Stage 1 of the Tour of Missouri found the racers circuiting the city of St. Louis for 75 miles. Mark Cavendish, with leadout by “Captain America”, George Hincapie, won the bunch sprint finish. Here are the top 100 finishers:
Stage 1 Top 100 Finishers
September 7, 2009: St. Louis – St. Louis (120 km):
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-HTC 02:43:56
2 J.J. Haedo AGR Team Saxo Bank
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam
4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
5 Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy
6 Sebastian Haedo Lucas (Arg) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
7 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
8 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
9 John Murphy (USA) OUCH-Maxxis
10 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
11 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
12 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
14 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH-Maxxis
15 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
16 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
17 Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step
18 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
20 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas
21 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
22 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank
23 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
24 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step
25 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam
26 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet Energy
27 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
28 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
29 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
30 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
31 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
32 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy
33 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team
34 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-HTC
36 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
37 Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
38 Bradley White (USA) OUCH-Maxxis
39 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
40 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
41 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank
42 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-HTC
43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
44 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
45 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
46 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
47 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
48 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
50 Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy
51 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
52 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step
53 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
54 Edward King (USA) Cervélo TestTeam
55 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam
56 Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
57 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC
58 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH-Maxxis
59 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team
60 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
61 Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1
62 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH-Maxxis
63 Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step
64 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
65 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
66 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
67 Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1
68 Anker Sorensen Chris (Den) Team Saxo Bank
69 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC
70 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
71 Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
72 Bradley Huff Charles (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
73 Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy
74 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
75 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
76 Andrew Randell (Can) Planet Energy
77 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
78 Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet Energy
79 Christopher Baldwin (USA) OUCH-Maxxis
80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
81 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
82 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
83 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
84 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
85 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
86 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
87 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia-HTC
88 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
89 Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH-Maxxis
90 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
91 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
92 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas
93 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
94 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
95 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
96 Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
97 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
98 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
99 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
Or you an go to the official ToM website for a more detailed report.
Today finds the peloton heading along the Mississippi from St, Genevieve to Cape Girardeau. This route will offer the racers their first taste of state’s rolling hills and scenic countryside. Some early KOM hills and a technical finish on Cape’s riverfront should provide a challenge for the day’s winner. Go here to see a stage profile and more information about the route and the cities along it.
Be sure to check out universalsports.com at 3:00PM EDT for on live streaming coverage of the event. Paul Sherwen is doing the play by play and it’s a treat to hear him. You can also follow the goings on via #ToM on twitter. As always, results will be posted here either tonight OR tomorrow along with a stage 3 preview.
