Stage 18

Hilly stage


Konovalovas felt good so attacked on the last hill


So i then forgot to pay attention with Anton when some of the big GC riders attacked


Devolder won the stage


Pereiro was 2nd with Konovalovas. Pereiro and Brajkovic gain a minute on Anton


At least Konovalovas' move meant him move up 10 spaces in the GC to 21st.

1 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 5h12'16
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'04
3 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
4 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
7 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'01
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'35
9 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
11 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
12 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
13 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
14 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
15 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
17 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK s.t.
18 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
20 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
23 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.

GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 74h42'22
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'56
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'17
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 10'41
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 12'08
6 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'38
7 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 17'43
8 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 19'00
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'15
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 21'45
11 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 22'56
12 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'59
13 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 23'20
14 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 23'21
15 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 23'42
16 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 23'46
17 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 24'26
18 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25'12
19 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 27'52
20 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 28'07
21 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 28'50
22 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 28'52
23 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 28'58
24 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 29'05
25 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 29'23

Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 171
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 128
3 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 118
4 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 117
5 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 103
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 103
7 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA 97
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 96
9 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 90
10 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 87

KoM
1 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK 113
2 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 109
3 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 100
4 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 86
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA 81
6 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 72
7 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 56
8 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 43
9 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 42
10 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER 35

You are still having this with ease

he is ridiculous

You should make him peak for Gent-Wevelgem next season, surely he would win it

Its unlikely.

Besides why would I waste Hagen's peak on cobbles when I have Nolf for those races

Unlucky on stage 18 - it's very easy to lose track of the favourites, but at least Anton still has a substantial lead.

Stage 19

Last hilly stage before the TT


When you have 4 strong riders in a good form, it seems a shame to only attack with one of them. So on the final hill, Uran, Anton, Konovalovas and Hagen attacked


This resulted in counters and Pereiro took a 40 second lead over a group of 9 containing all 4 DFL riders.


Despite Zubeldia being in the group, he did not attack for KoM points and as Anton crossed in 3rd due to relaying, he takes enough KoM points meaning he will win the KoM jersey by 1 point!

Pereiro takes the stage


But we unfortunately could not take advantage of numbers and Anton was the best finisher in 4th


1 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4h20'54
2 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 27
3 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
4 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
5 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
6 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
7 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
8 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
9 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
11 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'29
12 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
14 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 2'12
16 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
20 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
21 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
22 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.

Uran moves up 3 spots to 15th, Konovalovas is up 2 to 19th.

GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 79h03'43
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'29
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'17
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 10'41
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 12'08
6 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17'40
7 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 17'43
8 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 20'02
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'15
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 22'47
11 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 23'58
12 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 24'44
13 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 25'05
14 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 25'06
15 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25'12
16 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 25'27
17 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 25'31
18 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 26'11
19 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 28'50
20 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 29'28
21 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 29'37
22 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 29'52
23 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 30'37
24 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 30'43
25 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 31'08

KoM
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 114
2 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK 113
3 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 100
4 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA 88
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 86
6 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 82
7 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 59
8 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 57
9 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 43
10 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER 35

Stage 20

Its the 49km TT and Fabian Cancellara led as Anton hit the start ramp.


Anton's only real threat is Pereiro, at 4'29 - but it is unlikely he will lose that much to the Spaniard. Dan Lloyd, like Anton, has 62 TT and he finished wit ha time exactly 4'29 slower than Cancellara. So for Pereiro to win he needs to beat Cancellara or hope Anton is slower than Lloyd's time - but both scenarios are almost impossible to happen.

When Konovalovas finished he took 6th. He will eventually finish 16th and remains 19th overall - not quite gaining enough to pass Pellizotti. When Uran finished he took 5th (Eventually 14th) and he will move up to 14th overall from 15th. He goes ahead of Di Luca and surprsingly held off Luis Leon Sanchez. A stronger TTer than Uran, Sanchez had only started the day 15 seconds behind Uran - but could only beat the Colombian by 9 seconds.

Edvald Boasson Hagen would be the best placed DFL rider today. 5th at the finish, 9th at the end of the stage - his time was enough to comfortably move ahead of Riccardo Ricco in the overall standings.


Next to finish was Stijn Devolder, who had passed Ricco on the course and the Belgian beat Cancellara's time and will be today's stage winner. Despite finishing 10th on the stage - it means Valverde will slip below the Belgian in the GC.


Cunego and Zubeldia stay 5th and 4th respectively in the GC but former race leader Janez Brajkovic was looking to move ahead of Pereiro into 2nd.


Brajkovic ends the day 2nd but Pereiro is 4th and only loses 46 seconds - resulting in Pereiro keeping 2nd overall by 2 seconds.


Igor Anton ended the day 47th, 3'10 behind Devolder (And only 7 seconds behind Bodrogi!). He has won the Vuelta!


1 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 1h04'18
2 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5
3 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 12
4 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 51
5 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 57
6 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 1'21
7 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'25
8 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK + 1'34
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'44
10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
11 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'58
12 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 André Steensen TEAM CSC + 2'07
14 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
15 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 2'08
16 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'14
17 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 2'16
18 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'21
19 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM + 2'22
20 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'27
21 Alberto Martínez AGRITUBEL + 2'30
22 Jens Mouris DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'32
23 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 2'35
24 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'37
25 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'40
26 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 2'42
27 Jakob Fiedler T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'43
28 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM + 2'44
29 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
30 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM + 2'45
31 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'47
32 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2'50
33 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'52
34 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'54
35 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'55
36 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA + 2'58
37 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'59
38 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
39 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'01
40 Laszló Bodrogi DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'03
41 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'05
42 Volodymyr Dyudya TEAM MILRAM s.t.
43 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3'06
44 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'07
45 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 3'10
47 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
48 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'11
49 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'15
50 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'16

GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 80h11'11
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'10
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'12
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 8'28
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 12'19
6 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 14'33
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'26
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'49
9 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 20'50
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 22'21
11 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'59
12 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 23'16
13 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 23'54
14 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24'09
15 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 24'15
16 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 24'17
17 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 26'42
18 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 27'33
19 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 27'54
20 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 29'14
21 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 29'47
22 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 30'19
23 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 30'32
24 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 30'39
25 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 31'58

Good win, good story still, and now i'm looking forward to your new season, new signings, and new hardness setting!

Stage 21

Hagen was poised in the sprint train behind Paolini, Cunego and Visconti


When the Norwegian made his move, noone could follow


He wraps up the stage win and a great Vuelta for DFL


1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h05'29
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
4 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
5 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
6 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
10 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
14 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
15 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
17 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
18 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Alberto Benítez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
22 Javier Mejías SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
23 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
25 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
26 Diego Ulissi TEAM ASTANA s.t.
27 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER s.t.
28 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK s.t.
29 Ivan De Nobile TEAM CSC s.t.
30 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
31 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
32 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER s.t.
33 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
34 André Steensen TEAM CSC s.t.
35 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
36 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK s.t.
37 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
38 Angelo Furlan UNIBET.COM s.t.
39 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
40 Theo Bos LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
41 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
42 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
43 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
44 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
45 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
46 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
47 Jens Mouris DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
48 Alexandr Dyachenko UNIBET.COM s.t.
49 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
50 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM s.t.
51 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
52 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
53 Roger Hammond DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
54 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
55 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
56 Fabio Gilioli UNIBET.COM s.t.
57 Gregory Baugé TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
58 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
59 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
60 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
61 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA s.t.
62 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
63 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
64 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL s.t.
65 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
66 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
67 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
68 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
69 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
70 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
71 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
72 Volker Ordowski GEROLSTEINER s.t.
73 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
74 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
75 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
76 Laszló Bodrogi DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
77 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
78 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
79 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
80 Dani Navarro TEAM ASTANA s.t.


Final GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 84h16'40
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'10
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'12
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 8'28
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 12'19
6 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 14'33
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'26
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'49
9 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 20'50
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 22'21
11 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'59
12 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 23'16
13 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 23'54
14 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24'09
15 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 24'15
16 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 24'17
17 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 26'42
18 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 27'33
19 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 27'54
20 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 29'14
21 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 29'47
22 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 30'19
23 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 30'32
24 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 30'39
25 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 31'58
26 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 32'53
27 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM + 33'25
28 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 35'00
29 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 35'07
30 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 35'36
31 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 35'52
32 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 36'30
33 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 37'21
34 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
35 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 37'41
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 38'13
37 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 38'24
38 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA + 39'00
39 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 40'19
40 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 40'35
41 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 41'41
42 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA + 41'42
43 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC + 42'40
44 Dani Navarro TEAM ASTANA + 42'55
45 André Steensen TEAM CSC + 43'57
46 Alberto Benítez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 44'08
47 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 44'11
48 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 44'16
49 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 45'41
50 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM + 45'56
51 Steve Morabito TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 45'58
52 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 46'45
53 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 47'36
54 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 47'52
55 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 48'13
56 Jürgen Van De Walle QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 48'32
57 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC + 49'29
58 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 50'59
59 Alberto Martínez AGRITUBEL + 51'17
60 Dries Devenyns PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 53'01
61 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 54'59
62 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 55'11
63 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 55'33
64 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 55'48
65 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 56'30
66 Rubén Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 58'10
67 David Blanco RABOBANK + 58'28
68 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 59'30
69 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 59'32
70 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1h01'59
71 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h04'04
72 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 1h06'43
73 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h07'14
74 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 1h09'07
75 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h09'45
76 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h10'26
77 Martin Gilbert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h11'49
78 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h13'40
79 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h16'03
80 Luis Fernández Oliveira KARPIN GALICIA + 1h16'48
81 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h19'40
82 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h21'03
83 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h23'31
84 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h23'49
85 Saul Raisin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h27'26
86 Jelle Vanendert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h27'52
87 Iban Mayoz EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h28'49
88 Alexandr Dyachenko UNIBET.COM + 1h30'06
89 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h34'39
90 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h36'34
91 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h37'35
92 Rubén Reig KARPIN GALICIA + 1h40'04
93 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 1h40'45
94 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h42'38
95 Fabio Gilioli UNIBET.COM + 1h43'18
96 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER + 1h43'28
97 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h45'53
98 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1h46'44
99 Javier Mejías SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h49'05
100 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER + 1h51'20
101 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h54'00
102 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK + 2h00'03
103 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK + 2h02'11
104 Gonzalo Rabuñal KARPIN GALICIA + 2h04'19
105 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h04'25
106 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER + 2h06'15
107 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h07'02
108 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h07'59
109 Serafín Martínez RABOBANK + 2h17'25
110 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM + 2h21'14
111 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h22'58
112 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h23'30
113 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK + 2h25'23
114 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2h32'23
115 Nico Keinath T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h32'38
116 David Lelay CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h33'02
117 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 2h34'08
118 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h36'53
119 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h37'06
120 Óscar Freire RABOBANK + 2h41'24
121 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA + 2h41'58
122 Igor Pugaci UNIBET.COM + 2h42'37
123 Mikaël Chérel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h42'48
124 Pedro Barnabé TEAM CSC + 2h44'28
125 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h45'14
126 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h46'19
127 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER + 2h46'42
128 Ivan De Nobile TEAM CSC + 2h47'41
129 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h48'10
130 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL + 2h53'35
131 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS + 2h53'37
132 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h56'39
133 Iosu Uribarrena SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2h58'14
134 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM + 2h58'54
135 Diego Ulissi TEAM ASTANA + 2h59'10
136 Yvan Muratet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h59'33
137 Daniel McConnell TEAM CSC + 3h00'30
138 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3h01'54
139 Hossein Askari CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3h01'56
140 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3h02'45
141 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA + 3h02'56
142 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM + 3h05'10
143 Iñaki Isasi EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h08'54
144 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3h10'36
145 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h12'38
146 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h12'55
147 Denis Robin AGRITUBEL + 3h13'04
148 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL + 3h15'08
149 Jens Mouris DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3h15'17
150 Kjell Carlström LIQUIGAS + 3h15'26
151 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h16'02
152 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 3h17'11
153 Jakob Fiedler T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h17'51
154 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 3h19'29
155 Alessandro Cortinovis TEAM MILRAM + 3h20'41
156 Laszló Bodrogi DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3h21'21
157 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h21'38
158 Dennis Valyaev KARPIN GALICIA + 3h22'38
159 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h23'47
160 Błażej Janiaczyk PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3h24'01
161 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h25'05
162 Kevin Neirynck LIQUIGAS + 3h25'22
163 Johan Lindgren FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h26'14
164 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM + 3h30'12
165 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM + 3h31'59
166 Jonathan Hivert CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h32'12
167 Martin Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 3h32'59
168 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM + 3h33'51
169 Roger Hammond DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3h35'19
170 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h36'13
171 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS + 3h38'36
172 Christophe Mengin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h42'32
173 Fuyu Li DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3h46'33
174 Juan Mourón KARPIN GALICIA + 3h47'41
175 Servais Knaven T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h56'17
176 Antoine Potillon AGRITUBEL + 3h58'00
177 Angelo Furlan UNIBET.COM + 3h59'13
178 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM + 4h03'14
179 Volodymyr Dyudya TEAM MILRAM + 4h04'32
180 Bart Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4h06'14
181 Sébastien Hinault CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 4h20'36
182 Aitor Ocampos EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4h26'51
183 Gregory Baugé TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 4h30'02
184 Fabien Patanchon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4h34'05
185 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER + 4h36'45
186 Volker Ordowski GEROLSTEINER + 4h52'38
187 Stefan Radochla TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 4h53'05
188 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM + 5h33'36
189 Theo Bos LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5h43'17



[b]Points[/b]
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 212
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 156
3 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 150
4 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 144
5 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 132
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 130
7 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA 127
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 118
9 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 103
10 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK 103
11 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 98
12 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 91
13 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 89
14 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL 81
15 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 69
16 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 69
17 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 60
18 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 56
19 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 53
20 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 52
21 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 47
22 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK 42
23 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER 42
24 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 38
25 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 38
26 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER 36
27 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL 36
28 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 32
29 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL 29
30 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL 28
31 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 28
32 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 26
33 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM 26
34 Ivan De Nobile TEAM CSC 25
35 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM 23
36 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 23
37 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 21
38 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 20
39 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS 20
40 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL 20
41 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 19
42 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 18
43 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 18
44 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA 18
45 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 16
46 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK 16
47 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER 16
48 Servais Knaven T-MOBILE TEAM 16
49 Fabio Gilioli UNIBET.COM 15
50 Iban Mayoz EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 14
51 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL 14
52 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA 13
53 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA 13
54 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 13
55 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 13
56 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 12
57 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO 12
58 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 12
59 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER 12
60 Sébastien Hinault CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 12
61 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC 12
62 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM 11
63 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS 11
64 Gregory Baugé TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 10
65 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM 10
66 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM 10
67 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 10
68 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS 9
69 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9
70 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 9
71 Volodymyr Dyudya TEAM MILRAM 8
72 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 7
73 Serafín Martínez RABOBANK 7
74 Luis Fernández Oliveira KARPIN GALICIA 6
75 Denis Robin AGRITUBEL 6
76 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER 6
77 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM 6
78 David Blanco RABOBANK 5
79 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 5
80 Diego Ulissi TEAM ASTANA 5
81 Błażej Janiaczyk PREDICTOR - LOTTO 5
82 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM 5
83 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO 5
84 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO 5
85 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 5
86 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER 4
87 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER 4
88 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA 4
89 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA 4
90 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM 4
91 Stefan Radochla TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 4
92 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 3
93 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 3
94 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC 3
95 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 3
96 André Steensen TEAM CSC 3
97 Alessandro Cortinovis TEAM MILRAM 2
98 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS 2
99 Kjell Carlström LIQUIGAS 2
100 Nico Keinath T-MOBILE TEAM 2
101 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE 2
102 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 2
103 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA 2
104 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 1
105 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL 1
106 Pieter Weening RABOBANK 1
107 Hossein Askari CAISSE D'EPARGNE 1


KoM
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 114
2 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK 113
3 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 100
4 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA 88
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 86
6 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 82
7 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 59
8 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 57
9 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 43
10 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER 35
11 Luis Fernández Oliveira KARPIN GALICIA 31
12 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 31
13 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM 31
14 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 30
15 Fabio Gilioli UNIBET.COM 27
16 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 22
17 Serafín Martínez RABOBANK 21
18 Iban Mayoz EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 21
19 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM 19
20 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM 19
21 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL 18
22 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL 17
23 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM 17
24 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL 15
25 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 15
26 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS 13
27 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM 13
28 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM 12
29 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 12
30 David Lelay CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 11
31 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 10
32 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER 10
33 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA 9
34 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 9
35 Gonzalo Rabuñal KARPIN GALICIA 9
36 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 8
37 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 8
38 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER 8
39 Diego Ulissi TEAM ASTANA 8
40 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO 8
41 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM 8
42 Nico Keinath T-MOBILE TEAM 8
43 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL 7
44 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 7
45 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 6
46 Yvan Muratet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 6
47 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 6
48 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 6
49 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 5
50 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 5
51 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA 4
52 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL 4
53 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER 4
54 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL 4
55 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER 4
56 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 4
57 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 4
58 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE 3
59 David Blanco RABOBANK 3
60 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3
61 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO 2
62 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA 2
63 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 2
64 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 2
65 Mikaël Chérel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 1
66 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 1
67 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL 1
68 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL 1
69 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM 1
70 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE 1
71 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 1

fantastic job winning La Vuelta

Well I don't think Nolf has what it takes to win Gent-Wevelgem because of the flat, cobble-less run-in, with Hagen being such a great sprinter and able to do well on the cobbles he could stay with the pack over Kemmelberg and take it in the sprint

Anyway, awesome win in La Vuelta with Anton, that's the real way to win a GT; in the mountains! Good job.

And good luck at the Worlds

Yep, you won La Vuelta Pantani style

Thanks - and its a good thing Pereiro crashed, as if he had not - Pereiro would have won by 5 seconds. (Although Anton might not have been asleep and lost a minute on Stage 18 without the crash)

Good jobbed with Anton in the Vuelta.

Chtioui is really good now!

The British team have been allocated 2 spots in the Time Trial and 5 in the Road Race. The two time trial slots were easy to fill, with both Millar and Wiggins feeling good and confident of a good result. Millar will also lead us in the Road race on the back of winning the Tour of Britain, Eneco Tour and the British Championships. He is joined by Charly Wegelius who finished 39th in the Vuelta, Dan Lloyd who was 81st in the Vuelta, Adam Blythe, and two riders who recently rode the Tour de Pologne Ian Stannard and Mark Cavendish. The hilly route is not particularly suited to Cavendish but is good experience to ride at the worlds for future years - where it will hopefully be flat.

TT
Bradley Wiggins
David Millar

RR
David Millar
Charly Wegelius
Mark Cavendish
Daniel Lloyd
Ian Stannard
Adam Blythe

Great helper you have in Chtioui, and congrats with the Vuelta win.

Thanks, Im going to try and keept Chtioui in good form so he can have a shot at the Chrono des Herbiers

DFL

Only David Millar is in the TT for DFL - although a signing for next season, Bradley Wiggins, is also there. The road race is a different picture though with Uran, Konvalovas and Hagen all holding realistic aspirations of a result - could one of them even win it?

TT
David Millar

RR
Rigoberto Uran
Ignas Konovalovas
Edvald Boasson Hagen
David Millar
Alexander Efimkin
Adam Blythe
Daniel Lloyd
Ian Stannard
Bernard Sulzberger