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16.09.2007/ After winning the opening stage, Toyota-United's Ivan Dominguez also took the final stage. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) won the overall of the first edition of the Tour of Missouri.

Copyright Kathleen Poulos
Ivan Dominguez with his second stage win at the Tour of Missouri(Picture: copyright Kathleen Poulos)

Picture gallery: Tour of Missouri, stage 1, Kansas City - Kansas City

Less than a half-hour before the start of the final stage of the Tour of Missouri Sunday afternoon, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team Director Harm Jansen gathered what remained of his original eight-man squad for the six-day, six-stage race.

Seated in the team’s bus just a few blocks from the start line were the three riders who would be charged with helping Ivan Dominguez get to the finish line first in the 74-mile (119 km) race that comprised seven circuits of a loop through the streets of downtown St. Louis.

There was Chris Wherry, the team’s captain whose focus has shifted from being a powerful stage rider and overall contender to that of top lead-out man following season-ending injuries to Henk Vogels, Ivan Stevic and Caleb Manion.

Next to him sat Heath Blackgrove, the tough, quiet super domestique whose season started all the way back on Jan. 1 in his home country of New Zealand. The toll of a long season showed on Blackgrove’s face, as he hardly managed a smile when team bus driver Paul Davi greeted him.

The only other engine on the Toyota-United lead-out train this day would be the most unlikely of suspects. Normally a climbing specialist, Justin England would be asked to drive the pace hard enough to keep the other 98 riders in the race behind him.

“Remember, we’re not equipped to be able to do any work today until the very end,” Team Director Harm Jansen said to the four. “Remain patient. Our time will come.”

Each of the four nodded in agreement as they made last-minute adjustments to their race radios, helmets and sunglasses.
Integral to Jansen’s plan would be for the pack to be together as it neared the finish. Fortunately, that is exactly what happened, thanks to the chasing efforts of several teams – with the 150-pound England helping out in the rotation.

“I tried to take longer pulls since there was only one of me and everyone else helping with the chase had three or four riders,” England said.

The patience that Jansen preached was never more evident than in the final three miles. Despite the frenetic, 36 miles-an-hour pace at the head of the peloton, Wherry, Blackgrove and Dominguez remained calm, riding at the back of the field.
“We knew when our time to go to work would come,” Blackgrove (pictured at left) said. “It was just a matter of waiting.”

That time came inside the final mile. Blackgrove helped a fast-fading England marshal Wherry and Dominguez up the side of the pack. With 1,000 meters to go, Wherry took Dominguez toward the front, then sprinted out of the last turn like he was going for the win himself.

From there, Dominguez flew by to finish it off.

“It was just like we drew up,” Blackgrove said afterwards, grinning. “Pretty simple, eh?”

Hincapie overall winner

American George Hincapie made Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team’s last American ride a victorious one as he held onto a one-minute, 40-second advantage in the General Classification over Coloradoan and countryman Will Frischkorn to win the inaugural six-day, 562-mile Tour of Missouri professional cycling race.

“I don’t know where this ranks in my career but the win is special,” said Hincapie, who is one America’s most prolific professional cyclists ever, having finished a record 11 Tours de France and has won a stage of that race. “For me, to win this race, which included the Tour de France champion (Alberto Contador) and Levi Leipheimer, who finished third in the Tour, is very special. It means a lot to win a big race like the Tour of Missouri as part of the Discovery Channel’s last race in the United States.”

Hincapie was enthousiastic about the team that Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel had selected for the Tour of Missouri: “Johan brought a great team to Missouri in part, because this is the last race we’ll do in the United States, ever as the DSC team. So it was important for us to have a strong team here and try to get the win. Having guys like Alberto and Levi, and most of the Tour de France team working for me was really special and I’ll definitely miss those guys in the next couple years.”

Hincapie continued by saying: “That downhill finish with 500 meters to go you can kind of see straight down to the finish and all you could see was people. It was really cool to be part of that.”

The 2006 US national road race champion liked the course: “We didn’t have any major climbs, but the time trial was a lot harder than any other we did domestically this year. In that sense, the time trial made up for lack of the mountains. The rolling terrain got to your legs after a while. There was never any flat. So it was quite good racing.”

Hincapie likes to race in the US: “The fans in the U.S. are so enthousiastic, the press is always talking about the racing and how exciting it is, the announcers – the show they make at the start and finish lines. The Europeans on our team are so impressed at the end of the day. If we could do it our way we’d do 10 of these big races every year, but it’s not like that… “

Dominique Rollin (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) said about the first edition of the Tour of Missouri: "The entire week has been incredible .I’m proud to be part of the first Tour of Missouri, especially to see the race growing, to see all the people on the side of the road that didn’t know anything about cycling and were there cheering for us. It was great to see people interested in cycling and it will help grow cycling in North America.”

Louder took the king of the mountains jersey

While Jeff Louder (Health Net p/b Maxxis) said the king of the mountains classification wasn’t a goal coming into the race, “I got the opportunity and I made the most of it. When I took the points during the time trial, and then getting the maximum points during the break on Stage 4, I was pretty committed to winning it.”

Which is why he found himself once again in the break on Stage 5. “Luck was definitely on my side to make it into the break again,” Louder said. “Once I got up there I had to check myself because I wasn’t feeling great after being in the break the day before. I was more conservative than usual. There was a lot of attacking in the final 25 km and I had to be attentive. But sometimes the best days come on days you don’t feel as good.”

This was Louder’s last race for Health Net Presented by Maxxis. “It was good to go out this way,” he said. “I won the jersey for the guys to repay them for the work they did for me this year.” He added that, “This was the most enjoyable season of my eight years as a pro.”

Dominguez also won the sprinters jersey

Winning the Edward Jones Sprint Points jersey wasn’t exactly on Ivan Dominguez’s “to-do” list for the Tour of Missouri, but the Cuban sprint sensation was happy to take the green fleece home with him.

Dominguez came into the final stage tied on points with Luciano Pagliarini (Prodir-Saunier Duval). But Dominguez’s third-place finish in the first of three intermediate sprints put him in the lead.

Dominguez’s eventual win – worth 15 points – wrapped up the title.

Results
 
Stage 6
 
1 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                2.37.13 (45.567 km/h)
2 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                               
3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                    
4 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                              
5 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                   
6 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                     0.01
7 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
8 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                     
9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                     
10 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                            
11 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara        
12 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                      
13 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                              
14 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                       
15 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                               
16 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team                                          
17 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                         0.02
18 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                       
19 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                       
20 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                         
21 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                                  
22 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                   
23 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                       0.05
24 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                       
25 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                     
26 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                           
27 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                      
28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                    0.06
29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                                 
30 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                        
31 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                     
32 Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team                                         
33 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                   0.07
34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                                   
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                                                   
36 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                      
37 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                      
38 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                       
39 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                              
40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                
41 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                    0.08
42 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                  
43 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          
44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                      
45 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team                                               
46 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                                
47 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                  0.09
48 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                           
49 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                        
50 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                 
51 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                             
52 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                             
53 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                              
54 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                 0.10
55 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team                                            
56 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                           
57 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                 
58 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel                                                           
59 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               0.11
60 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                        
61 Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                       
62 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team                                           
63 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                         
64 Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                
65 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                                                   0.12
66 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel                                          
67 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team                                       
68 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                              
69 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           
70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                           
71 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                      
72 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                        
73 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                     0.13
74 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                     
75 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                 
76 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                
77 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                               
78 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                        0.14
79 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                            0.15
80 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                               
81 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                         
82 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                     
83 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                
84 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                                 
85 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                0.16
86 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                      
87 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                
88 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                               
89 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                0.17
90 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                        
91 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                   
92 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                                  
93 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                         
94 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                  0.24
95 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                              2.05
96 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                   3.06
97 Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                           
98 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                           3.10
99 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                           3.16
 
DNS John Devine (USA) Discovery Channel

DNF Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                       
DNF Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                                
DNF Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                                  
DNF Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light   
 
                         
Final General Classification
 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                             21.00.33
2 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                    1.38
3 Dominique Rollin (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                 2.09
4 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                        2.21
5 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                     2.46
6 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                  2.51
7 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                               3.06
8 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                            3.50
9 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                   4.26
10 Matt Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                               6.16
11 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                          6.27
12 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                    6.34
13 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                         11.50
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                                               12.23
15 Nathan O’Neill (AUS) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                            12.48
16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                 13.37
17 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                   14.54
18 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                     14.58
19 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                    15.13
20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel                                      15.25
21 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                
22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                           15.27
23 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       15.35
24 Scott Moninger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                    16.04
25 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                       16.06
26 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                16.09
27 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                   16.34
28 James Meadley (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                          16.43
29 Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                    16.50
30 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                              16.59
31 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                          17.05
32 Andy Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                          17.19
33 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                             17.25
34 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                     17.34
35 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                            17.39
36 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                     17.43
37 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                 17.47
38 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                                                      
39 Jake Rytlewski (USA) US National Development Team                                     17.51
40 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                    
41 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                 18.00
42 Kari Menzies (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                                  
43 Mark Walters (Can) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                   18.05
44 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                  18.08
45 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                   
46 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                      
47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                            18.13
48 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                 18.16
49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                       18.18
50 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                               18.29
51 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                           18.32
52 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                          18.33
53 Nicholas Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                       18.39
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                             18.40
55 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                           18.41
56 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                             18.47
57 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                   18.52
58 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                    18.56
59 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                     18.57
60 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                   18.59
61 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                        19.00
62 Guy East (USA) US National Development Team                                           19.12
63 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                    19.13
64 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                 19.15
65 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara             19.31
66 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                           19.33
67 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            19.34
68 Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara    19.35
69 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                         19.43
70 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                          19.49
71 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Professional Cycling Team                                       20.00
72 Jesus Zarate Estrada (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara            20.07
73 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                  
74 Max Jenkins (USA) US National Development Team                                        20.17
75 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                               20.29
76 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        20.36
77 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                    20.42
78 Ben Bradshaw (USA) US National Development Team                                       20.57
79 Sheldon Deeny (USA) US National Development Team                                      21.00
80 Chris Monteleone (USA) US National Development Team                                   21.01
81 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                                               21.03
82 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              21.04
83 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                      21.23
84 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                          21.31
85 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                        22.31
86 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel                                                       22.38
87 Cody O’Reilly (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                      
88 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                  23.20
89 Ben Raby (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                       23.45
90 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light                             24.06
91 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                       24.25
92 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                   24.43
93 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                  24.46
94 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                  25.25
95 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                                   26.04
96 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                  27.03
97 Dan Timmerman (USA) Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada                                  27.23
98 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                           30.30
99 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team                                 31.14

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