California: ultima tappa a Schleck, Leipheimer in trionfo

| 23/02/2009 | 09:14
Frank Schleck ha vinto l'ottava e ultima tappa del Giro della California, precedendo di due secondi Vincenzo Nibali. La vittoria finale è andata per la terza volta in carriera all'americano Levi Leipheimer che ha preceduto il connazionale Zabriskie e l'australiano Rogers. Lance Armstrong si è piazzato al settimo posto mentre il vincitore dell'ultimo Tour, Carlos Sastre, si è ritirato nel corso dell'ultima tappa. Ordine d'arrivo 1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3.48.39 (41.334 km/h) 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.02 3 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.40 4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 13 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 14 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 19 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 24 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 27 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 28 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 29 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 30 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 31 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.54 33 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 8.41 34 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 35 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 41 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 42 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 43 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 44 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 45 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 48 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing 49 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15.11 51 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 52 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 53 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 54 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 55 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 56 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 58 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 59 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 60 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 61 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 62 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 63 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 64 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 65 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 67 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 68 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 69 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 70 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia 71 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 72 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 73 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 74 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 75 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 76 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 77 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 78 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 79 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 80 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 81 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 84 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team DNF Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank DNF Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step DNF Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas DNF Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas DNF Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis DNF Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis DNF Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling DNF Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia DNF Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing Classifica finale 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 31.28.21 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.36 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.45 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.10 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.29 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.37 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1.46 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.54 9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.24 10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 2.48 11 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 2.57 12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3.19 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 3.37 14 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 4.15 15 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.19 16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5.44 17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6.08 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 6.25 19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6.56 20 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 7.55 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8.16 22 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 10.14 23 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 10.26 24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.47 25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11.09 26 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 12.22 27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 13.02 28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 16.30 29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17.18 30 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 17.57 31 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 18.44 32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 19.12 33 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 19.15 34 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 20.11 35 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 20.51 36 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.23 37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 21.46 38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 23.23 39 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 23.46 40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 23.56 41 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 24.18 42 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 26.48 43 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 26.56 44 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 27.35 45 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 28.53 46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 29.53 47 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 30.20 48 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.57 49 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 35.02 50 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35.13 51 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 36.53 52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 37.33 53 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 37.42 54 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 38.42 55 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 39.22 56 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing 40.15 57 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 40.36 58 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 40.52 59 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 42.24 60 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 42.25 61 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 42.51 62 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 43.34 63 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 43.48 64 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 46.29 65 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 47.00 66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 47.17 67 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 47.24 68 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 47.32 69 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 47.45 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 47.48 71 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 48.15 72 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 48.17 73 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 49.10 74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 49.21 75 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 49.32 76 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia 50.47 77 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 51.13 78 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 51.59 79 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 53.55 80 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 56.29 81 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.00.35 82 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 1.01.23 83 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 1.03.56 84 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light 1.09.46 da cyclingnews.com