Peter Sagan (Cannondale) made it a clean sweep of the flat stage finishes in the USA Pro Challenge, winning his fourth stage of the seven on Sunday in Denver. Sagan fought through some traffic in the finale and came up to Ryan Anderson (Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies), who was already sprinting.
He had less than 100 metres to get around, but Sagan put in one more acceleration to come around Anderson, grabbing his fourth stage by a bike length.
Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) kept his powder dry during seven of the eight circuits around Denver to conclude the USA Pro Challenge, and then even came forward on the final lap to put in a turn for BMC sprinter Greg Van Avermaet. He celebrated the overall victory safely tucked in the main bunch, just as Sagan was notching his stage victory ahead.
“I felt like this was a long time coming. I’ve been so close [to winning] before,” said Van Garderen, referring to his second and third places in 2012 and 2011. “Races are difficult to be motivated for after July, but with this race on the calendar, it wasn’t a question on if I was going to stay motivated at all.
“This is my hometown race, so I wanted it bad. It feels amazing to finally get this.”
How it played out:
It didn’t take long for four men to get away, as from the drop of the flag, it was Ben King (Radioshack), Christopher Juul Jensen (Saxo-Tinkoff), David Lozano Riba (Novo Nordisk) and Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) who formed the break. Soon, Chun Kai Feng (Champion System), Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare) and Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) made their way across, and the seven riders pulled out an early advantage of a minute.
The peloton was lined out though, and the break was kept close by the pressure of the peloton. After one lap of the scheduled eight trips around Denver, Chris Froome (Sky Procycling) pulled off and got directions back to the team bus, the Brit heading home just a bit early with some reported chest congestion, and having gotten the altitude training he desired.
With two laps gone, King led his group over the line 1’15” ahead of the main bunch. Two laps later, the bunch hit the halfway point with a similar advantage, as Cannondale, BMC, and Colombia were pulling the peloton.
Everything held form until there were just more than two laps left to race, when Wren heard that the peloton was coming back and put in an attack. The rest of the escapees responded to Wren, so Euser made a move of his own and hit the finish line with a small gap, and 30km to go.
The peloton had been on a charge, cutting the gap to under 45 seconds, but they turned off the gas again to put off the catch. But the breakaway broke under the pressure of Euser’s move, and they were gradually pulled back one-by-one by the main bunch.
To have any hope of making it stick, Euser was going to need help, and he got it when King and Miller came back to him. But the trio had just a half-minute on the BMC and Cannondale-led peloton.
But the main group had them in their sights, and just as the catch was being made, Juul Jensen came down in a crash with Josh Edmondson near the back of the field. Edmondson packed it in, but Juul Jensen got a new bike to finish. Beginning his final kilometres racing in the United States, Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) led the Cannondale over the line to start the final lap.
More teams were making their intentions known on the final lap, beginning with UnitedHealthcare, working for Alessandro Bazzana. Jelly Belly-Kenda was also working, lining up American road champion Freddie Rodriguez. With 3km to go, BMC brought forward all their forces for Van Avermaet, with even van Garderen in line.
No team could muster much of a lead out however, but Sagan had one man left to pull him up toward Anderson, who had gotten the jump. The Optum rider had left the other sprinters behind him, so only Sagan could spoil his day.
The Slovak kicked around his left side for his fourth stage prize, as well as the final green jersey.
In the third edition of the race, van Garderen has stood on the final overall podium in all three, but he collected his first victory on Sunday afternoon.
USA Pro Challenge (2.HC)
Stage 7, Denver circuit race:
1, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 116.5 kilometres in 2 hours 27 mins 15 secs
2, Ryan Anderson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)
3, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
4, Luka Mezgec (Team Argos-Shimano)
5, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team)
6, Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Colombia)
7, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team)
8, Andrea Peron (Team Novo Nordisk)
9, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
10, Michael Schär (BMC Racing Team)
11, Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
12, Damiano Caruso (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
13, Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team)
14, Tom Zirbel (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)
15, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team)
16, Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)
17, Gregory Brenes Obando (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
18, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp)
19, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard)
20, Bruno Pires (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
21, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling)
22, Rory Sutherland (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
23, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
24, Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
25, Antoine Duchesne (Bontrager Cycling Team)
26, Joonas Henttala (Team Novo Nordisk)
27, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard)
28, Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team)
29, Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
30, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team)
31, Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia)
32, Chris Butler (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
33, Javier Megias Leal (Team Novo Nordisk)
34, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard)
35, Nikodemus Holler (Team Argos-Shimano)
36, Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Colombia)
37, Marsh Cooper (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)
38, Davide Villella (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
39, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
40, Lachlan David Morton (Garmin-Sharp)
41, Chad Beyer (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
42, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team)
43, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
44, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
45, Jesper Hansen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
46, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
47, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard)
48, James Oram (Bontrager Cycling Team)
49, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team)
50, Benjamin Day (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
51, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp)
52, Ryan Eastman (Bontrager Cycling Team)
53, Danny Pate (Sky Procycling)
54, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 14 secs
55, Tobias Ludvigsson (Team Argos-Shimano)
56, Patrick Gretsch (Team Argos-Shimano) at 23 secs
57, Julien Taramarcaz (BMC Racing Team) at 24 secs
58, Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Colombia) at 26 secs
59, Fabio Calabria (Team Novo Nordisk)
60, Connor O'Leary (Bontrager Cycling Team)
61, Nathan Brown (Bontrager Cycling Team)
62, Phillip Gaimon (Bissell Pro Cycling)
63, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
64, James Driscoll (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 29 secs
65, Morgan Schmitt (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
66, Alex Hagman (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
67, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling)
68, Anders Lund (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
69, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano)
70, Ben Jacques-Maynes (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
71, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard)
72, Nic Hamlton (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
73, Timothy Duggan (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
74, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
75, Andreas Klöden (RadioShack Leopard)
76, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard)
77, Michael Olsson (Team Argos-Shimano)
78, Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Bissell Pro Cycling)
79, David Zabriskie (Garmin-Sharp) at mins 37 secs
80, Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) at 43 secs
81, Thomas Damuseau (Team Argos-Shimano)
82, Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) at 45 secs
83, Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 50 secs
84, Martijn Verschoor (Team Novo Nordisk) at 54 secs
85, Hayden Roulston (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 min 1 secs
86, Sean Mazich (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 1 min 3 secs
87, Nariyuki Masuda (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 min 29 secs
88, Jeffry Louder (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 54 secs
89, Ian Boswell (Sky Procycling)
90, Kirk Carlsen (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 1 secs
91, Yann Huguet (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 mins 19 secs
92, Ryota Nishizono (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 4 secs
93, Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 24 secs
94, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team)
95, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) at 4 mins 6 secs
96, Thomas Soladay (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 4 mins 23 secs
97, Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 4 mins 45 secs
98, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman)
99, Luis Enrique Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda)
100, Ian Burnett (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 4 mins 48 secs
101, Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia)
102, Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia)
103, Xu Gang (Champion System Pro Cycling Team)
104, Kevin De Mesmaeker (Team Novo Nordisk) at 4 mins 51 secs
105, Feng Chun Kai (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 6 mins 32 secs
106, Julio Alexis Camacho Bernal (Colombia) at 9 mins 20 secs
107, David Lozano Riba (Team Novo Nordisk) at 9 mins 38 secs
108, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 9 mins 46 secs
Did not finish:
Chris Froome (Sky Procycling)
Joshua Edmondson (Sky Procycling)
Thomas Dekker (Garmin-Sharp)
Best young rider:
1, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 2 hours 27 mins 15 secs
2, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team)
3, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard)
4, Antoine Duchesne (Bontrager Cycling Team)
5, Joonas Henttala (Team Novo Nordisk)
6, Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team)
7, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team)
8, Nikodemus Holler (Team Argos-Shimano)
9, Davide Villella (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
10, Lachlan David Morton (Garmin-Sharp)
Team:
1, BMC Racing Team, at 7 hours 21 mins 45 secs
2, Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies
3, Cannondale
4, Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team
5, Bontrager Cycling Team
6, Team Novo Nordisk
7, Colombia
8, Radioshack Leopard
9, Team Saxo -Tinkoff
10, Champion System Pro Cycling Team
11, Garmin-Sharp
12, Team Argos-Shimano, at 14 secs
13, Jelly Belly P/B Kenda, at 29 secs
14, Jamis - Hagens Berman
15, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 40 secs
16, Sky Procycling, at 2 mins 23 secs
Final general classification:
1, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 22 hours 38 mins 48 secs
2, Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team) at 1 min 30 secs
3, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 min 42 secs
4, Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 2 mins 10 secs
5, Lachlan David Morton (Garmin-Sharp) at 2 mins 34 secs
6, Gregory Brenes Obando (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 25 secs
7, Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 3 mins 42 secs
8, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) at 3 mins 58 secs
9, Rory Sutherland (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 4 mins 11 secs
10, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 4 mins 12 secs
11, Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 4 mins 13 secs
12, Michael Schär (BMC Racing Team) at 4 mins 19 secs
13, Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia) at 4 mins 24 secs
14, Damiano Caruso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 4 mins 32 secs
15, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 4 mins 55 secs
16, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 5 mins 0 secs
17, James Oram (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 5 mins 45 secs
18, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) at 6 mins 21 secs
19, Bruno Pires (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 6 mins 31 secs
20, Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Colombia) at 6 mins 40 secs
21, Chris Butler (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 7 mins 31 secs
22, Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) at 7 mins 37 secs
23, Javier Megias Leal (Team Novo Nordisk) at 7 mins 52 secs
24, Chad Beyer (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 8 mins 56 secs
25, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 10 mins 18 secs
26, Jesper Hansen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 10 mins 30 secs
27, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team) at 10 mins 53 secs
28, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 12 mins 4 secs
29, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) at 12 mins 59 secs
30, Andreas Klöden (RadioShack Leopard) at 13 mins 16 secs
31, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) at 13 mins 22 secs
32, Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 14 mins 4 secs
33, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) at 15 mins 1 secs
34, Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Colombia) at 15 mins 27 secs
35, Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Colombia) at 17 mins 7 secs
36, Tobias Ludvigsson (Team Argos-Shimano) at 19 mins 25 secs
37, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) at 19 mins 30 secs
38, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 19 mins 46 secs
39, Alex Hagman (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 20 mins 18 secs
40, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) at 20 mins 44 secs
41, Tom Zirbel (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 21 mins 8 secs
42, Morgan Schmitt (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 21 mins 58 secs
43, Benjamin Day (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 22 mins 10 secs
44, Davide Villella (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 23 mins 46 secs
45, Joonas Henttala (Team Novo Nordisk) at 25 mins 38 secs
46, Kirk Carlsen (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 26 mins 25 secs
47, Jeffry Louder (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 26 mins 43 secs
48, Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 28 mins 16 secs
49, Nikodemus Holler (Team Argos-Shimano) at 29 mins 0 secs
50, Phillip Gaimon (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 29 mins 47 secs
51, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 29 mins 54 secs
52, Ian Boswell (Sky Procycling) at 30 mins 19 secs
53, Antoine Duchesne (Bontrager Cycling Team)
54, Michael Olsson (Team Argos-Shimano) at 31 mins 10 secs
55, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 33 mins 14 secs
56, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano) at 33 mins 33 secs
57, Hayden Roulston (RadioShack Leopard) at 33 mins 35 secs
58, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) at 33 mins 51 secs
59, David Zabriskie (Garmin-Sharp) at 34 mins 19 secs
60, Danny Pate (Sky Procycling) at 34 mins 35 secs
61, Marsh Cooper (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 36 mins 20 secs
62, Ben Jacques-Maynes (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 36 mins 46 secs
63, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 36 mins 54 secs
64, Edward King (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 37 mins 6 secs
65, Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) at 37 mins 7 secs
66, Sean Mazich (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 37 mins 26 secs
67, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard) at 37 mins 33 secs
68, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 37 mins 34 secs
69, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 38 mins 10 secs
70, James Driscoll (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 38 mins 38 secs
71, Patrick Gretsch (Team Argos-Shimano) at 39 mins 11 secs
72, Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 39 mins 30 secs
73, Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 40 mins 5 secs
74, Ryan Eastman (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 40 mins 20 secs
75, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) at 40 mins 56 secs
76, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 41 mins 25 secs
77, Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) at 41 mins 47 secs
78, Juraj Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 42 mins 18 secs
79, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 42 mins 24 secs
80, Ryan Anderson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 42 mins 36 secs
81, Luis Enrique Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 42 mins 38 secs
82, Thomas Damuseau (Team Argos-Shimano) at 42 mins 49 secs
83, Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia) at 43 mins 5 secs
84, Nariyuki Masuda (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 43 mins 47 secs
85, Anders Lund (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 44 mins 48 secs
86, Timothy Duggan (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 45 mins 20 secs
87, Luka Mezgec (Team Argos-Shimano) at 45 mins 59 secs
88, Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) at 46 mins 28 secs
89, David Lozano Riba (Team Novo Nordisk) at 47 mins 8 secs
90, Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 47 mins 13 secs
91, Fabio Calabria (Team Novo Nordisk) at 47 mins 28 secs
92, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) at 47 mins 38 secs
93, Nathan Brown (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 47 mins 39 secs
94, Feng Chun Kai (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 47 mins 54 secs
95, Ian Burnett (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 47 mins 59 secs
96, Ryota Nishizono (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 48 mins 18 secs
97, Connor O'Leary (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 49 mins 9 secs
98, Andrea Peron (Team Novo Nordisk) at 49 mins 18 secs
99, Julien Taramarcaz (BMC Racing Team) at 52 mins 8 secs
100, Julio Alexis Camacho Bernal (Colombia) at 53 mins 9 secs
101, Jason McCartney (Bissell Pro Cycling) at 53 mins 53 secs
102, Nic Hamlton (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) at 55 mins 59 secs
103, Yann Huguet (Team Argos-Shimano) at 56 mins 43 secs
104, Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) at 57 mins 35 secs
105, Martijn Verschoor (Team Novo Nordisk) at 1:4 mins 19 secs
106, Kevin De Mesmaeker (Team Novo Nordisk) at 1 hours 11 mins 43 secs
107, Xu Gang (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hours 12 mins 45 secs
108, Thomas Soladay (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) at 1 hours 24 mins 1 secs
Points classification:
1, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 70 pts
2, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) 40
3, Luka Mezgec (Team Argos-Shimano) 31
4, Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 22
5, Ryan Anderson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 22
6, Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Colombia) 17
7, Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team) 15
8, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 13
9, Lachlan David Morton (Garmin-Sharp) 12
10, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) 10
11, Damiano Caruso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 9
12, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 8
13, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 8
14, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) 8
15, Ian Burnett (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 8
16, Rory Sutherland (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 8
17, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 7
18, Feng Chun Kai (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) 7
19, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 6
20, Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team) 6
21, Michael Schär (BMC Racing Team) 6
22, Tanner Putt (Bontrager Cycling Team) 6
23, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 5
24, Davide Villella (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 5
25, Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 5
26, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 5
27, Benjamin King (RadioShack Leopard) 5
28, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) 5
29, Luis Enrique Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 5
30, Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Colombia) 4
31, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 4
32, Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 4
33, Bruno Pires (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 3
34, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team) 3
35, Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) 3
36, Kirk Carlsen (Bissell Pro Cycling) 3
37, Fred Rodriguez (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 3
38, Andrea Peron (Team Novo Nordisk) 3
39, Nic Hamlton (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 3
40, Philip Deignan (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 2
41, Michael Olsson (Team Argos-Shimano) 2
42, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 2
43, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) 1
44, Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Colombia) 1
45, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) 1
46, Marsh Cooper (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) 1
47, Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) 1
48, Christopher Juul Jensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 1
49, Timothy Duggan (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 1
King of the Mountains:
1, Matt Cooke (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 46 pts
2, Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team) 30
3, Tyler Wren (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 25
4, Lachlan David Morton (Garmin-Sharp) 22
5, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 20
6, Thomas Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 19
7, Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) 18
8, Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 16
9, Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 16
10, Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team) 13
11, Bruno Pires (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 13
12, Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 13
13, Craig Lewis (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) 13
14, Michael Schär (BMC Racing Team) 12
15, Davide Villella (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 11
16, Simon Geschke (Team Argos-Shimano) 10
17, Damiano Caruso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 9
18, Luis Enrique Davila (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 8
19, Ian Burnett (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) 7
20, Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) 6
21, Ben Jacques-Maynes (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 6
22, Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Leopard) 5
23, Tiago Machado (RadioShack Leopard) 5
24, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 5
25, Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) 5
26, Gregory Brenes Obando (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) 4
27, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team) 4
28, Lucas Euser (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) 3
29, Danny Pate (Sky Procycling) 3
30, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) 3
31, Carson Miller (Jamis-Hagens Berman) 3
32, Chad Beyer (Champion System Pro Cycling Team) 2
33, Timothy Duggan (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 2
34, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team) 1
35, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) 1
Young riders:
1, Lachlan David Morton (Garmin-Sharp 2) at 2 hours 41 mins 22 secs
2, Lawson Craddock (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 1 min 8 secs
3, George Bennett (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 min 24 secs
4, Nathan Wilson (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 2 mins 26 secs
5, James Oram (Bontrager Cycling Team) at 3 mins 11 secs
6, Jesper Hansen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 7 mins 56 secs
7, Lawrence Warbasse (BMC Racing Team) at 8 mins 19 secs
8, Tobias Ludvigsson (Team Argos-Shimano) at 16 mins 51 secs
9, Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 17 mins 12 secs
10, Davide Villella (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 21 mins 12 secs
Teams:
1, BMC Racing Team 68 hours 42 secs
2, Garmin-Sharp, at 5 mins 30 secs
3, Bontrager Cycling Team, at 9 mins 46 secs
4, Champion System Pro Cycling Team, at 14 mins 50 secs
5, Team Saxo -Tinkoff, at 15 mins 51 secs
6, Radioshack Leopard, at 17 mins 21 secs
7, Colombia, at 17 mins 48 secs
8, Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team, at 20 mins 22 secs
9, Cannondale, at 25 mins 44 secs
10, Jelly Belly P/B Kenda, at 37 mins 6 secs
11, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 41 mins 32 secs
12, Jamis - Hagens Berman, at 43 mins 34 secs
13, Sky Procycling, at 45 mins 21 secs
14, Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 54 mins 23 secs
15, Team Novo Nordisk, at 55 mins 20 secs
16, Team Argos-Shimano, at 1 hours 10 mins 13 secs