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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 17-24, 2008

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Stage 4 - February 21: Seaside - San Luis Obispo, 135 mi / 217 km

Rollin survives epic ride for epic win

Astana team manages miserable day with no help

Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in San Luis Obispo

Dominique Rollin (Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team)
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The two years of nearly perfect weather for the Tour of California built up quite a balance in the karma bank, and the cycling gods cashed out everything for today's fourth stage, unleashing relentless rain, whipping wind and nearly freezing temperatures for seven long hours on wet and technical roads. Despite the horrid conditions, Dominque Rollin (Toyota-United) was able to come out smiling with a solo win out of a 200km breakaway, holding off American George Hincapie (High Road) and Spaniard Iker Camaño (Saunier Duval-Scott) by little more than thirty seconds.

"To be able to ride away with 20km to go is the best win ever!" said Rollin. "Today the goal was to get me in the break and we knew that with crappy weather we could do something but I never expected to get away with 20km to go. I could see the other guys were getting tired and tired and I felt good. I took the opportunity and just went for it. I just held on and managed to stay away from guys like Hincapie -- it is just amazing!"

Being a Quebecor, Rollin is used to racing in less-than-ideal conditions, including his last win on the second stage of the 2005 Tour de Beauce in Quebec. "The last time I won a stage, I rode in such crappy condition and I won there too," he said. "Back in that race there were 70km an hour winds and the other guys were getting blown off the road! Generally the worse the conditions, the better my results."

"The conditions were terrible, it was a head-wind all day -- it was cold, wet and really strong winds," said Hincapie, who along with Camaño tried in vein to pull Rollin back. "My hands and feet were ok but my core was so cold, super cold. I know its not that cold outside but I think the wind just went right through me!"

Dave Zabriskie (Slipstream) keeps dry
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Just for the sake of comparison, the same stage in the previous two years took just five hours to complete.

Hincapie commented that a domestic rider like Rollin has extra motivation to win in a race like this and that he is impressed to see some of the domestic teams racing. "This is the biggest race in the U.S. and these guys here have every thing in the world to prove," he said. "I remember when I was young and went into races like this, I did everything I could because it’s the one shot you’ve got to make it to the next level. I think these guys are doing an great job."

Back in the peloton, the Astana team earned their cut of any potential winnings by race leader Levi Leipheimer, leading him and the peloton through a massive headwind all the way down to San Luis Obispo.

"My guys put in a hard day's work," Leipheimer said. "After the day today they can definitely be called the hard men of the race!"

"We had this coming to us in the Tour of California -- we had two years of beautiful weather and then three years of bad weather all in one day. That was probably one of the top three worst days I have every had on the bike!"

The break just starts to get
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As for the tactics on the day, Leipheimer told Cyclingnews that the idea was not to catch the break to keep it safer on the technical run-in to the finish. "We didn't really want to catch them," he said. "CSC tried it in the end but it didn't work."

CSC's new American acquisition Jason McCartney said they wanted to set things up for sprinter Juan Jose Haedo, but that cooler heads must have prevailed. "The plan was to set it up for JJ but I guess we didn't want to take chances in the rain," he told Cyclingnews.

The Astana team kept the break to little more than three minutes, ensuring Leipheimer's 4:47 GC advantage over the break's best-paced rider Camaño was never a threat. Leipheimer's American teammate Chris Horner summed it up nicely, telling Cyclingnews, "F**king miserable parade! Our job was that."

Riders cross the famous
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As for the race leader, the overall picture stayed the same -- with a lot of potential GC threats still hot on his heels heading into tomorrow's time trial in Solvang. "I've got the world's best time trialist right behind me, the winner of Paris-Roubaix, so I've got my work cut out for me."

While riding in such miserable conditions is not the best preparation for clocking a fast time in tomorrow's time trial, Leipheimer can take solace in the fact that everyone else had to ride in the same mess. "In these kind of conditions you have to think that everyone feels the same. What can you ask for after seven hours in freezing cold rain? But I did my best to take care of myself and I'll do my best tomorrow."

When asked what he thinks of racing in Belgian-style spring classics over here in his home state of California, usually known for its mild winters, Leipheimer laughed and said, "I don't even do those races, but I had to do one today!"

How it unfolded

The break gets organized
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Like last year's start to this stage in Seaside, the skies were cloudy and a light rain fell. But unlike last year, the rain not only continued for almost the entire day, but increased at times to near deluge. Rain capes, hats, gloves and just about anything else in the rider's bags were on their bodies. The weather forecast was so bad, along with a bout of stomach bugs going through the peloton, that multiple riders did not even take the start.

Three Gerolsteiner riders, including the points jersey leader Heinrich Haussler, abandoned the tour at the start. The team lost two more riders out of course due to sickness, leaving the team with only three riders. Other casualties on the day included sprinter Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United), Tom Danielson (Slipstream-Chipotle) and former KOM leader Jackson Stewart (BMC).

The bunch heads out of Big Sur.
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Out on course, the riders rolled along for 15 kilometres with only small attacks attempted - and quickly dismissed by the Astana-led peloton. Saunier Duval-Scott's overall hopes were put on the back burner yesterday as their GC rider Iker Camaño failed to make the selection. In an attempt to salvage something from the race, Camaño helped initiate the main break of the day with Rollin, which also included another rider out of the GC picture, Highroad's George Hincapie.

Things were not going Hincapie's way early in the tour with a nasty crash. "I hit my head and almost got a concussion and headache and I don't have skin on the left side of my body," he said. Additionally, his team is suffering the same sickness as the rest of the peloton, but all that is still not discouraging him. Being down on the GC enables him to get away in breaks like today. "Three guys are sick with a stomach virus, but the guys are still motivated and I haven't had this much fun on a bike in a while," he said. "To have the chance to race and be aggressive and go in breaks, today away for almost 200km. This is fun and we are going to keep trying."

Team Astana gets control
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Also present in the break were: Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly), Danilo Wyss and Jackson Stewart (BMC Racing Team), Edward King (Bissell), Jonathan Hivert (Credit Agricole), Julien Belgy (Bouygues Telecom) and Roman Kilun (Health Net-Maxxis).

Jackson Stewart continued a strong tour for the BMC team, leading over the first KOM. But the matches he has burned so far this week eventually caught up to him, and Stewart was unable to finish the stage. However, by taking the maximum KOM points he protected the lead of his team-mate wearing the KOM jersey on the road, Scott Nydam.

As the sky darkens Astana begins
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For the next five-plus hours, the break maintained a steady pace as Astana assumed its rightful position on the front of the peloton.

Jumping ahead 150 km, the break still had around two minutes, but a few riders were shed from both the break and the peloton. King, Kilun, Rollin, Wyss, Mollema, Hincapie and Camaño were the riders left in the break. Coming up the incline out of Morrow Bay the group was still working but signs of variance in strength were beginning to show.

For a kilometre the riders starting looking around at each other and beginning to notice who was not pulling through. The disorganization only lasted a minute but it foreshadowed what was to come. When the break re-ogranized and began trading pulls, Rollin was at the back. When he came through, nobody followed him and he just kept going.

Once he realized what was happening, Rollin, a former Canadian time trial and road race champion, put his hands in the drops and did not look back. He quickly built a 10 second lead before anyone behind reacted. The roll-away shattered the break with only Hincapie and Camaño following.

George Hincapie (High Road) comes
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On the open roads the strong Rollin showed his strength by putting 20 more seconds into Hincapie and Camaño, and increasing his lead over the peloton to 3'30. Turning off Highway One into Cuesta College Rollin kept himself upright through the tight turns and onto the back roads into San Luis Obispo. The chase was on as the kilometres clicked off and the roads began to twistsand turns into the downtown finish.

Kilometres and seconds were calculated and it wasn't until three kilometre to go until the crowd realized that Rollin was going to hold off Camaño and Hincapie, who were now 20 seconds behind. Rollin savored the moment after the final off-camber turn to the uphill finish, sacrificing a few seconds to the chasers and peloton. Leipheimer's group arrived 2'28 behind the winner, with all of the leader's jerseys safe.

Tomorrow's race-determining time trial in Solvang begins at noon PST. Tune into Cyclingnews for up-to-the-minute live coverage and time splits.

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Results

1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team          6.56.08 (31.288 km/h)
2 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                     0.18
3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                       2.28
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road
6 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
7 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
8 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
9 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing
11 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
12 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
13 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
15 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
17 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road
19 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank
20 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
21 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing
22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
23 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
24 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
25 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step
26 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
28 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
31 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana
32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC
34 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
35 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
36 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
39 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
41 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
42 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
45 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step
46 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott
47 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
48 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC
49 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       5.05
50 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
53 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
54 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole
55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road
56 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
57 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              6.32
58 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
59 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
60 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
61 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
62 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
64 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana
65 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
67 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
68 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
70 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
71 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott
72 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
73 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
74 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
75 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
76 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road
77 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
78 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
79 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
80 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
81 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
82 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
83 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
84 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
85 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
86 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
87 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
89 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
90 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
91 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
92 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
93 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
94 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
95 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      11.41
96 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
97 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
98 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
99 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
100 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
101 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
102 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
103 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
104 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                     11.59
105 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                 14.51
DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
DNF Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
DNF Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step
DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner
DNF Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
DNF Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
DNF Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
DNF Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
DNF Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
DNF Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
DNS Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNS Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNS Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                5 pts
2 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                       3
3 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                        1
 
2
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                5 pts
2 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                       3
3 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      1
 
Finish
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               15 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                       12
3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         10
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                          7
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                         6
6 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                         5
7 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                    4
8 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast         3
9 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2
10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing                                     1
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  4 pts
2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      3
3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          2
4 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                  1
 
2
1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  4 pts
2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      3
3 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                        2
4 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          1
 
3
1 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  6 pts
2 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                  5
3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  4
4 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          3
5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                1
 
Young rider
 
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                    6.58.36
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road
3 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole
4 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
6 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
7 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                           2.37
8 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                               4.04
9 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
10 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  9.13
12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                       9.31
 
Teams
 
1 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                  20.53.20
2 High Road                                                           0.18
3 Saunier Duval-Scott
4 Rock Racing                                                         2.28
5 Team CSC
6 Rabobank
7 Astana
8 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
9 Quick Step
10 BMC Racing Team                                                    5.05
11 Crédit Agricole
12 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                     6.32
13 Gerolsteiner
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                   9.09
15 Bissell Pro Cycling
16 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                                 10.36
17 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                          14.40
 
General Classification after Stage 4
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    20.44.06
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 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   0.41
14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                0.43
15 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      2.37
16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                        3.13
17 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                  4.23
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                    4.28
19 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  4.39
20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    4.48
21 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                    5.17
22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                                        7.05
23 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                          7.06
24 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                  7.08
25 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  7.31
26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          7.32
27 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      7.36
28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                       8.39
29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        9.31
30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott                      10.19
31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          10.24
32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road                                   12.04
33 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               12.09
34 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC                                    12.12
35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      12.14
36 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                                12.22
37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         12.26
38 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis               14.27
39 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                              14.32
40 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      14.36
41 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis              16.16
42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           16.18
43 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                             16.19
44 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             16.24
45 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       16.34
46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                    20.06
47 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              21.15
48 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                      21.48
49 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           22.01
50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                       23.25
51 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                     24.21
52 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                    24.27
53 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                               24.33
54 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                               24.40
55 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                       26.05
56 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                      27.12
57 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           27.13
58 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       28.22
59 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road                                   28.23
60 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30             28.35
61 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                          28.36
62 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           28.40
63 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           28.43
64 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast         28.45
65 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   28.52
66 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   29.02
67 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                    29.36
68 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing                                 29.44
69 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     29.45
70 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           29.53
71 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis              29.54
72 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                29.58
73 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast    30.03
74 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott
75 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                       30.26
76 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                        32.24
77 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                             33.44
78 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30           33.45
79 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         33.52
80 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott                     33.54
81 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  33.56
82 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                33.57
83 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 33.59
84 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                         34.01
85 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
86 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
87 Pipp K Frank (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                 34.05
88 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                  34.20
89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            34.23
90 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                     34.24
91 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                        34.25
92 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   34.35
93 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           35.45
94 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast        38.25
95 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team              39.08
96 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                         39.09
97 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 39.12
98 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast         39.18
99 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast          39.21
100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team              40.28
101 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                                  41.28
102 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                41.42
103 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                     45.27
104 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        45.34
105 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                 49.12
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               36 pts
2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                        26
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                         25
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                        19
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                           15
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                          15
7 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                       13
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          12
9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing                                     12
10 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    11
11 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        10
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 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                   6
17 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                      6
18 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30            5
19 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                           5
20 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                       4
21 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     4
22 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast        3
23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                           3
24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               3
25 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  2
26 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2
27 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30               1
28 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing                           1
29 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     1
30 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 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  12
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          12
6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                           12
7 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                  12
8 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         11
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                       11
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             9
11 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                           8
12 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30            7
13 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30               6
14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     6
15 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                 6
16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                   5
17 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                         4
18 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                       2
19 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30            2
20 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               1
21 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                    20.44.21
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                           6.51
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                       21.33
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road                                      24.06
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road                                     29.21
8 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 29.43
9 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30            33.30
10 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                         33.46
11 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
12 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 38.57
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                          62.13.09
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                                                    14.17
7 Crédit Agricole                                                    18.28
8 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                19.26
9 High Road                                                          20.42
10 Gerolsteiner                                                      20.47
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                               34.15
12 Rock Racing                                                       36.23
13 Health Net Presented by Maxxis                                    37.28
14 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                    45.33
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                  54.53
16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                        1.21.31
17 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                               1.30.39

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