The last stage is a flat one made for sprinters so we should see any major changes in the overall rankings. Corioni and Van Avermaet are the big favorites being rated as the best 2 sprinters of the race.
Mancuso won the first intermediate sprint of the day
He was later joined in the lead of the race by Colby and Belmokhtar
Belmokhtar won the first categorised climb of the day and also the steepest portion of the stage
Energie - Diesel, Nos and Wii are leading the pack and they never let the escapes have more than 6 minutes advantage
Belmokhtar seems to be in great shape on the climbs today as he also wins the last categorised climb of the tour
If Belmokhtar took the KoM points, Mancuso took the points for the 'points' jersey winning 3 out of 2 intermediate sprints
But at the third and the last one he was only third, Colby winning the sprint
The pack was less than 1 minute there behind the escapes, catching them a few kilometers later. Even though they did almost all the work, Nos and Energie Diesel aren't at front anymore
It's clear now that there is going to be a mass sprint. Still no teams seems able to control the pack with 10 km left as Duran is doing a solo job in front
There were 2 crashes with 7 kilometers left but no big names involved. The 2 riders that crashed were Clarke, who could have had something important to say in today's sprint, and Jeannesson
In front we have the same Duran leading the pack, with the sprinters' teams somewhere behind him
With 5 kilometers to go Duran was finally gone. Rabon, Beppu and Ascani were leading the pack now for their teams sprinters
Rabon seems to be a little bit faster than the others
And when the sprint started the Nos riders had a clear lead, while the M&M riders are losing speed
Few moments later Rabon has dead and he left Van Avermaet in front with more than 2 kilometers left to ride
But the Belgian seems pretty strong and the only ones who could stop him are Richeze and Corioni, who both stayed in his wheel since the start of the sprint
As they entered the last kilometer Corioni and Richeze finally broke out from his slipstream
And the both seem to be a bit faster than Van Avermaet. It's going to be a close one
Very close indeed. But Corioni has to be happy with the 3rd place as it's going to be between Van Avermaet and Richeze for the stage win
And it's Van Avermaet who takes it at the fotofinish
Perez Cuapio finished safety in the pack and he is the winner of Tour de Slovenie, 2010 edition. He also won the points and KoM classification
Stage
1 | Greg Van Avermaet | Team NOS | 3h40'53 |
2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Wii Racing | s.t. |
3 | Claudio Corioni | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
4 | Aitor Perez Arrieta | Santander | s.t. |
5 | Mirko Lorenzetto | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
6 | Wes Sulzberger | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
7 | John Murphy | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
8 | René Weissinger | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
9 | Damian MartÃnez | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
10 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
11 | Matteo Priamo | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
12 | Mattia Gavazzi | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
13 | Danilo Kupfernagel | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
14 | Michael Vingerling | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
15 | Hans Dekkers | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
16 | John Nilsson | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
17 | Pavel Korzh | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
18 | Fumiyuki Beppu | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
19 | Frantisek Rabon | Team NOS | s.t. |
20 | Lucas Schädlich | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
21 | Luca Ascani | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
22 | David Garbelli | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
23 | Isidro Nozal | Team NOS | s.t. |
24 | Johan Vansummeren | Team NOS | s.t. |
25 | Robbie Williams | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
26 | Ivan Basso | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
27 | Paúl Torres | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
28 | Roy Sentjens | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
29 | Robert Kiserlovski | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
30 | Dan Craven | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
31 | Edwin Orozco | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
32 | Arkaitz Durán | Santander | s.t. |
33 | Thomas Rabou | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
34 | Andrés Miguel DÃaz Corrales | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
35 | Stian Remme | Wii Racing | s.t. |
36 | Xabier Zandio | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
37 | Julián Becerra | Wii Racing | s.t. |
38 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Santander | s.t. |
39 | Gabriele Bosisio | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
40 | Angel Madrazo | Santander | s.t. |
41 | Manuel Medina | Team NOS | s.t. |
42 | Marco Osella | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
43 | Alex Ardila Cano | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
44 | Edwin Parra Bustamante | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
45 | Ivan Seledkov | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
46 | Dionisio Galparsoro | Santander | s.t. |
47 | Paul Martens | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
48 | Gediminas Bagdonas | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
49 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Team NOS | s.t. |
50 | Mauricio Soler | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
51 | Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
52 | Gianluca Cavalli | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
53 | Gerhard Trampusch | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
54 | Cyril Lemoine | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
55 | Enrico Franzoi | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
56 | Marek Rutkiewicz | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
57 | Jorge Ferrio | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
58 | Tareq Esmaeli | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
59 | Artjom Timofeev | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
60 | Milton Ramos Gamez | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
61 | Timothy Johnson | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
62 | Dadley Corwin | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
63 | Willem Van Den Eynde | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
64 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
65 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Team NOS | s.t. |
66 | Tommy Zaini | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
67 | Andreas Linden | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
68 | Gianpaolo Caruso | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
69 | Carlo Kirsch | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
70 | Adam Petrie-Armstrong | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
71 | Mauricio Ortega | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
72 | Timothy Cassidy | Vespa-Caffrey's | s.t. |
73 | Ludvig Lundberg | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
74 | Anthony Colby | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
75 | Jose Alarcon | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
76 | Hayden Godfrey | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
77 | Gracjan Lejman | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
78 | Jaoa Costa | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
79 | Kuan Hua Lai | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
80 | Ananias Ananias | THE CONTROL TEAM | s.t. |
81 | Christian Müller | Wii Racing | s.t. |
82 | Martin Comploi | Nvidia Intel | s.t. |
83 | Kristian House | THE CONTROL TEAM | s.t. |
84 | Peter Williams | THE CONTROL TEAM | s.t. |
85 | Diamantino Gamboa | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
86 | Chu Thien Sinelobov | Wii Racing | s.t. |
87 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | THE CONTROL TEAM | s.t. |
88 | Mikayil Grebinyuk | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
89 | Francisco MejÃas | Santander | + 2'59 |
90 | Gian Piero Signorini | Wii Racing | s.t. |
91 | Andreas Stillfors | Team IKEA - Bianchi | s.t. |
92 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Ultimate | + 3'31 |
93 | Niki Østergaard | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
94 | Pieter Ghyllebert | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
95 | Simon Clarke | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
96 | Gert Rajala | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
97 | Aggrey Sebright | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
98 | Abdelkader Belmokhtar | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
99 | Salvatore Mancuso | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
100 | Manuel Niño | Santander | + 5'31 |
101 | William Connolly | Wii Racing | s.t. |
102 | Yoann Bagot | Team Energie - Diesel | + 6'11 |
Overall
1 | Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio | Team Energie - Diesel | 17h26'23 |
2 | Gianpaolo Caruso | Nvidia Intel | + 2 |
3 | Jose Alarcon | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 1'13 |
4 | Robert Kiserlovski | M&M Cycling | + 1'17 |
5 | Alex Ardila Cano | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
6 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Santander | + 2'35 |
7 | Mauricio Ortega | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 2'59 |
8 | Julián Becerra | Wii Racing | + 3'11 |
9 | Jorge Ferrio | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'20 |
10 | Xabier Zandio | EON Ruhrgas | + 3'22 |
11 | Ivan Basso | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 4'16 |
12 | Edwin Parra Bustamante | M&M Cycling | + 4'17 |
13 | Johan Vansummeren | Team NOS | + 4'20 |
14 | Gabriele Bosisio | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 5'08 |
15 | Marco Osella | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 5'13 |
16 | Isidro Nozal | Team NOS | + 5'16 |
17 | Manuel Medina | Team NOS | s.t. |
18 | Edwin Orozco | EON Ruhrgas | + 6'18 |
19 | Tareq Esmaeli | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 6'38 |
20 | Anthony Colby | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 7'56 |
21 | Andrés Miguel DÃaz Corrales | EON Ruhrgas | + 8'02 |
22 | Gianluca Cavalli | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
23 | Dan Craven | IrnBru - RBS | + 8'15 |
24 | Gerhard Trampusch | Nvidia Intel | + 8'17 |
25 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Team NOS | s.t. |
26 | Dionisio Galparsoro | Santander | s.t. |
27 | Angel Madrazo | Santander | + 8'33 |
28 | Thomas Rabou | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
29 | Milton Ramos Gamez | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | s.t. |
30 | Carlo Kirsch | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 8'45 |
31 | Damian MartÃnez | Acqua & Sapone | + 8'48 |
32 | Paúl Torres | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
33 | Mauricio Soler | Team Energie - Diesel | s.t. |
34 | Marek Rutkiewicz | M&M Cycling | s.t. |
35 | Frantisek Rabon | Team NOS | + 10'03 |
36 | Ivan Seledkov | IrnBru - RBS | + 10'13 |
37 | Ludvig Lundberg | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 10'24 |
38 | Artjom Timofeev | EON Ruhrgas | + 12'43 |
39 | Kuan Hua Lai | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 13'04 |
40 | Abdelkader Belmokhtar | Acqua & Sapone | + 13'29 |
41 | Pieter Ghyllebert | Team Ultimate | + 13'31 |
42 | Stian Remme | Wii Racing | + 14'50 |
43 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 15'17 |
44 | Timothy Johnson | IrnBru - RBS | + 15'34 |
45 | David Garbelli | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 16'17 |
46 | John Nilsson | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 16'53 |
47 | Willem Van Den Eynde | Jack Wolfskin | + 17'37 |
48 | Arnold Jeannesson | Team Ultimate | + 17'57 |
49 | Arkaitz Durán | Santander | + 18'15 |
50 | Gian Piero Signorini | Wii Racing | + 18'44 |
51 | Aitor Perez Arrieta | Santander | + 18'48 |
52 | Robbie Williams | Jack Wolfskin | + 18'54 |
53 | Matteo Priamo | EON Ruhrgas | + 19'54 |
54 | Claudio Corioni | Team Energie - Diesel | + 19'58 |
55 | Maximiliano Richeze | Wii Racing | + 20'14 |
56 | Paul Martens | Jack Wolfskin | s.t. |
57 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Team NOS | + 20'20 |
58 | Gediminas Bagdonas | EON Ruhrgas | s.t. |
59 | Mirko Lorenzetto | M&M Cycling | + 20'26 |
60 | Gracjan Lejman | M&M Cycling | + 20'56 |
61 | Timothy Cassidy | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 21'02 |
62 | Enrico Franzoi | Nvidia Intel | + 22'18 |
63 | Tommy Zaini | IrnBru - RBS | + 22'32 |
64 | Yoann Bagot | Team Energie - Diesel | + 22'35 |
65 | John Murphy | Acqua & Sapone | + 22'40 |
66 | Andreas Linden | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 23'00 |
67 | Wes Sulzberger | IrnBru - RBS | + 23'12 |
68 | Luca Ascani | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 23'23 |
69 | Cyril Lemoine | Acqua & Sapone | + 24'09 |
70 | Kristian House | THE CONTROL TEAM | + 24'26 |
71 | Hans Dekkers | Jack Wolfskin | + 25'06 |
72 | Gert Rajala | Team Ultimate | + 25'10 |
73 | René Weissinger | Nvidia Intel | + 25'41 |
74 | Ananias Ananias | THE CONTROL TEAM | + 25'48 |
75 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Nvidia Intel | + 26'08 |
76 | Andreas Stillfors | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 26'13 |
77 | Jaoa Costa | Team Energie - Diesel | + 26'24 |
78 | Pavel Korzh | Team Ultimate | + 26'32 |
79 | Lucas Schädlich | IrnBru - RBS | s.t. |
80 | Greg Van Avermaet | Team NOS | + 26'36 |
81 | Danilo Kupfernagel | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 26'46 |
82 | Peter Williams | THE CONTROL TEAM | s.t. |
83 | Christian Müller | Wii Racing | + 27'30 |
84 | Salvatore Mancuso | Team Ultimate | s.t. |
85 | Fumiyuki Beppu | M&M Cycling | + 27'45 |
86 | Michael Vingerling | Nvidia Intel | + 28'01 |
87 | Adam Petrie-Armstrong | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 28'28 |
88 | Chu Thien Sinelobov | Wii Racing | + 28'30 |
89 | Hayden Godfrey | Acqua & Sapone | + 28'57 |
90 | Roy Sentjens | Jack Wolfskin | + 29'05 |
91 | Francisco MejÃas | Santander | + 29'39 |
92 | Niki Østergaard | Team Ultimate | + 30'05 |
93 | Simon Clarke | IrnBru - RBS | + 30'17 |
94 | Mattia Gavazzi | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 30'29 |
95 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | THE CONTROL TEAM | + 30'38 |
96 | Manuel Niño | Santander | + 31'45 |
97 | Dadley Corwin | Acqua & Sapone | + 33'56 |
98 | William Connolly | Wii Racing | + 35'53 |
99 | Aggrey Sebright | Team Ultimate | + 38'19 |
100 | Mikayil Grebinyuk | M&M Cycling | + 39'37 |
101 | Martin Comploi | Nvidia Intel | + 42'09 |
102 | Diamantino Gamboa | Team Energie - Diesel | + 42'27 |
Points
1 | Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio | Team Energie - Diesel | 41 |
2 | Gianpaolo Caruso | Nvidia Intel | 40 |
3 | Greg Van Avermaet | Team NOS | 39 |
4 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 34 |
5 | Jose Alarcon | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 28 |
6 | Claudio Corioni | Team Energie - Diesel | 28 |
7 | Maximiliano Richeze | Wii Racing | 28 |
8 | Mirko Lorenzetto | M&M Cycling | 28 |
9 | Johan Vansummeren | Team NOS | 27 |
10 | Alex Ardila Cano | Jack Wolfskin | 26 |
Mountain
1 | Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio | Team Energie - Diesel | 16 |
2 | Gianpaolo Caruso | Nvidia Intel | 16 |
3 | Gediminas Bagdonas | EON Ruhrgas | 14 |
4 | Johan Vansummeren | Team NOS | 13 |
5 | Paul Martens | Jack Wolfskin | 12 |
6 | Abdelkader Belmokhtar | Acqua & Sapone | 10 |
7 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 9 |
8 | Adam Petrie-Armstrong | Vespa-Caffrey's | 9 |
9 | Jose Alarcon | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 8 |
10 | Carlo Kirsch | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | 8 |
Young
1 | Jose Alarcon | Team IKEA - Bianchi | 17h27'36 |
2 | Robert Kiserlovski | M&M Cycling | + 4 |
3 | Julián Becerra | Wii Racing | + 1'58 |
4 | Edwin Parra Bustamante | M&M Cycling | + 3'04 |
5 | Tareq Esmaeli | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 5'25 |
6 | Andrés Miguel DÃaz Corrales | EON Ruhrgas | + 6'49 |
7 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Team NOS | + 7'04 |
8 | Angel Madrazo | Santander | + 7'20 |
9 | Carlo Kirsch | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 7'32 |
10 | Ludvig Lundberg | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 9'11 |
Teams
1 | M&M Cycling | 52h33'31 |
2 | Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas | + 13 |
3 | Team NOS | + 42 |
4 | Santander | + 2'36 |
5 | EON Ruhrgas | + 3'20 |
6 | Team Energie - Diesel | + 3'28 |
7 | Acqua & Sapone | + 7'49 |
8 | Vespa-Caffrey's | + 8'01 |
9 | Jack Wolfskin | + 10'16 |
10 | Team IKEA - Bianchi | + 11'21 |
11 | Wii Racing | + 14'34 |
12 | IrnBru - RBS | + 14'56 |
13 | Nvidia Intel | + 15'27 |
14 | Team Ultimate | + 28'30 |