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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 17-24, 2008

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Stage 3 - February 20: Modesto - San José, 103 mi / 152.2km

Leipheimer takes ownership in California

Gesink helps Levi, nets own stage win

Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in San José

Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
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Defending tour champion Levi Leipheimer (Astana) got to work on today's first real climbing stage - a tough parcours with five rated climbs, including the hors category Mt. Hamilton and tough Sierra Road climbs. Like the past two years, Leipheimer was alone with Robert Gesink (Rabobank) over the top of Sierra Road, just 18 miles from the finish in downtown San Jose. The two had worked out a partnership before and rode it all the way to the finish, with Gesink taking the stage win, while Leipheimer claimed the leader's jersey.

"It was a hard stage...hard stage," an out-of-breath Leipheimer told Cyclingnews just after rolling to a stop. "They told us we had over a minute but I had my doubts because I had been in this position before. It's a long way from the top - we need a mountaintop finish in this race! Robert was amazing. I predicted last night that he would be my ally. I even spoke to him last night and it went to perfection. We put a lot into it and 12 seconds... it was worth it, I'll take that."

"When you become professional only professional wins count and I've had one win in the Tour of Belgium," said Gesink about his previous palmares. "This one is great because the field of riders here is much better over here."

Mario Cipollini (Rock Racing) can’t believe
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"I was planning to get away with Levi because if I go with other riders I still have to sprint in the end and I'm not the kind of sprinter who is sure to win on a flat course like this," Gesink said. "I had to be with Levi for it to be possible for me to win here. That's why I started riding hard and my team-mates started riding hard and then I took over and tried to drop the other guys to try to bring it down to just the two of us."

"At one moment he and I had a team-mate and I thought it best to keep it together," Leipheimer said about Gesink's acceleration on Sierra Road. "I tried to tell him that but he was really interested in the stage win, so I understand why he hit the gas. I was content just to follow, he was going really good and it had been a really hard stage. Mt. Hamilton was a real climb. It was awesome."

Down the descent of Sierra Road and onto the flats of outer San Jose, the two held a slim 45 second lead that slowly began to dwindle as Slipstream-Chipotle and CSC chased in earnest. "Levi and I just screamed at each other to push harder to make it to the finish line before the other guys," Gesink said. "There wasn't really a lot of talking it was just riding hard to get to the finish as fast as possible. [David] Zabriskie, [Fabian] Cancellara and [David] Millar were behind me but I didn't know that."

Tyler Farrar (Slipstream) was all smiles
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"It's more like the kind of information that the team director doesn't give you because it wouldn't help me a lot knowing they were back there," Gesink laughed. "The director only told me the time and added about 10 seconds on top of that to keep me motivated and riding. That's the way it goes. I didn't know they were behind me but now I know and I realize what a good effort we did."

Before that, down the descent of Mt. Hamilton, High Road's George Hincapie tried to spoil the day - using his impressive bike handling skills to escape the leaders on the highly technical and dangerous descent. It was even more impressive that Hincapie had been dropped before the Mt. Hamilton KOM and then held a maximum 45 second lead all the way from the bottom of Mt. Hamilton to the start of the Sierra Road climb, nearly 25km. This effort earned him the most aggressive rider of the day.

The early surprise on the day was the abandonment by race leader Tyler Farrar (Slipstream-Chipotle). The young sprinter had difficulty on the first climb of the day, losing contact. He managed to catch back on, but then dropped hard on the second KOM. Director sportif Jonathan Vaughters said Farrar was suffering from a virus of some sort.

Rolling past the farms
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"It's from a couple of days ago," he said. "It started out with [Steven] Cozza and then went to Tyler. It could just be a stomach virus - 20 percent of the field has it, [Tomas] Danielson too."

Despite the unlucky loss of Farrar, Vaughters was still pleased with his team's performance, particularly with David Millar and Dave Zabriskie finishing in the lead chase group. "I don't know why everyone is so surprised about that," he said regarding Zabriskie's strong climbing. "The guy got fifth in the Dauphine - have you seen the mountains in the Dauphine? They make these look like a pimple! I think you'll see Dave Zabriskie climb pretty consistently this year. He's getting older, so maybe he doesn't have the flashy prologue times like he used to, but he'll continue to climb better as he gets older."

Also climbing impressively was former race leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC), who now sits in second by 13 seconds. This means that Astana will have its work cut-out defending the race lead with the current world time trial champion, and two former Tour de France time trial winners all within 21 seconds of Leipheimer.

Astana comes to the front to take
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"Millar time trials well too, and they are both in the same group!" said Vaughters. "To me this was the real crucial stage. Now it comes down to the time trial, and if it is still a few seconds then maybe those last stages will be tricky."

But Astana's Chris Horner, who was with Leipheimer on the early slopes of Sierra Road, is confident that the team is up to the challenge, especially after today's ride by Chechu Rubiera. "Rubiera was just un-believable!" he said. "Look how we rode today - we didn't have the jersey but you knew going in that Levi was the one and he had the virtual jersey on the road, so you knew we were going to ride today."

Leipheimer also echoed the sentiments about Rubiera's work today. "Chechu was phenomenal today," he said. "I raced with him before and I have never seen him ride so well. He did an enormous amount of work over Mt. Hamilton and then all the way down the descent and then again he pulled half way up Sierra Rd until there were only five riders left by the time he was done.

When asked if he thinks the tour is won yet, Leipheimer replied; "Definitely not. It's a step in the right direction but we have a long ways to go. I put a lot of effort into today so I hope I recover."

On the domestic side, BMC continues to be riding an impressive race, carrying the North America team representation. Scott Nydam, who rode solo forever in yesterday's stage, was in the early break and driving it over the first three KOM climbs. His work earned him the KOM jersey from team-mate Jackson Stewart.

How it unfolded

The CSC car had a bit of trouble
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A new start city of Modesto started the third stage of the Tour of California, as it climbed its way over five increasingly more difficult climbs. The stage culminates with a tough ascent over Mt. Hamilton at more than 1250 meters (4,100 feet) and followed by the well-known Sierra Road climb just 30km from the finish in downtown San Jose.

The new route through Del Puerto Canyon was an absolutely gorgeous ride through rolling hills covered in green grass and grazing cattle. A gentle creek followed the roadway for much of the early kilometres while the racing began to heat up.

The first break of the day included Paul Martens (Rabobank), Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole) and Scott Nydam (BMC). Apparently Nydam did not get enough torture on a long solo ride in Stage 2. The field initially thought about catching the break as it came to the only intermediate sprint, with an iPhone on the line, but once that was settled, the peloton sat in and let the break get up to five minutes on the opening slopes.

Back in the caravan, Kevin Lacombe (Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast) had a moment of inattention and ended up crashing through the back of the CSC team car, smashing the window to bits. While not the ideal way to get your name on Cyclingnews, Lacombe did not suffer any major injuries, but did abandon the race.

The break heads into Del Peurto Canyon.
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Up front Slipstream's Steven Cozza, who is suffering a lot of bad-luck crashes this week - including one in today's opening kilometers, decided it would be safer in the break and tried to bridge. After a long time in no-man's land, he finally caught on. This break of four made it up and over the first three KOMs, with Nydam taking the points and taking the KOM jersey away from his team-mate Jackson Stewart.

Back in the peloton, Astana's Aaron Kemps was setting the pace, keeping the break within reach. CSC and Slipstream also helped the effort, as did all eight of the Bissell team.

As the kilometers clicked down to the feared Mt. Hamilton climb, the pace picked up and riders shot out the back. Up front, with the writing on the wall, the break disintegrated and only Martens was able to make it last, just about five kilometres from the top. The temperatures plummeted and the fog settled around the Lick Observatory on top of the climb, with riders' breath clearly visible.

America's Levi Leipheimer (Astana) worked well
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Chechu Rubiera (Astana) set a blistering pace that dismantled the rest of the field, dwindling the lead group down to under 20. Over the top of the KOM it was Rubiera followed by Jurgen Vandewalle (Quick Step), Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing Team), Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Rabobank), Iker Camano Ortuzar (Saunier Duval-Scott), Bobby Julich (Team CSC), Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Christopher Horner (Astana) and David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle).

The descent off Hamilton was the most technical descent in the entire race, with rough roads and barely any straight sections longer than 100 meters. While George Hincapie (High Road) had been dropped near the top of the climb, he was able to catch back on and pass the lead group, building a lead of 45 seconds on the way down. Hincapie held his lead all the way over to the Sierra Road climb, and onto its tough 17 percent early slopes.

But the set-up by Rubiera and Horner for Leipheimer was too much, and the lead group of now less than 15 caught and passed the former U.S. champion. On the way up Sierra Road, two riders emerged and got a gap -- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) was only matched by Leipheimer.

America's Levi Leipheimer (Astana)
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Gesink and Leipheimer went over the top followed by Zabriskie, Horner, Cano, Vandewalle, and Thomas Peterson (Slipstream). On the descent a few more riders joined in the chase of the leading two, including Slipstream's David Millar and former race leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC).

The leaders came off the climb with a 45 second lead and worked together in time trial mode to get to the finish. Like the previous two years, Leipheimer was in a fight to stay alive to the finish - and again he was unable to convert it into a stage win. But the sacrifice today was for something bigger, the race leader's jersey.

Tomorrow's fourth stage is the identical one from Seaside along highway one to San Luis Obispo. Look for Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) to either repeat his win from last year, or to set-up team-mate Tom Boonen for another sprint win. Cyclingnews will have uninterrupted coverage from the start to the finish, beginning at 10:00 a.m. PST.

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Results

1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      4.28.29 (36.94 km/h)
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                             
3 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                   0.19
4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                      
5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                     
6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30               
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                          
8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
10 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing                             
11 Bernhard Kohl (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
12 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30        
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                        
14 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                 
15 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                           
16 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30              
17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                     4.20
18 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                       
19 Oliver Zaugg (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
20 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                       
21 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                       
23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
24 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                               
25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                            
26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                                             
27 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                     7.23
28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
30 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       
31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         9.22
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                             
34 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       10.08
35 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                     
36 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott                            
37 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                               11.46
38 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                      
39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   11.59
40 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                            
41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                 
43 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                            
44 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC                                          
45 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30             
46 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                             
47 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                   
48 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
49 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                     
50 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                                      
51 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                             
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road                                         
53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                            
54 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                    
55 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                     19.49
57 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                        20.51
58 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 24.21
59 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
60 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
61 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
62 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast              
63 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing                                       
64 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
65 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                         
66 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast                    
67 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         
68 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                        
69 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        
70 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
71 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                    
72 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
73 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                 
74 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
75 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                 
76 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                   
77 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              
78 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
80 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       
81 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast                
82 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       
83 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                          
84 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                     
85 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
86 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                           
89 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                                
90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                             
91 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                      
92 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott             
93 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                           
94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                         
95 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
96 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                               
97 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast                
98 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                   
99 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                        
100 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              
101 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                    
102 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                          
103 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                              
104 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road                                        
106 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                         
107 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                           
108 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast         
109 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   
110 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast              
111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
112 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                              
113 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast              
114 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                             
115 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
116 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
117 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                    
118 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                                        
119 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                  
120 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                
HD  Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                 28.48
HD  Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                 
HD  Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               36.36
DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                                
DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                            
DNF Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road                                   
DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                
DNF Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast                
DNF Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                   
DNF Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                            
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                             5 pts
2 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     3
3 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       1
 
Finish
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           15 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                           12
3 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                     10
4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                     7
5 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                    6
6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30              5
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                         4
8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             3
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    2
10 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing                            1
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       4 pts
2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                             3
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     2
4 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                 1
 
2
1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       4 pts
2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                             3
3 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                 2
4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     1
 
3
1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       4 pts
2 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                 3
3 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                             2
4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     1
 
4
1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   12 pts
2 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                     10
3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    8
4 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             7
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                            6
7 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                           4
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                            3
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                         2
10 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                1
 
5
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           10 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                            9
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30              7
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                         6
5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             5
6 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                      4
7 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30              2
 
Young rider
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      4.28.29
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.19
3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30               
4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                            4.20
5 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  11.46
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                        11.59
7 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   24.21
8 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
10 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
11 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                      
12 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                               
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                           
14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                          
15 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
16 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                           13.26.05
2 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                                 0.19
3 Rabobank                                                             4.01
4 Quick Step                                                           4.20
5 Team CSC                                                             7.23
6 BMC Racing Team                                                     11.24
7 Crédit Agricole                                                     15.25
8 Gerolsteiner                                                        16.00
9 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                 21.13
10 High Road                                                          23.04
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                                27.27
12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                     33.15
13 Rock Racing                                                        36.01
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                   47.41
15 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                          
16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                           58.12
17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                                1.12.25
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                     13.45.30
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     0.13
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.15
4 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30              0.20
5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                        0.21
6 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30               
7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30     0.23
8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                      0.25
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 0.29
10 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing                         0.31
11 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.33
12 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30              
13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         0.36
14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 0.43
15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.47
16 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                   4.23
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                                         4.28
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                         
19 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                           4.29
20 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                   4.31
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                        4.35
22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   4.39
23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    4.42
24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               4.44
25 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       4.47
26 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                     7.27
27 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   7.31
28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           7.32
29 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       7.36
30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            7.47
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         9.31
32 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott                       10.19
33 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                10.23
34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                               10.28
35 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       10.32
36 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                 11.56
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road                                    12.04
38 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                12.09
39 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC                                     12.12
40 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                    
41 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30        12.13
42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       12.14
43 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                 
44 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              12.15
45 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                       12.17
46 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              12.20
47 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
48 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                                 12.22
49 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                            
50 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   12.25
51 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                          12.26
52 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        12.30
53 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                               17.11
54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                        19.21
55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                     20.06
56 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                        22.01
57 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                        24.18
58 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road                                    24.19
59 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                      24.21
60 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                     24.27
61 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                 24.28
62 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team            24.29
63 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               24.31
64 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                   
65 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                   
66 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                           24.32
67 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                24.33
68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       24.35
69 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
70 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            24.36
71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
72 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            24.39
73 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                24.40
74 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast          24.41
75 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    24.48
76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                    24.58
77 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                        26.22
78 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast         29.12
79 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                     29.36
80 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30            29.41
81 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing                                  29.44
82 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
83 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      29.45
84 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         29.47
85 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                          29.48
86 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott                      29.50
87 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   29.52
88 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 29.53
89 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
90 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis               29.54
91 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team               29.55
92 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       
93 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                          29.56
94 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                          29.57
95 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast                    
96 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
97 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 29.58
98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  29.59
99 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                    30.01
100 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast    30.03
101 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott            
102 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast         30.05
103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            30.19
104 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                     30.20
105 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team             30.27
106 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   30.31
107 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  30.40
108 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 32.29
109 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            32.56
110 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  34.20
111 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                        34.25
112 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast          35.17
113 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                             35.41
114 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           35.45
115 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      36.14
116 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         36.21
117 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               36.24
118 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  36.49
119 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast          37.19
120 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                                   37.24
 
Points classification
 
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   22 pts
2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                         21
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                          18
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                            15
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           15
6 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  15
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                         13
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                           12
9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing                                      11
10 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               11
11 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     11
12 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                    10
13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                    7
14 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        6
15 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   6
16 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30             5
17 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                            5
18 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                        4
19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       4
20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            3
21 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
22 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      3
23 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    3
24 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   2
25 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                    2
26 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                1
27 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      1
28 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing                            1
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      24 pts
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           16
3 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step                                     15
4 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  14
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                           12
6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   12
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            12
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   12
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                        11
10 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast              10
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              9
12 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                            8
13 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30             7
14 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                6
15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                    5
16 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                          4
17 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    4
18 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30             2
19 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                     13.45.45
2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30           0.18
3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.28
4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                            4.14
5 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  11.41
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                        12.02
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                       24.06
8 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                  24.13
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                      29.21
10 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30            29.26
11 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                          29.42
12 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
13 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 29.43
14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  29.44
15 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   30.25
16 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             32.41
17 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                              35.26
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                           41.17.21
2 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                                 0.09
3 Quick Step                                                           4.29
4 Rabobank                                                             4.31
5 Team CSC                                                             7.13
6 BMC Racing Team                                                     11.40
7 Crédit Agricole                                                     15.51
8 Gerolsteiner                                                        16.43
9 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                 21.36
10 High Road                                                          22.52
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                                27.34
12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                     33.24
13 Rock Racing                                                        36.23
14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                     48.01
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                   48.12
16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                         1.09.19
17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                                1.22.31

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