Mancebo takes the stage, Horner distanced early on final climb
After entering the final stage of the Tour of Utah tied on time with Chris Horner (Radioshack-Leopard), Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) came home the winner in Park City after attacking Horner at the beginning of the final climb and riding away. The steep ascent of Empire Pass spelled doom for Horner and Radioshack-Leopard, and it was Danielson, Francisco Mancebo (5-Hour Energy) and Janier Acevedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman) who fought for the stage victory in Park City.
Danielson had attacked the yellow jersey after Garmin-Sharp team-mate Peter Stetina decimated the field. The eventual overall winner got an immediate gap, and began riding through the remnants of a 15-man breakaway. Danielson made it through everyone, with Mancebo being the last man caught from the escape.
But an 8.5km descent into town allowed Mancebo to come back, as did Acevedo, within a kilometre of the finish. Danielson had over a minute of advantage over Horner, and knew that the overall victory was his. He pedaled safely home and allowed the two Spanish speakers to battle for stage victory.
Mancebo had the better sprint, and the 2009 Tour of Utah champ took the stage.
Speaking with reporters afterward, Danielson ranked the race win as the best of his career. He spent earlier portions of the six-day event working for team-mate Lachlan Morton, when the young Australian had the overall lead.
With Horner still coming back to form after a knee injury, Danielson said he felt good enough to be confident as the climb of Empire Pass began.
“I think at the bottom of the climb [I’d knew I’d win]. I owe it to my team,” Danielson smiled afterward. I’ve been wanting to do this for years. They worked for me and believed in me, and it’s for my team.
“I was at the Tour de France this year and got injured early, and I was just riding around and I thought, ‘man, I worked so hard this year. I’m in such great form but I’m just not doing it.’ But I’ve been in Tucson [Arizona] training there and it just clicked for me. This isn’t the easiest stage to win. I talked to Levi [Leipheimer] and I told him I was going to do what he did last year. I took it really cautious on the descent because I knew I had a minute-forty on Chris, and it was just amazing.”
Horner finished the stage 1’28” behind Danielson and hung onto second place overall. Acevedo’s final charge pushed him onto the final podium place, finishing 18 seconds ahead of Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare) in the overall.
One final stage to separate Horner and Danielson:
The first 55 kilometres out of Park City were flat, and as opposed to Saturday, when it took more than an hour to establish a breakaway, a group of riders was granted room right away to begin stage six. It was a sizeable escape, and it looked as if it might fail when a few too many riders came across, but several men dropped back and 12 riders took half a minute.
Francisco Mancebo (5-Hour Energy), Tyler Wren and Luis Romero (Jamis-Hagens Berman), Jakub Novak (BMC Racing), Alex Hagman (Jelly Belly-Kenda), Ted King (Cannondale), Tanner Putt and Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager), Baden Cooke (Orica-GreenEdge), Jason McCartney (Bissell), Martin Wesemann (MTN-Qhubeka), and Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare) were the riders to get a gap, but they would soon be joined by others.
The Hincapie Development squad sprung a move with three riders out of the peloton, looking to place a rider or two in the breakaway. But importantly, Orica-GreenEdge’s Michael Matthews, winner of two stages in the race, tucked himself in with the Hincapie riders.
The day began with only three points separating sprints classification leader Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) and Matthews. With the HC Empire Pass climb situated near the end, there would be no sprint points taken by either at the finish line, meaning that the two intermediate sprint checks could factor in more heavily. Hincapie had Joey Rosskopf, Tyler Magner, and Joe Lewis, but Matthews was also doing his fair share of the work to get the quartet across. With the escape in sight, Magner hand slung a team-mate across and dropped back, and the break grew by three riders.
Consequently, BMC were mustering the troops on the front of the main bunch. Their deficit was around 40 seconds, and with Van Avermaet taking regular turns of his own, they cut into the lead. With five kilometres to the sprint point, the gap was 20 seconds, and the chase was on. But the escapees kept working, and BMC didn’t have enough riders to help Van Avermaet behind, so the focus turned to Novak in the break. With 700 metres to the line, Matthews took off to secure the five available points. But Novak came from the back and rode up to the Australian, and the duo played cat and mouse for a quarter-mile. Matthews led out to the line, but the pure sprinter had plenty to outlast Novak and take the lead in the points classification, two clear of Van Avermaet.
With that, the fireworks show was temporarily over, and the peloton drifted back, to 2’20” behind the break. But with the early action, the bunch had covered over 45 kilometres in the first hour.
With 70km to go, the climb of Wolf Creek Ranches, ranked category two, kicked up for five steep kilometres. The peloton had gotten back to 3’10 behind, and as the break hit the climb, Mancebo moved up, and McCartney came across. More riders came back so Mancebo kicked again, this time going forward by himself and building a 30-second lead. The Spaniard led over the top with the half minute buffer, as Radioshack-Leopard came over the top 2’50” behind. It was ten more kilometres of shallow climbing that riders had to tackle before heading downhill, toward the second sprint point of the day in Midway. It was on this section that Mancebo came back to his original escape.
Coming off the long descent with 35km to go, the gap held at 3’15”. Matthews finished off the sprint classification with maximum points in Midway, and the break still had over three minutes as the vaunted Empire Pass began. Mancebo accelerated again to pull the better climbers – plus Matthews – into a smaller group.
This new leading group was soon down to three, with just Mancebo, Matthews, and King. The Cannondale rider fell back as well, and Matthews, perhaps buoyed by his points jersey assault, showed off his climbing legs early. ‘Bling’ went up the road by himself, while behind, Stetina was the only rider left for Danielson.
But Stetina gave all that was needed and then some, reducing the leader’s group to five on the lower slopes of the climb, and then four once Euser dropped. As Stetina pulled off, it was just Danielson, Horner and Busche together. Danielson accelerated and immediately got a gap on his rival, and Busche came around Horner and settled in to begin pacing him. The gap to the leading riders fell quickly, as Danielson clawed to within a minute of Matthews up the road. Mancebo continued to dangle behind the Australian, never completely dropped, as Danielson picked his way through the escapees who were drifting back.
With 15km left in the stage, Danielson had halved his deficit to 30 seconds, and Mancebo caught back up to Matthews, the steeper pitches of the climb beginning to be too much for the sprinter. In the yellow jersey group, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare) hitched himself to the back of Horner, and his team-mate Euser would do the same a bit later. At the front, Mancebo was dropping Matthews this time, shortly before Danielson bridged up to the Orica-GreenEdge rider.
Upon hearing news that he had more than a minute between himself and Horner, Danielson sprung forward again, this time up to Mancebo. It wasn’t long before the American left the veteran Spaniard behind, as the gradient smoothed out toward the top of the climb. Danielson crested it with still over a minute on the Horner group, which by this time was four men with the addition of Euser. Just the 8km descent into Park City remained for Danielson, who simply had to keep the wheels moving and upright. Horner hit the top nearly 90 seconds later.
With 4km to go to the finish, Mancebo pedaled a big gear onto the wheel of Danielson, and the two set off together with speeds nearing 100kph. With the one kilometre kite visible in the distance, Acevedo merged with Mancebo and Danielson, after being invisible for the entirety of the Empire Pass climb.
Danielson let his two counterparts take the lead toward the finish, content with his stage race victory, and Mancebo took Acevedo on the line.
Tour of Utah (2.1)
Stage 6, Park City – Park City:
1, Francisco Mancebo Perez (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) 125.7 kilometres in 3 hours 12 mins 52 secs
2, Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
3, Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin Sharp) at 4 secs
4, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 1 min 29 secs
5, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard)
6, Michael Schaer (BMC Racing Team)
7, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
8, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard)
9, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling)
10, Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 1 min 39 secs
11, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge)
12, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) at 2 mins 9 secs
13, Peter Stetina (Team Garmin Sharp) at 2 mins 47 secs
14, Chris Butler (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 53 secs
15, Benjamin Day (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 3 mins 2 secs
16, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) at 3 mins 19 secs
17, Alex Correia Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest)
18, Lachlan David Morton (Team Garmin Sharp)
19, Gavin Mannion (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 3 mins 58 secs
20, Gregory Obando Brenes (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 4 mins 43 secs
21, Christopher Baldwin (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 5 mins 15 secs
22, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard)
23, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
24, Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
25, Jakub Novak (BMC Racing Team) at 5 mins 48 secs
26, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
27, Jeffry Louder (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
28, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team)
29, Stephen Cummings (BMC Racing Team)
30, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 6 mins 10 secs
31, Joseph Rosskopf (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 6 mins 34 secs
32, Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (MTN-Qhubeka) at 6 mins 38 secs
33, Andzs Flaksis (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 6 mins 51 secs
34, Max Jenkins (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) at 7 mins 15 secs
35, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team)
36, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling)
37, Alexander Hagman (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
38, Michel Koch (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 7 mins 27 secs
39, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
40, Morgan Schmitt (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 7 mins 35 secs
41, Stefano Agostini (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
42, Julien Taramarcaz (BMC Racing Team) at 7 mins 44 secs
43, Wesley Sulzberger (Orica GreenEdge)
44, Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team)
45, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 7 mins 46 secs
46, Michael Torckler (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 8 mins 1 secs
47, Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (MTN-Qhubeka) at 8 mins 11 secs
48, David Zabriskie (Team Garmin Sharp) at 8 mins 15 secs
49, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 8 mins 26 secs
50, Alexander Candelario (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 9 mins 23 secs
51, Meron Russom (MTN-Qhubeka)
52, Joseph Schmalz (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 9 mins 26 secs
53, Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin Sharp)
54, Rohan Dennis (Team Garmin Sharp)
55, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 9 mins 42 secs
56, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
57, Martin Wesemann (MTN-Qhubeka) at 10 mins 45 secs
58, Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
59, Matthias Krizek (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 11 mins 44 secs
60, Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 11 mins 46 secs
61, Andres Diaz (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing) at 11 mins 48 secs
62, Phil Gaimon (Bissell Pro Cycling)
63, Tiago Fiorilli (Funvic Brasilinvest) at 12 mins 8 secs
64, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 13 mins 15 secs
65, Nariyuki Masuda (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
66, Andy Baker (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 13 mins 18 secs
67, Jeremy Durrin (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 13 mins 49 secs
68, Connor O’Leary (Bontrager Cycling Team)
69, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard)
70, Emerson Oronte (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
71, Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 13 mins 57 secs
72, Sam Bewley (Orica GreenEdge) at 14 mins 20 secs
73, Baden Cooke (Orica GreenEdge) at 14 mins 21 secs
74, Kristian Sbaragli (MTN-Qhubeka)
75, James Driscoll (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 14 mins 23 secs
76, Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
77, Chad Haga (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 14 mins 28 secs
78, Joseph Lewis (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 14 mins 35 secs
79, Chad Beyer (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 15 mins 53 secs
80, Ryota Nishizono (Champion System Pro Cycling)
81, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 17 mins 13 secs
82, Hayden Roulston (RadioShack Leopard)
83, Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
84, Taylor Shelden (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing)
85, Marsh Cooper (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)
86, Damian Howson (Orica GreenEdge)
87, Nelson Santos Simoes Oliveira (RadioShack Leopard)
88, Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 17 mins 49 secs
89, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 18 mins 8 secs
90, Flavio Cardoso Santos (Funvic Brasilinvest) at 19 mins 40 secs
91, Ryan Roth (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 19 mins 47 secs
Did not finish:
Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling)
Juan José Haedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
Magno Prado Nazaret (Funvic Brasilinvest)
Nathan Brown (Bontrager Cycling Team)
Robert Sweeting (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing)
Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin Sharp)
Outside time limit:
David Williams (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing) at 23 mins 10 secs
Eric Young (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 38 mins 16 secs
Gang Xu (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 33 mins 54 secs
Ian Burnett (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 33 mins 41 secs
James Stemper (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing)
Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 24 mins 50 secs
Oscar Clark (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 34 mins 43 secs
Ramiro Cabrera Gonzalez (Funvic Brasilinvest) at 33 mins 46 secs
Tommy Nankervis (Bissell Pro Cycling)
Tyler Magner (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 25 mins 1 secs
Intermediate sprints:
Prime 1:
1, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) 5 pts
2, Jakub Novak (BMC Racing Team) 3
3, Joseph Rosskopf (Hincapie Sportswear Development) 1
Prime 2:
1, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) 5 pts
2, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 3
3, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) 1
King of the mountains:
Prime 1:
1, Francisco Mancebo Perez (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) 8 pts
2, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) 7
3, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 6
4, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) 5
5, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 3
Prime 2:
1, Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin Sharp) 12 pts
2, Francisco Mancebo Perez (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) 10
3, Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 8
4, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling) 7
5, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard) 6
6, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) 5
7, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 4
8, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 3
9, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) 2
10, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) 1
Best young rider:
1, Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling Team) 3 hours 14 mins 31 secs
2, Lachlan David Morton (Team Garmin Sharp) at 1 min 40 secs
3, Gavin Mannion (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 2 mins 19 secs
4, Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 3 mins 36 secs
5, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 4 mins 31 secs
6, Andzs Flaksis (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 5 mins 12 secs
7, Michel Koch (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 5 mins 48 secs
8, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 6 mins 7 secs
9, Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (MTN-Qhubeka) at 6 mins 32 secs
10, Connor O’Leary (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 12 mins 10 secs
11, Damian Howson (Orica GreenEdge) at 15 mins 34 secs
Final overall standings:
1, Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin Sharp) 23 hours 5 mins 45 secs
2, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 min 29 secs
3, Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 1 min 37 secs
4, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 2 secs
5, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard) at 2 mins 6 secs
6, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 27 secs
7, Michael Schaer (BMC Racing Team) at 3 mins 11 secs
8, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 3 mins 49 secs
9, Francisco Mancebo Perez (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) at 3 mins 50 secs
10, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard)
11, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) at 3 mins 56 secs
12, Chris Butler (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 4 mins 53 secs
13, Benjamin Day (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 6 mins 38 secs
14, Lachlan David Morton (Team Garmin Sharp) at 6 mins 40 secs
15, Gregory Obando Brenes (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 7 mins 37 secs
16, Gavin Mannion (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 9 mins 53 secs
17, Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team) at 11 mins 16 secs
18, Alex Correia Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest) at 11 mins 59 secs
19, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 14 mins 48 secs
20, Peter Stetina (Team Garmin Sharp) at 16 mins 1 secs
21, Jeffry Louder (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 16 mins 40 secs
22, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard) at 17 mins 21 secs
23, Jakub Novak (BMC Racing Team) at 18 mins 9 secs
24, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 18 mins 11 secs
25, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) at 19 mins 20 secs
26, Wesley Sulzberger (Orica GreenEdge) at 21 mins 27 secs
27, Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (MTN-Qhubeka) at 22 mins 12 secs
28, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team) at 23 mins 39 secs
29, Chad Haga (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 24 mins 29 secs
30, Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 25 mins 13 secs
31, Joseph Rosskopf (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 25 mins 20 secs
32, Christopher Baldwin (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 25 mins 45 secs
33, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 25 mins 47 secs
34, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 25 mins 48 secs
35, Stefano Agostini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 26 mins 23 secs
36, Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (MTN-Qhubeka) at 26 mins 51 secs
37, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 29 mins 20 secs
38, Alexander Hagman (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 30 mins 13 secs
39, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 30 mins 49 secs
40, Stephen Cummings (BMC Racing Team) at 31 mins 11 secs
41, Max Jenkins (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) at 31 mins 37 secs
42, Andzs Flaksis (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 32 mins 8 secs
43, Morgan Schmitt (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 32 mins 58 secs
44, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 34 mins 11 secs
45, Rohan Dennis (Team Garmin Sharp) at 35 mins 2 secs
46, Nariyuki Masuda (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 35 mins 16 secs
47, Michel Koch (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 35 mins 58 secs
48, Michael Torckler (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 36 mins 16 secs
49, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 36 mins 17 secs
50, Phil Gaimon (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 37 mins 27 secs
51, Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 38 mins 6 secs
52, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 38 mins 13 secs
53, Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 39 mins 27 secs
54, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) at 40 mins 42 secs
55, Joseph Schmalz (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 41 mins 24 secs
56, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) at 41 mins 41 secs
57, Marsh Cooper (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 42 mins 30 secs
58, Connor O’Leary (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 43 mins 0 secs
59, James Driscoll (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 43 mins 52 secs
60, Andres Diaz (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing) at 45 mins 20 secs
61, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
62, Sam Bewley (Orica GreenEdge) at 47 mins 25 secs
63, Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin Sharp) at 47 mins 34 secs
64, Tiago Fiorilli (Funvic Brasilinvest) at 48 mins 32 secs
65, Julien Taramarcaz (BMC Racing Team) at 48 mins 54 secs
66, David Zabriskie (Team Garmin Sharp) at 50 mins 22 secs
67, Chad Beyer (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 50 mins 44 secs
68, Taylor Shelden (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing) at 50 mins 53 secs
69, Emerson Oronte (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 51 mins 30 secs
70, Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 51 mins 35 secs
71, Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 52 mins 32 secs
72, Meron Russom (MTN-Qhubeka) at 52 mins 42 secs
73, Ryota Nishizono (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 53 mins 29 secs
74, Matthias Krizek (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 54 mins 25 secs
75, Damian Howson (Orica GreenEdge) at 55 mins 37 secs
76, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 56 mins 28 secs
77, Baden Cooke (Orica GreenEdge) at 56 mins 52 secs
78, Alexander Candelario (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 58 mins 21 secs
79, Jeremy Durrin (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 58 mins 50 secs
80, Martin Wesemann (MTN-Qhubeka) at 59 mins 24 secs
81, Hayden Roulston (RadioShack Leopard) at 59 mins 43 secs
82, Joseph Lewis (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 1 hour 2 mins 40 secs
83, Nelson Santos Simoes Oliveira (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hour 4 mins 51 secs
84, Ryan Roth (Champion System Pro Cycling) at 1 hour 4 mins 57 secs
85, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 1 hour 5 mins 40 secs
86, Kristian Sbaragli (MTN-Qhubeka) at 1 hour 6 mins 8 secs
87, Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 1 hour 6 mins 27 secs
88, Flavio Cardoso Santos (Funvic Brasilinvest) at 1 hour 7 mins 1 secs
89, Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 1 hour 7 mins 35 secs
90, Andy Baker (Hincapie Sportswear Development) at 1 hour 8 mins 55 secs
91, Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 1 hour 17 mins 50 secs
Sprint classification:
1, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) 53 pts
2, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) 46
3, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 30
4, Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling Team) 25
5, Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 22
6, Francisco Mancebo Perez (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) 21
7, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 17
8, Lachlan David Morton (Team Garmin Sharp) 16
9, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 11
10, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 10
11, Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin Sharp) 10
12, Gregory Obando Brenes (Champion System Pro Cycling) 9
13, Martin Wesemann (MTN-Qhubeka) 8
14, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) 7
15, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard) 7
16, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 7
17, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) 7
18, Michel Koch (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 7
19, Michael Torckler (Bissell Pro Cycling) 7
20, Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 6
21, Michael Schaer (BMC Racing Team) 5
22, Joseph Lewis (Hincapie Sportswear Development) 5
23, Christopher Baldwin (Bissell Pro Cycling) 4
24, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) 3
25, Alex Correia Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest) 3
26, Jakub Novak (BMC Racing Team) 3
27, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 3
28, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling) 3
29, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 3
30, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 3
31, Chad Beyer (Champion System Pro Cycling) 3
32, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling) 2
33, Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 2
34, Jeffry Louder (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 1
35, Joseph Rosskopf (Hincapie Sportswear Development) 1
36, Max Jenkins (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) 1
37, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) 1
38, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 2
39, Baden Cooke (Orica GreenEdge) 5
40, Andy Baker (Hincapie Sportswear Development) 5
King of the Mountains:
1, Michael Torckler (Bissell Pro Cycling) 40 pts
2, Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin Sharp) 33
3, Francisco Mancebo Perez (5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda) 20
4, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) 19
5, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 19
6, Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team) 17
7, Lachlan David Morton (Team Garmin Sharp) 16
8, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard) 15
9, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling) 14
10, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) 12
11, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) 12
12, Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 11
13, Andzs Flaksis (Bontrager Cycling Team) 10
14, Peter Stetina (Team Garmin Sharp) 10
15, Martin Wesemann (MTN-Qhubeka) 9
16, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 9
17, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard) 9
18, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 8
19, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 8
20, Rohan Dennis (Team Garmin Sharp) 7
21, Phil Gaimon (Bissell Pro Cycling) 6
22, Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) 6
23, Michael Schaer (BMC Racing Team) 5
24, Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 5
25, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 3
26, Stephen Cummings (BMC Racing Team) 3
27, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) 2
28, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 2
29, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) 2
30, Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 2
31, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 1
Best young rider:
1, Lachlan David Morton (Team Garmin Sharp) 23 hours 12 mins 25 secs
2, Gavin Mannion (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 3 mins 13 secs
3, Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (MTN-Qhubeka) at 15 mins 32 secs
4, Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 18 mins 33 secs
5, Andzs Flaksis (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 25 mins 28 secs
6, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 27 mins 31 secs
7, Michel Koch (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 29 mins 18 secs
8, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 29 mins 37 secs
9, Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 31 mins 26 secs
10, Connor O’Leary (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 36 mins 20 secs
11, Damian Howson (Orica GreenEdge) at 48 mins 57 secs
Team classification:
1, RadioShack Leopard Trek 69 hours 23 mins 36 secs
2, UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling, at 4 mins 50 secs
3, BMC Racing Team, at 12 mins 27 secs
4, Team Garmin Sharp, at 16 mins 34 secs
5, Jamis-Hagens Berman, at 25 mins 47 secs
6, Champion System Pro Cycling, at 34 mins 31 secs
7, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 43 mins 28 secs
8, Bontrager Cycling Team, at 1 hour 2 mins 45 secs
9 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing, at 1 hour 10 mins 22 secs
10, Jelly Belly p/b Kenda, at 1 hour 11 mins 42 secs
11, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 1 hour 19 mins 39 secs
12, Orica GreenEdge, at 1 hour 28 mins 51 secs
13, Funvic Brasilinvest, at 1 hour 29 mins 48 secs
14, MTN-Qhubeka, at 1 hour 35 mins 24 secs
15, Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 1 hour 39 mins 3 secs
16, Hincapie Sportswear Development, at 1 hour 41 mins 34 secs