YAY now 10th

If you hold that distance to Garate and Fothen you can beat them in the TT! Same with Ricco

it's a mountain TT Ricco - 80, Lovkvist - 76. Are you sure?

hmm no, thought the last one was a flat? Can't remember, think I got Alzaimer(can't spell)

only the first kilometres are flat the rest is pure climbing

Nice results Alex

thanks. I will try to win some more time in the next hilly stages cause Lovkvist looks better in them than the mountains

Damn you Mikel!!

Tour de Pologne Stage 3


The breakaway.


Hincapie is the fastest today


The bad thing is that Boonen got Cav's wheel


Boom is in front but not for long...


And a what a sprint from Boonen


Cavendish looks tired after those hills and he is losing speed


And yes, the winer is Boonen. Second stage win for him


Stage
1. Tom Boonen Quick·Step 4h47'08
2. Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team s.t.
3. José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
5. Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
6. Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
7. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
8. William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
9. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
10. Francesco Chicchi Liquigas s.t.

Overall
1. Tom Boonen Quick·Step 14h05'21
2. José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne + 10
3. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
4. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
5. Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team + 14
6. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 16
7. Maciej Bodnar Liquigas + 17
8. Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole s.t.
9. Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step + 18
10. Koen De Kort Astana Cycling Team s.t.

Points
1. Tom Boonen Quick·Step 52
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 51
3. José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne 48

Mountain
1. Julien Simon Crédit Agricole 3
2. Yannick Talabardon Crédit Agricole 2
3. Jonathan Hivert Crédit Agricole 1

three frenchies in the top 3 in the KOM... UNREALISTIC

C.A. was setting the pace when the small climb came. That's why

OK. Setting the pace for who?

for Bonnet - 8th in the stage

Tour de Pologne Stage 4


The escapes. And there was a lot of them


The breakaway has a nice advantage, so Joachim attacks


All the other escapes will be caught sooner or later


Moves for the sprint in the pack...


Boom and Sieberg are doing their best to catch Joachim


But that isn't going to happen and Joachim wins


At least we won the pack sprint


Stage
1. Benoît Joachim Astana Cycling Team 3h58'32
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia + 21
3. Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia s.t.
4. Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
5. Mateusz Komar DHL - Author s.t.
6. Radoslav Romanik DHL - Author s.t.
7. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
8. Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
9. William Bonnet Crédit Agricole s.t.
10. Seweryn Kohut Amore e Vita - McDonald's s.t.

Overall
1. Benoît Joachim Astana Cycling Team 18h04'01
2. Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 13
3. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia + 17
4. José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne + 23
5. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
6. Aaron Kemps Astana Cycling Team + 27
7. Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia + 29
8. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
9. Wouter Weylandt Quick·Step s.t.
10. Maciej Bodnar Liquigas + 30

Points
1. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 70
2. Tom Boonen Quick·Step 69
3. Danilo Napolitano Lampre 57

Mountain
1. Julien Simon Crédit Agricole 3
2. Yannick Talabardon Crédit Agricole 2
3. Jonathan Hivert Crédit Agricole 1

Joachim

Vuelta a Espana Stage 16


Devine was in the breakaway, again


We weren't there so the sprint was boring...


First, Bennati looked like going to win


But Valverde was really the fastest and he took the stage win


Stage
1. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 4h29'48
2. Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
3. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
4. Carlos Torrent Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario s.t.
5. Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
6. Tomas Vaitkus Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7. Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
8. Robert Förster Gerolsteiner s.t.
9. Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
10. Jaume Rovira Extremadura - Ciclismo Soldario s.t.

Overall
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 62h54'17
2. Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team + 3'25
3. Denis Menchov Rabobank + 5'44
4. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 6'46
5. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 8'37
6. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 9'01
7. Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 9'21
8. Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 9'37
9. Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 9'47
10. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 9'53

Points
1. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 145
2. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 141
3. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia 119

Mountain
1. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 112
2. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 101
3. John Devine Team Columbia 74

Young: Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott
Teams: Astana Cycling Team

Damn cyanide, Valverde winning a stage like that. Terrible.

Tour de Pologne Stage 5


The breakaway, in a forest.


Gerdemann attacks...


He is in front on the last hill


And he has almost one minute advantage over the pack


Gerdemann takes the stage, but...


Ballan and Bettini were really fast in the last kilometre and gain 40 seconds, so they and the rest of the pack had the same time with Linus


Stage
1. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia 5h28'24
2. Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
3. Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
4. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
5. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
6. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
7. Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
8. Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
9. Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
10. José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Overall
1. Benoît Joachim Astana Cycling Team 23h32'25
2. Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 13
3. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 23
4. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
5. José Joaquín Rojas Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6. Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 27
7. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 29
8. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi + 33
9. Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
10. Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.

Points
1. Tom Boonen Quick·Step 82
2. Lars Boom Team Columbia 72
3. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia 70

Mountain
1. Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale 9
2. Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 6
3. Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6

Nice win but it was really a shame you couldnt build a gap between them and Gerdemann

At least you got the bonification which is fairly reasonable

damn cyanide we need real distance otherwise that hapens

I know. It's annoying when that happens. Some time you have a good advantage and you gain no time (Gerdemann today) or you have a normal advantage and still win some seconds (Joachim also in Pologne)