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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-10-2013 07:40
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Just lacked that final punch in the sprint. But it's nice to see the Belgian Jersey take the win here. Sorry Nordic cycling, Belgium stays for the Belgians just for now, conquer the rest of the world first 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 29-10-2013 13:16
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Miguel: Yeah, we were unlucky. With thre riders in top 15 we could easily had gotten one in top 10 had they had a decent daily form...
sutty: He did in deed.
welker: Sometimes you just have to be happy with a good effort and then hope it gets rewrded better next time.
Ian: It's a small comfort that I made his jersey for him
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-10-2013 14:15
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A small comfort but a comfort nonetheless
I also want to thank you specifically for giving me the motivation to start a new story, Atlantius! Thanks to this great story and the way you're keeping with it, I've been inspired to make a story about a Norwegian rider
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 30-10-2013 14:42
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Ian Butler wrote:
A small comfort but a comfort nonetheless
I also want to thank you specifically for giving me the motivation to start a new story, Atlantius! Thanks to this great story and the way you're keeping with it, I've been inspired to make a story about a Norwegian rider
The Greatest anyone can achieve is to be an inspiration to others
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 30-10-2013 15:04
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 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco For most of the riders this is mainly a warm-up/warm-down race so we haven't got any real expectations except going for whatever chances may arise.
Stage 1: Zierbana – Zierbana
Veikkanen went in the break, but all day ISD – Ferrari kept things under control and set a hard pace over the hills.
Bøchman, Fuglsang and Matzen were all among the 29-riders finishing ahead while Chris Anker Sørensen missed out on the split.
In the and Urán rewarded his team for all their hard work all day.
| 1 |  Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | 3h57'23 | | 2 |  Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 |  Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5 | Jelle Vanendert | Belisol | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Tiago Machado | Nissan | s.t. | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Lasse Bøchman | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 9 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 11 | Enrico Gasparotto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 12 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 13 | Brian Steen Matzen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 14 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Chris Froome | Team Santander | s.t. | | 16 | Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 17 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 18 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 19 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 20 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 21 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 22 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 23 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 24 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 25 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 26 | Dominique Cornu | Belisol | s.t. | | 27 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 29 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 30 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 52 | | 31 | Daniel Martin | Sharp | + 1'07 | | 32 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 33 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1'21 | | 34 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1'50 | | 35 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 37 | Juan Villegas | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 38 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 39 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 40 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 41 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Ben Hermans | Nissan | s.t. | | 43 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 44 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Karol Domagalski | Team Santander | s.t. | | 46 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 47 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 48 | Richie Porte | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 49 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 50 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | s.t. | | 51 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'25 | | 54 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 55 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 56 | Diego Milán | Catalunya | s.t. | | 57 | Stefan Schumacher | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 58 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Oscar Santamaria | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 60 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 61 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 62 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 63 | Jens Voigt | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 64 | Vitor Rodrigues | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 65 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 66 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 67 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 68 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | s.t. | | 69 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 70 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 71 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 72 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 73 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 74 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 75 | Christophe Le Mével | Sharp | s.t. | | 76 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 77 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 78 | Roberto Ferrari | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 79 | Dídac Ortega | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 80 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 81 | Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 82 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | + 4'36 | | 83 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 84 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | + 5'19 | | 85 | Edwin Parra | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 86 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 87 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 88 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 89 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 90 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 91 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 92 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 93 | Kevin De Weert | Belisol | s.t. | | 94 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 95 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 96 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 97 | Francisco Javier López | Catalunya | s.t. | | 98 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 99 | Ryder Hesjedal | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 100 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 101 | Yukiya Arashiro | Sharp | s.t. | | 102 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 103 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 104 | Ole Haavardsholm | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 7'18 | | 105 | Maxime Bouet | Nissan | s.t. | | 106 | Marco Marcato | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 107 | Raúl Leva | Catalunya | s.t. | | 108 | Thomas Voeckler | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 109 | Ángel Vicioso | Catalunya | s.t. | | 110 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 111 | Pieter Jacobs | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 112 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 113 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 114 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 115 | Thomas Murray | Team Santander | s.t. | | 116 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 117 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 118 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | + 8'46 | | 119 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 120 | Mathieu Sprick | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 121 | David Arroyo | Catalunya | s.t. | | 122 | Ian MacGregor | Sharp | s.t. | | 123 | Michael Fitzgerald | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 124 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 9'51 | | 125 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 126 | Cyril Bessy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 127 | Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 128 | Benny De Schrooder | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 129 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 10'35 | | 130 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 131 | Nikola Aistrup | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 132 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 10'59 | | 133 | Jordi Simón | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 11'33 | | 134 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 135 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 136 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 137 | Pit Schlechter | Nissan | s.t. | | 138 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 139 | Eloy Ruiz | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 140 | Joel Wallin | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 141 | Antonio Molina | Catalunya | s.t. | | 142 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 143 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 13'12 | | 144 | Stian Remme | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 145 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 146 | Adriano Angeloni | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 147 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 148 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 149 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 150 | Eric Drower | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 151 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 152 | Jesús Herrada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14'20 | | 153 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Catalunya | + 14'59 | | 154 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 155 | Nicolas Jouanno | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 156 | Tyler Wren | Sharp | s.t. | | 157 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 158 | Andreas Klöden | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 159 | Jimmi Sørensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 15'58 | | 160 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 161 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 16'52 | | 162 | Graham Briggs | Team Santander | + 17'32 | | 163 | Sonny Bak | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 164 | Andreas Stauff | Volkswagen | + 19'57 | | 165 | Jake Keough | Sharp | s.t. | | 166 | Thomas Dekker | Sharp | s.t. | | 167 | Evgeni Sladkov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 168 | Vicente Tomé | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 169 | Joaquín Sobrino | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 170 | Antoine Dalibard | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 171 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 20'57 | | 172 | Filip Puc | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 173 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 174 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 175 | Vicente Reynès | Catalunya | + 22'54 | | 176 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 177 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 178 | David Tanner | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 179 | Matt Crane | Sharp | s.t. | | 180 | Kevin Neirynck | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 181 | André Greipel | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 182 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 183 | Johannes Karjalainen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 23'24 | | 184 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 24'26 | | 185 | Igor Abakoumov | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 26'06 | | 186 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 187 | Ekaitz Pericás | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 188 | Ronald Bonnaud | FDJ - BigMat | + 28'20 | | 189 | Yury Trofimov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 30'52 | | 190 | Richard England | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 191 | Unai Férez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 31'53 |
Stage 2: Zierbana - Viana
Once again ISD – Ferrari keep things closed for Urán and on the last hill 7 km from the finish line the Colombian is off chased by our three co-captains.
Fuglsang is the weakest on the day, but that is expected since this is not a main goal for him.
It’s a close sprint for the win, but Lasse and Brian pull the shortest straws.
| 1 |  Chris Froome | Team Santander | 5h40'52 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 3 |  Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 4 |  Lasse Bøchman | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 5 | Brian Steen Matzen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21 | | 7 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 12 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 13 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 14 | Juan Villegas | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 15 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 17 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 18 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 20 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 21 | Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 22 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 23 | Jens Voigt | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 24 | Dominique Cornu | Belisol | s.t. | | 25 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | s.t. | | 26 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 27 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 28 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 30 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | s.t. | | 31 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 32 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 34 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 35 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 36 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 37 | Richie Porte | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 38 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 39 | Daniel Martin | Sharp | s.t. | | 40 | Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 41 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 42 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 43 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 44 | Ben Hermans | Nissan | s.t. | | 45 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 46 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 47 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 48 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 49 | Jelle Vanendert | Belisol | s.t. | | 50 | Kevin De Weert | Belisol | s.t. | | 51 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 52 | Ángel Vicioso | Catalunya | s.t. | | 53 | Tiago Machado | Nissan | s.t. | | 54 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 55 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 56 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 57 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 58 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 59 | Pieter Jacobs | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 60 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 61 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 62 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 63 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 64 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 65 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | s.t. | | 66 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 67 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Enrico Gasparotto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 69 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 70 | Christophe Le Mével | Sharp | s.t. | | 71 | Raúl Leva | Catalunya | s.t. | | 72 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 73 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 74 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 75 | Vitor Rodrigues | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 76 | Dídac Ortega | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 77 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 78 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 79 | Roberto Ferrari | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 80 | Ryder Hesjedal | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 81 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 82 | Stefan Schumacher | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 83 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 84 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 85 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 86 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 87 | Karol Domagalski | Team Santander | s.t. | | 88 | Diego Milán | Catalunya | s.t. | | 89 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 90 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 91 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 92 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 93 | Yukiya Arashiro | Sharp | s.t. | | 94 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 95 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | s.t. | | 96 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 97 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | s.t. | | 98 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'52 | | 99 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 100 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 101 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2'12 | | 102 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 3'01 | | 103 | Edwin Parra | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 104 | Mathieu Sprick | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 105 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 106 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 107 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 109 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 110 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 111 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'39 | | 112 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'24 | | 113 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 9'39 | | 114 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 13'11 | | 115 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 116 | Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 117 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 118 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 119 | Benny De Schrooder | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 120 | Maxime Bouet | Nissan | s.t. | | 121 | Francisco Javier López | Catalunya | s.t. | | 122 | Michael Fitzgerald | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 123 | David Arroyo | Catalunya | s.t. | | 124 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 125 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 14'37 | | 126 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 127 | Oscar Santamaria | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 128 | Eloy Ruiz | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 129 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 130 | Andreas Klöden | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 131 | Nikola Aistrup | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 132 | Ian MacGregor | Sharp | s.t. | | 133 | Joel Wallin | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 134 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 135 | Cyril Bessy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 136 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Catalunya | s.t. | | 137 | Stian Remme | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 138 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 139 | Jimmi Sørensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 140 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 141 | Thomas Voeckler | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 142 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 143 | Kevin Neirynck | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 144 | Ole Haavardsholm | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 145 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 146 | Thomas Murray | Team Santander | s.t. | | 147 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 148 | Jordi Simón | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 149 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 150 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 151 | Pit Schlechter | Nissan | s.t. | | 152 | Marco Marcato | Saur - Sojasun | + 15'32 | | 153 | Ekaitz Pericás | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 154 | Adriano Angeloni | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 155 | Antoine Dalibard | Saur - Sojasun | + 15'55 | | 156 | Eric Drower | Saur - Sojasun | + 16'17 | | 157 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 18'11 | | 158 | Jesús Herrada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 21'14 | | 159 | David Tanner | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 160 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 161 | Antonio Molina | Catalunya | s.t. | | 162 | Jake Keough | Sharp | s.t. | | 163 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 21'32 | | 164 | Nicolas Jouanno | Saur - Sojasun | + 22'11 | | 165 | Vicente Reynès | Catalunya | + 24'36 | | 166 | Matt Crane | Sharp | + 24'54 | | 167 | Evgeni Sladkov | Astana Pro Team | + 25'15 | | 168 | Andreas Stauff | Volkswagen | + 28'49 | | 169 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 170 | Tyler Wren | Sharp | s.t. | | 171 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 172 | Vicente Tomé | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 173 | André Greipel | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 174 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 175 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | + 30'22 | | 176 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 35'06 | | 177 | Graham Briggs | Team Santander | s.t. | | 178 | Igor Abakoumov | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 179 | Joaquín Sobrino | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 180 | Thomas Dekker | Sharp | s.t. | | 181 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 182 | Filip Puc | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 183 | Sonny Bak | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 36'01 | | 184 | Yury Trofimov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 36'42 | | 185 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 37'57 | | 186 | Richard England | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 187 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 40'24 | | 188 | Unai Férez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 50'03 | | 189 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 51'26 |
Stage 3: Viana - Amurrio
Veikkanen tried to make it one for the break, but it ended up like the previous days.
After a lot of attacks in the last 20 km it came down to a three-rider sprint between Urán, Fuglsang and Elissonde.
At least that’s how it seemed before the peloton came blasting back…
It wasn’t until right on the line that Fuglsang saw the Belisol rider on the far side of the road. Guess that means losing by the width of a hair to Urán a bit more beareable.
| 1 | Jelle Vanendert | Belisol | 4h32'53 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 4 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Chris Froome | Team Santander | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 7 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | s.t. | | 8 | Jens Voigt | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 9 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 10 | Richie Porte | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 11 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 12 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 13 | Raúl Leva | Catalunya | s.t. | | 14 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 15 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | s.t. | | 16 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 17 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | s.t. | | 18 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 19 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 20 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 21 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 22 | Brian Steen Matzen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 23 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 24 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 25 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 26 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 27 | Lasse Bøchman | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 28 | Daniel Martin | Sharp | s.t. | | 29 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 30 | Juan Villegas | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 31 | Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 32 | Edwin Parra | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 33 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 34 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 35 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Karol Domagalski | Team Santander | s.t. | | 37 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 38 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 39 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 40 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 41 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 42 | Diego Milán | Catalunya | s.t. | | 43 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 44 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 45 | Tiago Machado | Nissan | s.t. | | 46 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 47 | Yukiya Arashiro | Sharp | s.t. | | 48 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 49 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 50 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 51 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 52 | Ben Hermans | Nissan | s.t. | | 53 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 54 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 55 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 56 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Christophe Le Mével | Sharp | s.t. | | 58 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 59 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 60 | Dídac Ortega | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 61 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 62 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 63 | Mathieu Sprick | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 64 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 65 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 66 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 67 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 68 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 69 | Stefan Schumacher | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 70 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 72 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 73 | Ángel Vicioso | Catalunya | s.t. | | 74 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 75 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 78 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 79 | Vitor Rodrigues | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 80 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 81 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 82 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 83 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 84 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 85 | Ryder Hesjedal | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1'21 | | 86 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 87 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 88 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 90 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 91 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 92 | Pieter Jacobs | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 93 | Francisco Javier López | Catalunya | + 2'37 | | 94 | Roberto Ferrari | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 2'50 | | 95 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 96 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'07 | | 97 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 98 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 99 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 100 | Enrico Gasparotto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 101 | Oscar Santamaria | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 102 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 103 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | s.t. | | 104 | Thomas Murray | Team Santander | s.t. | | 105 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | s.t. | | 106 | Nikola Aistrup | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5'15 | | 107 | Thomas Voeckler | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 108 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 109 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 110 | Michael Fitzgerald | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 111 | Joel Wallin | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 112 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 113 | Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 114 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 115 | Dominique Cornu | Belisol | s.t. | | 116 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 117 | Kevin De Weert | Belisol | s.t. | | 118 | Cyril Bessy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 119 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 120 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 121 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 122 | Ian MacGregor | Sharp | s.t. | | 123 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Catalunya | s.t. | | 124 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 125 | David Arroyo | Catalunya | s.t. | | 126 | Eloy Ruiz | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 127 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | + 7'08 | | 128 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 129 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 130 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 131 | Ole Haavardsholm | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 132 | Benny De Schrooder | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 133 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 134 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 7'54 | | 135 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 136 | Antonio Molina | Catalunya | s.t. | | 137 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 138 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 139 | Jordi Simón | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 140 | Vicente Reynès | Catalunya | s.t. | | 141 | David Tanner | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 142 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 143 | Andreas Stauff | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 144 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 9'59 | | 145 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 146 | Thomas Dekker | Sharp | s.t. | | 147 | Nicolas Jouanno | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 148 | Kevin Neirynck | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 149 | Andreas Klöden | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 150 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 151 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 152 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 153 | Pit Schlechter | Nissan | s.t. | | 154 | Maxime Bouet | Nissan | s.t. | | 155 | Stian Remme | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 156 | Jesús Herrada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 157 | Adriano Angeloni | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 158 | Jimmi Sørensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 159 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 160 | Evgeni Sladkov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 161 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 162 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 163 | Jake Keough | Sharp | + 12'23 | | 164 | Ekaitz Pericás | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 13'55 | | 165 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 166 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 14'31 | | 167 | Sonny Bak | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 16'17 | | 168 | Marco Marcato | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 169 | Igor Abakoumov | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 170 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 171 | Filip Puc | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 19'35 | | 172 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 21'08 | | 173 | Tyler Wren | Sharp | s.t. | | 174 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 175 | André Greipel | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 176 | Vicente Tomé | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 177 | Joaquín Sobrino | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 178 | Eric Drower | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 179 | Matt Crane | Sharp | s.t. | | 180 | Antoine Dalibard | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 181 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 182 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 183 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 184 | Yury Trofimov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 185 | Marcel Santos | FDJ - BigMat | + 27'16 | | 186 | Richard England | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 187 | Graham Briggs | Team Santander | s.t. | | 188 | Brice Lhuillier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 28'39 | | 189 | Unai Férez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 35'07 |
Stage 4: Murgia Zuia – Eibar
If you were to call this the Queen Stage you would be right. A hard day finishing off with the hardest climb of the race. A lot of answers will be given today!
Chris went in the break hoping to pick up some mountain points. He did get a few but Kelderman utterly destroyed the break on the climbs resulting in it being very short lived.
At the same time Matzen and Bøchman were caught a bit unaware as ISD – Feraari suddenly upped the effort and they lost contact with the main favourites group along with among others Chavez, Porte and Van den Broeck. Luckily Jakob said over the radio that he was feeling just perfect!
The penultimate climb was turned hard by several attacks and Fuglsang had to struggle to get past the slow half of the group filling up all the road.
Fuglsang did well to shake things up on the final climb, but today Andy Schleck was just the strongest, while Kelderman brutally tore the white jersey off Matzen.
Urán holds on to the lead in same time as Froome and 1 seconds ahead of Schleck.
| 1 |  Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4h06'39 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 20 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Team Santander | s.t. | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | + 31 | | 5 |  Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 50 | | 7 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tiago Machado | Nissan | + 1'17 | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 11 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 14 | Jelle Vanendert | Belisol | + 2'49 | | 15 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 16 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 3'43 | | 17 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 18 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 19 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 20 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 21 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 22 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 4'35 | | 23 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 24 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | + 6'43 | | 25 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 26 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | s.t. | | 27 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 28 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | s.t. | | 30 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Kevin De Weert | Belisol | + 7'08 | | 32 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 33 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 34 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 35 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | + 7'37 | | 36 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 8'22 | | 37 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 38 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 8'37 | | 39 | Richie Porte | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 40 | Brian Steen Matzen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 9'17 | | 41 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 9'54 | | 42 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 43 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 44 | Karol Domagalski | Team Santander | s.t. | | 45 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 46 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'14 | | 47 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 48 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 49 | Lasse Bøchman | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 50 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 51 | David Arroyo | Catalunya | s.t. | | 52 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 53 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 54 | Christophe Le Mével | Sharp | + 10'40 | | 55 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 12'27 | | 57 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 58 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 13'05 | | 59 | Daniel Martin | Sharp | + 13'21 | | 60 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 61 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 62 | Stefan Schumacher | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 63 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 64 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 65 | Enrico Gasparotto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 66 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 67 | Vitor Rodrigues | Volkswagen | + 13'50 | | 68 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 69 | Dídac Ortega | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 71 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 72 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 73 | Jens Voigt | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 74 | Maxime Bouet | Nissan | s.t. | | 75 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | s.t. | | 76 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 77 | Dominique Cornu | Belisol | + 14'24 | | 78 | Ian MacGregor | Sharp | s.t. | | 79 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'03 | | 80 | Ryder Hesjedal | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 81 | Ben Hermans | Nissan | + 17'49 | | 82 | Juan Villegas | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 83 | Mathieu Sprick | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 84 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 85 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 86 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 87 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | + 18'12 | | 88 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | + 18'21 | | 89 | Francisco Javier López | Catalunya | s.t. | | 90 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 18'39 | | 91 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 92 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 93 | Stian Remme | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 94 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 95 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 96 | Edwin Parra | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 97 | Michael Fitzgerald | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 98 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 99 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 100 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 101 | Antonio Molina | Catalunya | s.t. | | 102 | Oscar Santamaria | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 103 | Pit Schlechter | Nissan | s.t. | | 104 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 19'44 | | 105 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 20'11 | | 106 | Pieter Jacobs | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 107 | Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 108 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | + 20'50 | | 109 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | + 21'12 | | 110 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21'33 | | 111 | Thomas Voeckler | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 112 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 113 | Diego Milán | Catalunya | + 24'11 | | 114 | Yukiya Arashiro | Sharp | s.t. | | 115 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 116 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 117 | Roberto Ferrari | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 118 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 119 | Nikola Aistrup | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 120 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | s.t. | | 121 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 25'08 | | 122 | Jordi Simón | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 26'39 | | 123 | Ángel Vicioso | Catalunya | s.t. | | 124 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | + 27'00 | | 125 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 27'09 | | 126 | Eloy Ruiz | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 28'00 | | 127 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 128 | Andreas Klöden | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 129 | Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 130 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 131 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 132 | Cyril Bessy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 133 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 134 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 28'19 | | 135 | Adriano Angeloni | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 136 | Raúl Leva | Catalunya | s.t. | | 137 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 29'13 | | 138 | Ole Haavardsholm | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 139 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 140 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 29'33 | | 141 | Jesús Herrada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 142 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 143 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 30'32 | | 144 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 30'44 | | 145 | Tyler Wren | Sharp | s.t. | | 146 | Thomas Dekker | Sharp | s.t. | | 147 | Thomas Murray | Team Santander | + 31'47 | | 148 | Eric Drower | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 149 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 150 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | + 33'07 | | 151 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 152 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Catalunya | s.t. | | 153 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 154 | Yury Trofimov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 155 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 34'19 | | 156 | Filip Puc | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 157 | Sonny Bak | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 158 | Joaquín Sobrino | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 36'15 | | 159 | Nicolas Jouanno | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 160 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 40'07 | | 161 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 162 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. |
Stage 5: Eibar – Orio
Not an easy stage, but probably not hard enough to make major time differences either. Still it’s an obvious chance for Chris to have another go at the mountain jersey.
He got in the break, but felt worse than a Giraffe on Antarctica all day, so no jersey for him…
In a mix of the strongest breakers and the favourites Urán proves why he’s in yellow, while Fuglsang successfully builds a gap to Kreuziger and moves up a spot in the GC.
| 1 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | 4h44'24 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 4 | Chris Froome | Team Santander | s.t. | | 5 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 7 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Brian Steen Matzen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 11 | Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 12 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 14 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 15 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | + 58 | | 16 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 17 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 18 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 19 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 20 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 21 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 23 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 26 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 27 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | s.t. | | 28 | Tiago Machado | Nissan | s.t. | | 29 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | s.t. | | 30 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 31 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 32 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | s.t. | | 33 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 34 | Karol Domagalski | Team Santander | s.t. | | 35 | Enrico Gasparotto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 36 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 37 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 38 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 40 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 41 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | s.t. | | 42 | Ben Hermans | Nissan | s.t. | | 43 | Rein Taaramäe | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 44 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 45 | Pavel Brutt | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 46 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 47 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 48 | Yukiya Arashiro | Sharp | s.t. | | 49 | Michael Fitzgerald | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 50 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 51 | Juan Villegas | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 52 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 54 | Jens Voigt | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 55 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2'17 | | 56 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 57 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 58 | Lasse Bøchman | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 59 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 60 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 61 | Michele Scarponi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 62 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 63 | Mathieu Sprick | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 64 | Diego Milán | Catalunya | s.t. | | 65 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 66 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 67 | David Arroyo | Catalunya | s.t. | | 68 | Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 69 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 3'31 | | 70 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3'52 | | 71 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | + 4'38 | | 72 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 73 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 74 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 75 | Ryder Hesjedal | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 76 | Kevin De Weert | Belisol | s.t. | | 77 | Dominique Cornu | Belisol | s.t. | | 78 | Vitor Rodrigues | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 79 | Oscar Santamaria | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 80 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 81 | Johan Mombaerts | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 82 | Maxime Bouet | Nissan | s.t. | | 83 | Stefan Schumacher | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 84 | Daniel Martin | Sharp | s.t. | | 85 | Roberto Ferrari | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 86 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 87 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 88 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 89 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 90 | John Darwin Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 91 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 92 | Dídac Ortega | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 93 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 94 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | + 5'57 | | 95 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 96 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 97 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 98 | Francisco Javier López | Catalunya | s.t. | | 99 | Edwin Parra | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 100 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'29 | | 101 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 102 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 103 | Arthur Van Overberghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 104 | Richie Porte | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 105 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 106 | Tomasz Smolen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 107 | Stian Remme | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 108 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 109 | Pieter Jacobs | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 110 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Catalunya | s.t. | | 111 | Christophe Le Mével | Sharp | s.t. | | 112 | Eloy Ruiz | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 113 | Andreas Klöden | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 114 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 115 | Jordi Simón | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 116 | Nikola Aistrup | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 8'20 | | 117 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | + 9'51 | | 118 | Ole Haavardsholm | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 119 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 10'19 | | 120 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 121 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | s.t. | | 122 | Thomas Voeckler | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 123 | Pit Schlechter | Nissan | + 11'20 | | 124 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 125 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | + 11'58 | | 126 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 128 | Ian MacGregor | Sharp | s.t. | | 129 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 12'57 | | 130 | Sonny Colbrelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 131 | Jesús Herrada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 132 | Adriano Angeloni | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 133 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 134 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 135 | Cyril Bessy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 136 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 137 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 14'48 | | 138 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 139 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 140 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 16'02 | | 141 | Antonio Molina | Catalunya | + 16'25 | | 142 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 17'53 | | 143 | Thomas Murray | Team Santander | + 19'02 | | 144 | Thomas Dekker | Sharp | s.t. | | 145 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | + 20'01 | | 146 | Raúl Leva | Catalunya | + 22'19 | | 147 | Nicolas Jouanno | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 148 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 149 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 25'12 | | 150 | Eric Drower | Saur - Sojasun | + 25'50 | | 151 | Joaquín Sobrino | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 27'56 | | 152 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 153 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 154 | Yury Trofimov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 155 | Ángel Vicioso | Catalunya | + 29'38 | | 156 | Sonny Bak | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 32'02 | | 157 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 32'36 | | 158 | Filip Puc | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 33'36 |
Stage 6: Orio – Orio (ITT)
With three riders within a second and 6 riders within a minute in the top of the GC this will be a very exciting TT.
Bøchman does great setting provisional best time with 23 riders yet to finish.
Gesink is 3 seconds slower, but unfortunately De Gendt is 3 seconds faster than Lasse.
Kruziger is another 9 seconds faster and Fuglsang is 2nd best in goal 8 seconds slower than the Czech.
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | 32’20 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Santander | + ‘6 | | 3 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | + ’12 | | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk – SAS | + ’20 | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Movistar Team | + ’22 |
Spoiler The game crashed leaving the stage so this is all you get...
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Posted on 30-10-2013 15:48
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A mixed bag of results for the guys in Spain, but Fuglsang should be happy with his fifth place Overall 
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Posted on 30-10-2013 17:37
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sutty: Fuglsang did great considering he wasn't even in form going into the race (about 82 fitness...)
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Posted on 30-10-2013 21:19
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Some close calls there, but all in all a decent, steady race
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Good all-around race for Novo
Gig 'em Aggies
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Ian: It says a lot about how far the team has come that a 5th in Pai Vasco is "decent" and "steady"
welker: It was. And Fuglsang isn't even in shape...
Paris - Roubaix will be up later today
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Paris - Roubaix 
With plenty of cobbles, no hills and a 5th place from last year this is the one race Erik McDermott have been talking about for the last 364 days…
For several teams the opening 90 km are their only chance to show the jersey so we let them.
Commonwealth Bank – GreenEdge are not as generous and keep everyone on a leash.
Veikkanen and Kristoff do some very nice work making the race hard and reducing the front group to 37 riders with 100 km to go.
And then things take a dramatic turn as Boonen gets a puncture and has to wait for to long for help to arrive. 1’40’’ is the gap when he is back rolling.
Cancellara is told about Boonen's bad luck and jumps straight to the front of the group to take full advantage.
With 60 km to the velodrome 23 riders are left in front. Breschel and McDermott are the only Nordics still left after Hushovd have done some good work taking care of the two and have gotten rest of the day off to enjoy his last ride towards the velodrome.
The other favourites seem to think they can tire Erik out before the finish.
Not much success though…
With 24 km left Breschel decides to up the effort a bit.
We never expected him to be allowed away and both Sagan and Gallopin attack soon after Matti with Erik right in their wheels.
Just as Boonen fights his way to the 12-rider front group Erik decides to really put the pressure on. Boom and Vinther looks like the strongest, but this section was not quite long enough to get rid of anyone.
Cancellara attacks but ends up acting as a launch pad for Erik, who goes solo into the last 10 km.
On the final pave towards the velodrome he has 20 seconds to Cancellara and a further 20 seconds to Gallopin. The podium seems secure, but the dream doesn’t end there!
The Swiss champion has nothing left and Erik rides on to the victory he has dreamt of ever since he first sat on a bike!
Vinther makes it two riders in top 10 for Denmark while Breschel beats Flecha in the sprint for 11th
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Posted on 31-10-2013 16:03
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Wow, What a Great win and achievement from McDermott 
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Posted on 31-10-2013 16:32
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Great victory! You should say thanks to Cancellara.
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 ERIK!
Relatively small time gaps suggests the pace/ weather wasn't a real killer, although Erik killed everyone off.
Can we see his cobble?!!!?
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Nice win indeed...but terrible luck for Boonen. 
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sutty: It was. I called it when he joined the team back in August 2012 that one day he would win this race
MrUfo: I suppose. I had planned to attack there anyway, so it was really nice that Cancellara would use the last bit of his energy to deliver Erik
Ian: The Belgians can have Belgium, but we draw the line at France! 
The Rider: I don't think they are completely just. We managed to eliminate most of the helpers fairly early forcing the favourites themselves to do some work earlier than usual. Yet there wasn't a lot of attacking before the final part. I believe that was mainly due to everyone being exhausted. Hadn't Hushovd and Breschel been dedicated to protecting McDermott he would have been to...
His CO is 83 and his STA 80 and flat 76 which makes this the perfect race for him. And I haven't touched his stats or limits at any point, only trained him focused for 4 years
kubys: That's the cobbles for you Had he not had the puncture I expect he would have won considering that he managed to get back just before things really exploded.
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Absolutely great win by Erik!
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admir: Agreed. And even more rewarding than our other great wins since he is 100 % "home-grown"
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GRET WIN!!!!
nd what are gallopin's stats?
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Janez Brajkovic
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Fabian Cancellara
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