Saxobank are doing terribly.

Chichi wins Nokere Koerse by a 'mile'

Nokere koerse:

1. Francesco Chicchi (OPQS)
2. Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil)
3. Boy Van Poppel (United Healthcare)
4. André Schulze (CCC Polsat)
5. Michel Kreder (Garmin-Barracuda)
6. Giorgio Brambilla (Leopard-Trek CT)
7. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen)
8. Maxime Vantomme (Katusha)
9. Alexander Porsev (Katusha)
10. Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet)

Fenn worked incredibly hard in the last 2 km, he kept the pace high all alone.. Démare got stuck in a crash within the last 2 km..

Great work by Omega Pharma - Quick Step and a great sprint by Chicchi.

Boeckmans must be getting tired of being second.

@Logghje Brambilla is riding for Leopard - Trek CT

Woops, didn't know that.. I shouldn't check wikipedia for those things
I already thought it was strange that De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia would take part in Nokere Koerse
I edited it, thanks

I actually see now that De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia is called Utensilnord-Named these days I really should follow those smaller teams more!

He's taken Marcato's role.

After the race he said he went to the barbershop yesterday to look good on the podium if he would win.. He was very disappointed and he said that he was too far when the sprint started, and that Chicchi was already too far away when Boeckmans finally came in a good position to sprint..

Or Bennati's

Tour de Taiwan, Stage 6: Tainan City (135 km) (2.1)

1	Victor Niño Corredor	COL	Azad University Cross Team	3h10'33"
2	Yusuke Hatanaka	JPN	Japan National Team
3	Adiq Othman	MAS	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	05"
4	Saufi Mat Senan	MAS	Terengganu Cycling Team	08"
5	Dirk Müller	GER	Nutrixxion - Abus	10"
6	Roberto Ferrari	ITA	Androni Giocattoli	10"
7	Alex Coutts	GBR	RTS Racing Team	10"
8	Volodymir Gustov	UKR	SaxoBank	10"
9	Chun Kai Feng	TPE	Action Cycling Team	10"
10	Anthony Giacoppo	AUS	Genesys Wealth Advisers	10"

Istrian Spring Trophy - Istarsko Proljece, Prologue: Umag - Umag I.T.T. (2.2)

So Saxo Bank can't even with Tour of Taiwan... that's impressive.

Especially given the story that the organizers had to withdraw an invite to a smaller team, because Saxo Bank out of nowhere had come and requested an invitation.

re: Nokere Koerse, good to see Boy van Poppel finally getting his own chance. Stupid Henrik Redant keeps making him work for Förster and Keough. He should get his own chance more. He is way faster than old man Forster. Redant is such a stupid old-fashioned Belgian who knows nothing of modern cycling

Second stage-win for SaxoBank in the Tour of Taiwan.

Tour de Taiwan, Stage 7: Kaohsiung City (150 km) (2.1)

1	Jonathan Cantwell	AUS	SaxoBank	2h47'18"
2	Roberto Ferrari	ITA	Androni Giocattoli
3	Adiq Othman	MAS	Champion System Pro Cycling Team
4	Lucas Sebastian Haedo	ARG	SaxoBank
5	Patrick Shaw	AUS	Genesys Wealth Advisers
6	Alex Carver	AUS	Genesys Wealth Advisers
7	Dong Hyun Shin	KOR	KSPO
8	Chan Jae Jang	KOR	Terengganu Cycling Team
9	Artur Ershov	RUS	RusVelo
10	Giairo Ermeti	ITA	Androni Giocattoli

Tour de Taiwan, General Classification (2.1)

1	Rhys Pollock	AUS	Drapac Cycling	19h09'44"
2	Kam-Po Wong	HKG	Hong Kong National Team	02"
3	Dirk Müller	GER	Nutrixxion - Abus	06"
4	Taiji Nishitani	JPN	Japan National Team	08"
5	Anthony Giacoppo	AUS	Genesys Wealth Advisers	17"
6	Roberto Ferrari	ITA	Androni Giocattoli	26"
7	Chun Kai Feng	TPE	Action Cycling Team	27"
8	Victor Niño Corredor	COL	Azad University Cross Team	34"
9	Yusuke Hatanaka	JPN	Japan National Team	38"
10	Adiq Othman	MAS	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	40"

Great with some succes for Team Saxo Bank they have more wins so far this year than BMC Racing Team - who would have thought that before the start of the season?

Jonathan Cantwell having a good season so far.

GC times are a bit out of order

Wow Saxobank not even in the top 10 on GC. If this is Rhys' plan to keep his team in the WT... he is failing miserably.

Great to see Giacoppo doing so well on GC as well as in the sprints.

Yeah typo. 04" should be 40"

Chicchi wins Handzame Classics in front of Kittel and Blythe.