A flat stage today and 9 men attacked. 5 of them were retired riders though. The intermediate sprints were uncontested, a retired rider won one, and Nicholas Roche won the other.
By 40km to go, only the 4 proper riders were left.
Roche, Pugaci, Alaluusua and Doi.
Back in the peleton, I was surprised to see 8th overall Panayotov had been dropped by the peleton. The bulgarian didnt crash or puncture, he just got dropped.
Back up front and with 30km to go, Nicholas Roche has ridden away from his companions
Roche faced a tough battle to stay infront as he kept a small gap into the final 10km. With 8.5km disaster struck for 2 riders as 4th Overall Rodrigues crashes leaving 3rd Overall Jimenez Sanchez with nowhere to go, so he crashes too.
Roche is caught with 6km to go as the sprint trains are being set up
The big 3 are Breschel, Haidar Anuawar and Huff and they are behind Maxime Bouet. But despite the frenchman's good TT skills, they are poorly positioned for the sprint as IrnBru B (For Gibb) and Procycling (For Blythe) are at the front.
Breschel, Haidar Anuawar and Huff have no chance. Can you pick a winner from this?
Abakoumov is sprinting the quickest but from too far back as Raul Turano moves into the lead
And Abakoumov has to settle for 2nd as its a win for Raul Turano
Jimenez Sanchez and Rodrigues lose 2'40. The Spaniard slips from 3rd to 4th, and the Portugese rider from 4th to 6th as Stetina moves up to 3rd and Pluchkin is up to 5th.
1
Raúl Turano
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
3h55'06
2
Igor Abakoumov
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
3
Horacio Gallardo
NINTENDO B
s.t.
4
Iljo Keisse
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
5
Tony Gibb
IRN BRU-RBS B
s.t.
6
Adam Blythe
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
7
Sean Finning
NINTENDO B
s.t.
8
Aleksandr Pluchkin
B&O
s.t.
9
Matti Breschel
B&O
s.t.
10
Charles Dionne
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
11
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
12
Brad Huff
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
13
Timothy Cassidy
IRN BRU-RBS B
s.t.
14
Dimitri Jiriakov
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
15
Carlos Alberto Ospina
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
16
Kevin Barclay
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
17
Martin Hacecký
B&O
s.t.
18
André Greipel
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
19
Ricki Nelson
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
20
Taiji Nishitani
NINTENDO B
s.t.
21
Sven Vandousselaere
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
22
Maxime Bouet
B&O
s.t.
23
Alex Dowsett
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
24
Daniel Martin
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
25
Andrew Bajadali
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
26
Charles Wegelius
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
27
Svein Tuft
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
28
Fabio Ciccarese
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
29
Eric Berthou
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
30
Dermot Nally
NINTENDO B
s.t.
31
Matthew Crane
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
32
Wim Van Huffel
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
33
Paul Manning
IRN BRU-RBS B
s.t.
34
Haijun Ma
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
35
Hayden Roulston
IRN BRU-RBS B
s.t.
36
Couliball Moussavou
NINTENDO B
s.t.
37
Pieter Mertens
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
38
Will Frischkorn
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
39
Daniel Fleeman
IRN BRU-RBS B
s.t.
40
David Bernabéu
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
41
Moosa Said
NINTENDO B
s.t.
42
Ricardo Mestre
B&O
s.t.
43
William Walker
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
44
Steven Burke
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
45
Matt Cooke
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
46
Sten Stenersen
B&O
s.t.
47
Blake Caldwell
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
48
Peter Stetina
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
49
Xabier Zandio
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
50
Nicolas Roche
PROCYCLING - BBC
+ 1'48
51
Julio Enrique Tinajero
TEAM KONICA MINOLTA
s.t.
52
Tim Klinger
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
53
Retired Retired
INDERVALLE - FRUGOS
s.t.
54
João Valmir Pereira
FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS
+ 2'40
55
Yukihiro Doi
NINTENDO B
s.t.
56
Eladio Jiménez Sanchez
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
57
Robert Kiserlovski
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
58
Vitor Rodrigues
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
59
Igor Pugaci
IRN BRU-RBS B
+ 3'53
60
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
VIRGIN MEDIA B
+ 4'45
61
Thomas Bontenackels
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
62
Jason Kenny
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
63
Petar Panayotov
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 6'45
64
Retired Retired
OTC DOORS - LAURETANA
+ 8'13
65
Retired Retired
GW BICICLETAS - SHIMANO
+ 8'53
66
Alvise Cappioli
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 11'29
67
Farkad Mohammad
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
68
Kofi Kramer
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
69
Tanguy Reuzeau
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
70
Joe Knoxville
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
71
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
B&O
s.t.
72
Retired Retired
GW BICICLETAS - SHIMANO
+ 12'01
73
Retired Retired
VC LA POMME MARSEILLE
s.t.
74
Retired Retired
GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM
+ 12'34
75
Retired Retired
POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM
+ 13'08
76
Retired Retired
TECOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE GUADALAJARA
+ 15'32
77
Retired Retired
VENDÉE U - PAYS DE LA LOIRE
+ 27'24
GC
1
Wim Van Huffel
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
25h26'16
2
Ricardo Mestre
B&O
+ 1'15
3
Peter Stetina
SLIPSTREAM
+ 6'00
4
Eladio Jiménez Sanchez
NIPPO CORPORATION
+ 7'28
5
Aleksandr Pluchkin
B&O
+ 7'50
6
Vitor Rodrigues
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 8'14
7
David Bernabéu
NIPPO CORPORATION
+ 8'52
8
Andrew Bajadali
SLIPSTREAM
+ 9'35
9
Matt Cooke
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 9'41
10
Charles Wegelius
PROCYCLING - BBC
+ 10'03
11
Martin Hacecký
B&O
+ 12'32
12
Dimitri Jiriakov
PROCYCLING - BBC
+ 12'54
13
Xabier Zandio
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 13'08
14
Yukihiro Doi
NINTENDO B
+ 15'53
15
Petar Panayotov
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 16'09
16
Igor Pugaci
IRN BRU-RBS B
+ 17'25
17
Robert Kiserlovski
NIPPO CORPORATION
+ 17'35
18
Moosa Said
NINTENDO B
+ 22'04
19
Horacio Gallardo
NINTENDO B
+ 23'26
20
Blake Caldwell
SLIPSTREAM
+ 23'33
21
Nicolas Roche
PROCYCLING - BBC
+ 24'11
22
Thomas Bontenackels
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 24'43
23
Timothy Cassidy
IRN BRU-RBS B
+ 25'41
24
Svein Tuft
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 25'44
25
Eric Berthou
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 25'58
Points
1
Wim Van Huffel
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
86
2
Iljo Keisse
VIRGIN MEDIA B
83
3
Raúl Turano
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
81
4
Brad Huff
SLIPSTREAM
76
5
Matti Breschel
B&O
76
6
Horacio Gallardo
NINTENDO B
72
7
Aleksandr Pluchkin
B&O
71
8
Carlos Alberto Ospina
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
71
9
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
NIPPO CORPORATION
67
10
Ricardo Mestre
B&O
61
KoM is still Mestre
Edited by Roman on 18-10-2016 00:27
