You're so close now, only 19 second! Gerdemann can do it.

La Vuelta a Espana Stage 18


Devine was in the breakaway and with the points won today it looks imposible to lost the grey jersey now


Luis Leon Sanchez made the first big attack today


Karpets was the first to go after him but not the only one


And Samuel Sanchez is surprising in front at the summit, with Karpets and Soler behind him


Then a group with Cunego, Pellizotti, Kloden, Luis Leon Sanchez and Colom


But they all got back together on the downhill


Too bad for Lovkvist that he isn't there with the big guys. He's in the chasing group with Schleck


Sanchez doesn't seem to like that he was caught on the downhill and knowing that he can be a lot faster than the others he makes an another attack


And it looks like it was the best move as he is in front on the small uphill ending the stage today


Win for Samuel Sanchez. Karpets still in gold, with the first chance to win the Vuelta now.


Stage
1. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 5h40'19
2. Damiano Cunego Lampre + 42
3. Andreas Klöden Agritubel s.t.
4. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
6. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7. Mauricio Soler Barloworld s.t.
8. Luis León Sánchez AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
9. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 2'06
10. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 2'13

Overall
1. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne 73h38'21
2. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'01
3. Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 2'03
4. Damiano Cunego Lampre + 2'31
5. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 3'34
6. Luis León Sánchez AG2R La Mondiale + 3'58
7. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team + 6'33
8. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas + 6'40
9. Pieter Weening Rabobank + 7'51
10. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 8'26

Points
1. Baden Cooke Barloworld 137
2. Damiano Cunego Lampre 124
3. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 122

Mountain
1. John Devine Team Columbia 138
2. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 90
3. Damiano Cunego Lampre 84

Young:
Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia
Teams:
Caisse d'Epargne

Ok, for overall victory, it's finish, you can't do it, but for mountain and young it's still possible.

too bad for Lovkvist...

u25 jersey is still a good achievment!

I was never thinking for the win



yeah but Luis Leon Sanchez is still close

that's a bit of a knock for the moral! (pcm 05 )

you will perform better in the upcomming stages!

GO Lovkvist. Smash that LL guy like ... uh... something or so.

still even if I will lose the place in top5 or the white jersey this will be the best GT this year, which is pretty good for a guy like Lovkvist

Tour de Pologne Stage 7


Boom was in the breakaway, but the pack just didn't want let them win today.


Attack by Gilbert on the last climb. Clement, Vansummeren and Gerdemann are after him


Gerdemann is now in front with Gilbert and Vansummeren, but the pack is right after them


Vansummeren is leading for the stage win, with Gilbert and Gerdemann after him


Last corner... Vansummeren still leading, while Gerdemann seems to be now in a better position than Gilber


One last move from Gerdemann, but he can't stop Vansummeren winning.


Stage
1. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto 1h29'06
2. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia s.t.
3. Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
4. Przemyslaw Niemiec Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
5. Gilberto Simoni Astana Cycling Team s.t.
6. Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t.
7. Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
8. Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom s.t.
9. Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Overall
1. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 28h16'31
2. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 13
3. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto + 40
4. Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 44
5. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 46
6. Bauke Mollema Rabobank + 50
7. Przemyslaw Niemiec Miche - Silver Cross s.t.
8. Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
9. Gilberto Simoni Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10. Eros Capecchi Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.

Points
1. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 89
2. Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 78
3. Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 76

Mountain
1. Alessandro Ballan Lampre 29
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia 24
3. Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto 15

good job with linus!

Vuelta a Espana Stage 19


Lewis was the only one that had the power to make a breakaway today


After the third climb of the day Cunego made an attack with was the end of Lewis' action. Spilak, Camano, Kreuziger, Cuesta and Devine were also with Cunego, but they couldn't go away from the pack, lead by Caisse


Pellizotti made the first attack on the last climb of the day


Soler, Samuel Sanchez and Lovkvist were after him


That prooved to be a bad move from Lovkvist as he was caught by the pack


Not the same about Soler, who is now in front leading


Karpets feels that Soler is a treat for his gold jersey and he tries to go after him by his own


Kloden and Colom are right after him


After a few moments Soler was caught by Kloden and Karpets


But Kloden isn't happy staying with them and he makes an another attack


This seems to be a serious attack from the guy who lost over 10 minutes in flat stages in this Vuelta


The pack is chasing him down, with Pellizotti, Soler and Karpets in the first positions


Kloden takes the win, at least he gets something from the race where he started as the main favourite


Karpets didn't lose too much time to his real rivals and he keeps the gold jersey, having a great chance to win the Vuelta. Yes, he seems as a good sign for us next year


Lovkvist finished the climb exhausted. He even lost the contact with the pack in the final kilometre


Stage
1. Andreas Klöden Agritubel 4h36'10
2. Damiano Cunego Lampre + 42
3. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas + 56
4. Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 1'08
5. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 1'22
6. Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
7. Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8. Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10. Carlos Barredo Quick·Step s.t.

Overall
1. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne 78h15'53
2. Mauricio Soler Barloworld + 1'49
3. Damiano Cunego Lampre + 1'51
4. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'01
5. Luis León Sánchez AG2R La Mondiale + 4'58
6. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 5'38
7. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas + 6'14
8. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team + 6'33
9. Pieter Weening Rabobank + 8'15
10. Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 8'29

Points
1. Damiano Cunego Lampre 144
2. Baden Cooke Barloworld 137
3. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 126

Mountain
1. John Devine Team Columbia 143
2. Damiano Cunego Lampre 120
3. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 91

Young
Luis León Sánchez AG2R La Mondiale
Teams
Caisse d'Epargne

ouch, you lost the young rider jersey. Bad luck.

yeah now I just hope to hang in on 6th.

Bad luck, any TTs left were you can gain some time?

btw what are Lewis stats

one mountain TT.

LÖvkvist can take the young jersey again. Also, great result in tour de pologne.

not really as Sanchez is a better climber

who are on top form for WC in your team?

Zabriskie, Gerdemann, Lovkvist but only Zabriskie I'm sure will be there.

Probably going for the ITT rainbow jersey

Oh bummer...

anyway nice to know that Kloden can do something

what are the next 2 stages like?