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#181

Posted on 07-05-2012 22:04

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I Know! I reckon his fitness must've gone...

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#182

Posted on 08-05-2012 00:02

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Stage 19

One of just 2 more mountain days that remain, as we finally see the Alps drawing to a close, I wouldn't be surprised to see another breakaway victor today as teams reach there last legs, and positions begin to look more stable.

Once again, those teams which have been decimated by the Alps made up a large part of the break today, names such as Lagutin, joined German NC Christian Knees, Kuschynski, and Luca Mazzanti out in front, as part of a 8man group.

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The break held 9minutes lead at the base of the climb, 25km from home, but the numbers and speeds were both falling, Knees had made a small attack, which reduced the group to just 5, and 3 more of these were falling away...

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12km from home, you'll never guess who it was attacking, Yup... Scarponi he soloed away, Horner tried to give chase, along with Jakob Fuglsang. Jakob quickly fell away, and Horner found himself stranded between Scarpo and the Pack.

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It was a measure of how little the break had left, that with 4km of the climb left, both Horner and Scarponi had passed several of the 8 original members, for once however, the Lampre man wouldn't come past every one, he takes 4th place on the day.

Out in front, Christian Knees is able to hang on and pick up a second consecutive stage win for Sky! In the end, he dropped all but Kuschynski of Katusha who could do no more than hang on for second place.

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Chris Horner managed to close to a large proportion of the break as well, he finishes 1'22 behind Scarponi, whose lead stands at 9'55 going into day 20. More importantly however, was the gap of 50" between Horner, and Garzelli. This goes a long way towards finally securing second place. Great ride from Chris!

Stage Results

1	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	5h42'52
2	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 12
3	Paolo Tiralongo	Pro Team Astana	+ 34
4	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	+ 1'41
5	Luca Mazzanti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
6	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'56
7	Addy Engels	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'03
8	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	s.t.
9	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 3'45
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.

Spoiler:

11	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 3'53
12	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
13	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	s.t.
14	Jakob Fuglsang	Leopard Trek	+ 4'05
15	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
17	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
18	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
19	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
20	Mikel Nieve	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
21	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
23	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
24	Nicki Sørensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 5'04
25	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 5'12
26	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
28	Morris Possoni	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
29	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
30	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'28
31	Simon Spilak	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
32	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	+ 5'36
33	Rubén Plaza	Movistar Team	+ 5'44
34	Stefan Denifl	Leopard Trek	+ 6'24
35	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
36	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
37	José Serpa	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
38	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
39	Kevin De Weert	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 6'32
40	Philip Deignan	Team RadioShack	s.t.
41	Óscar Pujol	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
42	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	s.t.
43	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
44	Alessandro Bisolti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
45	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 6'40
46	Iván Velasco	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
47	Patrik Sinkewitz	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
48	Peter Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
49	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
50	Giovanni Visconti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
51	Andrea Noè	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	s.t.
52	Christophe Riblon	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 7'28
53	José Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	+ 7'36
54	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
55	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
56	Vladimir Miholjevic	Acqua & Sapone	+ 7'44
57	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
58	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Dario Cioni	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
60	Kanstantsin Siutsou	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
61	Xabier Zandio	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
62	Volodymir Gustov	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
63	Aitor Pérez Arrieta	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
64	Massimo Codol	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
65	David Zabriskie	Exxon Duke	+ 7'52
66	José Iván Gutiérrez	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
68	Carlos Betancourt	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
69	Ben Hermans	Team RadioShack	s.t.
70	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	s.t.
71	Andrey Kashechkin	Lampre - ISD	+ 8'00
72	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - ISD	+ 8'48
73	Andrea Masciarelli	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
74	Sylwester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 9'04
75	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 9'20
76	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	+ 9'28
77	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard Trek	s.t.
78	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 9'36
79	Rémy Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
80	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	+ 9'44
81	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 9'52
82	Bernardo Colex	Exxon Duke	+ 10'00
83	Cayetano Sarmiento	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
84	Bruno Pires	Leopard Trek	+ 10'08
85	Evgeni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 10'16
86	Bert Grabsch	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
87	Michel Kreder	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 10'24
88	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
89	Simon Clarke	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
90	Manuel Cardoso	Team RadioShack	+ 10'32
91	Santo Anza	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Danny Pate	Exxon Duke	+ 10'56
94	Andrew Talansky	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 11'04
95	Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli	+ 11'44
96	Emanuele Vona	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 11'52
97	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
98	Davide Malacarne	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
100	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Exxon Duke	+ 12'00
101	Thomas Rohregger	Leopard Trek	s.t.
102	Kjell Carlström	Sky ProCycling	+ 12'16
103	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
104	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
105	Luca Solari	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
106	Russell Downing	Sky ProCycling	+ 12'24
107	Jürgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
108	Scott Zwizanski	Exxon Duke	+ 12'32
109	Taylor Phinney	Exxon Duke	+ 12'40
110	Grega Bole	Lampre - ISD	+ 17'52
111	Matthew Lloyd	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 21'04
112	Paolo Longo Borghini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
113	Steve Houanard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 21'12
114	Geoffroy Lequatre	Team RadioShack	s.t.
115	David Le Lay	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
116	Mirko Selvaggi	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'20
118	Christian Meier	Exxon Duke	+ 22'32
119	Francisco José Ventoso	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
121	Sep Vanmarcke	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
122	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	+ 22'40
123	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Dominic Klemme	Leopard Trek	s.t.
125	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
126	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
127	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
128	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
129	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	s.t.
130	Stuart O'Grady	Leopard Trek	+ 22'48
131	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 24'40

Top 15 GC

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	85h28'17
2	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	+ 9'55
3	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 11'30
4	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 11'54
5	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 12'27
6	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	+ 14'10
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 15'00
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Leopard Trek	+ 16'03
9	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	+ 16'28
10	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 17'41

Edited by baggieboys32 on 08-05-2012 00:03

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#183

Posted on 08-05-2012 09:17

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Hopefully Horner will secure the second place now

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#184

Posted on 08-05-2012 17:41

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Stage 20

Unfortunately, this stage wouldn't load, I gave up, and detailed simmed the stage, but the result was fortunately favourable!

Horner and Garzelli broke away as a duo towards the top of the days main climb, and carried there advantage all the way to the line, not even Scarponi could keep up today, Garzelli managed to out sprint Chris for the stage, but with the gap still over a minute, the TT seems safe to provide us with 2nd place!

Stage Results

1	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	6h40'23
2	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	s.t.
3	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 20
4	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
5	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 44
6	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 1'00
7	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2'32
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Leopard Trek	s.t.
9	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'40
10	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	+ 4'00
11	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	s.t.
12	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 4'12
13	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	+ 4'36
14	José Iván Gutiérrez	Movistar Team	+ 5'28
15	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 5'40

Stage 21

It's here! 30km around the centre of Milan, are all that stand between the riders, and the end of there pain, Horner brings an advantage of 1'27 over second place, and is 10'30 down on Scarponi, so assuming nothing goes horribly wrong today, we will walk away with second place, winning the race of the "Rest of the Bunch"

Russell Downing was clearly spurred on by his great stage win on St.18, he set a great early time, 48'28.

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His time was looking good until Bert Grabsch of HTC set off, Bert clearly fancied his chances today, and after a slow first third, he really picked up speed, smashing Russ' time, the new benchmark was at 46'24.

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We have several good TTists in our squad, such as Taylor Phinney, it showed just how good Berts' time was, that even Taylor could only just finish within a minute of his time!

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The time set after just 26riders, stood all the way until the top 25! Finally Richie Porte was able to duck under the time, possibly Saxobank would receive something from there otherwise horrific 3weeks in Italy.

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Or not! No sooner had Richie ducked under, did Marco Pinotti shave another 21" off his time! It was clear the route still had something to give, The men with most left in the legs after 3weeks, were able to dent the times of the better straight TTists.

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9" Quicker than Pinotti, came Marzio Bruseghin, he is well placed inside the top 10 of the GC, and this TT looked hard to beat!

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The spanish TT champion, Luis Léon Sanchéz, has had a torrid tour, he was aiming for much more than the 5th place from which he started the day, and his TT showed he meant business, Bruseghin wouldn't be picking up the stage win today! unless anyone could perform a superman ride, this should be good enough! 45'27, a whole 15" quicker than Marzio!

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The last 3 men to set off were Horner, Scarponi and Garzelli, for Michele this was no more than a victory parade around Milan, Horner still had to be wary of the Acqua & Sapone rider, the first of the trio to set off, it was not beyond Garzelli to take second today with a solid TT!

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Garzelli finishes in 3rd place, 33" in front of 9th place Horner, not enough to change the GC, and Chris can celebrate a GT podium, at the Grand old age of 39!

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Scarponi wasn't interested in trying to fight for the stage today, he just enjoyed his lap of Milan, finishing 13th on the day, but I think he's earned the right to relax, his performance here in his native Italy, has been of a different class!

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Stage Results

1	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank Cycling Team	45'27
2	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	+ 15
3	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 21
4	Marco Pinotti	HTC - Highroad	+ 23
5	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 24
6	Jakob Fuglsang	Leopard Trek	+ 31
7	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 37
8	Richie Porte	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 44
9	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	+ 54
10	Bert Grabsch	HTC - Highroad	+ 56

Spoiler:

11	Rubén Plaza	Movistar Team	+ 58
12	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 59
13	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	+ 1'10
14	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 1'17
15	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	+ 1'20
16	David Zabriskie	Exxon Duke	+ 1'21
17	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 1'29
18	José Iván Gutiérrez	Movistar Team	+ 1'33
19	Giovanni Visconti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 1'35
20	Andriy Grivko	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
21	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - ISD	+ 1'39
22	Simon Spilak	Lampre - ISD	+ 1'40
23	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	+ 1'48
24	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	+ 1'51
25	Vasil Kiryienka	Movistar Team	+ 1'53
26	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 1'55
27	Kevin De Weert	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 1'59
29	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Lampre - ISD	+ 2'02
30	Christophe Riblon	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'04
31	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 2'07
32	Andrey Kashechkin	Lampre - ISD	+ 2'09
33	Peter Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 2'11
34	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 2'15
35	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	+ 2'16
36	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
37	Kanstantsin Siutsou	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
38	Patrik Sinkewitz	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 2'22
39	Dario Cioni	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'23
40	Philip Deignan	Team RadioShack	+ 2'26
41	Nicki Sørensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 2'31
42	Evgeni Petrov	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'35
43	Danny Pate	Exxon Duke	+ 2'37
44	Taylor Phinney	Exxon Duke	+ 2'39
45	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Xabier Zandio	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'40
47	Adam Hansen	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 2'43
48	Steve Houanard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
49	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'46
50	Stephen Cummings	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'47
51	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Exxon Duke	s.t.
52	Vladimir Miholjevic	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
53	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'48
54	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre - ISD	+ 2'49
55	Massimo Codol	Acqua & Sapone	+ 2'52
56	Michael Albasini	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
57	Aitor Pérez Arrieta	Lampre - ISD	+ 2'54
58	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'55
59	David Le Lay	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'57
60	Russell Downing	Sky ProCycling	+ 3'01
61	José Rujano	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
62	Ben Hermans	Team RadioShack	+ 3'02
63	Iván Velasco	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'03
64	Stefan Denifl	Leopard Trek	s.t.
65	Jürgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
66	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	+ 3'04
68	Andrea Noè	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 3'05
69	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'06
70	Bruno Pires	Leopard Trek	+ 3'08
71	Volodymir Gustov	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 3'12
72	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3'14
73	Michel Kreder	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 3'15
74	José Serpa	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'16
75	Bernardo Colex	Exxon Duke	+ 3'19
76	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Johann Tschopp	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'20
78	Alessandro Bisolti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 3'23
79	Mikel Nieve	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'25
80	Roman Kireyev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
81	Morris Possoni	Sky ProCycling	+ 3'27
82	Dominic Klemme	Leopard Trek	+ 3'28
83	Scott Zwizanski	Exxon Duke	+ 3'30
84	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 3'32
85	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha Team	+ 3'34
86	Stuart O'Grady	Leopard Trek	+ 3'35
87	Santo Anza	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
89	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	+ 3'36
90	Simon Clarke	Pro Team Astana	+ 3'40
91	Sep Vanmarcke	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 3'41
92	Davide Malacarne	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Carlos Betancourt	Acqua & Sapone	+ 3'42
94	Grega Bole	Lampre - ISD	+ 3'43
95	Joan Horrach	Katusha Team	s.t.
96	Andrew Talansky	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
97	Kjell Carlström	Sky ProCycling	+ 3'45
98	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'49
99	Alessandro Bertolini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'51
100	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	s.t.
101	Addy Engels	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'55
102	Paolo Tiralongo	Pro Team Astana	+ 3'56
103	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	+ 3'59
104	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard Trek	s.t.
105	Óscar Pujol	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4'00
106	Francisco José Ventoso	Movistar Team	+ 4'03
107	Cayetano Sarmiento	Acqua & Sapone	s.t.
108	Luca Mazzanti	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 4'04
109	Emanuele Vona	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 4'05
110	Thomas Rohregger	Leopard Trek	s.t.
111	Manuel Cardoso	Team RadioShack	+ 4'06
112	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'07
113	Roberto Ferrari	Androni Giocattoli	+ 4'10
114	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'11
115	Sylwester Szmyd	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 4'12
116	Geoffroy Lequatre	Team RadioShack	+ 4'13
117	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
118	Rémy Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 4'15
119	Francesco Failli	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	+ 4'19
120	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Katusha Team	+ 4'20
121	Matthew Lloyd	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 4'21
122	Mirko Selvaggi	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'23
123	Francesco Ginanni	Androni Giocattoli	+ 4'28
124	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'46
125	Andrea Masciarelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 4'52
126	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'57
127	Luca Solari	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
128	Riccardo Chiarini	Androni Giocattoli	+ 5'04
129	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'16
130	Paolo Longo Borghini	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5'28
131	Christian Meier	Exxon Duke	+ 5'36

The honours on this the final day, go to Luis Sanchéz after a very solid TT this ride also moves him up into 4th place on the overall, moving past Vinokourov.

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General Classification

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	92h55'37
2	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	+ 9'07
3	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	+ 10'01
4	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 11'14
5	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	+ 12'18
6	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 14'06
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Leopard Trek	+ 17'36
8	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	+ 18'39
9	Haimar Zubeldia	Team RadioShack	+ 21'25
10	Peter Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 21'40

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One name above all others stands out here, finishing almost 10 full minutes ahead of 2nd place, and with 6stage victories enroute, the honours go to Michele Scarponi!

Exxon-Duke have shown our hands all round this season, victories in MSR and La Fléche Wallonne along with victories in the Basque, and nearly in the Santos Tour Down Under, showed we could mix it in the smaller races, but our Veteran Chris Horner has taken on the competition in great form here in Italy, Second place, along with the stage win atop Mt. Etna!

Sadly, he never actually got his hands on Pink, but spent a large proportion of the race as KOM leader, before handing over to the relentless Scarponi in week 3.

Points Classification

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	287
2	Luis León Sánchez	Rabobank Cycling Team	203
3	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	186
4	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	181
5	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	171
6	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas - Cannondale	171
7	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	126
8	Damiano Cunego	Lampre - ISD	105
9	Marzio Bruseghin	Movistar Team	104
10	Ivan Basso	Liquigas - Cannondale	73

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The race is just too hard for the sprinters, and the climbers contested the points right from the off, in the end the daylight winner, is once again Michele Scarponi, whilst Sanchéz moves into second place on day 21, following his TT victory.

King of the Mountains

1	Michele Scarponi	Lampre - ISD	84
2	Chris Horner	Exxon Duke	65
3	Stefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	40
4	Danny Pate	Exxon Duke	32
5	Alexandre Vinokourov	Pro Team Astana	25
6	Dario Cioni	Sky ProCycling	21
7	Oliver Zaugg	Leopard Trek	21
8	Óscar Pujol	Omega Pharma - Lotto	20
9	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	20
10	Christian Knees	Sky ProCycling	19

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Chris Horner spent a large proportion of the race as the outright owner of the Maglia Verde, he lost out to Scarponi, riding in green due to Michele's ownership of the Pink. Mention should also go to Danny Pate who made use of several breaks to pick up points, finishing 4th, and spending 3days as KOM leader, over the course of the race!

Youth Classification

1	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 47'22	93h37'51 (1)
2	Simon Spilak	Lampre - ISD	+ 47'07	+ 1'38 (2)
3	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 46'26	+ 9'56 (3)
4	Tejay Van Garderen	HTC - Highroad	+ 47'26	+ 13'26 (4)
5	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	+ 48'22	+ 19'00 (5)
6	Cayetano Sarmiento	Acqua & Sapone	+ 49'30	+ 22'29 (6)
7	Carlos Betancourt	Acqua & Sapone	+ 49'09	+ 27'35 (7)
8	Peter Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 47'38	+ 31'49 (8)
9	Ben Hermans	Team RadioShack	+ 48'29	+ 57'43 (9)
10	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 48'46	+ 1h12'46 (10)

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Steven Kruisjwijk was able to out climb Spilak on the final road day to take over the jersey, meaning we don't see total Lampre domination! We were without a true contender here, but it was nice to see the Rabo rider delivering, they have worked hard during the race, taking home the white jersey, and 4th place overall.

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A Brilliant all round performance by Horner, Well Done Matey

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Cheers Sutty

One question for you! How do you keep up with every single story!

I don't think PCM.Daily has a more dedicated story follower than yourself!

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As the riders finish the Giro, it is time for attention to move onwards once more, this time, It is the Criterium Du Dauphine, a big indicator of form, just shortly before the TdF, and we will be sure to see a strong line up here in France.

Our Squad

Leader: Lance Armstrong
Super-Domestique: T.Danielson, P.Stetina
TM's: M.Aldape B.Colex F.Landis C.Lewis J.Louder

Our squad here in france is built around Lance, he will be our out and out leader in the GC for the TdF, and we are using this as training for our mountain squad. Lance and Tom will work together on the mountainous stages, whilst our up and coming climber, Peter Stetina is given a much freer role than he's had so far this season, with a licence to get involved in breaks, and try and pick up some points if he so chooses.

The competition

Spoiler:

Euskaltel
1. S.Sánchez
2. J.Azanza
3. J.Castroviejo
4. K.Fernández
5. I.Izagirre
6. R.Sicard
7. A.Txurruka
8. P.Urtasun

Leopard
11. A.Schleck
12. D.Bennati
13. B.Feillu
14. L.Gerdemann
15. M.Mortensen
16. F.Schleck
17. J.Voigt
18. F.Wegmann

Exxon
21. L.Armstrong
22. M.Aldape
23. B.Colex
24. T.Danielson
25. F.Landis
26. C.Lewis
27. J.Louder
28. P.Stetina

Katusha
31. J.Rodríguez
32. D.Galimzyanov
33. V.Gusev
34. V.Karpets
35. D.Moreno
36. L.Paolini
37. A.Porsev
38. N.Trussov

The Shack
41. L.Leipheimer
42. F.Beppu
43. M.Busche
44. R.Hunter
45. M.Kwiatkowski
46. R.McEwen
47. D.Muravyev
48. S.Paulinho

Geox
51. C.Sastre
52. T.Alberio
53. M.Brändle
54. D.Colli
55. M.Corti
56. F.Duarte
57. A.Durán
58. F.Felline

Movistar
61. X.Tondo
62. J.V.García Acosta
63. I.Konovalovas
64. Á.Madrazo
65. C.Oyarzun
66. L.Pasamontes
67. J.J.Rojas
68. J.M.Soler

AG2R
71. J.Peraud
72. J.Bérard
73. C.Dessel
74. M.Elmiger
75. J.Gadret
76. S.Hinault
77. S.Minard
78. L.Mondory

Sky
81. R.Urán
82. J.Augustyn
83. M.Barry
84. E.Boasson Hagen
85. R.Downing
86. A.Dowsett
87. C.Froome
88. L.P.Nordhaug

HTC
91. K.Siutsou
92. M.Cavendish
93. B.Eisel
94. M.Goss
95. F.Rabon
96. A.Rasmussen
97. H.Roulston
98. M.Velits

Rabobank
101. C.Barredo
102. T.Bos
103. S.Clement
104. Ó.Freire
105. S.Kruijswijk
106. P.Martens
107. L.Ten Dam
108. J.Van Emden

Quick·Step
111. K.De Weert
112. D.Devenyns
113. A.Engels
114. N.Maes
115. J.Pineau
116. K.Seeldraeyers
117. A.Stauff
118. Z.Stybar

Astana
121. R.Kiserlovski
122. A.Bazayev
123. A.Davis
124. R.Di Gregorio
125. V.Iglinskiy
126. M.Iglinskiy
127. M.Lorenzetto
128. T.Vaitkus

Garmin
131. C.Le Mével
132. M.Kreder
133. B.Lancaster
134. D.Lloyd
135. M.Maaskant
136. C.Meyer
137. D.Millar
138. J.Van Summeren

Saxo Bank
141. C.A.Sørensen
142. J.Bellis
143. B.Cooke
144. K.Klostergaard
145. R.Majka
146. M.Mørkøv
147. N.Nuyens
148. L.Roberts

Vacansoleil
151. M.Carrara
152. B.Božic
153. S.Devolder
154. B.Leukemans
155. M.Marcato
156. M.Pavarin
157. M.Selvaggi
158. J.Van Leijen

BMC
161. A.Moinard
162. C.Barton
163. Y.Eijssen
164. T.Roe
165. M.Santambrogio
166. I.Santaromita
167. M.Schär
168. D.Wyss

Omega Pharma
171. P.Gilbert
172. M.Aerts
173. D.Boucher
174. A.Greipel
175. M.Lloyd
176. M.Neyens
177. J.Roelandts
178. J.Van de Walle

Cofidis
181. D.Monier
182. F.Barle
183. J.Demaret
184. S.Dumoulin
185. N.Edet
186. A.Labbe
187. T.Valentin
188. R.Zingle

Saur - Sojasun
191. J.Hivert
192. C.Bessy
193. J.Casper
194. C.Laborie
195. C.Lemoine
196. G.Levarlet
197. J.Marino
198. J.Simon

Liquigas
201. V.Agnoli
202. D.Caruso
203. D.Nerz
204. D.Oss
205. S.Ponzi
206. F.Sabatini
207. J.Sagan
208. A.Vanotti

Lampre - ISD
211. V.Buts
212. A.Balloni
213. D.Hondo
214. V.Kondrut
215. D.Kostyuk
216. A.Malori
217. Man.Mori
218. B.Szeghalmi

Unsurprisingly, a large sector of the TdF competition is here, and this race will be a sure sign of form, for 2 weeks time. Rodriguez, Schleck's, Sami Sanchéz, Leipheimer and Sastre will be the major competition for us in the climbs, but it will be interesting to see the form of those sprinters who also take part- Cavendish, Bos, Boassen-Hagen, Hunter, Davis, Cooke. Bozic and Greipel are all here, so it will be good to see how there form is, scouting for our man Farrar!

One name missing from this event, is Alberto Contador, the superb spanish climber, has still not recovered from his injury all the way back in the Amstel Gold, if he does recover in time for Le Tour, his fitness will be way off, and a race victory seems well beyond his capabilities!

The Race

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Stage 1 is a hilly prologue, just over 6km in length, the hills will favour those GC men who can TT over those men who specialise solely against the clock.

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Philippe Gilbert has hardly ridden since the Ardennes classics, but today looks tailer made for his talents, assuming the break is controlled, a hilly day in the saddle will suit Philippe very nicely!

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Stage 3 looks perfect for the sprinters, a fairly flat profile over the key section of the race, will likely be controlled by those teams interested in the points jersey.

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Stage 4 will be very decisive in the GC, any rider who wishes to win overall must be a high quality climber, but 49km against the clock, is an opportunity to end the hopes of some of the stage racers who lack that talent, the Schleck brothers aren't likely to be keen!

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The major section of Stage 5's profile is fairly flat, but the race is focussed around the final climb, into Risoul, a good opportunity for the strongest climbers to regain some time.

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A much shorter day, but the riders legs will be hurting right from the off, the day starts uphill, with an 18km climb, the first of 2 big ascents in the days riding.

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Arguably the most well known mountain in cycling features today, the route finishes on the Alpe D'Huez, the third and final mountain day, and the toughest of the three!

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With the big mountains completed, day 8 finishes with 6 laps of the Cote Du Doumancy, a short but sharp climb, which will be a final opportunity for riders to get away for a stage or overall victory!

Stage 1

The prologue changed hands many times over the course of the day, but Lance's legs were too strong for the competition, a great sign of things to come, both here, and also in the Grand Tour to follow!

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He finishes ahead of a second American here in the prologue, beating Levi Leipheimer by 4seconds! Critically however, this places Lance in the race lead for the first time this season, a great boost for the team, and for Armstrong himself!

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Stage Results

1	Lance Armstrong	Exxon Duke	10'26
2	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 4
3	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky ProCycling	+ 7
5	Adriano Malori	Lampre - ISD	+ 12
6	Andy Schleck	Leopard Trek	s.t.
7	Ignatas Konovalovas	Movistar Team	+ 14
8	Fränk Schleck	Leopard Trek	s.t.
9	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
10	Tom Danielson	Exxon Duke	+ 15
11	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	+ 16
12	Damien Monier	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
13	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
14	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	+ 17
15	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.

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Posted on 09-05-2012 00:01

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Good position for Lance. Now you don't have to attack, just play it cool responding. But knowing Lance, that's unlikely.

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Posted on 09-05-2012 00:10

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The Tour is getting closer

Great win for Armstrong, good luck in Dauphine

Btw, both Schlecks in the Top 10 of an ITT? No way

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Posted on 09-05-2012 00:25

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Cheers guys! Love the comments-they really keep my motivation high!

Regarding the schlecks, it was a hilly TT, with quite a decent hill for the final 3km, that's why they're up there

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Posted on 09-05-2012 09:30

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baggieboys32 wrote:
Cheers Sutty

One question for you! How do you keep up with every single story!

I don't think PCM.Daily has a more dedicated story follower than yourself!

I just love all the different story types and all the different outcomes that happen

At the moment i have time on my side so what better than to spend it with PCM Daily

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Posted on 09-05-2012 21:28

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Sponsor Updates

Despite a great showing for the side In Italy, we have been under much negotiation with one second key sponsor, Duke Energy, and they feel this partnership is not working out properly for them, and they will be leaving us following this years TdF.

We are currently searching for a new sponsor, to take over this position, however Exxon have also stated that they would be willing to become sole sponsor for the remainder of the year if no one can be found, in order to keep the team alive.

Potential Sponsors

We have so far been in contact with 3 firms regarding the role-

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Microsoft have been mentioned in regards to the cycling team, there PC's are international, and Cycling could be a way for them to breach further markets!

Accenture are a Technologies company, focussing mainly upon the USA, and Australian markets, a contract with them would be likely to open new doors for the team, with Australian riders likely to be a priority for our sponsors!

Coca Cola are a worldwide brand, and there product is famous gloabally, we could expect serious funding from Coca-Cola, though they would be sure to demand a very high level of return when it comes to results

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Posted on 09-05-2012 21:36

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Lance in yellow! So great to see! I hope for Microsoft as a sponsor, but it's your choice!

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Posted on 09-05-2012 21:39

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Please sign Microsoft. I don't wanna sign Aussies(no offense to Aussies) and they pay well.

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Stage 2

A hilly profile, which may well break up the pack. The short hill 5km from the finish seems an obvious time to expect the Punchers to attack, so we will have to be wary of these...

The morning break was 12 strong, it was the second attempt of the day, and we let this one go, as the names inside, were much weaker than on the first attempt

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Nothing of interest occurred until the 65km mark, just as the pace was starting to rise. Andy Schleck fell badly, he continues with the race, but he would never make it back to the peloton, despite the initial attempts of Leopard-Trek, and lost over 15minutes on the day!

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with 35km left to ride, the weaker punchers made an attack, along with Gilbert, who is not in great shape currently, he's been off since the Ardennes. This group was caught with 10km to go, thank to hard work by Katusha and ourselves.

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Sure enough, the final hill seemed to be the place to move, Armstrong had to join this attack, as he is only a few seconds ahead of the contenders, it was clear that the 11 men involved with this move, would be the men fighting out the stage victory.

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Armstrong was 4th, he finished ahead of the rest of the very initial attackers from the climb, however, a trio who had followed around 600m later had the strongest legs, and Soler of Movistar did enough to outsprint Eddy Boassen-Hagen, and John Gadret, who round out the podium.

Stage Results

1	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	4h30'30
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
3	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Kanstantsin Siutsou	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
5	Lance Armstrong	Exxon Duke	s.t.
6	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	s.t.
7	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
8	Kevin De Weert	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	s.t.
10	Cyril Dessel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.

Spoiler:

11	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
12	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
13	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	Balint Szeghalmi	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
15	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
16	Denys Kostyuk	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
17	Maxim Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
18	Matthew Lloyd	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
19	Simone Ponzi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
20	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Michel Kreder	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
23	Michael Mørkøv	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
24	Jérôme Pineau	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Jürgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
26	Dries Devenyns	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
29	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
30	Russell Downing	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
31	Jean-Marc Marino	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
32	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Fränk Schleck	Leopard Trek	s.t.
34	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
35	Cyril Bessy	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
36	Mirco Lorenzetto	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
37	Dimitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	s.t.
38	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
39	Christophe Le Mével	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
40	Chris Barton	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
41	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
42	Brice Feillu	Leopard Trek	s.t.
43	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
44	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
45	Björn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
48	Addy Engels	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
51	Rémy Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
52	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
53	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
54	Rigoberto Urán	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
55	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Johan Van Summeren	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
57	Nick Nuyens	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
58	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
59	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Damien Monier	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
61	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Borut Božic	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
64	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
65	Sébastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	s.t.
67	Cyril Lemoine	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
68	Jean-Eudes Demaret	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
69	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	s.t.
70	Jens Voigt	Leopard Trek	s.t.
71	Óscar Freire	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Jeff Louder	Exxon Duke	s.t.
73	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
74	Ángel Madrazo	Movistar Team	s.t.
75	Luis Pasamontes	Movistar Team	s.t.
76	Koldo Fernández	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
77	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard Trek	s.t.
78	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
79	Martijn Maaskant	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
80	Andreas Stauff	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
82	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	s.t.
83	Julien Simon	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
84	Stijn Devolder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Chris Anker Sørensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
86	Damiano Caruso	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
87	Juraj Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
88	Daniel Oss	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
89	Arnaud Labbe	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
90	Tom Danielson	Exxon Duke	s.t.
91	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
92	Tomas Vaitkus	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
93	Bernardo Colex	Exxon Duke	s.t.
94	Sérgio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
95	Matthew Busche	Team RadioShack	s.t.
96	José Vicente García Acosta	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
98	Romain Zingle	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
99	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
100	Laurens Ten Dam	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Craig Lewis	Exxon Duke	s.t.
102	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	s.t.
103	Jonathan Bellis	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
104	Adriano Malori	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
105	Christophe Laborie	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
106	Zdenek Stybar	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
108	Bernhard Eisel	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
109	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
110	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
111	Rafal Majka	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Movistar Team	s.t.
113	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
114	Julien Bérard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
115	Mark Cavendish	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
116	Cameron Meyer	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
117	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	s.t.
118	Frantisek Rabon	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
119	Nikolai Trussov	Katusha Team	s.t.
120	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	s.t.
121	Mirko Selvaggi	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
123	Xavier Tondo	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Daniele Colli	Geox - TMC	s.t.
125	Peter Stetina	Exxon Duke	s.t.
126	Carlos Oyarzun	Movistar Team	s.t.
127	Martin Elmiger	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Dominik Nerz	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
129	John-Lee Augustyn	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
130	Kasper Klostergaard	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
131	Guillaume Levarlet	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
132	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	s.t.
134	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
135	Arkaitz Durán	Geox - TMC	s.t.
136	Luke Roberts	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
137	Floyd Landis	Exxon Duke	s.t.
138	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'37
139	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
140	Maarten Neyens	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
141	David Boucher	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
142	Michael Barry	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
143	Theo Bos	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
144	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
145	Marco Corti	Geox - TMC	s.t.
146	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
147	Brett Lancaster	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
148	Alex Dowsett	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
149	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
150	David Millar	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
151	Sébastien Hinault	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
152	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
153	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
154	Jimmy Casper	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
155	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Manuele Mori	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
157	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	s.t.
158	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
159	Jos Van Emden	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
160	Florent Barle	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
161	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
162	Jürgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5'13
163	Tristan Valentin	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 5'37
164	Tomas Alberio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
165	Michał Kwiatkowski	Team RadioShack	s.t.
166	Nikolas Maes	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
167	Alfredo Balloni	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
168	Moisés Aldape	Exxon Duke	s.t.
169	Alex Rasmussen	HTC - Highroad	+ 7'37
170	André Greipel	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
171	Matthias Brändle	Geox - TMC	+ 12'17
172	Daniele Bennati	Leopard Trek	+ 13'29
173	Martin Mortensen	Leopard Trek	s.t.
174	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard Trek	s.t.
175	Jonathan Hivert	Saur - Sojasun	+ 17'13
176	Andy Schleck	Leopard Trek	+ 19'05

General Classification

1	Lance Armstrong	Exxon Duke	4h40'56
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky ProCycling	+ 1
3	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 4
4	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Adriano Malori	Lampre - ISD	+ 12
6	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	+ 14
7	Fränk Schleck	Leopard Trek	s.t.
8	Ignatas Konovalovas	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	+ 15
10	Tom Danielson	Exxon Duke	s.t.
11	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	+ 16
12	Damien Monier	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
13	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	s.t.
14	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 17
15	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.

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#196

Posted on 09-05-2012 23:16

World Champion

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Come on Lancey boy

By the way Microsoft would be a great sponsor for the team

baseballlover312

#197

Posted on 10-05-2012 00:23

Grand Tour Specialist

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Just hold the jersey one more day till we can get into the right terrain. EBH is scaring me.

Winner of American Championship races which I can't remember since my sig was deleted :L

#198

Posted on 10-05-2012 13:12

World Champion

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baseballlover312 wrote:
Just hold the jersey one more day till we can get into the right terrain. EBH is scaring me.

I know how you feel, Boasson Hagen can be a beast when he wants to

#199

Posted on 10-05-2012 17:03

Sprinter

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Stage 3

The route has a flat second part of the race, however the initial hilly profile may be enough to drop the pure sprinters, we will either see a bunch sprint, or a reduced group fighting it out today.

12 men went up eh road early on today, we let them go fairly quickly, not wanting to have to control a pace over the hillier portion of the race. As a result when this weak group attacked, we were happy to let them free.

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Once the break had a 9minute gap, we decided to start pulling, it is a shame to be losing Duke as a sponsor, but they will be happy to see this shot from the heli, there big D emblazoned in yellow on our backs for the world to gaze at.

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Over the final climb of the day, the break is all but caught, and a weaker group of the GC contenders decided to give it a go, with them Sep Vanmarcke, looking to pick up some KOM points.

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Sure enough, after the final hill, the group all came back together, with the course now flat, it seemed destined for a sprint, though many of the sprinters were really clinging on at the back, perhaps the Punchier climbers could compete for this one?

Indeed, with just 4.5km to go, Rodriguez made a powerful attack on the pack, he opened a small gap, and held on to the line, in front of Eddy B-H, sadly for us, this second place means Lance has to give up yellow for the day, but with a big TT tomorrow, he could well reclaim it by the finish of day 4.

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Stage Results

1	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	4h13'13
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
3	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Maxim Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
5	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
6	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
7	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Russell Downing	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
9	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	s.t.
10	Addy Engels	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.

Spoiler:

11	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
12	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
13	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
14	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
15	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Cyril Lemoine	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
17	Mirco Lorenzetto	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
18	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Kevin De Weert	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Lance Armstrong	Exxon Duke	s.t.
21	Óscar Freire	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Jens Voigt	Leopard Trek	s.t.
23	Sébastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
25	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
26	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Christophe Le Mével	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
28	Brice Feillu	Leopard Trek	s.t.
29	Michael Mørkøv	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
30	Cyril Dessel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
33	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Stijn Devolder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Damien Monier	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
37	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
38	Simone Ponzi	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
39	Jean-Eudes Demaret	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
40	Ángel Madrazo	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	s.t.
42	Dries Devenyns	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Jonathan Hivert	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
44	Chris Barton	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
45	Johan Van Summeren	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
46	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
48	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
49	Jérôme Pineau	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
51	Nick Nuyens	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
52	Jean-Marc Marino	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
53	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard Trek	s.t.
54	Dimitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	s.t.
55	Rémy Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
56	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	s.t.
57	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	s.t.
58	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
59	Cyril Bessy	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
60	Sérgio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	s.t.
61	Jürgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
62	Fränk Schleck	Leopard Trek	s.t.
63	Denys Kostyuk	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
64	Zdenek Stybar	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Matthew Lloyd	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
66	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
67	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
68	Arnaud Labbe	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
69	Tom Danielson	Exxon Duke	s.t.
70	Matthew Busche	Team RadioShack	s.t.
71	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Luis Pasamontes	Movistar Team	s.t.
73	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	s.t.
74	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
75	Adriano Malori	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
76	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
77	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
78	Laurens Ten Dam	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
80	Floyd Landis	Exxon Duke	s.t.
81	Jos Van Emden	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Chris Anker Sørensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
83	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'50
84	Julien Simon	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
85	Bernardo Colex	Exxon Duke	s.t.
86	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Craig Lewis	Exxon Duke	s.t.
88	Peter Stetina	Exxon Duke	s.t.
89	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	+ 2'41
90	Tomas Vaitkus	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
91	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	s.t.
92	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
93	Björn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
95	Rigoberto Urán	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
96	Borut Božic	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Martijn Maaskant	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
98	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard Trek	s.t.
99	Damiano Caruso	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
100	Xavier Tondo	Movistar Team	s.t.
101	Daniel Oss	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
102	Koldo Fernández	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
103	Daniele Bennati	Leopard Trek	s.t.
104	Michael Barry	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
105	Dominik Nerz	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
106	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
107	Balint Szeghalmi	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
108	José Vicente García Acosta	Movistar Team	s.t.
109	Juraj Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
110	Ignatas Konovalovas	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Christophe Laborie	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
112	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
113	Julien Bérard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
114	Martin Mortensen	Leopard Trek	s.t.
115	Jeff Louder	Exxon Duke	s.t.
116	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
117	Marco Corti	Geox - TMC	s.t.
118	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
119	Cameron Meyer	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
120	Romain Zingle	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
121	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
122	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
123	Martin Elmiger	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
124	John-Lee Augustyn	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
125	Mirko Selvaggi	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	s.t.
127	David Millar	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
128	Manuele Mori	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
129	Guillaume Levarlet	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
130	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
131	Arkaitz Durán	Geox - TMC	s.t.
132	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
133	Mark Cavendish	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'45
134	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
135	Bernhard Eisel	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
136	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
137	Kanstantsin Siutsou	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
138	Frantisek Rabon	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
139	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
140	Sébastien Hinault	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5'29
141	Jonathan Bellis	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
142	Maarten Neyens	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
143	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	s.t.
144	Daniele Colli	Geox - TMC	s.t.
145	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
146	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
147	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	s.t.
148	Carlos Oyarzun	Movistar Team	s.t.
149	Rafal Majka	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
150	Andy Schleck	Leopard Trek	s.t.
151	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
152	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	s.t.
153	Theo Bos	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
154	Brett Lancaster	Team Garmin - Cervélo	s.t.
155	Nikolas Maes	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
157	Tomas Alberio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
158	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
159	Alex Dowsett	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
160	Moisés Aldape	Exxon Duke	+ 7'13
161	Luke Roberts	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 7'45
162	Nikolai Trussov	Katusha Team	s.t.
163	Tristan Valentin	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
164	Michał Kwiatkowski	Team RadioShack	s.t.
165	Florent Barle	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
166	Michel Kreder	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 8'25
167	Andreas Stauff	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
168	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 10'09
169	Jürgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
170	David Boucher	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
171	Matthias Brändle	Geox - TMC	s.t.
172	Jimmy Casper	Saur - Sojasun	+ 11'05
173	Kasper Klostergaard	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
174	Alex Rasmussen	HTC - Highroad	+ 12'25
175	André Greipel	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 17'53
176	Alfredo Balloni	Lampre - ISD	+ 23'45

Yet another day which saw GC contenders dropped, Rigo Uran is one of the men to miss out, dropping over 2minutes on the favourites, along with the entire HTC squad, who went back to try and help nurse Mark to the finish.

Andy Schleck is not showing good signs ahead of the tour currently, he drops a further 5minutes today, completely out of contention here, but will he even get it together for La Tour? Or is he set to join A.Contador, on the list of pre-season favourites who won't affect the seasons biggest race?

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#200

Posted on 10-05-2012 18:40

Sprinter

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Stage 4

One of the really important days in the GC, a 49km TT, anyone who has an off day today, will possibly place themselves out of contention overall.

The early race lead was taken by Andy Schleck, with a fantastic time, of 1'13'55, he was clearly to show something of himself ahead of the Tour de France, and not in his favourite discipline either!

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The time stood until over 70riders had completed the course! Finally Carlos Oryazun was able to set a time quicker than Andy, 9" quicker than the Leopard man.

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Until the top 25 started to set off, this time stood, the next man to duck under, was Samuel Sanchéz of Euskaltel, 28" quicker again, the pre-race favourite had put in a good showing, but some really high quality TTists were starting to set off.

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AG2R were not considered before todays stage, but it was there leader, Jean-Christophe Peraud who would be the first to beat Sanchéz' time, he was a full 1'05 faster again, a great performance from the frenchman looking to perform in a native tour.

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The man who followed Jean off the start line became the stage leader as he followed him home, Levi Leipheimer is a great rider against the clock, going 5" quicker again, leaving just 3men to finish; Armstrong, Rodriguez and Boassen-Hagen.

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Levi's time had looked really good until Lance rode home, he not only beat Levi, he destroyed his time, over a minute quicker again! no one would beat that today, and Armstrong returns to the yellow jersey.

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Boassen Hagen knew his days in yellow were going to be limited, he's not a great mountain rider, but he had hoped to keep the jersey for today as a good Time trialist himself, unfortunately for him, Lance was just to strong, and he loses 2'21 on our leader.

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Stage Results

1	Lance Armstrong	Exxon Duke	1h10'51
2	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 1'15
3	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'20
4	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'21
5	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
6	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'25
7	Damien Monier	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 2'37
8	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 2'40
9	Adriano Malori	Lampre - ISD	+ 2'48
10	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 2'52

Spoiler:

11	Carlos Oyarzun	Movistar Team	+ 2'53
12	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	+ 3'01
13	Kevin De Weert	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'02
14	Tom Danielson	Exxon Duke	+ 3'03
15	Andy Schleck	Leopard Trek	+ 3'04
16	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Michael Mørkøv	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 3'08
18	Fränk Schleck	Leopard Trek	+ 3'12
19	Dries Devenyns	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Sérgio Paulinho	Team RadioShack	+ 3'22
21	Stef Clement	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 3'23
22	Denys Kostyuk	Lampre - ISD	+ 3'24
23	Sébastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	David Millar	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 3'28
25	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
26	Nick Nuyens	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 3'29
27	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'31
28	Cameron Meyer	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 3'34
29	Frantisek Rabon	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'35
30	Jens Voigt	Leopard Trek	+ 3'39
31	Vladimir Karpets	Katusha Team	+ 3'48
32	Robert Kiserlovski	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
33	Ignatas Konovalovas	Movistar Team	+ 3'49
34	Kanstantsin Siutsou	HTC - Highroad	+ 3'51
35	Matthew Busche	Team RadioShack	+ 3'52
36	Cyril Lemoine	Saur - Sojasun	+ 3'53
37	Floyd Landis	Exxon Duke	s.t.
38	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3'54
39	Rigoberto Urán	Sky ProCycling	s.t.
40	Alex Rasmussen	HTC - Highroad	s.t.
41	Jürgen Van de Walle	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 3'58
42	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	+ 3'59
43	Steven Kruijswijk	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 4'08
44	Jos Van Emden	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 4'11
45	Stijn Devolder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'12
46	Vitaliy Buts	Lampre - ISD	+ 4'14
47	Juan Mauricio Soler	Movistar Team	+ 4'15
48	Johan Van Summeren	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 4'16
49	Russell Downing	Sky ProCycling	+ 4'19
50	Joost Van Leijen	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'20
51	Christophe Le Mével	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 4'21
52	Nikolai Trussov	Katusha Team	+ 4'22
53	Addy Engels	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 4'24
54	Martin Velits	HTC - Highroad	+ 4'26
55	Jonathan Castroviejo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
56	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 4'29
57	Bernardo Colex	Exxon Duke	s.t.
58	Matteo Carrara	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'30
59	Fabio Duarte	Geox - TMC	s.t.
60	Martin Mortensen	Leopard Trek	+ 4'31
61	Michel Kreder	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 4'32
62	Linus Gerdemann	Leopard Trek	+ 4'35
63	Ángel Madrazo	Movistar Team	+ 4'36
64	Michael Barry	Sky ProCycling	+ 4'37
65	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'38
66	Xavier Tondo	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	David Boucher	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
68	Matthew Goss	HTC - Highroad	+ 4'39
69	Baden Cooke	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 4'41
70	Rafal Majka	Saxo Bank SunGard	s.t.
71	Laurens Ten Dam	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 4'42
72	Daniel Moreno	Katusha Team	s.t.
73	Denis Galimzyanov	Katusha Team	+ 4'44
74	Mario Aerts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
75	Alex Dowsett	Sky ProCycling	+ 4'46
76	Maxim Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
77	Timothy Roe	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'47
78	Jeff Louder	Exxon Duke	+ 4'48
79	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'49
80	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'52
81	Chris Barton	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'53
82	Cyril Dessel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'55
83	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'56
84	Robert Hunter	Team RadioShack	+ 4'57
85	Luke Roberts	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 4'58
86	Daniele Bennati	Leopard Trek	+ 4'59
87	Arnaud Labbe	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 5'03
88	Fumiyuki Beppu	Team RadioShack	+ 5'04
89	Robbie McEwen	Team RadioShack	s.t.
90	Craig Lewis	Exxon Duke	+ 5'08
91	Rémy Di Gregorio	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'09
92	Jonathan Bellis	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 5'11
93	Brett Lancaster	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 5'14
94	Tomas Vaitkus	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
95	Christophe Laborie	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
96	Daniel Oss	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5'15
97	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 5'18
98	Bernhard Eisel	HTC - Highroad	+ 5'19
99	Daniel Lloyd	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 5'20
100	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'22
101	Hayden Roulston	HTC - Highroad	+ 5'23
102	Cyril Bessy	Saur - Sojasun	+ 5'24
103	Simone Ponzi	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 5'26
104	Valentin Iglinskiy	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'29
105	Allan Davis	Pro Team Astana	+ 5'31
106	Brice Feillu	Leopard Trek	+ 5'32
107	José Vicente García Acosta	Movistar Team	s.t.
108	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'34
109	Assan Bazayev	Pro Team Astana	s.t.
110	Romain Zingle	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	s.t.
111	Mark Cavendish	HTC - Highroad	+ 5'35
112	Dominik Nerz	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
113	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'36
114	Borut Božic	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'42
115	Matthew Lloyd	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 5'44
116	Luis Pasamontes	Movistar Team	+ 5'46
117	Marco Corti	Geox - TMC	s.t.
118	Danilo Hondo	Lampre - ISD	+ 5'48
119	Marcello Pavarin	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'49
120	Andreas Stauff	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Michał Kwiatkowski	Team RadioShack	+ 5'51
122	Jürgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
123	Jérôme Pineau	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 5'52
124	Alfredo Balloni	Lampre - ISD	s.t.
125	Vitali Kondrut	Lampre - ISD	+ 5'54
126	Fabio Sabatini	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
127	Maarten Neyens	Omega Pharma - Lotto	s.t.
128	Peter Stetina	Exxon Duke	+ 5'58
129	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
130	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'59
131	Daniele Colli	Geox - TMC	+ 6'00
132	Arkaitz Durán	Geox - TMC	s.t.
133	Óscar Freire	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 6'07
134	Martijn Maaskant	Team Garmin - Cervélo	+ 6'08
135	Fabian Wegmann	Leopard Trek	s.t.
136	Kasper Klostergaard	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 6'11
137	Matthias Brändle	Geox - TMC	+ 6'12
138	Julien Simon	Saur - Sojasun	+ 6'15
139	Moisés Aldape	Exxon Duke	+ 6'18
140	Fabio Felline	Geox - TMC	+ 6'20
141	Dimitriy Muravyev	Team RadioShack	+ 6'25
142	Jean-Eudes Demaret	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 6'28
143	Björn Leukemans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
144	Julien Bérard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6'32
145	Sébastien Hinault	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6'34
146	Valerio Agnoli	Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
147	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Sky ProCycling	+ 6'35
148	Mirco Lorenzetto	Pro Team Astana	+ 6'39
149	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Quick·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Damiano Caruso	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 6'40
151	Chris Anker Sørensen	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 6'48
152	Koldo Fernández	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 6'50
153	Tristan Valentin	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 6'52
154	Florent Barle	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 6'55
155	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 6'59
156	Zdenek Stybar	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 7'00
157	Mirko Selvaggi	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
158	Juraj Sagan	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 7'01
159	Martin Elmiger	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 7'02
160	Jonathan Hivert	Saur - Sojasun	+ 7'03
161	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 7'04
162	Balint Szeghalmi	Lampre - ISD	+ 7'12
163	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	+ 7'13
164	John-Lee Augustyn	Sky ProCycling	+ 7'20
165	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 7'22
166	Jean-Marc Marino	Saur - Sojasun	+ 7'38
167	Manuele Mori	Lampre - ISD	+ 7'40
168	Theo Bos	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 7'42
169	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas - Cannondale	+ 7'47
170	Tomas Alberio	Geox - TMC	s.t.
171	Guillaume Levarlet	Saur - Sojasun	+ 7'49
172	André Greipel	Omega Pharma - Lotto	+ 8'01
173	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'06
174	Jimmy Casper	Saur - Sojasun	+ 8'30
175	Nikolas Maes	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 8'31
176	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'47

General Classification

1	Lance Armstrong	Exxon Duke	10h05'00
2	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	+ 1'19
3	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'24
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'10
5	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	+ 2'37
6	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'42
7	Damien Monier	Cofidis, le crédit en ligne	+ 2'53
8	Adriano Malori	Lampre - ISD	+ 3'00
9	Carlos Sastre	Geox - TMC	+ 3'09
10	Tom Danielson	Exxon Duke	+ 3'18
11	Kevin De Weert	Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'20
12	Paul Martens	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 3'21
13	Carlos Barredo	Rabobank Cycling Team	+ 3'22
14	Fränk Schleck	Leopard Trek	+ 3'26
15	Michael Mørkøv	Saxo Bank SunGard	+ 3'27

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