April 22, 2008 (Augusta, Georgia) – It was a latin double victory in today’s 188km stage at the Tour De Georgia. Former teammates J.J. Haedo (CSC) and Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) were the big winners at Stage 2 from Statesboro to the river city of Augusta. Haedo claimed the stage victory while his Cuban colleague was able to hold on to the leader’s jersey for yet another day.

The Stage 2 start was blessed with tons of southern sunshine as the peloton left Statesboro, Georgia. With Toyota-United’s Ivan Dominguez wearing the leader’s jersey, his team mate former Canadian road race champion Dominique Rollin said before the race that the team was very satisfied with their win. Rollin worked in defense of that lead all day despite the warmer weather.

“At the moment Ivan is going well, so we’ll just keep working for him. I’m feeling OK, just too much sunshine for me!”

Equally optimistic before the race was Symmetrics rider Svein Tuft, who thought teammate Christian Meier did a superb job for the team yesterday.

“I thought it was a good little start for us. The first stage is always kinda stressful and everyone’s getting the jitters out. You never know what’s going to happen. The course is pretty flat, and it was a fast day. Christian jumping in the move was great for us. Any second a guy can grab in this race is good.”

The stage however turned into a three-man horse race for the majority of the day, with Toyota-United’s Justin England getting away from the peloton just before the feed zone. He was joined soon after by Jelly Belly’s Bryce Mead and Trek-Marco Polo’s Rhys Pollack after they bridged up to the rider from North Carolina. The threesome stayed away from the majority of the day, scooping up sprint points.

In the end High Road turned on the gas along with the Gerolsteiner squad to bring back the trio. After the catch was made, Team Slipstream-Chipotle lead the field into the first of the finishing circuits hunting for the King of the Mountains jersey, which would be awarded actually within the city limits of Augusta. That prize eventually went to Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis in the end, before Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) and Ted King (Bissell) leapt off the front of the field. The pair kept a 10-second gap ahead of the rest of the riders with one lap remaining but were brought back shortly after they passed through the start finish.

With the speeds picking up as the race drew closer and closer to the finale, it was a showdown of the fast men with all the sprinters hunting the right wheel to follow. With Dominguez well-placed to retain his leaders jersey, he and Rollin closed in on the last kilometers of the day. But behind him, quietly calculating his last second attack, was J.J. Haedo. Haedo watched Dominguez take off with 200 meters to go and new that the moment to strike had arrived. Despite nursing a broken hand, Haedo’s pain was manageable enough to snatch victory.

“I was a little more confident today about my hand, so I took a chance. I got a good position. I found a good train, and I used it to my advantage.”

Team High Road’s Greg Henderson took second place, while Dominguez took third. The “Cuban Missile” also retained the overall leaders jersey going into stage three, as well as the points jersey.

Results

1. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 4.32.35 (41.403 km/h)
2. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road
3. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
4. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
5. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
6. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7. Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1
8. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
9. Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
10. André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road
11. Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
12. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
13. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
14. Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
15. Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
16. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
17. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
18. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
19. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
20. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
21. Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
22. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
23. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
24. Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
25. George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road
26. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1
27. Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
28. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
29. Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
30. Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team
31. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
32. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
33. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
34. Chris Horner (USA) Astana
35. Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
36. Ben Day (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
37. Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
38. Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
39. Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
40. Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
41. Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
42. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
43. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing
44. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
45. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
46. Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
47. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
48. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
49. Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road
50. Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
51. Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
52. Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
53. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
54. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
55. Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
56. Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
57. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
58. Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
59. Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
60. Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
61. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
62. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1
63. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
64. Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1
65. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road
66. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
67. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
68. Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
69. Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
70. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
71. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
72. Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
73. Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing
74. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
75. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
76. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
77. Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
78. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner
79. Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
80. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road
81. Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
82. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
83. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
84. Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
85. Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
86. Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
87. Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC
88. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
89. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
90. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
91. Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing
92. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
93. Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
94. Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
95. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
96. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
97. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
98. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
99. Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
100. David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
101. Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
102. Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
103. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
104. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
105. Kirk O’Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
106. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.29
107. Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 0.43
108. Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 0.55
109. Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
110. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
111. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.32
112. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
113. David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team
114. Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
115. Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 2.37
116. Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
117. Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 7.38
118. Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.04
119. Justin England (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team

GC after Stage 2

1. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 7.02.39
2. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 0.03
3. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.04
4. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.06
5. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
6. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.1
7. Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
8. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.11
9. Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.13
10. Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
11. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
12. Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.14
13. Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
14. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
15. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
16. Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
17. André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road
18. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
19. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
20. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
21. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
22. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
23. Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
24. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
25. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
26. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
27. Chris Horner (USA) Astana
28. Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1
29. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
30. Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
31. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
32. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
33. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1
34. Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
35. Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
36. George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road
37. Ben Day (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
38. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
39. Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
40. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
41. Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road
42. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
43. Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
44. Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing
45. Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
46. Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team
47. Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
48. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
49. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
50. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
51. Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
52. Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
53. Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
54. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road
56. Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
57. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
58. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
59. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
60. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
61. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
62. Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
63. Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
64. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
65. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
66. Kirk O’Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
67. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
68. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
69. Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
70. Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
71. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
72. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road
73. Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
74. Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
75. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
76. Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing
77. Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
78. Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
79. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
80. Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
81. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing
82. Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
83. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1
84. David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team
85. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
86. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner
87. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
88. Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
89. Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
90. Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
91. Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1
92. Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC
93. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
94. Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
95. Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
96. Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
97. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
98. Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
99. Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
100. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
101. Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
102. David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
103. Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
104. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
105. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
106. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
107. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
108. Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
109. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43
110. Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.47
111. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.54
112. Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 0.57
113. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.02
114. Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 1.09
115. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.46
116. Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 2.51
117. Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 7.52
118. Justin England (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 9.15
119. Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.16

Points Classification

1. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 25 pts
2. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 23
3. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 20
4. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15
5. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15
6. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
7. Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 7
8. Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 7
9. Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 6
10. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6
11. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5
12. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5
13. Justin England (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 5
14. Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 4
15. Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 4
16. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3
17. Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3
18. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2
19. André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 1
20. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1
21. Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
22. Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 1
23. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 1

Mountains Classification

1. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 pts
2. Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
3. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2
4. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 1

Young Rider Classification

1. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.02.45
2. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
3. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.05
4. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.07
5. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.08
6. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
7. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
8. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
9. Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
10. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
11. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
12. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road
13. Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
14. Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
15. Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
16. Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
17. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
18. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.48
19. Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 1.03
20. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.4

Teams

1. Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 21.08.39
2. Team High Road
3. BMC Racing Team
4. Astana
5. Team Type 1
6. Jelly Belly Cycling Team
7. Symmetrics Cycling Team
8. Rock Racing
9. GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
10. The Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
11. Gerolsteiner
12. Team CSC
13. Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
14. Bissell Pro Cycling
15. Health Net presented by Maxxis