May 19, 2011 (Paso Robles, Cailfornia) – With the first perfect day beating out any blues from this year’s truncated Tour, the roads of central California gushed sunshine beaming the strongest for the young man in neon Green – the young Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale – the back-to-back stage winner here last year. It became a fight to the line as veteran sprinter Oscar Freire (Esp) Rabobank, was reeled in right after entering Paso Robles. Freire had no teammates to help bring him to the line, so he was on his own dueling with an energized field, and just missed out on the podium today.

Another change in plans for the AToC stage race, due to poor road conditions from a storm in April (a landslide along the coast) took the riders to the beautiful and steep hills of Carmel Valley with three KoMs sandwiching the Carmel hills in the first 52km. After Carmel valley, rollers and tail-wind flats along Highway 101 delivered the peloton to the central California agricultural roads, finally giving way to the last KoM climb 33km before finishing in sunny Paso Robles and the largest crowd this year.

Team RadioShack and Garmin-Cervelo were vying for overall dominance in both the team and individual rider categories. With Garmin taking four of the top ten positions on Stage 4, including Ryder Hesjedal (Can) in 7th place, they kept a close watch on each other while allowing a 10-rider breakaway early which had no threat to their dominions.

For most of the day through 120km the lead group had a 3-minute lead with a strong tailwind on the flat Cattleman road whisking the peloton along side by side with 16-wheeler trucks 5-meters aside on Highway 1.

A small accident in back of the peloton on Cattleman Rd. caused confusion and the peloton began to split up after km 122 before launching into the San Lucas hills on highway 198. The lead group’s attrition came into focus entering the hills, imploding down to two riders with less than two minutes ahead of the peloton.

Freire (Rabobank), a feared sprinter and former three-time world champion, attacked with Stephan Deneli (Leopard-Trek) popping out in front keeping their lead and hovering to two minutes through the hills with less than around 12kms to go. With Liquigas-Cannondale, RadioShack and Garmin-Cervelo controlling the peloton, the GC riders weren’t worried about Freire who was almost 15 minutes behind Chris Horner, the AToC leader.

TeamRadio Shack, keeping Horner well-protected in the their pocket, put the pedals down with Liquigas-Cannodale and HTC-Highroad with 10km to go. Knowing he was tired from his solo attack, the peloton timed it perfectly chasing Freire down in the last 2km entering Paso Robles.

But Freire didn’t fade into the sunset and fought hard to the line but without any help. It came down to the a beautiful lead out for Sagan to beat another under 23 year old Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) and Ben Swift (Sky Procycling).

Later Freire exclaimed, “I was feeling really good and we worked well together (with Deneli). Iit was a hard stage to ride and yes to lose, but I found good legs and had to test myself and the others – I’m not done yet in the Tour, I’ll fight again.”

Sagan, terminally shy and humble, smiled, commenting, “This was a really hard day and although I think my victory last year at the Big Bear mountain top finish is my fondest of this Tour, I’m really happy to have come away with a close win.”

When asked how he thought he’d fare at tomorrow’s individual time trial, Sagan was more guarded, “My legs are a bit like jelly now as today was an unknown route and a lot harder and faster pace than expected—vediamo cosa sucede domani.” (we’ll see what happens tomorrow).

Chris Horner, happy to be in the golden leader’s jersey (now called the yellow jersey by commentators), talked about his chances on winning in Thousand Oaks on the last day: “I’ll probably get 20 seconds shaved from me tomorrow at the time trial which is fine since I’ve got some room to wiggle. All I have to do is stay in my RadioShack cocoon the rest of the days and it’s all gravy for me, man – gold looks good on me, doesn’t it?” If his margin sticks to the end, Horner will carve out the largest lead over the GC contenders in the history of AToC with currently a 1:15″ lead over Andy Schleck.

Nothing changed significantly in the GC categories save Canadian Will Routley who slipped from 4th to 5th in KoM contention while his teammate Jonathan Patrick McCarty continues to lead the Mountain Classification. Popular local rider, Ben Jacques -Maynes (Bissell) went down in a crash.

So how did the Canadian riders fare today – here are some qutoes from the boys:

Riding today with most Aggressive Rider jersey from his ill-fated attempt on Mt. Sierra in San Jose, Hesjedal is focusing on defending his team’s #1 overall classification ahead of RadioShack by 2:48. Hesjedal commented before rolling out on yesterday’s attack at the foot of the last climb on Sierra Rd: “I took my chance to put the pressure on, you never know what will happen; we will continue to put the pressure on and see how the numbers go. Will I stick my neck out today? You never know…” (smiling as he jetted off to the line).

Rob Britton (Bissell) 25th in GC, was all smiles with similar strategies for today: “We’ll hope to be in the breakaway and if all goes to plan we plan to be on podium.”

Will Routley, who made the big moves yesterday attacking and collecting points in a group breakaway at KoM 1 and 2 under Mt. Hamilton, said, “ I feel really good lately and hope to attack today if the occasion presents itself, despite this year’s unknown route.”

Andrew Pinfold: “It was one of these days where nothing was sure, breakaway or bunch kick ’til near the end – we just wanted to keep Rory (Sutherland) protected – we were able to do that today, he’s only eight seconds off podium, we’ll see what happens at the time trial.”

Christian Meier commented, “Aside from my going for breakaways and helping boost Rory onto the podium, my personal goal is to get on the podium and steal a kiss from one of the podium girls – my girlfriend is up there!”

Keven Lacombe: “We’ll see how RadioShack controls the field, since we have the KoM jersey we’ll protect it and of course I’m going to try to win a stage.”

Nic Hamilton (Jelly Belly) on his bad crash yesterday: “I was going down the side of Mt. Hamilton and took a hard hit from my glasses, I’ll be taking home 6-7 stitches. They gave me some numbing agent and I didn’t feel a thing when they sewed me up – I’ll stick with team to the end to spread the love”.

Friday features both men’s and inaugural women’s ITT beginning at 11:30am PST.

More photos coming…

Results

1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 5:16:03
2. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3. Ben Swift (Gbr) Sky Procycling
4. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
5. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
6. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
7. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
9. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
10. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp
11. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
12. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
13. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
14. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
15. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
16. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
17. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
18. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Sutter Home
19. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
20. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
21. Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek
22. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
23. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
24. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team
25. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
26. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack
27. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard
28. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
29. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Sky Procycling
30. Zachary Bell (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
31. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
32. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
33. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
34. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
35. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
36. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
37. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
38. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
39. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek
40. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
41. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
42. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Team RadioShack
43. Charles Wegelius (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
44. Lucas Euser (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
45. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
46. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:10
47. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 0:18
48. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:40
49. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
50. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:42
51. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:47
52. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
53. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling
54. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
55. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
56. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
57. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
58. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
59. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
60. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
61. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
62. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
63. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
64. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
65. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
66. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
67. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling
68. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
69. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
70. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
71. Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team NetApp
72. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
73. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
74. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
75. Svein Tuft (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
76. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
77. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale
78. Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
79. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
80. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
81. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
82. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
83. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
84. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling
85. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling
86. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
87. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling
88. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
89. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
90. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
91. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
92. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
93. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
94. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
95. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
96. Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
97. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
98. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:01
99. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:21
100. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Team RadioShack 2:36
101. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack
102. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
103. Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 3:18
104. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:42
105. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 3:59
106. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
107. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
108. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
109. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
110. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 4:10
111. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp 4:31
112. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 7:13
113. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 7:31
114. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
115. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 9:57
116. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
117. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
118. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
119. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
120. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek
121. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
122. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
123. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
124. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Esp) Team NetApp
125. Keven Lacombe (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
126. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack
127. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
128. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
129. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:11:08
130. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
131. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
132. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
133. Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:13:33
DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad
DNF Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Sky Procycling
DNF Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard
DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling

GC after Stage 5

1. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 16:45:35
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. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2:00
10. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 2:05
11. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:34
12. Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:37
13. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team 2:38
14. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:50
15. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 3:19
16. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:20
17. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
18. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:25
19. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 3:37
20. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:51
21. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:52
22. Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home 3:59
23. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Sutter Home 4:34
24. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 4:52
25. David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4:55
26. Rob Britton (Can) Bissell Cycling 5:05
27. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5:10
28. Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 5:12
29. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 5:14
30. Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5:21
31. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 5:29
32. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 6:15
33. Benjamin Day (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 6:18
34. Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 6:32
35. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 7:13
36. Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 7:34
37. Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 8:14
38. Timothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 8:30
39. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:10:25
40. Lucas Euser (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:11:00
41. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Team RadioShack 0:11:05
42. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:11:30
43. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:12:04
44. Jason Donald (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:12:32
45. Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder
46. Tom Zirbel (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home
47. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:12:40
48. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:12:50
49. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Bissell Cycling 0:12:58
50. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:13:25
51. Paul Mach (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:13:27
52. Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:13:31
53. Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:13:33
54. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:13:42
55. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:14:12
56. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:14:14
57. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:14:53
58. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Sky Procycling 0:15:13
59. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 0:15:56
60. Ben King (USA) Team RadioShack 0:16:48
61. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:16:53
62. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:17:00
63. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:18:11
64. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:18:26
65. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp 0:18:57
66. Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:19:22
67. Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:22:46
68. Charles Wegelius (Gbr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:23:04
69. James Stemper (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:24:24
70. Ben Swift (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:24:29
71. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:24:37
72. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:24:43
73. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home
74. Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:24:44
75. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:52
76. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:58
77. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:25:08
78. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:25:09
79. Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home 0:25:23
80. Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek 0:25:24
81. Zachary Bell (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10
82. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:25:26
83. Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:25:30
84. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
85. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
86. Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
87. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 0:25:45
88. Andreas Dietziker (Sui) Team NetApp
89. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard
90. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
91. Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:25:56
92. Andy Guptill (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home 0:25:45
93. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
94. Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
95. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth
96. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:26:07
97. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:26:09
98. Svein Tuft (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:26:11
99. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:26:16
100. Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:53
101. Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:27:23
102. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:27:27
103. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Team RadioShack 0:27:30
104. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:27:34
105. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 0:27:43
106. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:28:36
107. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:28:42
108. Roman Kilun (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:29:23
109. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp 0:29:29
110. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:39
111. Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:30:45
112. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:31:09
113. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:32:14
114. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:34:31
115. Keven Lacombe (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:34:40
116. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
117. Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
118. Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 0:34:51
119. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 0:34:55
120. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
121. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
122. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:36:04
123. Luca Damiani (Ita) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:36:32
124. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 0:36:36
125. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home 0:36:52
126. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 0:37:49
127. Alastair Loutit (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:37:59
128. Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 0:41:43
129. Jesús Del Nero Montes (Esp) Team NetApp 0:44:10
130. William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
131. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 0:44:34
132. Alex Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:44:54
133. James Driscoll (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home 0:46:51

Sprint Classification

1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 34 pts
2. Ben Swift (Gbr) Sky Procycling 25
3. Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 18
4. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 18
5. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Sky Procycling 15
6. Keven Lacombe (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 12
7. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 10
8. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 10
9. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
10. Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 9
11. Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
12. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
13. Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
14. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 5
15. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Jamis-Sutter Home 5
16. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5
17. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4
18. Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4
19. Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 4
20. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
21. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 3
22. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 3
23. Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 2
24. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 2
25. Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 1
26. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 1
27. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetApp 1
28. Shawn Milne (USA) Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder 1

Mountain Classification

1. Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 23 pts
2. Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth 17
3. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 12
4. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 10
5. Will Routley (Can) Team SpiderTech Powered By C10 10
6. Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 10
7. Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 10
8. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 8
9. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
10. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 7
11. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Team RadioShack 7
12. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
13. Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
14. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 5
15. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Sky Procycling 5
16. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4
17. George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
18. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis 4
19. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 3
20. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 3
21. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2
22. Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2
23. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2
24. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
25. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 2
26. Jeremy Vennell (Nzl) Bissell Cycling 1

Team Classification

1. Team Garmin-Cervelo (USA) 34:33:03
2. Team RadioShack (USA) 2:48
3. BMC Racing Team (USA) 3:37
4. Liquigas-Cannondale (Ita) 5:35
5. Team Leopard-Trek (Lux) 6:56
6. Unitedhealthcare p/b Maxxis (USA) 7:00
7. Saxo Bank SunGard (Den) 7:15
8. Rabobank Cycling Team (Ned) 7:42
9. HTC-Highroad (USA) 12:24
10. Bissell Pro Cycling (USA) 15:21
11. Jamis-Sutter Home presented by Colavita (USA) 15:25
12. Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis (USA) 22:45
13. Kenda 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team (USA) 27:01
14. Kelly Benefits Strategies-Optum Health (USA) 30:46
15. Team SpiderTech Powered by C10 (Can) 33:34
16. Sky Procycling (Gbr) 38:32
17. Team NetApp (Ger) 48:55
18. Jelly Belly Cycling Team (USA) 1:00:12