Flat and hills - ptth screw Italy and Spain this where the action is really at, everyone knows that real excitement requires MOUNTAINS and Paris Nice delivers today!
Nibali was on the defensive briefly yesterday with Spilak flezing his muscles. Today should promise yet more exciting action in the race to the sun via the sky!
We have three hard climbs on the menu today with the finale featuring the Cote de Laffrey followed quickly by the finish up to the ski station at La Chaud. It is a really hard mountain test and we shall see how hard the riders are willing to race it.
No real arguments over the early morning break as four riders ease clear before the opening leg warmer.
Morobito goes pleasing their despotic manager. Kennaugh does also what his team manager always demands get in that breakaway. Bookwalter is the four riders rouler of the day and Majka gets the Eastern Europeans all excited.
The first King of the mountains prime is well before todays main course:
KoM 1: Kennaugh - - > Bookwalter - - > Majka - - > Morobito.
With points for fifth place we see a couple of riders sprint out for the points - this wouldn't normally warrent a picture but the trio continue on with the attack.
Good Energy fanpeeps will be very excited to Costagli strike out, the crazy Simply Red Bull despot likewise with his charge and well place KoM crony Morizot go but most of the attention shall be on the diminutive VolksWagen-Mapei rider here. It is Sella!
The Italian has had some hard days in this race so far - but still carries an outside GC threat being 25th at 4.53 before the start of play today so it is surprising that the pack have let this drift away.
The break becomes seven with a former winner of the race amongst its number, what a crazy race this is proving to be.
It is a strange move for Sella but possibly there is some logic behind it if he believes the favourites will save themselves for the very last climb. He may believe he can get far enough away to get the freedom for the stage win or at the very least nab some serious KoM points.
Also worth noting the presence of Morizot, who sits at the back letting Morobito do his share of the break pacing. He just needs 10 KoM points (Sella got the fifth on the last climb) to take the lead in that jersey.
The pack have plenty of teams to lead the chase, you feel two fold interests some for the stage and some to protect GC theat against Sella.
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank, Prio - Porto, ING - Pro Cycling Team, Team Vueling Airlines, Becherovka - Kiwibank and Vesuvio - Accumalux are seen leading the chase at various points that keeps the gap under four minutes with 50km to go.
No thrills at the days sprint point, with Costagli taking it over Morobito and Sella, it is the climbs that today is all about as we reach the first of our three concluding 1st cat ascents.
Team Vueling Airlines lead the pack on the lower slopes but now the previously invisible Swisscom - UBS boys come forward with race leader Nibali.
Costagli and Sella are doing all the work in the break and are maintaining a healthy 3.30 lead over the pack. These Italian climbers are going to take some catching uphill today. Sella begins to notice his young companion waning and shows no sentiment in attacking near the top of this first climb.
Indeed Costagli has shown some naivety here as it is Kennaugh who is closest to following Sella and indeed follows Sella 30 seconds behind him at the summit.
It is not enough for Morizot to overhaul the incumbent KoM jersey wearer Martin and as we check the times it seems as if Morizot's day out is been just to get 6 KoM points!
30km to go:
Sella - - - > Kennaugh at 36 - - - > Remainder of break at 2.30 - - - > Pack at 3.08
I say pack... it is just 39 riders!
Sella has put the hammer down here and there is some serious panic in the chasing already before the double climb to finish today. Nibali actually led over the climb himself concerned about this Merckx like attack from Manu Sella.
Wait there is only one Becherovka - Kiwibank jersey in this group. It is the tiny form of Rujano.... where is Velits?
Two minutes down the road thats where! This is confusion from his team who now are burning up domestiques to get Velits back in contention, but the race is truly on up front.
Sella gets to the bottom of the Laffrey climb with two minutes on the pack of favourites and 30 seconds still on the game Kennaugh. The others in the break have been caught, not yet the right day for Costagli. For Sella the long day on the flat is now over and for much of the rest of the day we are in his playground the climbs.
It is playground for others two and of this day of days here we go bottom of the Laffrey no messing about SCHLECK attacks.
Splilak and Taaramae are ready and scramble across.
Meanwhile other favourites start to look around as the trio get 30 or so seconds up the road, they are waiting for the yellow jersey to do the work as you would expect. Nibali has no helpers capable of doing much and has to go into his reserves.
Gomez Marchante is doing a very good impression of a decent stage race here sitting on the Italian's wheel as Nibali starts to close the gap and simultenously prises open a gap on the pack of other favourites who need a wheel to suck.
Sicard manages to bridge as Nibali raises his ass.
Spilak, Schleck and Taaramae manage to bridge to Kennaugh as Nibali/Sicard (sans Gomez Marchante) desperately try and claw their way over.
Nope Sicard feels the guage going towards empty and sits down in his saddle.
Nibali also hasn't really hooked on with daylight between him and Kennaugh who is at the back of the Spilak/Schleck/Taaramae group.
20km to go:
Sella - - - > Taaramae/Schleck/Spilak/Kennaugh at 1.36 - - - > Nibali at 2.08 - - > Sicard at 2.24 - - > Pack at 2.55 - - - > Velits at 6.25
It is going badly wrong for Velits, but also in the pack a number of favourites really need to do something. Van Den Broeck, Martin and Pinot are taking tentative turns at the front.
Ultimately it is Dekker who puts in a proper effort to fuse with Sicard and Nibali.
This was the launchpad that the crafty Martin was aiming for, as he now tries to attack across to the kingpin group.
He makes his teammate Kennaugh's wheel, his teammate has done incredably well today and Martin will be grateful for the moment's respite on the top of the Laffrey.
The others in the pack are sitting behind Nibali again, we must remember that this is not the last climb and we have a little flattish section between the Laffrey and the final climb proper.
Still Martin/Spilak/Taaramae and Schleck is a great group of riders who have everything to gain on NIbali by working together they are also 2nd through to 5th on GC and are possibly the realistic challengers for the podium. So all the pressure really on Nibali once more.
Behind another rider is under pressure and a little like Sella on stage 3 is having to go on damage limitation in Velits.
Stupidly out of position on the previous climb he is really having to go deep on the Laffrey. Another rider beginning to go deep is Sella who only has 25 seconds advantage at the top of the Laffrey.
The Spilak group behind has worked together really well and yes Kennaugh is still with them, brilliant rider from him.
17km to go:
Sella - - - > Spilak, Schleck, Taaramae, Martin, Kennaugh at 25 seconds - - - > Pack at 1.28 - - > Velits at 4.45
Predictably the chase group catches Sella with 15km left and the VolksWagen rider takes a well deserved swig of the special juice before we get to our last climb. Kennaugh is pacing this group - this guy is mofo of the day.
Unimpressed with the pace work done by the SWisscom team, Dekker and Sicard send their lieutenents to the front.
They peg the gap at a minute to the leaders as they get to the lower slopes of the final climb. It really is now or never if you are going to get across to the uber climbers.
Sicard, Van Den Broeck, Kunshin and Lopez Garcia try.
Not really expected names in last two but they drop back as Sicard and Van Den Broeck perservere.
These two battle up to the now dropped Kennaugh. They need a little more to make the promised land though.
As ever it is left to Nibali to do the pacing as the vultures line up behind him.
The vultures here are Brambilli, Faiers, Gomez Marchante, Dekker and Fothen.
This mini group is clear of the others - some managers will be getting pretty animated in their team cars right now I think!
5km to go:
Schleck/Spilak/Taaramae/Martin/Sella lead - - - > VdB/Kennaugh/Sicard at 30 seconds - - - > Nibali group at 1.02 - - - > 31 riders at 1.25 - - - > Velits at 3.21
Under the banner though and it is time for Schleck to up the ante once more.
However the others are ready and only Sella is dropped by this acceleration, watch out as Martin goes for one.
It is rat - ta - tat as now Schleck goes ... wait one more rider cannot follow.
SPILAK!
The Slovak cannot go with this latest move, this is a major blow for the much hyped super rider.
We pan back down the mountain.
Drama at front as perhaps frustratingly the camaras pan back to what is happening behind with VdB still chasing having caught Sella now with Fothen who has jumped from the Nibali group.
Sicard is missing, the French darling has slipped back to the Nibali group his GC dreams in tatters.
Up front Schleck may have rid himself of Spilak but actually Martin and Taaramae are just as dangerous with already well advertised finishing pace. Schleck pounds away at his pedals.
3km to go:
Schleck/Taaramae/Martin - - - > Spilak at 18 seconds - - - > Fothen/VdB/Sella at 1.11 - - - > Nibali/Dekker at 1.31 - - > Gomez M/Brambilli/Sicard/Pinot at 1.40 - - > 24 riders at 2.05 - - > Velits at 3.15
It is all Schleck at the front and now it looks like he has accelerated again. It is just a small burst but at this stage it could be all it takes.
Slowly but surely the elastic stretches and yes I believe it as snapped... neither Martin nor Taaramae have the answer to this cool customer.
So Schleck leads Martin/Taaramae who lead Spilak going into the last 2km of this brutal day. Behind they are beginning to split into ones and twos as well.
Fothen has now powered clear of VdB as poor Sella begins to suffer behind him.
The Yellow jersey battles on alone, it has been a lonely day for him. Dekker who has used his teammates well but has shown very little continues to follow follow and follow his mission of following the yellow jersey is a success. But alas the yellow jersey is not having a good day.
Further back still we see the well favoured Frenchmen.
However it is Pinot now pushing on, not Sicard who seems to have completely cracked and is suffering alongside Brambilli and Gomez Marchante. This was not what his team had in mind when they paid such a wage for him.
This really is all over the road and the reason is this Red Devil at the front who attacked at the bottom of the Laffrey. Schleck is looking to stamp his credentials on this season today.
Behind him Martin is beginning to drop Taaramae as we go under the kite. This could prove crucial in the battle for the podium Martin needs time as well as bonuses to overhaul the Estonian.
Schleck does the funky chicken as he crosses the line - he certainly deserves all the bragging rights today. What a ride.
He takes 22 seconds over Martin and 36 on Taaramae who just faded slightly in the last kilometre. Schleck with bonus will take the GC lead today.
Spilak loses 57 seconds - he really suffered at the end there. This was not his best day perhaps suffering for his fruitless attack yesterday and his battle on stage 3. He will slip to 5th on GC.
Fothen is next at 1.17, he was gaining on Spilak in the end and is certainly capable on todays showing on moving further up GC. He did not have a great first half of this race but this rider gets better as races goes on.
Here comes the yellow jersey having finally dropped Dekker and indeed overtaking Sella and VdB. Not perhaps a surprise that he lost to Schleck and Spilak today but a disappointment he slips down to 4th on GC. He dropped 1.46 to Schleck, VdB abd Dekker 1.58.
Nibali has had to do a ton of work today and was under pressure even on the first climb by Sella. The veteran Italian finishes together with Pinot after his adventure today. Nice ride from Pinot to finish 9th today.
Sicard ends 12th finishing with Brambilli - a whopping 2.42 behind Schleck not a good day for him.
Gomez Marchante is 13th at 3.04, Rujano at 3.18, Keinath/Kolesnikov at 3.29 and then a large group containing Velits at 4.21.
Two riders miss time cut:
Dennis (Lotto Australia)
Vlatos (Festina)
Stage results
Let's all have a party over Avin Wargunnson ass - pcm13 is the bomb.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
5h14'05
2
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 22
3
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
+ 36
4
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
+ 57
5
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
+ 1'17
6
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1'46
7
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1'58
8
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
9
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 2'20
10
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 2'30
11
Gianluca Brambilla
Project 1t4i
+ 2'42
12
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
13
José Angel Gomez Marchante
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 3'04
14
José Rujano
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 3'18
15
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 3'29
16
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
17
Jaime Suaza
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'21
18
Thomas Faiers
Good Energy
s.t.
19
Aleksej Kunshin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
20
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
21
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
22
Ricardo Mestre
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
23
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
24
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
s.t.
25
Chen Shikai
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
26
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Project 1t4i
s.t.
27
Maxim Belkov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
28
Matthias Frank
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
29
Florian Morizot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
30
Jose Goncalves
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
31
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
32
Christophe Riblon
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
33
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
s.t.
34
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
35
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
s.t.
36
Vladimir Gusev
Pendleton's
s.t.
37
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
38
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
+ 7'57
39
Pierre Rolland
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
40
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 8'08
41
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
42
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
+ 8'24
43
Jonathan Hivert
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
44
Alexandre Geniez
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
45
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
s.t.
46
Youcef Reguigui
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
47
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 15'13
48
Matej Vysna
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 15'38
49
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
50
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 17'48
51
Óscar Solis
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
52
Mattia Cattaneo
Good Energy
s.t.
53
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
54
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
55
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker-MOT
s.t.
56
Jean-François Camier
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
57
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
58
Rafael Reis
Prio - Porto
s.t.
59
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
60
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
61
Maxime Monfort
Gazelle
s.t.
62
Pieter Weening
Gazelle
s.t.
63
Alexis Vuillermoz
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
64
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
65
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker-MOT
s.t.
66
Johan Le Bon
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
67
Stef Clement
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
68
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
s.t.
69
David Zabriskie
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
70
Dominique Cornu
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
71
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
72
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Team B&O
s.t.
73
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
74
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 21'16
75
Jakub Novak
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
76
Dadi Suryadi
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
77
Marc Goos
Festina-Canal+
+ 21'32
78
Enrico Battaglin
Good Energy
+ 22'58
79
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
s.t.
80
Charalampas Kastrantas
Gazelle
s.t.
81
Idan Shapira
Good Energy
s.t.
82
Patrick Konrad
Gazelle
s.t.
83
Davide Formolo
Gazelle
s.t.
84
Jure Zrimsek
Team B&O
s.t.
85
Javier Moreno
Santander
s.t.
86
Florian Stalder
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
87
Kiel Reijnen
Prio - Porto
s.t.
88
Roman Kreuziger
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 24'45
89
Blake Caldwell
Wikipedia
s.t.
90
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 25'43
91
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
92
Philipp Walsleben
Project 1t4i
s.t.
93
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
94
Jesse Sergent
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
95
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pendleton's
+ 31'24
96
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
+ 32'22
97
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
98
Jaco Venter
Gazelle
+ 33'11
99
Tony Gallopin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 33'19
100
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
s.t.
101
Artem Ovechkin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 33'31
102
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
Aker-MOT
s.t.
103
Mads Christensen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
104
Morgan Kneisky
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
105
Yoann Paillot
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
106
Daniel Oss
Gazelle
s.t.
107
Maxime Bouet
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
108
Geoffrey Soupe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
109
Lars Ytting Bak
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
110
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 34'22
111
Benoît Vaugrenard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
112
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
113
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
114
Jacob Fiedler
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 35'17
115
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
116
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
117
Alexander Porsev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
118
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
s.t.
119
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
120
Domingos Gonçalves
Prio - Porto
s.t.
121
William Bonnet
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
122
Alfredo Balloni
Prio - Porto
s.t.
123
Dainius Kairelis
Control Team
+ 36'21
124
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 36'40
125
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 37'20
126
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
+ 38'28
127
Kristof Vandewalle
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
128
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
s.t.
129
Michael Hepburn
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
130
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
s.t.
131
Sven Vandousselaere
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
132
Niels Scheunemann
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
133
Dion Beukeboom
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
134
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
135
Josh Atkins
Becherovka - Kiwibank
s.t.
136
Wen Hao Li
Wikipedia
s.t.
137
Stelly Robert
Wikipedia
s.t.
138
Zakkari Dempster
Team B&O
s.t.
139
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
140
Emilien Viennet
Team Vueling Airlines
s.t.
141
Dennis Van Winden
ING - Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
142
Rafaâ Chtioui
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
143
Rick Flens
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
s.t.
144
Dimitri Champion
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
145
Ramunas Navardauskas
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 40'22
146
Christian Müller
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 44'44
147
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
148
Samuel Pökälä
Aker-MOT
s.t.
149
Jan Ghyselinck
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
150
Tomasz Zywer
Control Team
s.t.
151
Sébastien Ivars
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
152
Loic Desirac
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
153
Gatis Smukulis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
154
Tom Dumoulin
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
155
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
156
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
157
Shane Archbold
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
158
Damien Howson
Aker-MOT
s.t.
159
Andrea Dal Col
Good Energy
s.t.
160
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
161
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
162
Ivor Bruin
Control Team
s.t.
163
Alexander Krieger
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
164
Ivan Kovalev
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
165
Lucas Schädlich
Rothaus - Aegon
s.t.
166
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 50'43
167
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
s.t.
168
Silvan Dillier
Swisscom - UBS
s.t.
169
Frederik Frison
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 52'37
170
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
171
Jonas Decouttere
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
172
Steven Burke
Good Energy
s.t.
173
Kevin Predatsch
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
174
Stephen Vicelich
Lotto - Australia Post
s.t.
GC
Still all to play for on GC, though Schleck was so supreme today it is hard to see him being beat in the mountains. Spilak surely would expect better, Brambilli is hanging on.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
20h21'35
2
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 13
3
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
+ 17
4
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1'06
5
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'15
6
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 3'11
7
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'57
8
Gianluca Brambilla
Project 1t4i
+ 3'59
9
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 4'02
10
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 4'13
11
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 4'51
12
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
+ 5'18
13
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 6'19
14
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 6'24
15
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 6'41
16
José Angel Gomez Marchante
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 6'57
17
Matthias Frank
Swisscom - UBS
+ 7'11
18
Vladimir Gusev
Pendleton's
+ 8'05
19
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
+ 8'29
20
José Rujano
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 9'44
21
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 10'18
22
Thomas Faiers
Good Energy
+ 10'51
23
Jose Goncalves
Swisscom - UBS
+ 11'19
24
Christophe Riblon
Swisscom - UBS
+ 11'28
25
Chen Shikai
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 11'42
26
Jaime Suaza
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 11'44
27
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 11'48
28
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 11'59
29
Aleksej Kunshin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 12'04
30
Maxim Belkov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
31
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
+ 12'07
32
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 12'14
33
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
+ 12'18
34
Ricardo Mestre
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
35
Florian Morizot
Simply Red Bull
+ 12'20
36
Pierre Rolland
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 15'07
37
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
+ 15'50
38
Alexandre Geniez
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 16'18
39
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 16'26
40
Youcef Reguigui
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 16'28
41
Jonathan Hivert
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 16'40
42
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 17'28
43
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
Project 1t4i
+ 18'26
44
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 18'44
45
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 19'17
46
Matej Vysna
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 19'21
47
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
+ 20'37
48
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 20'54
49
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 20'56
50
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 21'37
51
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Bouygues Telecom
+ 21'42
52
Pieter Weening
Gazelle
+ 21'57
53
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina-Canal+
+ 23'47
54
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
+ 24'43
55
Maxime Monfort
Gazelle
+ 24'45
56
Dominique Cornu
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 24'51
57
Stef Clement
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 24'53
58
David Zabriskie
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 24'55
59
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Team B&O
+ 25'10
60
Mattia Cattaneo
Good Energy
+ 25'40
61
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Simply Red Bull
+ 25'45
62
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
+ 25'52
63
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 26'11
64
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker-MOT
+ 26'48
65
Jean-François Camier
Bouygues Telecom
+ 28'27
66
Jakub Novak
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 29'04
67
Alexis Vuillermoz
Simply Red Bull
+ 29'41
68
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 29'55
69
Florian Stalder
Swisscom - UBS
+ 30'01
70
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker-MOT
+ 30'55
71
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 32'09
72
Marc Goos
Festina-Canal+
+ 32'13
73
Roman Kreuziger
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 32'36
74
Nikolai Trusov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 32'56
75
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 33'20
76
Charalampas Kastrantas
Gazelle
+ 34'03
77
Johan Le Bon
Simply Red Bull
+ 34'28
78
Kiel Reijnen
Prio - Porto
+ 34'59
79
Davide Formolo
Gazelle
+ 35'07
80
Patrick Konrad
Gazelle
+ 35'09
81
Rafael Reis
Prio - Porto
+ 36'44
82
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 36'54
83
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 36'58
84
Jesse Sergent
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 37'21
85
Dadi Suryadi
Pokerstars.com
+ 38'10
86
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 38'50
87
Blake Caldwell
Wikipedia
+ 38'53
88
Javier Moreno
Santander
+ 39'48
89
Idan Shapira
Good Energy
+ 40'15
90
Óscar Solis
Bouygues Telecom
+ 41'09
91
Daniel Oss
Gazelle
+ 41'50
92
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 42'34
93
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 43'10
94
Maxime Bouet
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 44'29
95
Enrico Battaglin
Good Energy
+ 45'03
96
Morgan Kneisky
Bouygues Telecom
+ 45'20
97
Geoffrey Soupe
Simply Red Bull
+ 45'23
98
Yoann Paillot
Festina-Canal+
+ 45'28
99
Jaco Venter
Gazelle
+ 45'43
100
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
+ 45'53
101
André Steensen
Team B&O
+ 46'03
102
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 46'04
103
Jacob Fiedler
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 46'12
104
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
+ 47'19
105
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pendleton's
+ 48'34
106
Philipp Walsleben
Project 1t4i
+ 48'40
107
Benoît Vaugrenard
Simply Red Bull
+ 48'49
108
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
Aker-MOT
+ 49'14
109
Tony Gallopin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 49'15
110
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
+ 50'28
111
Rafaâ Chtioui
Swisscom - UBS
+ 51'56
112
Jure Zrimsek
Team B&O
+ 52'30
113
Lars Ytting Bak
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 53'24
114
William Bonnet
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 53'57
115
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 54'22
116
Artem Ovechkin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 56'09
117
Domingos Gonçalves
Prio - Porto
+ 56'19
118
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 56'41
119
Sven Vandousselaere
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 57'08
120
Mads Christensen
Pokerstars.com
+ 57'13
121
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
+ 57'18
122
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 57'29
123
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
+ 57'49
124
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
+ 58'14
125
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 58'16
126
Alexander Porsev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
s.t.
127
Michael Hepburn
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 58'29
128
Gatis Smukulis
Festina-Canal+
+ 59'18
129
Dennis Van Winden
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h00'49
130
Kristof Vandewalle
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h01'47
131
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 1h01'58
132
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
+ 1h02'05
133
Alfredo Balloni
Prio - Porto
+ 1h02'46
134
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h03'23
135
Koen De Kort
Project 1t4i
+ 1h03'38
136
Dimitri Champion
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1h04'44
137
Wen Hao Li
Wikipedia
+ 1h05'24
138
Samuel Pökälä
Aker-MOT
+ 1h07'15
139
Zakkari Dempster
Team B&O
+ 1h08'00
140
Tom Dumoulin
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h08'03
141
Josh Atkins
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 1h09'41
142
Jan Ghyselinck
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h09'57
143
Niels Scheunemann
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 1h12'29
144
Dion Beukeboom
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h13'18
145
Alexander Krieger
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h13'39
146
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h13'55
147
Lucas Schädlich
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h16'04
148
Emilien Viennet
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 1h16'21
149
Rick Flens
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h16'26
150
Shane Archbold
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
151
Christian Müller
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h17'21
152
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h17'38
153
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h20'46
154
Ramunas Navardauskas
ING - Pro Cycling Team
+ 1h20'57
155
Stelly Robert
Wikipedia
+ 1h21'06
156
Dainius Kairelis
Control Team
+ 1h21'17
157
Andrea Dal Col
Good Energy
+ 1h21'47
158
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h22'14
159
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 1h22'30
160
Silvan Dillier
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1h22'47
161
Loic Desirac
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h23'13
162
Damien Howson
Aker-MOT
+ 1h23'43
163
Frederik Frison
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h23'57
164
Sébastien Ivars
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h25'16
165
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h26'25
166
Nick Ingels
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h27'07
167
Ivan Kovalev
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h28'57
168
Steven Burke
Good Energy
+ 1h31'20
169
Ivor Bruin
Control Team
+ 1h34'17
170
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
+ 1h36'41
171
Jonas Decouttere
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h38'03
172
Kevin Predatsch
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h38'54
173
Tomasz Zywer
Control Team
+ 1h47'51
174
Stephen Vicelich
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h55'58
Points
No points for Kolesnikov today as the climbers start to get into the points jersey.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
16
65
2
Sergei Kolesnikov
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
52
3
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
25
47
4
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
20
45
5
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
14
42
6
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
10
31
7
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
7
29
8
Gianluca Brambilla
Project 1t4i
5
27
9
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
8
24
10
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
9
23
11
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
8
22
12
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
1
21
13
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
0
20
14
Peter Velits
Becherovka - Kiwibank
0
17
15
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
0
17
16
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
12
16
17
André Steensen
Team B&O
0
13
18
Kiel Reijnen
Prio - Porto
0
12
19
Geoffrey Soupe
Simply Red Bull
0
10
20
Romain Sicard
ING - Pro Cycling Team
4
9
21
Artem Ovechkin
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
8
22
Daniel Oss
Gazelle
0
7
23
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
6
24
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
6
6
25
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
0
6
26
Benoît Vaugrenard
Simply Red Bull
0
6
27
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
0
6
28
Gatis Smukulis
Festina-Canal+
0
5
29
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
4
4
30
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
0
4
31
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
0
4
32
José Angel Gomez Marchante
Rothaus - Aegon
3
3
33
José Rujano
Becherovka - Kiwibank
2
2
34
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
0
2
35
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
0
2
36
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
0
2
37
Ricardo Van der Velde
Project 1t4i
0
1
Mountains
Team manager Smowz cuts a brooding figure at aforementioned party to give his team a bit of a rollicking they had the chance of KoM jersey and screwed it up. Spilak and Sella could get up there.
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
0
60
2
Florian Morizot
Simply Red Bull
6
58
3
Thomas Lebas
Team Vueling Airlines
0
56
4
Simon Spilak
Festina-Canal+
20
42
5
Emanuele Sella
VolksWagen-Mapei
34
42
6
André Steensen
Team B&O
0
40
7
Rein Taaramäe
Bouygues Telecom
20
38
8
Lieuwe Westra
Gazelle
0
38
9
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
18
36
10
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
24
30
11
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
26
26
12
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
0
24
13
Vincenzo Nibali
Swisscom - UBS
4
20
14
Pavel Brutt
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
0
18
15
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
18
18
16
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
0
18
17
Maxime Monfort
Gazelle
0
10
18
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
10
10
19
Teodoro Costagli
Good Energy
8
8
20
Markus Fothen
Prio - Porto
6
6
21
Steve Morabito
Simply Red Bull
6
6
22
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
0
6
23
Thomas Dekker
Team Vueling Airlines
0
4
24
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
0
4
25
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
2
2
26
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
2
2
27
David Zabriskie
ING - Pro Cycling Team
0
2
28
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
0
2
29
Morgan Kneisky
Bouygues Telecom
0
2
Youth
Top rides from Kennaugh and Pinot today, some great talents on show here.
Name
Team
General Time
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
20h25'48 (1)
Jose Goncalves
Swisscom - UBS
+ 7'06 (2)
Chen Shikai
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 7'29 (3)
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 8'01 (4)
Joseph Dombrowski
Pendleton's
+ 8'05 (5)
Youcef Reguigui
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 12'15 (6)
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
+ 16'24 (7)
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 16'41 (8)
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina-Canal+
+ 19'34 (9)
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Team B&O
+ 20'57 (10)
Mattia Cattaneo
Good Energy
+ 21'27 (11)
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 21'58 (12)
Nairo Quintana
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 25'42 (13)
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker-MOT
+ 26'42 (14)
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 27'56 (15)
Marc Goos
Festina-Canal+
+ 28'00 (16)
Charalampas Kastrantas
Gazelle
+ 29'50 (17)
Johan Le Bon
Simply Red Bull
+ 30'15 (18)
Davide Formolo
Gazelle
+ 30'54 (19)
Patrick Konrad
Gazelle
+ 30'56 (20)
Rafael Reis
Prio - Porto
+ 32'31 (21)
Dadi Suryadi
Pokerstars.com
+ 33'57 (22)
Idan Shapira
Good Energy
+ 36'02 (23)
Davide Villella
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 38'21 (24)
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 38'57 (25)
Enrico Battaglin
Good Energy
+ 40'50 (26)
Yoann Paillot
Festina-Canal+
+ 41'15 (27)
Welle Jallays
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 41'51 (28)
Frederico Figueiredo
Prio - Porto
+ 43'06 (29)
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
Aker-MOT
+ 45'01 (30)
Michael Cuming
Good Energy
+ 46'15 (31)
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 50'09 (32)
Domingos Gonçalves
Prio - Porto
+ 52'06 (33)
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 53'16 (34)
Sean Downey
Pendleton's
+ 53'36 (35)
Luke Durbridge
Wikipedia
+ 54'01 (36)
Anton Vorobev
Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank
+ 54'03 (37)
Michael Hepburn
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 54'16 (38)
Alfredo Balloni
Prio - Porto
+ 58'33 (39)
Wen Hao Li
Wikipedia
+ 1h01'11 (40)
Samuel Pökälä
Aker-MOT
+ 1h03'02 (41)
Tom Dumoulin
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h03'50 (42)
Josh Atkins
Becherovka - Kiwibank
+ 1h05'28 (43)
Dion Beukeboom
Team Bpost - Vlaanderen
+ 1h09'05 (44)
Alexander Krieger
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h09'26 (45)
Nacer Bouhanni
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h09'42 (46)
Emilien Viennet
Team Vueling Airlines
+ 1h12'08 (47)
Shane Archbold
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h12'13 (48)
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h16'33 (49)
Andrea Dal Col
Good Energy
+ 1h17'34 (50)
Silvan Dillier
Swisscom - UBS
+ 1h18'34 (51)
Loic Desirac
Lotto - Australia Post
+ 1h19'00 (52)
Damien Howson
Aker-MOT
+ 1h19'30 (53)
Frederik Frison
Rothaus - Aegon
+ 1h19'44 (54)
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
+ 1h32'28 (55)
Kevin Predatsch
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1h34'41 (56)
Teams
Swisscom suffers today as Nibali and his robots put to the sword, Pendleton's having a neat race go into team lead.
