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Tour of Qatar - Stage 2
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Onto the road stages then. Can Cafe de Colombia hold onto the race lead? Well, lucky for them, Castaneda is on the same time as race leader Ivars, and while 5 Vesuvio riders are the same, Vesuvio's sprinter Ben Swift lost 3 seconds. However, Bozic, Holloway, Bewley, Meyer, Lo Cicero, Van Stayen, Goss and Vanoverschelde all join Swift in being within 20 seconds - a race victory time bonus - from the race lead, so theres a good chance of a change in leadership!

And despite having the race lead, a man is sent in the breakaway from Cafe de Colombia, the smallest man in the entire peloton i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/colombia.png Rodriguez Parra. Not much protection from the wind for anyone behind him, but 'luckily' for i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/festina.png Goddaert, i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/webeffect.png Silvestre, i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/carmeuse.png Peeters and i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/wikipedia.png Rollin, the Colombian isnt relaying.
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i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/spyker.png Pedersen makes it 6 in the break, but while now the strongest sprinter here, doesnt have the energy to go for the intermediate - Peeters taking it from Rollin and Rodriguez Parra
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75km to go, the break leads by 5'20. Its not clear whether Tendero and Rogers are chasing in the peloton or not, but what is clear, is that the peloton is being stretched out - the wind certainly helping
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A long single file line - roughly 60 riders long - is found at the back of the peloton. Hard work for those in there, they had better hope nobody drops the wheel infront of them
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Almost inevitably though, a split emerges.
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Top sprinter caught out is i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/pendletons.png Bozic. Also here, surprisingly, is i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/bo.png Hagen, aswell as Slovene National Champion i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/bacardi.png Kocjan. 31 riders in total (28 excluding 3 control), the worst affected being i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/festina.png Festina, i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/pendletons.png Pendletons and i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/ubs.png UBS - La Pierre with 4 riders each. 3 each from i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/spyker.png Spyker, i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/warnerbros.png Warner Bros and i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/bacardi.png Bacardi.

If you want to know the exact names of those caught out, scroll down to the bottom of the results list, they arent coming back - theres still another 55km to go, but the pace is too high for them. Not high enough for i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/bo.png Morten Reckweg though! His attack lasts 5km, before he is caught, and soon goes again, in pursuit of 2 new attackers: i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/wiggle.png Ratto and i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/oz-1.png Renshaw
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Sprint number 2 goes to Rodriguez Parra, from Silvestre and Goddaert. A telling sign that the stage is tough. The winner being someone who hasnt relayed, the next 2 being two who struggled earlier at the first sprint, but are showing their stamina now, exceeding others' sprinting skill.
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Reckweg, Renshaw and Gatto catch the break, meanwhile i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/bacardi.png Abakoumov made a move that went nowhere, and got caught again. Hopes for the breakaway are slim though. 30km to go, and i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc512/ANFreeman/Jersey%20Sprites/vesuvio.png Vesuvio have now moved forwards to help Cafe de Colombia.
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The break attacks each other as the end nears. Its now just Ratto, Silvestre, Goddaert, Renshaw and Peeters offering resitance
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This narrows to Goddaert, Renshaw and Ratto, and then just Ratto, but the Wiggle rider is caught with 16km to go. Vesuvio, Pokerstars and Nestle now sharing the work on front
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The sprinters are starting to organise behind the train. Nestle and Vesuvio both have 3 man trains that culminate in Lo Cicero and Swift respectively, while Mohs is just behind those trains, waiting for a gap, so he can link up with his teammates, who are just to the front of Nestle and Vesuvio. The rest of the sprinters dont seem to have team support, and must jostle for their preferred wheel.
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Nestle, Pokerstars and Vesuvio continue to ramp the pace up high though, and the back of the peloton retains the long stretched shape it has held all day. Race leader Ivars is amongst those some way back - he is sure to lose his race lead then, with some Vesuvio riders on the same time as him all the way up at the front of the peloton, and the sprinters aswell.
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5km to go, and WHAM. Pokerstars come storming through. The Continental Wildcard team are taking no prisoners, with Van Impe infront of Kluge, Degenkolb and Mohs - a scarily strong train
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Nobody is even able to grab Mohs wheel. Instead having to settle on the Nestle train of Vitoria, Kupfernagel and Lo Cicero. Only Castaneda, Avelino and Bewley have made it up here though
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The rest of the sprinters have simply been blown away by Pokerstars. The likes of Richeze, Goss, Roelandts, Swift, Holloway, Rowe and Vanderbiest can all be seen here as well as Ballan, and the remains of the relay train
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Kluge continues the Pokerstars charge as Vitoria does his best for the rest to keep up, into the last 2.5km. (The Vesuvio rider on Bewleys wheel isnt Swift by the way)
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1.6km to go and Kluge has torn off, job done. Degenkolb is building up the sprint as Kupfernagel has jumped out from Vitoria to desperately try to close the gap - Lo Cicero doesnt seem to be following though. In the distance, it seems like Richeze and Goss are leading attempts to at least get to Bewley's wheel
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Into the final kilometre and finally Mohs gets to go. Has he ever had it so easy?
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The fastest sprinters now are Swift and Holloway - actually a Pokerstars rider, on loan to Festina for a year, getting the sight of what he can expect next year - but theyre simply battling to get into the Top 10, doing the best of those who missed the boat, along with Roelandts
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As Erik Mohs takes the stage! Pokerstars delivered it up, and he finished it off, brilliant display
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Lo Cicero takes 2nd place, while Castaneda takes 3rd - ensuring the race lead stays with Cafe de Colombia. 4th for Bewley, while Avelino got himself blocked in behind leadouts, so Degenkolb is able to take 5th place. Holloway is 'best of the rest' for 8th, while even Kluge managed to hold on to a Top 10 placing
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Think thats the end of the drama? Well, last we checked the peloton was stretched out, but 142 riders in number. So here is one of the days attackers Ratto crossing the line in 76th place. Behind him, gaps!
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First a group of 8, with 3 Webeffects and the Norwegian champion Kristoff. And then a much larger group - 58 riders. Michael Rogers and Oz Project lead it over. In here are the now former race leader Sebastien Ivars, last year's winner William Ford, and various others
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And then theres that group of 31. They gave up altogether eventually, and slowly rolled along, wishing the day would end. And so it did for them, 16 and a half minutes after Mohs and co.
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So, lets evaluate, Only 76 riders left in the race for overall victory here, and Castaneda has moved into an 8 second lead, thanks to his 3rd place time bonus. Behind him though, an eruption of Vesuvio, taking up positions 2,3,4,5,6,10 and 11. For only 3 teams managed to keep their full squad in that front group, and it just so happened to be the 3 teams tearing things up in the final kilometres: Vesuvio, Pokerstars and Nestle. Well, you cant say they didnt work for it!

Mohs' win takes him to 14th in GC, moving from 26 to 14 down on Castaneda, while Lo Cicero is into 7th. Mohs takes the points jersey aswell, while Luxembourg sprinter Nico Schinker becomes the best young rider.



1Erik MohsPokerstars.com3h21'59
2Ivano Lo CiceroNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
3Jaime Alberto CastañedaCafé de Colombias.t.
4Sam BewleyMilka - Vittels.t.
5John DegenkolbPokerstars.coms.t.
6Danilo KupfernagelNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
7Óscar AvelinoWebeffects.t.
8Dan HollowayFestina - Conecs.t.
9Ben SwiftVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
10Roger KlugePokerstars.coms.t.
11Jurgen RoelandtsCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
12David VitoriaNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
13Matthew GossWikipedias.t.
14Michael Van StayenBacardi - Igniss.t.
15Romain VanderbiestPearl Adidass.t.
16Matt RoweWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
17Kobe VanoverscheldeTeam B&Os.t.
18Maximiliano RichezeUBS - La Pierres.t.
19Óscar GueraoSantanders.t.
20Nico SchinkerVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
21Marcel BarthVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
22Morgan KneiskyCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
23Jesus Del NeroSantanders.t.
24Alessandro BallanSony Ericssons.t.
25Andreas StauffVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
26Nick ClesenVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
27Sebastian LangSony Ericssons.t.
28Steven KruijswijkTeam B&Os.t.
29Bradley WigginsPendleton's Twicers.t.
30Kevin Van ImpePokerstars.coms.t.
31Jérôme BaugniesWebeffects.t.
32Michael Faerk ChristensenTeam B&Os.t.
33Morten ReckwegTeam B&Os.t.
34Jacob FiedlerNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
35David BoucherPokerstars.coms.t.
36Daniel AlloncaSantanders.t.
37Patrick GretschNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
38Drasutis StundziaVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
39Sébastien RosselerJack Wolfskins.t.
40David ZabriskiePendleton's Twicers.t.
41Enrico FranzoiPearl Adidass.t.
42Joost PosthumaJack Wolfskins.t.
43Branislav SamoilevPearl Adidass.t.
44Ricki NelsonWebeffects.t.
45Stef ClementPokerstars.coms.t.
46Marcel KittelVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
47Alex RasmussenTeam B&Os.t.
48George AtkinsPokerstars.coms.t.
49Dimitri ChampionUBS - La Pierres.t.
50Mathieu BernaudeauFestina - Conecs.t.
51Davide AppollonioWebeffects.t.
52Michael FordVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
53Michael SchärNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
54Baden CookeOz Cycling Projects.t.
55Hugues MottinNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
56Leigh HowardMilka - Vittels.t.
57Steven CaethovenCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
58Julien VermotePokerstars.coms.t.
59Jacopo GuarnieriPearl Adidass.t.
60Tyler FarrarWikipedias.t.
61Wouter WeylandtCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
62Yoann OffredoPearl Adidass.t.
63Dmitri GrabovskiBacardi - Igniss.t.
64Kevin PeetersCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
65Juan Abenhamar Gallego MartinSantanders.t.
66Adrian MaloriMilka - Vittels.t.
67Ludovic BretMilka - Vittels.t.
68Roman KreuzigerMilka - Vittels.t.
69Aitor GaldosSantanders.t.
70Danny PateWikipedias.t.
71Luke RoweWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
72Marc MachadoNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
73Mark RenshawOz Cycling Projects.t.
74Igor AbakoumovBacardi - Igniss.t.
75Gediminas BagdonasBacardi - Igniss.t.
76Daniele RattoWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
77Kévin LalouetteUBS - La Pierre+ 1'53
78Lluis MasWebeffects.t.
79Gregor GazvodaWebeffects.t.
80Alexander KristoffUBS - La Pierres.t.
81Nadi HortigTeam As.t.
82Francisco Perez SanchezCafé de Colombias.t.
83Kristof GoddaertFestina - Conecs.t.
84Fabio SilvestreWebeffects.t.
85Michael RogersCafé de Colombia+ 2'30
86King Lok CheungOz Cycling Projects.t.
87Mark JamiesonOz Cycling Projects.t.
88Jack BobridgeOz Cycling Projects.t.
89William Germán Rodríguez ParraCafé de Colombias.t.
90Jesse SergentWarner Brotherss.t.
91Sébastien IvarsCafé de Colombias.t.
92Alexandre AulasCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
93Dominique RollinWikipedias.t.
94Juan-Antonio FlechaWarner Brotherss.t.
95Leonardo DuqueCafé de Colombias.t.
96Cameron MeyerSony Ericssons.t.
97Tyler ButterfieldBacardi - Igniss.t.
98Blake CaldwellWikipedias.t.
99Kristof VandewalleJack Wolfskins.t.
100William FordOz Cycling Projects.t.
101Jesus TenderoCafé de Colombias.t.
102Aleksandr KuschynskiWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
103Freddy JohanssonSony Ericssons.t.
104Benoît VaugrenardJack Wolfskins.t.
105Lars Ytting BakSpyker Carss.t.
106Vladimir BilekaWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
107Martin PedersenSpyker Carss.t.
108Maxime BouetMilka - Vittels.t.
109Jerome CoppelMilka - Vittels.t.
110Steven BurkeWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
111Koen De KortJack Wolfskins.t.
112Jose MendesPearl Adidass.t.
113André SteensenTeam B&Os.t.
114Rudi Van HoutsWarner Brotherss.t.
115Michael WolfOz Cycling Projects.t.
116Russell HamptonWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
117Jakub DanacikSony Ericssons.t.
118Nicolas EdetSpyker Carss.t.
119Gianluca ColettaWarner Brotherss.t.
120Aggrey SebrightWikipedias.t.
121Moreno MoserWiggle - San Pellegrinos.t.
122Thomas FaiersPendleton's Twicers.t.
123Alexander WetterhallSony Ericssons.t.
124Alexandre GeniezSpyker Carss.t.
125Thomas BontenackelsWebeffects.t.
126Thomas De GendtMilka - Vittels.t.
127Blel KadriSpyker Carss.t.
128Adrian LaidlerOz Cycling Projects.t.
129Dominique CornuJack Wolfskins.t.
130Jason DonaldJack Wolfskins.t.
131Sven VandousselaereCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
132Francisco Javier EcharriSantanders.t.
133Lasse BøchmanFestina - Conecs.t.
134Dennis Van WindenJack Wolfskins.t.
135Eduardo GonzaloSantanders.t.
136Tony GallopinCarmeuse - Bouygues Telecoms.t.
137Serge PauwelsSony Ericssons.t.
138David MillarPendleton's Twicers.t.
139Viktor RenängSony Ericssons.t.
140Yoav BearTeam As.t.
141Sébastien JolyCafé de Colombias.t.
142Tiago PintoWarner Brotherss.t.
143Borut BozicPendleton's Twicer+ 16'24
144Tomer BucherTeam As.t.
145Moosa SaidTeam As.t.
146Matthieu LadagnousPendleton's Twicers.t.
147Kenny De KeteleWarner Brotherss.t.
148Hamad AfifTeam As.t.
149Edvald Boasson HagenTeam B&Os.t.
150Jackson RodríguezPearl Adidass.t.
151Jure KocjanBacardi - Igniss.t.
152Marvin Van der PluijmWarner Brotherss.t.
153Jan GhyselinckBacardi - Igniss.t.
154Mauro FacciWarner Brotherss.t.
155Jakob FuglsangSpyker Carss.t.
156Florian StalderUBS - La Pierres.t.
157Arthur VichotSpyker Carss.t.
158David LelayUBS - La Pierres.t.
159Tim KennaughPendleton's Twicers.t.
160Niels ScheunemannSpyker Carss.t.
161Daan RijntjesFestina - Conecs.t.
162Rafaâ ChtiouiUBS - La Pierres.t.
163Christian MeierWikipedias.t.
164Sten StenersenTeam B&Os.t.
165Mathieu HeijboerBacardi - Igniss.t.
166Brent BookwalterWikipedias.t.
167Ramunas NavardauskasFestina - Conecs.t.
168Tim DeesFestina - Conecs.t.
169Steven CummingsPendleton's Twicers.t.
170Imanol ErvitiSantanders.t.
171Olivier KaisenFestina - Conecs.t.
172Rubens BertogliatiUBS - La Pierres.t.
173William WalkerPearl Adidass.t.


GC
1Jaime Alberto CastañedaCafé de Colombia3h32'15
2Marcel BarthVesuvio-Accumalux+ 8
3Nico SchinkerVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
4Andreas StauffVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
5Drasutis StundziaVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
6Marcel KittelVesuvio-Accumaluxs.t.
7Ivano Lo CiceroNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
8Bradley WigginsPendleton's Twicer+ 9
9David ZabriskiePendleton's Twicers.t.
10Ben SwiftVesuvio-Accumalux+ 11
11Michael FordVesuvio-Accumalux+ 13
12Dan HollowayFestina - Conec+ 14
13Sébastien RosselerJack Wolfskins.t.
14Erik MohsPokerstars.coms.t.
15Nick ClesenVesuvio-Accumalux+ 16
16Sam BewleyMilka - Vittel+ 17
17Alessandro BallanSony Ericssons.t.
18Sebastian LangSony Ericssons.t.
19Roman KreuzigerMilka - Vittels.t.
20Adrian MaloriMilka - Vittels.t.
21Joost PosthumaJack Wolfskin+ 18
22Ludovic BretMilka - Vittels.t.
23Mathieu BernaudeauFestina - Conec+ 19
24David VitoriaNestlé Cycling Team+ 20
25Michael Van StayenBacardi - Igniss.t.
26Jacob FiedlerNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
27Patrick GretschNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
28Michael SchärNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
29Dmitri GrabovskiBacardi - Igniss.t.
30Gediminas BagdonasBacardi - Igniss.t.
31Matthew GossWikipedia+ 21
32Hugues MottinNestlé Cycling Teams.t.
33Danny PateWikipedias.t.
34Danilo KupfernagelNestlé Cycling Team+ 22
35Leigh HowardMilka - Vittels.t.


Points
1Erik MohsPokerstars.com25
2Ivano Lo CiceroNestlé Cycling Team20
3Jaime Alberto CastañedaCafé de Colombia16
4Sam BewleyMilka - Vittel14
5John DegenkolbPokerstars.com12
6Danilo KupfernagelNestlé Cycling Team10
7Óscar AvelinoWebeffect9
8Dan HollowayFestina - Conec8
9William Germán Rodríguez ParraCafé de Colombia8
10Ben SwiftVesuvio-Accumalux7


Youth
Nico SchinkerVesuvio-Accumalux3h32'23 (1)
Andreas StauffVesuvio-Accumalux+ 0 (2)
Marcel KittelVesuvio-Accumalux+ 0 (3)
Ivano Lo CiceroNestlé Cycling Team+ 0 (4)
Ben SwiftVesuvio-Accumalux+ 3 (5)
Dan HollowayFestina - Conec+ 6 (6)
Sam BewleyMilka - Vittel+ 9 (7)
Adrian MaloriMilka - Vittel+ 9 (8)
Ludovic BretMilka - Vittel+ 10 (9)
Mathieu BernaudeauFestina - Conec+ 11 (10)


Team
1Vesuvio-Accumalux10h16'21 (1)
2Milka - Vittel+ 9 (2)
3Nestlé Cycling Team+ 12 (3)
4Wikipedia+ 13 (4)
5Bacardi - Ignis+ 13 (5)
6Team B&O+ 16 (6)
7Webeffect+ 24 (7)
8Santander+ 24 (8)
9Pokerstars.com+ 25 (9)
10Pearl Adidas+ 26 (10)


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