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5th Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 7-14, 2008
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Stage 7 - September 13: Glasgow - Drumlanrig Castle, 153km
Boasson Hagen gets his hat trick at Drumlanrig Castle
By Gerry McManus
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Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) out witted his breakaway companions to win his third stage of the Tour of Britain. The Norwegian caught and passed Australian Cameron Meyer (SouthAustalia.com/AIS) as he made a do or die attack in the final two kilometres. Hundreds of fans watched as Meyer came around the final corner, hugging the left hand barriers as he gave everything he had to win the stage.
Boasson Hagen started his attack from a small group which included Matt Goss (SouthAustalia.com/AIS) and Julian Dean (Garmin Chipotle) who had switched to the other side of the road and the Norwegian put his head down for glory to win the stage and pick up the green jersey as points leader of the race.
Goss held on for second spot ahead of Daryl Impey (Barloworld) and Danilo Di Luca (Team LPR Brakes)
The breaks mopped up all the King of the Mountain points on the day with Danilo Di Luca taking over the jersey from Ben Swift (Barloworld). Geoffroy Lequarte (Agritubel) finished 12th at 2min 18 seconds and holds on to the race lead with only the 110 km stage from Blackpool to Liverpool remaining.
"I still don't know if I have won the Tour," overall leader Lequarte said. "We will see tomorrow when I cross the finish line for sure. Today we did a great job and I would like to thank my team, my friends, because they did a really good job. We rode the first part of the stage perfectly. We were able to check the numbers in the break and let the group go. Everyday has been the same configuration. I was able to go with the attacks by Barloworld and Garmin but the hill was not so difficult and we were able to ride to the finish for the sprint. There are lot of teams interested in winning the stage tomorrow and perhaps Petacchi's LPR team will help us. The stage was very beautiful today. There was nobody there, just sheep."
Boasson Hagen started to laugh when he was asked if he could make it four stage victories by the end of tomorrow. "It will be hard," he said: "Today Meyer (Cameron) attacked with two kilometres to go and Greg (Henderson) started to chase him down and almost caught him. Then Julian Dean went full gas with about 500m to go and I was the last man in the group. I managed to get a gap and hold on to win. It's really nice. Today was one of the toughest stages. It was up and down all day and never easy. I was hoping to get a jersey today and it is really nice to have them."
The 21-year-old has won three stages of a tour before when he got the hat-trick in the Tour de l'Avenir in 2006. "This is my seventh victory this year," he continued. "I don't think I would have been able to win three stages if I was in contention for the overall lead. They wouldn't have let me stay in the breakaway group. I am satisfied with three stage wins."
How it unfolded
The race was all together at the 30km mark. Attempts to go clear had started as early as the first KOM of the day which was won by Jonathan McEvoy (Team GB) who had escaped in a small group which included Danilo Di Luca and Chris Sorensen (Team CSC - Saxo Bank). The race winning break of the day went clear even before the first sprint at Glespin which was won by New Zealander Greg Henderson (Team Columbia). Di Luca, Henderson, Daryl Impey (Barloworld) Boasson Hagen, Goss, Julian Dean (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30), Freddie Rodriguez (Rock Racing) and Cameron Meyer (SoutAustralia.com/AIS) traded rivalry for cooperation as the eight man break grew their lead to over seven minutes. Di Luca was first over the summit at Crawfordjohn and at the tough summit of the Mennock Pass. Meanwhile Steve Cummings (Barloworld) had left the bunch and was flat out on the Mennock Pass trying to get to the leaders but they were in no mood to be caught.
Meanwhile the bunch behind was finally taking notice of the break and had split on the Mennock Pass as they ruthlessly pursued the leaders and the gap was down to less than three minutes.
Boasson Hagen took maxiumum points on the sprints at Sanquhar and Thornhill to go equal on sprint points with Di Luca but takes the jersey on countback.
The gap to the leaders narrowed but all eight riders worked together right up until two kilometres to go. Boasson Hagen had a clear lead when he crossed the finish line but he didn't chance celebrating early, as some have done to their own detriment this season.
Sunday finales are usually processional but this one features five laps of a tough 2.4km city centre circuit with a nasty little climb and some tight turns. The Agritubel team will have to watch every move if they don't want their excellent work this week to come to nothing.
Steve Cummings lies second at 6 seconds with Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) third at 14 seconds. Any one of nine riders could walk away in yellow tomorrow.
Photography
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- Manxman Jonathan Bellis (Team CSC Saxobank) hoping to be offered a contract with the team for 2009
- Tom Southam (Team GB) enjoys a quick cup on the start line
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) waiting for the flag to drop
- An Post Sean Kelly's Stephen Gallagher with fans Alan and Andy Corkill, on the race for all eight days
- Stephen Gallagher (An Post Sean Kelly team) follows a long family tradition of bagpipe playing
- Rock Racing's Victor Hugo Pena tries out the bagpipes in Glasgow
- Big Magnus Backstedt (Gamin Chipotle) doesn't actually scare small children
- Oscar Sevilla and Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) , Peter Williams (Pinarello CandiTV) and Jonny McEvoy (Team GB) lead the bunch out from the Glasgow start
- Daryl Impey enjoys a joke with team mate Robbie Hunter (Barloworld)
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) distances the group on the way to his third win.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) takes his third stage victory of the eight day Tour of Britain
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) celebrates his third stage victory after he crossed the line at Drumlanrig Castle
- The bunch are strung out in pursuit of the leaders as they climb up the Mennock Pass
- Greg Henderson (Team Columbia) drives the breakaway group on the ascent of the Mennock Pass
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) makes it a hat-trick of vitories when he outsprinted his breakaway companions to win the stage at Drumlanrig Castle
- Greg Henderson (Team Columbia) and Danilo Di Luca (Team LPR Brakes) lead the breakaway group up the Mennock Pass on stage seven of the Tour of Britain
- Greg Henderson (Team Columbia) and Danilo Di Luca (Team LPR Brakes) lead the breakaway group up the Mennock Pass on stage seven of the Tour of Britain
- Steve Cummings (Barloworld) takes off in pursuit of the leaders on the Mennock Pass
- Danilo Di Luca leads the break on the Mennock Pass
- Danilo Di Luca (Team LPR Brakes) drives the break on the ascent of the Mennock Pass
Results
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 3.45.18 (41.92 km/h) 2 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 0.05 7 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 8 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 0.26 9 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.18 10 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 Geoffroy Lequarte (Fra) Agritubel 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 16 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 17 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 18 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 19 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 20 Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 21 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 22 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 23 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 25 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 28 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 29 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 31 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 32 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 33 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 34 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade 35 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 36 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 37 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 38 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 39 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 40 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 2.33 41 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 42 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 2.38 43 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.43 44 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 2.45 45 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.50 47 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 48 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 49 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 50 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 2.59 52 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 3.09 53 Neil MacDonald (RSA) MTN Energade 54 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 3.12 55 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 56 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 3.37 57 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 3.42 58 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 59 David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 3.55 60 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 61 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 62 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 63 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 64 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 65 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 4.07 66 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 4.40 67 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 2.18 68 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 11.49 69 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 70 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 71 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 72 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 73 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade 74 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade 75 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 76 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 77 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 78 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 79 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv 80 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 81 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 82 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 83 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 84 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 85 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia DNS Travis Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam DNF Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Sprints Glespin 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 5 pts 2 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 2 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 1 Sanquhar 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 5 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 2 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 Thornhill 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 5 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 2 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 Mountains Cat 3: Nerston 1 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 4 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 3 3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 1 Cat 3: Crawfordjohn 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4 pts 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 3 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1 Cat 1: Mennock Pass 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 10 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 8 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 6 4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 5 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 3 7 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 2 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia 11.18.38 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.52 3 Garmin - Chipotle 4 LPR Brakes - Ballan 5 Barloworld 6 Rock Racing 2.27 7 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 2.29 8 Agritubel 4.10 9 Topsport Vlaanderen 10 MTN Energade 11 Great Britain 4.30 12 Pinarello RT - Candi TV 4.37 13 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 4.51 14 Plowman Craven RT 5.33 15 An Post M.Donnelly 13.41 16 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co. 14.13 General classification after stage 7 1 Geoffroy Lequarte (Fra) Agritubel 25.02.25 2 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 0.06 3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 0.14 4 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 0.15 5 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 0.16 6 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 0.18 7 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 0.19 8 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28 9 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 0.40 10 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.24 11 Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 1.47 12 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.49 13 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1.52 15 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 1.54 16 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 1.59 17 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 2.04 18 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.48 19 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3.31 20 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4.35 21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 9.18 22 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9.49 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 10.41 24 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 11.06 25 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 12.35 26 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 12.51 27 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 28 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 13.13 29 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 13.17 30 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 14.11 31 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15.03 32 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 15.51 33 Rob Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 16.09 34 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 16.10 35 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 16.19 36 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 16.20 37 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Energade 17.31 38 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17.42 39 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 17.50 40 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 17.56 41 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Great Britain 18.02 42 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 18.12 43 Tom Murray (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 18.51 44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19.07 45 David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 19.52 46 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 20.22 47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21.04 48 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 22.44 49 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 23.11 50 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 23.24 51 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 24.16 52 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 24.43 53 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 24.57 54 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 25.14 55 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 25.23 56 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 26.52 57 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 27.06 58 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 27.40 59 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 28.09 60 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 28.39 61 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 28.52 62 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 30.22 63 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 30.57 64 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 31.34 65 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Energade 33.42 66 Neil MacDonald (RSA) MTN Energade 34.08 67 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 34.33 68 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 69 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 34.47 70 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 71 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 34.52 72 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 35.49 73 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 36.05 74 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 36.47 75 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 36.50 76 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 37.21 77 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 37.23 78 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37.53 79 Tomas Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 40.05 80 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Columbia 41.53 81 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 42.47 82 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 43.19 83 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Energade 45.08 84 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 50.35 85 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello RT - Canditv 1.00.56 Points classification 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 58 pts 2 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 53 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 48 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 45 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 44 6 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 38 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 38 Sprint classification 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 23 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 23 3 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 15 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 13 5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 6 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 12 7 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 11 8 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven RT 9 9 Chris Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 9 10 Geoffroy Lequarte (Fra) Agritubel 8 11 Russell Downing (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 8 12 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 7 13 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 7 14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 15 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 5 16 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 5 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 5 18 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 4 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle-presnted by H30 4 20 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN Energade 3 21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 22 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3 23 Rob Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 3 24 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 25 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 26 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 27 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 2 28 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 29 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia 2 30 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 1 31 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Rock Racing 1 Mountains classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 36 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 29 3 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor-Recycling.co.uk 19 4 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 15 5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 6 Geoffroy Lequarte (Fra) Agritubel 14 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 14 8 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 9 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 10 10 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 9 11 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia 9 12 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) AnPost-M.Donnelly-GrantThornton-SeanKellyTeam 8 13 David George (RSA) MTN Energade 8 14 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 8 15 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing 7 16 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello RT - Canditv 7 Teams classification 1 Agritubel 75.11.04 2 Garmin - Chipotle 8.53 3 Great Britain 11.25 4 LPR Brakes - Ballan 11.42 5 Topsport Vlaanderen 12.50 6 Barloworld 13.29 7 MTN Energade 14.46 8 An Post M.Donnelly 19.03 9 Team Columbia 19.07 10 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21.09 11 Pinarello RT - Candi TV 27.28 12 Rapha - Condor - Recycling.co. 34.40 13 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 34.48 14 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 38.19 15 Rock Racing 39.03 16 Plowman Craven RT 40.26
