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Tour de Georgia - 2.HC

USA, April 16-22, 2007

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Stage 1 - April 16: Peachtree City to Macon, 153km

Tinkoff rides the wind to a win

By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Macon, Georgia

Italy's Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) takes victory
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The first stage of the Tour de Georgia got off to a quick start today thanks to the strong "nor' easter" storm in the upper Atlantic states, which resulted in strong southeasterly winds reaching all the way down to Georgia. With a southeast parcours to match the result was a stage averaging 46.5 kilometres per hour. The other result was that the peloton miscalculated the catch of the typical early breakaway, allowing Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) to escape and survive solo to the line, taking the first leader's jersey of the race.

"My impression of American racing is positive," he said afterwards. "I raced here in 2005 and I am happy to be back. It is a really well organised event. The roads are great and there are no cars blocking the race. The race is fantastic and it was great for the Tinkoff team to have a win today."

Contrini crashed at Milan-San Remo and had a hard time training since then, according to his director. "He damaged his spine and back. He has not been able to train too hard until a short time ago. We are very happy with his win in light of his fitness and accident last month."

Contrini's teammate and team leader Tyler Hamilton was all smiles, happy for the team's win - something he says is important for the team in the US market. "It is an important market for Tinkoff Credit Systems," he said. "We were on the waiting list and weren't sure if we were going to get into the race but I am really happy that we did."

"Our director Dimetri was in the car following Contrini and that was great. He was a great rider too and just recently retired at the end of last year. He was the one who was behind telling Contrini exactly what to do and exactly where to attack and when. It proved to be very useful because Contrini was able to get away every time and win the race."

Doug Ollerenshaw (HealthNet)
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Health Net-Maxxis' Doug Ollerenshaw, second on the day, said that he was surprised Contrini was able to ride away from the break in the end. "It was a really hard break and I really wanted to hang on for the finish after all that. Daniele was very strong today and incredible. He did about eighty percent of the work bridging across to Rapinski initially and then kept taking huge pulls all the way to the end. I thought for sure he wasn't going to have anything left for the finish but he proved to be really strong."

Navigators Insurance had the slight advantage in the break today with two riders. But Rapinski's 40 kilometre solo effort negated the advantage in the end. "We wanted to be aggressive today and there are a lot of guys in the race that can do well in GC," said fellow break rider Ben Day. "We wanted to take an opportunity to gain an advantage over some of the top guys on the ProTour teams [with] as many guys in the break as possible. Doug and I did a good job working together to catch Daniele but in the end we couldn't do it. But I want to congratulate everyone in the break because we all did a good job out there today."

Contrini holds both the overall and sprint lead, with twenty-one seconds over second-place Ollerenshaw. Day sits in third place seven more seconds behind, while the rest of the field is a little more than one minute behind.

How it unfolded

Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
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The riders had a short roll across the highway from their hotel to the start line at the Peachtree City town hall. In fact, some riders were early enough that they sat on the lawn in front of the building, sipping coffee, and chatting away with fans. It was essentially "have a picnic with Tom Danielson, Tyler Hamilton and friends."

But the strong winds swirling around the start line was already having an impact, blowing tents and banners all over the place. Luckily for the riders, the race course was pointing mostly southeast, almost the same direction as the wind. From the opening kilometers the attacks ensued, mostly from the domestic teams looking to get in the early move. Adam Bergman (Colavita-Sutter Home) started the action with a solo attack. Jeff Louder (Health Net-Maxxis) and Austin King (Jittery Joe's) also tried moves, but in vain. These teams, along with Toyota-United and the European Professional Continental Tinkoff team, represented the early action.

A few kilometers later Kirk O'Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) jumped away with Viktor Rapinski (Navigators Insurance), Jonathan Garcia (BMC), Trent Wilson and Evan Elken (Jittery Joe's), Matt Goss (Team CSC), Christophe Brandt (Predictor-Lotto) and Hubert Schwab (Quick Step). This break hovered at 15 seconds and looked to have the riders to make it work, but again, the fast-moving peloton made short work of the uncooperative break.

The group
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As the break fell apart Rapinski decided to go it alone just 50 kilometres into the race, and the peloton seemed to be content to let him have some rope. The strong eastern-European quickly rode the tailwind to a two minute lead heading into the first intermediate sprint, which he subsequently won with ease.

Behind him the peloton sprinted for the other places, which in turn, launched a bridging group of four consisting of Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance) and Mike Sayers (BMC). Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe's) tried some time later to cross the gap, but never quite made it. Into the feed zone the chasing group was only thirty seconds behind Rapinski who sat up to wait for the additional help.

Back in the peloton the motivation did not seem to be urgent, which could have been a lack of time splits, according to Toyota-United's Chris Wherry. "Viktor went away by himself and nobody cares about a guy going away by himself, even with a tailwind," he said. "The other group went away after the sprint - the guys were sprinting and just kept it rolling. Everyone looked around and decided to let it go. We weren't getting time splits from the race organisers, so it was hard to tell if we were gaining or losing time. Then the first time split I heard was six minutes. I think that was the number one factor today - the miscommunication. We wanted a group sprint today, and I think things got a little overestimated. "

CSC comes to the front
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The gap kept rising and at one point was reported to be near eight minutes - about the time that the peloton usually begins to take things seriously. A few teams looked to be trying to motivate the peloton to pull some time back. "CSC started chasing but then immediately pulled off," said Wherry. "Then Discovery started and we chucked in."

But the gap did not come down very quickly - thanks in large part to the fierce tailwind. "When you are going 60 km/h in a tailwind, it is hard to go 65," said Wherry. "The break is going as fast as everyone else!"

Eventually, Discovery Channel and Slipstream-Chipotle seemed to put a few riders on the front which ate away at the gap. But it was too much, and the break began to see Macon off in the distance. As the group of five entered the finishing circuits in Macon, the gap was still more than two minutes, and the organisers worried about spacing issues on the 2.55 mile circuit. However, a crash in the peloton just before the circuits slowed things down. "The first thing I saw after the crash was the ground," said Priority Health's Garrett Peltonen. No riders were seriously injured and all finished.

"We worked really evenly coming into the circuits and the first time up the climb Daniele attacked which got rid of Rapinski," said Ollerenshaw.

Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
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"I attacked over the hill and got away," said Contrini. "The other riders were very strong but it was up to me in the final to do what ever I could to win." Mike Sayers had also dropped away at this point and it was only Day and Ollerenshaw left to chase.

"Daniele then pulled the entire lap before the climb again," Ollerenshaw continued. "The second time up the climb I opened a gap from Contrini to make Ben Day work and that's when Daniele attacked us and got away. All he needed was that ten metre gap. He kept taking time out of us all the way to the line."

Contrini looked strong as he rode away, staying mostly in the drops. The final lap up the cobbled Plum Street climb he only got out of the saddle once to turn over his big ring. On the descent back to the finish Contrini was looking over his shoulder, starting to realise that he had stolen the stage from the sprinters.

Following Contrini was Ollerenshaw easily taking the sprint for second with Day holding on for third. Health Net's Ryder Hesjedal led the peloton in for fourth, more than a minute behind the leader.

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Photography

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Results

1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               3.24.26 (46.55 km/h)
2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                          0.21
3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                0.28
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis                            1.07
5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                
6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                  
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             
8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               
9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                     
10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                    
11 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                                                  
12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                              
14 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                              
15 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                            
16 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
18 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                                   
19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
20 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                              
21 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                     
22 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                              
23 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team                                   
24 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light              
25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                               
26 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         
27 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                                             
28 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                  
29 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                       
30 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                                             
31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                           
32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                        
33 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                               
34 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell        
35 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
36 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                  
37 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                                    
38 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                         
39 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream                                                
40 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                 
41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                      
42 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                             
43 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team                                 
44 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                                       
45 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                   
46 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                    
47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light               
48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
50 David McCann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                
51 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                
52 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                               
53 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                
54 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light             
55 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                  
56 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
57 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                  
58 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                  
59 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                             
60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                         
61 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              
62 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                                    
63 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell             
64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
65 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                                
66 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                   
67 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                                  
68 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell               
69 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light             
70 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                        
71 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                               
72 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           
73 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                          
74 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream                                              
75 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           
76 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team                                              
77 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
78 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
79 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                        
80 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                        
81 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
82 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream                                    
83 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                               
84 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                                    
85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            
86 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                
87 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                              
88 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream                                               
89 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                                 
90 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell              
91 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                              
92 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
93 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                 
94 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                  
95 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                           
96 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                 
97 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team                                           
98 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team                                 1.49
99 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team                                    
100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                            1.54
101 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                      2.15
102 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team                                            2.44
103 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team                                   
104 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell      4.56
105 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                  
106 Brian Dziewa (USA) USA National Development Team                                 
107 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light               
108 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                
109 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                                         5.44
110 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team                             6.40
111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
112 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team                                 
113 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell                 
114 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell          
115 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell     7.01
116 Remmert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       8.51

Sprints
 
1
1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           5 pts
2 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell             3
3 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                        1
 
2
1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           5 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     3
3 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                             1
 
3
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     5 pts
2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           3
3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                   1
 
Points 
 
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    15 pts
2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                            12
3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                  10
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis                               7
5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                               6
6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                 5
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                            4
8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              3
9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                    2
10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                   1

Teams

1 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                     10.15.32
2 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis                            0.21
3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                              0.28
4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                             1.07
5 Predictor-Lotto                                                                    
6 Team CSC                                                                           
7 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                              
8 Jittery Joe's                                                                      
9 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle                                                
10 BMC Racing Team                                                                   
11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                                    
12 Prodir-Saunier Duval                                                              
13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team                              
14 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell                                 
15 USA Cycling National Development Team                                         1.49 

General classification after stage one
 
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               3.24.11
2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                          0.29
3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                0.38
4 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell          1.20
5 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                     1.21
6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis                            1.22
7 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                
8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                  
9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             
10 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              
11 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                    
12 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                    
13 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream                                                  
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                              
16 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                              
17 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                            
18 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
20 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                                   
21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                              
23 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                     
24 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                              
25 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team                                   
26 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light              
27 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                               
28 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         
29 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                                             
30 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                  
31 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                       
32 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                                             
33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                           
34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                               
35 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell        
36 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
37 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                  
38 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                                    
39 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                         
40 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream                                                
41 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                 
42 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                      
43 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                             
44 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team                                 
45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                                       
46 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                   
47 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                    
48 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light               
49 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
50 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
51 David Mccann (Irl) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                
52 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                
53 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                               
54 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                
55 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light             
56 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                  
57 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
58 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                  
59 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                  
60 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                             
61 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                         
62 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              
63 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                                    
64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
65 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                                
66 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                   
67 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                                  
68 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell               
69 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light             
70 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                        
71 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                               
72 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           
73 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                          
74 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream                                              
75 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                           
76 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Racing Team                                              
77 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
78 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
79 Glen Alan Chadwick (NZl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                        
80 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                        
81 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
82 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream                                    
83 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                               
84 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                                    
85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            
86 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                
87 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                              
88 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream                                               
89 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                                 
90 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell              
91 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                              
92 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
93 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                 
94 Ivan Stevic (SCG) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                  
95 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                           
96 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                 
97 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Racing Team                                           
98 Eric Keim (USA) USA National Development Team                                 2.04
99 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team                                    
100 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                            2.09
101 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                      2.22
102 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team                                            2.59
103 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team                                   
104 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell      5.11
105 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                  
106 Brian Dziewa (USA) USA National Development Team                                 
107 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light               
108 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                                
109 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                                         5.59
110 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team                             6.55
111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
112 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team                                 
113 Omer Kem (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell                 
114 Richard England (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell          
115 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell     7.16
116 Remmert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       9.06
 
Points classification 
 
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    23 pts
2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                          13
3 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis                            13
4 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                  11
5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis                               7
6 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                               6
7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis                                 5
8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                            4
9 Emile Abraham (Tri) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell             3
10 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             3
11 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                   2
12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                       1
13 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                   1

Young rider classification
 
1 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                        3.25.33
2 John Devine (USA) USA National Development Team                                    
3 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream                                              
4 Sheldon Deeny (USA) USA National Development Team                                  
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                    
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           
7 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light                 
8 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                 
9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                              
10 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                                    
11 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell               
12 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
13 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
14 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                        
15 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                                    
16 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                              
17 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream                                               
18 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell              
19 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Development Team                                0.42
20 Eric Riggs (USA) USA National Development Team                                1.37
21 Nick Reistad (USA) USA National Development Team                              5.33
22 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
23 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National Development Team                                  
 
Team classification

1 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                     10.15.32
2 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis                            0.21
3 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                              0.28
4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                             1.07
5 Predictor-Lotto                                                                    
6 Team CSC                                                                           
7 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                              
8 Jittery Joe's                                                                      
9 Team Slipstream Powered by Chipotle                                                
10 BMC Racing Team                                                                   
11 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team                                                    
12 Prodir-Saunier Duval                                                              
13 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light Team                              
14 Priority Health Cycling Team Presented by Bissell                                 
15 USA Cycling National Development Team                                         1.49

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