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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 12-12-2013 22:44
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Luis Leon Sánchez: That's why they call him the boss 
Also it helped that neither Cavendish, Kittel or Sagan (the other three top sprinterss) showed anything with the slightest resemplance of form 
Willy did very well in some extremely tough competition. Now he is to prepare for teh Vuelta.
Shonak: Thanks. I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Tony Martin losing the TT making 9 stage wins possible for Edvald. I've always struggled with bunch sprints, but it seems I've cracked them now
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| The Rider |
Posted on 12-12-2013 22:47
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9 wins... fantastic!
How did you win the TT.? In my experience when there is a 50 kilometre TT at the end of the race only the men up in the GC top 20 can contest it (even if they are not pure TT's). Having said that this wasn't the most difficult route I suppose.
9 wins is simply fantastic. How can you top this? 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-12-2013 23:14
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Totally Awesome Eddie 
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 13-12-2013 03:47
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What a Tour for Novo 
Gig 'em Aggies
Fast N' Loud Cycling Project - ICL
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 13-12-2013 08:03
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The Rider: Thanks. I tjink the clue to the TT is that Edvald has a good REC. After all the top three TT'ers of the race all came in top 4.
sutty: Thanks
welker: In deed!
The thread will probably be very quiet weekend in this story.
Edited by Atlantius on 13-12-2013 08:28
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-12-2013 08:53
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Wow. What a performance. Seems like his talent really developed properly at the team
Willy with a good run, but he could've done better, I believe. But still, with EBH's performance, nobody is watching the GC 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 13-12-2013 16:04
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Ian: It did. He was a great rider when we signed him, but now we have built him tp to his full potential (and released him from leadout duties).
Wily probably would have done better if he had the full support of the team that's the risk of betting on two horses I suppose...
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 13-12-2013 16:36
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Great achievement from Boasson Hagen here!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-12-2013 17:06
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Betting on two horses is only a bad thing when neither horse does well.
In this case, not even the Trojan horse has anything compared to our Norwegian horse
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 14-12-2013 09:22
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MrUfo: Thanks. Couldn't egree more
Ian: I still think Willy could have done better hadn't his mountain helpers (and sometimes himself) been forced to workon the flat. Guess we're not quite T-Mobile from the 90's
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-12-2013 09:53
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Rider of the Month:  Edvald Boasson Hagen, Novo Nordisk - SAS. 9 stage wins and the green jersey in the Tour gave the Norwegian his very own page in the history books.
Nordic Rider of the Month: Edvald Boasson Hagen, Novo Nordisk – SAS.
Edvald Boasson Hagen, Novo Nordisk – SAS
Congratulations on your place in the history books. What a show of power – how did you do that?
First of all it was a great help that the other three main sprinters Cavendish, Sagan and Kittel all seemed to have forgotten to train for the Tour. Cav wasn’t even fit enough to finish the easiest tour in many years…
Secondly we have put a lot of time an effort in to perfecting our sprint team and Willy even allowed his mountain helpers to work for me as did he himself a lot of times. In the end that probably cost him a place or two in the GC, so I am very thankful for that!
With your very own page in the big Tour de France history books what are your next goal: 10 stage wins?
Haha. I really don’t think that’s possible unless they decide to completely get rid of the mountains…
But you must have something you aim for?
Hopefully I’ll be able to get some more green jerseys in coming years, but for now I’ll first take a break and relax and then I’ll start preparing for the world championships.
Going for the double?
We’ll see, but I promise you that I won’t lose any race purpose…
| 1 |  Jakob Fuglsang | Novo Nordisk – SAS | 634 | | 2 |  Vincenzo Nibali | Nissan | 619 | | 3 |  Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 520 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Novo Nordisk – SAS | 416 | | 41 |  Jussi Veikkanen | Novo Nordisk – SAS | 104 | | 43 |  Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk – SAS | 102 | | - |  | - | - |
| 1 | Novo Nordisk – SAS | 1489 | | 2 |  Nissan | 982 | | 3 |  Team Santander | 885 | | 4 | Team Saxo – Tinkoff | 880 | | 17 | Statoil – Stoerensoe | 211 |
Omega Pharma – QuickStep, FDJ – Bigmat, Euskaltel – Euskadi and Liquigas – Cannondale are the mains teams risking relegation at the moment.
| 1 |  Kristof Goddaert | Het Nieuwsblad – Willems Veranda’s | 633 | | 2 | Zico Waeytens | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele – Mercator | 520 | | 3 |  Zdenek Stybar | Team Whirlpool – PKN Orlen | 424 | | 16 | Kasper Jebjerg | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 251 | | 37 | Gunnar Grönlund | IKEA Cykling | 171 | | 108 | Frans-Leonard Markarskard | Belavia | 73 | | - | | - | - |
| 1 | Het Nieuwsblad – Willems Veranda’s | 2191 | | 2 | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Mercator | 1631 | | 3 | Statoil – Stoerensoe | 1605 | | 15 | Joker Merida | 698 | | 18 | TDC – LRØ Rådgivning | 663 | | 29 | Ikea Cykling | 366 | | 36 | Blue Water Cycling | 274 | | 45 | Team Øster Hus | 205 | | 57 | DONG Energy – Himmerland | 129 | | 72 | Jardar Sykling | 68 | | 79 | Christina Watches Development Team | 13 |
Het Nieuwsblad, Statoil, Selle Italia, Volkswagen and Dirk Grepdon Wanzele all have a real chance of gaining promotion.
IKEA have annouced that they will stop sponsoring the Sweidsh team. Their place in the peloton will be taken by Fiskars
Following an Australian championship and a 6th place in Ronde van Vlaanderen  Heinrich Haussler has bagged a contract with
 Cancellara is one of the available riders with the most prominent palmares. His last couple of seasons hasn’t quite shown him on his usual level and that results in him going to
Other noteworthy transfers:
| From | To | | Giacomo Nizzolo | Liquigas – Cannondale | Team ISD – Ferrari |  Pierre Rolland | Alstom | Statoil – Stoerensoe |  Chris Froome | Team Santander | Astana Pro Team |  Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank Cycling Team | Team ISD – Ferrari |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-12-2013 11:21
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Nice to see the team doing so well in the Rankings
And Edvald Boasson Hagen totally deserved his Nordic rider of the Month award
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| Shonak |
Posted on 17-12-2013 12:09
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Hm, Double World Champion Edvald Boasson Hagen. Has a nice ring to it.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-12-2013 13:14
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sutty: He had about as little competition for that as he did for green in the Tour
Shonak: It does, doesn't it? It will be toug bit I will try to get him fit for the WC's and then anything can happen...
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-12-2013 18:08
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We have a history of good results in this race with Bøchmans win last year the crown jewel. Bøchman won’t be here to defend the win but Ludvigsson is determined to grab the chance.
Stage 1: Amersfoort (ITT)
Tony Martin, Van Garderen and Alex Rasmussen are the top 3 names on everyone's minds today.
Alex is the first of the three on the course. He sets best time 4 seconds faster than Roux, but considering that he had a bad day and is still building form it’s doubtful that it’ll be enough to win the stage.
Ludvigsson is less than a second slower than Alex.
Rosseler is the first to clock in a time faster than our duo.
Van Garderen does what everyone expects and cuts another 2 seconds of the best time.
Stage Results | 1 |  Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | 7'23 | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | FDJ - BigMat | + 1 | | 3 | Sébastien Rosseler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3 | | 4 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 5 | | 5 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6 | | 7 | Tom Dumoulin | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 8 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Tony Martin | Volkswagen | + 8 | | 10 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | + 9 | | 11 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 10 | | 13 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13 | | 14 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | s.t. | | 15 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 16 | Peter Sagan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 17 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 14 | | 18 | Peter Velits | Team Santander | + 15 | | 19 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Santander | s.t. | | 20 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 21 | Roby Marziale | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 16 | | 22 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 23 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 24 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 17 | | 25 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 26 | Sebastian Langeveld | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 27 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 28 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 18 | | 29 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 30 | Denny Trappeniers | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 31 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 19 | | 32 | Yannick Eijssen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 33 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 34 | Luke Rowe | Team Santander | + 20 | | 35 | Jens Debusschere | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 36 | Edoardo Muoio | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 37 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | + 21 | | 38 | Bart De Clercq | Belisol | s.t. | | 39 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 40 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 41 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 22 | | 42 | Klaas Lodewyck | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 43 | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 44 | Tom Boonen | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 45 | Serge Pauwels | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 23 | | 46 | Tony Gallopin | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 47 | Mark Cavendish | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 48 | Jelle Wallays | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 24 | | 49 | Sep Vanmarcke | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 50 | Chris Horner | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 51 | Greg Van Avermaet | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 52 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 53 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 54 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 55 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Astana Pro Team | + 25 | | 56 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 57 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 58 | Grega Bole | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 59 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | s.t. | | 60 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 61 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 62 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 26 | | 63 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 64 | Stijn Devolder | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 65 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 66 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 67 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 27 | | 68 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 69 | Rasmus Quaade | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 70 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 71 | Christophe Laborie | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 72 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | s.t. | | 73 | Maurizio Biondo | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 74 | Dries Hollanders | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 75 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | s.t. | | 76 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 77 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 78 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 79 | Jonas Vangenechten | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 28 | | 80 | Leif Hoste | Belisol | s.t. | | 81 | Sergio Mantecón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 82 | Mitchell Docker | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 83 | Laurent Mangel | Alstom | s.t. | | 84 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 85 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 29 | | 86 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 87 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 88 | Michael Matthews | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 89 | Igor Shkvyrin | Astana Pro Team | + 30 | | 90 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 91 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 92 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 93 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 94 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 31 | | 95 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 96 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 97 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 98 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 32 | | 99 | Darren Lapthorne | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 100 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 101 | Enrico Franzoï | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 102 | Luca Ascani | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 103 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 104 | Johan Vansummeren | Belisol | + 33 | | 105 | Stijn Joseph | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 106 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 107 | Nikolas Maes | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 108 | Juan José Haedo | Team Santander | s.t. | | 109 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | + 34 | | 110 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 111 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 112 | Damiano Caruso | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 113 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 114 | Denis Galimzyanov | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 115 | Giorgio Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 116 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 35 | | 117 | Morgan Kneisky | Alstom | s.t. | | 118 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 119 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 120 | Tonio Secondini | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 121 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 122 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 123 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 124 | Carlos Betancur | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 125 | Cesare Benedetti | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 126 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 127 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 36 | | 128 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 129 | Joseph Dombrowski | Nissan | s.t. | | 130 | Thomas Degand | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 131 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 132 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 37 | | 133 | Wesley Sulzberger | Nissan | s.t. | | 134 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 135 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 136 | Jarno Van Guyse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 38 | | 137 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 138 | Lars Høeg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 139 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | + 39 | | 140 | Nadir Haddou | Alstom | s.t. | | 141 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 142 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 143 | Frank Osorio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 144 | Mickaël Damiens | Alstom | s.t. | | 145 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 146 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 147 | Fabio Sabatini | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 148 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 40 | | 149 | Andrea Guardini | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 150 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 151 | Andrey Zeits | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 152 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 153 | Kevin De Jonghe | Belisol | + 41 | | 154 | Niccolò Canti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 155 | Hugo Barros | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 156 | Steven Caethoven | Belisol | s.t. | | 157 | Andreas Stauff | Volkswagen | + 42 | | 158 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 159 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 160 | Raphaël Gillard | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 161 | Nico Eeckhout | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 162 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 43 | | 163 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 164 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 44 | | 165 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 166 | Ronald Bonnaud | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 167 | Xabier Zandio | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 168 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Santander | + 45 | | 169 | Sergey Rudaskov | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 170 | Vicente Tomé | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 171 | Dadley Adkins | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 48 | | 172 | Justino Subero | Movistar Team | + 49 | | 173 | Juan Tamayo | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 50 | | 174 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 175 | Vladimir Dubrovin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 176 | Guillaume Blot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 177 | Benoît Sinner | Alstom | s.t. | | 178 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Saur - Sojasun | + 51 | | 179 | Beñat Txoperena | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 180 | Johannes Karjalainen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 181 | Brian Raoult | Alstom | + 52 | | 182 | Koikili Trigueros | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 183 | Bastien Clouet | Alstom | s.t. | | 184 | Joel Wallin | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 53 | | 185 | Andrey Shatskikh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 186 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 187 | Guillaume Duport | Alstom | + 54 | | 188 | Marc Heinz | Nissan | s.t. | | 189 | Thomas Ray | FDJ - BigMat | + 55 | | 190 | Marino Tieles | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 56 | | 191 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 192 | Roni Salja | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
Stage 2: Oosterhout – Sint Willebrord
A classic sprint stage where we need more than just a bit of luck to do something.
It’s a long tough haul, but in the end we get Karjalainen and Kessiakoff in the break.
Colnago and Santander do the work in the peloton and with 100 km to go the gap is 8 minutes, but shrinking.
60 km and 5 minutes. Karjalainen especially are putting in some massive turns in front of the group trying to make it last long enough for Kessiakoff to do something in the finale.
50 km and 4’20’’
40 km and 4’10’’
Kessiakoff makes his move just after the 20 km mark, but it won’t do much more than getting him a bit more TV time.
The finale is badly affected by a series of crashes with Kittel being the most noteworthy rider to hit the tarmac. We are not at all affected by the crashes.
Gilbert is one of the many riders caught behind and his dream of ending his career with success on home soil looks shattered.
Sagan has a terrifying train today, but Tobias does his best to launch Alex for a surprise.
Alex is first into the final km, but Swift is coming from behind and Sagan haven’t even started sprinting yet…
Sagan takes it fairly easily.
Only 44 riders finished in the front group and the race lost three big names in Gallopin, Nerz and Betancur.
Stage Results | 1 |  Peter Sagan | Team Santander | 4h17'02 | | 2 |  Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | s.t. | | 3 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 4 |  Grega Bole | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 5 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 7 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 8 | Juan José Haedo | Team Santander | s.t. | | 9 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | s.t. | | 11 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 12 | Damiano Caruso | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 13 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 14 | Andrea Guardini | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 15 | Luke Rowe | Team Santander | s.t. | | 16 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 17 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 18 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 19 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 20 | Jelle Wallays | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 21 | Tom Dumoulin | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 22 | Jens Debusschere | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 23 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 24 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 25 | Yannick Eijssen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 26 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 27 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 28 | Stijn Devolder | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 29 | Maurizio Biondo | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 30 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 31 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Santander | s.t. | | 32 | Fabio Sabatini | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 33 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | s.t. | | 34 | Rasmus Quaade | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 35 | Nico Eeckhout | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 36 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 37 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Santander | s.t. | | 38 | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 39 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 40 | Enrico Franzoï | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 41 | Edoardo Muoio | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 42 | Roby Marziale | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 43 | Mitchell Docker | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 44 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | s.t. | | 45 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'13 | | 46 | Giorgio Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 47 | Luca Ascani | Team Selle Italia | + 2'05 | | 48 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'39 | | 49 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | s.t. | | 51 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 52 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 54 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 55 | Sep Vanmarcke | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 56 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 57 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | s.t. | | 58 | Joseph Dombrowski | Nissan | s.t. | | 59 | Johan Vansummeren | Belisol | s.t. | | 60 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 61 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 62 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 64 | Joel Wallin | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 65 | Christophe Laborie | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 66 | Nikolas Maes | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 67 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 68 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 69 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 70 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 71 | Denny Trappeniers | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 72 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 73 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 74 | Laurent Mangel | Alstom | s.t. | | 75 | Morgan Kneisky | Alstom | s.t. | | 76 | Jonas Vangenechten | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 77 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 78 | Klaas Lodewyck | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 79 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 80 | Guillaume Blot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 81 | Dadley Adkins | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 82 | Jarno Van Guyse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 83 | Tom Boonen | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 84 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 85 | Michael Matthews | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 86 | Raphaël Gillard | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 87 | Philippe Gilbert | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 88 | Mickaël Damiens | Alstom | s.t. | | 89 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 90 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 91 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 92 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 93 | Denis Galimzyanov | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 94 | Andreas Stauff | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 95 | Andrey Zeits | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 96 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 97 | Marino Tieles | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 98 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 99 | Tonio Secondini | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 100 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 101 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 102 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 103 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 104 | Serge Pauwels | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 105 | Stijn Joseph | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 106 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 107 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 108 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 109 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 110 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 111 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 112 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 113 | Justino Subero | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 114 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 115 | Johannes Karjalainen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 116 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 117 | Sergio Mantecón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 118 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 119 | Vladimir Dubrovin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 120 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 121 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 122 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 123 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 124 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 125 | Beñat Txoperena | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 126 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 127 | Benoît Sinner | Alstom | s.t. | | 128 | Hugo Barros | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 129 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 130 | Igor Shkvyrin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 131 | Kevin De Jonghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 132 | Xabier Zandio | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 133 | Steven Caethoven | Belisol | s.t. | | 134 | Sebastian Langeveld | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 135 | Cesare Benedetti | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 136 | Sergey Rudaskov | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 137 | Peter Velits | Team Santander | s.t. | | 138 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 139 | Thomas Ray | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 140 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 141 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 142 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 143 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 144 | Ronald Bonnaud | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 145 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 146 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 147 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 148 | Sébastien Rosseler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 149 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 150 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 151 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 152 | Thomas Degand | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 153 | Tony Martin | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 154 | Andrey Shatskikh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 155 | Greg Van Avermaet | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 156 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | s.t. | | 157 | Darren Lapthorne | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 158 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 159 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 160 | Leif Hoste | Belisol | s.t. | | 161 | Bart De Clercq | Belisol | s.t. | | 162 | Dries Hollanders | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 163 | Nadir Haddou | Alstom | s.t. | | 164 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 165 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 166 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 167 | Chris Horner | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 168 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 169 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 170 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 171 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 172 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 173 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 174 | Juan Tamayo | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 175 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 176 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 177 | Lars Høeg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 178 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 179 | Frank Osorio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 180 | Vicente Tomé | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 181 | Koikili Trigueros | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 182 | Wesley Sulzberger | Nissan | s.t. | | 183 | Marc Heinz | Nissan | s.t. | | 184 | Guillaume Duport | Alstom | s.t. | | 185 | Brian Raoult | Alstom | s.t. | | 186 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 5'44 | | 187 | Niccolò Canti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 188 | Bastien Clouet | Alstom | s.t. | | 189 | Roni Salja | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | 4h24'25 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Team Santander | + 3 | | 3 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 5 | | 4 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Dumoulin | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 6 | | 6 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Santander | + 15 | | 7 |  Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 8 | Roby Marziale | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 16 | | 9 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 17 | | 10 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 18 |
Spoiler | 11 | Mitchell Docker | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 12 | Yannick Eijssen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 19 | | 13 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 14 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | s.t. | | 15 | Luke Rowe | Team Santander | + 20 | | 16 | Jens Debusschere | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 17 | Edoardo Muoio | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 18 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 21 | | 19 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 20 | Simon Spilak | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 22 | | 21 | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 22 | Mark Cavendish | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 23 | | 23 | Jelle Wallays | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 24 | | 24 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 25 | Grega Bole | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 25 | | 26 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 27 | Stijn Devolder | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 26 | | 28 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 27 | | 29 | Maurizio Biondo | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 30 | Rasmus Quaade | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 31 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 32 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | s.t. | | 33 | Giovanni Visconti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 28 | | 34 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 30 | | 35 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 31 | | 36 | Fabio Sabatini | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 37 | Enrico Franzoï | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 32 | | 38 | Juan José Haedo | Team Santander | + 33 | | 39 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 40 | Damiano Caruso | Team Selle Italia | + 34 | | 41 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Team Santander | + 39 | | 42 | Andrea Guardini | Team Selle Italia | + 40 | | 43 | Nico Eeckhout | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 44 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Santander | + 45 | | 45 | Giorgio Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'47 | | 46 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'55 | | 47 | Luca Ascani | Team Selle Italia | + 2'37 | | 48 | Philippe Gilbert | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'40 | | 49 | Sébastien Rosseler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'42 | | 50 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'45 | | 51 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Tony Martin | Volkswagen | + 2'47 | | 53 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'48 | | 54 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 55 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 2'49 | | 56 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'52 | | 57 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | s.t. | | 58 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 59 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2'53 | | 60 | Peter Velits | Team Santander | + 2'54 | | 61 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'55 | | 62 | Alfredo Balloni | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 63 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'56 | | 64 | Sebastian Langeveld | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 65 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 66 | Denny Trappeniers | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 2'57 | | 67 | Yohan Offredo | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 68 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 2'58 | | 69 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | + 3'00 | | 70 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 71 | Bart De Clercq | Belisol | s.t. | | 72 | Klaas Lodewyck | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 3'01 | | 73 | Tom Boonen | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 74 | Serge Pauwels | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 3'02 | | 75 | Sep Vanmarcke | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'03 | | 76 | Tim Declercq | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 77 | Greg Van Avermaet | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 78 | Chris Horner | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 79 | Julián Muñoz | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 80 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 81 | Fabio Felline | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3'04 | | 82 | Juan Pablo Suarez | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 83 | Luis León Sánchez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 84 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'05 | | 85 | Mattia Cattaneo | Team Selle Italia | s.t. | | 86 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 87 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 88 | Dries Devenyns | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 89 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | + 3'06 | | 90 | Christophe Laborie | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 91 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 92 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 93 | Dries Hollanders | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 94 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 95 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 96 | Jonas Vangenechten | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 3'07 | | 97 | Laurent Mangel | Alstom | s.t. | | 98 | Sergio Mantecón | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 99 | Leif Hoste | Belisol | s.t. | | 100 | Tosh Van der Sande | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'08 | | 101 | Michael Matthews | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 102 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 103 | Romain Bacon | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 104 | Igor Shkvyrin | Astana Pro Team | + 3'09 | | 105 | Edgar Pinto | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 106 | Steve Schets | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 3'10 | | 107 | Sam Bewley | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 108 | Rigoberto Urán | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 109 | Wesley Sulzberger | Nissan | s.t. | | 110 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'11 | | 111 | Eduard Prades | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 112 | Romain Bardet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 113 | Darren Lapthorne | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 114 | Johan Vansummeren | Belisol | + 3'12 | | 115 | Nikolas Maes | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 116 | Stijn Joseph | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 117 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'13 | | 118 | Oscar Gatto | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 119 | Denis Galimzyanov | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 120 | Diego Ulissi | Nissan | s.t. | | 121 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'14 | | 122 | Damiano Cunego | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 123 | Mickael Larpe | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 124 | Morgan Kneisky | Alstom | s.t. | | 125 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 126 | Tonio Secondini | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 127 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 128 | Maxime Monfort | Belisol | s.t. | | 129 | Cesare Benedetti | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 130 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 131 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3'15 | | 132 | Joseph Dombrowski | Nissan | s.t. | | 133 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 134 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 135 | Thomas Degand | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | s.t. | | 136 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'16 | | 137 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 138 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 139 | Jarno Van Guyse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'17 | | 140 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 141 | Lars Høeg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 142 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 3'18 | | 143 | Mickaël Damiens | Alstom | s.t. | | 144 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 145 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 146 | Stéphane Poulhiès | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 147 | Nadir Haddou | Alstom | s.t. | | 148 | Frank Osorio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 149 | Andrey Zeits | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'19 | | 150 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 151 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 152 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 153 | Hugo Barros | Movistar Team | + 3'20 | | 154 | Kevin De Jonghe | Belisol | s.t. | | 155 | Steven Caethoven | Belisol | s.t. | | 156 | Raphaël Gillard | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'21 | | 157 | Andreas Stauff | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 158 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 159 | Danilo Di Luca | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 3'22 | | 160 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 161 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'23 | | 162 | Sébastien Hinault | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 163 | Xabier Zandio | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 164 | Ronald Bonnaud | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 165 | Sergey Rudaskov | Volkswagen | + 3'24 | | 166 | Vicente Tomé | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 167 | Dadley Adkins | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'27 | | 168 | Justino Subero | Movistar Team | + 3'28 | | 169 | Guillaume Blot | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'29 | | 170 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 171 | Vladimir Dubrovin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 172 | Benoît Sinner | Alstom | s.t. | | 173 | Juan Tamayo | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 174 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'30 | | 175 | Johannes Karjalainen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 176 | Beñat Txoperena | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 177 | Koikili Trigueros | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'31 | | 178 | Brian Raoult | Alstom | s.t. | | 179 | Joel Wallin | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 3'32 | | 180 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 181 | Andrey Shatskikh | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 182 | Guillaume Duport | Alstom | + 3'33 | | 183 | Marc Heinz | Nissan | s.t. | | 184 | Thomas Ray | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'34 | | 185 | Marino Tieles | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'35 | | 186 | Niccolò Canti | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6'25 | | 187 | Bastien Clouet | Alstom | + 6'36 | | 188 | Fiorenzo Cusini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6'40 | | 189 | Roni Salja | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
Tejay Van Garderen, Nissan Spoiler | 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | Nissan | 36 | | 2 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 30 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Team Santander | 30 | | 4 | Philippe Gilbert | FDJ - BigMat | 22 | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | 22 | | 6 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 21 | | 7 | Sébastien Rosseler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 20 | | 8 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | 20 | | 9 | Grega Bole | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 18 | | 10 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 16 | | 11 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 15 | | 12 | Mark Cavendish | Team ISD - Ferrari | 15 | | 13 | Tom Dumoulin | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | 14 | | 14 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 14 | | 15 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | 13 |
Spoiler | 1 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 4h24'30 (1) | | 2 | Roby Marziale | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 11 (2) | | 3 | Edoardo Muoio | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 15 (3) | | 4 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 16 (4) | | 5 | Michael Valgren Andersen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 17 (5) | | 6 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 2'44 (6) | | 7 | Denny Trappeniers | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 2'52 (7) | | 8 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'00 (8) | | 9 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3'01 (9) | | 10 | Igor Shkvyrin | Astana Pro Team | + 3'04 (10) |
Spoiler | 1 | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 13h13'43 (1) | | 2 | Team Santander | + 15 (2) | | 3 | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 25 (3) | | 4 | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 32 (4) | | 5 | Team Selle Italia | + 38 (5) | | 6 | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 43 (6) | | 7 | Nissan | + 2'49 (7) | | 8 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'55 (8) | | 9 | Landbouwkrediet - Baguet Bicycle Center | + 2'57 (9) | | 10 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'00 (10) | | 11 | Volkswagen | + 3'01 (11) | | 12 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'33 (12) | | 13 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 6'01 (13) | | 14 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 6'09 (14) | | 15 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7'54 (15) | | 16 | FDJ - BigMat | + 8'05 (16) | | 17 | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 8'33 (17) | | 18 | Astana Pro Team | + 8'33 (18) | | 19 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 8'34 (19) | | 20 | Belisol | + 8'35 (20) | | 21 | Movistar Team | + 8'49 (21) | | 22 | Saur - Sojasun | + 8'57 (22) | | 23 | Alstom | + 9'11 (23) | | 24 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'20 (24) |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 17-12-2013 18:16
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Breschel with an alright result.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-12-2013 18:45
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Its looking good so far with three in the top ten
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 17-12-2013 19:38
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Luis Leon Sanchez: Especially considering that it's his first race in a long tim and he's just building form
sutty: It sure gives us a lot of tactical opportunities...
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| The Rider |
Posted on 17-12-2013 22:24
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sutty68 wrote:
Its looking good so far with three in the top ten
Hopefully it can stay that way and after the domination by Novo this season you wouldn't bet against it. After the drama of le tour it is good to see different riders like Rasmussen shining in the Eneco.
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 17-12-2013 23:50
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Solid start for Novo
Gig 'em Aggies
Fast N' Loud Cycling Project - ICL
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