Welcome to the start of the 2009 ProTour season for the PCM.Daily Management Game!

Today's course is flat, but we should see some riders attempt a break.



And we do - Pinotti, Scheunemann, Nys, Khatuntsev, Lagutin, Moerni and Summerhill all get clear after a flurry of attacks

A second chase group catches them at the first mountain points of the season - Hulsmans, Perget and Ten Dam join the front group as Pinotti is dropped.



Our first faller of the year! Credit Lyonnais' Szczawinski is the unlucky rider


The peloton begin to react with 30km to go - but the lead stands at over 3 minutes! The pace of the pack strings it out, with some sprinters getting dropped


5km left, and the break have made it! The pack makes some time up, but not much, so the break will fight it out for the win!


Ten Dam leads out Nys - Summerhill follows, then Lagutin then top sprinter in the group Khatuntsev


Buy Svein Nys wins for Wikipedia - he led from the front and took it on, leaving Summerhill second and Khatuntsev 3rd


Allan Davis of Fed-Ex leads in the bunch, as they lose a minute to the winner


Stage:

1	Sven Nys	WIKIPEDIA	3h49'17
2	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
3	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	s.t.
4	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	s.t.
5	Laurens Ten Dam	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
6	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
7	Kevin Hulsmans	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
8	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
9	Allan Davis	FED-EX	+ 58
10	Daniele Bennati	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
11	Gert Steegmans	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
12	Mark Cavendish	EUROSPORT	s.t.
13	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
14	Robbie McEwen	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
15	Oscar Freire	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
16	Baden Cooke	ERSTE	s.t.
17	Vicente Reynès	EUROSPORT	s.t.
18	Nico Sijmens	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
19	Mitch Docker	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
20	Sergio Marinangeli	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
21	Alejandro Borrajo	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
22	Tyler Farrar	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
23	Bobbie Traksel	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
24	Candido Barbosa	FED-EX	s.t.
25	Raúl Granjel Cabrera	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
26	Enrico Gasparotto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
27	Mauro Facci	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
28	René Mandri	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
29	Arnaud Coyot	ERSTE	s.t.
30	Ivan Dominguez	FED-EX	s.t.
31	Jerome Coppel	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
32	Michael Reihs	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
33	Bart Wellens	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
34	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	s.t.
35	José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
36	Kévin Lalouette	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
37	Johan Coenen	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
38	Thomas Voeckler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
39	Sebastian Siedler	FED-EX	s.t.
40	Kevin Fouquet	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
41	Damiano Cunego	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
42	Jure Kocjan	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
43	Patrice Halgand	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
44	Pierrick Fédrigo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
45	Hervé Duclos-Lassalle	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
46	Santo Anza	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
47	Bauke Mollema	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
48	Dmitri Muravjev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
49	Mitja Mahoric	ERSTE	s.t.
50	Karsten Kroon	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
51	Peter Kennaugh	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
52	Mirko Celestino	FED-EX	s.t.
53	Dries Devenyns	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
54	Taylor Phinney	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
55	Simon Gerrans	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
56	Christophe Kern	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
57	Bram Schmitz	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
58	Mario Aerts	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
59	Ruslan Podgorny	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
60	Christian Knees	FED-EX	s.t.
61	Luis Pasamontes	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
62	Juan José Cobo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
63	Marco Marzano	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
64	William Ford	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
65	Addy Engels	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
66	Mathieu Heijboer	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
67	Carlos Barredo	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
68	Amaël Moinard	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
69	Christophe Le Mével	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
70	Wim De Vocht	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
71	Rubens Bertogliati	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
72	Lars Boom	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
73	Roy Sentjens	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
74	Kevin Ista	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
75	José Antonio Redondo	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
76	Ruggero Marzoli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
77	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
78	Marcus Burghardt	FESTINA	s.t.
79	Frantisek Rabon	CARLSBERG	s.t.
80	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	CARLSBERG	s.t.
81	Jussi Veikkanen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
82	Manuel Quinziato	EUROSPORT	s.t.
83	Markus Zberg	FESTINA	s.t.
84	Drasutis Stundzia	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
85	Felix Cardénas	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
86	Danilo Wyss	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
87	Tony Martin	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
88	Mauro Da Dalto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
89	Jean Nuttli	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
90	Dimitri Claeys	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
91	Benjamin Brooks	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
92	Roman Kilun	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
93	Jai Crawford	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
94	David Deroo	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
95	Jakob Piil	CARLSBERG	s.t.
96	Frederik Willems	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
97	Marino Prestia	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
98	Mickaël Delage	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
99	Ondrej Slobodnik	FESTINA	s.t.
100	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	s.t.
101	Dominique Cornu	CARLSBERG	s.t.
102	Niels Scheunemann	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
103	Oliver Zaugg	FESTINA	+ 3'56
104	Wilfried Cretskens	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
105	Raivis Belohvosciks	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
106	Jaime Alberto Castañeda	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
107	Mark Renshaw	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
108	Olaf Pollack	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
109	Geert Omloop	EUROSPORT	s.t.
110	Aleksandr Mironov	ERSTE	s.t.
111	John Devine	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
112	Johann Tschopp	FESTINA	s.t.
113	Evan Oliphant	EUROSPORT	s.t.
114	Kristof Vandewalle	EUROSPORT	s.t.
115	Julien Berard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
116	Luke Roberts	EUROSPORT	+ 5'37
117	Ivan Kovalev	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 6'01
118	Kristof Goddaert	FESTINA	s.t.
119	Gregor Gazvoda	ERSTE	s.t.
120	Josep Jufre	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 6'33
121	Romain Vanderbiest	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
122	Chris Newton	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 8'25
123	Robert Förster	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
124	Sid Taberlay	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
125	Ben Curfs	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 9'45
126	Matt Booth	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
127	Stéphane Bonsergent	FESTINA	s.t.
128	Óscar Avelino	ERSTE	+ 10'33
129	Alain Van Katwijk	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 10'57
130	Vadim Ratiy	ERSTE	+ 11'21
131	Cameron Meyer	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
132	Ashley Hutchinson	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
133	Mikayil Krasnoperov	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
134	Mauricio Soler	CARLSBERG	+ 12'41
135	Marco Pinotti	CARLSBERG	+ 13'05
136	Daniel Thorsen	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
137	David Talbott	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
138	Krzysztof Szczawinski	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 14'17
139	Iban Iriondo	FESTINA	s.t.
140	Alois Kankovský	FED-EX	+ 16'41
141	Frédéric Obiang Essono	Gabon	s.t.
142	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 23'53

General Classification:

1	Sven Nys	WIKIPEDIA	3h48'47
2	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	+ 4
3	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 18
4	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	+ 26
5	Kevin Hulsmans	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
6	Laurens Ten Dam	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 30
7	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
8	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
9	Allan Davis	FED-EX	+ 1'28
10	Daniele Bennati	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
11	Gert Steegmans	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
12	Mark Cavendish	EUROSPORT	s.t.
13	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
14	Robbie McEwen	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
15	Oscar Freire	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
16	Baden Cooke	ERSTE	s.t.
17	Vicente Reynès	EUROSPORT	s.t.
18	Nico Sijmens	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
19	Mitch Docker	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
20	Sergio Marinangeli	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
21	Alejandro Borrajo	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
22	Tyler Farrar	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
23	Bobbie Traksel	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
24	Candido Barbosa	FED-EX	s.t.
25	Raúl Granjel Cabrera	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
26	Enrico Gasparotto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
27	Mauro Facci	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
28	René Mandri	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
29	Arnaud Coyot	ERSTE	s.t.
30	Ivan Dominguez	FED-EX	s.t.
31	Jerome Coppel	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
32	Michael Reihs	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
33	Bart Wellens	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
34	Igor Astarloa	FED-EX	s.t.
35	José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
36	Kévin Lalouette	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
37	Johan Coenen	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
38	Thomas Voeckler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
39	Sebastian Siedler	FED-EX	s.t.
40	Kevin Fouquet	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
41	Damiano Cunego	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
42	Jure Kocjan	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
43	Patrice Halgand	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
44	Pierrick Fédrigo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
45	Hervé Duclos-Lassalle	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
46	Santo Anza	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
47	Bauke Mollema	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
48	Dmitri Muravjev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
49	Mitja Mahoric	ERSTE	s.t.
50	Karsten Kroon	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
51	Peter Kennaugh	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
52	Mirko Celestino	FED-EX	s.t.
53	Dries Devenyns	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
54	Taylor Phinney	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
55	Simon Gerrans	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
56	Christophe Kern	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
57	Bram Schmitz	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
58	Mario Aerts	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
59	Ruslan Podgorny	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
60	Christian Knees	FED-EX	s.t.
61	Luis Pasamontes	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
62	Juan José Cobo	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
63	Marco Marzano	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
64	William Ford	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
65	Addy Engels	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
66	Mathieu Heijboer	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
67	Carlos Barredo	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
68	Amaël Moinard	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
69	Christophe Le Mével	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
70	Wim De Vocht	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
71	Rubens Bertogliati	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
72	Lars Boom	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
73	Roy Sentjens	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
74	Kevin Ista	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
75	José Antonio Redondo	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
76	Ruggero Marzoli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
77	Linus Gerdemann	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
78	Marcus Burghardt	FESTINA	s.t.
79	Frantisek Rabon	CARLSBERG	s.t.
80	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	CARLSBERG	s.t.
81	Jussi Veikkanen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
82	Manuel Quinziato	EUROSPORT	s.t.
83	Markus Zberg	FESTINA	s.t.
84	Drasutis Stundzia	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
85	Felix Cardénas	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
86	Danilo Wyss	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
87	Tony Martin	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
88	Mauro Da Dalto	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
89	Jean Nuttli	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
90	Dimitri Claeys	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
91	Benjamin Brooks	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
92	Roman Kilun	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
93	Jai Crawford	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
94	David Deroo	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
95	Jakob Piil	CARLSBERG	s.t.
96	Frederik Willems	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
97	Marino Prestia	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
98	Mickaël Delage	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
99	Ondrej Slobodnik	FESTINA	s.t.
100	Marc De Maar	CARLSBERG	s.t.
101	Dominique Cornu	CARLSBERG	s.t.
102	Niels Scheunemann	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
103	Oliver Zaugg	FESTINA	+ 4'26
104	Wilfried Cretskens	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
105	Raivis Belohvosciks	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
106	Jaime Alberto Castañeda	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
107	Mark Renshaw	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
108	Olaf Pollack	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
109	Geert Omloop	EUROSPORT	s.t.
110	Aleksandr Mironov	ERSTE	s.t.
111	John Devine	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
112	Johann Tschopp	FESTINA	s.t.
113	Evan Oliphant	EUROSPORT	s.t.
114	Kristof Vandewalle	EUROSPORT	s.t.
115	Julien Berard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
116	Luke Roberts	EUROSPORT	+ 6'07
117	Ivan Kovalev	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 6'31
118	Kristof Goddaert	FESTINA	s.t.
119	Gregor Gazvoda	ERSTE	s.t.
120	Josep Jufre	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 7'03
121	Romain Vanderbiest	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
122	Chris Newton	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 8'55
123	Robert Förster	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
124	Sid Taberlay	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
125	Ben Curfs	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 10'15
126	Matt Booth	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
127	Stéphane Bonsergent	FESTINA	s.t.
128	Óscar Avelino	ERSTE	+ 11'03
129	Alain Van Katwijk	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 11'27
130	Vadim Ratiy	ERSTE	+ 11'51
131	Cameron Meyer	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
132	Ashley Hutchinson	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
133	Mikayil Krasnoperov	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
134	Mauricio Soler	CARLSBERG	+ 13'11
135	Marco Pinotti	CARLSBERG	+ 13'35
136	Daniel Thorsen	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
137	David Talbott	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
138	Krzysztof Szczawinski	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 14'47
139	Iban Iriondo	FESTINA	s.t.
140	Alois Kankovský	FED-EX	+ 17'11
141	Frédéric Obiang Essono	Gabon	s.t.
142	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 24'23

Points:

1	Sven Nys	WIKIPEDIA	35	35
2	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	34	34
3	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	20	20
4	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	18	18
5	Kevin Hulsmans	WARNER BROTHERS	13	13
6	Laurens Ten Dam	DOMINA VACANZE	12	12
7	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	10	10
8	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	8	8
9	Allan Davis	FED-EX	7	7
10	Daniele Bennati	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	6	6
11	Gert Steegmans	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	5	5
12	Mark Cavendish	EUROSPORT	4	4
13	Paride Grillo	SONY ERICSSON	3	3
14	Robbie McEwen	WARNER BROTHERS	2	2
15	Oscar Freire	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	1	1

KOM:

1	Danny Summerhill	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	8	8
2	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	ERSTE	6	6
3	Sergei Lagutin	EUROSPORT	4	4
4	Cristian Moreni	AMERICAN SUZUKI	4	4
5	Mathieu Perget	CREDIT LYONNAIS	2	2