h)
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              0.18.07
3 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.24.70
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       0.37.47
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.40.10
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            0.41.86
7 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                    0.56.66
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          0.59.95
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    1.02.66
10 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team            1.14.17
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile                                         1.14.86
12 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                         1.16.43
13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.18.45
14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.19.99
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                    1.20.37
16 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                       1.20.54
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   1.37.91
18 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 1.38.24
19 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile                                             1.43.05
20 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   1.47.06
21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                  1.47.82
22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       1.50.76
23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile                                            1.51.46
24 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              1.53.29
25 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            1.53.69
26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 1.57.36
27 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                1.59.44
28 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                         2.00.72
29 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  2.01.49
30 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                  2.03.04
31 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro                           2.07.23
32 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                2.10.34
33 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.13.06
34 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.13.86
35 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               2.15.36
36 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                        2.17.34
37 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro                                2.20.95
38 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  2.24.93
39 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        2.28.22
40 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  2.30.76
41 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          2.35.26
42 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                 2.36.73
43 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   2.38.52
44 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile                                            2.38.80
45 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   2.39.66
46 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home                               2.40.06
47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                              2.40.13
48 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC                                             2.41.07
49 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      2.42.93
50 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.45.16
51 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 2.47.71
52 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            2.48.38
53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              2.48.73
54 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro                                  2.48.81
55 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                            2.49.66
56 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile                                         2.50.76
57 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle             2.54.35
58 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        2.56.12
59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            2.56.56
60 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile                                          3.01.33
61 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                   3.01.97
62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               3.02.16
63 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  3.05.33
64 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 3.07.78
65 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                    3.10.18
66 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                3.10.47
67 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      3.11.31
68 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                                3.12.72
69 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      3.17.82
70 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                           3.19.49
71 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile                                          3.21.50
72 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                       3.21.84
73 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                          3.24.54
74 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle          3.31.05
75 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      3.32.15
76 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle    3.39.36
77 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                        3.39.15
78 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                3.40.08
79 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC                                               3.41.08
80 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        3.41.42
81 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                             3.45.75
82 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step                                       3.52.33
83 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                          3.55.04
84 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                                3.55.37
85 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  3.57.68
86 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               3.59.01
87 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile                                            4.00.78
88 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                   4.01.15
89 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC                                             4.03.42
90 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    4.04.14
91 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                          4.05.88
92 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                               4.07.02
93 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                                 4.07.06
94 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team                              4.10.82
95 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         4.12.13
96 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                 4.14.23
97 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             4.19.40
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     4.21.43
99 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                     4.22.70
100 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  4.24.46
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                      4.28.71
102 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      4.35.27
103 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    4.36.14
104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC                                             4.37.25
105 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     4.41.86
106 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                       4.42.82
107 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                  4.49.97
108 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                       4.53.12
109 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                          4.53.36
110 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC                                                4.58.22
111 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle            4.58.35
112 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                  5.02.08
113 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     5.02.55
114 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                           5.07.38
115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   5.09.92
116 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home                           5.10.06
117 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro                                 5.11.66
118 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      5.15.06
119 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       5.23.16
120 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                          5.33.23
121 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC                                             5.35.89
122 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC                                                 5.35.92
123 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team                                 5.39.88
124 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                          5.44.08
125 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         5.45.96
126 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     6.01.13
127 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                6.18.56
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                  1.30.05
2 Team CSC                                                               0.32
3 Credit Agricole                                                        3.40
4 T-Mobile Team                                                          3.44
5 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                      4.08
6 Liquigas                                                               4.47
7 Priority Health Cycling Team                                               
8 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                         5.39
9 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  5.54
10 Predictor-Lotto                                                       5.56
11 Team Slipstream                                                       6.02
12 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                        6.12
13 Rabobank                                                              6.22
14 Gerolsteiner                                                          6.47
15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                       7.05
16 BMC Racing Team                                                       9.20
17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                              9.27
 
General classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           18.21.52
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              0.21
3 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.54
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            1.06
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          1.20
6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                    1.24
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile                                          1.34
8 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                        1.38
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       1.41
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   1.57
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              2.09
12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile                                            2.16
13 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      
14 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                2.19
15 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile                                                 
16 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 2.21
17 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                  2.31
18 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro                               
19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                         2.37
20 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team            2.38
21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.44
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.50
23 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro                                2.51
24 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  2.54
25 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      3.10
26 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                                  
27 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                 3.11
28 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                
29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          3.19
30 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                   3.31
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            3.35
32 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                           3.36
33 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle             3.43
34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              3.55
35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      4.02
36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   4.26
37 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team            4.28
38 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step                                           
39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                        4.31
40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       5.14
41 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                  5.16
42 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   5.26
43 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 5.29
44 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               5.54
45 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile                                                
46 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  5.58
47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      6.00
48 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                 6.02
49 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        6.20
50 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   6.22
51 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
52 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC                                             6.23
53 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  6.26
54 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile                                          6.41
55 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                    6.50
56 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                          7.01
57 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle    7.10
58 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                7.30
59 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  7.32
60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                              
61 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                               7.41
62 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle          7.42
63 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home                               7.47
64 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC                                              8.20
65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     8.25
66 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC                                               8.33
67 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                           9.19
68 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        9.20
69 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                 9.55
70 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle               10.05
71 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile                                           10.19
72 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      10.20
73 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            11.31
74 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   11.39
75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      12.09
76 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile                                        13.11
77 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile                                         13.59
78 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                     14.22
79 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        14.36
80 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   14.37
81 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                         
82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              15.18
83 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                       15.29
84 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                               15.49
85 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro                                 16.19
86 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         16.30
87 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team                             16.57
88 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                       17.30
89 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                       17.43
90 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  18.00
91 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         18.10
92 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              18.16
93 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                        18.24
94 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team               18.30
95 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       18.32
96 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                18.37
97 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     18.41
98 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       19.01
99 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                      19.54
100 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 20.04
101 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle           20.08
102 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                         20.13
103 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 20.40
104 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  20.50
105 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    21.52
106 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                              22.06
107 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    22.08
108 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    22.33
109 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC                                               22.41
110 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home                               22.45
111 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC                                           23.12
112 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                 23.26
113 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   23.37
114 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home                           23.51
115 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro                                24.06
116 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                          24.08
117 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                          25.01
118 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                     25.03
119 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro                               25.25
120 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC                                            26.29
121 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team                                26.36
122 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                 27.45
123 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                           28.41
124 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        28.57
125 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         29.09
126 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC                                                29.46
127 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home                          29.51

Mountain classification
 
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 26 pts
2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     16
3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                16
4 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                    12
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 10
6 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  9
7 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                                8
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 7
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              6
10 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle             5
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                 5
12 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                    4
13 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               4
14 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                          4
15 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile                                               3
16 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                          3
17 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile                                                2
18 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                   2
19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          2
20 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile                                               2
21 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             2
22 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     1
23 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                          1
24 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                    1
25 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      1
 
Points classification
 
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                           28 pts
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                              26
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       24
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                           22
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                20
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile                                             18
7 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 16
8 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile                                            16
9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            15
10 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home                              14
11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                12
12 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                             12
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                10
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             7
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                     7
16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                    6
17 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home                               5
18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         4
19 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         4
20 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro                                      4
21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          3
22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 3
23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        3
24 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    3
25 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro                                   3
26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             2
27 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             2
28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  2
29 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                          1
30 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     1
31 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  1
32 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                        1
33 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                   1
34 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                                  1 

Young rider classification
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                       18.24.42
2 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                    0.41
3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle              0.53
4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    2.36
5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         3.30
6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                     4.00
7 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC                                                4.51
8 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home                                4.57
9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                  7.05
10 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                7.15
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile                                         11.09
12 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   11.47
13 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                               12.59
14 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         13.40
15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team                             14.07
16 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team                       14.53
17 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       15.42
18 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle            17.18
19 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     19.18
20 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team                                 23.46
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                           55.08.05
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     2.19
3 T-Mobile Team                                                          3.20
4 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                      3.39
5 Predictor-Lotto                                                        5.49
6 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  6.11
7 Rabobank                                                               6.24
8 Credit Agricole                                                        6.46
9 Gerolsteiner                                                           7.17
10 Liquigas                                                              7.39
11 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                        8.10
12 Team Slipstream                                                       8.39
13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                        9.01
14 BMC Racing Team                                                      18.37
15 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light                      26.45
16 Priority Health Cycling Team                                         31.24
17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                             37.45

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