Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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A nice and steady start for the team and Tobias looking ready to pounce
Edited by sutty68 on 07-02-2013 22:27
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Posted on 06-02-2013 17:02
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Tobias just waiting to strike here
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Posted on 07-02-2013 08:34
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Thanks for all your confidence in me and Tobias.
I expect it will be hard to do much. The flat stages will go to the sprinters seeing that most of the top sprinters are here. Only one stage left to do something in the GC. We will do our best, but will have to hope that Contador/Wiggins/Schleck etc. doesn't care about the race...
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Tour of Beijing
Stage 3: Men Tou Gou-Young Ning Town
A day for the hilly riders and a day to win the race.
Matzen works hard in the early break but OmegaPharma – QuickStep is determined to keep things together for Peter Velits.
Still Tabore and Failli manage to use the break as a steppingstone for the big break of the day.
Unfortunately Matzen proved to have a really bad day, so he couldn’t keep up with them on the climb.
With 53 km to go the duo has more than five minutes to the peloton.
20 km to go and Samuel Sanchez have joined the two in front while the peloton is only just over a minute behind.
On the final uphill section of the day three riders pulled away: Velits, Contador and Andy Schleck.
All Falcons with decent uphill skills managed to hit a really bad day, so everything related to the GC and this stage seems to be past for us.
Contador was strongest in the sprint as five other riders catch up with Schleck right on the line.
Today I guess I'll have to cheer on behalf of one of our future riders as Chris Anker Sørensen is 4th on the stage.
Result:
1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4h14'01 | 2 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | 3 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 14 | 4 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 5 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 8 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 9 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 1'08 | 10 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 11 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 12 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'22 | 13 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 14 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'47 | 15 | Davide Rebellin | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 16 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 17 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | + 2'03 | 18 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 2'26 | 19 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 20 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 21 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 22 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 23 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 24 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 25 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 26 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 27 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 28 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 29 | Carlos Betancur | Acqua & Sapone | + 3'08 | 30 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 31 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | + 3'19 | 32 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 33 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 34 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 35 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | + 3'55 | 36 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 37 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 38 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 39 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 40 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 41 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 42 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 43 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 44 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 45 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 46 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 47 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 48 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 49 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 50 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 51 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 52 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 53 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 54 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 55 | Lars Ytting Bak | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 56 | Jesper Hansen | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 57 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'10 | 58 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Michael Barry | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 60 | Serguei Klimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 61 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 5'35 | 62 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 63 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 64 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 65 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 66 | Ángel Vicioso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 67 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | 68 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 69 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 70 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 71 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 72 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 73 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 74 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | + 6'24 | 75 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 76 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 77 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 78 | Brian Steen Matzen | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 79 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'41 | 80 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 7'32 | 81 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 82 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 83 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 84 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 85 | Aurélien Passeron | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 86 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 87 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 88 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 89 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 90 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 91 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 92 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | 93 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 94 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 95 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 96 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 8'15 | 97 | Geir Berg | Falcon - STARK | + 8'23 | 98 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 99 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 100 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 101 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | + 8'39 | 102 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 103 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 104 | Rasmus Sterebo | Falcon - STARK | + 9'16 | 105 | Håkan Nilsson | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 106 | Mauro Finetto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 9'39 | 107 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 108 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10'07 | 109 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 110 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 111 | Pelle Clapp | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 112 | Cristiano Benenati | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 10'37 | 113 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 114 | Christian Poos | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 115 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | 116 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 117 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 118 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 119 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 120 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 11'27 | 121 | Enrico Rossi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 122 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 123 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 124 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 125 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 126 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 127 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 128 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 129 | Francesco Tizza | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 130 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 131 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 132 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 133 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | + 12'12 | 134 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | + 12'49 | 135 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 136 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 137 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 138 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | 139 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 140 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 141 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 142 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 143 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 144 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 145 | Boris Shpilevski | Katusha Team | s.t. | 146 | Walter Proch | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 147 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 148 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 149 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 150 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 151 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 152 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 153 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 154 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 155 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 156 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 157 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 158 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 159 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 160 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 14'35 | 161 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'14 | 162 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 163 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 164 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | + 16'04 | 165 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 16'51 | 166 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 167 | Francesco Di Paolo | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 168 | Hadjimurat Meleshko | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 19'49 | 169 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | + 22'12 | 170 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 23'06 | 171 | Wim Stroetinga | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 172 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | + 24'40 | 173 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 174 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 175 | Alberto Loddo | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 25'20 | 176 | Luciano Pañeda | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'07 |
Stage 4: Yanguin Gui Chuan Square-Shunyi Olympic Rowing
It’s categorized as flat but the mountain halfway through the stage could make things a little more complicated…
In spite of a lot of attempts no break gets going before the mountain. So Jesper Hansen attacks as soon as the incline begins.
No one follows him so he reaches the summit alone 5’30’’ ahead of the peloton.
QuickStep doesn’t seem to worry too much about Jesper so with 80 km to go they have only Stybar leading the peloton while Jesper’s gap has grown to eight minutes!
40 km to go and Jesper is starting to look tired. After all the flat roads are not his favourites. 6’30’’ to the peloton still so the stage win is very much within reach.
22 km and the party is over for Hansen. We knew it would be hard when no one followed on the mountain but he did well nonetheless.
In the end the sprinters get their bunch sprint.
Spoiler With 2 km to go the game crashed so the following results are from the subsequent quick-sim
Result:
1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 4h23'12 | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 3 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 4 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 5 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 7 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 8 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 10 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | 11 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 12 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 13 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 14 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 15 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 16 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 17 | Enrico Rossi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 18 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 19 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 20 | Boris Shpilevski | Katusha Team | s.t. | 21 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 22 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 23 | Wim Stroetinga | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 24 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 25 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 26 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 27 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 28 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 29 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 30 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 31 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 32 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 33 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 34 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 35 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 36 | Mauro Finetto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 37 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 38 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 39 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 40 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 41 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 42 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 43 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 44 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 45 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 46 | Aurélien Passeron | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 47 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 48 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 49 | Alberto Loddo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 50 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 51 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 52 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 53 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 54 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 55 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 56 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 57 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 58 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | 59 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 60 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 61 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 62 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 63 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 64 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 65 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 66 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 67 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 68 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 69 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 70 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 71 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 72 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 73 | Ángel Vicioso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 74 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 75 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 76 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 77 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 78 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 79 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 80 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 81 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 82 | Christian Poos | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 83 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | 84 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 85 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 86 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 87 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 88 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 89 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 90 | Walter Proch | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 91 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 92 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 93 | Davide Rebellin | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 94 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 95 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 96 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 97 | Håkan Nilsson | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 98 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 99 | Michael Barry | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 100 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 101 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 102 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 103 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 104 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 105 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 106 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 107 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | 108 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 109 | Carlos Betancur | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 110 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 111 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 112 | Pelle Clapp | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 113 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 114 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 115 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 116 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 117 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 118 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 119 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 120 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 121 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 122 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 123 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 124 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 125 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 126 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 127 | Cristiano Benenati | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 128 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 129 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 130 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 131 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 132 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 133 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 134 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 135 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 136 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 137 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 138 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 139 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 140 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 141 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 142 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 143 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 144 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 145 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 146 | Francesco Di Paolo | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 147 | Geir Berg | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 148 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 149 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 150 | Lars Ytting Bak | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 151 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 152 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 153 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 154 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 155 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 156 | Francesco Tizza | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 157 | Hadjimurat Meleshko | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 158 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 159 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | 160 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 161 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 162 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 163 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 164 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 165 | Brian Steen Matzen | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 166 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 167 | Serguei Klimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 168 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 169 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 170 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 171 | Jesper Hansen | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 172 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 173 | Rasmus Sterebo | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 174 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 175 | Luciano Pañeda | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Stage 5: Tian An Men Square-Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium.
A short mostly flat stage. Will probably be quite chaotic and end in a bunch sprint…
Early on Pelle Clapp tries to get away along with Italian legend Alessandro Petacchi.
It becomes a long-lasting break but all the time with a gap between one and two minutes.
A few other groups have more luck getting away later on. With 34 km to go four riders have just over three minutes to the peloton.
As expected they are brought back in and the teams line up for the last bunch sprint of the season.
1.4 km to go. Cavendish behind Swift and Greipel behind Henderson. Exactly side by side it looks like one final duel between two of the worlds best sprinters.
Cavendish takes the stage and the points jersey.
Result:
1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 2h32'34 | 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 3 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 4 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 7 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 8 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | 9 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 10 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | 11 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 12 | Enrico Rossi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 13 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 14 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 15 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 16 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 17 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 18 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 19 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 20 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 21 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 22 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 23 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 24 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 25 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 26 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 27 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 28 | Lars Ytting Bak | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 29 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 30 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 31 | Boris Shpilevski | Katusha Team | s.t. | 32 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | 33 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 34 | Michael Barry | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 35 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 36 | Mauro Finetto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 37 | Jesper Hansen | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 38 | Håkan Nilsson | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 39 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 40 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 41 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 42 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | 43 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 44 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 45 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 46 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 47 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 48 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 49 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 50 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 51 | Pelle Clapp | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 52 | Geir Berg | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 53 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 54 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 55 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 56 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 57 | Brian Steen Matzen | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 58 | Wim Stroetinga | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 60 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 61 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 62 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 63 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 64 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 65 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 66 | George Bennett | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 67 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 68 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 69 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 70 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 71 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 72 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 73 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | s.t. | 74 | Davide Rebellin | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 75 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 76 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 77 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 78 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | 79 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 80 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 81 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 82 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | 83 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 84 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 85 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 86 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 87 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 88 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 89 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 90 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 91 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 92 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 93 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 94 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 95 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 96 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 97 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 98 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 99 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 100 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 101 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | 102 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 103 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 104 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 105 | Carlos Betancur | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 106 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 107 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 108 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 109 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 110 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 111 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 112 | Aurélien Passeron | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 113 | Ángel Vicioso | Movistar Team | s.t. | 114 | Hadjimurat Meleshko | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 115 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 116 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 117 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 118 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 119 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 120 | Daniele Callegarin | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 121 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 122 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 123 | Serguei Klimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 124 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 125 | Alberto Loddo | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 126 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 127 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 128 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | 129 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 130 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 131 | Tom Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | 132 | Christian Poos | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 133 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 134 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 135 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | 136 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 137 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 138 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 139 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Katusha Team | s.t. | 140 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 141 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 142 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 143 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | 144 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 145 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 146 | Romain Feillu | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | 147 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | 148 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 149 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 150 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 151 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 152 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | 153 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 154 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | 155 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 156 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 157 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 158 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 159 | Federico Canuti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | 160 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 161 | Carlo Scognamiglio | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 162 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 163 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 164 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 165 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 166 | Cristiano Benenati | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | 167 | Walter Proch | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 168 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 169 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 170 | Francesco Di Paolo | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | 171 | Francesco Tizza | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 172 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 173 | Rasmus Sterebo | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | 174 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 175 | Luciano Pañeda | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'54 |
Next race: Chrono des Nations
Edited by Atlantius on 07-02-2013 10:38
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-02-2013 10:46
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Cheering for future riders won't do, man
35th for Tobias isn't what I expected
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Daggen |
Posted on 07-02-2013 10:59
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He'll develop. It's okay for now
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 11:51
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Pretty good. Can't wait for the next season
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 13:38
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Pretty tough for Tobias, but he will learn from this experience
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PCM rulezz |
Posted on 07-02-2013 16:58
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Not the best results here
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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Atlantius |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:25
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Ian: I had hoped for more as well, but when Contador, Schleck etc started putting the pressure on it was just too much for him
Daggen: He sure will. Next season should have lots more good results for Tobias.
Jakstar: I should be able to get the last two races up tonight. Tomorrow will be "offseason" and I should be able to get the new season going during the weekend
sutty: Sure was a learning experience for him...
PCM rulezz: Well, you can't win them all
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Atlantius |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:42
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Chrono des Nations
As last year this race will double as Finnish TT-championships. That means we will field Carlström. At the same time we will use the race to give a nice depart to the six riders who will not be riding for us next year.
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-02-2013 17:49
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A nice way to finish the season for Tobias Well done, it was a brilliant season!
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:02
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That was a very good performance from Tobias
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Atlantius |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:23
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Japan Cup
Time to burn off the last bit of energy for the riders.
Curiously there’s no immediate eagerness to break away, but after 70 km Sterebo goes out with Brice Feillu, Vorobyev and Mendes.
With 50 km to go Moser and Dupont join the break and with 40 km to go they leave the break behind.
11 strong riders pull away on the last pass of the climb. No Falcon among them...
Being in the second group is not quite good enough for Hansen and Matzen so Brian sets up an attack for Jesper to counter.
A well-executed move but not strong enough to catch up with Kessiakoff who catches up with the rear group on the line.
Two Swedish victories in a row to finish the season!
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-02-2013 21:19
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And Jesper officialy ends the season with a nice top 10 He's been consistent throughout the whole year!
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Jakstar22 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 21:44
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A very good third in the chrono. And a tenth to finish of the season.
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PCM rulezz |
Posted on 07-02-2013 21:52
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The season is ending with some good results
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 22:29
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The team have definitely grown in confidence this year so hopefully next season they will rule the World
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Atlantius |
Posted on 08-02-2013 08:23
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Ian: He has - and Japan was even his race day number 100 this season...
sutty: Lets hope so
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dienblad |
Posted on 08-02-2013 10:07
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This was the end of a very nice season for the team. Curious to see what next year will bring!
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