Nice total win Cant wait for TdF

Tour de Suisse Final Stage


Our train says present today


2 riders are down! One of them is Leezer, while the other one is Ciolek


It seems that Dekker was involved too. He will manage to get the same time with the pack though


Our riders were surprised by Ciolek's fall and couldn't prepare the sprint properly, so CSC or Barloworld will win today


O'Grady is the winer of the last stage in Tour de Suisse


Stage
1. Stuart O'Grady Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4h13'02
2. Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
3. Marcus Ljungqvist Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia s.t.
5. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia s.t.
7. Baden Cooke Barloworld s.t.
8. Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia s.t.
9. Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Télécom s.t.
10. Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole s.t.

Overall
1. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 35h11'09
2. Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'02
3. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 1'39
4. Thomas Dekker Rabobank + 2'17
5. Yaroslav Popovych Silence - Lotto + 2'53
6. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3'07
7. Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas + 4'48
8. Andy Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 5'02
9. Carlos Barredo Quick·Step + 5'49
10. Paolo Savoldelli LPR Brakes - Ballan + 6'10

25. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 10'55
104. Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia + 37'54
109. Frantisek Rabon Team Columbia + 39'59
116. Adam Hansen Team Columbia + 48'04
132. Gerald Ciolek Team Columbia + 1h05'34
136. Bert Grabsch Team Columbia + 1h08'52
170. Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia + 1h39'46

Points
1. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 80
2. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne 59
3. Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole 58

Mountain
1. David Loosli Lampre 35
2. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 30
3. Carlos Sastre Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28

Young: Thomas Dekker Rabobank
Teams: Team CSC - Saxo Bank

Ciolek
Kirchen

One of the season goals was to be in top 3 in Tour de Suisse. So...

Goal

Great win with Kim, and nice to see Ljungqvist up there in TdS!

Spanish ITT Championships


Results
1. José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne 52'44
2. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 45
3. Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 59
4. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne + 1'04
5. Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros + 1'33
6. Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'43
7. David Cañada Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'52
8. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'10
9. Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 2'12
10. Rubén Plaza Sport Lisboa e Benfica + 2'22

Italian ITT Championships


Quinziato sets the first time. And it's a good one


Nibali beats him. 1-2 for Liquigas now


The former champion, Marco Pinotti, starts the race


A good time for Bruseghin, but not enough to beat Liquigas' riders


Pinotti looses for only 2 seconds


Results
1. Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas 43'13
2. Marco Pinotti Team Columbia + 2
3. Manuel Quinziato Liquigas + 6
4. Marco Velo Team Milram + 15
5. Marzio Bruseghin Lampre + 18
6. Luigi Sestili Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce + 28
7. Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 38
8. Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld + 53
9. Stefano Garzelli Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 1'01
10. Paolo Savoldelli LPR Brakes - Ballan s.t.

Shame about Pinotti.

Dutch ITT Championships


A good time for Posthuma


Boom isn't in a great shape. Not a good time


Dekker is faster than Clement at the intermediate times


Finally someone is faster than Posthuma. It's his team-mate Thomas Dekker


Clement can't beat Dekker's time. He's slower even than Posthuma


Results
1. Thomas Dekker Rabobank 50'00
2. Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 22
3. Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 35
4. Michiel Elijzen Rabobank + 1'00
5. Rick Flens Rabobank + 1'06
6. Lars Boom Team Columbia + 1'16
7. Piet Rooijakkers Skil - Shimano + 1'18
8. Niki Terpstra Team Milram + 1'28
9. Kai Reus Rabobank + 1'32
10. Martijn Maaskant Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 1'36

Dekker always wins the Dutch itt

Boom should have been able to do it.

he is 3 levels lower than Dekker in TT, fitness something like 75, plus:

Lol Boom have been in the Giro so his form is on the way down + Boom got lower TT stats than Dekker so how could he won?

USA ITT Championships


Zabriskie is one of the first riders out on the road


And he sets a really good time at the finish


Hincapie is 27 slower than Zabriskie after the second checkpoints


Just 7 seconds slower is there Levi Leipheimer


Hincapie looses almost 1 minute to Zabriskie


Levi is good but not good enough today. Zabriskie is again the American ITT Champion


Results
1. David Zabriskie Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 49'18
2. Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team + 14
3. George Hincapie Team Columbia + 56
4. Bobby Julich Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
5. Jason McCartney Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'19
6. Tom Danielson Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 1'26
7. Christian Vandevelde Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
8. Danny Pate Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 2'18
9. Tyler Hamilton Rock Racing s.t.
10. Steven Cozza Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 + 2'22

Nice 3rd Place with Hincapie Do so he can ride in the National RR Jersey now!

In the RR I will try to breakaway from the pack with him with a few kms to go. All the races is flat so I don't think I have any chances in a mass sprint with him

You've been a bit unlucky it seems in the TT champs...

You'll get that luck back in the RR champ you'll see

btw I'm not the only one improving the quality of my pics...

gotta love this one

It's because his sprint stats are underrated! But looking good.
He is riding the tour right?

Hincapie? Yes, of course. Maybe a win there. He will be in the sprint train..77 flat

And thanks Gustavovskiy. My luck is going to chance in 5 minutes