May 18, 2011 (San Jose, CA) – With heavy clouds overhead floating East towards the Sierras, and winds kicking up, today was a day for the climbers as Chris Horner (USA) Radioshack predicted. Following the two previous stages where the sprinters dominated the Tour, the stalwart American showed himself as the hungriest to display his climbing chops, finishing with a 1:15 gap over second-placed Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard/Trek.

During the first three stages the climbers weren’t able to do much until today’s stage as the Spooner Lake and Emerald Bay climbs on day one were a whitewash with an unusual snow fall in Lake Tahoe, and the legendary Donner Pass planned for the following day took no prisoners as the weather forced the start to be moved West to Nevada City for an easier 60-mile route to Sacramento.

Most pundits put their bet on either Levi Leipheimer (USA) Radioshack or Schleck to stamp their climbing dominance on stage 4 with the Sierra ascent, though the locals were shouting for Horner, “the Cowboy” from Oregon, to take a surprise win – and their wish was granted in typical Horner style – explosive and out of nowhere.

Horner had predicted, “I think the overall classification battle will be hotly contested from behind and the Sierra Road ascent (on Stage 4), will show who is really in the running to win the Tour of California.” The wily American took the stage and the leader’s jersey adding that he’s “…racing for Levi but wearing the leader’s Jersey.” If Levi has a bad day, which rarely happens in a ITT in Solvang on Stage 5, Horner could take the Tour just as he did last year in Pais Basque – not bad for a rider who is almost 40.

Earlier in the day Norway’s Thor Hushvold (Garmin-Cervelo) was at the front of the peloton with Radioshack, leading the peloton over the flats and rollers until the Sierra climb arrived. The peloton allowed a non-GC contender to lead the group manned by Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling opening a gap of over 2.30 with 75km to go, but they were quickly losing time as the group faded just before the 1st KoM.

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team lead out the pain beating with Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech p/b C10 to the first KoM cat 4 climb. But Routley stuck to him grabbing points on the 2nd KoM before Mt. Hamilton, the highest peak in the South Bay area with 8-10% grades.

The lead team of nine showed chinks in their group armour, beginning to splinter before the base of Mt. Hamilton. Then as Hamilton loomed the lead group fell apart. Mt. Hamilton was conquered by the KoM’s first 2011 winner, SpiderTech p/b C10 American Jonathan McCarthy who now leads the Mountain Classification.

The last third of the stage was a cat-and-mouse match with the GC riders Schleck, Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Cervelo, Leipheimer, Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo, Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo, and Horner reformed in groups up until the beginning of the 5.6km/3.5-mile Sierra Rd. ascent.

Climbing up Sierra first with a 15-second gap, Hesjedal, winner of today’s “most aggressive rider” jersey, began to look tired as Horner exploded up hill with 2.2 miles to go to the top.

Hesjedal commented later, “I felt pretty good following a holiday after Liege and the Classics. I was disappointed when I saw [Chris] Horner and Levi come up but his from is better right now, and so I kept in the game by helping out the team (Martin and Danielson) gain time.” Hesjedal was optimistic. “There’s still a few places where I can make time up against the race leader and I’m looking forward to Solvang.”

Schleck, and Sutherland joined the podium in second and third with Leipheimer coming in fourth as Horner takes over the leader’s jersey.

Results

1. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 3:27:51
2. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 1:15
3. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
4. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
5. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:22
6. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:29
7. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:36
8. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:45
9. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:50
10. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
11. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
12. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 2:05
13. Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team 2:27
14. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2:33
15. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
16. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:50
17. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 2:53
18. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:04
19. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
20. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 3:25
21. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard
22. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
23. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:37
24. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard
25. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling
26. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home 3:59
27. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:08
28. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 4:10
29. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4:13
30. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Sutter Home 4:23
31. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4:30
32. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4:40
33. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
34. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 5:16
35. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 6:00
36. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6:32
37. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
38. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
39. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
40. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 7:10
41. Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 7:52
42. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 8:14
43. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Team RadioShack 0:10:39
44. Lucas Euser (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:10:45
45. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:10:52
46. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:11:02
47. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:11:30
48. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling
49. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
50. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
51. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
52. Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
53. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:11:59
54. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:12:27
55. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:40
56. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
57. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
58. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:13:33
59. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:14:12
60. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack
61. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp
62. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
63. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
64. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
65. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:14:42
66. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:15:19
67. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 0:15:23
68. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Sky Procycling
69. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:16:19
70. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:17:24
71. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 0:22:05
72. Charles Wegelius (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
73. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek
74. Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:23:07
75. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:24:43
76. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling
77. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
78. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
79. Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
80. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
81. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
82. Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team NetApp
83. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
84. Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek
85. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Team RadioShack
86. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
87. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
88. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
89. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
90. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
91. Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad
92. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek
93. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
94. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Sky Procycling
95. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
96. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
97. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
98. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
99. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
100. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
101. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
102. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
103. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
104. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
105. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
106. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp
107. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Esp) Team NetApp
108. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
109. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
110. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad
111. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
112. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
113. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
114. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
115. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
116. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
117. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
118. Ben Swift (Gbr) Sky Procycling
119. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
120. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
121. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
122. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
123. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
124. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
125. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp
126. Svein Tuft (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
127. Zachary Bell (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
128. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
129. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
130. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
131. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
132. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
133. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
134. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
135. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
136. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:24:56
137. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
138. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling
DNF Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) Sky Procycling
DNF Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
DNF Chad Hartley (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
DNS Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNS William Dugan (USA) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis

GC after Stage 4

1. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 11:29:32
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 1:15
3. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:22
4. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:29
5. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 1:30
6. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
7. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1:36
8. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 1:50
9. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
10. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:00
11. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 2:05
12. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
13. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2:33
14. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
15. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team 2:38
16. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:44
17. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 2:53
18. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:04
19. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 3:19
20. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:25
21. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard
22. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:52
23. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home 3:59
24. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 4:05
25. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 4:18
26. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:23
27. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 4:25
28. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4:28
29. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4:30
30. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Sutter Home 4:34
31. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4:55
32. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5:21
33. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 5:31
34. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 6:15
35. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 6:32
36. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 6:43
37. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6:47
38. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 7:13
39. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 7:43
40. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 8:14
41. Lucas Euser (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:11:00
42. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Team RadioShack 0:11:05
43. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:11:17
44. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:11:30
45. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:11:45
46. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
47. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
48. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:12:03
49. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 0:12:11
50. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:12:38
51. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:12:40
52. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling
53. Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:12:44
54. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:12:55
55. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
56. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:13:33
57. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack 0:14:12
58. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
59. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:14:14
60. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:14:27
61. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:14:42
62. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:14:53
63. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Sky Procycling 0:15:13
64. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:15:35
65. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 0:15:38
66. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:16:00
67. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:17:39
68. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:18:35
69. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp 0:18:57
70. Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:21:26
71. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:22:46
72. Charles Wegelius (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:23:04
73. Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:24:26
74. Ben Swift (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:24:33
75. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:24:37
76. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:24:39
77. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
78. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:24:43
79. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
80. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
81. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad
82. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
83. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
84. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
85. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
86. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
87. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
88. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
89. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
90. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
91. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:52
92. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:24:54
93. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Team RadioShack
94. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:24:56
95. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:24:58
96. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
97. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp
98. Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team NetApp
99. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
100. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
101. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek
102. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
103. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
104. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
105. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:25:09
106. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
107. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
108. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
109. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
110. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
111. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:25:22
112. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:25:24
113. Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek
114. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
115. Zachary Bell (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
116. Svein Tuft (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
117. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:25:28
118. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:25:34
119. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home 0:25:44
120. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:06
121. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:26:07
122. Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:26:36
123. Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad
124. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:26:46
125. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:26:47
126. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
127. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 0:26:56
128. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:26:59
129. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:27:00
130. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:27:27
131. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:29:22
132. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 0:30:36
133. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 0:31:46
134. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Esp) Team NetApp 0:34:13
135. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
136. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:34:37
137. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:34:57
138. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home 0:36:54

Most Aggressive Rider
1. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo

Mountain Classification
1. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 12 pts
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 12
3. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 10
4. Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 10
5. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 10
6. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 10
7. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 9
8. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 8
9. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 7
10. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Team RadioShack 7
11. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
12. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
13. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 5
14. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4
15. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
16. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 4
17. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 3
18. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2
19. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2
20. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 1