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Tour du Faso - Stage 8
SportingNonsense
Posted on 06-02-2014 21:02
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So finally we have had a 2nd team winning a stage. Will today see a 3rd?
Having previously shown no interest in attacking, HTC-Nieuwsblad are playing a different game today. Vandenbergh attacks from the gun.
Marque joins him, but does not fight him at the intermediate sprints - Vandenbergh easily won the first 2 to try to move up in GC.
ING have turned off their sprints chasing mode, but MTN are carrying on from yesterday in ramping up the pace in the few kilometres before them. It seems pointless, as nobody else try to beat Abdallah, as the Egyptian takes 3rd at the first two sprints.
For the 3rd sprint though, it looks like MTN could catch the break just before it.
Not quite, as it turns out. Abdallah must again settle for 3rd, having passed Marque just after the line.
Schinker and Stallaert fought Abdallah here, which makes Kenya Airways' tactics seem bizarre. Why send Marque in the break, if you want Schinker to have a chance at gaining bonus seconds?
The break are caught here though, which is terrible news for Vandenberg with 30km to go. He won't be able to hold on to the peloton for this long, and does get dropped. No GC gain for him!
After testing the waters with a leadout attempt yesterday, which gave Greipel the win, Die Berg return today with a full train. You have to wonder why they have waited until now, as Chavanel, Hochmann and Abakoumov make for a formidable lineup.
Greipel knows what is good for him and gets on Abakoumov's wheel - curiously with Vingerling on his wheel, infront of Roelandts and Vaitkus.
ING are back to aiming for the stage finishes today with King and Thire to leadout Kip. Following are Ghafari, Veelers, Wippert, Schinker, Vasylyuk and Stallaert.
Hochmann opens the sprint only to see Abakoumov crazily go early instead. And look at these tactics from WWE! Vingerling drops back to push Roelandts away from Greipel, clever stuff!
As Kip tries to catch up with Greipel, Roelandts is struggling to get going again, and now has quite a lot of ground to make up.
Into the final kilometre, Greipel again says thanks to Abakoumov and moves into the lead.
Vaitkus, Veelers and Vasylyuk are going well, but Roelandts is up to speed now and charging after Greipel.
And in a fantastic display of speed, Jurgen Roelandts wins his 5th stage of the race.
Greipel did all he could, but that is only enough for 2nd, while Vaitkus takes 3rd.
In perhaps ominous news ahead of tomorrow's key cobbled stage, Vanspeybrouck delivers his best performance yet with 11th place. He needs to go very well tomorrow, with 2'25 to make up on Roelandts.
Time bonuses put Abdallah up to 14th place overall, just 2 seconds away from the Top 10.
1 Jurgen Roelandts Bouygues Telecom 4h06'01 2 André Greipel Team WWE s.t. 3 Tomas Vaitkus airBaltic - Endura s.t. 4 Tom Veelers Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 5 Andriy Vasylyuk Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 6 Michael Vingerling Team WWE s.t. 7 Igor Abakoumov Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 8 Ismaël Kip ING Cycling - Project s.t. 9 Vahid Ghafari Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 10 Sven Nooytens PFG-Armavia s.t. 11 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Team BPost s.t. 12 Jonathon Thire ING Cycling - Project s.t. 13 Wouter Wippert HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 14 Ronan Racault PFG-Armavia s.t. 15 Remco Broers Team BPost s.t. 16 Tony Martin Bouygues Telecom s.t. 17 Alexandr Braico PFG-Armavia s.t. 18 Björn Leukemans Control Team s.t. 19 JÃri Hochmann Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 20 Ben King ING Cycling - Project s.t. 21 Jan Oelerich Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 22 Kenny De Haes HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 23 Niels Albert Team BPost s.t. 24 Sébastien Chavanel Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 25 Fabrice Jeandesbosz Team WWE s.t. 26 Christian Knees Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 27 Haijun Ma Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 28 Dries Van der Ginst HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 29 Joost Van Leijen Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 30 Julien El Fares Bouygues Telecom s.t. 31 Sergiy Lagkuti Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 32 Oscar Freire Control Team s.t. 33 Joeri Stallaert Team BPost s.t. 34 Kenneth Vanbilsen HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 35 Tom Van Asbroeck HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 36 Robert Gavenda PFG-Armavia s.t. 37 Tesfay Abraha PFG-Armavia s.t. 38 Sebastian Lang Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 39 Nico Schinker Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 40 Niki Østergaard Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 41 Paulius Siskevicius airBaltic - Endura s.t. 42 Fredrik Kessiakoff Team WWE s.t. 43 Thomas Voeckler Team WWE s.t. 44 Hugues Mottin Bouygues Telecom s.t. 45 Yvo Kusters HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 46 Rik Kavsek Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 47 Maarten Tjallingii Control Team s.t. 48 Andris Vosekalns airBaltic - Endura s.t. 49 Eduard Grosu Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 50 Mihkel Räim airBaltic - Endura s.t. 51 Kris Boeckmans Team BPost s.t. 52 Rick Flens Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 53 Gerben Löwik Control Team s.t. 54 Moreno Moser Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 55 Dylan Groenewegen Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 56 Eliot Lietaer Team BPost s.t. 57 Matthew Brammeier Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 58 Julián Becerra Team WWE s.t. 59 Dylan Van Baarle airBaltic - Endura s.t. 60 Jörgen Matt airBaltic - Endura s.t. 61 Mike Teunissen Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 62 Amets Txurruka Team WWE s.t. 63 Yoann Paillot Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 64 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Team BPost s.t. 65 William Connolly airBaltic - Endura s.t. 66 Marlen Zmorka Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 67 Biao Liu PFG-Armavia s.t. 68 Tyler Day MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 69 Heiko Redecker MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 70 Johannes Christofel Nel MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 71 Cherif Abdallah MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 72 Mujtaba Hussein Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 73 Stefan Petrovski Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 74 Edward King ING Cycling - Project s.t. 75 Suleiman Kangangi Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 76 Hubert Dupont ING Cycling - Project s.t. 77 Alejandro Marque Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 78 Egoitz Murgoitio ING Cycling - Project s.t. 79 Frederik Frison Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 80 Nicola D'Andrea ING Cycling - Project s.t. 81 Dor Dviri PFG-Armavia s.t. 82 Stijn Vandenbergh HTC Nieuwsblad + 2'57 83 Louis Meintjes MTN - World Bicycle Relief + 3'28 84 Adrien Niyonshuti MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 85 Ngock Yves Ngue MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 86 Irakli Bablidze Bouygues Telecom + 4'24 87 Tony Gallopin Bouygues Telecom + 4'52 88 Stefano Locatelli Bouygues Telecom + 5'17
GC
1 Jurgen Roelandts Bouygues Telecom 22h08'51 2 André Greipel Team WWE + 1'10 3 Ismaël Kip ING Cycling - Project + 1'28 4 Andriy Vasylyuk Metinvest-Emirates + 1'30 5 Tomas Vaitkus airBaltic - Endura + 1'44 6 Hugues Mottin Bouygues Telecom + 1'46 7 Tony Martin Bouygues Telecom + 1'48 8 Robert Gavenda PFG-Armavia s.t. 9 Sergiy Lagkuti Metinvest-Emirates + 1'49 10 Julien El Fares Bouygues Telecom s.t. 11 Eduard Grosu Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 12 Sebastian Lang Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 13 Haijun Ma Metinvest-Emirates + 1'51 14 Cherif Abdallah MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 15 Moreno Moser Metinvest-Emirates s.t. 16 Tom Veelers Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim + 1'53 17 Marlen Zmorka Metinvest-Emirates + 1'54 18 Nico Schinker Kenya Airways - Barclays + 1'56 19 Sven Nooytens PFG-Armavia + 1'58 20 JÃri Hochmann Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 21 Ronan Racault PFG-Armavia s.t. 22 Alexandr Braico PFG-Armavia + 1'59 23 Biao Liu PFG-Armavia s.t. 24 Dor Dviri PFG-Armavia + 2'00 25 Tesfay Abraha PFG-Armavia + 2'01
Spoiler
26 Johannes Christofel Nel MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 27 Vahid Ghafari Kenya Airways - Barclays + 2'02 28 Yoann Paillot Kenya Airways - Barclays s.t. 29 Matthew Brammeier Kenya Airways - Barclays + 2'04 30 Igor Abakoumov Die Berg Komt Er + 2'05 31 Joost Van Leijen Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim + 2'06 32 Rick Flens Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 33 Fredrik Kessiakoff Team WWE s.t. 34 Julián Becerra Team WWE s.t. 35 Fabrice Jeandesbosz Team WWE + 2'07 36 Michael Vingerling Team WWE + 2'08 37 Jan Oelerich Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 38 Christian Knees Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 39 Mike Teunissen Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 40 Niki Østergaard Die Berg Komt Er + 2'09 41 Frederik Frison Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 42 Wouter Wippert HTC Nieuwsblad + 2'10 43 Dylan Groenewegen Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 44 Sébastien Chavanel Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 45 Amets Txurruka Team WWE s.t. 46 Rik Kavsek Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim s.t. 47 Stefan Petrovski Die Berg Komt Er s.t. 48 Andris Vosekalns airBaltic - Endura + 2'11 49 Dylan Van Baarle airBaltic - Endura s.t. 50 Jörgen Matt airBaltic - Endura + 2'12 51 Tyler Day MTN - World Bicycle Relief + 2'13 52 Kenny De Haes HTC Nieuwsblad + 2'14 53 Yvo Kusters HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 54 Heiko Redecker MTN - World Bicycle Relief s.t. 55 Mihkel Räim airBaltic - Endura s.t. 56 Tom Van Asbroeck HTC Nieuwsblad + 2'15 57 Paulius Siskevicius airBaltic - Endura + 2'17 58 Kenneth Vanbilsen HTC Nieuwsblad + 2'18 59 Jonathon Thire ING Cycling - Project + 2'21 60 Dries Van der Ginst HTC Nieuwsblad s.t. 61 Kris Boeckmans Team BPost + 2'24 62 Ben King ING Cycling - Project s.t. 63 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Team BPost + 2'25 64 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Team BPost s.t. 65 Joeri Stallaert Team BPost + 2'26 66 Niels Albert Team BPost s.t. 67 Eliot Lietaer Team BPost s.t. 68 Remco Broers Team BPost + 2'27 69 Mujtaba Hussein Kenya Airways - Barclays + 4'11 70 William Connolly airBaltic - Endura + 4'20 71 Stijn Vandenbergh HTC Nieuwsblad + 4'54 72 Alejandro Marque Kenya Airways - Barclays + 5'27 73 Ngock Yves Ngue MTN - World Bicycle Relief + 5'43 74 Thomas Voeckler Team WWE + 6'07 75 Egoitz Murgoitio ING Cycling - Project + 7'17 76 Louis Meintjes MTN - World Bicycle Relief + 7'21 77 Suleiman Kangangi Kenya Airways - Barclays + 7'51 78 Edward King ING Cycling - Project + 7'57 79 Gerben Löwik Control Team + 8'12 80 Oscar Freire Control Team + 8'23 81 Hubert Dupont ING Cycling - Project + 8'27 82 Nicola D'Andrea ING Cycling - Project + 8'30 83 Maarten Tjallingii Control Team + 8'40 84 Björn Leukemans Control Team + 8'58 85 Tony Gallopin Bouygues Telecom + 9'24 86 Adrien Niyonshuti MTN - World Bicycle Relief + 11'12 87 Stefano Locatelli Bouygues Telecom + 11'13 88 Irakli Bablidze Bouygues Telecom + 19'18
Points
1 Jurgen Roelandts Bouygues Telecom 145 2 André Greipel Team WWE 98 3 Tomas Vaitkus airBaltic - Endura 92 4 Ismaël Kip ING Cycling - Project 90 5 Andriy Vasylyuk Metinvest-Emirates 79 6 Tom Veelers Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim 79 7 Igor Abakoumov Die Berg Komt Er 64 8 JÃri Hochmann Die Berg Komt Er 49 9 Cherif Abdallah MTN - World Bicycle Relief 45 10 Wouter Wippert HTC Nieuwsblad 41
U25
1 Hugues Mottin Bouygues Telecom 22h10'37 (1) 2 Robert Gavenda PFG-Armavia + 2 (2) 3 Eduard Grosu Metinvest-Emirates + 3 (3) 4 Moreno Moser Metinvest-Emirates + 5 (4) 5 Marlen Zmorka Metinvest-Emirates + 8 (5) 6 Sven Nooytens PFG-Armavia + 12 (6) 7 Ronan Racault PFG-Armavia + 12 (7) 8 Alexandr Braico PFG-Armavia + 13 (8) 9 Biao Liu PFG-Armavia + 13 (9) 10 Tesfay Abraha PFG-Armavia + 15 (10)
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