It's time for the time trial! It's just 22 km long, though, and for the same reason it probably won't have that much an effect. However, it could easily result in a new leader. Favourites are Nibali, Reus and Hushovd with Ford, Niemiec, Savoldelli, Mazur and Gerdemann being outsiders. In general it's not the strongest time trial field, but it will be interesting.
And Ford - mentioned as one of the outsiders for the win - was actually also one of the first ones to set a good time with his 24'33. It was more than enough to push Clesen away from the 1st place spot. Later on, it was Pinotti, and then Mazur who overtook the leading. This situation was kept for a while.
In fact, we had to wait a very long while until a new top competitor came along: Niemiec of Erste who managed to overtake his team mate Di Maggio on the finish line while cutting 9 seconds off the best time. Next competitor would be Thor Hushovd, but despite being mentioned as one of the top favourites he only managed fourth.
Shortly after, Savoldelli came in, and he he been 2 seconds faster he would have had the best time. Instead, he had to accept a 2nd place - and then, Kai Raus came along. As with Hushovd, he was mentioned as a pre-stage favourite, but unlike Hushovd Reus lived up to this by not only taking the 1st place, but also by getting in 10 seconds faster than Niemiec.
But to everyone's surprise, Reus didn't keep his record for long. Instead, Vincenzo Nibali of Domina Vacanze came in at 24'01, 10 seconds faster than Reus! He's definitely looking to make up some of the time he has lost on the hills. I wonder how the race favourites will respond to this -- it's not like Bettini, Ricco and Di Luca are known for their great time trial skills
The first of the riders who are considered as one of the race favourites to come in was Ricco, who did a time of 24'46, being 45 seconds slower than Nibali. Caruso, on the other hand, did better by placing 9th, 32 seconds slower. It looked a lot worse for Rodriguez Oliver who lost 58 seconds (same for Bettini).
Di Luca and Sanchez Gil both did very well with Di Luca being the most impressive by taking 5th, 28 seconds behind Nibali. But can he take the jersey from Pellizotti who's coming in now?
Well, here he is.
Stage Result:
1
Vincenzo Nibali
DOMINA VACANZE
24'01
2
Kai Reus
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 10
3
Przemyslaw Niemiec
ERSTE
+ 20
4
Paolo Savoldelli
CARLSBERG
+ 21
5
Danilo Di Luca
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 28
6
Piotr Mazur
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
+ 29
7
Marco Pinotti
CARLSBERG
+ 30
8
Thor Hushovd
FESTINA
s.t.
9
Linus Gerdemann
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 31
10
Gianpaolo Caruso
FESTINA
+ 32
11
Michael Ford
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
12
Stef Clement
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
13
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 33
14
Juan José Cobo
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 37
15
Ondrej Slobodnik
FESTINA
+ 38
16
Evgeni Petrov
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 39
17
Manuel Quinziato
EUROSPORT
s.t.
18
Victor Hugo Peña
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 40
19
Iban Mayo
EUROSPORT
+ 41
20
Michael Schär
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 44
21
Riccardo Ricco'
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 45
22
Franco Pellizotti
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
+ 46
23
Luigi Sestili
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
24
Thomas Lövkvist
EUROSPORT
+ 47
25
Remmert Wielinga
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
s.t.
26
Maxime Monfort
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 48
27
Sergio Ghisalberti
SONY ERICSSON
s.t.
28
Nick Clesen
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
s.t.
29
Dario Cataldo
CREDIT LYONNAIS
+ 49
30
José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
31
Emanuele Sella
ERSTE
+ 50
32
Gregor Gazvoda
ERSTE
s.t.
33
Lars Ytting Bak
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
+ 52
34
Jelle Vanendert
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
35
Pierrick Fédrigo
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
36
Christian Poos
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
+ 54
37
Raivis Belohvosciks
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
s.t.
38
René Mandri
CREDIT LYONNAIS
+ 55
39
Nicki Sørensen
CARLSBERG
s.t.
40
Ben Hermans
WIKIPEDIA
s.t.
41
Logan Hutchings
ERSTE
+ 57
42
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 58
43
Paolo Bettini
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
44
Enrico Franzoi
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
45
Frantisek Rabon
CARLSBERG
s.t.
46
Mikel Astarloza
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 59
47
Ivan Parra Pinto
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 1'00
48
Tony Martin
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
49
Tom Stamsnijder
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 1'02
50
Juan Manuel Gárate
WIGGLE - PREMIER INN
+ 1'03
Overall Classement:
1
Danilo Di Luca
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
18h03'37
2
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 11
3
Franco Pellizotti
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
+ 16
4
Gianpaolo Caruso
FESTINA
+ 34
5
Juan José Cobo
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 39
6
Paolo Bettini
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 40
7
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE
+ 42
8
Riccardo Ricco'
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 47
9
Thomas Lövkvist
EUROSPORT
+ 49
10
Vincenzo Nibali
DOMINA VACANZE
+ 1'08
11
Kai Reus
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 1'18
12
Paolo Savoldelli
CARLSBERG
+ 1'29
13
Sergio Ghisalberti
SONY ERICSSON
+ 1'34
14
Linus Gerdemann
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 1'39
15
Stef Clement
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 1'40
16
Dario Cataldo
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
17
Manuel Quinziato
EUROSPORT
+ 1'47
18
Iban Mayo
EUROSPORT
+ 1'49
19
Maxime Monfort
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 1'56
20
Emanuele Sella
ERSTE
+ 1'58
21
Pierrick Fédrigo
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 2'00
22
Jelle Vanendert
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
23
Frantisek Rabon
CARLSBERG
+ 2'06
24
Przemyslaw Niemiec
ERSTE
+ 2'11
25
Stefano Garzelli
EUROSPORT
+ 2'12
Bettini keeps his Points Jersey, Van Impe keeps his Mountains Jersey.
Edited by Roman on 16-10-2016 23:01
