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A Neutral Story
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Paris - Nice


Prologue
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Amily : 9.7km

Today starts the race with a prologue in Amily. Although the results today are unlikely to be detrimental to the final G.C., the first leader's jersey is up for grabs.

Stage Favourites
A. Contador (SAX)
D. Zabriskie (GRM)
L. Gerdemann (MRM)

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Alejandro Valverde was the first rider out... the usually punchy Spanish rider hasn't quite seemed himself so far this year after a reputed raid on his house during the off-season... In the background, last year's runner-up Rinaldo Nocentini awaits his start-count.

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David Zabriskie was also out early in his national champion's attire and set the bar high with a great ride... would it hold?

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Frenchmen Sylvain Chavanel and Jerome Coppel both put out respectable times before it was the turn of Saxo Bank's Alberto Contador. However he had an unspectacular time-trial, finishing 9th at +16 seconds.

David Zabriskie's early time held strong to win him the prologue and the race's first leader's jersey. Well done to him!

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1 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 10'35
2 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 6
3 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK + 7
4 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK + 12
5 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
6 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 13
7 Luis León Sánchez RABOBANK + 15
8 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 16
9 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
10 Niki Terpstra MILRAM - TREK + 17
Edited by pcm2009fan on 27-07-2011 22:39
 
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Paris - Nice


Stage 2
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St-Brisson-sur-Loire - La Chapelle St-Ursin : 195.9km

Next up are two days for the sprinters. Infact they will be the only two chances for the sprinters before the route starts to get lumpy. After tomorrow the likes of Farrar, Rojas & Feillu might aswell pack their bags and head home so they will certainly be hoping to make their few opportunities count.

Stage Favourites
J. Rojas Gil (GCE)
T. Farrar (GAR)
R. Feillu (VAC)

Race Report
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Sapa of Lampre, Mortentsen of Vacansoleil and Roulston of Sky-Cervelo were out on escapee duty today. Sapa lead the other two over both the categorised climbs to take the polka-dot jersey. Roulston eventually made his way back up to Sapa but the break was never going to work today.

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With 56km to go there were late attacks from Muravyev, Nuyens, Tjallingii & Terpstra which looked potentially threatening at one point but Caisse d'Epargne pulled them back for Rojas' sake.

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Disaster struck for Liquigas at 5km to go as their leader Ivan Basso went down. Fortunately he got back on his bike but then co-leaders Nibali and Pellizotti dropped back to help him and they all ended up losing 2'43 on the peleton. A very disappointing day for the Liquigas boys.

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Up front the sprinters were lining up. On the left Kirchen leads Goss whilst on the right Rojas has taken up Steegmans' wheel.

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Koldo Fernandez jumps early off Goss' wheel on the left but Tyler Farrar has managed to wing his way into Rojas' slipsteam...

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Farrar jumps out from behind Rojas and storms to the line to make it two out of two for Garmin-Slipstream at Paris - Nice! Goss takes second ahead of Fernandez and Rojas.

Stage Results
1 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 4h30'13
2 Matthew Goss TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
3 Koldo Fernandez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
4 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP s.t.
6 Danilo Hondo LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
7 Jeremy Hunt SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
8 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
9 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.

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1 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 4h40'48
2 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 6
3 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK + 7
4 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK + 12
5 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
6 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 13
7 Luis León Sánchez RABOBANK + 15
8 Niki Terpstra MILRAM - TREK s.t.
9 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 16
10 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
 
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Orval - Vichy : 178.4km

The last chance for the sprinters... After having quite a bit of fun doing my first main race report from California I think I'll tone down my technique a little & try to be a bit more succinct in my reports now. Wink

Stage Favourites
T. Farrar (GRM)
J. Rojas Gil (GCE)
R. Feillu (VAC)

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A big break of 17 riders got away including 3 BMC riders but they never looked threatening. Rojas was well poised for the sprint with Haedo on his wheel whilst Koldo Fernandez had been positioned well by his team mate.

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Rojas and Haedo sprinted away from the others and Haedo looked to come around Rojas' wheel...

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They were neck-and-neck as they approached the finish line...

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...But Rojas took the win and the green jersey. In other news, AG2R leader John Gadret pulled up at the side of the road with a broken shin bone despite not seeming to be involved in any crashes.

Stage Results
1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE 4h23'52
2 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
3 Koldo Fernandez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
4 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP s.t.
5 Jeremy Hunt SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
6 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
7 Matthew Goss TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
8 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
9 Romain Feillu VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 Aurélien Clerc AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.

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1 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 9h04'40
2 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 6
3 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK + 7
4 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK + 12
5 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
6 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 13
7 Luis León Sánchez RABOBANK + 15
8 Niki Terpstra MILRAM - TREK s.t.
9 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 16
10 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
 
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Paris - Nice


Stage 4
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Vichy - Saint Etienne : 173.9km

Today is the first day for the puncheurs. If it kicks of on the final climb, David Zabriskie will have his work cut out to defend his jersey.

Stage Favourites
A. Valverde (GCE)
S. Chavanel (QST)
A. Contador (SAX)

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3rd placed Linus Gerdemann took an early tumble but made it back into the pack. Don't worry, our team car managed to avoid him as he lay on the road.

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With 70km still to ride, Nibali, Tjallingii and Nocentini made early attacks. Moreno of Caisse d'Epargne followed them.

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Tjallingii went on ahead and went past the day's break but ran out of gas and was caught with 16km left.

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Zandio and Vanendert were first to attack on the last climb and were followed by Camano and Scarponi.

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The yellow jersey of Zabriskie followed suite but Vanendert of Silence-Lotto and Carrara of Vacansoleil crossed the top first.

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On the short descent / run-in, Zabriskie found himself with Tschopp, 13 seconds back on a group of Pereiro, Popovych, Carrara and Vanendert. The peleton trailed the yellow jersey by 35 seconds.

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Carrara took the sprint for Vacansoleil but Zabriskie crossed the line behind in 5th place and just did enough to be accredited the same time as the leaders. He defends his jersey ahead of Popovych and Pereiro.

Stage Results
1 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM 4h20'41
2 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA s.t.
3 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
4 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
5 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
6 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 44
8 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
9 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
10 Sergio Paulinho ASTANA s.t.

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1 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 13h25'21
2 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 9
3 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17
4 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 29
5 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM + 39
6 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 41
7 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 50
8 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK + 51
9 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK + 56
10 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN s.t.
Edited by pcm2009fan on 28-07-2011 15:01
 
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Paris - Nice


Stage 5
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Annonnay - Vallon Pont d'Arc : 204.6km

It is hard to tell what will happen today... in theory the finish suits the sprinters but they have to get over the early climbs. It could also be a day for the break.

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The polka-dot jersey of Sapa was out in the break along with Franco Pellizoti of Liquigas. Pellizoti ended up nicking the jersey from Sapa by the end of the day.

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The first attacks began with 35km to go when Popovych, Tschopp and Carrara all attacked...

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And then the so-far quiet Contador decided to show his face with an attack. He ended up spurring on a massive flurry of attacks that lasted for over 10kms, with most of the race favourites involved.

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Eventually once the attacks settled down, Chavanel was up front with the remaining escapees, one minute ahead of the Groupe Maillot Jaune which also contained Contador, Luis Leon Sanchez, Tschopp and Coppel.

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But meanwhile Rabobank's Stef Clement had opened up a gap of 1 minute on his breakaway companions and was heading into the last few kilometres in search of the win.

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And he managed to hold on for the stage victory for Rabobank.

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Muravyev beat Chavanel across the line to take second place but Chavanel will wear yellow tommorow.

Stage Results
1 Stef Clement RABOBANK 5h05'04
2 Dmitriy Muravyev ASTANA + 28
3 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP s.t.
4 Jesús Del Nero FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
5 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
6 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
7 Anthony Geslin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Aitor Galdós Alonso EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
9 Jérôme Pineau QUICK STEP s.t.
10 Nico Sijmens COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.

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1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 18h31'41
2 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 28
3 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 37
4 Anthony Geslin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 44
5 Dmitriy Muravyev ASTANA s.t.
6 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM + 47
7 Maarten Wynants QUICK STEP s.t.
8 Nico Sijmens COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 49
9 Aitor Galdós Alonso EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 52
10 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 57
Edited by pcm2009fan on 28-07-2011 16:08
 
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Paris - Nice


Stage 6
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St-Paul Trois Chateaux - La Montagne de Lure : 182.9km

Today is the most crucial stage for those seeking to do well in the general classification. Chavanel is well positioned but Zabriskie can also climb well. However the best climbers such as Contador, Vanendert and Rolland are all down by over a minute on Chavanel so they must make today count. Liquigas' Ivan Basso is well down on the standings but the terrain suits him and he could look for a stage win today.

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Franco Pellizotti was out attacking again today and defended his polka dot jersey by taking all of the mountain sprints.

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Vanendert was the first to attack with 26km to go, but he wasn't given much leeway by the peleton.

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With 12km left, Pereiro, Rolland, Nocentini and Coppel all attacked and soon flew past Vanendert aswell as Pellizotti and his breakaway compatriots.

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At 6km to go Contador makes his move. Zabriskie, Popovych, Sanchez and Gerdemann are the first to respond.

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And 1km later it is the Maillot Jaune of Chavanel who jumps out of the pack in hot pursuit.

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But meanwhile, Rolland, Coppel, Pereiro and Carrara have formed a leading quartet and have over a minute back to Contador.

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Chavanel battles on and has Contador in his sights as the sprint kicks off up front.

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Rolland takes a great win for BBOX and he may have also taken the leader's jersey in the process...?

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Contador comes in exactly one minute behind Rolland. Chavanel sprints past Vanendert for 6th place but is forced to sacrifice his leader's jersey to Rolland by just 3 seconds.

Stage Results
1 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 5h04'53
2 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 14
3 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 31
4 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 51
5 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK + 1'00
6 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 1'25
7 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 1'36
8 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM + 1'53
9 Jurgen Van den Broeck SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
10 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK + 2'06

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1 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 23h37'56
2 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP + 3
3 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 26
4 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 31
5 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 43
6 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK + 1'06
7 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 1'23
8 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 1'35
9 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM + 1'38
10 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 2'38
 
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Paris - Nice


Stage 7
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Manosque - Fayence 191.4km

Today's route is hilly with an uphill finish... we can expect to see the G.C. contenders out to challenge Rolland today.

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We saw some strong riders amongst the escapees today - G.C. disappointments Rigoberto Uran and Christian Vandevelde were out front with Kolobnev.

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There were multiple early but ultimately futile attacks involving the likes of Tschopp and Nibali before Vanendert made a move on the day's main climb, followed by Luis Leon Sanchez and Franco Pellizotti. But that move also failed to work out.

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On the descent Contador and Rolland along with Pereiro decided to have a pop and surprisingly opened up something of a gap.

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With 7km to go, Rolland, Contador, Pereiro, Efimkin joined escapees Uran and Kolobnev. They had 20 seconds back to a group containing Chavanel, Popovych and Szmyd.

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However they soon all came together and it wasn't long before Chavanel was out on the attack.

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Contador began to struggle on the run in and was relying on the pacemaking of Kolobnev.

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Meanwhile Popovych had made his way up to Chavanel and was leading the duo into the sprint ahead of the Groupe Maillot Jaune.

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But as Chavanel came around Popovych, Rolland was coming up fast behind the two.

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Chavanel held on for the win. Popovych, Rolland and Pereiro all came in at the same time as him but time bonifications move Chavanel ahead of Rolland by just a single second with one stage left.

Meanwhile Contador aswell as 3rd & 4th placed Carrara and Coppel were the day's losers, all losing time.

Stage Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 4h53'28
2 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA s.t.
3 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
4 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R LA MONDIALE + 27
6 Kim Kirchen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 42
7 Sylvester Szmyd LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
9 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM + 56
10 Anthony Charteau BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.

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1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 28h31'21
2 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1
3 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 46
4 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 1'34
5 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'39
6 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK + 1'51
7 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 1'57
8 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM + 2'37
9 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 2'49
10 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R LA MONDIALE + 3'18
 
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Stage 8
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Nice - Nice 131.5km

The final stage of Paris - Nice mightn't be the hilliest of the lot but it could be the most exciting. With race leader Sylvain Chavanel holding just a slender 1 second lead over Pierre Roland, everything is up for grabs today.

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Nuyens attacked with Scarponi mid-way through the stage in search of a stage win. Pauriol soon joined them as they made their way up to the break.

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20km to go and Chavanel attacked yet again on the final climb.

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Rolland and Popovych followed him as he made his way up to the remaining escapees.

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Pereiro was the next to go...

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...and managed to make his way up to Chavanel as they crossed the top.

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Meanwhile Rolland was struggling 40 seconds back with the likes of Popovych, Carrara and Gerdemann.

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Pereiro had a poor descent and was caught by Gerdemann on the way down, but Chavanel was getting away from them.

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Chavanel was looking set for the overall victory as he rode into Nice alone.

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And he takes back-to-back stage wins to clinch Paris - Nice after some great riding.

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Pereiro lead Gerdemann over the line whilst Voigt, Popovych and De Weert were given the same time as them behind. But that is enough to see Pereiro into 2nd place overall as Carrara led a depleted peleton including a dissapointed Rolland home 1'43 behind.

Stage Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 3h34'27
2 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 38
3 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK s.t.
4 Jens Voigt MILRAM - TREK s.t.
5 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA s.t.
6 Kevin De Weert QUICK STEP s.t.
7 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'43
8 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
9 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
10 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.

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1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 32h05'42
2 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'26
3 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1'50
4 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA + 2'18
5 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 3'28
6 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK + 3'40
7 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 3'46
8 Johann Tschopp BMC RACING TEAM + 4'26
9 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 4'38
10 Vladimir Efimkin AG2R LA MONDIALE + 5'07

Spoiler

11 Sylvester Szmyd LIQUIGAS + 5'17
12 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK + 5'21
13 David Zabriskie GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 5'53
14 Luis León Sánchez RABOBANK + 6'18
15 Jurgen Van den Broeck SILENCE-LOTTO + 6'37
16 Laurens Ten Dam RABOBANK + 7'02
17 Kim Kirchen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 7'31
18 Jens Voigt MILRAM - TREK + 7'44
19 Kevin De Weert QUICK STEP + 8'04
20 Stef Clement RABOBANK + 8'31
21 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK + 8'42
22 Anthony Charteau BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 8'45
23 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 9'14
24 Cyril Dessel AG2R LA MONDIALE + 9'21
25 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 9'31
26 Pierrick Fédrigo FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 10'07
27 Beñat Intxausti CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'24
28 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'29
29 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'33
30 Thomas Rohregger MILRAM - TREK s.t.
31 Daniel Moreno CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'35
32 Jérôme Pineau QUICK STEP + 10'47
33 Ivan Basso LIQUIGAS + 10'55
34 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 10'56
35 Ronny Scholz MILRAM - TREK + 11'02
36 Sébastien Joly BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 11'06
37 Maarten Tjallingii RABOBANK + 11'10
38 Charles Wegelius SILENCE-LOTTO + 11'16
39 Robert Kiserlovski ASTANA + 11'17
40 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 11'30
41 Pavel Brutt TEAM KATUSHA + 11'35
42 Ludovic Turpin AG2R LA MONDIALE + 11'46
43 Thomas De Gendt VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 11'58
44 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM + 11'59
45 Ruslan Pidgornyy VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 12'02
46 Alexandre Moos BMC RACING TEAM + 12'07
47 Sergio Paulinho ASTANA + 12'33
48 Amaël Moinard BMC RACING TEAM + 12'45
49 Christophe Riblon AG2R LA MONDIALE + 12'48
50 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS + 13'20
51 Dmitriy Muravyev ASTANA + 13'23
52 Anthony Geslin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 13'35
53 Nico Sijmens COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 13'56
54 Mikhail Ignatiev TEAM KATUSHA + 13'57
55 Clément Lhotellerie VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 14'02
56 Staf Scheirlinckx SILENCE-LOTTO + 14'07
57 Haimar Zubeldia ASTANA + 14'10
58 Rigoberto Uran SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 14'31
59 Xabier Zandio SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 14'32
60 Iker Camaño FUJI - SERVETTO + 14'33
61 Maarten Wynants QUICK STEP + 14'43
62 Jesús Del Nero FUJI - SERVETTO + 14'59
63 Christian Vandevelde GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 15'11
64 Rémi Pauriol COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
65 Xavier Florencio FUJI - SERVETTO + 15'13
66 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM SAXO BANK + 15'16
67 Rein Taaramae COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 15'17
68 Boris Shpilevsky FUJI - SERVETTO + 15'20
69 Yannick Talabardon BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 15'49
70 Karsten Kroon BMC RACING TEAM + 15'50
71 Rémy Di Gregorio ASTANA + 15'53
72 Francis De Greef SILENCE-LOTTO + 16'03
73 Hubert Schwab QUICK STEP + 16'11
74 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - N.G.C + 16'17
75 Nick Nuyens TEAM SAXO BANK + 16'42
76 Aitor Hernández G. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 16'43
77 Jose Luis Rubiera ASTANA + 17'09
78 Marc De Maar RABOBANK + 17'15
79 Jurgen Van Goolen TEAM SAXO BANK + 17'18
80 Maryan Hary COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 17'20
81 Stéphane Goubert AG2R LA MONDIALE + 17'23
82 Jorge Azanza Soto EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 17'55
83 Sergey Lagutin VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 17'57
84 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 18'06
85 Michele Scarponi LAMPRE - N.G.C + 18'13
86 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 18'22
87 Gorka Verdugo M. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 18'24
88 Alexandre Pichot BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 18'33
89 Alexandre Botcharov TEAM KATUSHA + 18'57
90 Enrico Gasparotto LAMPRE - N.G.C + 19'28
91 Björn Schröder MILRAM - TREK + 20'06
92 Pieter Jacobs SILENCE-LOTTO + 20'11
93 Serge Pauwels SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 20'20
94 Thomas Vedel Kvist QUICK STEP + 20'39
95 Evgueni Petrov TEAM KATUSHA + 21'01
96 Jonas Ljungblad SILENCE-LOTTO + 21'50
97 Steve Chainel BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 21'57
98 Romain Feillu VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 22'02
99 Aitor Galdós Alonso EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 22'48
100 Steve Bovay BMC RACING TEAM + 22'54
101 Russell Downing SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 23'02
102 Danny Pate TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 23'45
103 Geoffroy Lequatre ASTANA + 24'57
104 Marco Pinotti TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 25'05
105 Florian Morizot BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 25'24
106 Marcel Wyss SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 26'34
107 Brian Vandborg LIQUIGAS + 28'03
108 Rubén Pérez Moreno EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 28'11
109 Martijn Maaskant GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 28'37
110 Kilian Patour GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 29'06
111 Daniel Martin GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 29'09
112 Koldo Fernandez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 30'29
113 Angel Litu Gómez FUJI - SERVETTO + 31'06
114 Danilo Hondo LAMPRE - N.G.C + 31'16
115 Marcin Sapa LAMPRE - N.G.C + 31'26
116 Olivier Bonnaire BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 32'08
117 Vitaliy Buts LAMPRE - N.G.C + 32'12
118 Matthew Goss TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 32'19
119 Daniele Nardello FUJI - SERVETTO + 32'28
120 Cyril Gautier BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 32'42
121 Mathieu Drujon CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 32'56
122 Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK s.t.
123 Mathias Frank BMC RACING TEAM + 33'24
124 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 35'23
125 Javier Mejías Leal FUJI - SERVETTO + 35'29
126 Arnold Jeannesson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 36'41
127 Franck Bouyer BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 36'43
128 Adam Hansen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 38'30
129 Emanuelle Bindi LAMPRE - N.G.C + 38'56
130 Jeremy Hunt SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 39'07
131 Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP + 39'43
132 Alexander Serov TEAM KATUSHA + 40'12
133 Fabian Vachon TEAM EUROSPORT + 42'35
134 Josu Agirre A. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 42'48
135 Borut Bozic VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 43'22
136 Stephen Tronk TEAM EUROSPORT + 43'44
137 Benjamin Noval TEAM SAXO BANK + 44'02
138 Julian Dean GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 44'18
139 Roger Hammond GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 44'32
140 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP + 44'55
141 David De La Ferre TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
142 Kai Reus RABOBANK + 46'22
143 Alexandre Blain COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 46'41
144 Mark Renshaw TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 47'02
145 Arnaud Coyot BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 47'06
146 Peter Cazaux TEAM EUROSPORT + 47'14
147 Romain Villa COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 49'39
148 Iñaki Isasi EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 50'18
149 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK + 50'27
150 Andreas Moucherman TEAM EUROSPORT + 50'31
151 Gert Dockx TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 51'42
152 Alexandre Limin TEAM EUROSPORT + 51'55
153 Jimmy Casper BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 52'04
154 Cyril Bessy BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 52'10
155 Michael Schär BMC RACING TEAM + 52'15
156 Frantisek Rabon TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 52'31
157 Giovanni Bernaudeau BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM + 53'41
158 Mikael Chérel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 54'03
159 Aurélien Clerc AG2R LA MONDIALE + 54'28
160 Anthony Roux FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 55'00
161 Francesco Tomei LAMPRE - N.G.C + 55'06
162 Jimmy Engoulvent BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 57'08
163 Anders Lund TEAM SAXO BANK + 57'31
164 Gorik Gardeyn SILENCE-LOTTO + 57'33
165 Guillaume Levarlet FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 57'53
166 Hayden Roulston SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 58'32
167 Francis Mourey FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 59'27
168 Nikolai Trussov TEAM KATUSHA + 59'40
169 Alberto Fernández FUJI - SERVETTO + 1h01'36
170 Servais Knaven MILRAM - TREK + 1h02'09
171 Gregory Henderson SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 1h02'58
172 Niki Terpstra MILRAM - TREK + 1h03'31
173 Michael Lamp TEAM EUROSPORT + 1h04'15
174 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS + 1h07'38
175 Jean-Eudes Demaret COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 1h10'21
176 Denis Galimzyanov TEAM KATUSHA + 1h10'33
177 Brice Feillu MILRAM - TREK + 1h11'02
178 Alexandre Usov COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 1h13'57
179 Martin Mortensen VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1h14'20
180 Bastien Delrot TEAM EUROSPORT + 1h15'18
181 Kenny Dehaes TEAM KATUSHA + 1h18'45
182 Jacopo Guarnieri LIQUIGAS + 1h57'16


A French victory at Paris - Nice and you have to say Chavanel deserved it after his performances in the last two stages. He would have definitely taken a super-combativity award if one was awarded too. Pereiro and Rolland rounded out the podium but Contador may be a little dissapointed with 6th place.

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1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 112
2 Oscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 90
3 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA 84
4 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM 69
5 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 66

Another award for Chavanel in recognition of his consistent high placings aswell as his 2 stage wins. The sprinters didn't stand a chance for green on such a lumpy route.

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1 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 50
2 Nico Sijmens COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 38
3 Rigoberto Uran SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING 28
4 Christian Vandevelde GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 26
5 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM 23

Pellizotti took home the polka-dot jersey after his great ride out on the mountain stage where he took all the mountain sprints.

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1 Pierre Rolland BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM 32h07'32
2 Jérôme Coppel BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN + 1'56
3 Jelle Vanendert SILENCE-LOTTO + 2'48

Rolland won the white jersey after winning the mountain stage and taking yellow for a day. Coppel and Vanendert also rode well.

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1 QUICK STEP 96h33'19
2 LIQUIGAS + 2'46
3 RABOBANK + 3'01

Chavanel got back on the podium for a third time with his team-mates after they won the team classification ahead of Liquigas and Rabobank.

Next Race
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Tirreno - Adriatico


Of course Tirreno - Adriatico was also taking place in Italy whilst Chavanel was winning in France. It was Belgian cobbled classicist Stjin Devolder who took the win here. As well as Cancellara in 2nd place, many other cobbled classicists seemed in good shape here such as Thomas, Ballan and Hushovd.

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Gilbert took the mountains classifcation whilst Pozzato took the sprints classification ahead of Mark Cavendish. Thomas took the young riders jersey home.
 
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2008 Winner
Fabian Cancellara

The first cycling monument is here and it's the chance for the sprinters to shine. But the puncheurs will also be looking to steal the show on the late climbs, so any sprinter that is looking for victory needs to be able to climb well enough.

Favourites

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World Champion Thor Hushovd would love to win Milan - San Remo in the rainbow jersey. Although he is not the fastest of the sprinters any more he can climb better than most of them which makes him race favourite.

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Last year's winner is in fine shape having just finished second at Tirreno - Adriatico. "Spartacus" is the finest time-trialer in the peleton and will seek to use this ability to pull him away from the field to win again.

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Pozzato is neither the best man in the hills nor the fastest in the sprints but his combined abilities could give him the upper edge on the competition on the day.

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There is no doubt that the "Manx Missile" is the fastest man in the peleton when it comes to a bunch sprint, but on paper he is prone to either being dropped or losing his finishing power on the climbs. Nonetheless it is hard to discount him as a favourite.

Other Favourites
Edvald Boassen Hagen (Sky-Cervelo)
Phillipe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto)
Matti Breschel (Rabobank)
Juan Jose Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne)
Allan Davis (Astana)

Startlist
Spoiler

GARMIN
1. T.Hushovd
2. J.Dean
3. T.Farrar
4. R.Hammond
5. H.Haussler
6. A.Klier
7. M.Maaskant
8. J.Vansummeren

COLUMBIA
11. M.Cavendish
12. M.Albasini
13. L.Bak
14. B.Eisel
15. M.Goss
16. M.Pinotti
17. A.Rasmussen
18. M.Renshaw

KATUSHA
21. F.Pozzato
22. N.Eskov
23. M.Ignatiev
24. S.Ivanov
25. L.Mazzanti
26. D.Napolitano
27. J.Rodriguez O.
28. Y.Trofimov

SKY-CERVELO
31. E.Boasson Hagen
32. K.Arvesen
33. J.Flecha
34. S.Gerrans
35. M.Hayman
36. M.Possoni
37. B.Swift
38. G.Thomas

QUICK STEP
41. T.Boonen
42. D.Cataldo
43. S.Chavanel
44. G.Ciolek
45. S.De Jongh
46. D.Devenyns
47. G.Steegmans
48. M.Tosatto

RABOBANK
51. M.Breschel
52. G.Brown
53. B.De Groot
54. O.Freire
55. D.Kozontchuk
56. S.Langeveld
57. L.Ten Dam
58. M.Tjallingii

SILENCE
61. P.Gilbert
62. A.Greipel
63. L.Hoste
64. P.Jacobs
65. J.Ljungblad
66. S.Scheirlinckx
67. T.Stubbe
68. C.Wegelius

ASTANA
71. A.Davis
72. A.Bazayev
73. R.Di Gregorio
74. S.Paulinho
75. Y.Popovych
76. G.Rast
77. P.Tiralongo
78. T.Vaitkus

LAMPRE
81. A.Petacchi
82. M.Bandiera
83. M.Da Dalto
84. E.Gasparotto
85. F.Gavazzi
86. M.Lorenzetto
87. M.Mori
88. S.Ponzi

MILRAM
91. D.Bennati
92. L.Barla
93. F.Cancellara
94. S.O'Grady
95. T.Rohregger
96. D.Vigano
97. J.Voigt
98. F.Wegmann

C.EPARGNE
101. J.Rojas Gil
102. R.Costa
103. J.Gutierrez
104. B.Intxausti
105. D.López García
106. D.Moreno
107. M.Perez
108. F.Pérez Sánchez

BMC
111. G.Van Avermaet
112. A.Ballan
113. M.Burghardt
114. G.Hincapie
115. K.Kroon
116. J.Louder
117. M.Quinziato
118. T.Tolleson

VACANSOLEIL
121. R.Feillu
122. M.Carrara
123. T.De Gendt
124. S.Devolder
125. J.Hoogerland
126. G.Löwik
127. M.Marcato
128. R.Pidgornyy

AG2R
131. A.Clerc
132. M.Elmiger
133. Y.Krivtsov
134. R.Nocentini
135. A.Pliuschin
136. C.Riblon
137. N.Roche
138. T.Valjavec

SAXO BANK
141. J.Haedo
142. A.Kolobnev
143. G.Larsson
144. M.Ljungqvist
145. N.Nuyens
146. L.Roberts
147. C.Sørensen
148. N.Sørensen

LIQUIGAS
151. M.Fischer
152. E.Capecchi
153. F.Chicchi
154. C.Corioni
155. J.Guarnieri
156. D.Oss
157. S.Szmyd
158. F.Willems

FUJI
161. X.Florencio
162. M.Ardila
163. P.Bailetti
164. J.Benítez Roman
165. E.Capelli
166. J.Cobo Acebo
167. B.Shpilevsky
168. A.Tonti

EUSKALTEL
171. P.Urtasun Perez
172. M.Astarloza
173. A.Hernández G.
174. A.Lafuente
175. I.Landaluze
176. M.Nieve Iturralde
177. J.Oroz Ugalde
178. G.Verdugo M.

ACQUA SAP.
181. R.Marzoli
182. D.Andriotto
183. M.Codol
184. A.Fantini
185. S.Masciarelli
186. A.Masciarelli
187. D.Milan Jimenez
188. D.Ortega Orts

LPR
191. C.Cucinotta
192. L.Bernucci
193. D.Caruso
194. G.Ermeti
195. R.Ferrari
196. J.Golcer
197. S.Laganà
198. A.Spezialetti

ISD
201. S.Matveyev
202. M.Belkov
203. C.Benenati
204. D.Cioni
205. V.Dyudya
206. A.Grivko
207. A.Kvachuk
208. D.Ricci Bitti

SERRAMENTI
211. R.Bertogliati
212. F.De Bonis
213. L.Mate
214. C.Ochoa
215. J.Rodriguez
216. J.Rujano
217. J.Serpa Santander
218. L.Solari

EUROSPORT
221. B.Delrot
222. F.Galarzo
223. M.Lamp
224. A.Limin
225. A.Moucherman
226. G.Suray
227. S.Tronk
228. F.Vachon

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The 5 hopeful escapees consisted of Kazakhstan champion Bazayev, Capecchi, Cataldo, Barla and Shpilevsky who got a maximum gap of 9 minutes before Columbia turned up the gas in the peleton.

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With 41km to go Nuyens attacks and is joined by Tjallingii and Popovych.

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The peleton manage to get over the climbs relatively unscathed. Haedo is the only sprinter dropped and none of the puncheurs attack. Tjallingii and Nuyens still hold a slim lead but are brought back on the final descent.

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As a result of the fast descent a mass crash occurs wiping out Farrar, Feillu and Greipel amongst others.

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The sprint train begins to form but there is a late attack from Rast which Ballan, Voigt and Chavanel all follow.

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Ballan finds himself leading the sprint out ahead of Fletcha. Thomas does a great job to move Boassen Hagen to the front although he has Rojas on his wheel. Meanwhile, Cavendish, Hushovd and most the other sprinters have been caught out by the acceleration at the front.

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Boassen Hagen looks poised to come around Thomas' wheel but Ballan has stormed away at the front with a great turn of pace.

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Boassen Hagen is bearing down on Ballan but he is running out of road...

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Ballan holds on to take the victory on home soil, followed over the line by Boassen Hagen and Rojas. Freire pips his team-mate Breschel to the line for 4th.

Results
1 Alessandro Ballan BMC RACING TEAM 7h15'58
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
4 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
5 Matti Breschel RABOBANK s.t.
6 Alessandro Petacchi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
7 Geraint Thomas SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
8 Filippo Pozzato TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
9 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP s.t.
10 Juan Antonio Flecha SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
Spoiler

11 Grégory Rast ASTANA s.t.
12 Allan Davis ASTANA s.t.
13 Greg Van Avermaet BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
14 Daniele Bennati MILRAM - TREK s.t.
15 Jens Voigt MILRAM - TREK s.t.
16 Philippe Gilbert SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
17 Fabian Cancellara MILRAM - TREK s.t.
18 Heinrich Haussler GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
19 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
20 Thor Hushovd GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
21 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
22 Bernhard Eisel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
23 Enrico Gasparotto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
24 Serguei Ivanov TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
25 Johnny Hoogerland VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
26 Kurt-Asle Arvesen SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
27 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP s.t.
28 Karsten Kroon BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
29 Matthew Hayman SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
30 Joaquin Rodriguez O. TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
31 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
32 Fabian Wegmann MILRAM - TREK s.t.
33 Staf Scheirlinckx SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
34 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
35 Aurélien Clerc AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
36 Nicki Sørensen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
37 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
38 Manuele Mori LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
39 Maarten Tjallingii RABOBANK s.t.
40 Luca Mazzanti TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
41 Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
42 Johan Vansummeren GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
43 Martijn Maaskant GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
44 Nicolas Roche AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
45 Nick Nuyens TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
46 Leif Hoste SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
47 Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP s.t.
48 Manuel Quinziato BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
49 Danilo Napolitano TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
50 Martin Elmiger AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
51 Andreas Klier GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
52 Dries Devenyns QUICK STEP + 1'53
53 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
54 Roger Hammond GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
55 Mirko Lorenzetto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
56 Gerald Ciolek QUICK STEP s.t.
57 Tomas Vaitkus ASTANA s.t.
58 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
59 Pieter Jacobs SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
60 Ruslan Pidgornyy VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
61 Yaroslav Popovych ASTANA s.t.
62 José Iván Gutierrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
63 Matthew Goss TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
64 Yuriy Krivtsov AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
65 Paolo Tiralongo ASTANA s.t.
66 Jonas Ljungblad SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
67 Andrea Tonti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
68 Daniel Moreno CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
69 Paolo Bailetti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
70 Mauricio Ardila FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
71 Laurens Ten Dam RABOBANK s.t.
72 Matteo Tosatto QUICK STEP + 2'56
73 Stuart O'Grady MILRAM - TREK s.t.
74 Stijn Devolder VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
75 George Hincapie BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
76 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
77 Lorenzo Bernucci LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
78 Simon Gerrans SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 4'11
79 Matteo Carrara VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
80 Daniel Oss LIQUIGAS s.t.
81 Tyler Farrar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
82 Ben Swift SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
83 André Greipel SILENCE-LOTTO + 4'59
84 Xavier Florencio FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
85 Mikhail Ignatiev TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
86 Romain Feillu VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
87 Gerben Löwik VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
88 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
89 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
90 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP s.t.
91 Juan José Cobo Acebo FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
92 Michael Albasini TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
93 Julian Dean GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
94 Marco Pinotti TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
95 Dario Cataldo QUICK STEP s.t.
96 Yury Trofimov TEAM KATUSHA + 5'55
97 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
98 Francisco Pérez Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
99 Alessandro Spezialetti LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
100 Jure Golcer LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
101 Giairo Ermeti LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
102 Charles Wegelius SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
103 Sylvester Szmyd LIQUIGAS s.t.
104 Sergio Paulinho ASTANA s.t.
105 Claudio Corioni LIQUIGAS + 7'15
106 Mark Renshaw TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
107 Pablo Urtasun Perez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
108 Andriy Grivko ISD - NERI s.t.
109 Ruggero Marzoli ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
110 Sergiy Matveyev ISD - NERI s.t.
111 Gorka Verdugo M. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
112 Christophe Riblon AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
113 Thomas De Gendt VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
114 Marco Bandiera LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
115 Rui Alberto Costa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
116 Andreas Moucherman TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
117 Beñat Intxausti CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
118 Thomas Rohregger MILRAM - TREK s.t.
119 Tadej Valjavec AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
120 David López García CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
121 Stephen Tronk TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
122 Alexandre Limin TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
123 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK + 9'23
124 Alex Rasmussen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
125 Davide Ricci Bitti ISD - NERI s.t.
126 Mauro Da Dalto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
127 Simone Ponzi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
128 Rubens Bertogliati SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
129 Rémy Di Gregorio ASTANA s.t.
130 Aitor Hernández G. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
131 Alexandr Pliuschin AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
132 Tom Stubbe SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
133 Massimo Codol ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
134 Frederik Willems LIQUIGAS s.t.
135 Marlon Alirio Perez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
136 Roberto Ferrari LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
137 Volodymyr Dyudya ISD - NERI s.t.
138 Bastien Delrot TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
139 Gil Suray TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
140 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
141 Fabian Vachon TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
142 Marco Marcato VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
143 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
144 Jeff Louder BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
145 Andrea Masciarelli ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
146 Damiano Caruso LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
147 Francesco De Bonis SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
148 Chris Anker Sørensen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
149 Fabio Galarzo TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
150 Morris Possoni SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
151 Boris Shpilevsky FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
152 Assan Bazayev ASTANA s.t.
153 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
154 Luca Barla MILRAM - TREK s.t.
155 Dario Cioni ISD - NERI + 11'31
156 Jose Rujano SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI + 12'35
157 Claudio Cucinotta LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI + 12'59
158 Diego Milan Jimenez ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
159 Cristiano Benenati ISD - NERI s.t.
160 Sergio Laganà LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI s.t.
161 Jacopo Guarnieri LIQUIGAS s.t.
162 Davide Vigano MILRAM - TREK s.t.
163 Jackson Rodriguez SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
164 Dario Andriotto ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
165 J. A. Benítez Roman FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
166 Maxim Belkov ISD - NERI s.t.
167 Ermanno Capelli FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
168 Luke Roberts TEAM SAXO BANK + 15'23
169 Mikel Nieve Iturralde EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
170 Taylor Tolleson BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
171 Didac Ortega Orts ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
172 Andoni Lafuente EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
173 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
174 Luis Angel Mate SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
175 José Serpa Santander SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
176 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
177 Michael Lamp TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
178 Dimitry Kozontchuk RABOBANK + 17'39
179 Carlos José Ochoa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI s.t.
180 Francesco Chicchi LIQUIGAS + 19'23
181 Nikita Eskov TEAM KATUSHA + 20'51
182 Alessandro Fantini ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO + 21'15
183 Alexander Kvachuk ISD - NERI s.t.
184 Luca Solari SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI + 37'11


A relatively quiet Milan - San Remo where none of puncheurs bothered to have a shot on the climbs. The pre-race favourites failed to live up to expectations but Ballan's win will at least be popular with the Italian fans.

Next Race
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Edited by pcm2009fan on 28-07-2011 23:54
 
dienblad
Nice looking format. Still curious what team you are...
 
pcm2009fan
Hey, thanks dienblad.

I'm technically "Team Eurosport", but I'm just feeding the riders during the race and reporting the action up front so that's why you don't see my team Wink
 
pcm2009fan
March Round-up

Race Winners
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i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/spain.png GP de Almeria : D. Arroyo
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne : G. Thomas
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/switzerland.png Trofeo di Lugano : E. Gasparotto
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/spain.png Vuelta a Murcia : R. Plaza
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png Fayt-le-Franc : W. Wahtsakes
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png Ronde van West-Vlaanderen : D. Cornu
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/italy.png Monte Paschi Eroica : L. Paolini
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/france.png Paris - Nice : S. Chavanel
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/italy.png Tirreno - Adriatico : S. Devolder
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/portugal.png GP de Santarem : C. Torrent Tarres
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png GP van Nokere : B. De Waele
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/italy.png Milan - San Remo : A. Ballan
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/france.png GP de Cholet : W. Wahtsakes
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/spain.png Semana a Castilla y Leon : J. Gutierrez
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/germany.png Koln Rundfahrt : Seb. Chavanel
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png Kortijk - Waregem : M. Tjallingii
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/italy.png Coppa Ciclistica Internazionale : D. Pietropolli
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/france.png Criterium l'International : P. Rolland
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png G3 - Harelbeke : F. Pozzato
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/spain.png GP Llodio : D. Garcia Da Pena
i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z463/stevenccc/EXTRA%20PCM%20STUFF/belgium.png Brabamtse prijs - Alsemberg : B. De Waele

Monthly Awards
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Cya Top Tour Individual Rankings
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Cya Top Tour Team Rankings
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Continental Tour Individual Rankings
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Continental Tour Team Rankings
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News
Reports have been leaked that Cervelo were looking to withdraw their sponsorship from their Top Tour team, Sky-Cervelo. A Cervelo official announced this morning that "Cervelo had a 1 year contract to the team and have no intentions of terminating the said contract."

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Meanwhile early season transfer rumours are beginning to take shape. Fuji - Servetto have declared an interest in Lampre's Damiano Cunego, whilst Silence-Lotto's team manager was announcing his praise for Spanish champion Juan Jose Rojas in the papers. Rabobank have also confirmed that they would love to have Milram - Trek's Andy Schleck on their team once his contract runs out at the end of the year, whilst Saxo Bank have announced that team leader Alberto Contador is "not up for sale and contract negotiations are in an advanced state."

Injuries
Bauke Mollema is currently out with a broken wrist whilst Vacansoleil's Bobbie Traksel and BBOX's Thomas Voeckler are both suffering from patellar tendon tears. It remains to be seen how Voeckler will reshuffle his season once he returns in May. John Gadret is still out with a broken shin bone.

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However the big injuries woes are those of classicists Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) and Milan - San Remo winner Alessandro Ballan (BMC) who will both miss out on their favoured cobbled classics.
 
pcm2009fan
Cobbled Classics

As previously mentioned, Allessandro Ballan and Bjorn Leukemans will miss the classics through injury. BMC will look towards the trio of Burghardt, Hincapie and Quinzato in place of Ballan whilst Devolder will take over for Vacansoleil.

Main Contenders
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After a dissapointing Milan - San Remo, Cancellara will be looking to bounce back in the other classics, and is the favourite for any cobbled race he turns up to.

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Vansummeren is another strongman in the cobbles and he has a very strong Garmin - Slipstream support in the form of Hushovd, Haussler and Maaskant.

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Rabobank will be putting their forces behind Tjallingii and the dutchman will certainly be aiming for the top step of the podium during Spring.

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Top Tour leader Sylvain Chavanel will be looking to add to his Paris - Nice victory, and boasts the support of the former world champion Tom Boonen.

Other Favourites
Thor Hushovd (GARMIN)
Juan Antonio Flecha (SKY-CERVELO)
Gregory Rast (ASTANA)
Tom Boonen (QUICK STEP)
Geraint Thomas (SKY-CERVELO)
 
cunego59
Very nice round up. I liked it.

A pity for Ballan that he's injured, he seemed to be in good shape. And wow, Tjallingii is good in cobbles Shock
 
pcm2009fan
Haha yes you might find that the cobbled stats are a bit unrealistic. I don't really know so much about the best classicists in reality but I wanted to give the database a more personal feel so I went ahead and altered a few guys based on the classic results this year.

I believe Tjallingii, Bak and Rast were all in a successful breakaway at Paris Roubaix this year so because of their results they have massively inflated stats but I think that's kind of interesting anyway lol.
Edited by pcm2009fan on 29-07-2011 14:07
 
pcm2009fan
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GP Van Vlaanderen

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Brugge - Meerbeke : 258.2km

The multiple short, steep climbs in this race suit both Chavanel and Gilbert. Fabian Cancellara was nowhere to be seen on the startline... he must be looking to go all out at Paris - Roubaix.

2008 Winner
Stijn Devolder

Pre-Race Favourites
S. Chavanel (QST)
J. Vansummeren (GRM)
M. Tjallingii (RAB)
G. Thomas (SKY)
P. Gilbert (SIL)

Startlist
Spoiler
QUICK STEP
1. S.Chavanel
2. G.Ciolek
3. S.De Jongh
4. K.Hulsmans
5. S.Rosseler
6. G.Steegmans
7. K.Van Impe
8. M.Wynants

GARMIN
11. J.Vansummeren
12. J.Dean
13. H.Dekkers
14. H.Duyn
15. W.Frischkorn
16. A.Klier
17. M.Maaskant
18. D.Millar

RABOBANK
21. M.Tjallingii
22. G.Brown
23. B.De Groot
24. R.Flens
25. S.Langeveld
26. T.Leezer
27. T.Stamsnijder
28. J.Van Emden

SKY-CERVELO
31. G.Thomas
32. K.Arvesen
33. E.Boasson Hagen
34. M.Hayman
35. J.Hunt
36. C.Knees
37. B.Lancaster
38. B.Swift

SILENCE
41. P.Gilbert
42. W.Cretskens
43. G.D'Hollander
44. B.Dockx
45. L.Hoste
46. J.Roelandts
47. S.Scheirlinckx
48. R.Sentjens

VACANSOLEIL
51. S.Devolder
52. T.De Gendt
53. W.De Vocht
54. J.Hoogerland
55. M.Mortensen
56. F.Veuchelen
57. A.Vierhouten
58. L.Westra

COLUMBIA
61. L.Bak
62. M.Cavendish
63. G.Dockx
64. B.Grabsch
65. M.Pinotti
66. A.Rasmussen
67. M.Renshaw
68. G.Smukulis

MILRAM
71. S.O'Grady
72. D.Bennati
73. M.Eichler
74. B.Schröder
75. J.Voigt
76. W.Wahtsakes
77. F.Wegmann
78. P.Wrölich

BMC
81. M.Burghardt
82. C.Barton
83. G.Hincapie
84. M.Kohler
85. A.Moos
86. S.Nydam
87. M.Schär
88. J.Stewart

SAXO BANK
91. N.Nuyens
92. J.Haedo
93. F.Hoj
94. A.Kolobnev
95. M.Ljungqvist
96. A.Lund
97. M.Mørkøv
98. J.Van Goolen

KATUSHA
101. S.Ivanov
102. L.Bodrogi
103. K.Dehaes
104. L.Mazzanti
105. R.McEwen
106. D.Napolitano
107. J.Rodriguez O.
108. S.Vandenbergh

F.D. JEUX
111. F.Guesdon
112. A.Duval
113. Y.Hutarovich
114. M.Ladagnous
115. G.Meersman
116. Y.Offredo
117. J.Roy
118. W.Sulzberger

LIQUIGAS
121. E.Franzoi
122. G.Da Ros
123. M.Fischer
124. E.King
125. D.Oss
126. B.Vandborg
127. F.Willems
128. O.Zaugg

LANDBOUWKRE.
131. F.Amorison
132. K.Barbé
133. D.Bellemakers
134. J.Bertrand
135. D.Boucher
136. F.Meirhaeghe
137. B.Scheirlinckx
138. G.Verheyen

ASTANA
141. D.Muravyev
142. F.Beppu
143. R.Di Gregorio
144. V.Dmitriyev
145. A.Dyachenko
146. M.Iglinskiy
147. B.Kupeshov
148. G.Lequatre

T. VLAANDEREN
151. P.Van Hecke
152. J.Coenen
153. K.De Ketele
154. K.Lodewyck
155. N.Maes
156. S.Neirynck
157. S.Renders

FUJI
161. J.Del Nero
162. E.Capelli
163. H.Clarke
164. I.Dominguez
165. A.Durán Aroca
166. A.Gómez
167. D.Nardello
168. A.Tonti

LAMPRE
171. S.Spilak
172. M.Bandiera
173. M.Da Dalto
174. A.Furlan
175. M.Lorenzetto
176. A.Petacchi
177. M.Santambrogio
178. M.Sapa

C.EPARGNE
181. N.Portal
182. A.Amador
183. M.Drujon
184. I.Erviti
185. J.García Acosta
186. V.Kiryienka
187. I.Konovalovas
188. X.Tirando

COFIDIS
191. S.Minard
192. F.Brard
193. M.Buffaz
194. H.Duclos-Lassalle
195. S.Dumoulin
196. D.Monier
197. N.Sijmens
198. T.Valentin

EUSKALTEL
201. I.Landaluze
202. J.Aramendia
203. K.Fernandez
204. A.Hernández G.
205. M.Irizar Aramburu
206. A.Lafuente
207. M.Nieve Iturralde
208. A.Pérez Lezaun

AG2R
211. Y.Krivtsov
212. D.Champion
213. R.Dion
214. R.Mandri
215. L.Mondory
216. A.Pliuschin
217. N.Rousseau
218. J.Sénac

EUROSPORT
221. F.Vachon
222. P.Cazaux
223. D.De La Ferre
224. B.Delrot
225. F.Galarzo
226. M.Lamp
227. A.Limin
228. G.Suray


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Vacansoleil lead the peleton onto the first cobbled section. In addition to the rain, the wind was also very strong to make matters worse for the riders.

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Quick Step soon looked to take advantage of the crosswinds and jumped to the front of the peleton. Tjallingii, Thomas, O'Grady, Bak, Burghardt and Maaskant were all caught out but they all safely made their way back up to the front as the wind died down.

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But Quick Step were out causing havoc again with 75km to go, dragging Chavanel and Steegmans up with several domestiques and gained a minutes advantage over the pack.

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On the same descent Quick Step got away on, Thomas came down hard. He wasn't injured but his chances of a victory today were over. Burghardt punctured not long after and ended up riding to the line back with Thomas.

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Keen to go alone, Chavanel attacked his own team mates with 60km to go. 10km later he had built up a gap of 2'30 on the other favourites.

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Vansummeren attacked on a descent to try and claw back Chavanel alone.

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Gilbert attacked over the top of the next climb in pursuit of Chavanel and Vansummeren. Bak, Langeveld and Devolder responded.

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But Chavanel was racing away and still held a lead of 2'30 on Vansummeren with 30km to go. It looked as though he was heading towards another solo victory.

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Chavanel cruised across the line in his Top Tour leader's jersey after a spectacular 60km solo ride and added another victory to his season tally.

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Vansummeren was the next to cross the line, 3'15 down on Chavanel. Langeveld won the sprint for the final podium place ahead of Devolder, Gilbert and Tjallingii.

Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP 6h31'42
2 Johan Vansummeren GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 3'15
3 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK + 3'59
4 Stijn Devolder VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5 Philippe Gilbert SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
6 Maarten Tjallingii RABOBANK s.t.
7 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 5'37
8 Stuart O'Grady MILRAM - TREK + 6'04
9 Nick Nuyens TEAM SAXO BANK + 7'09
10 Staf Scheirlinckx SILENCE-LOTTO + 7'43
11 George Hincapie BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
12 Martijn Maaskant GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
13 Johnny Hoogerland VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Leif Hoste SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 8'55
16 Edvald Boasson Hagen SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 10'11
17 Serguei Ivanov TEAM KATUSHA + 10'46
18 Andreas Klier GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 11'25
19 Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM + 12'48
20 Geraint Thomas SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 13'21
Spoiler

21 Maxim Iglinskiy ASTANA + 16'01
22 Wilfried Cretskens SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
23 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
24 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP s.t.
25 Preben Van Hecke TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
26 Frédéric Amorison LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
27 Maarten Wynants QUICK STEP s.t.
28 Daniele Bennati MILRAM - TREK s.t.
29 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP s.t.
30 Wim De Vocht VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
31 Peter Wrölich MILRAM - TREK s.t.
32 Jesús Del Nero FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
33 Jens Voigt MILRAM - TREK s.t.
34 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP s.t.
35 Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP + 16'45
36 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS + 17'57
37 Matthew Hayman SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 18'45
38 Jeremy Hunt SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 19'33
39 Kenny Dehaes TEAM KATUSHA + 20'05
40 Tom Leezer RABOBANK s.t.
41 Roy Sentjens SILENCE-LOTTO + 21'01
42 Frank Hoj TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
43 Jürgen Roelandts SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
44 Kevin Hulsmans QUICK STEP s.t.
45 David Millar GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
46 Waarrar Wahtsakes MILRAM - TREK + 21'49
47 Huub Duyn GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
48 Gerald Ciolek QUICK STEP + 22'53
49 Frederick Veuchelen VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 23'33
50 Stijn Neirynck TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 24'13
51 Frederik Willems LIQUIGAS s.t.
52 Simon Spilak LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
53 Lloyd Mondory AG2R LA MONDIALE + 24'37
54 Markus Eichler MILRAM - TREK s.t.
55 Bert Scheirlinckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
56 Andrea Tonti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
57 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
58 Nico Sijmens COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 25'25
59 Mirko Lorenzetto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
60 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 25'49
61 Yuriy Krivtsov AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
62 Frederic Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
63 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
64 Alessandro Petacchi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
65 Dmitriy Muravyev ASTANA s.t.
66 Johan Coenen TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
67 Joaquin Rodriguez O. TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
68 Filip Meirhaeghe LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
69 Christian Knees SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
70 Geert Verheyen LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
71 Imanol Erviti CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
72 Koen Barbé LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO + 27'09
73 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
74 David Boucher LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
75 Koldo Fernandez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
76 Marcin Sapa LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
77 Klaas Lodewyck TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
78 Aart Vierhouten VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
79 Brett Lancaster SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
80 Danilo Napolitano TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
81 Nikolas Maes TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
82 José Vicente García Acosta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
83 Julian Dean GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
84 Luca Mazzanti TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
85 Martin Mortensen VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
86 Alexandre Moos BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
87 Ignatas Konovalovas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
88 Marco Pinotti TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
89 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
90 Angel Litu Gómez FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
91 Jonathan Bertrand LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
92 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
93 Glenn D'Hollander SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
94 Kenny De Ketele TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
95 Lieuwe Westra VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 28'45
96 Fabian Wegmann MILRAM - TREK s.t.
97 Dirk Bellemakers LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
98 Sébastien Minard COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
99 Enrico Franzoi LIQUIGAS s.t.
100 Gianni Meersman FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
101 Ben Swift SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
102 Fumiyuki Beppu ASTANA s.t.
103 Ermanno Capelli FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
104 Vasil Kiryienka CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
105 Bert Grabsch TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
106 Markel Irizar Aramburu EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
107 Michael Mørkøv TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
108 Anders Lund TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
109 Björn Schröder MILRAM - TREK s.t.
110 Bastien Delrot TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
111 Brian Vandborg LIQUIGAS s.t.
112 Thomas De Gendt VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
113 Aitor Hernández G. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
114 Sven Renders TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
115 Daniele Nardello FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
116 Bart Dockx SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
117 Rémy Di Gregorio ASTANA s.t.
118 Arkaitz Durán Aroca FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
119 Geoffroy Lequatre ASTANA s.t.
120 Jurgen Van Goolen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
121 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
122 Jérémy Roy FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
123 Scott Nydam BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
124 Laszlo Bodrogi TEAM KATUSHA + 30'45
125 Michael Lamp TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
126 Mark Renshaw TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 31'25
127 Stijn Vandenbergh TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
128 Gert Dockx TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
129 Alexsandr Dyachenko ASTANA s.t.
130 Fabian Vachon TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
131 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK + 32'29
132 Michael Schär BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
133 Rick Flens RABOBANK s.t.
134 Daniel Oss LIQUIGAS + 34'37
135 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 35'01
136 Alexandr Pliuschin AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
137 Gil Suray TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
138 Peter Cazaux TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
139 Hans Dekkers GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 36'05
140 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
141 Samuel Dumoulin COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
142 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
143 Xesús Tirando CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
144 Oliver Zaugg LIQUIGAS s.t.
145 Angelo Furlan LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
146 Damien Monier COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
147 Mathieu Drujon CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
148 Ivan Dominguez FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
149 Alex Rasmussen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
150 Martin Kohler BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
151 Jackson Stewart BMC RACING TEAM + 36'53
152 Mikel Nieve Iturralde EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
153 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
154 Dimitri Champion AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
155 Gatis Smukulis TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
156 Andoni Lafuente EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
157 Gianni Da Ros LIQUIGAS s.t.
158 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
159 Marco Bandiera LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
160 Alan Pérez Lezaun EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
161 Javier Aramendia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
162 Yann Offredo FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
163 Renaud Dion AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
164 Edward King LIQUIGAS s.t.
165 Mauro Da Dalto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
166 Alexandre Limin TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
167 David De La Ferre TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
168 Florent Brard COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
169 Tristan Valentin COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE s.t.
170 Valeriy Dmitriyev ASTANA s.t.
171 Fabio Galarzo TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
172 Jean-Charles Sénac AG2R LA MONDIALE + 38'13
173 Hilton Clarke FUJI - SERVETTO + 38'45
174 Tom Stamsnijder RABOBANK + 39'33
175 William Frischkorn GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 42'45
176 Berik Kupeshov ASTANA + 43'25
177 Wesley Sulzberger FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 44'29
178 Aurélien Duval FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
179 Robbie McEwen TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
180 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
181 Andrey Amador CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
182 Nicolas Rousseau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
183 Chris Barton BMC RACING TEAM + 46'42


Next Race
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I've worked out that the export results button doesn't work for any one day races. I can retrieve the results but it's a bit of a pain. Just in the off-chance that anyone knows a fix for this?
Edited by pcm2009fan on 29-07-2011 16:00
 
pcm2009fan
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Gent - Wevelgem

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Gent - Wevelgem : 207.5km

Another Belgian cobblestone race. Cancellara has decided to show his face in preperation for Paris - Roubaix and will be favourite although a bunch sprint is a possibility.

2008 Winner
Oscar Freire

Favourites
F. Cancellara (MRM)
S. Chavanel (QST)
G. Thomas (SKY)
T. Boonen (QST)
J. Vansummeren (GRM)

Startlist
Spoiler

MILRAM
1. F.Cancellara
2. D.Bennati
3. J.Fuglsang
4. M.Monfort
5. S.O'Grady
6. J.Posthuma
7. W.Wahtsakes
8. P.Wrölich

QUICK STEP
11. S.Chavanel
12. T.Boonen
13. G.Ciolek
14. S.De Jongh
15. K.Hulsmans
16. G.Steegmans
17. K.Van Impe
18. M.Wynants

GARMIN
21. J.Vansummeren
22. J.Dean
23. H.Dekkers
24. H.Duyn
25. R.Hammond
26. A.Klier
27. M.Maaskant
28. R.Van der Velde

RABOBANK
31. M.Tjallingii
32. G.Brown
33. S.Clement
34. B.De Groot
35. R.Flens
36. S.Langeveld
37. K.Reus
38. T.Stamsnijder

ASTANA
41. G.Rast
42. F.Beppu
43. R.Di Gregorio
44. A.Dyachenko
45. R.Kireyev
46. D.Muravyev
47. S.Renev
48. T.Vaitkus

SKY-CERVELO
51. G.Thomas
52. K.Arvesen
53. E.Boasson Hagen
54. J.Flecha
55. M.Hayman
56. J.Hunt
57. M.Reimer
58. B.Swift

KATUSHA
61. F.Pozzato
62. L.Bodrogi
63. K.Dehaes
64. S.Ivanov
65. R.McEwen
66. D.Napolitano
67. J.Rodriguez O.
68. S.Vandenbergh

VACANSOLEIL
71. S.Devolder
72. W.De Vocht
73. J.Hoogerland
74. W.Mol
75. M.Mortensen
76. J.Mouris
77. F.Veuchelen
78. L.Westra

COLUMBIA
81. L.Bak
82. M.Albasini
83. M.Cavendish
84. G.Dockx
85. B.Eisel
86. M.Pinotti
87. M.Renshaw
88. G.Smukulis

SILENCE
91. S.Scheirlinckx
92. W.Cretskens
93. G.D'Hollander
94. B.Dockx
95. L.Hoste
96. O.Kaisen
97. J.Roelandts
98. R.Sentjens

BMC
101. M.Burghardt
102. C.Barton
103. G.Hincapie
104. C.House
105. M.Quinziato
106. M.Schär
107. J.Stewart
108. M.Zberg

SAXO BANK
111. N.Nuyens
112. J.Haedo
113. K.Klostergaard
114. M.Ljungqvist
115. A.Lund
116. M.Mørkøv
117. L.Roberts
118. J.Van Goolen

ACQUA SAP.
121. L.Paolini
122. D.Andriotto
123. M.Codol
124. F.Di Paolo
125. A.Fantini
126. S.Garzelli
127. S.Masciarelli
128. D.Ortega Orts

F.D. JEUX
131. F.Guesdon
132. A.Duval
133. T.Gudsell
134. A.Gérard
135. Y.Hutarovich
136. G.Meersman
137. Y.Offredo
138. W.Sulzberger

LIQUIGAS
141. E.Franzoi
142. V.Agnoli
143. M.Bodnar
144. J.Guarnieri
145. E.King
146. D.Oss
147. B.Vandborg
148. F.Willems

LANDBOUWKRE.
151. F.Amorison
152. K.Barbé
153. J.Bertrand
154. D.Boucher
155. S.Delfosse
156. K.Peeters
157. B.Scheirlinckx
158. G.Verheyen

LAMPRE
161. S.Spilak
162. M.Bandiera
163. P.Caucchioli
164. M.Da Dalto
165. D.Hondo
166. A.Petacchi
167. S.Ponzi
168. M.Sapa

C.EPARGNE
171. N.Portal
172. R.Costa
173. M.Drujon
174. J.García Acosta
175. V.Kiryienka
176. I.Konovalovas
177. D.López García
178. D.Moreno

BBOX
181. S.Chavanel
182. J.Belgy
183. O.Bonnaire
184. F.Bouyer
185. C.Kern
186. R.Martias
187. E.Sokolov
188. S.Turgot

EUSKALTEL
191. I.Landaluze
192. J.Aramendia
193. M.Astarloza
194. K.Fernandez
195. A.Galdós Alonso
196. A.Lafuente
197. M.Nieve Iturralde
198. J.Oroz Ugalde

AG2R
201. Y.Krivtsov
202. C.Dessel
203. S.Hinault
204. B.Kadri
205. L.Mondory
206. A.Pliuschin
207. C.Riblon
208. J.Sénac

FUJI
211. A.Gómez
212. P.Bailetti
213. E.Capelli
214. H.Clarke
215. J.Mejías Leal
216. D.Nardello
217. R.Serrano Gonzalez
218. A.Tonti

EUROSPORT
221. F.Vachon
222. P.Cazaux
223. D.De La Ferre
224. B.Delrot
225. F.Galarzo
226. M.Lamp
227. A.Limin
228. G.Suray


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The race was relatively quiet until the final climb where the pack eventually separated. A group of 21 riders were out in front including the likes of Boonen, Thomas and Eisel.

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But with 13km to go Cancellara opened up the attacks with Thomas, Vansummeren, Bak, Devolder and Tjallingii.

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As the dust settled, Bak, Tjallingii and Vansummeren had opened up a 30 second gap at the front of the race.

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They were joined on the run in by Maaskant and Burghardt, but the rest of the chasing group weren't far behind.

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The sprint opened up and it was Bak who jumped out from behind Vansummeren and Tjallingii...

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...And he opened up quite a big gap on the others and attempted to steamroller his way to the line...

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He held on to take a surprise victory for Columbia. Vansummeren has to settle for second again whilst Cancellara sprinted over the line for third.

Results
1 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 5h37'30
2 Johan Vansummeren GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
3 Fabian Cancellara MILRAM - TREK s.t.
4 Maarten Tjallingii RABOBANK s.t.
5 Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
6 Geraint Thomas SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
7 Leif Hoste SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
8 Martijn Maaskant GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
9 Matthew Hayman SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
10 Juan Antonio Flecha SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
Spoiler

11 Stuart O'Grady MILRAM - TREK s.t.
12 Grégory Rast ASTANA s.t.
13 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP s.t.
14 Staf Scheirlinckx SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
15 Andreas Klier GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 53
16 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP s.t.
17 Stijn Devolder VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 George Hincapie BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
19 Roger Hammond GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
20 Bernhard Eisel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 2'30
21 Manuel Quinziato BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
22 Jeremy Hunt SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING + 3'03
23 Johnny Hoogerland VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Nick Nuyens TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
25 Luca Paolini ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
26 Filippo Pozzato TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
27 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK + 4'19
28 Peter Wrölich MILRAM - TREK + 4'45
29 Daniele Bennati MILRAM - TREK s.t.
30 Edvald Boasson Hagen SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
32 Serguei Ivanov TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
33 Wilfried Cretskens SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
34 Tomas Vaitkus ASTANA s.t.
35 Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP s.t.
36 Joost Posthuma MILRAM - TREK s.t.
37 Wim De Vocht VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 5'57
38 Jürgen Roelandts SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
39 Waarrar Wahtsakes MILRAM - TREK s.t.
40 Markus Zberg BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
41 Frédéric Amorison LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
42 Frederik Willems LIQUIGAS s.t.
43 Maarten Wynants QUICK STEP + 7'19
44 Simon Spilak LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
45 Bert Scheirlinckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
46 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP s.t.
47 David Boucher LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
48 Marcus Ljungqvist TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
49 Frederic Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
50 Nicolas Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
51 Kevin Hulsmans QUICK STEP + 8'31
52 Yuriy Krivtsov AG2R LA MONDIALE + 9'03
53 Kevin Van Impe QUICK STEP s.t.
54 Lloyd Mondory AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
55 Dmitriy Muravyev ASTANA s.t.
56 Martin Mortensen VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
57 Koen Barbé LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
58 Roy Sentjens SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
59 Laszlo Bodrogi TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
60 Sébastien Delfosse LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
61 José Vicente García Acosta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
62 Sébastien Turgot BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
63 Geert Verheyen LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
64 Enrico Franzoi LIQUIGAS s.t.
65 Jonathan Bertrand LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
66 Huub Duyn GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
67 Rick Flens RABOBANK s.t.
68 Gert Dockx TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
69 Michael Schär BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
70 Frederick Veuchelen VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
71 Stef Clement RABOBANK s.t.
72 Sebastien Hinault AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
73 Kenny Dehaes TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
74 Mathieu Drujon CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
75 Julian Dean GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
76 Ricardo Van der Velde GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
77 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
78 Alessandro Petacchi LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
79 Ben Swift SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
80 Wouter Mol VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
81 Yauheni Hutarovich FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
82 Marco Bandiera LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
83 Sébastien Chavanel BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
84 Mark Cavendish TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
85 Koldo Fernandez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
86 Gerald Ciolek QUICK STEP s.t.
87 Michael Mørkøv TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
88 Lieuwe Westra VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
89 Danilo Napolitano TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
90 Marcin Sapa LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
91 Bart Dockx SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
92 Danilo Hondo LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
93 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
94 Glenn D'Hollander SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
95 Rui Alberto Costa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
96 Pietro Caucchioli LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
97 Hans Dekkers GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
98 Angel Litu Gómez FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
99 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
100 Joaquin Rodriguez O. TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
101 Tom Stamsnijder RABOBANK s.t.
102 Olivier Kaisen SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
103 Arnaud Gérard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
104 Daniel Oss LIQUIGAS s.t.
105 Jens Mouris VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
106 Ignatas Konovalovas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
107 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
108 Mark Renshaw TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
109 Brian Vandborg LIQUIGAS s.t.
110 Stefano Garzelli ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
111 Olivier Bonnaire BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
112 Andrea Tonti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
113 Christophe Riblon AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
114 Stijn Vandenbergh TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
115 Kevin Peeters LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO s.t.
116 Rony Martias BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
117 Paolo Bailetti FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
118 Gianni Meersman FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
119 Gil Suray TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
120 Yann Offredo FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
121 Javier Mejías Leal FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
122 Massimo Codol ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
123 Anders Lund TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
124 Alexandr Pliuschin AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
125 Jurgen Van Goolen TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
126 Rémy Di Gregorio ASTANA s.t.
127 Marco Pinotti TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
128 Roman Kireyev ASTANA s.t.
129 Maciej Bodnar LIQUIGAS s.t.
130 Fumiyuki Beppu ASTANA + 12'15
131 Valerio Agnoli LIQUIGAS s.t.
132 Alexandre Limin TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
133 Franck Bouyer BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
134 Alexsandr Dyachenko ASTANA s.t.
135 Dario Andriotto ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
136 Jakob Fuglsang MILRAM - TREK s.t.
137 Gatis Smukulis TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
138 David De La Ferre TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
139 Javier Aramendia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
140 Daniele Nardello FUJI - SERVETTO + 13'51
141 Maxime Monfort MILRAM - TREK s.t.
142 Ermanno Capelli FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
143 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
144 Bastien Delrot TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
145 Martin Reimer SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
146 Michael Lamp TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
147 Simone Ponzi LAMPRE - N.G.C + 15'11
148 Michael Albasini TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
149 Mauro Da Dalto LAMPRE - N.G.C s.t.
150 Luke Roberts TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
151 Francesco Di Paolo ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
152 Robbie McEwen TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
153 Aitor Galdós Alonso EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
154 Jacopo Guarnieri LIQUIGAS s.t.
155 Fabio Galarzo TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
156 Juan José Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
157 Wesley Sulzberger FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
158 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez FUJI - SERVETTO s.t.
159 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
160 Jackson Stewart BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
161 Daniel Moreno CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
162 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
163 Blel Kadri AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
164 Peter Cazaux TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
165 Cyril Dessel AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
166 Christophe Kern BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
167 Andoni Lafuente EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
168 Julien Belgy BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
169 Mikel Nieve Iturralde EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
170 Fabian Vachon TEAM EUROSPORT s.t.
171 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
172 Sergey Renev ASTANA s.t.
173 Vasil Kiryienka CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
174 Edward King LIQUIGAS s.t.
175 Evgeny Sokolov BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
176 Jean-Charles Sénac AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
177 Thimoty Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
178 David López García CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 18'07
179 Alessandro Fantini ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO + 18'39
180 Chris Barton BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
181 Cole House BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
182 Didac Ortega Orts ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO s.t.
183 Hilton Clarke FUJI - SERVETTO + 20'31
184 Aurélien Duval FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 21'39


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Edited by pcm2009fan on 29-07-2011 17:42
 
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Luis Leon Sanchez won ahead of Alejandro Valverde who took home both the points and mountains jerseys. Andy Schleck was the best young rider ahead of Tony Martin who won the ITT on the final stage. Astana took the team classification.
 
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