Gretsch vandt i Colorado

Etapen blev kørt på en 8 kilometer lang rute i Colorado Springs. Tyskeren brugte otte minutter og 27 sekunder på dette, hvor var to sekunder mere Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) på andenpladsen og fire mere end nummer tre, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team).

Tre af løbets største samlede favoritter Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack), Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) og Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) sluttede som nummer syv, otte og ni med 8-9 sekunders tidstab til Gretsch.

Resultat af prolog

1 Patrick Gretsch - HTC-Highroad 8.28
2 Christian Vande Velde - Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.02
3 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 0.04
4 Robert Förster - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.05
5 Jens Voigt - Leopard Trek 0.07
6 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team
7 Levi Leipheimer - Team RadioShack 0.08
8 Tejay Van Garderen - HTC-Highroad
9 Cadel Evans - BMC Racing Team
10 Ryan Roth - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.10
11 Danny Pate - HTC-Highroad 0.11
12 Jeffry Louder - BMC Racing Team
13 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar - Team Exergy 0.13
14 Adrian Hegyvary - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.14
15 Rory Sutherland - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.15
16 David Zabriskie - Team Garmin-Cervelo
17 Benjamin King - Team RadioShack 0.16
18 Stef Clement - Rabobank Cycling Team
19 Francois Parisien - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.17
20 Thomas Danielson - Team Garmin-Cervelo
21 Robert Gesink - Rabobank Cycling Team 0.18
22 Ben Hermans - Team RadioShack 0.20
23 Scott Zwizanski - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
24 Gustav Larsson - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.21
25 Daniel Summerhill - Team Garmin-Cervelo
26 Ivan Rovny - Team RadioShack 0.22
27 Peter Stetina - Team Garmin-Cervelo
28 Jay Robert Thomson - Bissell Cycling 0.23
29 Ryder Hesjedal - Team Garmin-Cervelo
30 Jonathan Clarke - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.24
31 Frank Kevin Pipp - Bissell Cycling 0.26
32 Daniel Oss - Liquigas-Cannondale
33 David Boily - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
34 Rob Britton - Bissell Cycling
35 Andrew Randell - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.27
36 Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 0.28
37 Lachlan Norris - HTC-Highroad 0.29
38 Hayden Roulston - HTC-Highroad 0.30
39 Michael Mørkøv - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.31
40 Bradley White - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
41 Sander Oostlander - Skil - Shimano 0.32
42 Oscar Sevilla Ribera - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
43 Jeremy Vennell - Bissell Cycling
44 Giovanni Manuel Baez Alvarez - EPM - UNE 0.33
45 Stefan Denifl - Leopard Trek
46 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez - EPM - UNE
47 Chris Barton - BMC Racing Team
48 Martin Mortensen - Leopard Trek
49 Edward King - Liquigas-Cannondale
50 Vladimir Efimkin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0.34
51 Dmitriy Muravyev - Team RadioShack
52 William Dickeson - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.35
53 Nic Hamilton - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
54 Davide Cimolai - Liquigas-Cannondale
55 Sylvester Szmyd - Liquigas-Cannondale 0.36
56 Fred Rodriguez - Team Exergy
57 Andy Schleck - Leopard Trek
58 Ben Jacques-Maynes - Bissell Cycling 0.37
59 Philip Deignan - Team RadioShack
60 Fränk Schleck - Leopard Trek
61 Elia Viviani - Liquigas-Cannondale
62 Peter Velits - HTC-Highroad 0.38
63 George Bennett - Team RadioShack
64 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
65 Sam Johnson - Team Exergy
66 Timothy Duggan - Liquigas-Cannondale
67 Daniel Lloyd - Team Garmin-Cervelo
68 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.39
69 Alastair Loutit - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
70 Rafael Infantino Abreu - EPM - UNE 0.40
71 Christopher Baldwin - Bissell Cycling 0.41
72 Javier Megias Leal - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
73 Jonathan Patrick McCarty - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
74 Jason McCartney - Team RadioShack
75 Paul Mach - Bissell Cycling 0.42
76 Matt Cooke - Team Exergy
77 Davide Frattini - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
78 Laurent Didier - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.43
79 Bruno Langlois - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
80 Thomas Peterson - Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.44
81 Valeriy Kobzarenko - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
82 Alex Hagman - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
83 Andrès Miguel Diaz Corrales - Team Exergy 0.45
84 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
85 Brian Vandborg - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.47
86 Christopher Jones - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
87 Anders Lund - Leopard Trek 0.48
88 Carlos Fernando Piamonte Rodriguez - EPM - UNE 0.49
89 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
90 Kai Applequist - Team Exergy 0.50
91 Craig Lewis - HTC-Highroad
92 André Steensen - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.51
93 Caleb Fairly - HTC-Highroad
94 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
95 Laurens Ten Dam - Rabobank Cycling Team 0.52
96 Thimothy Roe - BMC Racing Team
97 Ivan Basso - Liquigas-Cannondale
98 Juraj Sagan - Liquigas-Cannondale
99 Lucas Euser - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.53
100 Bruno Pires - Leopard Trek 0.54
101 Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega - EPM - UNE
102 Alexander Efimkin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0.55
103 Chris Butler - BMC Racing Team
104 William Dugan - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0.56
105 Ken Hanson - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
106 Tobias Ludvigsson - Skil - Shimano 0.57
107 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez - EPM - UNE 0.58
108 Fabio Calabria - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
109 Andrew Dahlheim - Bissell Cycling 0.59
110 Edward Stiver Ortiz Caro - EPM - UNE
111 Flavio De Luna - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
112 Kenny Robert Van Hummel - Skil - Shimano 1.01
113 Sergio Hernandez - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
114 Oscar Alvarez - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
115 Vladimir Efimkin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
116 Grischa Niermann - Rabobank Cycling Team
117 Rafael Montiel - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 1.02
118 Sebastien Salas - Team Exergy 1.03
119 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team 1.04
120 Thierry Hupond - Skil - Shimano 1.08
121 Pieter Weening - Rabobank Cycling Team 1.10
122 Philipp Ries - Skil - Shimano 1.13
123 Erik Slack - Team Exergy 1.14
124 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales - EPM - UNE 1.15
125 Dennis Van Winden - Rabobank Cycling Team 1.19
126 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
127 Daniele Callegarin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 1.20
128 Cristhian Montoya Giraldo - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 1.24
129 Martin Reimer - Skil - Shimano 1.28
130 Thomas Bonnin - Skil - Shimano 2.04

Samlet stilling
1 Patrick Gretsch - HTC-Highroad 8.28
2 Christian Vande Velde - Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.02
3 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 0.04
4 Robert Förster - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.05
5 Jens Voigt - Leopard Trek 0.07
6 George Hincapie - BMC Racing Team
7 Levi Leipheimer - Team RadioShack 0.08
8 Tejay Van Garderen - HTC-Highroad
9 Cadel Evans - BMC Racing Team
10 Ryan Roth - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.10
11 Danny Pate - HTC-Highroad 0.11
12 Jeffry Louder - BMC Racing Team
13 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar - Team Exergy 0.13
14 Adrian Hegyvary - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.14
15 Rory Sutherland - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.15
16 David Zabriskie - Team Garmin-Cervelo
17 Benjamin King - Team RadioShack 0.16
18 Stef Clement - Rabobank Cycling Team
19 Francois Parisien - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.17
20 Thomas Danielson - Team Garmin-Cervelo
21 Robert Gesink - Rabobank Cycling Team 0.18
22 Ben Hermans - Team RadioShack 0.20
23 Scott Zwizanski - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
24 Gustav Larsson - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.21
25 Daniel Summerhill - Team Garmin-Cervelo
26 Ivan Rovny - Team RadioShack 0.22
27 Peter Stetina - Team Garmin-Cervelo
28 Jay Robert Thomson - Bissell Cycling 0.23
29 Ryder Hesjedal - Team Garmin-Cervelo
30 Jonathan Clarke - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0.24
31 Frank Kevin Pipp - Bissell Cycling 0.26
32 Daniel Oss - Liquigas-Cannondale
33 David Boily - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
34 Rob Britton - Bissell Cycling
35 Andrew Randell - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.27
36 Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 0.28
37 Lachlan Norris - HTC-Highroad 0.29
38 Hayden Roulston - HTC-Highroad 0.30
39 Michael Mørkøv - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.31
40 Bradley White - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
41 Sander Oostlander - Skil - Shimano 0.32
42 Oscar Sevilla Ribera - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
43 Jeremy Vennell - Bissell Cycling
44 Giovanni Manuel Baez Alvarez - EPM - UNE 0.33
45 Stefan Denifl - Leopard Trek
46 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez - EPM - UNE
47 Chris Barton - BMC Racing Team
48 Martin Mortensen - Leopard Trek
49 Edward King - Liquigas-Cannondale
50 Vladimir Efimkin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0.34
51 Dmitriy Muravyev - Team RadioShack
52 William Dickeson - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.35
53 Nic Hamilton - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
54 Davide Cimolai - Liquigas-Cannondale
55 Sylvester Szmyd - Liquigas-Cannondale 0.36
56 Fred Rodriguez - Team Exergy
57 Andy Schleck - Leopard Trek
58 Ben Jacques-Maynes - Bissell Cycling 0.37
59 Philip Deignan - Team RadioShack
60 Fränk Schleck - Leopard Trek
61 Elia Viviani - Liquigas-Cannondale
62 Peter Velits - HTC-Highroad 0.38
63 George Bennett - Team RadioShack
64 Bernard Van Ulden - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
65 Sam Johnson - Team Exergy
66 Timothy Duggan - Liquigas-Cannondale
67 Daniel Lloyd - Team Garmin-Cervelo
68 Daniel Navarro Garcia - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.39
69 Alastair Loutit - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
70 Rafael Infantino Abreu - EPM - UNE 0.40
71 Christopher Baldwin - Bissell Cycling 0.41
72 Javier Megias Leal - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
73 Jonathan Patrick McCarty - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
74 Jason McCartney - Team RadioShack
75 Paul Mach - Bissell Cycling 0.42
76 Matt Cooke - Team Exergy
77 Davide Frattini - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
78 Laurent Didier - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.43
79 Bruno Langlois - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
80 Thomas Peterson - Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.44
81 Valeriy Kobzarenko - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
82 Alex Hagman - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
83 Andrès Miguel Diaz Corrales - Team Exergy 0.45
84 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
85 Brian Vandborg - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.47
86 Christopher Jones - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
87 Anders Lund - Leopard Trek 0.48
88 Carlos Fernando Piamonte Rodriguez - EPM - UNE 0.49
89 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
90 Kai Applequist - Team Exergy 0.50
91 Craig Lewis - HTC-Highroad
92 André Steensen - Saxo Bank Sungard 0.51
93 Caleb Fairly - HTC-Highroad
94 Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
95 Laurens Ten Dam - Rabobank Cycling Team 0.52
96 Thimothy Roe - BMC Racing Team
97 Ivan Basso - Liquigas-Cannondale
98 Juraj Sagan - Liquigas-Cannondale
99 Lucas Euser - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.53
100 Bruno Pires - Leopard Trek 0.54
101 Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega - EPM - UNE
102 Alexander Efimkin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0.55
103 Chris Butler - BMC Racing Team
104 William Dugan - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0.56
105 Ken Hanson - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
106 Tobias Ludvigsson - Skil - Shimano 0.57
107 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez - EPM - UNE 0.58
108 Fabio Calabria - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
109 Andrew Dahlheim - Bissell Cycling 0.59
110 Edward Stiver Ortiz Caro - EPM - UNE
111 Flavio De Luna - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
112 Kenny Robert Van Hummel - Skil - Shimano 1.01
113 Sergio Hernandez - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
114 Oscar Alvarez - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
115 Vladimir Efimkin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi
116 Grischa Niermann - Rabobank Cycling Team
117 Rafael Montiel - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 1.02
118 Sebastien Salas - Team Exergy 1.03
119 Chad Beyer - BMC Racing Team 1.04
120 Thierry Hupond - Skil - Shimano 1.08
121 Pieter Weening - Rabobank Cycling Team 1.10
122 Philipp Ries - Skil - Shimano 1.13
123 Erik Slack - Team Exergy 1.14
124 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales - EPM - UNE 1.15
125 Dennis Van Winden - Rabobank Cycling Team 1.19
126 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia
127 Daniele Callegarin - Team Type 1 - Sanofi 1.20
128 Cristhian Montoya Giraldo - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 1.24
129 Martin Reimer - Skil - Shimano 1.28
130 Thomas Bonnin - Skil - Shimano 2.04

Ungdomskonkurrencen
1 Tejay Van Garderen - HTC-Highroad 8.35
2 Benjamin King - Team RadioShack 0.08
3 Daniel Summerhill - Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.13
4 David Boily - Team Spidertech Powered By C10 0.18
5 Chris Barton - BMC Racing Team 0.25
6 Davide Cimolai - Liquigas-Cannondale 0.27
7 Elia Viviani - Liquigas-Cannondale 0.29
8 George Bennett - Team RadioShack 0.30
9 Alastair Loutit - Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0.31
10 Thimothy Roe - BMC Racing Team 0.44
11 Juraj Sagan - Liquigas-Cannondale
12 Chris Butler - BMC Racing Team 0.47
13 Tobias Ludvigsson - Skil - Shimano 0.49
14 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez - EPM - UNE 0.50
15 Andrew Dahlheim - Bissell Cycling 0.51
16 Flavio De Luna - Team Spidertech Powered By C10
17 Philipp Ries - Skil - Shimano 1.05
18 Erik Slack - Team Exergy 1.06
19 Cristhian Montoya Giraldo - Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antioquia 1.16
20 Thomas Bonnin - Skil - Shimano 1.56

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