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Tour of California - 2.HC

USA, February 14-22, 2009

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Stage 4 - February 18: Merced - Clovis, 187.7 km/115.4 mi

Cavendish back on top in Clovis

Sun finally smiles on California peloton

By Mark Zalewski, North American Editor with Kirsten Robbins in Clovis, California

Mark Cavendish (Columbia Highroad)
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The Tour of California finished in its second consecutive bunch sprint, and Mark Cavendish was today's beneficiary. The Manxman gave Columbia-Highroad its first victory in California with a long dash to the line after the 187.7 km journey over the Sierra Nevada foothills to Clovis.

It wasn't plain sailing however; Cavendish was nearly pipped on the line by a fast-charging Tom Boonen (Quick Step) but held on to take the win, with Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank) in third.

"It's massive for us and for the team," Cavendish said about the win. "The team did so well today. They stayed with me on the climbs and with a flat run in like that there was only one outcome that it could have been... when you have a team like mine.

"We got the lead out right - straight past the Cervélo team - and we saw how strong they were yesterday. But when they [Cavendish's teammates] drop me off with 100 metres to go, there could only be one outcome!"

Cavendish came to California with a bit of a chip on his shoulder after last year's race, where he had a sprint win taken from his grasp. The first sprint finish on Tuesday didn't work out for his team. "I thought I won one last year and it [was not] given to me, [so] I had to win one this year but it didn’t work out yesterday."

Cavendish was almost denied today's win by celebrating a bit early, however. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) threw his bike on the line as the Columbia sprinter was already raising his arms in the air. It was a a la Erik Zabel in the 2004 Milan-Sanremo, although this time the spoils went to the man who pre-empted line honours.

According to Cavendish, the result was somewhat of a bonus given the parcours. "To be honest, with the climbs I wasn’t planning on getting anywhere near the finish in the front," he explained. "But I always make sure I know the final few kilometres and it paid off today. I always had three or four guys with me on the climbs and it improved my morale to get over the ascents. When I got over the last climb I knew I had a chance."

Lance Armstrong with his Astana teammates
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Race leader Levi Leipheimer (Astana) had an easier day defending his golden jersey - albeit later in the race - with agreeable weather and the sprinters' teams more interested in bringing the break back after the final KOM. He even had time to enjoy the race's first foray into the Sierra Nevada mountains. "I think the road course scenery was awesome," he said. "I took the chance to look around a couple of times... it was beautiful! To be in the Sierras, it is very pretty. There was a tonne of people out in the snow cheering for us. It's great that the Tour of California can come to new places and spread the word."

The pressure was still on Astana's captain early in the race though, with a lot of riders trying to get into the main break and his team trying to keep tabs on any threats. "Everyone came out with their guns blazing, the peloton was in pieces at some moments," Leipheimer explained. "We had to chase down some breaks with threatening riders in them. The team was strong and Lance went to the front and brought back a lot of those breaks. The course profile was high up in the Sierras with snow everywhere... that made for a hard race for the first hour and half!"

Having ridden in support of Leipheimer, Armstrong concurred about the difficulty of the first half of the day. "It was a hard race, because in the beginning guys were aggressive and wanted to get away to get a break going. They made our lives tough on the first couple of climbs and so we had to ride quite a bit. Not an easy day - fast coming home, but all-in-all pretty tough."

Leipheimer's closest threats are Australian Michael Rogers (Columbia-High Road) and US time trial champion Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream), who sit 24 and 28 seconds down respectively. "I can't predict the future but as long as I'm feeling the way I have been and ride the way I've been riding, it will be very difficult for him [Rogers]. And Zabriskie is the US champion... anything is possible."

Picturesque California (finally!)

Serge Pauwels (Cervélo TestTeam), Jason McCartney (Team Saxo Bank)
Photo ©: Mitch Clinton
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The mountainous stage passed over the Sierra Nevada range, with five KOM bonuses and two sprint bonuses. The first attack of the day came at about three metres after the neutral section ended. Eventually Serge Pauwels (Cervélo TestTeam), Jason McCartney (Saxo Bank), US champion Tyler Hamilton and Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) escaped before the first mountain. After only building a small lead, Mancebo's standing overall saw him ordered back to the peloton to allow the break to survive for the day, although he had already gathered enough KOM and sprint points to retain both jerseys for the stage.

"Our main objective was to get the KOM jersey or make sure guys got up the road to suck up the points," said Hamilton. "I saw Paco [Mancebo] coming up so I waited for him and brought him up to the group. He won the first two KOMs and we figured that if our break was going to be successful, Paco had to go back to the peloton. We achieved our goal, with him hanging onto the KOM... but we [the break] couldn't make the break last."

"I'm dissappointed; every kilometre I was out there I believed we could stay away," said Hamilton. "I knew the sprinters' teams would eventually put on a chase. McCartney was very strong and a great rider to have in the break like that."

The trio lasted until three kilometres to go, when the Cervélo train came chugging by as it towed Thor Hushovd to a possible second stage win. But a final-kilometre attack from a Rabobank rider, Pedro Horrillo, disrupted the lead-out, allowing Columbia to put Cavendish in position to launch his sprint.

The day was once again marred by crashes, the worst of which took out Rabobank's star sprinter, Oscar Freire, and Columbia-Highroad's Kim Kirchen. BMC's Scott Nydam abandoned the race after crashing in a separate incident later in the race.

Additional reporting from Sue George.

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Results

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                          4.42.38 (39.289 km/h)
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                   
3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                          
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                           
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                        
6 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                            
7 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                            
8 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light          
9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                                      
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
11 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light               
12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
13 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                             
14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas                                              
15 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                             
16 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       
17 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                         
18 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                         
19 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                 
21 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                 
22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                
23 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                              
24 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                 
25 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                               
26 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                          
27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                              
28 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing                                          
29 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                          
30 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                              
31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                              
32 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                
33 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   
34 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                     
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          
36 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                               
37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                          
38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                              
39 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                  
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                               
41 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light            
42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                               
43 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                            
44 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                      
45 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                    
46 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
47 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                    
48 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                               
49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
50 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                            
51 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
52 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
53 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                                          
54 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                         
55 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                                                
56 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
57 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
58 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                              
59 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                                         
60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                
61 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                 
62 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                            
63 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                                
64 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                                  
65 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
66 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                               
67 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                  
68 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                               
69 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                              
70 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                    
71 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                       
72 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
73 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                 
74 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                
75 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           
76 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                         
77 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                          
78 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                                       
79 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                          
80 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                               
81 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
82 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                 
83 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
84 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
85 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia                                        0.18
86 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                   0.33
87 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam                                      
88 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                 0.42
89 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                      0.46
90 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                               
91 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                  
92 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 
93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                 
94 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                   
95 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             
96 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 
97 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                          
98 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                    
99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                              
100 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step                                             
101 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                        
102 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        
103 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                        
104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    0.56
105 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                                 
106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                              1.40
107 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                    1.51
108 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        3.24
DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  
DNF Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                                 
DNF Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                           
DNF Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                                       
DNF John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                  
DNF Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                                            
DNF Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1                                          
DNF Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         
DNF David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia                                            
DNF Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia                                     
DNF Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Rock Racing                                          
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          5 pts
2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             3
3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         1
 
Sprint 2
1 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         5 pts
2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             3
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         1
 
Final sprint
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                               15 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                 12
3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                        10
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                          7
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       6
6 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                           5
7 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                           4
8 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light         3
9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                                     2
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                       1
 
Mountains
 
Climb 1
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          6 pts
2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         5
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         4
4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             3
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                               1
 
Climb 2
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          4 pts
2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             3
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         2
4 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         1
 
Climb 3
1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             4 pts
2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         3
3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         2
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          1
 
Climb 4
1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             6 pts
2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         5
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         4
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          3
5 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                              1
 
Climb 5
1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                             6 pts
2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                         5
3 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         4
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          3
5 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Team Columbia-High Road                                               14.07.54
2 Garmin-Slipstream                                                             
3 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                                        
4 Rock Racing                                                                   
5 Liquigas                                                                      
6 Team Saxo Bank                                                                
7 Astana                                                                        
8 Quick Step                                                                    
9 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                                      
10 BMC Racing Team                                                              
11 Bissell Pro Cycling                                                          
12 Rabobank                                                                     
13 AG2R La Mondiale                                                             
14 Ouch Presented By Maxxis                                                     
15 Cervelo Test Team                                                            
16 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation                         0.18
17 Team Type 1                                                              0.46
 
General Classification after Stage 4
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          18.33.52
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                             0.24
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                 0.28
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                              0.30
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                           0.34
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                              0.38
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                                
8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                                
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                                
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             0.39
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                              
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                          0.40
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                                0.42
14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   
15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.51
16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                      0.53
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                             2.10
18 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     2.12
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                          4.32
20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
21 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                       4.40
22 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                      4.45
23 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                5.56
24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                           5.59
25 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                     6.00
26 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                             6.01
27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                          6.04
28 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing                                      6.08
29 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                                          
30 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light            
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                           6.09
32 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      6.13
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                
34 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        6.20
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     6.28
36 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                   6.36
37 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                              6.50
38 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step                                          7.01
39 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam                                  8.54
40 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                 9.03
41 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   9.08
42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                    9.09
43 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                     9.14
44 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                              9.26
45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                     14.39
46 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                 14.51
47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 14.59
48 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                    15.03
49 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                                    15.13
50 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                         15.29
51 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light          15.40
52 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                            15.56
53 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    16.20
54 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                       16.44
55 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                            17.42
56 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                          18.45
57 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                    20.40
58 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                     21.07
59 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                             21.11
60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                21.26
61 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                               21.27
62 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      21.28
63 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light               22.24
64 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                                  
65 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                        24.00
66 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                
67 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     24.01
68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                          24.02
69 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                               
70 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light    24.15
71 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                            24.42
72 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                            24.50
73 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                    24.51
74 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                     24.53
75 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                           26.04
76 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     26.43
77 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light              27.14
78 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                        27.37
79 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                    28.08
80 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                           29.40
81 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                             29.45
82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                    29.52
83 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       
84 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                                  29.54
85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                                  29.56
86 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                             29.58
87 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia                                           29.59
88 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                  
89 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                
90 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                             30.00
91 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                            30.02
92 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing                                              
93 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                30.03
94 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             30.09
95 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                                30.15
96 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                          30.27
97 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia                                       30.42
98 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                        30.44
99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                         30.56
100 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                   32.46
101 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                             32.59
102 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                            34.59
103 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas                                              35.13
104 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                     36.39
105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      36.51
106 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas                                        36.55
107 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light            36.59
108 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       38.22
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                         30 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam                                         22
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                               21
4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   15
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                      13
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                12
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                 12
8 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                        12
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                               10
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                             10
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                10
12 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                       10
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                            10
14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                         9
15 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        9
16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                             8
17 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                          8
18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                7
19 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light        7
20 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                          7
21 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                             7
22 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                6
23 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                6
24 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                            6
25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                                      5
26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                              5
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                             5
28 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                               5
29 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                  4
30 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                        4
31 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                         4
32 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                              4
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                3
34 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                3
35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia                                    2
36 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   1
37 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                           1
38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                       1
39 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                               1
40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                         43 pts
2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        29
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                            22
4 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                        17
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                13
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                10
7 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                              10
8 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                       8
9 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis                                 8
10 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                               8
11 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                         8
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                             7
13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                              7
14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                             6
15 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                        6
16 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                   5
17 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                                5
18 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                2
19 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                2
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                              1
21 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                              1
22 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing                                             1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                          18.34.31
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                       0.12
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                              1.31
4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                 5.17
5 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                         5.41
6 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                    8.29
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                        16.05
8 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             17.03
9 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                            23.21
10 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     23.22
11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                           29.01
12 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                             29.20
13 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas                                               34.34
14 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas                                         36.16
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                                55.42.46
2 Garmin-Slipstream                                                         3.58
3 Team Saxo Bank                                                            5.41
4 Team Columbia-High Road                                                   5.46
5 Quick Step                                                                6.05
6 Rabobank                                                                  6.07
7 Rock Racing                                                               6.39
8 Cervelo Test Team                                                        17.42
9 Bissell Pro Cycling                                                      19.54
10 BMC Racing Team                                                         20.17
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                                        20.28
12 Ouch Presented By Maxxis                                                21.58
13 Liquigas                                                                24.09
14 Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                                  35.58
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                                49.25
16 Team Type 1                                                           1.02.58
17 Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation                      1.05.24

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