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Tour of Missouri - 2.1
USA, September 8-14, 2008
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Stage 7 - September 14: St. Louis Circuit Race, 79 miles
Cheeky Chicchi covers Cavendish in Missouri finale
Vande Velde caps season with overall win
By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in St. Louis, Missouri
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The final stage of the Tour of Missouri, a circuit race around St. Louis, was more of a parade than a full race, as remnants of Hurricane Ike drenched the city overnight, leaving part of the course unusable. However, the shortened stage was still a fight for bragging rights as to who was fastest in the midwest, with triple stage winner Mark Cavendish the man to beat. Despite a perfect lead-out from his team, the final 200 metres were a little too difficult for him to hold the front and an opportunistic Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) jumped around him for the win. Safely back in the field Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) rode into the finish for the overall win.
"We started on the train of Columbia; Mark didn’t seem to want to launch the sprint so I did," Chicchi said. "I think I might have surprised Mark coming out to sprint that early due to the headwind. I got the edge on him and very fortunately Mark couldn’t come back around me. I was very lucky to have beaten Mark today."
"He flew past me tremendously," Cavendish admitted. "It’s the first time someone’s gone past me in a sprint since March. So you know, it was shocking... but Francesco is really fast so what can I do?"
Cavendish admitted that the final straight was the deciding factor and that he jumped too early. "I told they guys that they had to lead me as far as they could to the line because there was a massive headwind," he said. "I told them to deliver me as late as possible and I ended up coming off the wheel too early. Chicchi came past me at such speed that I had to eat my words a little bit. I was passed... I was beaten and that’s that. It’s upsetting after the work the team has done for me. They did a tremendous lead out."
Cavendish kept his sprint jersey, while Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) won the KOM competition. The best young rider of the race was Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) while Jeff Louder (BMC) was named most aggressive rider for the week thanks to his long breakaway rides on stages four and six.
How it unfolded
Overnight rainstorms courtesy of Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc on the city of St. Louis. As such Forest Park was partially flooded and the course had to be shortened accordingly. This lowered the overall distance of the stage from 70 to 53 miles (85km). So if Columbia had any plans of trying to unseat race leader Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) it would have to happen quickly.
However, before the race started Columbia's captain George Hincapie said his team was happy to keep the race safe and just try to win the field sprint with their ace Mark Cavendish. Nonetheless, attacks started as the race rolled off the line, with less time to establish a possible race-winning move. Toyota-United started hostilities, followed by Colavita-Sutter Home and BMC.
Finally, two riders moved away and the field slowed its pursuit. Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) and Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) got a gap and were initially chased by Reid Mumford (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast). But he was not able to bridge across and the peloton felt confident that they could chase two riders down whenever they felt the need.
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Powers and O'Bee rotated well but strong winds made gaining much of an advantage difficult. The pair only managed a maximum gap of three minutes with half the race to run. At this point Garmin-Chipotle had held court on the front, but was eventually joined by Sparkasse to bring the gap back down. Liquigas later sent a rider up the road, as did Symmetrics and Colavita, which brought the gap down significantly. The field sat on the gap of a minute for the rest of the penultimate lap.
Halfway through the final lap the deficit had dropped to under a minute as O'Bee finally made a desperate move, holding on solo until about 5km to go. The hard charging field soon swallowed him whole, however. Into the final kilometre, Columbia moved the front, but faced plenty of challengers after a hard week of racing. At 250 metres Columbia still held the front around the final corner as Bernhard Eisel dragged Cavendish to the line; his efforts were in vain as Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) managed to hold Cavendish's wheel before ambushing the Manxman and coming around for the win.
Perfect way to end
After a fifth place in the Tour de France, Christian Vande Velde and his team can be satisfied with the year. However, losing the overall at the Tour de Georgia in April (to Team Columbia) the squad has to be satisfied with the win this week.
"Everyone’s overall impression is that it’s been hard," said Vande Velde about this year's race. "Columbia started the race out early, taking control to bring Mark to his wins. I actually didn’t expect to win the time trial. But it was a beautiful course down through the Ozarks. From there on it was game on - war - with everyone trying to throw everything at us to take away the 18 seconds I had in the time trial. It was a great race. I was thinking about it the other day... I’m happy they gave us such a great fight!"
The overall win for Vande Velde is his first since the 2006 Tour of Luxembourg.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (Columbia) was a big hit with the fans this week in Missouri.
- Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) signs everything fans throw at them.
- The jersey leaders get called to the line for stage 7.
- And they’re off for the shortened stage.
- Kirk O’Bee (Healthnet) and Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) head out together to try to get away from the field.
- Blue skies were minimal during the stage, which had been shortened thanks to severe storm activity.
- The bunch heads back in towards downtown St. Louis.
- Riders pass one of St. Louis’ finer neighborhoods.
- Bridges crisscross today's windy stage.
- Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) spent the day keeping out of trouble on the rain slick roads.
- Riders get strung out as they go after the break.
- The gap gets a little wider by the halfway point of the race.
- The two companeros... Kirk O’Bee (Healthnet) and Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) worked well together to stay out front for most of the day.
- The race leader Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle) moves to the front as the pace picks up.
- The bunch slows up on the courses one little roller of a hill.
- Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) leads the break.
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) comes to the line well in front of the rest of the field.
- Got him! Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) takes the win in downtown Saint Louis.
- Bernard Eisel (Columbia) relaxes after crossing the line. It ended a long, tough week of work.
- Kirk O’Bee (Healthnet) explains why he spent so much time off the front.
- I love America! Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) was pretty happy to be on the podium.
- Team Columbia took home the team prize for all of their efforts.
- Jersey winners line up for the usual podium parade.
- The overall podium: (l-r) Mick Rogers (Columbia, second), Christian Vandevelde (Garmin-Chipotle, first) and Svein Tuft (Symmetrics, third).
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- The race leaders take to the line ahead of the final stage
- Marco Pinotti (Columbia) at the front as the rain begins to fall
- David Zabriskie (Garmin/Chipotle) leads the Garmin squad at the front of the pack
- Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) off in the early break
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- Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) and Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) made a go of it
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- That's how the cookie crumbles as Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) and Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) spend the last minutes of their time off the front before being caught
- Come on, one last try! Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) made a last ditch effort as the pack closed in on him
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) hits the line just ahead of Mark Cavendish (Columbia)
- Mike Sayers (BMC) made his tearful farewell to professional racing during the awards ceremony
Results
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 1.57.06 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 4 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 5 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 7 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 9 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 10 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 12 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 14 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 15 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 16 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 17 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 19 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 20 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 21 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 22 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 23 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 24 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 25 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 26 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 27 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 28 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 30 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 31 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 32 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 33 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 34 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 35 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 36 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 37 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 38 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 39 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 40 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 41 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 42 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 43 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 44 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 45 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 46 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 47 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continential 48 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 49 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 50 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 51 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 52 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 53 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 54 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 55 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 56 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 57 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 58 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 59 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 60 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 61 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 62 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 63 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 64 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 65 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 66 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 67 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 68 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 69 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 70 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 71 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 72 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 73 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.18 74 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 75 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.24 76 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 77 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 78 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 0.44 79 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 80 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.49 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 82 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.54 83 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 84 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 1.03 85 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.08 86 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 87 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 1.28 88 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 1.43 89 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 2.28 90 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 91 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 92 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.42 93 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis DNF Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling DNF Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team Sprints Sprint 1 1 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 3 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 Sprint 2 1 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 1 Sprint 3 1 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5 pts 2 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia 5.51.18 2 Rabobank 3 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 4 Liquigas 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 6 BMC Racing Team 7 Team Sparkasse 8 Symmetrics Cycling Team 9 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 10 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Bissell Pro Cycling Final General classification 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 21.23.26 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.18 3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.48 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 1.03 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 1.32 6 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1.33 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.54 8 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.39 9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 2.42 10 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 2.47 11 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.18 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.23 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.42 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 4.08 15 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 4.56 16 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 5.19 17 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 6.48 18 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse 7.28 19 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7.30 20 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.46 21 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continential 12.22 22 Bernardo Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 12.38 23 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 16.31 24 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 19.53 25 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 20.04 26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 20.30 27 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.34 28 Luis Amaran Romero (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 20.48 29 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20.54 30 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 21.08 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 21.18 32 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 21.20 33 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.40 34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 21.53 35 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 22.00 36 Creed Michael (USA) Rock Racing 22.24 37 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 22.33 38 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 22.37 39 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 22.42 40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continential 22.44 41 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 22.45 42 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 22.52 43 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.19 44 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 23.25 45 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continential 23.31 46 Oyarzun Carlos (Chi) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 23.42 47 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 23.48 48 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 23.49 49 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 23.50 50 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 24.03 51 Juan Pablo Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 24.09 52 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 24.18 53 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24.41 54 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 24.43 55 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 24.54 56 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 25.04 57 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 58 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continential 25.08 59 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 25.15 60 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 25.19 61 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 62 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 25.25 63 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 64 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 25.39 65 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 26.06 66 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 26.24 67 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26.28 68 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26.38 69 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 26.40 70 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Rock Racing 26.49 71 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 26.57 72 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 27.07 73 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 27.41 74 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 28.00 75 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 28.23 76 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 29.08 77 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 30.00 78 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team Sparkasse 30.15 79 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 30.22 80 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 30.43 81 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 30.52 82 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 31.06 83 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 31.19 84 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 31.23 85 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Sparkasse 32.58 86 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 33.21 87 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 34.00 88 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 34.28 89 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35.18 90 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse 36.57 91 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 37.56 92 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 38.32 93 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 38.33 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 21.25.20 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.48 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19.00 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 19.24 5 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 20.39 6 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 21.56 7 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Continential 22.24 8 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 23.00 9 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continential 23.14 10 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 23.45 11 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.34 12 Ryan Anderson (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 24.46 13 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 25.03 14 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 27.14 15 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Team Sparkasse 29.29 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 74 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 48 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 40 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 35 5 Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Rabobank Continential 34 6 Brad Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26 7 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continential 21 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21 9 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19 10 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 15 11 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 15 12 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 13 13 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 11 14 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse 10 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 10 16 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 17 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 8 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 8 19 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 8 20 Luis Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 7 21 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 6 22 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 6 23 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 25 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 26 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 27 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 28 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 4 29 Lui Colunga (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 3 30 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 3 31 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia 3 32 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 3 33 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continential 2 34 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 2 35 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continential 2 36 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 37 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 2 38 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 39 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1 40 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 1 41 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia 64.14.34 2 BMC Racing Team 2.18 3 Team Sparkasse 6.46 4 Garmin/Chipotle Presented by H3O 16.17 5 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 19.25 6 Bissell Pro Cycling 30.11 7 Liquigas 38.34 8 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 41.14 9 Symmetrics Cycling Team 45.12 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 49.10 11 Rabobank 52.15 12 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalaiara 13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.02.23
