There was, of course, a breakaway today
Swindlehurst, Talbott, Barton, Wherry, Farrar and Van Ulden
The gap grew to 14 minutes at the halfway stage. Ben Jacques-Maynes than attacked and was an involuntary carrot on a stick for the peleton for 27km, before he was caught
The pack continued their pace, and lowered the gap to the peleton. Many could not keep up. With just over 2 laps to go, the break were nearly caught
As the riders crossed the line with 2 laps to go, Hincapie attacked, followed by Nydam, Phinney, Van Garderen and Zabriskie
The fed-ex duo of Danielson and Leipheimer kept calm and worked back up to the attackers, bringing Colby, Raisin and vande Velde with them
The break are now caught and with the pace remaining high. Hincapie, Danielson, Leipheimer, Zabriskie, Nydam and Phinney ride clear
They all then attack, apart from Leipheimer, and Danielson powers away - Zabriskie just clinging on to him. They have a gap on Hincapie who in turn has a gap on Nydam, Phinney and Leipheimer
Zabriskie and Danielson pulled away from the rest. They will decide the race!
Danileson is clearly stronger and uses the longer climb on the final ascent to just about gap Danielson
Tom Danielson is the new American champion!
Zabriskie is 2nd while Hincapie comes in 3rd
Having set in the wheel of Nydam and Phinney for most of the past 2 laps, Leipheimer easily takes 4th
1
Tom Danielson
FED-EX
7h49'52
2
David Zabriskie
WIKIPEDIA
+ 11
3
George Hincapie
NVIDIA
+ 2'48
4
Levi Leipheimer
FED-EX
+ 3'41
5
Scott Nydam
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
6
Taylor Phinney
VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
7
Saul Raisin
SLIPSTREAM
+ 5'09
8
Tejay Van Garderen
CARLSBERG
+ 5'23
9
Roman Kilun
WIKIPEDIA
+ 6'25
10
Anthony Colby
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
11
Christian Vande Velde
MAPEI
s.t.
12
Thomas Peterson
SLIPSTREAM
+ 11'15
13
Andrew Bajadali
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
14
Ben Jacques-Maynes
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
15
Peter Stetina
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
16
Matt Cooke
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
17
Timothy Johnson
IRN BRU - RBS
+ 11'47
18
Danny Summerhill
VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 14'08
19
Burke Swindlehurst
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 14'47
20
Tom Zirbel
SLIPSTREAM
+ 16'11
21
Phil Zajicek
WIKIPEDIA
+ 16'32
22
Chris Barton
FED-EX
+ 17'20
23
Bernard Van Ulden
SLIPSTREAM
+ 18'28
24
Alex Howes
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
25
Chris Wherry
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
26
Timothy Duggan
SLIPSTREAM
+ 19'24
27
Brad Armstrong
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 19'34
28
Craig Lewis
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
29
Jason Donald
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
30
Blake Caldwell
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
31
Lucas Euser
MOLTENI
s.t.
32
Matthew Crane
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 20'09
33
Danny Pate
WIKIPEDIA
+ 20'26
34
Aaron Olson
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 20'41
35
David Talbott
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 20'55
36
Michael Lange
WARNER BROTHERS
+ 25'43
37
Joe Hicks
FED-EX
s.t.
38
Michael Wolf
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 26'39
39
Will Frischkorn
SLIPSTREAM
+ 27'30
40
Kirk O'Bee
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 27'43
41
Bradley White
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 27'58
42
John Devine
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
43
Nathan Miller
SLIPSTREAM B
+ 29'02
44
John Murphy
GATORADE
+ 31'22
45
Tyler Farrar
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 34'13
46
Dadley Corwin
WIKIPEDIA
+ 36'23
47
Fred Rodriguez
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 36'54
48
Mike Friedman
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
49
Steven Cozza
SLIPSTREAM
+ 38'21
50
Brad Huff
SLIPSTREAM
+ 39'59
51
Chad Hartley
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 40'13
52
Francis Zachary
GATORADE
+ 41'43
53
Mark Griffith
WIKIPEDIA
+ 46'34
54
Rahsaan Bahati
SLIPSTREAM
+ 48'50
55
Bobby Lea
GATORADE
+ 50'12
56
Tyler Wren
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 52'52
TT
Dave Zabriskie soon got over the disappointment in the RR and thumped the opposition in the TT. Shown here overtaking his 2 minute man Danielson.
Danielson finished the day 4th. Jason Donald was 2nd
