Giro d'Italia Stage 2


Possoni is in the breakaway, but nothing serious


The pink jersey, Bradley Wiggins, can't maintain the pack speed anymore


Knowing that their chances to win today are low, Columbia tried a team strategy


1km and Rebellin looks like is the only one who can stop Columbia for winning the stage


Last corner, Pinotti and Siutsou are in front, after them Boom and Rebellin


Siutsou wins and keeps the pink jersey for Columbia


Stage
1. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 5h23'32
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia s.t.
3. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
4. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 10
5. Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
6. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
7. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8. José Angel Gómez Marchante Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
9. Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
10. Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.

Overall
1. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 6h00'14
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 8
3. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 30
4. Tony Martin Team Columbia s.t.
5. Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team + 45
6. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7. Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8. Sergei Ivanov Astana Cycling Team s.t.
9. Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10. Benjamín Noval Astana Cycling Team s.t.

Points
1. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 25
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 20
3. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 16

Mountain
1. Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux 5
2. Christian Knees Team Milram 3
3. Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 1

Young: Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia
Teams: Team Columbia

yeah, nice

very well played

already with 45'' advantage seemsa good start to achieve a top10 place (is that you're objective for Siutsou or do you have another one?)

2/2 for Columbia - looking great

My objectives are the sprints. Anything that Siutsou does it's a bonus for me. A top10 will be very good, but a top15 or 20 wouldn't be bad at all

You can keep trying

The first stage for Siutsou!

Not very realistic but it's a game Hehe. Nice win

Giro d'Italia Stage 3


Boonen wins the intermediate sprint


They breakaway is looking good with names like Kroon, Rebellin, Zabel and Vansummeren


Minard and Vansummeren attacked from the breakaway group


Rebellin is chasing them


And after Rebellin's group comes the pack


Rebellin is now very close to Minard and Vansummeren


Boom is leading Greipel well but is too late


Rebellin wins and takes the points jersey


At least we won the pack's sprint


Stage
1. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 4h49'00
2. Gerben Löwik Rabobank s.t.
3. Karsten Kroon Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
4. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
5. Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
6. André Greipel Team Columbia s.t.
7. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
8. Andrea Moletta Gerolsteiner s.t.
9. Peter Wrölich Gerolsteiner s.t.
10. Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Overall
1. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 6h00'14
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 8
3. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 30
4. Tony Martin Team Columbia s.t.
5. Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team + 45
6. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7. Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8. Sergei Ivanov Astana Cycling Team s.t.
9. Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10. Benjamín Noval Astana Cycling Team s.t.

Points
1. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 41
2. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 25
3. Lars Boom Team Columbia 23

Mountain
1. Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux 5
2. Christian Knees Team Milram 3
3. Giuseppe Palumbo Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo 1

Young: Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia
Teams: Team Columbia

Nice win with Siutsou!

what happened to Cavendish??

If you look at the first picture with the pack you will see that he is after Greipel, but then sudenly lost energy and the wheel of Greipel

oh thats just bad luck....

butr by the names after Greipel and Boom it diodnt seem to have been a fast launched sprint...

yeah the pack's speed was very high in the last kms to catch the escapes, and many sprinters lost their energy

Giro d'Italia Stage 4


Vansummeren and Ljungqvist were the 2 escapes of the day


The last hill took the power of hour sprinter, so no Cavendish or Greipel in front. Now Lars Boom is the team sprinter and Pinotti will be the one who will launch in the sprint


With 2km to go Pinotti isn't there anymore. Not a very good position for Boom


1km and the things start to look better for Lars


He leads the pack in the last corner


A fantastic win for Lars Boom



Stage
1. Lars Boom Team Columbia 4h41'57
2. Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
3. Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4. Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
5. Joaquím Rodríguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6. Rémi Pauriol Crédit Agricole s.t.
7. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
8. Stuart O'Grady Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
9. Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
10. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.

Overall
1. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 15h31'11
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 8
3. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 10
4. Tony Martin Team Columbia + 30
5. Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team + 45
6. Chechu Rubiera Astana Cycling Team s.t.
7. Toni Colom Astana Cycling Team s.t.
8. Sergei Ivanov Astana Cycling Team s.t.
9. Steve Morabito Astana Cycling Team s.t.
10. Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team s.t.

Points
1. Lars Boom Team Columbia 48
2. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 47
3. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 25

Mountain
1. Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux 5
2. Marcus Ljungqvist Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5
3. Christian Knees Team Milram 3

Young: Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia
Teams: Team Columbia

Well done withh Lars Boom

Giro d'Italia Stage 5


Nobody could keep up with Kroon in the breakaway


Tony Martin crashes on one of the downhills. He will loose 15minutes


The downhill were more dangerous than the climbs today. An spectacular fall by a Silence rider, but he is not the only one who does that...


More falls, almost the whole pack is there


Big names there too, Cunego, Cavendish, Pelizotti, Steegmans, Boonen and Rebellin


Columbia are using the same strategy like in the second stage, but it's not going to happen again


Gerolsteiner are controling the sprint, but Valverde is coming fast


Wegmann wins and keeps Valverde away from the Siutsou's pink jersey



Stage
1. Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 4h05'29
2. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
3. Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner + 12
4. Leonardo Duque Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5. Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
6. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
7. André Greipel Team Columbia s.t.
8. Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
9. Lars Boom Team Columbia s.t.
10. Joaquím Rodríguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Overall
1. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia 19h36'52
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 8
3. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 10
4. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 32
5. Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team + 45
6. Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne + 48
7. Joaquím Rodríguez Caisse d'Epargne + 56
8. Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
9. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
10. Xavier Zandio Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Points
1. Lars Boom Team Columbia 55
2. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 47

3. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 34

Mountain
1. Karsten Kroon Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6
2. Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux 5
3. Marcus Ljungqvist Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5

Young: Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia
Teams:Team Columbia

Ouff, was hard, but why all these falls ?

Have no idea, but at least I won another 3 minutes to huys like Cunego or Pelizotti

Giro d'Italia Stage 6


Ljungqvist is again in the breakaway, this time with Merabito


Gerolsteiner lead very well the pack in the last kilometres that the pack was split in 2 majour groups


Boom can't maintain himself in the first group anymore


6 riders are now in front Siutsou, Wegmann, Schumacher, Valverde, Bettini and Paolini


Siutsou looks very tired, he wouldn't be able to finish with the first group


Bettini wins


Siutsou was almost caught by the pack on the last hill



Stage
1. Paolo Bettini Quick·Step 5h44'45
2. Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
3. Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
4. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5. Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 38
6. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia + 1'02
7. Danilo Napolitano Lampre + 1'26
8. Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
9. Robert Hunter Barloworld + 1'34
10. Joaquím Rodríguez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Overall
1. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 25h22'09
2. Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia + 30
3. Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
4. Paolo Bettini Quick·Step + 1'17
5. Luca Paolini Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 1'42
6. Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 1'48
7. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 1'50
8. Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team + 1'55
9. Joaquím Rodríguez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'58
10. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

Points
1. Lars Boom Team Columbia 55
2. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 48
3. Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 47

Mountain
1. Marcus Ljungqvist Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10
2. Karsten Kroon Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6
3. Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux 5

Young: Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia
Teams:Caisse d'Epargne