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22.04.2008/ As if he was shot out of a canon, Toyota-United’s Ivan Dominguez, affectionately known as the “Cuban Missile”, won yesterday's opening 70.4 mile opening stage of the 2008 Tour de Georgia.

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Ivan Dominguez wins the bunch sprint. (© Action Images)

119 riders contested the race which was held in sunny mild conditions on a mostly flat circuit. Ivan Stevic from Toyota-United was in an early breakaway of six riders that never gained more than a minute advantage over the field for most of the race. “With 8 kilometers to go, the Pro Tour teams formed an alliance and drove hard to catch the leaders. Our guys were waiting in the wings to spring Dominguez to the finish if Stevic’s group was caught” said Len Pettyjohn Team Director for Toyota-United.

With 1000 meters to go, Henk Vogels the team captain of Toyota-United led the charge with Dominique Rollin, Ivan Dominguez and Hilton Clarke on his wheel to set up the sprint for Dominguez. “Henk put us in a perfect position and took me to 500 meters where I let loose with everything I had to deliver Ivan as close to the finish as possible before he blew past me with 200 meters to go and easily won.” said teammate Dominique Rollin.

With 50 meters to go, I looked under my arm and saw I had the same gap as when I passed everyone earlier and realized then I was the fastest and no one was going to pass me.” said Dominguez after the race.

Due to the time bonus for wining the stage, Dominguez moved into the coveted Yellow Jersey which signifies he has the lowest overall time of all the participants and leads second place Nicholas Sanderson of Australia (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) by four seconds.

Today's 115.7 mile Stage 2 will begin at 11AM EST from the city of Statesboro and finish in Augusta, the site of the Masters Golf Tournament. Dominguez will look to keep his yellow jersey another day as the race will be difficult for the sprinters with the fist official climb of the week in North Augusta.

The win at today’s Tour de Georgia adds to the legacy of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team as the team remains the only team in the world to win a stage in all three “Grand Tours” in America the past three seasons with a total of nine stage wins.

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Results Tour de Georgia 2008
 
Stage 1
 
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team         2.30.18 (45.43 km/h)
2 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                   
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
4 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                           
5 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team          
6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                        
8 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                              
9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                            
10 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  
11 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                
12 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                           
13 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                    
15 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team            
16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team               
17 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team             
18 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                          
19 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road                                 
20 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                                   
21 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                         
22 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
23 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing                                  
24 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       
25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
26 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
27 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                       
28 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                    
29 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                     
30 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    
31 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                
32 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team               
33 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1                             
34 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                          
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                       
36 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30        
37 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30          
38 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         
39 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                     
40 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
41 Francois Parisien (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                    
42 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road                            
43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                  
44 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                               
45 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                  
46 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                    
47 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 
48 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                           
49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30   
50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                   
51 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                   
52 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                        
53 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                       
54 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing                        
55 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      
56 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        
57 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                                 
58 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team             
59 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                    
60 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
61 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30              
62 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                               
63 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                  
64 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team                    
65 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  
66 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30              
67 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                     
68 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                         
69 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  
70 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team                  
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
72 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       
73 Ben Jacques Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                       
74 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                
75 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                     
76 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              
77 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                 
78 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                               
79 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   
80 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC                                       
81 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                           
82 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                        
83 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
85 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team               
86 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team               
87 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                  
88 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30         
89 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                     
90 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                 
91 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                        
92 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30             
93 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                               
94 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    
95 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1                                    
96 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                        
97 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                              
98 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team         
99 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         
100 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team             
101 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   
102 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                
103 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1                                   
104 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                
105 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
106 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
107 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                                  
108 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                
109 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                                   
110 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  
111 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                                  
112 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing                                
113 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                         
114 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis              
115 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
116 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             
117 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30           
118 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.33
119 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                      0.48
 
General Classification after stage 1
 
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team    2.30.08
2 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team           0.04
3 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                      0.05
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                 
5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           0.06
6 Ivan Stevic (Srb) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team             
7 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team               0.07
8 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                  0.09
9 Richard England (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling                   0.10
10 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team    
11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
12 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      
14 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                      
15 Cody Stevenson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team           
16 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
17 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                         
18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                               
19 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team       
20 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team          
21 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team        
22 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                     
23 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road                            
24 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1                              
25 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                    
26 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                         
27 Kayle Leogrande (USA) Rock Racing                             
28 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  
29 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               
30 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
31 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                  
32 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team               
33 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                
34 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        
35 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                           
36 Leon Van Bon (Ned) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team          
37 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1                        
38 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                     
39 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                  
40 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30            
41 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30              
42 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                    
43 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                
44 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                         
45 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                       
46 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road                       
47 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                             
48 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                          
49 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                             
50 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                               
51 David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team                            
52 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                      
53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30       
54 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                              
55 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                              
56 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                   
57 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                  
58 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Rock Racing                   
59 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
60 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                            
61 Jared Barrilleaux (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team        
62 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team               
63 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
64 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                  
65 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                          
66 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team             
67 Fuyu Li (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team               
68 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team                             
69 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                  
70 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                
71 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                    
72 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team                             
73 Yilin Liu (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             
74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
75 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  
76 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                  
77 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1                           
78 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                
79 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                         
80 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                     
81 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                          
82 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       
83 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC                                  
84 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling                      
85 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                   
86 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team         
87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
88 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team          
89 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team          
90 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team             
91 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30             
92 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                
93 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                     
94 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                   
95 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30                 
96 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                          
97 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        
98 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1                               
99 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                   
100 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                        
101 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team   
102 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team        
103 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       
104 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team           
105 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1                              
106 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team           
107 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team         
108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
109 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1                             
110 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                              
111 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team             
112 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                             
113 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Rock Racing                           
114 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                    
115 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                  
116 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
117 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team        
118 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.43
119 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling                 0.58

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