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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 14-22, 2009

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Stage 7 - February 21: Santa Clarita - Pasadena, 143 km/88.9 mi

AG2R fights for limelight in the Rose Bowl

By Kirsten Robbins in Pasadena, California

Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) takes the win
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Rinaldo Nocentini put a little sun into AG2R La Mondiale's Tour of California with a win in Pasadena following what was a hectic day full of attacking riding. The Italian outsprinted what was left of the days' break, having survived everything thrown at him by the elite selection in the finale.

Noncentini's AG2R La Mondiale team hasn't been featured during the week, and against the likes of Fränk Schleck, George Hincapie and Pieter Weening - all of whom have won Tour de France stages - it looked like that might continue for both Noncentini and his teammate in the break, Martin Elmiger.

The French team's new recruit only Italian proved to have the fastest legs on the finishing circuits, and used them to outkick the remnants of the break - Cervélo's Hayden Rouslton and Rabobank's Weening.

"This is our first victory of the year so I'm very pleased about it," said Nocentini. "I think this might be my most important victory. We had two riders in the front group and I'm really happy with how we played our tactics."

"Today was impressive, and overall it has been a hard tour," he continued. "Today was a beautiful route but it was a difficult climb. The mountains are very hard for me. For me this race has been a little difficult, with crashes and the bad weather. I stuck through it and today I'm very happy with the stage win."

Nocentini and his teammate Martin Elmiger cleverly timed attacks against their mid-race breakaway companions on the final five finishing circuits. The other eight riders included with Fränk Schleck (Team Saxo Bank), Markus Zberg (BMC Racing Team), George Hincapie (Team Columbia - Highroad), Hayden Roulston (Cervélo TestTeam), Chris Baldwin (Rock Racing), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), Addy Engels (Quick Step), Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin - Slipstream). AG2R was the only team with more than one rider in the break, and it worked its numbers to its advantage.

Chris Baldwin (Rock Racing) leads
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All eyes were on the winner of this stage last year, George Hincapie, but he was a marked man - not allowed to escape and forced to chase the attacks of the others. As the experienced American grew tired of covering attacks from Zberg, Elmiger and Weening, the dangerous Schleck escaped over a crucial two kilometre climb located just after the start-finish line. His manoeuvere lasted one full lap, long enough to split the break in half.

"Every day I've been feeling better and better," said Schleck. "In the end we all saw that it was going to be a very tactical race. With the two American's Hincapie and Vandevelde in the break, everyone was trying to get away from them. But, the two really knew that they had to take care of me. It was pure tactics today."

The bunch regrouped for one last hurrah, however, but then on the final lap, Nocentini, Roulston and Weening got away from the rest of the break, and they managed to hold their slight lead until the end despite some last-minute cat and mouse action.

A star-studded escape...
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Team Astana reduced the break's margin to a manageable two minutes by the finish, and consequently there was no change to head of the overall classification. Levi Leipheimer stays in the golden jersey, 36 seconds ahead of David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) and 45 seconds ahead of Michael Rogers (Columbia-Highroad).

At only 143 kilometres, the penultimate stage was the shortest jaunt of this year's Tour of California. What it lacked in length was made up for in difficulty because teams sitting further back took a shot at flowing into an early break along the foothills of the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains. The speed of the peloton quickened with every attack but no break got loose until the day's only KOM located on the Millcreek Summit.

"It was a hard stage in the beginning; there were a lot of attacks from riders dangerous to the GC," explained Leipheimer. "We always had to chase them down, and it took a while before there was a breakaway on which we could agree."

The decisive 10-man escape formed at the base of the day's lengthy ascent, with the summit rising to 4,900 feet. Hincapie and Schleck were the highest-ranked riders in the overall, but sitting 6:30 back from Leipheimer, neither posed a threat to the race lead until the break grew to its maximum of 4:30.

Astana protects its man
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"My teammates were riding on the front all day and then we were told the gap was more than four minutes so I told the guys that they had to speed up," said Leipheimer, who was comfortable allowing the break to have a three-minute advantage. "But then I was like ‘woah, woah slow down that's too fast.' I wanted them to leave a little left in the tank for tomorrow."

The event's KOM leader Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing), who also took the stage 1 victory, crashed along the 24-kilometre fast plunge to the Rose Bowl finishing circuits. The Spaniard hit a rock on the side of a rough patch of pavement. According to a team press release he was taken to the Huntington Memorial Hospital where he is believed to have suffered a concussion plus a broken hand and elbow. Jason McCartney (Saxo Bank) followed Mancebo in the KOM competition and assumed the jersey lead.

As the break away blasted down to the finishing circuits, Vandevelde flatted a rear tyre. After what may have been the fastest wheel change in the history of bike racing, he was back in the front group before anyone realised he was missing. "I knew it was going to be aggressive from the get-go, and our team wanted to get someone in the breakaway," said the Illinois native, who contributed to the race tactics.

"Our team was aggressive trying to get in there because we knew it would eventually snap," he continued. "But it was super hard - it took 35-40 miles before the breakaway was established, and that was not fun. But once we got away it was a really strong group and we knew it was going to stay away."

Vandevelde noted the thousands upon thousands of fans cheering for the successful break away during the final laps. "The fans were unbelievable down there," he continued. "Frank Schleck came up to me and showed me he had goosebumps all over - it was a neat feeling to race through a throng of fans like any Grand Tour stage."

The ultimate stage of the Tour of California will showcase a point-to-point road race from Rancho-Bernardo to Escondido. There are four climbs en route including the most difficult climb up the slope of Palamar Mountain, a 19-kilometre ascent to the top. Astana will have their hands full containing the plethora of climbers that follow him close behind in the overall. One thing is for sure, upon the finish line a 2008 Tour of California winner will emerge.

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Results

1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               3.24.43
2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                        
3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        0.07
5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
6 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                               
7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                                
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                            
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                               
10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                 
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                      2.19
12 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                
13 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
14 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
15 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
16 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                               
17 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam                                      
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                 
19 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                    
20 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   
21 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                          
22 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       
23 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                     
24 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                              
26 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                              
27 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                               
28 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                           
29 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       
30 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                 
31 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing                                          
32 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                         
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                              
34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                               
35 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                 
36 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                  
37 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                                                
38 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
40 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                
41 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
42 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                          
43 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                              
44 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                 
45 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                          
46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                
47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                 
48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                              
49 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
50 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                    
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                               
52 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                         
53 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                                
54 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                         
55 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                  
56 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                            
57 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                               
58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
59 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light         
60 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                             
61 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 
62 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step                                              
63 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                                          
64 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 
65 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                   
66 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                         
67 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                  
68 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                         
69 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                                       
70 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                              
71 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                               
72 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                               
73 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                                  
74 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                      
75 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                          
76 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         
77 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                          
78 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                            
79 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         
80 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                          
81 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                               
82 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                         
83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                3.44
84 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                                  
85 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        16.06
86 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             
87 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                          
88 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                  
89 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light               
90 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                    
91 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                   
92 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia                                            
93 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                 
94 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
95 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                                     8.09
96 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                         
97 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                     8.10
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                 
DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                            
DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas                                             
DNF Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
DNF Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                           
DNF Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                      
DNF Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light           
DNF Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                               
DNF Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                         
 
Sprints
 
Acton
 
1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         5 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       3
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                1
 
Circuit lap 1
 
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                        5 pts
2 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                 3
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           1
 
Stage finish
 
1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                    15 pts
2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                      12
3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                               10
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                           7
5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                        6
6 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                              5
7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                               4
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           3
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                              2
10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                1
 
Mountains
 
Millcreek summit
 
1 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                              6 pts
2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                       5
3 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                               4
4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                3
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           1
 
Teams
 
1 AG2R La Mondiale                                                      10.16.35
2 Cervelo Test Team                                                         2.12
3 Rabobank                                                                      
4 Garmin-Slipstream                                                         2.19
5 Rock Racing                                                                   
6 BMC Racing Team                                                               
7 Team Columbia-High Road                                                       
8 Quick Step                                                                    
9 Team Saxo Bank                                                                
10 Astana                                                                   4.31
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                                          
12 Liquigas                                                                     
13 Ouch Presented By Maxxis                                                     
14 Team Type 1                                                                  
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                                18.18
16 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                                  32.05
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          27.39.02
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                 0.36
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                             0.45
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                           1.10
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                            1.29
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                              1.46
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              1.54
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                              1.59
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                           2.13
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           2.21
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                               2.24
12 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                           2.48
13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                      2.57
14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                          3.37
15 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                       4.09
16 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     4.15
17 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                           4.23
18 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                          5.01
19 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                             5.44
20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          6.08
21 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                   6.20
22 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                                      6.25
23 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                      6.56
24 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                 
25 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                          7.18
26 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing                                      7.55
27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                           8.16
29 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                8.52
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                    9.17
31 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step                                          9.56
32 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                             10.26
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    10.47
34 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam                                 11.14
35 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                12.22
36 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                    12.25
37 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                  13.04
38 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                    13.22
39 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                     15.55
40 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                    16.17
41 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                         18.44
42 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                            19.04
43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                       19.12
44 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                 19.22
45 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                          20.11
46 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    20.31
47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                21.52
48 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     22.19
49 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                                    22.26
50 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      22.56
51 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                    23.46
52 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                             24.14
53 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                     24.37
54 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                          26.05
55 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                               26.21
56 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                            26.48
57 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             27.12
58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                          27.53
59 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light    27.54
60 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                        28.20
61 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             28.52
62 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     28.54
63 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                     29.03
64 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                            29.17
65 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                           29.32
66 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                             30.41
67 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                    31.21
68 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                           31.58
69 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                         32.14
70 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                            32.29
71 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                                  32.46
72 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                           32.53
73 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             33.01
74 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light          33.14
75 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                    33.17
76 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                                  
77 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                33.44
78 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                  33.46
79 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                            34.39
80 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                         34.50
81 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             35.01
82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                          35.13
83 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                                           36.16
84 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                              36.28
85 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     36.42
86 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                    37.09
87 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                             37.28
88 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                    37.42
89 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas                                               39.09
90 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light               39.24
91 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       41.58
92 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                      42.12
93 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        46.04
94 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light              46.52
95 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                        49.25
96 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia                                       50.15
97 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light             55.15
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                               36 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                         28
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                 24
4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                               18
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                      16
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                    15
7 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   15
8 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                          15
9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                       15
10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               12
11 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                       12
12 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                     12
13 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light       12
14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                              11
15 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                              11
16 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                         11
17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                             10
18 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                       10
19 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                            10
20 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                         9
21 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        9
22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                             8
23 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                8
24 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                7
25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                             7
26 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                6
27 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                6
28 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                        6
29 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                            6
30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                              5
31 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                                      5
32 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                             5
33 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                             5
34 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                         5
35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                               5
36 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                              4
37 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                  4
38 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                          4
39 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                4
40 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                        4
41 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                              4
42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                3
43 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                3
44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                             2
45 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   1
46 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           1
47 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 1
48 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia                                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        29 pts
2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                            22
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                        17
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                13
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                10
6 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                              10
7 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       8
8 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 8
9 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                                8
10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                         8
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                             7
12 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                              7
13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                             6
14 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                        6
15 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                             6
16 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                      5
17 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                5
18 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   5
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                              4
20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                               3
21 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                2
22 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                2
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                              1
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                              1
25 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                          1
26 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                             1
 
Best young rider classification
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                          27.40.56
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                       1.03
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                              3.50
4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                 6.58
5 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   11.10
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                        17.18
7 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      27.00
8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                            30.04
9 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             32.45
10 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             33.07
11 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas                                               37.15
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                                83.00.53
2 Garmin-Slipstream                                                         1.49
3 Team Saxo Bank                                                            2.20
4 Team Columbia-High Road                                                   2.46
5 Rabobank                                                                  4.45
6 Quick Step                                                                7.18
7 Rock Racing                                                               7.54
8 Cervelo Test Team                                                        18.53
9 AG2R La Mondiale                                                         20.20
10 Bissell Pro Cycling                                                     21.57
11 BMC Racing Team                                                         24.20
12 Ouch Presented By Maxxis                                                25.19
13 Liquigas                                                                29.26
14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                                1.09.04
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                              1.09.56
16 Team Type 1                                                           1.11.57
 

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