April 23, 2008 (Gainesville, Georgia) – Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road followed up his team mate Kim Kirchen’s win today at Fleche Wallone taking Stage 3, from Washington to Gainesville, 174.1km/108.2miles, in a sprint finish over another team mate André Greipel (Ger) in second, and Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 in third.

Kiwi sprinter Gregory Henderson (Nzl) Team High Road bettered his second place of Stage 2 of the 2008 Tour De Georgia, by being the first rider to crest the final hill awt today’s finishing circuits in Gainesville, GA. Henderson won the Stage 3 sprint ahead of teammate Andre Greipal and Slipstream-Chipotle’s Tyler Farrar.

Riders left the picturesque town of Washington, Georgia at 11am local time, heading out over rolling terrain en route to the finish in Gainesville. A flurry of attacks from a variety of squads who may not feature in the race for the overall general classification animated the early part of the day’s effort. Unfortunately part of the early action included a crash in the field that resulted in Slipstream-Chipotle rider Timothy Duggan being carted off to a hospital. Eventually Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis (wearing the King of the Mountains jersey, Trek-Marco Polo rider Rhys Pollock, Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling, and Team Type 1’s Moises Aldape Chavez made the escape that stuck. The quartet built up an advantage of over four minutes as the day wore on.

The gap began to narrow quickly during the last 32km/20 miles out on the road, and the fatigue began to show on the faces of the breakaway riders. Pipp and Pollock soldiered on by themselves in a last ditch effort for survival, but as expected, they were caught with just under 12km/8 miles remaining setting up conditions for the day’s predicted sprint finish.

Symmetrics rider Andrew Pinfold, who was yesterday’s highest place Canadian on stage 2, was still confident in his form and looking to be set up once again for today’s stage. Yesterday Pinfold took 5th place into Augusta behind the other super fast men in the peloton, and was able to avoid a last minute crash that ruined the day for some who were jockeying for a fast wheel.

“That all happened behind me, so luckily I didn’t see any of it. I had to burn a bit of energy to go from 20th place to where I needed to be. But my legs were pretty burnt at that point. If I hadn’t used so much of my sprint in the last 700 to 500 meters to go, then I might have come around somebody. But as it stood it was good.”

Today, however, was not Pinfold’s day. When the riders entered the first of two finishing circuits Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis made a bold move off the front field that included a serious effort up and around the hills of Candler Street Park. That move won Sutherland the Most Aggressive Rider of the day. But Sutherland could not stay away, and when the field came together for the final sprint, it was High Road riders Henderson and Greipal that had the most muscle in the pack.

Henderson won the stage ahead of his teammate and as a bonus clinched the leader’s jersey. And if that wasn’t enough, he also donned the Points leader jersey as well. Pipp maintains the King of the Mountains prize as there were no KOM points today and Farrar’s third spot on today’s podium was good enough to place him in the Best Young Rider’s jersey.

Results

1. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 3.55.45 (44.309 km/h)
2. André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road
3. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
4. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
5. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
6. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
7. Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
8. Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
9. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
10. Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
11. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
12. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
13. Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
14. George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road
15. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
16. Chris Horner (USA) Astana
17. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
18. Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
19. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
20. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
21. David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
22. Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
23. Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing
24. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
25. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
26. Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
27. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
28. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
29. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner
30. Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road
31. Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
32. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
33. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
34. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
35. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
36. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
37. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
38. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
39. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
40. Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
41. Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
42. Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
43. Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
44. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
45. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing
46. Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
47. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
48. Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
49. Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
50. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
51. Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
52. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
53. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
54. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
55. Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
56. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
57. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
58. Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
59. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
60. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1
61. Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1
62. Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
63. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
64. Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
65. Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
66. Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
67. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
68. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
69. Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
70. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
71. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
72. Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1
73. Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
74. Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
75. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner
76. Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
77. Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
78. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
79. Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
80. Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
81. Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team
82. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32
83. Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 0.39
84. Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
85. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1
86. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 0.47
87. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 0.52
88. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1
89. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
90. Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.1
91. Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.25
92. Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.27
93. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
94. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
95. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.04
96. Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 2.08
97. Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.14
98. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
99. Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
100. Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
101. Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
102. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
103. Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.43
104. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3.55
105. Kirk O’Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.22
106. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
107. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
108. David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team
109. Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
110. Justin England (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
111. Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
112. Ben Day (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
113. Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
114. Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
115. Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
116. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
117. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 7.57
DNF Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC
DNF Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30

GC after Stage 3

1. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 10.58.17
2. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 0.09
3. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.11
4. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.13
5. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 0.14
6. André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.15
7. Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 0.17
8. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.18
9. Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.2
10. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.21
11. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
12. Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
13. Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
14. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
15. Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
16. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
17. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
18. George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road
19. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
20. Chris Horner (USA) Astana
21. Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
22. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
23. Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
24. Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
25. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
26. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
27. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
28. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
29. Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
30. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
31. Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
32. Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road
33. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
34. Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1
35. Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
36. Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
37. Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
38. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
39. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing
40. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
41. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
42. Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
43. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
44. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
45. Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
46. Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
47. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
48. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
49. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
50. Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
51. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52. Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
53. Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team
54. Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing
55. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
56. Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
57. David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
58. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
59. Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
60. Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1
61. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
62. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
63. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
64. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
65. Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
66. Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
67. Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
68. Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
69. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
70. Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
71. Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
72. Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
73. Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
74. Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
75. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
76. Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
77. Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
78. Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
79. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.49
80. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 1
81. Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
82. Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
83. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.01
84. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 1.08
85. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 1.13
86. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.21
87. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
88. Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.31
89. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 1.34
90. Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.46
91. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.48
92. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.53
93. Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21
94. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.25
95. Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing 2.29
96. Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 2.58
97. Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.35
98. Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
99. Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
100. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
101. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
102. Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 3.45
103. Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.04
104. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.16
105. Kirk O’Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4.43
106. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 5.13
107. Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.18
108. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.2
109. Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.21
110. Ben Day (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
111. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
112. Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team
113. David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team
114. Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
115. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.05
116. Justin England (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 14.22
117. Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14.23

Points Classification

1. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 38 pts
2. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 30
3. Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 25
4. Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15
5. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15
6. Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
7. André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 13
8. Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 13
9. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11
10. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 11
11. Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling 10
12. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 9
13. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7
14. Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 7
15. Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 6
16. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5
17. Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 5
18. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5
19. Justin England (USA) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 5
20. Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota – United Pro Cycling Team 4
21. Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 4
22. Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 3
23. Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3
24. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2
25. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 2
26. Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1
27. Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
28. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1
29. 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

Best Young Rider Classification

1. Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 10.58.26
2. Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.04
3. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 0.09
4. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.12
5. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
6. Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
7. Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
8. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
9. Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
10. Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 0.51
11. Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
12. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.52
13. Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 1.12
14. Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.22
15. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.39
16. Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.44
17. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.16
18. Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 3.26
19. Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.55
20. Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.11

Teams

1. High Road 32.55.54
2. Astana
3. Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
4. BMC Racing Team
5. Symmetrics Cycling Team
6. Rock Racing
7. Team Type 1
8. Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
9. Jelly Belly Cycling Team
10. Team CSC
11. Gerolsteiner
12. The Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
13. Bissell Pro Cycling
14. Health Net Presented by Maxxis
15. Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.1