Dominik Nerz: The Next Level
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roturn |
Posted on 25-10-2011 12:17
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Cunego, Hushovd and Chavanel all finished in the top10. So with a bit more luck a win would have been possible here.
But 2nd is still great with a non sprinter.
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tsmoha |
Posted on 25-10-2011 13:11
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Very nice 2nd! Close one, but - like roturn said - still a great result for Cunego!
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FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 25-10-2011 14:42
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Nice 2nd place specially for a non sprienter. very good foor cunego.
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dienblad |
Posted on 25-10-2011 15:22
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The same as the others: very good Milan - San Remo!!
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 25-10-2011 22:58
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Cunego is really strong at the moment. Excellent 2nd place.
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cunego59 |
Posted on 25-10-2011 23:13
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Thanks @ all for the kind words. I'm indeed very happy with the result as I always had problems at MSR. Well, now we'll see how I'll handle extreme
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Mresuperstar |
Posted on 25-10-2011 23:26
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A little late, but nice 2nd
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 26-10-2011 05:23
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Mresuperstar wrote:
A little late, but nice 2nd
+1
Well done, sprinting to second with a puncheur.
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cunego59 |
Posted on 26-10-2011 10:56
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March 23, 2012 – Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya is the next in a row of traditional and important races in March and April. Just as the Tour of the Basque Country a couple of days later, it's characterized by the local, patriotic spirit and the enthusiasm of the crowd. In it's long history since 1911, the winner was consequentally mostly Spanish, record winner is Mariano Canardo with seven wins between 1928 and 1939.
Six of the seven stages are mostly a bit hilly including possibilities of bunch sprints. Probably decisive will be the third stage with a mountain top finish on the Vallnord in the Pyrenees.
1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank - Sungard | 2 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Rabobank | 3 | Fränk Schleck | Leopard - Trek | 4 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team RadioShack | 5 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team |
Chris Horner (Unicef) , Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank)
Fabio Duarte (Geox)
Complete Startlist
Spoiler Euskaltel
1. S.Sánchez
2. M.Astarloza
3. K.Fernández
4. R.GarcÃa
5. G.Izagirre
6. R.Pérez
7. A.Txurruka
8. I.Velasco
BMC
11. C.Evans
12. M.Giunti
13. M.Kohler
14. A.Kristoff
15. D.Loosli
16. J.Murphy
17. F.Stalder
18. D.Wyss
Leopard
21. I.Antón
22. B.Feillu
23. J.Fuglsang
24. M.Monfort
25. G.Nizzolo
26. H.Starzengruber
27. R.Wagner
28. F.Wegmann
Katusha
31. I.Basso
32. A.Arguelyes
33. P.Brutt
34. D.Galimzyanov
35. V.Gusev
36. M.Ignatiev
37. L.Mazzanti
38. D.Moreno
Astana
41. A.Vinokourov
42. D.Fofonov
43. A.Grivko
44. T.Kangert
45. R.Kiserlovski
46. M.Lorenzetto
47. F.J.Ventoso
48. H.Zubeldia
Unicef
51. C.Horner
52. R.Hunter
53. M.Irizar
54. T.Machado
55. D.Muravyev
56. N.Oliveira
57. C.Sastre
58. Ó.Sevilla
Liquigas
61. R.Kreuziger
62. M.Bodnar
63. P.Longo Borghini
64. M.Marcato
65. D.Oss
66. S.Ponzi
67. P.Sagan
68. E.Viviani
Omega Pharma
71. J.Van den Broeck
72. A.Hansen
73. O.Kaisen
74. V.Ortiz
75. V.Reynès
76. W.Stroetinga
77. J.Vanendert
78. J.Vissers
Rabobank
81. L.L.Sánchez
82. C.Barredo
83. T.Dekker
84. Ó.Freire
85. J.M.Gárate
86. M.Khalilov
87. G.Niermann
88. B.Tankink
Geox
91. F.Duarte
92. M.Ardila
93. D.Blanco
94. D.Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
95. D.Kozontchuk
96. M.Kump
97. M.Pelucchi
98. M.Wyss
Movistar
101. E.Mosquera
102. A.Amador
103. J.Belda
104. I.Erviti
105. I.Gutiérrez
106. V.Kiryienka
107. D.Navarro
108. J.M.Soler
Sky
111. M.Rogers
112. S.Cummings
113. A.Duncan
114. H.Haussler
115. G.Henderson
116. N.Sanderson
117. B.Swift
118. R.Urán
Quick·Step
121. K.Seeldraeyers
122. F.Chicchi
123. K.De Weert
124. A.Engels
125. G.Gardeyn
126. F.Reda
127. K.Van Impe
128. K.Vandewalle
T-Mobile
131. P.Velits
132. G.Ciolek
133. L.Gerdemann
134. T.Martin
135. D.Pate
136. M.Renshaw
137. S.Schumacher
138. R.Weissinger
Garmin
141. C.Vande Velde
142. T.Danielson
143. M.Fischer
144. D.Lloyd
145. D.Martin
146. C.Meyer
147. R.Navardauskas
148. D.Zabriskie
GreenEdge
151. J.Tschopp
152. M.Albasini
153. G.Brown
154. A.Davis
155. S.Davis
156. L.Howard
157. L.Roberts
158. D.Tanner
FDJ
161. A.Jeanneson
162. A.Courteille
163. P.Fédrigo
164. A.Gérard
165. Y.Hutarovich
166. A.Roux
167. J.Roy
168. W.Van Huffel
Vacansoleil
171. W.Poels
172. S.Anza
173. M.De Maar
174. M.Golas
175. S.Lagutin
176. A.Ongarato
177. M.Selvaggi
178. L.Westra
Skil
181. O.Zaugg
182. Y.Doi
183. F.Han
184. Y.Huguet
185. M.Kittel
186. M.Kreder
187. M.Reimer
188. R.Van Zandbeek
Lampre
191. D.Pietropolli
192. G.Bole
193. X.Florencio
194. D.Hondo
195. A.Kashechkin
196. E.Magazzini
197. A.Malori
198. D.Righi
Caja Rural
201. G.César Veloso
202. O.Chuzhda
203. V.De la Parte
204. A.Galdos
205. E.GarcÃa
206. J.Herrada
207. A.Mora
208. J.Ortega
AG2R La Mondiale
211. B.Kadri
212. D.Champion
213. S.Houanard
214. D.Le Lay
215. S.Minard
216. L.Mondory
217. A.Ravard
218. C.Riblon
A quite strong startlist although last year's winner Alberto Contador is missing. On the moderatly hard course and with such a close starting field, one strong day could be enough to decide the tour to your favour.
After our strong results in the early season, we feel like we have reached another level of difficulty, now that the season is in full play. Still we hope for a good placement with Roman Kreuziger, a Top 3 would be awesome. Also, we think that Peter Sagan might have good chances for a stage win here.
A strong seven men break including Marco Marcato went clear after a couple of kilometers and were soon too far away. Although Unicef and Quick·Step led the chase, they couldn't do more than reducing the loss. They eventually finish 2 minutes behind the winner.
Marcato takes both mountain sprints and the jersey. On the last hill, he attacks and breaks free. But the gap isn't large enough and his companions catch him sprinting towards the line. The winner is no surprise: Grega Bole (Lampre) outsprints Anthony Roux (FDJ) and Ruben Perez (Euskaltel).
Grega Bole achieves his first win of the year.
1 | Grega Bole | Lampre – ISD | 3h56'01 | 2 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | 3 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel – Euskadi | s.t. | … | 6 | Marco Marcato | Liquigas – Cannondale | s.t. |
Unspectacularly, a thirteen men break is reeled in 12 kms in front of the finish. It was mostly Eukaltel and Liquigas who did the work.
In the sprint, Sagan and Ponzi get stuck and can't compete for the win. Euskaltel leads out Koldo Fernandez but he's in front too early. From his wheel, Russian youngster Denis Galimzyanov jumps to the front and takes the win. No one could challenge him today.
With his first professional win ever, Denis Galimzyanov finally proves his potential.
1 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | 4h12'26 | 2 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | 3 | Oscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
A rather strong break came free over the first climb. 12 riders including Igor Anton (Leopard) and Wout Poels (Vacansoleil) open a gap of 7 minutes which is almost completely closed by Liquigas on the long descent towards the last climb. Only Anton is left in front as the pack enters the Vallnord.
The first favorites who attack are Vinokourov and Sammy Sanchez. They catch up with Anton but they're all caught by Movistar and a strong Peter Sagan. The pack then remained calm until the last 3 kms when Roman Kreuziger gives it a try. But he doesn't get away at all. Instead, it's Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma), Chris Horner (Unicef) and Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard) who open the decisive gap. The Belgian wins with 36 seconds in front of the 20 men main peloton.
It's Ivan Gutierrez from the break of Stage 1 who overtakes the yellow jersey. Grega Bole finishes very well, too.
A surprising winner on a stage that was expected to be much harder: Jelle Vanendert.
1 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma – Lotto | 4h49'38 | 2 | Chris Horner | Unicef – Oracle | s.t. | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Leopard – Trek | + 13 | … | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 36 | … | 22 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 1'03 |
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General Classification after Stage 3:
1 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 12h59'08 | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre – ISD | + 23 | 3 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 27 | 4 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel – Euskadi | + 29 | 5 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma – Lotto | + 50 | … | 13 | Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 1'36 |
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Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 26-10-2011 11:08
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It seems "extreme" won't be as simple as last time around. I like that you don't win everything, more realistic.
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FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 26-10-2011 15:32
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Close to the top 10
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Posted on 26-10-2011 15:41
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Brave and good choice to switch to extreme hope you can still get good results
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FuglsangxTH3 |
Posted on 26-10-2011 21:22
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Nice choice for upgrade your level to extreme it would be
a bit difficult i think Good Luck
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YvesStevens |
Posted on 26-10-2011 21:25
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Brave choice switching to extreme, I think you still should get good results, by the fact your such a expirienced manager
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dienblad |
Posted on 26-10-2011 21:28
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You chose a difficult race to switch to extreme, there barely are gaps in the Volta a Catalunya.... Hope you can get Kreuziger in the top 10, or maybe 5!
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cunego59 |
Posted on 27-10-2011 11:23
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Thanks @ all. I'm happy with that choice as well, this way I will be more pleased with wins as well.
@ dienblad: Yep, there aren't many chances for time gaps. Top 10 and maybe a stage win is my goal now.
Second part is coming later today.
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tsmoha |
Posted on 27-10-2011 11:29
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cunego59 wrote:
I'm happy with that choice as well, this way I will be more pleased with wins as well.
That's it You will still be able to go for wins, and this wins will feel much better. Sprints will be tough, but I'm sure we will see Liquigas and - of course - Dominik succeeding! Good luck with Kreuziger, he's in good position.
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cunego59 |
Posted on 27-10-2011 14:30
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March 27, 2012 – Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Another break dominated this stage and again, Marco Marcato was present there. It soon became obvious that they would stay clear. Marcato could take the points on the mountain sprint but then fell back and held himself between the break and the pack.
In the sprint for the win, Lieuwe Westra edged out Kristof Vandewalle and Robert Kiserlovski. Marco Marcato was completely empty but saved some centimeters in front of the sprinting pack which finishes 2'42 behind the winner.
Lieuwe Westra scores his first season win, the second for his team.
1 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4h33'17 | 2 | Kristof Vandewalle | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 3 | Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
Another stage, the same picture: A rather strong, large break of eleven riders got away and achieved a maximum lead of 13 minutes. Again, the pack showed no interest in bringing them back and eventually finished 7'45 behind the escapees.
On top of the last hill, David Zabriskie attacked and created a gap to his fellow companions. Although it was a long ride, he used his terrific time trialing skills and saved 29 seconds into the finish. Vladimir Gusev won the sprint among the rest of the break. No changes in the overall.
Breakaways experience a boom here in Catalunya. Again, a strong time trialist takes the win: David Zabriskie.
1 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin – Cervélo | 4h49'51 | 2 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Teams | + 29 | 3 | Stefan Schumacher | Team T-Mobile | s.t. |
Early on the stage, Oss and Longo Borghini gave up to compete in Gent – Wevelgem the next day. Then, a strong break of eleven riders including Wout Poels and Igor Anton got away but as some of the riders were a threat for Marcato's mountain jersey, Liquigas brought them back just before the mountain sprint. It's then Marcato himself who takes the full points and opens a gap.
He is joined by David Tanner (GreenEdge) and David Le Lay (Ag2r). They got a large advance and it seemed like they would stay clear. On the last hill, Le Lay attacked and left the other two behind. He extended his lead and took the stage win. Also, three riders escaped from the pack: Aitor Galdos (Caja Rural), Cadel Evans (BMC) and Tony Martin (T-Mobile). They're no threat for the GC and catch up with Tanner and Marcato.
Galdos eventually outsprints Evans and Marcato – who has secured his mountain jersey and will inherit the jersey from Dominik Nerz - for place two. In the pack, Sagan leads out Ponzi perfectly and the Italian takes place 7. A good day for Liquigas.
Third solo winner in a row: David Le Lay.
1 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h47'24 | 2 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | + 2'26 | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 4 | Marco Marcato | Liquigas – Cannondale | s.t. |
The last stage was expected to end in a mass sprint but the break seemed to have a real chance: Again, Marco Marcato was in it, joined by Robert Hunter (Unicef), Kevin Impe (Quick·Step) and Ben Swift (Sky). They still led by 4 minutes with 40 kms to go. But the sprinter teams were eventually too keen on a sprint and they were caught.
In the sprint, Koldo Fernandez soon overtook the lead and didn't give it away anymore. Gerald Ciolek and Denis Galimzyanov complete the podium while Simone Ponzi had a terrible day and finishes 16th. With his 14th, Roman Kreuziger overtook the overall nineth from Luis Leon Sanchez, who had the same time.
Third win for Koldo Fernandez.
1 | Koldo Fernandez | Euskaltel – Euskadi | 3h52'12 | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Team T-Mobile | s.t. | 3 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Overall
1 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 31h15'47 | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 23 | 3 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | + 27 | 4 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 29 | 5 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 50 | 6 | Chris Horner | Unicef - Oracle | + 54 | 7 | Jakob Fuglsang | Leopard Trek | + 1'09 | 8 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | + 1'13 | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'36 | 10 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | 12 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | 13 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 14 | Oliver Zaugg | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 15 | Florian Stalder | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 16 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 17 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'52 | 18 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'00 | 19 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'03 | 20 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'18 | 21 | Oleg Chuzhda | Caja Rural | + 2'23 | 22 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'51 | 23 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'53 | 24 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | + 3'03 | 25 | Andrey Kashechkin | Lampre - ISD | + 4'06 | 26 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'14 | 27 | Thomas Dekker | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 28 | Carlos Sastre | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 29 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 4'29 | 30 | Xavier Florencio | Lampre - ISD | + 4'56 | 31 | Gerald Ciolek | Team T-Mobile | + 4'58 | 32 | Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | + 5'10 | 33 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5'23 | 34 | Rodrigo GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'54 | 35 | Haimar Zubeldia | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | 36 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'55 | 37 | Heinrich Haussler | Sky ProCycling | + 5'56 | 38 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | + 6'23 | 39 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 6'34 | 40 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | s.t. | 41 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 42 | Maxime Monfort | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 43 | Ezequiel Mosquera | Movistar Team | s.t. | 44 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | s.t. | 45 | José Herrada | Caja Rural | + 6'40 | 46 | Massimo Giunti | BMC Racing Team | + 6'45 | 47 | Markel Irizar | Unicef - Oracle | + 6'46 | 48 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 6'53 | 49 | Tony Martin | Team T-Mobile | + 6'57 | 50 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 51 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | + 7'11 | 52 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'16 | 53 | Ivan Basso | Katusha Team | + 7'34 | 54 | Kristof Vandewalle | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'40 | 55 | Wim Van Huffel | FDJ | + 7'44 | 56 | Óscar Sevilla | Unicef - Oracle | + 7'51 | 57 | Vicente Reynès | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 7'54 | 58 | Michel Kreder | Skil - Shimano | + 7'59 | 59 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 8'24 | 60 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 61 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 8'31 | 62 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 8'43 | 63 | Gustavo César Veloso | Caja Rural | + 8'49 | 64 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 65 | Stephen Cummings | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 66 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | + 8'56 | 67 | Brice Feillu | Leopard Trek | + 9'07 | 68 | Kevin De Weert | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 9'14 | 69 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 9'30 | 70 | Tiago Machado | Unicef - Oracle | + 9'37 | 71 | Francesco Reda | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 9'39 | 72 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10'02 | 73 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'04 | 74 | Linus Gerdemann | Team T-Mobile | + 10'16 | 75 | David Loosli | BMC Racing Team | + 10'20 | 76 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil - Shimano | + 10'26 | 77 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'59 | 78 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | + 11'20 | 79 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 11'45 | 80 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'47 | 81 | Robert Hunter | Unicef - Oracle | + 12'06 | 82 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 12'16 | 83 | Igor Antón | Leopard Trek | + 12'47 | 84 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'57 | 85 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | s.t. | 86 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 13'25 | 87 | Luca Mazzanti | Katusha Team | + 13'33 | 88 | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'49 | 89 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14'22 | 90 | Marc De Maar | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 14'32 | 91 | Kevin Van Impe | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 15'07 | 92 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | s.t. | 93 | David Blanco | Geox - TMC | + 15'12 | 94 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'02 | 95 | Tom Danielson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 16'18 | 96 | Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | + 16'20 | 97 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | + 16'35 | 98 | Johann Tschopp | GreenEdge Cycling | + 17'09 | 99 | Marko Kump | Geox - TMC | s.t. | 100 | Yann Huguet | Skil - Shimano | + 17'41 | 101 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 18'26 | 102 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 18'32 | 103 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 18'42 | 104 | Stefan Schumacher | Team T-Mobile | + 19'40 | 105 | Michael Albasini | GreenEdge Cycling | + 20'08 | 106 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling | + 20'09 | 107 | Simone Ponzi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 108 | Peter Velits | Team T-Mobile | + 20'15 | 109 | David Tanner | GreenEdge Cycling | + 20'26 | 110 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 21'51 | 111 | Danny Pate | Team T-Mobile | + 22'41 | 112 | Marco Marcato | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 24'16 | 113 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | + 24'56 | 114 | Olivier Kaisen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 25'07 | 115 | Gorik Gardeyn | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 25'17 | 116 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | + 25'31 | 117 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 25'34 | 118 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | + 26'13 | 119 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 26'17 | 120 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 26'25 | 121 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | + 26'36 | 122 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | + 27'04 | 123 | Cameron Meyer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 28'37 | 124 | Adam Hansen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 29'45 | 125 | Egoitz GarcÃa | Caja Rural | + 30'41 | 126 | VÃctor De la Parte | Caja Rural | s.t. | 127 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ | + 30'48 | 128 | René Weissinger | Team T-Mobile | + 31'16 | 129 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 31'23 | 130 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 131 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 32'25 | 132 | Murilo Fischer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 32'33 | 133 | Leigh Howard | GreenEdge Cycling | + 32'47 | 134 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 34'19 | 135 | Arturo Mora | Caja Rural | + 34'40 | 136 | Robert Wagner | Leopard Trek | + 34'55 | 137 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Skil - Shimano | + 35'15 | 138 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Pro Team Astana | + 35'40 | 139 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 35'47 | 140 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - ISD | + 36'18 | 141 | Francisco José Ventoso | Pro Team Astana | + 39'22 | 142 | David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | Geox - TMC | + 39'27 | 143 | Scott Davis | GreenEdge Cycling | + 40'00 | 144 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | + 40'24 | 145 | Alberto Ongarato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 41'35 | 146 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Leopard Trek | + 42'22 | 147 | Harald Starzengruber | Leopard Trek | + 42'42 | 148 | Addy Engels | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 45'52 | 149 | Mark Renshaw | Team T-Mobile | + 48'33 | 150 | Alexander Kristoff | BMC Racing Team | + 49'26 | 151 | Fang Han | Skil - Shimano | + 52'03 | 152 | José Belda | Movistar Team | + 52'05 | 153 | Luke Roberts | GreenEdge Cycling | + 53'03 | 154 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | + 53'39 | 155 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | Katusha Team | + 54'29 | 156 | Martin Reimer | Skil - Shimano | + 55'18 | 157 | Graeme Brown | GreenEdge Cycling | + 57'42 | 158 | JoaquÃn Ortega | Caja Rural | + 1h00'44 | 159 | Matteo Pelucchi | Geox - TMC | + 1h03'04 | 160 | Francesco Chicchi | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1h04'02 | 161 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h05'29 | 162 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | + 1h05'34 | 163 | Job Vissers | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1h07'42 | 164 | Nelson Oliveira | Unicef - Oracle | + 1h10'00 | 165 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ | + 1h17'25 | 166 | Arnaud Gérard | FDJ | + 1h18'22 | 167 | John Murphy | BMC Racing Team | + 1h20'00 | 168 | Michal Golas | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h21'18 | 169 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h27'21 | 170 | Nicolas Sanderson | Sky ProCycling | + 1h28'41 | 171 | Wim Stroetinga | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1h36'21 | 172 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | + 1h39'38 | 173 | Victór Ortiz | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1h48'21 | 174 | Alistair Duncan | Sky ProCycling | + 2h01'03 |
Points
1 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | 56 | 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | 53 | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Team T-Mobile | 46 | 4 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | 45 | 5 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 41 |
Mountain
1 | Marco Marcato | Liquigas - Cannondale | 57 | 2 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | 32 | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 30 | 4 | Igor Antón | Leopard Trek | 30 | 5 | José Herrada | Caja Rural | 26 |
Young Riders
1 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | 31h16'14 | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 1'09 | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'33 | 4 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'51 | 5 | Michel Kreder | Skil - Shimano | + 7'32 |
Teams
1 | Sky ProCycling | 93h47'08 | 2 | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'44 | 3 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'07 |
You wouldn't have thought that this race was decided by a breakaway. But Ivan Gutierrez managed to hold on to some of the advance he created on stage one. He ads one of the most important results to his palmarès with this win on his old days.
Well, nineth place. Not quite what we aimed for but for the first race on a new level, it's decently good. Plus, without the breakaway, Kreuziger would have been fourth. And of course, Marcato won the mountain jersey and a couple of Top 10 positions through his breakaway tries. All in all, we're pleased with the outcome.
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Great report! I know how long it takes to make such report, because of my own story experiences. So great you have kept it going for so long - I like it a lot
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March 26, 2012 – E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke
The E3 Prijs Vlaanderen is one of the important cobblestone classics in spring. It's held one week before the Ronde van Vlaanderen and one day before Gent – Wevelgem and lots of riders use it as a preparation race. Most recently, Tom Boonen won the race four years in a row from 2004 to 2007.
Eight cobblestone sections aren't that much but lots of hills will provide lots of difficulty and separation for the riders.
1 | Heinrich Haussler | Team Garmin - Cervelo | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Leopard - Trek | 3 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | 4 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team |
Complete Startlist
Spoiler Leopard
1. F.Cancellara
2. S.Chavanel
3. D.Klemme
4. A.Lund
5. H.Morscher
6. J.Posthuma
7. T.Rohregger
8. T.Stamsnijder
Quick·Step
11. T.Boonen
12. T.De Gendt
13. R.Hammond
14. S.Rosseler
15. G.Steegmans
16. N.Terpstra
17. G.Van Keirsbulck
18. J.Vermote
Omega Pharma
21. P.Gilbert
22. J.Bakelants
23. B.De Clercq
24. F.De Greef
25. G.De Knegt
26. M.Neyens
27. N.Nuyens
28. F.Willems
Vacansoleil
31. B.Leukemans
32. L.Boom
33. R.Pidgornyy
34. M.Tjallingii
35. G.Van Avermaet
Skil
41. S.Devolder
42. T.Darnuseau
43. B.De Backer
44. K.Kroon
45. M.Sprick
46. J.Van Emden
47. K.Van Hummel
48. C.van Boven
Sky
51. J.A.Flecha
52. J.Augustyn
53. M.Barry
54. D.Cioni
55. J.Hunt
56. T.Löfkvist
57. S.Pauwels
58. G.Thomas
Rabobank
61. M.Breschel
62. R.Flens
63. D.Jaspers
64. A. Kolobnev
65. T.Slagter
66. D.Van Winden
67. L.Vanderjagt
BMC
71. A.Ballan
72. M.Burghardt
73. Y.Eijssen
74. G.Hincapie
75. S.Morabito
76. G.Palla
77. T.Phinney
78. M.Quinziato
Landbouwkrediet
81. B.Traksel
82. J.Breyne
83. B.De Waele
84. H.Dekkers
85. B.Gourgue
86. B.Planckaert
87. B.Scheirlinckx
88. J.Stallaert
Unicef
91. G.Rast
92. P.Deignan
93. B.Hermans
94. G.Lequatre
95. R.McEwen
96. Y.Popovych
97. I.Rovny
98. B.Selander
FDJ
101. D.Rollin
102. S.Chainel
103. N.Eeckhout
104. F.Guesdon
105. G.Meersman
106. F.Mourey
107. J.Vangenechten
108. B.Vanheule
Topsport Vlaanderen
111. P.Van Hecke
112. J.Coenen
113. W.De Vocht
114. J.Ghyselinck
115. K.Hovelynck
116. S.Jodts
117. M.Van Staeyen
118. S.Van Vooren
Cofidis
121. K.Ista
122. R.Cusin
123. N.Edet
124. J.Keukeleire
125. J.Roelandts
126. A.Saramotins
127. N.Sijmens
128. T.Valentin
An Post
131. K.Goddaert
132. K.Claeys
133. D.Dzervus
134. A.Fenn
135. P.Ghyllebert
136. K.Heymans
137. K.Heytens
138. M.McNally
Liquigas
141. J.Sagan
142. M.Busche
143. D.Caruso
144. A.Marangoni
145. A.Vanotti
146. C.Wurf
Rabobank CT
151. P.Ligthart
152. D.Beckeringh
153. T.Dumoulin
154. B.Markus
155. D.Olivier
156. P.Rooijakkers
157. R.Sinkeldam
158. N.Van der Lijke
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele
161. R.Goris
162. S.Caethoven
163. J.Drucker
164. S.Van den Houte
165. S.Vandousselaere
166. J.Venter
167. E.Verbist
168. T.Vernaeckt
Differdange
171. J.Ljungblad
172. S.Cohnen
173. F.Dressler
174. C.Heymans
175. R.Lesschaeve
176. B.Menster
177. M.Pauly
178. C.Poos
Donckers Koffie
181. R.Van der Velde
182. N.Cocquyt
183. J.Cornet
184. A.Moletta
185. J.Ockeloen
186. J.Spragg
187. A.Van der Velde
188. M.Vanderaerden
CCC Polsat
191. T.Smolen
192. D.Batek
193. P.Charucki
194. B.Janiaczyk
195. J.Morajko
196. R.Ratajczyk
197. M.Taciak
198. K.Zielinski
Samsung
201. Y.Arashiro
202. H.S.Gong
203. F.Li
204. K.Mori
205. W.Najmee
206. T.Nishitani
207. S.Samai
208. T.Susanto
Tabriz
211. B.Shpilevsky
212. H.Askari
213. R.Ermeni
214. A.Kazemi
215. B.Khalilikhosroshani
216. H.Nateghi
217. A.Tanha
218. A.Zargari
Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara, the top favorites for the big classics, will test their respective strenghts today. Other outside shots are here as well, but some strong riders like Haussler are missing.
Due to some misplanning, Daniel Oss and Paolo Longo Borghini are still in Catalunya. Now our leader is Juraj Sagan, and of course we don't expect anything from him.
Quickly after the start, seven riders made the jump from the pack and formed the break of the day. By and by, more riders bridged the gap and eventually, 14 riders were in front. Surprisingly, strong cobblestone riders like Lars Boom (Vacansoleil), Dominik Klemme (Leopard) and Preben Van Hecke (Topsport) were there and the pack gave them more than six minutes of advance.
On the last cobblestone section, Stijn Devolder opened the race for the favorites. He attacked from the 20 riders group behind the six escapees who are left in front. He soon closes the gap but the advance of the front group is already under a minute.
The chasing group caught up with the front within the last 8kms. 22 riders are now in front and as no one makes a strong last move, a sprint would decide. As the sprint starts, Leopard is in front with Dominik Klemme and Fabian Cancellara. Spartacus soon is in the wind and no one can follow him. Stijn Devolder tries to catch his wheel but is too exhausted and falls back again.
Cancellara takes the win in a dominant way. Danish champion Matti Breschel finishes second. Juraj Sagan finishes 90th, Matthew Busche 94th, the other riders from Liquigas have to abandon.
After his second spot last year, Fabian Cancellara was unstoppable today. Muddy, but unstoppable.
1 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | 4h56'13 | 2 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 4 | Stijn Devolder | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 5 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 6 | Dominic Klemme | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 7 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 8 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 9 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 10 | Bert De Backer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Robbie McEwen | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 12 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 13 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 14 | Nico Eeckhout | FDJ | s.t. | 15 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 16 | Jens Keukeleire | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 17 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 18 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 19 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 20 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 21 | Lars Boom | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 22 | Gert Steegmans | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 23 | Sylvain Chavanel | Leopard Trek | + 4'43 | 24 | Grégory Rast | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 25 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 26 | Niki Terpstra | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 27 | Karsten Kroon | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 28 | Roger Hammond | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'52 | 29 | Thomas De Gendt | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 30 | Sébastien Rosseler | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 31 | Jürgen Roelandts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 9'07 | 32 | Maarten Neyens | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 33 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 34 | Bert Scheirlinckx | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 35 | Greg Van Avermaet | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 36 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 37 | Michael Barry | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 38 | Julien Vermote | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 39 | Jos Van Emden | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 40 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 41 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 42 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 43 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 44 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 45 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 46 | Frederik Willems | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 47 | Steven Caethoven | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | + 10'13 | 48 | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 10'35 | 49 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | 50 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 11'00 | 51 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 52 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 53 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 54 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 55 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 11'30 | 56 | Steven Van Vooren | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 57 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 58 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Jempy Drucker | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 60 | Rob Goris | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 61 | Blazej Janiaczyk | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 62 | Sven Vandousselaere | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 63 | Francis Mourey | FDJ | s.t. | 64 | Kess Heytens | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 12'36 | 65 | Hossein Askari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | 66 | Jasper Ockeloen | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | + 14'26 | 67 | Sven Jodts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 16'22 | 68 | Serge Pauwels | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 69 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 70 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 71 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 72 | Kristof Goddaert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 73 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 74 | Thomas Rohregger | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 75 | Thomas Damuseau | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 76 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 77 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 78 | Philip Deignan | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 79 | Gerben De Knegt | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | 80 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 17'08 | 81 | Wim De Vocht | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 82 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 83 | Yaroslav Popovych | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 84 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. | 85 | Sven Van den Houte | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 86 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 87 | Jacobus Venter | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 88 | Donny Jaspers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 89 | Tom Dumoulin | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 90 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 91 | John-Lee Augustyn | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | 92 | Gerardo Palla | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 93 | Mathieu Sprick | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 94 | Matthew Busche | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 18'01 | 95 | Christian Poos | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 19'05 | 96 | Kevin Claeys | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 97 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | 98 | Tomasz Smolen | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 99 | Yukiya Arashiro | Samsung - Giant | s.t. | 100 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 101 | Maarten Tjallingii | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 102 | Pim Ligthart | Rabobank Continental Team | + 20'09 | 103 | Piet Rooijakkers | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 104 | Barry Markus | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 105 | Cyrille Heymans | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 106 | Stefan Cohnen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 107 | Daan Olivier | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 108 | Derk Abel Beckeringh | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 109 | Frank Dressler | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 110 | Wan Najmee | Samsung - Giant | s.t. | 111 | Boris Shpilevski | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | 112 | Darijus Dzervus | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 113 | Andrew Fenn | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 114 | Jonas Vangenechten | FDJ | s.t. | 115 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 116 | Nicky Cocquyt | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 117 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 118 | Johan Coenen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 119 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | s.t. | 120 | Carsten van Boven | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | 121 | Evert Verbist | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 122 | Luca Vanderjagt | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 123 | Bjorn Selander | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 124 | Kurt Hovelynck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | 125 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 126 | Ben Hermans | Unicef - Oracle | s.t. | 127 | Thomas Vernaeckt | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | 128 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | 129 | Bart Vanheule | FDJ | s.t. | 130 | Tom Stamsnijder | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 131 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | s.t. | 132 | Jonathan Breyne | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 133 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 23'28 | 134 | Andrea Moletta | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 135 | Fuyu Li | Samsung - Giant | s.t. | 136 | Abbas Tanha | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | 137 | Rudy Lesschaeve | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 138 | Alain Van der Velde | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 139 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 140 | Taiji Nishitani | Samsung - Giant | s.t. | 141 | James Spragg | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 142 | Rafal Ratajczyk | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 143 | Michael Vanderaerden | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 144 | Hans Dekkers | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | 145 | Joris Cornet | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | 146 | Kazuhiro Mori | Samsung - Giant | s.t. | 147 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 148 | Tonton Susanto | Samsung - Giant | s.t. | 149 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | 150 | Rahim Ememi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | 151 | Pawel Charucki | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | 152 | Kristof Heymans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | 153 | Ben Menster | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | 154 | Marco Pauly | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. |
Fabian Cancellara sets a bang with this win and proves his ambitions for the upcoming big classics. It will be an interesting fight as we saw today that lots of riders are within a small range of strength.
Although I said we didn't expect anything, this result is still a bit disappointing. We thought that Juraj would be able to at least enter the Top 50 and we hoped for all our riders to finish. But well, we don't attach much importance to this race. For Gent - Wevelgem, Longo Borghini and Oss will hopefully be back again.
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