No climbs on today's stage so it perfectly suits the sprinters. Hermans should also have no problems keeping the yellow jersey unless something unpredicteble will happen
There are 8 riders in today's breakaway: Petrie - Armstrong, Dupont, Te Brake, Balck, O'Loughlin, Medici, Wacker and Cassidy. Two teams have sent 2 riders there, Ultra Adventure and Vespa
Wiggle and Irn Bru are the main chasers of the breakaway in the pack. Wiggle are there as holders of 2 jersey, by Trusov and Hermans, while Irn Bru are definitly looking for a win from Mohs. Nokia and 100% ME also expresed interested in catching the breakaway so they would have a chance at the stage win with their sprinters, Castenada and Swift
With 25 left from today's stage and with the pack coming faster and faster, Cassidy went away from the other escapes
And he made a good decision as the others were caught with 20 to go by a mixture of teams leading the pack
Cassidy just stayed in front for another 5 kilometres before he was caught and the breakaway was officialy ended
The preparations for the sprint started and it looks like Starbucks and Vespa have big plans for today
But with 3km left to ride, when the sprint started Starbucks lost the lead there to the EON Ruhrgas train, while Vespa are over shined by Lego
Gajek, who was right behind the EON Ruhrgas, makes his move to take the lead there, bringing Castenada and Mohs after him
When the race rached the final kilometre 5 riders still had realy chances to take the stage win: De Fauw, Gajek, Castenada, Moinard and Mohs
It the last corner it seems like going to be between Castenada and De Fauw, with the other 3 riders right after them
But De Fauw isn't strong enough to keep it up with Castenada and he also loses the second spot to Mohs
Mohs was faster than Castenada in the final metres but it was too late and the Nokia - Nike rider takes the win. De Fauw hanged on the third spot, with Minard and Swift completing the top5 of the stage
Stage
1
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Nokia-Nike
4h11'18
2
Erik Mohs
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
3
Dimitri De Fauw
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
4
Sébastien Minard
Team Starbucks
s.t.
5
Ben Swift
100% ME
s.t.
6
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
7
Adam Blythe
100% ME
s.t.
8
Mickaël Delage
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
9
Mattia Gavazzi
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
10
Fabien Bacquet
Team Starbucks
s.t.
11
Alessandro Petacchi
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
12
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
s.t.
13
Krzysztof Szczawinski
AON Global
s.t.
14
Nikolai Trusov
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
16
Martin Elmiger
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
17
Mattias Westling
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
18
Joseph Cooper
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Grischa Janorschke
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
20
Iljo Keisse
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
21
Mark Renshaw
Team Starbucks
s.t.
22
John Nilsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
23
Mark Scanlon
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
24
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
25
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
26
Ruggero Marzoli
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
27
Damion Drapac
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
28
Zakkari Dempster
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
29
Gianni Meersman
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
30
Richard Ochoa Quintero
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
31
Lucas Schädlich
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
32
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
s.t.
33
Dan Craven
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
34
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
35
Daniel Martin
100% ME
s.t.
36
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Danilo Kupfernagel
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
38
Ben Hermans
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Julian David Muñoz Giraldo
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
40
Anthony Charteau
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
41
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Eduard Vorganov
AON Global
s.t.
43
Timothy Cassidy
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
44
Ciaran Power
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
45
Sergiu Cioban
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
46
Matt Booth
100% ME
s.t.
47
Ronald Harvey
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
48
Thomas Murray
100% ME
s.t.
49
Rubens Bertogliati
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
50
Fabio Ciccarese
Team Starbucks
s.t.
51
Charles Dionne
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
52
Nicolas Roche
100% ME
s.t.
53
Jörg Jaksche
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
54
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
55
Gabriele Bosisio
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
56
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
57
Ciaran Kelly
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
58
Aleksandar Flügel
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
59
Hubert Dupont
AON Global
s.t.
60
Wilson Rincón
Team Ultimate
s.t.
61
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
62
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
63
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
64
Keir Plaice
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
65
Aleksandr Serov
AON Global
s.t.
66
Nicolas Brolin
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
67
George Hincapie
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
68
Michael Creed
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
69
Sebastian Balck
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
70
Gediminas Bagdonas
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
71
Jonas Ljungblad
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
72
Ciaran Cassidy
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
73
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
74
Phillip Thuaux
Team Ultimate
s.t.
75
Kevin Barclay
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
76
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
77
David O'Loughlin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
78
Yannick Stoltz
Team Ultimate
s.t.
79
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
80
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
s.t.
81
Remco Te Brake
Team Ultimate
s.t.
82
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
83
Arnold Jeannesson
Team Ultimate
s.t.
84
Richard Cleaver
100% ME
s.t.
85
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
86
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
87
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
88
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
89
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
s.t.
90
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
s.t.
91
Matthew Crane
Team Starbucks
s.t.
92
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Ultimate
s.t.
93
Gert Rajala
Team Ultimate
s.t.
94
Steven Burke
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
95
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
Overall
1
Ben Hermans
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
21h09'18
2
Rubens Bertogliati
Nokia-Nike
+ 20
3
Nicolas Roche
100% ME
+ 25
4
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
+ 33
5
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 37
6
Eduard Vorganov
AON Global
+ 45
7
Gabriele Bosisio
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
8
Jörg Jaksche
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
9
Krzysztof Szczawinski
AON Global
+ 1'13
10
Daniel Martin
100% ME
s.t.
11
Aleksandar Flügel
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
12
Nikolai Trusov
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'22
13
Erik Mohs
IrnBru - RBS
+ 1'26
14
Mickaël Delage
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
15
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Nokia-Nike
s.t.
16
Sébastien Minard
Team Starbucks
s.t.
17
Ben Swift
100% ME
s.t.
18
Dimitri De Fauw
EON Ruhrgas
+ 1'30
19
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
+ 1'34
20
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
