Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2015 Tour de Suisse
Table title:
Classification leadership
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Stage </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Winner </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > General classification A yellow jersey. </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mountains classification A light blue jersey. </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Points classification A black jersey. </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Team classification </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Combativity award </th></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tom Dumoulin </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=4 > Tom Dumoulin </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > not awarded </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Tom Dumoulin </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > IAM Cycling </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tom Dumoulin </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kristijan Đurasek </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Luka Pibernik </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Astana </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Cameron Meyer </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Peter Sagan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=7 > Stefan Denifl </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Daniel Moreno </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Team Sky </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Stefan Denifl </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Michael Matthews </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=6 > Peter Sagan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Astana </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas De Gendt </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thibaut Pinot </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=4 > Thibaut Pinot </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=5 > Team Sky </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Marek Rutkiewicz </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alexander Kristoff </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Michał Kwiatkowski </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alexey Lutsenko </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alexey Lutsenko </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tom Dumoulin </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Simon Špilak </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tom Dumoulin </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Final </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Simon Špilak </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Stefan Denifl </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Peter Sagan </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Team Sky </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > not awarded </th></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who were the contenders for the general classification?
Answer:
Contenders for the general classification were Simon Špilak, Thibaut Pinot, Tom Dumoulin.