Do we have an uphill finish today? Kind of, but Mohs, Crocket and Vaitkus are still favourites. Vaitkus would be my bet.
De Bie and Tommersen again form a two man break today, it's a pity for Tommersen that there are now points awarded for most combative rider, as he would surely win that. He does manage to win the first sprint though.
Uugunbayar jumps clear to pick up 2 more bonus seconds.
Tommersen gets another win at sprint 2
This time Van Loocke gets 3rd.
And it's win 3 for Tommersen
and another third for Van Loocke
The break are pulled back early today, with 20km left
With 10km to go the sprinters are all waiting to make a move.
As the road starts to rise Puma and Pokerstars move forwards. Cyclevox have done plenty of work on the front, so probably don't have the ability to make a great chain.
Pokerstars are disorganised, so Puma pull clear. Van Loocke is trying to get on Crocket's wheel.
And Puma start the sprint from the front. Cyclevox, have a chain, but it's way back.
Crocket goes for the long uphill sprint, a brave move.
Mohs is coming quickest, but Vaitkus and Borrajo haven't had to stick their nose in the wind yet.
As Mohs moves into second Vaitkus is forced to make his move.
Borrajo can't stay with Vaitkus, who quickly pulls alongside Mohs
Crocket hasn't seen anyone for 2km, he just has to hope that no one comes past him now.
They don't and it's victory for Crocket.
Vaitkus keeps his lead with the second place, while Blythe closes fast to get third and stay close on time. Mohs and Borrajo are next.
So Crocket gets his win off the pack of a massive leadout, to move within 11 seconds of the lead. Pokerstars sprint chain troubles continue, with Mohs forced to sprint from to far back and too far out.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
4h07'32
2
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
s.t.
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
4
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
5
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
s.t.
6
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
s.t.
7
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
8
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
s.t.
9
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
10
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
11
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
12
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
s.t.
13
Bassirou Konte
Team B
s.t.
14
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
s.t.
15
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
s.t.
16
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
s.t.
17
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
18
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
19
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
20
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
s.t.
21
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
s.t.
22
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
23
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
s.t.
25
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
26
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
27
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
28
Dan McLay
Cyclevox
s.t.
29
Davide Bragazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
30
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
31
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
32
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
33
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
34
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
35
Mahamadi Balima
Team D
s.t.
36
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
37
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
s.t.
38
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
s.t.
39
Gert-Jan Van Immerseel
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
40
Jerry Van Belle
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
41
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
42
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
s.t.
43
Gatien Bossaer
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
44
Salvatore Puccio
UniCredit
s.t.
45
William Maesen
Team Bpost
s.t.
46
Mujtaba Hussein
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
47
Estifanos Kebede
Team C
s.t.
48
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
49
Marwane Zenagui
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'19
50
Amadou Bakari
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'56
51
Robert Hunter
Team C
s.t.
52
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team C
s.t.
53
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'59
54
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
s.t.
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
18h39'50
2
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
+ 11
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 25
4
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
+ 1'07
5
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'11
6
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'13
7
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
8
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 1'15
9
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'17
10
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
+ 1'26
11
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'27
12
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
+ 1'28
13
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
s.t.
14
Dan McLay
Cyclevox
s.t.
15
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'29
16
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
17
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
18
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
19
Scott Thwaites
Cyclevox
+ 1'30
20
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'31
21
Christian Knees
Cyclevox
+ 1'32
22
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
+ 1'33
23
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
s.t.
24
Julien Paquet
Team Bpost
s.t.
25
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
+ 1'38
26
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
27
Davide Bragazzi
UniCredit
s.t.
28
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
+ 1'42
29
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'43
30
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
31
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
32
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'45
33
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'47
34
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2'22
35
Salvatore Puccio
UniCredit
+ 2'27
36
William Maesen
Team Bpost
+ 3'23
37
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
+ 3'27
38
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
+ 3'30
39
Gert-Jan Van Immerseel
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'14
40
Marwane Zenagui
Proximus - Trek
+ 5'31
41
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
+ 5'54
42
Julien Vermote
Pokerstars.com
+ 5'58
43
Francesco Van Coppernolle
Proximus - Trek
+ 6'23
44
Bassirou Konte
Team B
+ 6'24
45
Jerry Van Belle
Proximus - Trek
+ 6'26
46
Gatien Bossaer
Proximus - Trek
+ 6'54
47
Mujtaba Hussein
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 7'26
48
Mahamadi Balima
Team D
+ 8'42
49
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
+ 10'13
50
Amadou Bakari
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
+ 10'25
51
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
+ 13'09
52
Estifanos Kebede
Team C
+ 17'42
53
Robert Hunter
Team C
+ 18'11
54
Adrien Niyonshuti
Team C
+ 21'16
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Tomas Vaitkus
Cyclevox
20
127
2
Lars Croket
Team Puma - SAP
25
122
3
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
16
96
4
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
14
81
5
Jurgen Van Loocke
Team Bpost
4
78
6
Alejandro Borrajo
UniCredit
12
68
7
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
9
57
8
Lars Tommersen
Proximus - Trek
18
56
9
Fabio Borghesi
UniCredit
8
51
10
Jonathon Thire
Team Puma - SAP
6
43
11
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Proximus - Trek
7
42
12
Mike De Bie
Team Bpost
12
40
13
Graham Briggs
Cyclevox
10
34
14
Bassirou Konte
Team B
3
28
15
Peter Riis Andersen
UniCredit
0
22
16
Silvan Dillier
Team Bpost
0
20
17
Nikolas Maes
Team Bpost
4
16
18
Francesco Gavazzi
UniCredit
7
15
19
Jimmy Engoulvent
Pokerstars.com
0
13
20
Niels Albert
Team Bpost
2
11
21
Kevin Pauwels
Cyclevox
0
8
22
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
6
23
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
0
5
24
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
0
4
25
Nacer Bouhanni
Team Puma - SAP
0
4
26
Ricardo Van der Velde
Cyclevox
0
3
27
David Boucher
Pokerstars.com
0
3
28
George Atkins
Pokerstars.com
0
2
29
Tosh Van der Sande
UniCredit
1
1
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Team Puma - SAP
12h22'36
+ 16 (3)
2
UniCredit
s.t.
+ 25 (5)
3
Cyclevox
s.t.
+ 15 (2)
4
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
55h50'00 (1)
5
Team Bpost
s.t.
+ 20 (4)
6
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
+ 30 (6)
7
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
+ 5'38 (7)
8
Team C
+ 3'52
+ 41'46 (8)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Adam Blythe
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
4h07'32
18h40'15 (1)
5
Tesfar Teklit
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 46 (2)
14
Ian Stannard
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 48 (3)
13
Ermin Van Wyk
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 48 (4)
4
Tom Last
Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
s.t.
+ 50 (5)
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182]Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
