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Fant. Neutral Story [Ronde 2018]
sutty68
Nice surprise to see Devenyns win the M.S.RSmile

I actually thought Rojas would have won quite easily, but there you goSad

 
mpardo
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UCI World Tour rankings riders (after Liege-Bastogne-Liege)

1Alexandre VinokourovGarmin249.11
2Janez BrajkovicRadioshack192.55
3Marco MarcatoLiquigas173.22
4Tyler FarrarSaxo Bank170
5Filippo PozzatoLampre157
6Dries DevenynsQuickstep138
7Peter KennaughSky121
8Thor HushovdGarmin89.11
9Francisco VentosoLampre82
10Peter SaganLiquigas79.22
11André GreipelOmega74.55
12José Joaquin RojasOmega53.55
13Chris Anker SørensenSaxo Bank44
14Lloyd MondoryLiquigas42.22
15Alessandro BallanLiquigas42.22


UCI World Tour rankings teams (after Liege-Bastogne-Liege)

1LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE372
2TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO361
3LAMPRE - ISD284
4TEAM RADIOSHACK271
5SAXO BANK SUNGARD258
6QUICKSTEP178
7OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO142
8SKY PROCYCLING129
9BMC RACING TEAM104
10LEOPARD TREK67


 
mpardo
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The Tour de Romandie comes one week after Liege and before the long break the riders will enjoy until the tough part of the season in August. This is the short tour that fits the climbers better, so expect some of the contenders for the Vuelta to be good here in Switzerland.
Favourites:
- Hubert Dupont (Saxo Bank): The French hasn’t done anything remarkable yet this season, as most of the favourites for this race. However, Romandie will be the testing ground for all of them. Besides, Saxo Bank can take advantage of the team time trial.
- Jelle Vanendert (Omega): Vanendert has been disappeard the whole start of the season and should start showing something in Romandie. He lacks the team strength of Saxo Bank, but should make some time on Dupont in the prologue.
- George Hincapie (BMC): The American had a good result in Tirreno-Adriatico, 10th, considering his shape by then. However, the time trials won’t help him nor his team.
- Xavier Tondo (Euskaltel): Tondo has already had a couple of nice results (11th in Tirreno and 8th in Liege) and is looking to add. He will have the great help of David López when the road gets steeper, so we may see the Spaniards fight in the mountains.


 
mpardo
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Stage 1: Lausanne - Lausanne (ITT)

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The Tour de Romandie starts with a prologue that fits the specialists. However, with only 8 kilometres the time differences will be really small.

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The first reference time came from the favourite to win the stage: Samuel Sanchez. The Spaniard set a time of 10’ 09’’.

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The next of the important riders was Hubert Dupont, but he could only be 14 seconds slower than his teammate. The French wasn’t impressive at all.

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The wind conditions changed during the day, and that meant Petacchi could only be 11 seconds slower than Sanchez. He was even slower than his teammate Mikel Nieve.

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Rigoberto Uran declared that he wasn’t in a great shape ahead of Romandie. However, he was able to set a 10’ 22’’and a top 20 position.

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Boonen was aiming for a win, but in the end, the worse conditions made him settle for a 6th in the stage, 10 seconds worse than Sanchez.

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Jelle Vanendert was one of the last riders to go out and even though he couldn’t improve Sanchez’s time, he ended in a nice 3rd place for the stage.

The pre stage favourite bagged the win, as Samuel Sanchez wins his second time trial of the year. It was surprising the good performance from the Spaniard Xavier Tondo, who got the second place and the best among the favourites to win in Romandie.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARD10'09
2Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 8
3Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 9
4Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM+ 10
5David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
6Tom BoonenHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
7Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
8Fabian CancellaraLEOPARD TREKs.t.
9Alessandro PetacchiBMC RACING TEAM+ 11
10Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAM+ 12


Points

1Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARD25
2Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI20
3Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO16
4Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM14
5David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI12


Young

1Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAM10'21
2Bart De ClerqOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
3Juan Jose CoboSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
4Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
5Luis Leon SanchezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.


Teams

1SAXO BANK SUNGARD30'53
2EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 4
3BMC RACING TEAM+ 7
4OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
5HTC - HIGH ROADs.t.


 
alexanderlens
It is hard to say something about this story, because you don't have your own team, the stats are different so nothing is surprising... GL anyway!


Guess who's back? Smile
Lets see how many friens are still around...
 
mpardo
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Stage 2: Montreux - Fribourg

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The first long stage in Romandie is rather flat, but it has the Col du Jaun halfway through the stage. That combined with the Wolfeich, 15 km from the finish, could leave a smaller group to fight for the victory.

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Only 2 riders made the break of the day: Rein Taaramae (Rabobank) and Giovanni Visconti (Lampre). The duo had 4’ 40’’ on the pack at the start of the Col de Jaun. The start of the stage was very fast, as Dries Devenyns joined one of the groups that broke away. The other teams with favourites couldn’t allow the Belgian to go away and that brought 30 km of battles.

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Although the climb to Jaun wasn’t excessively demanding, only 69 riders remained in the main group after the descent. The most remarkable rider left behind was Oscar Freire, but his group wasn’t far behind.

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The break was caught just before the last climb, and it wasn’t enough to allow for attacks that break the peloton. Therefore, we were set for a mass sprint with around 90 riders in the peloton. Garmin seems to be the team most interested in controlling the pack.

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A messy sprint with men from Euskaltel in front. Lloyd Mondory is at the front, with David López bringing Tondo to the front and Chris Anker Sorensen behind.

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Xavi Tondo wins in Fribourg! This stage seems to have taken the strength out of the sprinters, as in the end it was a tight one between two contenders for the GC, Tondo and Vanendert. The only one more of a sprinter kind was Lloyd Mondory, finishing third.

After two great stages Xavi Tondo gets the yellow jersey for tomorrow’s stage. He is 2 seconds clear of Samuel Sanchez and 5 ahead of Vanendert.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI4h56'40
2Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
3Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
4David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
5Hubert DupontSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
6Luis Leon SanchezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
7Pablo LastrasOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
8Taylor PhinneyEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
9Tiago MachadoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
10Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.


General Classification

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI5h06'47
2Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 2
3Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 5
4Tom BoonenHTC - HIGH ROAD+ 10
5David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 12
6Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
7Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
8Fabian CancellaraLEOPARD TREKs.t.
9Alessandro PetacchiBMC RACING TEAM+ 13
10Luis Leon SanchezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 14


Points

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI45
2Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO36
3David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI26
4Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARD25
5Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM18


Mountain

1Filippo PozzatoLAMPRE - ISD28
2Rein TaaramaeRABOBANK19
3Janez BrajkovicTEAM RADIOSHACK17
4Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISD16
5Dries DevenynsQUICKSTEP13


Young

1Luis Leon SanchezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI5h07'01
2Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
3Bart De ClerqOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
4Juan Jose CoboSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
5Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAMs.t.


Teams

1SAXO BANK SUNGARD15h20'53
2EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 4
3HTC - HIGH ROAD+ 7
4BMC RACING TEAMs.t.
5OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.


 
mpardo
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Stage 3: La Chaux de Fonds - La Chaux de Fonds

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The third stage in Romandie has several climbs and closer to the finish today. There could be a nice fight in the last 60 kilometres, as most probably there won’t be a team looking for a mass sprint.

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The break today was quite big, with 11 riders. Among them was the World Champion, Tom Danielson (Liquigas), and other riders such as Denis Menchov (HTC), Fabian Cancellara (Leopard) and Pierre Rolland (Quickstep). They had built a gap of 5’ 30’’ by the time they reached the second intermediate sprint.

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On the first climb of the day BMC did a double attack with Matthew Goss and Peter Stetina. They crowned the mountain with 2’10’’ lost on the break and 1’ 10’’ ahead of the pack.

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However, the BMC duo was not successful and they were caught on the climb of La Vue des Alpes. Meanwhile, Beñat Intxausti was picking up mountain points. The gap of the break had fallen to only 2 minutes at the top.

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On La Tourne, the hardest climb of the day, 5 men of the break were ahead: Danielson, Cancellara, Menchov, Bennati and Langeveld. Dries Devenyns attacked in the peloton followed by Weening while they reeled in some riders.

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Everyone was brought back to the group in the flat between the last two climbs. A group of around 50 riders started the climb together, but Hincapie jumped soon. He crossed the mountain sprint ahead, but with only 20 seconds his adventure didn’t last long. We were set for a reduced group sprint.

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Dries Devenyns leads the sprint ahead of Pieter Weening, Jean-Christophe Peraud and Mikel Nieve. It looks like the riders that can go through the hills are the strongest in the sprint today.

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Pieter Weening wins in La Chaux de Fonds! This is the first win of the season for HTC. Behind him were Dries Devenyns and Lloyd Mondory. The French was one of the fastest men in the group but he doesn’t seem to find a way to win in the start of the season.

Pieter Weening has moved to second overall, 2 seconds behind Tondo. The team time trial tomorrow will be interesting to see considering the small gaps between the top riders.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD4h21'51
2Dries DevenynsQUICKSTEPs.t.
3Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
4Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
5Jean-Christophe PeraudLEOPARD TREKs.t.
6Janez BrajkovicTEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.
7Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
8Filippo PozzatoLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
9Tom BoonenHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
10Marco MarcatoLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.


General Classification

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI9h28'38
2Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD+ 2
3Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
4Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 5
5Tom BoonenHTC - HIGH ROAD+ 10
6Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM+ 12
7David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
8Fabian CancellaraLEOPARD TREKs.t.
9Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE+ 13
10Alessandro PetacchiBMC RACING TEAMs.t.


Points

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI54
2Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD39
3Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO37
4Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM32
5Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE32


Mountain

1Filippo PozzatoLAMPRE - ISD28
2Sebastian LangeveldRABOBANK23
3Beñat IntxaustiTEAM RADIOSHACK19
4Rein TaaramaeRABOBANK19
5Dries DevenynsQUICKSTEP18


Young

1Luis Leon SanchezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI9h28'52
2Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
3Bart De ClerqOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
4Juan Jose CoboSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
5Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAMs.t.


Teams

1SAXO BANK SUNGARD28h26'26
2EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 4
3BMC RACING TEAM+ 7
4HTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
5OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.


 
sutty68
Very interesting Tour de RomandieFrown

 
mpardo
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Stage 4: Yverdon-les-Bains - Yverdon-les-Bains (TTT)

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A short team time trial in Yverdon-les-Bains is the route for the fourth stage of the Tour de Romandie. The route is hillier than the route shows, as the riders climb almost 200 meters in the first 7 kilometres.

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Garmin was the fourth team to ride today and they set the worst time so far 4 seconds behind the current leaders, Lampre.

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The other Italian team was close, but in the end they set the second best time behind their fellow Italians.

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Leopard had improved Lampre’s time, but Omega was very strong and set a new best time of 19’ 11’’, 10 seconds better than Leopard. That was a big boost to Vanendert chase for the yellow.

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HTC didn’t look very good and ended up 16 seconds behind Omega. Weening will be missing these few seconds in the overall results.

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BMC was very focussed on getting a good result in Romandie with Hincapie and Mikel Nieve. The team did a good effort to cross the line on the second position, only 5 seconds behind Omega.

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Euskaltel also sacrificed part of the early season to be very fit in Switzerland. The Spaniards tried to defend Tondo’s jersey but failed, as they crossed the finish line 10 seconds behind.

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Saxo Bank were favourites for the stage, but didn’t deliver. They were 12 seconds slower than Omega. This leaves Hubert Dupont 20th in the GC, 21 seconds behind.

Jelle Vanendert is the new leader, ahead of 3 other Omega riders in the top 10. There are also 3 BMC up in the classification. Other favourites are Hincapie, 16th +16s; F. Schleck, 19th +20s and Devenyns, 28th, +26s.

Stage Results

1OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO19'11
2BMC RACING TEAM+ 5
3EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 10
4LEOPARD TREKs.t.
5SAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 12
6LAMPRE - ISD+ 16
7HTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
8LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE+ 19
9TEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.
10RABOBANKs.t.


General Classification

1Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO9h47'56
2Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 3
3Jurgen Van den BroeckOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 7
4Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
5Bart De ClerqOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 9
6Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM+ 10
7Pablo LastrasOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 11
8Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
9Alessandro PetacchiBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
10Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAM+ 13


Points

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI54
2Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD39
3Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO37
4Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM32
5Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE32


Mountain

1Filippo PozzatoLAMPRE - ISD28
2Sebastian LangeveldRABOBANK23
3Beñat IntxaustiTEAM RADIOSHACK19
4Rein TaaramaeRABOBANK19
5Dries DevenynsQUICKSTEP18


Young

1Bart De ClerqOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO9h48'05
2Pablo LastrasOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 2
3Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAM+ 4
4Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAM+ 5
5Peter StetinaBMC RACING TEAMs.t.


Teams

1OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO28h45'44
2BMC RACING TEAM+ 5
3SAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
4EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 7
5HTC - HIGH ROAD+ 16


 
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sutty68
Nice TTT for the Lotto boysWink

 
mpardo
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Stage 5: Estavayer-le-Lac - Sainte-Croix

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The fifth stage in Romandie is the more interesting in terms of the general classification. It seems that this year winner will be a climber, as the key moment of the race will surely be the ascent to Mauborget. That is a climb that can make differences in the peloton and the top is only 10 kilometres from the finish.

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Today's break was made of five men: Giovanni Visconti (Lampre), Alessandro Ballan (Liquigas), Tejay Van Garderen (Garmin), Peter Kennaugh (Sky) and Rui da Costa (Radioshack). They had a gap of more than 6 minutes on the pack in the Coldes Etroits.

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Another group was formed on the start of the third climb of the day. It had 2 men from BMC, Euskaltel and Saxo Bank, in a clear attempt by those teams to leave helpers ahead for their main contenders. Among them, Oliver Zaugg was the most dangerous in the GC, 11th +14''. This meant that other teams had to take the responsibility to chase.

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On the top of the climb Giovanni Visconti adds more points to his lead in the KoM classification and looks set to take that jersey. The second group crosses the top 2' 55'' behind and the peloton is 4' 25'' back.

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Once the riders reach the first slopes of Mauborget, Pieter Weening attacks. The Dutch doesn't want to wait and defies anyone who can follow.

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Some riders try to follow, but none is able to match the good pace of Weening. The HTC rider has already 1' 35'' on a group with Tondo, Nieve, Devenyns and Rast. Only Ballan and Visconti are also ahead of this small group.

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Pieter Weening leads at the top of the Mauborget and only has 10 kilometres to take his second stage win in Romandie. Mikel Nieve is second 1' 28'' behind and a group with Frank Schleck, Hubert Dupont, Xavi Tondo and Jelle Vanendert loses 1' 35''.

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Pieter Weening wins in Sainte-Croix! He also looks set to take the leaders jersey, as the difference is going to be more than 1 minute on the chasers.

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Hubert Dupont takes second ahead of Mikel Nieve and four other 54 second behind Weening. The general classification is therefore led by Weening, with Jelle Vanendert second and Xavi Tondo thrid. Seeing that tomorrow stage is one for a mass sprint or a break, this means that Pieter Weening is the virtual winner of the Tour de Romandie.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD4h50'10
2Hubert DupontSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 54
3Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
4Fränk SchleckLEOPARD TREKs.t.
5Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADIs.t.
6Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
7Grégory RastTEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.
8Dries DevenynsQUICKSTEP+ 2'27
9Alessandro BallanLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
10Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISDs.t.


General Classification

1Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD14h38'07
2Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 53
3Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 56
4Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM+ 59
5Hubert DupontSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 1'08
6Fränk SchleckLEOPARD TREK+ 1'13
7Grégory RastTEAM RADIOSHACK+ 1'23
8Dries DevenynsQUICKSTEP+ 2'52
9Samuel SánchezSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 3'27
10Jurgen Van den BroeckOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.


Points

1Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI66
2Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD64
3Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM48
4Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO47
5Hubert DupontSAXO BANK SUNGARD37


Mountain

1Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISD58
2Filippo PozzatoLAMPRE - ISD28
3Alessandro BallanLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE27
4Tejay Van GarderenTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO25
5Peter KennaughSKY PROCYCLING23


Young

1Bart De ClerqOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO14h41'36
2Pablo LastrasOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 2
3Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAM+ 4
4Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAM+ 5
5Peter StetinaBMC RACING TEAMs.t.


Teams

1HTC - HIGH ROAD43h23'12
2OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 38
3BMC RACING TEAM+ 43
4SAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
5EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 45


 
mpardo
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Stage 6: Estavayer-le-Lac - Sainte-Croix

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The last stage in Romandie is a rather easy one that will probably end in a mass sprint. Although the riders will have to face the climb to the Marchairuz, it is too far from the finish to cause trouble in the GC.

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A break of eight riders was ahead in the climb to Mont d'Orzeire, including: Marco Pinotti (Leopard), Thomas Voeckler (Saxo Bank), Matthew Goss (BMC) and Pierre Rolland (Quickstep). The gap they had built was 6' 45'' at the top.

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The gap had gone down to 4' 35'' by the time the riders in the break made it to the top of the Marchairuz. No fight for the points in the mountains from the break riders means that Giovanni Visconti has won the KoM jersey.

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There was much drama in the descent for Omega Pharma Lotto, as Jelle Vanendert fell during the descent. As many as 6 other riders from the Belgian team stopped to help the second in the GC back to the pack.

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Several attacks from riders looking to improve their general classification position, such as Gregory Rast or Lloyd Mondory, were seen in the last kilometres. None of them was successful. The break was looking good with 20 kilometres to go, as they were 1' 45'' ahead of the pack. Jelle Vanendert wasn't going to make it back, as he was losing 3 minutes. Even Bart de Clerq dropped to help the Belgian and was going to lose the white jersey at the same time.

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Matthew Goss and Mathias Frank attacked in the last kilometres and reached the finish line with enough time to dispute the stage victory among them.

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Mathias Frank wins in Geneve! The Swiss wins at home outsprinting Matthew Goss. No surprises in the peloton, that arrived 1' 44'' later. That means some of the riders in the break move up in the final standings, Frank to 7th and Pinotti to 8th.

The bad news today were in the Omega camp, as Jelle Vanendert couldn't make it back after his fall. He arrived more than 5 minutes behind along with most of the team. That takes him out of the main positions of the GC. That means Tondo climbs to 2nd behind Weening and Mikel Nieve will climb to the podium.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Mathias FrankLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE4h01'36
2Matthew GossBMC RACING TEAMs.t.
3Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK+ 47
4Thomas VoecklerSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
5Michele ScarponiLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
6Pierre RollandQUICKSTEPs.t.
7Marco PinottiLEOPARD TREKs.t.
8Chris FroomeTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.
9Sebastian LangeveldRABOBANKs.t.
10David LópezEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 1'44


General Classification

1Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD18h41'27
2Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI+ 56
3Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM+ 59
4Hubert DupontSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 1'08
5Fränk SchleckLEOPARD TREK+ 1'13
6Grégory RastTEAM RADIOSHACK+ 1'23
7Mathias FrankLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE+ 2'02
8Marco PinottiLEOPARD TREK+ 2'44
9Thomas VoecklerSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 2'47
10Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.


Points

1Pieter WeeningHTC - HIGH ROAD68
2Xavier TondoEUSKALTEL - EUSKADI66
3Mikel NieveBMC RACING TEAM53
4Jelle VanendertOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO47
5Hubert DupontSAXO BANK SUNGARD37


Mountain

1Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISD58
2Marco PinottiLEOPARD TREK32
3Filippo PozzatoLAMPRE - ISD28
4Sebastian LangeveldRABOBANK28
5Alessandro BallanLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE27


Young

1Thomas VoecklerSAXO BANK SUNGARD18h44'14
2Pierre RollandQUICKSTEP+ 7
3Chris FroomeTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO+ 10
4Michael AlbasiniBMC RACING TEAM+ 46
5Oliver ZauggBMC RACING TEAM+ 47


Teams

1BMC RACING TEAM55h32'11
2SAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 47
3LEOPARD TREK+ 1'00
4HTC - HIGH ROAD+ 1'01
5TEAM RADIOSHACK+ 1'16


 
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UCI World Tour rankings riders (after Tour de Romandie)

1Alexandre VinokourovGarmin249.11
2Janez BrajkovicRadioshack193.55
3Pieter WeeningHTC181
4Marco MarcatoLiquigas173.22
5Tyler FarrarSaxo Bank171.33
6Filippo PozzatoLampre162.11
7Dries DevenynsQuickstep160
8Xavier TondoEuskaltel136.77
9Peter KennaughSky121
10Mikel NieveBMC104
11Thor HushovdGarmin89.11
12Francisco VentosoLampre82.11
13Peter SaganLiquigas79.22
14Hubert DupontSaxo Bank77.33
15André GreipelOmega75.66


UCI World Tour rankings teams (after Tour de Romandie)

1LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE427
2SAXO BANK SUNGARD384
3TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO370
4TEAM RADIOSHACK337
5LAMPRE - ISD312
6BMC RACING TEAM219
7QUICKSTEP216
8HTC-HIGHROAD202
9OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO165
10EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI165


 
mpardo
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The calendar of the World Tour takes a long break until the busy months of August and September. The first of the races in these months is the Tour of Poland. The route of the race is a bit strange, as there are 5 really flat stages for the sprinters. The other 2 are fairly hilly and the GC should be decided in those. However, let's see if other riders can make up for the bonus seconds that many sprinters will collect on the first four days of racing.
Favourites:
- Lloyd Mondory (Liquigas): The French is underperforming this year, but he shouldn't be ruled out from contention in the Tour de Pologne. However, we could see some rivals in his own team if Marco Marcato is able to perform close to what he did in Tirreno.
- Janez Brajkovic (Radioshack): Brajkovic has done many things right this season, with a couple of stages in Tirreno and top 5 positions in Tour Down Under, Tirreno and Liege. He might be in contention again in the hilly stages.
- Thor Hushovd (Garmin): The Norwegian would be more dangerous if the Tour de Pologne had a time trial. However, he should be with the strongest in the hilly stages.
- Gregory Rast (Radioshack): Radioshack can be very dangerous, as they have two cards to play for the victory. The Swiss would profit from a bit more mountainous terrain and could be used as a luxury teammate for Brajkovic.


 
mpardo
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Stage 1: Warszawa - Warszawa

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The Tour of Poland starts with a short criterium in Warsaw that will most probably be settled in a mass sprint. It is completely flat, so we have the usual favourites for this kind of stages: Farrar, Vinokourov or Greipel.

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A group of eight riders was in front with 65 km to go. The group included: Marco Pinotti (Leopard), Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas), Oliver Zaugg (BMC) and Michelle Scarponi (Lampre). They had a gap of 4’ 30’’ on the pack.

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As expected, the peloton didn’t have much trouble reeling the break back. With 2 laps to go, everything looked set for a mass sprint.

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A crash happened with 1 lap to go and several important riders were on the ground, including: Peter Kennaugh, Chris Sorensen, Andy Schleck, Tom Boonen and Filippo Pozzato. It is a shame for Pozzato, who could do well in the GC, but will have difficulties now to do a good performance after losing time today.

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Alexandre Vinokourov starts the sprint very well positioned, ahead of Grega Bole, Levi Leipheimer and Camron Meyer. Farrar is in fifth place and will have to fight to recover positions.

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Alexandre Vinokourov wins in Warsaw! The Kazakh claims his fifth win of the season and starts the second part of the season very strong. Second was Tyler Farrar, who was gaining ground all the way through the sprint.

Vinokourov will therefore wear the leader’s jersey tomorrow, when the sprinters will have another chance to add to their win account.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO2h27'10
2Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
3Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.
4Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
5Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
6Jakob FuglsangLEOPARD TREKs.t.
7Joost Van LeijenRABOBANKs.t.
8Francisco VentosoLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
9Cameron MeyerQUICKSTEPs.t.
10Tony MartinHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.


General Classification

1Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO2h27'00
2Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD+ 4
3Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK+ 6
4Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE+ 10
5Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
6Jakob FuglsangLEOPARD TREKs.t.
7Joost Van LeijenRABOBANKs.t.
8Francisco VentosoLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
9Cameron MeyerQUICKSTEPs.t.
10Tony MartinHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.


Points

1Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO25
2Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD20
3Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK16
4Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE14
5Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE12


Young

1Rein TaaramaeRABOBANK2h27'10
2Christopher SuttonTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.
3Vasili KiryenkaLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
4Marcel KittelHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
5Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISDs.t.


Teams

1LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE7h21'30
2TEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.
3LEOPARD TREKs.t.
4QUICKSTEPs.t.
5TEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.


 
sutty68
Nice Win for VinoWink

 
mpardo
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Stage 2: Serock – Bialystok

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The second stage in Poland is a marathon between Serock and Bialystok. The profile doesn’t have any interesting point, as the stage is very flat. The chances of a mass sprint are very big.

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Only three riders were in the break of the day: Giacomo Nizzolo (Sky), Mathias Frank (Liquigas) and John Degenkolb (Leopard). Their maximum gap to the pack was 10’ 30’’ with 130 km to go. There were other groups between this group and the pack, but they never joined forces.

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The timing of the peloton was perfect, as the break ended with 15 km remaining. Garmin took most of the credit as they looked for another win with Vinokourov.

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Another fall took place today, much more dangerous than yesterday. Rabobank took a big hit, as one of their leaders, Joost Van Leijen, had to retire. Other favourites involved were Xavier Tondo (Euskaltel), Pieter Weening (HTC), Rigoberto Uran (Sky) and Janez Brajkovic (Radioshack). They all say goodbye to any GC chances they had, as all of them lost more than 3 minutes on the finish.

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Tyler Farrar was very well placed as the sprint started, ahead of Tony Martin, Andre Greipel and Levi Leipheimer. Vinokourov was caught out of place and wouldn’t be fighting for victory.

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Tyler Farrar wins in Bialystok! Farrar and Vinokourov keep sharing the sprint finishes. The American rider will also grab the yellow jersey on the bonus seconds. Meanwhile, Greipel keeps getting second places; this is the third time this year.

Today’s stage took a big hit on many good hills riders. We will have to see if the likes of Brajkovic, Uran, Tondo, and Pozzato are fully fit for the hills stages ahead. We won’t get a good show if we miss so many of them. It has to be especially hard for Rigoberto Uran, whose season goals were Tirreno and Poland and suffered falls in both of them.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD5h05'36
2André GreipelOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
3Tony MartinHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
4Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACKs.t.
5Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.
6Fabian CancellaraLEOPARD TREKs.t.
7Johan Van SummerenQUICKSTEPs.t.
8Peter KennaughSKY PROCYCLINGs.t.
9Grega BoleLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
10Jakob FuglsangLEOPARD TREKs.t.


General Classification

1Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD7h32'30
2Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO+ 6
3André GreipelOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO+ 10
4Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK+ 12
5Tony MartinHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
6Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE+ 16
7Jakob FuglsangLEOPARD TREKs.t.
8Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
9Francisco VentosoLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
10Grega BoleLAMPRE - ISDs.t.


Points

1Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD45
2Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO37
3Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK30
4Tony MartinHTC - HIGH ROAD22
5André GreipelOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO22


Young

1Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISD7h32'46
2Tejay Van GarderenTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.
3Denis MenchovHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
4Juan Jose HaedoSAXO BANK SUNGARDs.t.
5Alexander KristoffTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.


Teams

1BMC RACING TEAM22h38'18
2SKY PROCYCLINGs.t.
3OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
4HTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
5QUICKSTEPs.t.


 
alexanderlens
Pretty realistic with Farrar and Greipel on 1-2


Guess who's back? Smile
Lets see how many friens are still around...
 
sutty68
Nice crash picWink

 
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Stage 3: Bielsk Podlaski – Lublin

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The riders face another long and flat stage in the third day of racing at Poland. The first mountain jersey will be awarded on a very small hill towards the end of the stage but otherwise, it’s sprinters terrain.

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The break of the day included names like Alessandro Ballan (Liquigas), Vincenzo Nibali (Lampre), Marco Pinotti (Leopard) and Cameron Meyer (Quickstep).

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The peloton did a good job again on chasing the break and with 10 kilometres to go the sprinters began positioning themselves.

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Lots of outsiders in the front as the sprint started: Stefano Garzelli, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Vasili Kiryenka and Fabian Cancellara.

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Tyler Farrar wins in Lubin! The outsiders had to eventually surrender to the speed of the American. Ventoso was always close, but had to settle for a second place in the stage.

Another not very interesting stage in Poland gives Tyler Farrar his second win in a row and sees Freire wear the first mountain jersey of the race. Tomorrow we have yet another flat marathon, before the more interesting fifth and sixth stages.

Today's Winner

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Stage Results

1Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD4h57'16
2Francisco VentosoLAMPRE - ISDs.t.
3Rein TaaramaeRABOBANKs.t.
4Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
5Jakob FuglsangLEOPARD TREKs.t.
6Vasili KiryenkaLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
7Lloyd MondoryLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
8Fabian CancellaraLEOPARD TREKs.t.
9André GreipelOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
10Simon GerransQUICKSTEPs.t.


General Classification

1Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD12h29'36
2Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO+ 16
3Francisco VentosoLAMPRE - ISD+ 20
4André GreipelOMEGA PHARMA-LOTTOs.t.
5Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK+ 22
6Tony MartinHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
7Marco PinottiLEOPARD TREK+ 23
8Steven KruijswijkRABOBANKs.t.
9Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE+ 26
10Jakob FuglsangLEOPARD TREKs.t.


Points

1Tyler FarrarSAXO BANK SUNGARD70
2Alexandre VinokourovTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO40
3Peter SaganLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE33
4Francisco VentosoLAMPRE - ISD32
5Levi LeipheimerTEAM RADIOSHACK30


Mountain

1Oscar FreireRABOBANK6
2Fabian CancellaraLEOPARD TREK4
3Tom DanielsonLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE2
4Yoann OffredoTEAM GARMIN-CERVELO1


Young

1Giovanni ViscontiLAMPRE - ISD12h30'02
2Tejay Van GarderenTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.
3Vasili KiryenkaLIQUIGAS - CANNONDALEs.t.
4Marcel KittelHTC - HIGH ROADs.t.
5Alexander KristoffTEAM GARMIN-CERVELOs.t.


Teams

1RABOBANK37h30'06
2BMC RACING TEAMs.t.
3SKY PROCYCLINGs.t.
4QUICKSTEPs.t.
5LAMPRE - ISDs.t.


 
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