2009 Tour of Missouri - Final - Zabriskie Takes His First Ever Stage Race Victory

Dave Zabriskie held on to his 30 second time gap through Saturday’s Stage 6 and today’s final stage to take the overall win, his first stage race overall win of his professional career. Ã‚Â Photo above from Graham Watson’s gallery of pics from the event…check out the full gallery here.

Stage 7, the final stage, was a 7-lap circuit race around a 10.2-mile circuit in Kansas City. Ã‚Â With the peloton facing relentless attacks, including one with five to six riders (depending on the lap) that managed to stay away for a few laps, it was not a ceremonial ride around as are many stage races on their last day.

Garmin used up teammates Saturday and Sunday to keep Zabriskie in the lead, with Will Frischkorn pushing himself to the breaking point on Saturday and Mike Friedman, Jason Donald and Steven Cozza all pushing Sunday’s pace so hard they pulled out before the finish. Ã‚Â Zabriskie finished with just two teammates crossing the finish line on the final lap.

Speaking of the finish line, Canadian Martin Gilbert (Planet Energy) outsprinted Andrew Pinfold (Ouch-Maxxis) and Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) for the stage win. Ã‚Â Hushovd retained the Green Jersey lead, largely uncontested by the end since J.J. Haedo and Mark Cavendish had both previously dropped out of the race.

Check out Velonews for a full race report, and hit ‘more’ to see the final overall standings…

POS		NAME	TEAM	TIME	GAP
1.	USA	ZABRISKIE David	Garmin-Slipstream	22.26’56”
2.	SWE	LARSSON Gustav	Team Saxo Bank	22.27’26”	30″
3.	ITA	PINOTTI Marco	Team Columbia-HTC	22.27’38”	42″
4.	USA	ZIRBEL Tom	Bissell Pro Cycling	22.27’40”	44″
5.	ITA	CATALDO Dario	Quick Step	22.27’58”	1’02”
6.	USA	LEIPHEIMER Levi	Astana	22.28’05”	1’09”
7.	USA	JACQUES-MAYNES Ben	Bissell Pro Cycling	22.28’09”	1’13”
8.	BEL	CORNU Dominique	Quick Step	22.28’11”	1’15”
9.	DEN	BAK Lars Ytting	Team Saxo Bank	22.28’12”	1’16”
10.	AUS	SUTHERLAND Rory	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.28’18”	1’22”
11.	SLO	BRAJKOVIC Janez	Astana	22.28’26”	1’30”
12.	DEN	VANDBORG Brian	Liquigas	22.28’27”	1’31”
13.	USA	MCCARTNEY Jason	Team Saxo Bank	22.28’27”	1’31”
14.	USA	ZWIZANSKI Scott	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.28’28”	1’32”
15.	NZL	VENNELL Jeremy	Bissell Pro Cycling	22.28’37”	1’41”
16.	AUS	ROGERS Michael	Team Columbia-HTC	22.28’39”	1’43”
17.	USA	DUGGAN Timothy	Garmin-Slipstream	22.28’39”	1’43”
18.	SUI	FREI Thomas	BMC Racing Team	22.28’42”	1’46”
19.	USA	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC Racing Team	22.28’46”	1’50”
20.	NZL	LATHAM Peter	Bissell Pro Cycling	22.28’51”	1’55”
21.	ITA	OSS Daniel	Liquigas	22.28’54”	1’58”
22.	DEN	SORENSEN Nicki	Team Saxo Bank	22.28’58”	2’02”
23.	USA	PATE Danny	Garmin-Slipstream	22.29’01”	2’05”
24.	CAN	BARRY Michael	Team Columbia-HTC	22.29’02”	2’06”
25.	USA	CREED Michael	Team Type 1	22.29’04”	2’08”
26.	SUI	WYSS Marcel	Cervelo Test Team	22.29’09”	2’13”
27.	USA	HINCAPIE George	Team Columbia-HTC	22.29’11”	2’15”
28.	RSA	LILL Darren	Team Type 1	22.29’12”	2’16”
29.	USA	CRUZ Antonio	BMC Racing Team	22.29’13”	2’17”
30.	CAN	VEILLEUX David	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.29’14”	2’18”
31.	CUB	ROMERO AMARAN Luis	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.29’15”	2’19”
32.	USA	BALDWIN Christopher	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.29’20”	2’24”
33.	AUS	LANCASTER Brett	Cervelo Test Team	22.29’24”	2’28”
34.	USA	STEWART Jackson	BMC Racing Team	22.29’30”	2’34”
35.	USA	MUMFORD Reid	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.29’32”	2’36”
36.	KAZ	DYACHENKO Alexandr	Astana	22.29’37”	2’41”
37.	AUS	MENZIES Karl	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.29’47”	2’51Ã¢â‚¬Â
38.	CAN	ROTH Ryan	Planet Energy	22.29’56”	3’00”
39.	USA	CANDELARIO Alex	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.29’59”	3’03”
40.	SUI	WYSS Danilo	BMC Racing Team	22.30’00”	3’04”
41.	DEN	VEDEL KVIST Thomas	Quick Step	22.30’01”	3’05”
42.	KAZ	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	22.30’02”	3’06”
43.	UKR	KOBZARENKO Valery	Team Type 1	22.30’03”	3’07”
44.	MEX	ALDAPE CHAVEZ Moises	Team Type 1	22.30’04”	3’08”
45.	USA	LANDIS Floyd	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.30’24”	3’28”
46.	NOR	HUSHOVD Thor	Cervelo Test Team	22.30’28”	3’32”
47.	USA	POWERS Jeremy	Jelly Belly Cycling Team	22.30’29”	3’33”
48.	CAN	PINFOLD Andrew	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.30’37”	3’41”
49.	GER	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Cervelo Test Team	22.30’43”	3’47”
50.	USA	COLBY Anthony	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.30’59”	4’03”
51.	USA	BAJADALI Andrew	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.31’05”	4’09”
52.	AUS	WILSON Matthew	Team Type 1	22.31’08”	4’12”
53.	USA	REIJNEN Kiel	Jelly Belly Cycling Team	22.31’14”	4’18”
54.	USA	JOHNSON Timothy	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.31’18”	4’22”
55.	DEN	SORENSEN Chris Anker	Team Saxo Bank	22.31’19”	4’23”
56.	BLR	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	Team Columbia-HTC	22.31’21”	4’25”
57.	USA	BOWMAN Dan	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.31’22”	4’26”
58.	ESP	NOVOA MENEDEZ Joaquin	Cervelo Test Team	22.31’47”	4’51”
59.	USA	LOUDER Jeffry	BMC Racing Team	22.31’50”	4’54”
60.	USA	GUPTILL Andrew	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.31’50”	4’54”
61.	CAN	GILBERT Martin	Planet Energy	22.31’54”	4’58”
62.	SUI	FRANK Mathias	BMC Racing Team	22.32’03”	5’07”
63.	ARG	HAEDO Lucas Sebastian	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.32’03”	5’07”
64.	USA	LEWIS Craig	Team Columbia-HTC	22.32’09”	5’13”
65.	NED	ENGELS Addy	Quick Step	22.32’10”	5’14”
66.	USA	SHIRLEY Neil	Kelly Benefit Strategies	22.32’12”	5’16”
67.	CAN	BOIVIN Guillaume	Planet Energy	22.32’14”	5’18”
68.	USA	MURPHY John	Ouch Presented By Maxxis	22.32’17”	5’21”
69.	SUI	STALDER Florian	BMC Racing Team	22.32’20”	5’24Ã¢â‚¬Â
70.	SWE	LJUNGQVIST Marcus	Team Saxo Bank	22.32’26”	5’30”
71.	GER	KLIER Andreas	Cervelo Test Team	22.32’33”	5’37”
72.	USA	WAMSLEY Kyle	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.32’38”	5’42”
73.	USA	KING Edward	Cervelo Test Team	22.32’39”	5’43”
74.	USA	PIPP Frank	Bissell Pro Cycling	22.32’45”	5’49”
75.	BEL	ROBERT Frederique	Quick Step	22.32’47”	5’51”
76.	SUI	MORABITO Steve	Astana	22.32’51”	5’55”
77.	ITA	FRATTINI Davide	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.32’59”	6’03”
78.	AUT	EISEL Bernhard	Team Columbia-HTC	22.33’58”	7’02”
79.	CAN	LACOMBE Kevin	Planet Energy	22.34’03”	7’07”
80.	GBR	HUNT Jeremy	Cervelo Test Team	22.34’13”	7’17”
81.	AUS	CALABRIA Fabio	Team Type 1	22.34’14”	7’18”
82.	CAN	RANDELL Andrew	Planet Energy	22.34’36”	7’40”
83.	CAN	LANGLOIS Bruno	Planet Energy	22.34’39”	7’43”
84.	USA	MILNE Shawn	Team Type 1	22.34’40”	7’44”
85.	USA	JONES Christopher	Team Type 1	22.34’48”	7’52”
86.	SUI	RAST Gregory	Astana	22.35’52”	8’56”
87.	ITA	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Liquigas	22.35’53”	8’57”
88.	CAN	ROUTLEY Will	Jelly Belly Cycling Team	22.37’17”	10’21”
89.	GER	VOIGT Jens	Team Saxo Bank	22.37’42”	10’46”
90.	AUS	RICE Matthew	Jelly Belly Cycling Team	22.38’18”	11’22”
91.	CAN	PARISIEN Francois	Planet Energy	22.39’17”	12’21”
92.	USA	WREN Tyler	Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light	22.39’34”	12’38”
93.	ITA	CHICCHI Francesco	Liquigas	22.40’13”	13’17”
94.	ITA	VANOTTI Alessandro	Liquigas	22.44’17”	17’21”
95.	USA	COZZA Steven*	Garmin-Slipstream	22.45’20”	18’24”