Arguably the most important stage in the entire Tour de San Luis, the individual time trial will truly sort out who is in contention for the top 10. Most of those who are in contention for a podium place are considered favourites today, and it seems unlikely that anyone can bridge the time to Knees, as he is an above average time trialist.
As for our team, we don’t hold out much hope for anyone doing well at all today. Dekkers currently sits in 7th, after he gained time for 2nd place yesterday. Our best hope comes from Delfosse, who we hope can crack the top 20. Even then, he might struggle on the hill. As it happens, Delfosse was the third man down the ramp and we hope we can put in a rather competitive time.
Unfortunately he never found his rhythm on the uphill and this continued through to the end. After he had finished he was a whole 31 seconds behind Engoulvent’s time of 26’41”. There goes our only real hope for a top 20.
Delfosse comes through with an incredibly disappointing time.
Scheirlinkx was 41” behind Engoulvent. Barbe looked good after the climb, but the finale proved to be too much and he was ultimately 51” behind Engoulvent.
The first real favourite to cross the line was Rory Sutherland, who managed to beat Engoulvent’s time, setting his own time of 26’31”. This was a really good time from the UnitedHealtcare cyclist, but this did not last long.
In quick succession the time was beaten again and again. Kessiakoff (Astana) beat his time by a single second and then soon afterwards Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini) set the best time by another second. This was remarkable because he isn’t actually a time trialist.
Bulgarelli puts several time trialists to shame.
The times continued to tumble, with De Waele coming through as our best rider with 27’04”, sitting an unremarkable 24th at the time he crossed the line. At this point the competition started to heat up, as Froome (Sky) and Barbosa (Tavira) both cut the time at the half way mark, and Froome set a new best time by another 3”.
Then the news came over the radio – Traksel had set a new best time after the first climb, by a massive 12 seconds! My head starts spinning – does Traksel really have a chance at this? Surely he can’t lose that much time over the line?!
Sure enough, Traksel came through 3 seconds slower than De Waele.
Traksel gets my hopes up, then dashes them.
From this point it was only a matter of watching the real GC contenders tear each other apart. Both Jufre (Astana) and Zwianski (UHC) set times up the hill that almost matched Traksel’s effort, but both of them are capable of time trialing. Jufre set the new best by a whoping 15”, but Zwianski, the very next rider through, beat him by another 2”. Joly, following Zwianski, beat his time by yet another second.
Then Knees crossed the line with the best time, managing to come through a full 15” faster than Joly.
Knees wins the time trial and maintains the leader’s jersey.
Nothing should stop Knees from winning the overall now. We came out of the day quite terribly – Stallaert and Dekkers were second last and last respectively.
The second summit finish of the tour involves an 8.4km climb that averages 7% - the Mirador del Sol. There’s no reason why Knees can’t perform strongly here, but it is the best chance that all the other GC contenders have for taking a stage or trying to put time into each other. Other favourites include Joly (currently in the mountain jersey), Zwizanski (now the undisputed leader of UnitedHealthcare after his excellent performance in the time trial) and even non-GC contenders such as GC. For our part DeWaele will be looking to get himself into a breakaway and Traksel will be our protected rider, hoping he can stick with the favourites up the climb.
It took 20km for an 8 man group to form. The group was De Backer (Skil), Cardoso (Tavira), Randazzo (Miche), Buchácek (Whirlpool), Pirazzi (Colnago), Morajko (CCC Polsat), Cappelle (Veranda's) and our own Barbe. The group pulled out over a minute very quickly and that is when De Waele saw his opportunity. With Di Gregorio (Astana) and Furdi (Adria) he managed to bridge to the front group. It now consisted of 11 riders, including 2 of our own.
De Waele lead the bridging attempted.
No one in the front group was happy with this new state of affairs and Cardoso was the first to attack. Barbe was forced to pull along the entire group to chase him down. He was caught, but this did not change anything. A long string of riders tried their own attacks: Furdi, Di Gregorio, Pirrazi and finally De Backer. All but the last of these attacks was pulled back.
Cardoso attacks out of the lead group.
De Backer pulled out a4” gap and Barbe decided to attack to him, refusing to bring the group with him and abandoning De Waele to his own devices. De Waele’s plan to get into a successful breakaway had proven unsuccessful.
However, the Barbe and De Backer combination had only a minute by the time they got to the sprint point, and indeed they were caught just before the base of the climb. Veranda’s Willems and Saur-Sojasun were doing most of the work for S. Scheirlinckx and Joly respectively. Traksel is our new plan for the stage.
As the mountain started to rise Scheirlinckx jumped out from the peleton, seeking the mountain points. Traksel followed on his wheel and as soon as it finished, he attacked over the top. Joly and Knees followed.
Traksel attacks and leads the race onto the mountain.
A gapped opened quickly as Saur stopped working and Sky was unwilling to pick up the pace. Zwizanski, Scheirlinckx and Jufre all attacked out from the peleton, but Jufre could not catch the other two. Knees could not keep pace with Joly, either.
Joly dropped Knees in the steepest sections of the climb.
As the climb started to flatten out in the last two kilometres, the five lead riders had a chance to come together and it was just going to be a matter of who was best on the day.
The front 5 riders come together in the final kilometre.
The acceleration for the final sprint began...
And Joly won a fantastic victory.
Traksel held on for a magnificent third, a reward for his aggression. He also moved up into 5th place overall, though well behind the true GC riders. Though, with one mountain stage left to ride, it is questionable whether he can hold this position. De Waele also lead the pack in for 9th.
After the tough stage yesterday, today brings another mountainous stage that should sort out for sure who will be in the top 10. Traksel has a 5th place overall to defend, with Scheirlinckx being the only person who could realistically take that from him, as long as Traksel climbs decently. The two climbs are the 15.2km climb of the Alto de Nogoli and the 14.8km Cerra del Amago. There’s 14km of relatively flat terrain after the final climb of the day before the finish line, with a final kick up in the last kilometre before the finish line. The winner today will be a mountain climber. That means it really comes down to either Joly or Knees, yet again.
Breaks were forming all through the morning in the blistering 33 degree heat but finally after 37km, right before hitting the climb, a final group of 8 got away, including Delfosse.
8 riders go clear, Delfosse amongst them.
At the base of the climb, 4 riders tried to bridge up to them – Di Gregorio (Astana), Moreno (Caja), Jarc (Adria) and Shmidt (TT1). The pack did not like the presence of these riders and accelerated to try to chase them down.
4 riders try to bridge, but the pack doesn’t like this.
Over the top of the climb the pack was together and it was going to come down to a showdown on the final major climb of the tour.
Sky leads the pack up the first climb of the day.
On the flat Mazzanti (Farnese) attacks alone, but can only pull out a maximum gap of 4’30”. By the time the group hits the base of the final climb of the day his lead has been reduced to 2’10”, and it is almost certain that he is not going to stay away. The GC riders want this victory.
As soon as the climb started to ramp up, Astana and Sky started working, and the numbers in the lead group dropped very quickly. None of our riders could keep pace as it went through the sections over 10%, with only 12 riders able to keep the pace. Knees, Joly, Sutherland, Jufre, Tiralongo, Zwianski and, unfortunately, Scheirlinckx were all up here.
The lead group forms, and none of our riders make the cut.
Caja Rural lead the chase from those who were caught behind, but it made little difference as the front group accelerated to the top of the climb, and only 8 riders remain, including 3 Astana riders. Traksel tried to jump out of his group of 31 but couldn’t manage it at all.
The lead group forms, and none of our riders make the cut.
As the front group goes under the 1km mark the road started to ramp up and Knees kicked out of it, with a devastating acceleration.
Knees kicks with 1km to go.
And no one can follow him.
His third stage victory of the race, and his GC is secure.
Traksel came in 3’33” down on Knees, in 12th place. The climb was just too steep for him, but he did manage to kick in the final kilometre to secure this position. He dropped to 8th place in the GC, losing a lot of time to Scheirlinckx and Tiralongo.
nice races, but you don't have really someone who can go up high in the mountains and get a good GC (I mean being good every day, like contador), hope you can buy one next season.
BikeRoel wrote:
nice races, but you don't have really someone who can go up high in the mountains and get a good GC (I mean being good every day, like contador), hope you can buy one next season.
Yeah I hope to have a decent climber next year, but it is rather difficult to find one that I can get at a good price, because I'm not sure what my budget for next year will be like - I guess it depends on my results in the classics.
pbenoit4 wrote:
I'm also reading this. It's a good counter to my attempt at playing a smaller team (Saur-Sojasun) and watching Traksel beat Casper at every race.
Thanks. I'm surprised by that, Traksel is a great all-rounder but lacks the ability to climb mountains.
This is going to be a very easy day – three laps of an easy enough course. The climb isn’t steep at all. Traksel might try something in the finale, but it is highly unlikely. More likely, Dekkers will be sprinting.
A group of 7 formed early. The names were Petrov, Tsatevich, Zagar, Cesara, Barry, Herrada and Buchacek. They quickly pulled out a minute by the first mountain points and it was then that De Waele took his chance. He jumped from the group, taking Smolen and Lombardi with him. They manage to bridge by the sprint point.
The front comes together.
With some very good riders in this group in the form of Petrov, Herrada and De Waele most of the riders in the group refused to work. Nevertheless, the gap slowly grew as only Tsatevich, Barry and Herrada worked. At the base of the second climb Petrov and De Waele took their chance and attacked out of the group.
De Waele and Petrov attack out.
The two riders managed to pull out over a minute, before Petrov took his chance and attacked again. De Waele was still recovering from the previous attack and couldn’t follow with Petrov’s acceleration.
Petrov goes it alone.
It took a long time for Petrov to be dragged back by the chasing peleton, but it was inevitable that it would happen. It becomes apparent that the pace is too high for Traksel to attack, so he just sits in and we wait for Petrov to be dragged back. With 15.8km to go, that happens and it is going to be a bunch sprint.
With only 1.5 to go Miyazawa (Farnese) opens up the sprint with De Haes on his wheel, followed by a number of the Caja Rural riders. Dekkers jumps on Arashiro’s wheel toward the front.
The sprint opens.
De Haes tries to go around.
It will be a photo finish... who has won it?
Miyazawa holds on for the win!
Dekkers managed to jump around Arashiro right on the line and came in 4th behind Moreno (Caja). He couldn’t get his sprint victory, but he has shown a lot of potential.
Stage Results:
1
Takashi Miyazawa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
4h25'16
2
Kenny De Haes
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
3
Javier Moreno
Caja Rural
s.t.
4
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
5
Yukiya Arashiro
Team Europcar
s.t.
6
Klaas Lodewyck
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
7
Massimo Graziato
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
8
Joaquín Sobrino
Caja Rural
s.t.
9
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
10
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
12
Diego Milán
Caja Rural
s.t.
13
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
14
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
15
David Veilleux
Team Europcar
s.t.
16
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
s.t.
17
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
18
Cândido Barbosa
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
19
José Herrada
Caja Rural
s.t.
20
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
s.t.
21
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
22
Samuel Caldeira
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
23
Frederik Willems
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
24
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
25
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
26
Íñigo Cuesta
Caja Rural
s.t.
27
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
28
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
29
André Cardoso
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
30
Bert De Backer
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
31
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
32
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
s.t.
33
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
34
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
35
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
36
Stephen Cummings
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
37
Garikoitz Bravo
Caja Rural
s.t.
38
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
39
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
40
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
41
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
42
Peter Kennaugh
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
43
John-Lee Augustyn
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
44
Martin Reimer
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
45
Roy Curvers
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
46
Ludovic Turpin
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
47
Josep Jufré
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
48
Morris Possoni
Sky ProCycling
s.t.
49
Scott Zwizanski
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
50
Koen De Kort
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
51
Staf Scheirlinckx
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
52
Roger Kluge
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
53
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
54
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
s.t.
55
Tomas Swift Metcalfe
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
56
Andrey Zeits
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
57
Jan Bakelandts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
58
Martin Hebik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
59
Bram Schmitz
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
60
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
61
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
62
Otavio Bulgarelli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
63
Daniel Mestre
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
64
Emanuele Vona
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
65
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
s.t.
66
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
67
Henrique Casimiro
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
68
Pasquale Muto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
69
Tony Hurel
Team Europcar
s.t.
70
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
71
Anton Vorobev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
72
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
73
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
74
Omar Lombardi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
75
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
76
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
77
Jacek Morajko
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
78
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
79
Arnoud Van Groen
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
80
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
81
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
82
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
83
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
84
Roberto Cesaro
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
85
Wim De Vocht
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
86
Tomáš Bucháček
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
87
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
88
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
s.t.
89
Gianluca Randazzo
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
90
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
91
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1
s.t.
92
Blaz Jarc
Adria Mobil
s.t.
93
Dieter Cappelle
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
94
Valery Kobzarenko
Team Type 1
s.t.
95
Karl Menzies
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
96
Rob Goris
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
97
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
s.t.
98
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
s.t.
99
Fang Han
Skil - Shimano
s.t.
100
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
101
Bartlomiej Matysiak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
102
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
s.t.
103
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
104
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
s.t.
105
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1
s.t.
106
Tomasz Kiendyś
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
107
Federico Canuti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
108
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
s.t.
109
Constantino Zaballa
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
110
Alexey Tsatevich
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
111
Rafal Ratajczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
112
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
113
Thomas Degand
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
114
Manuel Belletti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
115
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
116
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
117
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1
s.t.
118
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
119
Matej Gnezda
Adria Mobil
s.t.
120
Andrea Pasqualon
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
121
Pavel Gorenc
Adria Mobil
s.t.
122
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
123
Jens Debusschere
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
124
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
125
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
126
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
127
Pawel Charucki
CCC Polsat Polkowice
s.t.
128
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
129
Cyril Bessy
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
130
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
131
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
132
Taylor Gunman
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
133
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
134
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
135
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
136
Glen Alan Chadwick
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
137
Jiri Hudecek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
138
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
139
Michael Torckler
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
140
Timothy Gudsell
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
141
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
s.t.
142
Roman Van Uden
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
143
Alexander Prishpetniy
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
144
Jure Zagar
Adria Mobil
s.t.
145
Daniel Barry
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
146
Thomas Vernaeckt
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
147
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
148
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
149
Tomas Danacik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 2'58
150
Matteo Rabottini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 5'27
Overall:
1
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
26h59'27
2
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
+ 1'04
3
Scott Zwizanski
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 2'58
4
Josep Jufré
Pro Team Astana
+ 4'01
5
Staf Scheirlinckx
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 6'51
6
Rory Sutherland
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 9'06
7
Paolo Tiralongo
Pro Team Astana
+ 9'18
8
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
+ 9'41
9
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
+ 9'58
10
Chris Froome
Sky ProCycling
+ 10'42
Spoiler
11
Stephen Cummings
Sky ProCycling
+ 11'40
12
Evgeni Petrov
Pro Team Astana
+ 12'14
13
Cândido Barbosa
Tavira - Prio
+ 12'25
14
Bert De Waele
Landbouwkrediet
+ 12'41
15
Jan Bakelandts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 12'47
16
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 12'58
17
Roger Kluge
Skil - Shimano
+ 13'18
18
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
19
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
+ 13'25
20
Koen De Kort
Skil - Shimano
+ 13'27
21
Glen Alan Chadwick
PureBlack Racing
+ 13'31
22
Tomasz Kiendyś
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 13'33
23
Íñigo Cuesta
Caja Rural
+ 13'34
24
Federico Canuti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 13'36
25
John-Lee Augustyn
Sky ProCycling
+ 13'38
26
Diego Milán
Caja Rural
+ 13'55
27
José Herrada
Caja Rural
+ 13'58
28
Javier Moreno
Caja Rural
s.t.
29
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 13'59
30
Julián Sánchez Pimienta
Caja Rural
s.t.
31
Frederik Willems
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 14'03
32
Luca Mazzanti
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
33
Emanuele Vona
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 14'17
34
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 14'28
35
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
+ 14'30
36
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
+ 14'33
37
Rémy Di Gregorio
Pro Team Astana
s.t.
38
Stefan Schumacher
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 14'37
39
Cyril Lemoine
Saur - Sojasun
+ 14'48
40
Bartlomiej Matysiak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 14'52
41
Constantino Zaballa
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 15'00
42
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
+ 15'01
43
Cyril Bessy
Saur - Sojasun
+ 15'03
44
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 15'04
45
André Cardoso
Tavira - Prio
+ 15'12
46
Bram Schmitz
Veranda's Willems - Accent
s.t.
47
Koen Barbé
Landbouwkrediet
+ 15'26
48
Jiri Hudecek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 16'11
49
Peter Kennaugh
Sky ProCycling
+ 16'52
50
Kenny De Haes
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 17'00
51
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
+ 17'19
52
Bert Scheirlinckx
Landbouwkrediet
+ 17'32
53
Martin Hebik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 17'39
54
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 17'49
55
Takashi Miyazawa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
56
Tomas Swift Metcalfe
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
57
Yukiya Arashiro
Team Europcar
+ 17'53
58
Martin Reimer
Skil - Shimano
+ 17'58
59
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
60
Samuel Caldeira
Tavira - Prio
+ 17'59
61
Kenny Van Hummel
Skil - Shimano
+ 18'00
62
Michael Torckler
PureBlack Racing
s.t.
63
David Veilleux
Team Europcar
+ 18'01
64
Gianluca Randazzo
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 18'02
65
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Skil - Shimano
+ 18'03
66
Bert De Backer
Skil - Shimano
+ 18'04
67
Fabricio Ferrari
Caja Rural
s.t.
68
Sébastien Delfosse
Landbouwkrediet
+ 18'05
69
Klaas Lodewyck
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 18'06
70
Gert Dockx
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
71
Dariusz Batek
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 18'07
72
Jacek Morajko
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 18'10
73
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 18'11
74
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'12
75
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky ProCycling
+ 18'14
76
Massimo Graziato
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
77
Blaz Jarc
Adria Mobil
+ 18'15
78
Omar Lombardi
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'16
79
Alberto Contoli
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
80
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 18'17
81
Valery Kobzarenko
Team Type 1
s.t.
82
Taylor Gunman
PureBlack Racing
+ 18'19
83
Roberto Cesaro
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 18'21
84
Blaz Furdi
Adria Mobil
s.t.
85
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
86
Sébastien Chavanel
Team Europcar
+ 18'22
87
Blazej Janiaczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 18'26
88
Tomasz Smolen
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 18'28
89
Manuel Belletti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
90
Pasquale Muto
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 18'35
91
Andrey Zeits
Pro Team Astana
+ 18'37
92
Joeri Stallaert
Landbouwkrediet
+ 18'47
93
Ludovic Turpin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 19'08
94
Matteo Rabottini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 19'14
95
Morris Possoni
Sky ProCycling
+ 19'17
96
Jens Debusschere
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 20'01
97
Alexey Tsatevich
Itera - Katusha
+ 20'06
98
Otavio Bulgarelli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 20'09
99
Pavel Gorenc
Adria Mobil
+ 20'36
100
Joaquín Sobrino
Caja Rural
+ 20'40
101
Garikoitz Bravo
Caja Rural
+ 21'04
102
Robert Förster
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 21'05
103
Matej Gnezda
Adria Mobil
+ 21'08
104
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 21'10
105
Alexey Shmidt
Team Type 1
+ 21'11
106
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
Pro Team Astana
+ 21'14
107
Roy Curvers
Skil - Shimano
+ 21'25
108
Tomáš Bucháček
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 21'27
109
Anton Vorobev
Itera - Katusha
+ 21'28
110
Russell Downing
Sky ProCycling
+ 21'35
111
Franck Bouyer
Team Europcar
s.t.
112
Andrew Pinfold
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 21'42
113
Henrique Casimiro
Tavira - Prio
+ 21'47
114
Dmitry Kosyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
115
Frédéric Amorison
Landbouwkrediet
+ 21'56
116
Dieter Cappelle
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 22'05
117
Wim De Vocht
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 22'06
118
Karl Menzies
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 22'12
119
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 22'21
120
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
+ 22'33
121
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
+ 22'42
122
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 23'12
123
Arnoud Van Groen
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 23'43
124
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
125
Andrea Pasqualon
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 23'51
126
Hilton Clarke
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 24'32
127
Thomas Degand
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 24'42
128
Saïd Haddou
Team Europcar
+ 25'13
129
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
+ 25'16
130
Tony Hurel
Team Europcar
+ 25'17
131
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
+ 26'16
132
Pawel Charucki
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 26'18
133
Jure Zagar
Adria Mobil
+ 26'21
134
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
135
Rob Goris
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 26'57
136
Thomas Vernaeckt
Veranda's Willems - Accent
+ 27'51
137
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1
+ 28'15
138
Jimmy Engoulvent
Saur - Sojasun
+ 28'16
139
Alexander Prishpetniy
Itera - Katusha
+ 28'21
140
Kevin Reza
Team Europcar
+ 28'35
141
Daniel Mestre
Tavira - Prio
+ 28'49
142
Timothy Gudsell
PureBlack Racing
+ 29'01
143
Daniel Barry
PureBlack Racing
+ 29'10
144
Fang Han
Skil - Shimano
+ 29'22
145
Martijn Verschoor
Team Type 1
+ 29'45
146
Roman Van Uden
PureBlack Racing
+ 29'52
147
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Itera - Katusha
+ 30'04
148
Yohann Gène
Team Europcar
+ 30'07
149
Tomas Danacik
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 33'46
150
Rafal Ratajczyk
CCC Polsat Polkowice
+ 37'12
Points:
1
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
0
95
2
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
0
85
3
Kenny De Haes
Omega Pharma - Lotto
20
72
4
Scott Zwizanski
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
0
58
5
Josep Jufré
Pro Team Astana
0
54
6
Joaquín Sobrino
Caja Rural
8
50
7
Hans Dekkers
Landbouwkrediet
14
48
8
Staf Scheirlinckx
Veranda's Willems - Accent
0
34
9
Bartlomiej Matysiak
CCC Polsat Polkowice
0
34
10
Takashi Miyazawa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
25
31
Mountain:
1
Sébastien Joly
Saur - Sojasun
46
2
Christian Knees
Sky ProCycling
40
3
Staf Scheirlinckx
Veranda's Willems - Accent
40
4
Josep Jufré
Pro Team Astana
20
5
Scott Zwizanski
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
18
6
Bobbie Traksel
Landbouwkrediet
14
7
Emanuele Vona
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
14
8
Jürgen Van de Walle
Omega Pharma - Lotto
12
9
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Sky ProCycling
10
10
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Pro Team Astana
6
Young Riders:
1
Jan Bakelandts
Omega Pharma - Lotto
27h12'14
2
Roger Kluge
Skil - Shimano
+ 31
3
John-Lee Augustyn
Sky ProCycling
+ 51
4
Dimitry Ignatiev
Itera - Katusha
+ 1'43
5
Cyril Bessy
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'16
6
Bart De Clercq
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 2'17
7
Jiri Hudecek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
+ 3'24
8
Peter Kennaugh
Sky ProCycling
+ 4'05
9
Roman Kireyev
Pro Team Astana
+ 5'02
10
Martin Reimer
Skil - Shimano
+ 5'11
Tour de San Luis Wrap-Up
There is absolutely no way that anyone could claim that Christian Knees did not totally dominate this race. He won on both the mountains and the time trial. A great win for Team Sky there, and one that will take the pressure off the rest of the team to perform. Joly was the only one who ever even looked like challenging the man, and he got the mountain jersey for his trouble.
As for our own results, Traksel managed an 8th overall and a podium place on one of the uphill finishes, so he can be pleased with that. Still his abject failure in the mountains cost him a lot of time. Nevertheless, he still had a solid performance. Dekkers also failed to get his stage win but also showed some great potential and I’m sure that he is capable of a stage win later in the season as he comes into form.
Next up: January summary and February preview!
Edited by CountArach on 12-06-2011 06:53
