Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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Posted on 03-04-2013 11:49
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Tour de Suisse
Stage 3: Nauchatal - Lausanna
Had this stage been ridden the other way it could really have done some serious damage.
No slow starting today.
Bøchman get in a break, leaves the break behind and crosses the summit alone with a 14-rider group who slowly left of the front of the peloton 1 minute behind. A group containing both Nibali, Basso, Van den Broeck and Löfkvist.
Things get back together but on the second climb Riis takes charge. He doesn’t get far away though.
Similar situation up to the next climb. This time Bøchman gets out in front again taking over the lead in the mountain classification from Thomas.
5 km to go and Löfkvist is looking ready near the front of the group.
1,5 km left. Thomas sees a bit of hesitation on the peloton and goes on the attack.
The Swede takes the stage surprised that no one followed!
Stage Results
1 | Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo - STARK | 4h13'46 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 15 | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 4 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 5 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 7 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 8 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 10 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 11 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 12 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 13 | Steve Houanard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 14 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 15 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 16 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 17 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 18 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 19 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 20 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 21 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 22 | Robinson Chalapud | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 23 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 24 | Giovanni Visconti | Team Europcar | s.t. | 25 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 26 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 27 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 28 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 29 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 30 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 31 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 32 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 33 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 34 | Thomas Voeckler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 35 | Michael Barry | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 36 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 37 | Timofey Kritskiy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 38 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | 39 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 40 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 41 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 42 | Chris Froome | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 43 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 44 | Francesco Gavazzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 45 | Lasse Bøchman | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 46 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | s.t. | 47 | Brian Steen Matzen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 48 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | s.t. | 49 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 50 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 51 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 52 | Ángel Vicioso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 53 | Johan Vansummeren | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 54 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 55 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 56 | Geraint Thomas | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 57 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 58 | Peter Stetina | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | 60 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 61 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 62 | Robert Kiserlovski | Caja Rural | s.t. | 63 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 64 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 65 | Niki Terpstra | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 66 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 67 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 68 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 69 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 70 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 71 | Alejandro Valverde | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 72 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 73 | Jesús Hernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'16 | 74 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 75 | Antonio Olmo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 76 | Grega Bole | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 77 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 78 | Cameron Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 79 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | s.t. | 80 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 81 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 82 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 83 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 84 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 85 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 86 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 2'55 | 87 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 88 | Xavier Florencio | Team Gazprom | + 3'15 | 89 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 90 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'26 | 91 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 12'56 | 92 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 93 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 94 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 95 | Johann Tschopp | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 96 | Enrique Sanz | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 97 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 98 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 99 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 100 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 101 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 102 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 103 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 104 | Clément Lhotellerie | Team Europcar | s.t. | 105 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 106 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 107 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 108 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 109 | Alessandro Petacchi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 110 | Lawson Craddock | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 111 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 112 | Markel Irizar | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 113 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 114 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 115 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | s.t. | 116 | Tom Zirbel | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 117 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 118 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 119 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | 120 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 121 | Matteo Bono | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 122 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 123 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 124 | Sergio Hernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 125 | Leif Hoste | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 126 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 127 | Troels Rønning Vinther | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 128 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 129 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 130 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | 131 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 132 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 133 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | 134 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 135 | Jeremy Hunt | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 136 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 137 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 138 | Alexander Khatuntsev | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 139 | Davide D'Angelo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 140 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 141 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | 142 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 143 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 144 | Stijn Minne | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 145 | Michael Færk Christensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 146 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 26'02 | 147 | Michael Rodriguez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 148 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 149 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 150 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 151 | Kyle Wamsley | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 152 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 153 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 154 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | + 31'04 | 155 | Volodymyr Bileka | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 156 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 157 | Andrea Palini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 158 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 159 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 160 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 161 | Tyler Wren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 162 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 163 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 164 | Francisco José Pacheco | Caja Rural | s.t. | 165 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | s.t. | 166 | Saïd Haddou | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 167 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 168 | Sébastien Hinault | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 169 | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 170 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 171 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 172 | Leonardo Giordani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 173 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 174 | Kevin Hulsmans | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 175 | Igor Abakoumov | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 176 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 177 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 178 | Wilfrid Schmit | Team Europcar | s.t. | 179 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 180 | Richard England | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 181 | Juan José Haedo | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 182 | Ekaitz Pericás | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 36'28 | 183 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 184 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 185 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 186 | Aggrey Wands | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 187 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 188 | Hadjimurat Meleshko | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 189 | Robert Wagner | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 190 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 191 | Antón Lekue | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Provisional Standings
1 | Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo - STARK | 7h21'56 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 21 | 3 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 25 | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Astana Pro Team | + 27 | 5 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 30 | 6 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack - Nissan | + 33 | 7 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 37 | 8 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | + 38 | 9 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | BMC Racing Team | + 39 | 10 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 40 |
Spoiler 11 | Lasse Bøchman | Volvo - STARK | + 41 | 12 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 13 | Chris Froome | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 14 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 42 | 15 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | 16 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 43 | 17 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | + 44 | 18 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | + 45 | 19 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 46 | 20 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 49 | 21 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 50 | 22 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | + 51 | 23 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 24 | Peter Stetina | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 25 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 26 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 52 | 27 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 28 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 53 | 29 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 30 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | + 54 | 31 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 32 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 33 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 55 | 34 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 56 | 35 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 36 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 37 | Robert Kiserlovski | Caja Rural | s.t. | 38 | Geraint Thomas | Team Vodafone | + 57 | 39 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | s.t. | 40 | Niki Terpstra | BMC Racing Team | + 58 | 41 | Brian Steen Matzen | Volvo - STARK | + 59 | 42 | Timofey Kritskiy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 43 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | 44 | Thomas Voeckler | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'00 | 45 | Robinson Chalapud | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 46 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 47 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'01 | 48 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 49 | Michael Barry | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 50 | Johan Vansummeren | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 51 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 52 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 53 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1'02 | 54 | Giovanni Visconti | Team Europcar | s.t. | 55 | Ángel Vicioso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 56 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'03 | 57 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 58 | Steve Houanard | Team Europcar | s.t. | 59 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'04 | 60 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 61 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 62 | Alejandro Valverde | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 63 | Francesco Gavazzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1'05 | 64 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 65 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'06 | 66 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 67 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 68 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1'07 | 69 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 70 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'09 | 71 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | + 1'11 | 72 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 1'13 | 73 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'48 | 74 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | + 2'56 | 75 | Cameron Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 2'57 | 76 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'59 | 77 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 3'02 | 78 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 3'04 | 79 | Jesús Hernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'05 | 80 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'06 | 81 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 82 | Grega Bole | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3'07 | 83 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 84 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | + 3'11 | 85 | Antonio Olmo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 86 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 3'45 | 87 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 88 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | + 4'05 | 89 | Xavier Florencio | Team Gazprom | + 4'08 | 90 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'47 | 91 | Michael Færk Christensen | Volvo - STARK | + 13'27 | 92 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 13'36 | 93 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 94 | Lawson Craddock | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 95 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 13'37 | 96 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | + 13'39 | 97 | Tom Zirbel | BMC Racing Team | + 13'40 | 98 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 99 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Gazprom | + 13'41 | 100 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 101 | Markel Irizar | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 13'42 | 102 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 13'43 | 103 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | s.t. | 104 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 13'44 | 105 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | 106 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 13'45 | 107 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 108 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 109 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 110 | Sergio Hernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 111 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | 112 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | + 13'46 | 113 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 114 | Johann Tschopp | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 115 | Leif Hoste | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 116 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 117 | Troels Rønning Vinther | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 13'47 | 118 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | 119 | Enrique Sanz | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 13'48 | 120 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 121 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 122 | Alessandro Petacchi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 123 | Stijn Minne | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 124 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 125 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 126 | Alexander Khatuntsev | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 127 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 128 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 129 | Jeremy Hunt | Team Vodafone | + 13'49 | 130 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 131 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 13'50 | 132 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 133 | Clément Lhotellerie | Team Europcar | s.t. | 134 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | + 13'51 | 135 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 136 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 137 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 13'52 | 138 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 139 | Matteo Bono | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 13'53 | 140 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 141 | Davide D'Angelo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 142 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 143 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 13'54 | 144 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 145 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | + 13'56 | 146 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | + 26'42 | 147 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | + 26'48 | 148 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 149 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 26'50 | 150 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 26'54 | 151 | Michael Rodriguez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 26'58 | 152 | Kyle Wamsley | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 153 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 27'03 | 154 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'47 | 155 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | + 31'51 | 156 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 31'52 | 157 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 158 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 159 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | + 31'54 | 160 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 161 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ - BigMat | + 31'55 | 162 | Kevin Hulsmans | Lotto Belisol Team | + 31'56 | 163 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 164 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 165 | Richard England | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 166 | Saïd Haddou | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 167 | Leonardo Giordani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 31'57 | 168 | Francisco José Pacheco | Caja Rural | s.t. | 169 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 170 | Igor Abakoumov | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 31'58 | 171 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 172 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 173 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | + 31'59 | 174 | Sébastien Hinault | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 32'00 | 175 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 32'01 | 176 | Volodymyr Bileka | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 177 | Juan José Haedo | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 178 | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 179 | Andrea Palini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 32'02 | 180 | Tyler Wren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 181 | Wilfrid Schmit | Team Europcar | + 32'04 | 182 | Erik Meineche McDermott | Volvo - STARK | + 37'15 | 183 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 184 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | + 37'19 | 185 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 37'22 | 186 | Robert Wagner | RadioShack - Nissan | + 37'23 | 187 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 37'24 | 188 | Ekaitz Pericás | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 37'26 | 189 | Hadjimurat Meleshko | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 42'27 | 190 | Aggrey Wands | Garmin - Sharp | + 45'13 | 191 | Antón Lekue | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 52'13 |
Points Jersey: Thomas Löfkvist, Volvo - STARK
Spoiler 1 | Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo - STARK | 35 | 2 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | 31 | 3 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | 23 | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 21 | 5 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 20 | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Astana Pro Team | 17 | 7 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 17 | 8 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | 15 | 9 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | 14 | 10 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 14 |
Mountain Jersey: Thomas Löfkvist, Volvo - STARK
Spoiler 1 | Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo - STARK | 19 | 2 | Lasse Bøchman | Volvo - STARK | 15 | 3 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | 11 | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 8 | 5 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | 8 | 6 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | 7 | 7 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | 7 | 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Astana Pro Team | 6 | 9 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 6 | 10 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | 5 |
Young Rider: Wilco Kelderman, Rabobank Cycling Team
Spoiler 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | 7h22'37 (1) | 2 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 5 (2) | 3 | Brian Steen Matzen | Volvo - STARK | + 18 (3) | 4 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 22 (4) | 5 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 28 (5) | 6 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'07 (6) | 7 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | + 2'15 (7) | 8 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'26 (8) | 9 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | + 2'30 (9) | 10 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 3'04 (10) |
Team Rankings: Volvo - STARK
Spoiler 1 | Volvo - STARK | 22h07'25 (1) | 2 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 9 (2) | 3 | RadioShack - Nissan | + 30 (3) | 4 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 36 (4) | 5 | Astana Pro Team | + 43 (5) | 6 | Team Vodafone | + 46 (6) | 7 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 48 (7) | 8 | BMC Racing Team | + 54 (8) | 9 | Orica - GreenEdge | + 57 (9) | 10 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'04 (10) | 11 | Team Europcar | + 1'09 (11) | 12 | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'10 (12) | 13 | Movistar Team | + 1'15 (13) | 14 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'16 (14) | 15 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'32 (15) | 16 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1'36 (16) | 17 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'41 (17) | 18 | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'14 (18) | 19 | Caja Rural | + 3'28 (19) | 20 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 15'47 (20) | 21 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'41 (21) | 22 | Team Gazprom | + 17'09 (22) | 23 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 39'29 (23) | 24 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 39'53 (24) |
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Löfkvist is putting in some major results!
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Ian: He really is! Nearly fell off my chair when he won the prologue! There's a couple of mean ass mountain stages in this variant though so I doubt he is strong enough to compete with Contador/Nibali etc. in the long run. There's quite a lot of rider here, who are better climbers (on paper at least).
I'll probably race through the rest of Suisse fairly quickly as I really want to get to the NC's
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Thomas seems to be enjoying himself in Switzerland
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Lofkvist showing strength. Keep it going.
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Tour de Suisse
Stage 4: Vevey – Chalet De La Lec
It will not be easy to defend the jersey today, but we will do our absolute best!
Today everything is about making sure Thomas is ready for the last mountain. Several other teams won’t allow a breakaway, so with 6 km to the top of the first mountain the peloton is still together.
Kritskiy is pulling with Contador on his wheel while Löfkvist is well protected by teammates right behind.
Well you know us – we never let a good mountain sprint slip away so Bøchman takes over the last 2,5 km pulling hard enough to discourage any attacking, taking the summit ahead of Thomas and reducing the peloton to 43 riders. Several strong riders including Gesink caught by surprise behind.
Nothing lasts forever and the group gets back in contact. The next mountain turn out a bit livelier and Lars Petter Nordhaug goes on a grand attack. He build a good gap but with more than 100 km to go and two mountains he has a high risk of cracking.
With 25 km to go Nordhaug is caught by the favourites and soon after Contador is on the attack. Thomas knows it’s too early for him so he stays with the others.
Contador is a level above everyone else today. Löfkvist fights bravely but cannot match the top-climbers here.
21 riders missed the time limit.
Stage Results
1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 7h12'21 | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'16 | 3 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 4'14 | 4 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'59 | 7 | Robert Kiserlovski | Caja Rural | + 7'47 | 8 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Chris Froome | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 10 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 11 | Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 12 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 13 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | BMC Racing Team | + 8'54 | 14 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 11'49 | 15 | Peter Stetina | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 16 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 12'05 | 17 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13'21 | 18 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 19 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 14'51 | 20 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 21'00 | 21 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | + 23'54 | 22 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 24'41 | 23 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | + 25'37 | 24 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 25 | Timofey Kritskiy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 26 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 26'44 | 27 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 27'54 | 28 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Gazprom | + 28'10 | 29 | Jesús Hernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'33 | 30 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 31 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | + 29'38 | 32 | Robinson Chalapud | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 33 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 34 | Thomas Voeckler | Garmin - Sharp | + 30'31 | 35 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 30'42 | 36 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 37 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | + 32'40 | 38 | Ángel Vicioso | Caja Rural | s.t. | 39 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 34'00 | 40 | Clément Lhotellerie | Team Europcar | s.t. | 41 | Lasse Bøchman | Volvo - STARK | + 36'12 | 42 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | + 38'15 | 43 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | + 38'51 | 44 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 45 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 46 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 41'00 | 47 | Johann Tschopp | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 41'49 | 48 | Michael Albasini | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 49 | Giovanni Visconti | Team Europcar | + 42'07 | 50 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 51 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 52 | Steve Houanard | Team Europcar | + 44'52 | 53 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | 54 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Nissan | + 45'20 | 55 | Michael Barry | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 56 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | + 47'40 | 57 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 58 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 59 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 60 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 61 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 62 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 63 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | + 48'58 | 64 | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 50'33 | 65 | Markel Irizar | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 50'45 | 66 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 67 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 51'46 | 68 | Johan Vansummeren | Lotto Belisol Team | + 52'31 | 69 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 53'14 | 70 | Geraint Thomas | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 71 | Alejandro Valverde | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 55'10 | 72 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 73 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | + 56'42 | 74 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 56'58 | 75 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 76 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 77 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 78 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 79 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 59'46 | 80 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 59'57 | 81 | Michael Rodriguez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h01'55 | 82 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 83 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | 84 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | 85 | Lawson Craddock | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 86 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 1h02'46 | 87 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | 88 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ - BigMat | + 1h05'51 | 89 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 1h06'20 | 90 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 91 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 92 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 93 | Antonio Olmo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 94 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 95 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | 96 | Xavier Florencio | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 97 | Gregor Gazvoda | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 98 | Brian Steen Matzen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 99 | Garikoitz Bravo | Caja Rural | s.t. | 100 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 101 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 102 | Enrique Sanz | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h07'15 | 103 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | s.t. | 104 | Michael Færk Christensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 105 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 106 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h21'18 | 107 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 108 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 109 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h21'39 | 110 | Leonardo Giordani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 111 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 112 | Francesco Gavazzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h23'23 | 113 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 114 | Alessandro Petacchi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 115 | Cameron Meyer | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 116 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 117 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 118 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 119 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 120 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 121 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 122 | Sergio Hernandez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 123 | Troels Rønning Vinther | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 124 | Nicholas Walker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 125 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 126 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 127 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 128 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 129 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 130 | Leif Hoste | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 131 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 132 | Robert Wagner | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 133 | Steven Cozza | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 134 | Saïd Haddou | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 135 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 136 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 137 | Jeremy Hunt | Team Vodafone | s.t. | 138 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 139 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | s.t. | 140 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 141 | Matteo Bono | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 142 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 143 | Nick Nuyens | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 144 | Tyler Wren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 145 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | 146 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 147 | Grega Bole | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | 148 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | s.t. | 149 | Tom Zirbel | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 150 | Kasper Jebjerg | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 151 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 152 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 153 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 154 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 155 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 156 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 157 | Alexander Khatuntsev | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 158 | Niki Terpstra | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 159 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 160 | David Boucher | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 161 | Volodymyr Bileka | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 162 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h25'00 | 163 | Kevin Hulsmans | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 164 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 165 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 166 | Francisco José Pacheco | Caja Rural | s.t. | 167 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 168 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 169 | Andrea Palini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 170 | Thomas Bertolini | Farnese Vini - 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Stage 5: Sion – Thun
The race organizers call the stage flat, but I can think of more than one sprinter who would not enjoy that “hill” halfway through the stage…
We had our money on a break, but the peloton seemed to agree that breakaways is a no-go today, so we put the slow pressure on the peloton on the hill instead reducing the group to 99 riders and picking up the mountain points.
In the end it seems to come down to a sprint in a peloton highly decimated by both the hills and a couple of big crashes catching a few of the top GC-riders behind as well.
1,8 km to go and Thor has been delivered nicely for the sprint.
Unfortunately that’s about as good as it gets as the big Norwegian has absolutely no punch to deliver.
Nibali, Fränk Schleck, Kelderman and quite a few others end up losing 4’37’’ due to the crash.
Stage Results
1 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | 4h14’04’’ | 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo – Tinkoff | + 0’’ | 3 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ – BigMat | + 0’’ | 4 | Tom Boonen | RadioShack – Nissan | + 0’’ | 5 | Aidis Krupois | Orica – GreenEdge | + 0’’ |
Spoiler 6 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma – QuickStep | + 0’’ | 7 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini – Selle Italia | + 0’’ | 8 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 0’’ | 9 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 0’’ | 10 | Thor Hushovd | Volvo – STARK | +0’’ |
Stage 6: Spiez - Oberurmein
Another hard mountain stage.
Bøchman did well to get away and pick up some mountain points, though not as many as hoped.
When starting the final climb 50 riders are still left in the front group.
Contador is by far the strongest climber in the race, but Thomas did well to finish 8th on the stage.
Stage Results
1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo – Tinkoff | 5h13’07’’ | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Astana Pro Team | + 1’45’’ | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 2’11’’ | 4 | Robert Gesink | RadioShack – Nissan | + 2’11’’ | 5 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 2’33’’ |
Spoiler 6 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | + 3’12’’ | 7 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack – Nissan | + 3’12’’ | 8 | Thomas Löfkvist | Volvo – STARK | + 4’44’’ | 9 | Robert Kiserlovski | Caja Rural | + 4’59’’ | 10 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 5’09’’ | 11 | Chris Froome | Team Vodafone | + 5’09’’ | 12 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | BMC Racing Team | + 5’20’’ | 13 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma – QuickStep | + 5’20’’ | 14 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas – Cannondale | + 5’20’’ | 15 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin – Sharp | + 6’01’’ | 16 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel – Euskadi | + 6’49’’ | 17 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia – Coldeportes | + 7’17’’ | 18 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7’25’’ | 19 | Michael Rogers | Orica – GreenEdge | + 7’41’’ | 20 | Thomas Voeckler | Garmin – Sharp | + 8’16’’ |
I kind of lost motivation for the race and got distracted by wanting to get it over with so no export and thus no provisional GC. All is raced so the last stages will be up later today.
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Posted on 04-04-2013 10:00
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Löfkviat
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Nice to see Lofkvist still getting stuck in, but he had no chance of keeping the lead when the big climbers are around
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Posted on 04-04-2013 12:32
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Daggen: In deed
sutty: No he have already done more than could be expected. Contador looks terrifying though!
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Well, Löfkvist with a brilliant start and a decent finish
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Contador was just way too Good for everyone else
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I hope this is no rehearsel for the Tour, considering COntadors domination....
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Ahh Luzern. Wonderful city
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A top 10 is always good. Considering the opposition its fantastic
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Ian: In deed. Two stage wins and a GC 7tg is more than approved for him.
sutty: He was. Perhaps he should have found this form a week earlier so he could have won the Giro in stead...
dienblad: Neither do I. Have just raced the Tour prologue and it appears 10 out of the DB's 15 best climbers (incl. the top 3) are in the Tour so hopefully he will be challenged a bit more!
Daggen: Nice to know - never been there.
Jakstar: We did get much more from the race than we expected. And another mountain jersey
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Critérium du Dauphiné
Dauphiné was all about building form for us. Not much to tell really except that Jesper climbed the rankings throughout the race and while he started poorly he still ended up on 14th in the GC looking sharp and ready for the Tour.
Final Standings
1 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | 28h03'25 | 2 | Andy Schleck | Orica - GreenEdge | + 15 | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'41 | 4 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'18 | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'46 | 6 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'02 | 7 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 9'03 | 8 | Tiago Machado | RadioShack - Nissan | + 9'11 | 9 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 10'55 | 10 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Vodafone | + 11'13 |
Spoiler 11 | Roman Kreuziger | Lotto Belisol Team | + 11'43 | 12 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 11'44 | 13 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 12'49 | 14 | Jesper Hansen | Volvo - STARK | + 14'20 | 15 | Daniel Navarro | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14'35 | 16 | Blel Kadri | FDJ - BigMat | + 15'06 | 17 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | + 15'32 | 18 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 16'19 | 19 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 16'53 | 20 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 17'51 | 21 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | + 17'58 | 22 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'00 | 23 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 18'02 | 24 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 19'46 | 25 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 20'13 | 26 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 23'43 | 27 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | + 23'55 | 28 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack - Nissan | + 24'45 | 29 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 25'02 | 30 | Paolo Tiralongo | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 25'24 | 31 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | + 27'46 | 32 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 27'59 | 33 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Gazprom | + 28'54 | 34 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 28'56 | 35 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 29'03 | 36 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 29'08 | 37 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 31'11 | 38 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 31'33 | 39 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 32'12 | 40 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 32'29 | 41 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 32'39 | 42 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 33'24 | 43 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Vodafone | + 34'14 | 44 | Valerio Agnoli | BMC Racing Team | + 36'33 | 45 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | + 37'20 | 46 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 37'26 | 47 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 37'36 | 48 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 37'55 | 49 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 38'09 | 50 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | + 39'08 | 51 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | + 39'12 | 52 | Luke Rowe | Team Vodafone | + 39'19 | 53 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 41'58 | 54 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 42'22 | 55 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 42'27 | 56 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | + 42'30 | 57 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 42'40 | 58 | Iban Mayoz | Movistar Team | + 44'29 | 59 | Mathieu Sprick | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 44'47 | 60 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 45'30 | 61 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 45'33 | 62 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 46'59 | 63 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 47'04 | 64 | Gabriele Bosisio | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 47'46 | 65 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 48'02 | 66 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 49'23 | 67 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 50'33 | 68 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 50'58 | 69 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 51'12 | 70 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Saur - Sojasun | + 51'27 | 71 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 55'26 | 72 | Sep Vanmarcke | Lotto Belisol Team | + 57'23 | 73 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 57'58 | 74 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | + 58'21 | 75 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 58'55 | 76 | Mauro Finetto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 59'33 | 77 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Volvo - STARK | + 59'50 | 78 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h00'13 | 79 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h00'16 | 80 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h00'57 | 81 | Guillaume Levarlet | Saur - Sojasun | + 1h01'01 | 82 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1h01'17 | 83 | Marcos García | Movistar Team | + 1h01'41 | 84 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | + 1h01'48 | 85 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h01'52 | 86 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h02'24 | 87 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h03'38 | 88 | Morris Possoni | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h06'38 | 89 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | + 1h08'26 | 90 | Maurizio Biondo | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h08'44 | 91 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | Volvo - STARK | + 1h09'16 | 92 | Edwin Parra | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h09'26 | 93 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h12'50 | 94 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h14'29 | 95 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h15'44 | 96 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h16'05 | 97 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Gazprom | + 1h16'08 | 98 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h18'12 | 99 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h18'46 | 100 | Mathieu Delaroziere | FDJ - BigMat | + 1h19'50 | 101 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h21'00 | 102 | Rémi Pauriol | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h21'56 | 103 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h23'41 | 104 | Florian Vachon | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h23'45 | 105 | Alfredo Balloni | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h23'57 | 106 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 1h25'32 | 107 | Vitaliy Popkov | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h25'47 | 108 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 1h28'40 | 109 | Andrea Moletta | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h31'21 | 110 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h33'42 | 111 | Jack Bobridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h36'09 | 112 | Denis Galimzyanov | Team Gazprom | + 1h40'02 | 113 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ - BigMat | + 1h40'32 | 114 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h42'49 | 115 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 1h44'19 | 116 | Jean-Charles Sénac | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h44'52 | 117 | Hayden Roulston | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1h44'57 | 118 | Aurélien Passeron | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h48'12 | 119 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | + 1h48'31 | 120 | Paul Poux | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h49'44 | 121 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h51'10 | 122 | Ivan Casas | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h51'38 | 123 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h51'40 | 124 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h54'33 | 125 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h56'26 | 126 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | + 1h58'45 | 127 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h58'51 | 128 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 1h59'11 | 129 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h00'45 | 130 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | + 2h00'56 | 131 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | + 2h02'08 | 132 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h05'40 | 133 | Daniel Kreutzfeldt | Volvo - STARK | + 2h10'02 | 134 | Rasmus Sterebo | Volvo - STARK | + 2h10'49 | 135 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h12'33 | 136 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h12'41 | 137 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h12'46 | 138 | Bernhard Eisel | Astana Pro Team | + 2h13'07 | 139 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h13'59 | 140 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h14'24 | 141 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h14'39 | 142 | Rüdiger Selig | Team Gazprom | + 2h14'51 | 143 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2h15'21 | 144 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h15'23 | 145 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h16'06 | 146 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h16'52 | 147 | Philip Lindau | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | 148 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | + 2h17'06 | 149 | Christophe Laborie | Saur - Sojasun | + 2h17'49 | 150 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h17'59 | 151 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h18'35 | 152 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2h19'19 | 153 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h20'01 | 154 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2h20'12 | 155 | Luca Solari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h20'18 | 156 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h21'02 | 157 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 2h21'18 | 158 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 2h22'37 | 159 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h22'50 | 160 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h23'00 | 161 | Steven Caethoven | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h23'11 | 162 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto Belisol Team | + 2h23'20 | 163 | Alexey Bauer | Team Gazprom | + 2h23'24 | 164 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h23'40 | 165 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | + 2h24'16 | 166 | Marco Haller | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 167 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 2h25'13 | 168 | Andrew Bajadali | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 169 | Jens Erik Madsen | Volvo - STARK | + 2h25'29 | 170 | Diego Caccia | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 2h26'11 | 171 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h26'39 | 172 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Gazprom | s.t. | 173 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | + 2h28'11 | 174 | Danilo Napolitano | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h30'05 | 175 | Aymeric Lebourg | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h31'34 | 176 | Ludovic Wagner | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h32'11 | 177 | Matthew Hayman | Team Vodafone | + 2h34'22 | 178 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | + 2h34'35 | 179 | Jimmy Grimsdell | Team Vodafone | + 2h35'12 | 180 | Sylvain Tissot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h35'51 | 181 | Vaughan Vicelich | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h36'29 | 182 | Ricki Massey | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h36'53 | 183 | Larry Young | Team Vodafone | + 2h37'17 | 184 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h47'40 | 185 | Haritz Grande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h51'04 |
Points Jersey: Maxime Monfort, RadioShack - Nissan
Spoiler 1 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | 75 | 2 | Andy Schleck | Orica - GreenEdge | 70 | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | 55 | 4 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 52 | 5 | Gianni Meersman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 39 | 6 | Rigoberto Urán | Team Vodafone | 39 | 7 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 37 | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | 31 | 9 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | 31 | 10 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | 27 |
Mountain Jersey: Jackson Rodríguez, Team Saxo - Tinkoff
Spoiler 1 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 153 | 2 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | 131 | 3 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | 110 | 4 | Jesper Hansen | Volvo - STARK | 88 | 5 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 88 | 6 | Jeppe Lykke Hartvig Nielsen | Volvo - STARK | 88 | 7 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | 73 | 8 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Volvo - STARK | 65 | 9 | Andy Schleck | Orica - GreenEdge | 61 | 10 | Maxime Monfort | RadioShack - Nissan | 55 |
Young Rider: Thibaut Pinot FDJ - BigMat
Spoiler 1 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | 28h06'06 (1) | 2 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'37 (2) | 3 | Jesper Hansen | Volvo - STARK | + 11'39 (3) | 4 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 15'10 (4) | 5 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 21'02 (5) | 6 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | + 26'22 (6) | 7 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'52 (7) | 8 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 35'28 (8) | 9 | Luke Rowe | Team Vodafone | + 36'38 (9) | 10 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 39'46 (10) |
Team Rankings: RadioShack - Nissan
Spoiler 1 | RadioShack - Nissan | 84h19'22 (1) | 2 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 16'30 (2) | 3 | Astana Pro Team | + 31'35 (3) | 4 | Team Vodafone | + 49'40 (4) | 5 | FDJ - BigMat | + 50'49 (5) | 6 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 50'56 (6) | 7 | Movistar Team | + 51'50 (7) | 8 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 57'51 (8) | 9 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h00'12 (9) | 10 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h02'26 (10) | 11 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h10'29 (11) | 12 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h10'36 (12) | 13 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h12'24 (13) | 14 | BMC Racing Team | + 1h21'24 (14) | 15 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h22'18 (15) | 16 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h24'59 (16) | 17 | Saur - Sojasun | + 1h28'52 (17) | 18 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h33'57 (18) | 19 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h35'03 (19) | 20 | Volvo - STARK | + 1h54'38 (20) | 21 | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h34'22 (21) | 22 | Team Gazprom | + 2h59'46 (22) | 23 | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h17'48 (23) | 24 | Team Europcar | + 3h32'42 (24) |
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 05-04-2013 09:22
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Team Leader
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Mountains again. Nice job. Good Luck in the national championships.
Oh and if I didnt make all the NC's you need PM me.
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sutty68 |
Posted on 05-04-2013 09:30
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Tour de France Champion
Posts: 34654
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Nice to see Tobias getting a stage win
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Atlantius |
Posted on 06-04-2013 20:02
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Team Leader
Posts: 6795
Joined: 21-07-2010
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Jakstar: Thanks and thanks. You made me NC's for all four countries last so I'm covered.
sutty: I completely agree - I have really grown fond of him
Next update won't be until monday as I'm off for the weekend
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