The continental season comes to a close, with the final stage here in Burkina Faso. Guess what? Its flat!
Wacker, Rizio and Iannetti are the 3 man breakaway
Behind them, the whole control team go on a short attack. Will any team pick any of them up this transfers, or will they be returning to the control team next year? We shall see
The break was caught with 11km to go, sorting out all intermediate sprints.
But with 9km to go there is sad news as the career of Stuart O'Grady ends his career on a sour note. On course for 13th overall, his best result of the year, he crashes.
Now for the sprint, plenty of trains, everyone wants to win on this last opportunity in 2010 for continental riders.
Beppu leads Nazon, but Van Heerden is going strong
No longer in his distinctive South African national jersey, wearing the young rider jersey instead, since Albert can not, Van Heerden charges into the lead
And he wins his 3rd stage of the race, thus levelling up with Ben Swift as most successful continental sprinter of the season, and securing himself as the highest ranked sprinter on the individual rankings.
Nazon takes 2nd, Trusov 3rd and Mohs 4th.
Niels Albert secures overall victory, in what has been a great season for his team.
1
Juan Van Heerden
AON Global
1h53'07
2
Jean-Patrick Nazon
M&M Cycling
s.t.
3
Nikolai Trusov
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
4
Erik Mohs
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
5
Fumiyuki Beppu
M&M Cycling
s.t.
6
Roy Sentjens
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
7
Gerben Löwik
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
8
Jos Van Emden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
9
Niki Terpstra
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
10
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
11
Bobbie Traksel
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
12
Jimmy Casper
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
13
Bradley Wiggins
100% ME
s.t.
14
Marcel Sieberg
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
15
Robert Hunter
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
16
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
17
Joseph Cooper
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
18
Juan José Haedo
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
19
Benoît Sinner
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
20
Matt Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
21
Thomas Murray
100% ME
s.t.
22
Hayden Roulston
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
23
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
24
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
25
Luca Paolini
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
26
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
27
Peter Kennaugh
100% ME
s.t.
28
Adam Blythe
100% ME
s.t.
29
Steven Cummings
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
30
David Kopp
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
31
Ricki Nelson
M&M Cycling
s.t.
32
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
s.t.
33
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
34
Kevin Ista
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
35
Andrew Fenn
100% ME
s.t.
36
Grischa Janorschke
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
37
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
M&M Cycling
s.t.
38
Kevin Peeters
Team Ultimate
s.t.
39
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
41
Cornelius Van Ooijen
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
42
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
43
Niels Albert
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
44
Markus Eichler
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
45
Marc Machado
AON Global
s.t.
46
Adam Bonser
100% ME
s.t.
47
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
48
Hubert Dupont
AON Global
s.t.
49
Gracjan Lejman
M&M Cycling
s.t.
50
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
51
Andrew Tennant
100% ME
s.t.
52
Maciej Ulanowski
Team Ultimate
s.t.
53
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
54
Marc De Maar
AON Global
s.t.
55
Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
56
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
57
Blake Caldwell
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
58
Tom Zirbel
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
59
Remco Broers
Team Ultimate
s.t.
60
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
61
Aleksandr Serov
AON Global
s.t.
62
Ferdi Van Katwijk
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
63
Timothy Johnson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
64
Massimo Iannetti
M&M Cycling
s.t.
65
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
66
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
67
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
68
Yves Da Luz
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
69
Ken Sebastian Vassdål
Team Ultimate
s.t.
70
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
71
Couliball Moussavou
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
72
Jerome Kornetzky
Team Ultimate
s.t.
73
Fonne Woortman
Team Ultimate
s.t.
74
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
75
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1'33
76
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
s.t.
77
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
+ 2'16
78
Davronjan Shatskikh
M&M Cycling
s.t.
79
Deni Rizio
Team Ultimate
+ 2'40
80
Stuart O'Grady
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 3'20
GC
1
Niels Albert
Jack Wolfskin
24h44'39
2
Juan José Haedo
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'41
3
Juan Van Heerden
AON Global
+ 1'45
4
Andrew Fenn
100% ME
+ 2'10
5
Jean-Patrick Nazon
M&M Cycling
+ 2'11
6
David Kopp
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 2'13
7
Jimmy Casper
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 2'21
8
Robert Hunter
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
9
Adam Blythe
100% ME
+ 2'26
10
Marcel Sieberg
Jack Wolfskin
+ 2'27
11
Roy Sentjens
Jack Wolfskin
+ 2'35
12
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
13
Kevin Ista
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'42
14
Luke Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 2'45
15
Marc De Maar
AON Global
s.t.
16
Luca Paolini
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 2'46
17
Peter Kennaugh
100% ME
+ 3'31
18
Erik Mohs
IrnBru - RBS
+ 3'41
19
Nikolai Trusov
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 4'06
20
Bradley Wiggins
100% ME
+ 4'07
21
Andrew Tennant
100% ME
s.t.
22
Stefan Radochla
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 4'09
23
Joseph Cooper
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 4'10
24
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'14
25
Bobbie Traksel
Jack Wolfskin
+ 4'16
26
Jos Van Emden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
27
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
28
Tom Zirbel
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
29
Benoît Sinner
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'17
30
Kevin Peeters
Team Ultimate
s.t.
31
Massimo Iannetti
M&M Cycling
s.t.
32
Jerome Kornetzky
Team Ultimate
s.t.
33
Fonne Woortman
Team Ultimate
s.t.
34
Cornelius Van Ooijen
IrnBru - RBS
+ 4'19
35
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 4'21
36
Yves Da Luz
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
37
Matt Rowe
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
+ 4'22
38
Markus Eichler
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
39
Geoffroy Lequatre
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
40
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
41
Steven Cummings
Wiggle Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Couliball Moussavou
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
43
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 4'25
44
Grischa Janorschke
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
45
Aleksandr Serov
AON Global
+ 4'26
46
Niki Terpstra
IrnBru - RBS
+ 4'27
47
Gerben Löwik
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
48
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
49
Hayden Roulston
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
50
Hubert Dupont
AON Global
+ 4'28
51
Fumiyuki Beppu
M&M Cycling
+ 4'29
52
Ferdi Van Katwijk
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
53
Gracjan Lejman
M&M Cycling
s.t.
54
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
M&M Cycling
+ 4'31
55
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
+ 5'29
56
Thomas Murray
100% ME
+ 5'37
57
Stuart O'Grady
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
+ 5'57
58
Adam Bonser
100% ME
+ 6'45
59
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 6'46
60
Cherif Abdallah
AON Global
+ 6'54
61
Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 7'18
62
Remco Broers
Team Ultimate
+ 8'08
63
Maciej Ulanowski
Team Ultimate
+ 8'10
64
Blake Caldwell
BMC Racing Team
+ 8'27
65
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
+ 9'00
66
Timothy Johnson
IrnBru - RBS
+ 9'10
67
Marc Machado
AON Global
+ 10'15
68
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
+ 10'40
69
Esteban Mardones
AON Global
+ 11'11
70
Davronjan Shatskikh
M&M Cycling
+ 11'12
71
Deni Rizio
Team Ultimate
+ 11'27
72
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
+ 11'58
73
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 12'49
74
Ricki Nelson
M&M Cycling
+ 14'12
75
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
