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Tour of Northern Europe - Stage 2
SportingNonsense
Posted on 28-01-2010 00:12
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We are straight into a 20km time trial, and the wind will be a factor today here on the British south coast.
Michael Ford starts early, with the wind still just under 10, and sets a benchmark
But the wind picks up, to the low 20s and then up to 30. Grivko and Spilak beat Ford at the early check, but have lost over 30 seconds by the finish
David Millar rode with the wind at its peak (around 33), he was one of many to beat Ford at the check, but at the finish? 18 seconds behind
Vincenzo Nibali set the best time at the check, but riding not far behind Millar, the wind is high and he fades badly to 25 seconds slower, in 3rd
As Lars Boom starts, the wind is still at 30, but its dropped to 24 by the finish and it shows. He is still 15 seconds behind Ford, but is at least 2nd
By the time Posthuma finishes, the wind has now dipped to 18. 2nd he goes, 8 seconds behind - Ford lost time on Stage 1, so that makes Posthuma the virtual race leader
The lower wind is certainly helping, as Marcel Barth puts in a top ride to go 5th
Elijzen goes a little faster than Barth soon after, while Devolder also capitalises on the wind to finish 3rd, 13 seconds behind Ford
The last strong time trialist is Pluchkin, and he is 4th at the first check (behind Nibali, Boom and Millar)
But even as early as the check, the wind has changed again - back over 20, up to 25 - and the best Pluchkin can battle to is 5th, level on time with Boom
Boonen loses 47 seconds to conclude the stage - and the remarkable winner is Michael Ford! Perhaps the 6 minutes lost on Stage 1 was tactical, but this is a huge stage for La Gazetta, with Posthuma 2nd and into the race lead. In a race where Wikipedia desperately needed to outscore La Gazzetta to keep the ProTour team battle alive, this could be a critical moment.
1 Michael Ford La Gazzetta dello Sport 26'18 2 Joost Posthuma La Gazzetta dello Sport + 8 3 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini + 13 4 Lars Boom Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 15 5 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O s.t. 6 David Millar British Airways - Martini + 18 7 Michiel Elijzen SIC Radical - Timberland + 22 8 Marcel Barth Accumalux-Huez + 24 9 Vincenzo Nibali Domina Vacanze + 25 10 Rick Flens La Gazzetta dello Sport + 26 11 Marcel Kittel Accumalux-Huez + 27 12 Benoît Vaugrenard American Suzuki + 28 13 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez Festina - Seiko s.t. 14 Sylvain Chavanel British Airways - Martini + 30 15 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko + 31 16 Thomas De Gendt Team B&O s.t. 17 Simon Spilak Wikipedia s.t. 18 Vladimir Gusev Philips - Hummel s.t. 19 Nick Clesen Accumalux-Huez + 32 20 Sébastien Joly Eurosport s.t. 21 Dennis Van Winden La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 22 Michael Schär Rabobank + 34 23 Casper Jørgensen Team B&O + 37 24 Andrei Grivko Team B&O + 39 25 Timothy Gudsell American Suzuki + 40 26 Rafaâ Chtioui Accumalux-Huez s.t. 27 Ryder Hesjedal Domina Vacanze + 42 28 Jairo Agudelo Unicef RT + 43 29 Juan José Cobo Unicef RT s.t. 30 Moises Dueñas Crédit Lyonnais + 44 31 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers + 47 32 Alex Rasmussen Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 33 Sean Finning Unicef RT + 48 34 Jukka Vastaranta SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 35 Sergei Kolesnikov Warner Brothers s.t. 36 Dmitri Kozontchuk Rabobank + 49 37 Sergei Lagutin Eurosport s.t. 38 Jan Ghyselinck Nokia-Nike s.t. 39 Luigi Sestili Crédit Lyonnais + 52 40 José Serpa American Suzuki + 53 41 Kévin Lalouette Crédit Lyonnais + 54 42 Jens Mouris British Airways - Martini s.t. 43 Mauro Santambrogio La Gazzetta dello Sport + 55 44 Marco Pinotti Eurosport + 56 45 René Mandri Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 46 Rubens Bertogliati Nokia-Nike + 57 47 Aleksandr Khatuntsev Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 48 Vitor Rodrigues Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 49 Nick Nuyens Domina Vacanze + 1'00 50 Ahmed Ahmed Warner Brothers + 1'02 51 Vladimir Bileka White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 52 Pim Ligthart Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 1'04 53 Michael Faerk Christensen Team B&O s.t. 54 Cristiano Salerno White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 55 Clément Lhotellerie Unicef RT s.t. 56 Sven Nooytens Lipton Ice Tea + 1'05 57 Cyril Gautier Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 58 Gatis Smukulis Accumalux-Huez s.t. 59 David Herrero Llorente Wikipedia + 1'06 60 Mathieu Bernaudeau Festina - Seiko + 1'08 61 Alessandro Ballan SIC Radical - Timberland + 1'09 62 Fabrice Jeandesbosz SIC Radical - Timberland + 1'10 63 Tom Veelers Team B&O s.t. 64 Gert Steegmans Rabobank s.t. 65 Jurgen Van Loocke Festina - Seiko s.t. 66 David Claerebout Accumalux-Huez + 1'11 67 Kristian Sobota Team B&O s.t. 68 Mathieu Perget Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 69 Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t. 70 Yoann Offredo Rabobank s.t. 71 Jan Bakelants Rabobank + 1'12 72 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 1'13 73 Danilo Wyss Domina Vacanze + 1'14 74 Mitja Mahoric Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 75 Yeison Delgado American Suzuki s.t. 76 Kristian House THE CONTROL TEAM + 1'16 77 Petar Panayotov SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 78 Kenny Van Hummel Warner Brothers s.t. 79 Kevin Van Impe Warner Brothers + 1'17 80 Brad Armstrong American Suzuki + 1'18 81 Roman Maksimov White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 82 Lars Croket White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 83 Sebastian Langeveld Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 84 Rafael RodrÃguez Segarra La Gazzetta dello Sport + 1'19 85 Jan Hopman Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 1'20 86 David Deroo Wikipedia s.t. 87 Richard Ochoa Quintero Nokia-Nike + 1'21 88 Dimitri Claeys Domina Vacanze + 1'22 89 Diego Ulissi Philips - Hummel s.t. 90 Christophe Brandt Unicef RT + 1'23 91 Matej Mugerli La Gazzetta dello Sport + 1'24 92 Peter Williams THE CONTROL TEAM + 1'25 93 Baden Cooke Unicef RT + 1'26 94 Evgeni Popov SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 95 Matthew Brammeier British Airways - Martini + 1'27 96 Wilfried Cretskens Warner Brothers + 1'29 97 Xavier Florencio Wikipedia + 1'30 98 Frederik Nolf Festina - Seiko s.t. 99 Blaise Sonnery Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 100 Matti Breschel Philips - Hummel s.t. 101 Klaas Sys Wikipedia s.t. 102 Martin Pedersen Philips - Hummel s.t. 103 Philip Deignan Eurosport + 1'31 104 Karsten Kroon Rabobank + 1'32 105 Anders Lund Philips - Hummel + 1'33 106 Maxime Vantomme Philips - Hummel s.t. 107 Maurice Schreurs Philips - Hummel + 1'34 108 Jaime Alberto Castañeda Nokia-Nike s.t. 109 Francesco Gavazzi La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 110 Jonas Vangenechten SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 111 Jérôme Baugnies Lipton Ice Tea + 1'35 112 Cesare Di Maggio Lipton Ice Tea + 1'36 113 Marcus Burghardt Wikipedia s.t. 114 Michael Mørkøv Philips - Hummel s.t. 115 Geraint Thomas British Airways - Martini + 1'37 116 Andrei Sartasov Eurosport + 1'38 117 Jonathan Bellis British Airways - Martini s.t. 118 Nico Sijmens Accumalux-Huez + 1'39 119 Anthony Geslin Festina - Seiko + 1'40 120 Alex Dowsett Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 1'41 121 Danny Summerhill White Bear - Wild Horse + 1'42 122 Heinrich Haussler Nokia-Nike + 1'43 123 Kenny De Haes Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 124 Nikolas Maes Wikipedia s.t. 125 Ananias Ananias THE CONTROL TEAM + 1'46 126 Oscar Freire Nokia-Nike s.t. 127 VÃctor Hugo Orozco Unicef RT + 1'47 128 Evan Oliphant Nokia-Nike + 1'48 129 Julien Berard American Suzuki s.t. 130 Wouter Weylandt Warner Brothers s.t. 131 Boy Van Poppel Eurosport + 1'49 132 Anthony Lavoine Festina - Seiko + 1'51 133 Arnaud Coyot Lipton Ice Tea + 1'53 134 Nick Ingels Festina - Seiko s.t. 135 Andreas Klier American Suzuki s.t. 136 Amadou Bakari Nokia-Nike + 1'54 137 Laurent Mangel Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 138 Pieter Jacobs Unicef RT + 1'56 139 Kobe Vanoverschelde Team B&O + 1'57 140 Graeme Brown White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 141 Marcello Pavarin Wikipedia + 1'58 142 Sebastien Einsle Accumalux-Huez + 1'59 143 Mauro Da Dalto Domina Vacanze + 2'00 144 Óscar Avelino Lipton Ice Tea + 2'01 145 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke THE CONTROL TEAM + 2'02 146 Steven Caethoven White Bear - Wild Horse + 2'04 147 Arnaud Gérard American Suzuki + 2'05 148 Kevin Hulsmans Warner Brothers s.t. 149 Anuar Manan British Airways - Martini + 2'06 150 Jürgen Van de Walle Eurosport s.t. 151 Ruben Elvira Lobato SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 152 Vicente Reynès Eurosport + 2'08 153 Koldo Fernandez Domina Vacanze + 2'10 154 David López Garcia Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 2'11 155 Marco Guillén White Bear - Wild Horse + 2'15 156 Francesco Chicchi Domina Vacanze + 2'17
GC
1 Joost Posthuma La Gazzetta dello Sport 5h20'13 2 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini + 5 3 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O + 7 4 Lars Boom Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 5 David Millar British Airways - Martini + 10 6 Michiel Elijzen SIC Radical - Timberland + 14 7 Marcel Barth Accumalux-Huez + 16 8 Vincenzo Nibali Domina Vacanze + 17 9 Rick Flens La Gazzetta dello Sport + 18 10 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers + 19 11 Marcel Kittel Accumalux-Huez s.t. 12 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez Festina - Seiko + 20 13 Benoît Vaugrenard American Suzuki s.t. 14 Sylvain Chavanel British Airways - Martini + 22 15 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko + 23 16 Vladimir Gusev Philips - Hummel s.t. 17 Thomas De Gendt Team B&O s.t. 18 Simon Spilak Wikipedia s.t. 19 Sébastien Joly Eurosport + 24 20 Dennis Van Winden La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 21 Nick Clesen Accumalux-Huez s.t. 22 Michael Schär Rabobank + 26 23 Casper Jørgensen Team B&O + 29 24 Andrei Grivko Team B&O + 31 25 Rafaâ Chtioui Accumalux-Huez + 32
Points
1 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers 25 2 Michael Ford La Gazzetta dello Sport 25 3 Steven Caethoven White Bear - Wild Horse 20 4 Joost Posthuma La Gazzetta dello Sport 20 5 Oscar Freire Nokia-Nike 16 6 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini 16 7 Baden Cooke Unicef RT 14 8 Lars Boom Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne 14 9 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O 13 10 Gert Steegmans Rabobank 12
Young Rider
1 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O 5h20'20 (1) 2 Lars Boom Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 0 (2) 3 Marcel Barth Accumalux-Huez + 9 (3) 4 Vincenzo Nibali Domina Vacanze + 10 (4) 5 Marcel Kittel Accumalux-Huez + 12 (5) 6 Thomas De Gendt Team B&O + 16 (6) 7 Simon Spilak Wikipedia + 16 (7) 8 Dennis Van Winden La Gazzetta dello Sport + 17 (8) 9 Nick Clesen Accumalux-Huez + 17 (9) 10 Michael Schär Rabobank + 19 (10)
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