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| JJ Haedo took stage 1 (© Cyclingheroes) |
The Tour of California seems to be JJ Haedo's top race. Yesterdays stage win was already his fifth stage win at the US
stage race. Haedo was still riding for Toyota - United as he won two stages at the first edition of the Tour of California
and that was where CSC team manager Bjarne Riis decided to sign him.
The 97 miles (156 km) long first stage of this years Tour of California started in Sausalito and finished with
a bunch sprint in Santa Rosa. The race was coloured by a long escape from BMC rider Jackson Stuart.
After about 10 miles, Jackson Stewart (USA) of Team BMC, who lives in nearby Los Gatos, Calif., found himself in a solo
lead after attempting a breakaway move with three other riders.
"Suddenly I was a minute ahead of the field and I
thought I’ll just keep it going and try for the KOM (California Travel and Tourism King of the Mountains classification
points)," said Stewart.
Stewart achieved this goal by remaining clear of the field over the summit of Coleman Valley
Road, where he backed off as the field raced up to reabsorb him about 20 miles before the Santa Rosa finish. Stewart also
claimed the three intermediate Herbalife sprint prizes, at Point Reyes Station, Tomales and Bodega Bay.
With 40 miles
covered, Stewart’s lead over the peloton had grown to as much as 13 minutes, but as the field approached the steep Coleman
Valley climb, with gradients up to 15 percent, the pace intensified and Stewart started to come back.
The peloton
fragmented as it powered up Coleman Valley Road, and Jens Voigt (GER) of Team CSC showed strong form by following Kevin Seeldraeyers
(BEL) of Saunier Duval – Scott over the top, second in the peloton.
In the undulations following the summit, more attacks came and the group broke up into three, with 80 riders in the first
group, 11 in the second and 33 in the third.
The tight Santa Rosa finishing circuits have gained a reputation in the
short history of the Amgen Tour of California for producing thrilling action in front of a vast, roaring crowd. This year
was no exception as the riders sped around the closing laps. QuickStep lined up its two World Champions, Tom Boonen (BEL)
and Paolo Bettini (ITA), for the sprint, as did the formidable Team CSC and Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30.
But it was CSC's JJ Haedo who took the stage after an exiting bunch sprint. "The final 60km (40 miles) of the race were
very fast; I barely made it to the finish. That was a really hard part for me," said Haedo, Stage 1 winner. "Everyone was
really fast today, but when you see the last 200 meters, you go as hard as you can and don’t look back. We have a lot
of good sprinters in the Amgen Tour of California, really a good level of competition."
George Hincapie (USA) of High
Road also found himself in a good position for the sprint. Going around the final corner, with only a few hundred yards remaining,
Hincapie touched wheels with Tom Boonen and crashed heavily, but made it to the finish in 74th place, despite being grazed
from head to toe. High Road reported that he had no broken bones and is expected to start tomorrow.
"So far, the race
has been fantastic; exceeding expectations," said Andrew Messick, president of AEG Sports, presenter of the race. “We’ve
been doing this for three years now and it keeps getting better. I think we’re getting to the point where we are one
of the most important races on the calendar. We want to continue to grow bigger. We want to be one of the races that people
plan their calendars around.”
Showing an impressive performance on Stage 1, the California Travel & Tourism
Commission King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey and the Tachyon Most Aggressive Jersey were both claimed by Jackson Stewart (USA)
of Team BMC. And the Herbalife Sprint Jersey went to Haedo (ARG) of Team CSC. Gerald Ciolek (GER) of High Road took the Union
Bank of California Best Young Rider Jersey. Team CSC, winner of the 2006 and 2007 overall team classification, leads the overall
team classification.
The top-three general classification leaders after today are Cancellara (SUI) of Team CSC, Team
Slipstream Chipotle Powered by H30’s Tyler Farrar (USA) in second and High Road’s Bradley Wiggins (GBR) in third.
Defending
champion, Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Astana rode into a hometown welcome from the cheering crowds lining the roads in Santa
Rosa. Fourth overall after today’s stage, Leipheimer heads into Stage 2 with high hopes for his team’s performance
over the rest of the week.
"Compared to last year, the crowds just get bigger and bigger. Every year, I’m astonished
at how many people are here," said Santa Rosa resident Leipheimer. "Cycling has really grown around here and I think that
is due in large part to the Amgen Tour of California. It feels great to have people cheer me on and to race on the roads that
I know every inch of and have trained on for the past twelve years; it’s really special."
As a new component
to the 2008 Amgen Tour of California professional road cycling race, Stage 1 featured a category Pro 1,2 Women’s Criterium.
Using portions of the Stage 1 men’s finishing circuit in Santa Rosa, the Women’s Criterium was enthusiastically
welcomed by the fans lining the course. Brooke Miller from Tibco won the inaugural race.
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Results Tour of California 2008
Stage 1
1 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
4.03.29 (38.37 km/h)
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
5 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
9 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
11 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road
15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
18 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
21 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
23 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC
24 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step
25 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
27 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
28 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
29 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
30 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
32 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
34 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
35 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
37 Victor
Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing
38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
39 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
40 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
41 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step
42 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
43 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
44 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
47 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
48 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
50 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank
52 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
53 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
56 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott
57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
58 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
59 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
60 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
61 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
62 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road
63 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
64 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
65 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
67 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
68 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
70 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole
71 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
72 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
73 George Hincapie (USA) High Road
74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
0.21
75 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
4.14
76 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road
5.17
77 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
78 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
79 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
80 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
81 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
82 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
83 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
84 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott
85 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott
86 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing
87 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
88 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
89 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
90 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
91 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
92 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
93 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
94 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
95 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner
96 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
97 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road
98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
99 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
100 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
101 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
102 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
103 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
104 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
105 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
106 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
107 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
108 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
109 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
111 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
112 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
113 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
114 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
115 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road
116 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
8.47
117 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
9.52
118 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana
119 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana
120 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
121 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
122 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
11.02
123 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
124 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
125 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
126 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
127 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole
128 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
12.17
129 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
130 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
131 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
132 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
17.11
General Classification after stage 1
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
4.07.20
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
0.02
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) High Road
0.04
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
0.06
5 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
0.07
6 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team CSC
0.08
7 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
8 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
0.09
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) High Road
10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 0.10
11 George Hincapie (USA)
High Road
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) High Road
0.11
13 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
0.12
14 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
15 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step
0.13
16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road
0.14
18 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
20 Jeff Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
0.15
22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole
23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
24 Benjamin Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
0.16
25 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
27 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
28 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
0.17
30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott
31 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
32 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing
0.18
33 Freddie Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
34 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
0.19
35 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team CSC
36 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
37 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Quick Step
0.20
38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
39 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
41 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
0.21
43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
44 Philip Zajicek (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
45 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
46 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
47 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
48 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
0.22
50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step
0.23
52 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
53 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
54 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
55 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
0.24
56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
57 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank
0.25
58 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
59 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
0.26
60 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.27
61 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
62 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
0.29
63 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
64 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.30
65 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
66 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
67 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
69 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
0.32
70 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.33
71 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
72 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
0.34
73 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
0.37
74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
0.43
75 Jonathan Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
4.30
76 Mark Cavendish (GBr) High Road
5.21
77 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road
5.24
78 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
5.26
79 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
5.29
80 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
5.30
81 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road
5.31
82 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
83 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
5.32
84 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Rock Racing
5.33
85 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
86 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
5.35
87 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Scott
88 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
5.37
90 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
91 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
92 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
5.38
93 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
94 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
95 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
96 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
5.39
98 Aaron Barry Tuckerman (NZl) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
5.40
99 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
100 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
5.41
101 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
102 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
103 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
5.42
104 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
105 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
106 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
5.43
107 Jonathan Sundt (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
5.44
108 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
5.45
110 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
5.46
111 Alexander Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.48
112 Luciano André
Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Scott
113 Andrew
Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast 5.50
114 Laurent
Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
5.52
115 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner
6.01
116 Nicholas Waite (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
9.22
117 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana
10.05
118 John Murphy (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
119 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
10.08
120 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Astana
10.10
121 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana
10.15
122 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole
11.26
123 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
11.27
124 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
11.28
125 Hendricus Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
11.30
126 Scott Tietzel (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
11.32
127 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
11.35
128 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
12.34
129 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
12.48
130 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing
13.09
131 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
13.10
132 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
17.36
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