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 Paris - Roubaix
Compiegne - Roubaix : 269.3km
Today is the biggest day of the year for the likes of Cancellara and Vansummeren and the eyes will very much be on them today in their efforts to take victory in the Roubaix velodrome.
Ballan and Leukemans will miss out through injury. Vansummeren is without the support of Hushovd and Haussler who obviously have different goals this year. Gilbert has also decided against racing.
2008 Winner
Tom Boonen
Pre-race Favourites
F. Cancellara (MRM)
M. Tjallingii (RAB)
S. Chavanel (QST)
J. Vansummeren (GRM)
T. Boonen (QST)
Startlist
Spoiler
MILRAM
1. F.Cancellara
2. M.Eichler
3. S.Knaven
4. S.O'Grady
5. B.Schröder
6. N.Terpstra
7. W.Wahtsakes
8. P.Wrölich
RABOBANK
11. M.Tjallingii
12. R.Flens
13. D.Kozontchuk
14. S.Langeveld
15. T.Leezer
16. K.Reus
17. T.Stamsnijder
18. J.Van Emden
QUICK STEP
21. S.Chavanel
22. T.Boonen
23. S.De Jongh
24. K.Hulsmans
25. S.Rosseler
26. M.Tosatto
27. J.Van De Walle
28. K.Van Impe
GARMIN
31. J.Vansummeren
32. S.Cozza
33. R.Hammond
34. A.Klier
35. C.Le Mével
36. M.Maaskant
37. D.Millar
38. K.Patour
ASTANA
41. G.Rast
42. F.Beppu
43. R.Di Gregorio
44. M.Iglinskiy
45. F.Kessiakoff
46. G.Lequatre
47. D.Muravyev
48. T.Vaitkus
SKY-CERVELO
51. G.Thomas
52. K.Arvesen
53. P.Deignan
54. J.Flecha
55. M.Hayman
56. J.Hunt
57. B.Lancaster
58. D.Lloyd
KATUSHA
61. F.Pozzato
62. L.Bodrogi
63. K.Dehaes
64. N.Eskov
65. S.Klimov
66. A.Markov
67. G.Mikhailov
68. S.Vandenbergh
VACANSOLEIL
71. S.Devolder
72. J.Hoogerland
73. C.Lhotellerie
74. M.Mortensen
75. A.Van Groen
76. F.Veuchelen
77. A.Vierhouten
78. L.Westra
COLUMBIA
81. L.Bak
82. M.Albasini
83. B.Eisel
84. B.Grabsch
85. A.Hansen
86. A.Rasmussen
87. K.Siutsou
88. G.Smukulis
SILENCE
91. S.Scheirlinckx
92. W.Cretskens
93. G.D'Hollander
94. B.Dockx
95. M.Elijzen
96. L.Hoste
97. S.Lang
98. R.Sentjens
BMC
101. M.Burghardt
102. C.Barton
103. J.Garcia
104. G.Hincapie
105. A.Moinard
106. M.Quinziato
107. M.Schär
108. M.Zberg
SAXO BANK
111. N.Nuyens
112. J.Bellis
113. B.Cooke
114. F.Hoj
115. K.Klostergaard
116. M.Ljungqvist
117. A.Lund
118. N.Sørensen
ACQUA SAP.
121. L.Paolini
122. M.Codol
123. F.Di Paolo
124. A.Donati
125. A.Fantini
126. A.Masciarelli
127. F.Masciarelli
128. D.Ortega Orts
F.D. JEUX
131. F.Guesdon
132. A.Duval
133. T.Gudsell
134. Y.Hutarovich
135. M.Ladagnous
136. F.Mourey
137. Y.Offredo
138. J.Roy
LIQUIGAS
141. E.Franzoi
142. C.Corioni
143. M.Fischer
144. J.Guarnieri
145. E.King
146. F.Sabatini
147. B.Vandborg
148. F.Willems
LANDBOUWKRE.
151. F.Amorison
152. D.Bellemakers
153. J.Bertrand
154. D.Boucher
155. D.Flahaut
156. F.Meirhaeghe
157. M.Ricci Poggi
158. B.Scheirlinckx
BESSON
161. A.Coyot
162. C.Coutouly
163. J.Galland
164. F.Jeandesboz
165. S.Joly
166. L.Mangel
167. F.Morizot
168. Y.Talabardon
BBOX
171. A.Pichot
172. J.Belgy
173. O.Bonnaire
174. W.Bonnet
175. S.Chavanel
176. S.Haddou
177. V.Jérôme
178. R.Martias
AGRITUBEL
181. K.Ista
182. E.Berges
183. S.Caethoven
184. S.Calzati
185. N.Jalabert
186. C.Laurent
187. D.Le Lay
188. C.Moreau
COFIDIS
191. S.Minard
192. G.Blot
193. F.Brard
194. M.Buffaz
195. H.Duclos-Lassalle
196. S.Dumoulin
197. D.Monier
198. T.Valentin
AG2R
201. L.Mondory
202. J.Arrieta
203. C.Dessel
204. R.Dion
205. B.Kadri
206. C.Riblon
207. N.Rousseau
208. L.Turpin
BARLOWORLD
211. B.Hermans
212. P.Calcagni
213. F.Cardenas
214. K.Carlström
215. G.Cheula
216. M.Merlo
217. C.Scognamiglio
218. I.Stannard
EUROSPORT
221. P.Cazaux
222. D.De La Ferre
223. B.Delrot
224. F.Galarzo
225. M.Lamp
226. G.Suray
227. S.Tronk
228. F.Vachon
Nuyens, Devolder,Eisel and Bak were all victims of early crashes whilst Pozzato suffered a puncture. They all made it back to the pack before Vansummeren suffered a scare with a crash 77km from the finish but his Garmin team brought him back up.
Burghardt was the first to attack 65km from the finish but was brought back 10km later.
With 50km to go Cancellara made his move and Tjallingii was quick to follow. But they also failed to establish a solid lead.
And then at 40km Geraint Thomas made his move with O'Grady, Rast and Boonen. However they are brought back by the chasing group of now around 15 riders.
With 25km to go Vansummeren made his move and looked a little more decisive. Cancellara, Tjallingii and Chavanel all marked him.
Whilst Vansummeren and Chavanel faded, Cancellara and Tjallingii went on ahead. They had built up a lead of 1 minute to Vansummeren with just 17km to go.
But yet again the chasers responded. Flecha was first to bridge the gap across and the other favourites weren't far behind.
But as the chasers bore down on them Cancellara kicked once more. Tjallingii did his best to follow.
But on the run-in Cancellara had opened up a slender lead on Tjallingii...
...which he retained as the two of them entered the velodrome.
Tjallingii did his best to follow Cancellara but he just couldn't quite make his way onto the Swiss powerhouse's wheel.
Cancellara held on to jubilantly take his second Paris - Roubaix victory.
Tjallingii will have to make do for second.
Vansummeren rounded out the podium ahead of O'Grady, Thomas and Flecha. Two 2nd places and a 3rd place are great results to take away from the cobbled classics for the Belgian but he will no doubt be disappointed to have missed out on the top step of the podium.
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara MILRAM - TREK 7h27'20
2 Maarten Tjallingii RABOBANK s.t.
3 Johan Vansummeren GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 1'18
4 Stuart O'Grady MILRAM - TREK s.t.
5 Geraint Thomas SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
6 Juan Antonio Flecha SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
7 Staf Scheirlinckx SILENCE-LOTTO + 2'31
8 Leif Hoste SILENCE-LOTTO s.t.
9 Martijn Maaskant GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM + 3'08
10 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
11 Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
12 Matthew Hayman SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
13 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP s.t.
14 Grégory Rast ASTANA s.t.
15 Sylvain Chavanel QUICK STEP s.t.
16 Bernhard Eisel TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD + 3'57
17 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
18 Filippo Pozzato TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
19 Manuel Quinziato BMC RACING TEAM + 6'18
20 Roger Hammond GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM s.t.
Next Race
 Amstel Gold Race
Ahh disaster! After the export failed and crashed the game I reloaded it only to find that the game had simmed Paris - Roubaix with totally different results!
I'm in the process of cleaning up the Top Tour rankings but does anyone knows how to edit the race palmares (with Hannes converter)?
EDIT: Things seem to get messy with palmares and it isn't crucial anyway. I've re-written the Top Tour as it should have been based on the original results. For future classics I'll either type out the results or screenshot the results to avoid this happening again.
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Amstel Gold Race
Maastricht - Valkenburg : 250.5km
2008 Winner
Damiano Cunego
Favourites
P. Gilbert (Silence-Lotto)
C. Evans (BMC)
J. Rodriguez (Katusha)
A. Contador (Saxo Bank)
A. Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
Startlist
Spoiler
SILENCE
1. P.Gilbert
2. M.Aerts
3. F.De Greef
4. T.Dekker
5. M.Elijzen
6. P.Jacobs
7. J.Vanendert
8. J.Veikkanen
KATUSHA
11. S.Ivanov
12. A.Botcharov
13. A.Colom
14. V.Karpets
15. S.Klimov
16. L.Mazzanti
17. E.Petrov
18. J.Rodriguez O.
BMC
21. C.Evans
22. B.Bookwalter
23. S.Bovay
24. T.Frei
25. K.Kroon
26. S.Nydam
27. F.Stalder
28. J.Stewart
SAXO BANK
31. A.Contador
32. M.Christensen
33. J.Hernandez Blazquez
34. A.Kolobnev
35. M.Ljungqvist
36. R.Porte
37. C.Sørensen
38. J.Van Goolen
SKY-CERVELO
41. S.Gerrans
42. P.Deignan
43. V.Gustov
44. C.Knees
45. S.Pauwels
46. O.Pujol Muñoz
47. M.Rogers
48. X.Zandio
GARMIN
51. R.Hesjedal
52. H.Duyn
53. C.Le Mével
54. T.Lowe
55. D.Martin
56. D.Millar
57. T.Peterson
58. D.Zabriskie
C.EPARGNE
61. A.Valverde
62. D.Arroyo
63. R.Costa
64. V.Kiryienka
65. A.Losada
66. M.Perez
67. M.Perget
68. M.Soler
COLUMBIA
71. T.Martin
72. M.Albasini
73. B.Grabsch
74. A.Hansen
75. K.Kirchen
76. F.Rabon
77. K.Siutsou
78. P.Velits
AG2R
81. R.Nocentini
82. C.Dessel
83. A.Efimkin
84. S.Goubert
85. J.Loubet
86. R.Mandri
87. A.Pliuschin
88. L.Turpin
QUICK STEP
91. C.Barredo L.
92. D.Cataldo
93. K.De Weert
94. D.Devenyns
95. A.Engels
96. M.Facci
97. H.Schwab
98. M.Tosatto
MILRAM
101. F.Wegmann
102. J.Fuglsang
103. L.Gerdemann
104. M.Monfort
105. D.Roels
106. T.Rohregger
107. R.Scholz
108. J.Voigt
LIQUIGAS
111. F.Pellizotti
112. V.Agnoli
113. M.Bodnar
114. A.Noe
115. S.Szmyd
116. A.Vanotti
117. F.Willems
118. O.Zaugg
FUJI
121. J.Cobo Acebo
122. M.Ardila
123. I.Camaño
124. A.Durán Aroca
125. A.Fernández
126. X.Florencio
127. R.Serrano Gonzalez
128. A.Tonti
F.D. JEUX
131. S.Casar
132. A.Duval
133. P.Fédrigo
134. A.Jeannesson
135. G.Meersman
136. F.Mourey
137. D.Rollin
138. W.Sulzberger
VACANSOLEIL
141. M.Carrara
142. B.Bozic
143. S.Lagutin
144. C.Lhotellerie
145. W.Mol
146. E.Mosquera
147. R.Pidgornyy
148. W.Poels
BBOX
151. P.Rolland
152. O.Bonnaire
153. C.Gautier
154. A.Labbe
155. L.Lefèvre
156. A.Pichot
157. P.Quemeneur
158. E.Sokolov
EUSKALTEL
161. I.Anton H.
162. M.Astarloza
163. J.Azanza Soto
164. A.Hernández G.
165. E.Martinez
166. M.Nieve Iturralde
167. A.Txurruka Ansola
168. I.Velasco Murillo
ASTANA
171. L.Leipheimer
172. V.Dmitriyev
173. M.Iglinskiy
174. F.Kessiakoff
175. R.Kiserlovski
176. I.Rovny
177. J.Rubiera
178. P.Tiralongo
RABOBANK
181. L.Ten Dam
182. L.Boom
183. S.Clement
184. B.De Groot
185. J.Gárate
186. T.Leezer
187. K.Moerenhout
188. B.Mollema
COFIDIS
191. R.Pauriol
192. L.Duque
193. B.Fernández
194. S.Minard
195. D.Moncoutié
196. N.Sijmens
197. R.Taaramae
198. N.Vogondy
LAMPRE
201. M.Mori
202. M.Bono
203. P.Caucchioli
204. M.Lorenzetto
205. M.Marzano
206. M.Mori
207. M.Santambrogio
208. S.Spilak
LPR
211. G.Bosisio
212. L.Bernucci
213. R.Chiarini
214. J.Golcer
215. S.LaganÃ
216. S.Marinangeli
217. D.Pietropolli
218. C.Salerno
EUROSPORT
221. P.Cazaux
222. D.De La Ferre
223. B.Delrot
224. F.Galarzo
225. M.Lamp
226. A.Limin
227. G.Suray
228. S.Tronk
Just a short race report for the Gold Race - I'm feeling a bit tired after the cobbled classics and fixing up a few things with the database. I'm also keen to get onto the Grand Tours.
Evans jumped the gun early and rode across to the breakaway but he didn't have the legs to follow his attack through. A dissapointing day for him, finishing 78th in the end.
Gerrans attacked the front group on the penultimate climb but Gilbert wasn't far behind.
Gilbert caught up with him on the flat and the two approached the finish line together.
But Gerrans didn't stand a chance against the powerful Belgian who will be looking to carry his form onto the remaining Ardennes classics.
Results
1 Philippe Gilbert SILENCE-LOTTO 6h22'35
2 Simon Gerrans SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t.
3 Joaquin Rodriguez O. TEAM KATUSHA +50
4 Luca Mazzanti TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
5 Kim Kirchen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t.
6 Alberto Contador TEAM SAXO BANK s.t.
7 Karsten Kroon BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
8 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS +1'13
9 Jens Voigt MILRAM - TREK s.t.
10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE +1'27
Next Race
 La Fleche Wallone
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La Fleche Wallone
Charleroi - Huy : 201.7km
It's the second of the Ardennes classics and Gilbert will no doubt be looking to win again and perhaps set up a chance at the triple.
The startlist is very similar to the Amstel Gold Race with Evans, Rodriguez, Contador, Valverde and Gerrans all present.
2008 Winner
Kim Kirchen
Startlist
Spoiler
SILENCE
1. P.Gilbert
2. M.Aerts
3. W.Cretskens
4. G.D'Hollander
5. F.De Greef
6. P.Jacobs
7. M.Lloyd
8. J.Vanendert
KATUSHA
11. S.Ivanov
12. P.Brutt
13. A.Colom
14. M.Ignatiev
15. V.Karpets
16. S.Klimov
17. L.Mazzanti
18. J.Rodriguez O.
BMC
21. C.Evans
22. T.Frei
23. M.Kohler
24. K.Kroon
25. A.Moinard
26. S.Nydam
27. F.Stalder
28. T.Tolleson
SAXO BANK
31. A.Contador
32. J.Hernandez Blazquez
33. D.Klemme
34. A.Kolobnev
35. G.Larsson
36. M.Ljungqvist
37. B.Noval
38. J.Van Goolen
SKY-CERVELO
41. S.Gerrans
42. M.Barry
43. I.Cuesta
44. P.Deignan
45. D.Fleeman
46. J.Novoa Méndez
47. R.Uran
48. X.Zandio
GARMIN
51. R.Hesjedal
52. B.Caldwell
53. T.Duggan
54. M.Friedman
55. C.Le Mével
56. S.Tuft
57. C.Vandevelde
58. D.Zabriskie
C.EPARGNE
61. A.Valverde
62. M.Bruseghin
63. R.Costa
64. V.Kiryienka
65. L.Pasamontes R.
66. O.Pereiro
67. M.Soler
68. X.Tirando
COLUMBIA
71. T.Martin
72. G.Dockx
73. A.Hansen
74. K.Kirchen
75. M.Pinotti
76. V.Reynès
77. P.Velits
78. D.Wyss
AG2R
81. R.Nocentini
82. J.Arrieta
83. V.Efimkin
84. J.Gadret
85. S.Goubert
86. N.Roche
87. B.Sonnery
88. L.Turpin
QUICK STEP
91. C.Barredo L.
92. K.De Weert
93. D.Devenyns
94. D.Malacarne
95. J.Pineau
96. H.Schwab
97. K.Seeldraeyers
98. M.Wynants
MILRAM
101. F.Wegmann
102. M.Fothen
103. J.Fröhlinger
104. L.Gerdemann
105. M.Monfort
106. M.Russ
107. B.Schröder
108. J.Voigt
LIQUIGAS
111. F.Pellizotti
112. V.Agnoli
113. E.Capecchi
114. K.Koren
115. A.Noe
116. S.Szmyd
117. A.Vanotti
118. F.Willems
FUJI
121. C.Sastre
122. M.Ardila
123. I.Camaño
124. D.Cañada
125. H.González
126. J.Jufre Pou
127. R.Serrano Gonzalez
128. A.Tonti
F.D. JEUX
131. B.Vaugrenard
132. S.Casar
133. M.Delage
134. A.Jeannesson
135. G.Meersman
136. D.Rollin
137. J.Roy
138. W.Sulzberger
VACANSOLEIL
141. M.Carrara
142. B.Bozic
143. T.De Gendt
144. S.Lagutin
145. C.Lhotellerie
146. E.Mosquera
147. W.Poels
148. F.Veuchelen
EUSKALTEL
151. I.Anton H.
152. J.Agirre A.
153. J.Azanza Soto
154. A.Hernández G.
155. M.Irizar Aramburu
156. A.Lafuente
157. E.Martinez
158. A.Txurruka Ansola
ASTANA
161. L.Leipheimer
162. A.Dyachenko
163. M.Iglinskiy
164. F.Kessiakoff
165. R.Kireyev
166. J.Rubiera
167. P.Tiralongo
168. H.Zubeldia
RABOBANK
171. L.Ten Dam
172. L.Boom
173. S.Clement
174. R.Flens
175. J.Gárate
176. B.Mollema
177. K.Reus
178. B.Tankink
COFIDIS
181. R.Pauriol
182. S.Augé
183. F.Brard
184. L.Duque
185. B.Fernández
186. D.Moncoutié
187. R.Taaramae
188. T.Valentin
LAMPRE
191. M.Mori
192. P.Caucchioli
193. D.Loosli
194. M.Lorenzetto
195. M.Marzano
196. M.Mori
197. S.Ponzi
198. M.Sapa
LANDBOUWKRE.
201. B.De Waele
202. J.Bertrand
203. S.Delfosse
204. B.Gourgue
205. K.Peeters
206. R.Peeters
207. B.Scheirlinckx
208. G.Verheyen
SERRAMENTI
211. A.Bertolini
212. R.Bertogliati
213. F.De Bonis
214. L.Mate
215. L.Moser
216. J.Rodriguez
217. J.Rujano
218. J.Serpa Santander
EUROSPORT
221. P.Cazaux
222. D.De La Ferre
223. F.Galarzo
224. M.Lamp
225. A.Limin
226. A.Moucherman
227. G.Suray
228. F.Vachon
Strong pacemaking from Katusha and Silence-Lotto saw a group of 42 riders head into the last 10km together at the front. Kroon was the first to have a go but didn't get anywhere.
And neither could anyone else although the peleton was halved on the run in to the finish. It was going to be decided on the final climb. Gilbert wasn't looking strong, sitting at the back of the pack.
Going into the final kilometre Gadret, Gerrans, Pellizotti and Kroon were at the front of the group.
Gerrans was looking the strongest as they went round the final bends to the summit.
...And he held on to take a surprise win for Sky to add to his second place in the Gold Race. He'll certainly be a contender for Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Pellizotti and Nocentini denied Gilbert a podium place.
Results
| 1 Simon Gerrans SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING 5h02'01 | | 2 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t. | | 3 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t. | | 4 Philippe Gilbert SILENCE-LOTTO s.t. | | 5 Karsten Kroon BMC RACING TEAM s.t. | | 6 Maxime Monfort MILRAM - TREK s.t. | | 7 John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t. | | 8 Joaquin Rodriguez O. TEAM KATUSHA s.t. | | 9 Tony Martin TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD +21 | | 10 Jerome Pineau QUICK STEP s.t. |
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Liege-Bastogne-Liege
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Liege - Bastogne - Liege
Liege - Liege : 262.1km
2008 Winner
Alejandro Valverde
There are tons of strong riders at the start line. True climbers such as Armstrong, the Schleck brothers and Contador join the likes of Gilbert, Vinokourov and Samuel Sanchez. But the likes Gerrans and Pellizotti have shown good form recently and so it should be interesting to see the final outcome of today.
Startlist
Spoiler
SILENCE
1. P.Gilbert
2. M.Aerts
3. T.Dekker
4. P.Jacobs
5. M.Lloyd
6. T.Stubbe
7. J.Van den Broeck
8. C.Wegelius
MILRAM
11. F.Schleck
12. J.Fröhlinger
13. L.Gerdemann
14. M.Monfort
15. A.Schleck
16. J.Voigt
17. P.Voss
18. F.Wegmann
ASTANA
21. A.Vinokourov
22. L.Armstrong
23. J.Brajkovic
24. C.Horner
25. A.Klöden
26. R.Kreuziger
27. L.Leipheimer
28. H.Zubeldia
EUSKALTEL
31. S.Sánchez G.
32. J.Agirre A.
33. I.Anton H.
34. J.Aramendia
35. M.Astarloza
36. E.Martinez
37. M.Nieve Iturralde
38. I.Velasco Murillo
KATUSHA
41. S.Ivanov
42. K.Dehaes
43. V.Karpets
44. S.Klimov
45. E.Petrov
46. J.Rodriguez O.
47. Y.Trofimov
48. S.Vandenbergh
BMC
51. C.Evans
52. S.Bovay
53. T.Frei
54. J.Garcia
55. K.Kroon
56. F.Stalder
57. J.Stewart
58. T.Tolleson
SAXO BANK
61. A.Contador
62. L.Bøchman
63. M.Christensen
64. J.Hernandez Blazquez
65. A.Kolobnev
66. B.Noval
67. C.Sørensen
68. J.Van Goolen
SKY-CERVELO
71. S.Gerrans
72. J.Augustyn
73. I.Cuesta
74. V.Gustov
75. T.Lövkvist
76. O.Pujol Muñoz
77. R.Uran
78. B.Wiggins
GARMIN
81. R.Hesjedal
82. T.Danielson
83. H.Duyn
84. T.Lowe
85. D.Martin
86. C.Meier
87. R.Van der Velde
88. C.Vandevelde
C.EPARGNE
91. A.Valverde
92. D.Arroyo
93. M.Bruseghin
94. V.Kiryienka
95. D.López GarcÃa
96. L.Pasamontes R.
97. M.Soler
98. X.Tirando
COLUMBIA
101. T.Martin
102. G.Dockx
103. A.Hansen
104. K.Kirchen
105. M.Pinotti
106. K.Siutsou
107. M.Velits
108. P.Velits
RABOBANK
111. R.Gesink
112. S.Clement
113. J.Gárate
114. B.Mollema
115. G.Niermann
116. K.Reus
117. B.Tankink
118. P.Weening
AG2R
121. R.Nocentini
122. C.Dessel
123. A.Efimkin
124. J.Gadret
125. J.Loubet
126. N.Roche
127. L.Turpin
128. T.Valjavec
LIQUIGAS
131. F.Pellizotti
132. M.Fischer
133. A.Noe
134. S.Szmyd
135. B.Vandborg
136. A.Vanotti
137. F.Willems
138. O.Zaugg
QUICK STEP
141. J.Pineau
142. D.Cataldo
143. K.De Weert
144. A.Engels
145. H.Schwab
146. K.Seeldraeyers
147. J.Van De Walle
148. K.Van Impe
FUJI
151. D.Menchov
152. M.Ardila
153. P.Bailetti
154. D.Cañada
155. A.Durán Aroca
156. A.Gómez
157. C.Sastre
158. R.Serrano Gonzalez
F.D. JEUX
161. B.Vaugrenard
162. S.Casar
163. A.Duval
164. P.Fédrigo
165. A.Jeannesson
166. G.Meersman
167. A.Roux
168. J.Roy
VACANSOLEIL
171. R.Pidgornyy
172. T.De Gendt
173. S.Lagutin
174. C.Lhotellerie
175. W.Mol
176. E.Mosquera
177. W.Poels
178. F.Veuchelen
LANDBOUWKRE.
181. B.De Waele
182. J.Bertrand
183. S.Delfosse
184. B.Gourgue
185. K.Peeters
186. M.Ricci Poggi
187. B.Scheirlinckx
188. G.Verheyen
COFIDIS
191. N.Vogondy
192. F.Brard
193. M.Buffaz
194. J.El Fares
195. M.Hary
196. D.Moncoutié
197. D.Monier
198. S.Portal
LAMPRE
201. P.Caucchioli
202. M.Da Dalto
203. D.Loosli
204. M.Lorenzetto
205. M.Mori
206. D.Righi
207. M.Santambrogio
208. S.Spilak
BBOX
211. A.Pichot
212. Y.Arashiro
213. O.Bonnaire
214. M.Claude
215. C.Gautier
216. C.Kern
217. G.Le Floch
218. M.Sprick
T. VLAANDEREN
221. K.Goddaert
222. T.Criel
223. K.De Ketele
224. K.Lodewyck
225. N.Maes
226. M.Neyens
227. S.Renders
EUROSPORT
231. M.Lamp
232. P.Cazaux
233. B.Delrot
234. F.Galarzo
235. A.Moucherman
236. G.Suray
237. S.Tronk
238. F.Vachon
Silence-Lotto were keen to control the peleton for Gilbert and it took well over 100km of racing for a successful break to form. Clement and Ardila joined Irish champion Martin and 7th placed at Fleche Wallone, John Gadret.
Soon after Kolobnev made an early move and Evans joined him.
As they built up a two minute advantage, Van den Broeck attacked and was later joined by Jeanesson but they are eventually brought back, and with 38km to go the pack is back together again.
At the 25km mark Gilbert makes his move.
Vinokourov, Rodriguez and Kroon are the first to respond but Gilbert opens up a gap on the descent.
Frank Schleck leads the chase behind but with 15km to go Gilbert has a lead of over a minute.
On the penultimate climb Gilbert still has 1'15 back to a group of Frank Schleck, Tony Martin, Gerrans and Rodriguez.
The finish line was just about in sight for Gilbert but then Fleche Wallone winner Gerrans attacked and began to cut back Gilbert's advantage.
But Gilbert recovered on the descent and it looked like he was going to hang on as he passed under the flamme rouge.
And indeed the Belgian champion held on to take his second victory in the Ardennes classics.
Gerrans crossed the line second to cap off a surprisingly good Spring classics season for him with 2nd places at Amstel and Liege - Bastogne - Liege and a victory at Fleche Wallone for the Australian.
Andy Schleck sprinted accross the line to take 3rd ahead of Kroon, Rodriguez and Martin whilst his brother took 7th.
Results
| 1 Phillipe Gilbert SILENCE-LOTTO 6h51'53 | | 2 Simon Gerrans SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING +37 | | 3 Andy Schleck MILRAM - TREK +1'53 | | 4 Karsten Kroon BMC RACING TEAM s.t. | | 5 Joaquin Rodriguez O. TEAM KATUSHA s.t. | | 6 Tony Martin TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t. | | 7 Frank Schleck MILRAM - TREK s.t. | | 8 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE +2'18 | | 9 Kim Kirchen TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD s.t. | | 10 Alexander Vinokourov ASTANA s.t. | | 11 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t. | | 12 Lance Armstrong ASTANA +3'57 | | 13 Jerome Pineau QUICK STEP s.t. | | 14 Thomas Lovkvist SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING s.t. | | 15 Serguei Ivanov TEAM KATUSHA +4'41 |
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April Summary
Note to self and any others: don't try and edit race palmares without knowing what you're doing... half this month's winners on the calendar were messed up but it seems to have recovered after Paris - Roubaix.
Race Winners
De Panne Tour : Stijn Devolder
Settimana Lombarda : Enrico Gasparotto
Volta ao Alentejo : Carlos Torrent Tarres
GP de Vitre : Pierre Rolland
GP del Navarra : Fortunato Baliani
GP Van Vlaaderen : Sylvain Chavanel
GP de Rennes : Denis Flahaut
GP al Pais Vasco : Luis Leon Sanchez
Tour de la Sarthe : Sebastien Rosseler
Gent - Wevelgem : Lars Ytting Bak
GP Ciremi : Jeremy Hunt
GP Van Drenthe : Stef Clement
Paris - Roubaix : Fabian Cancellara
GP Primavera : Rory Sutherland
Paris - Vimoutiers : Jerome Pineau
Scheldetour Vlaanderen : Frederic Amorison
Circuit de Denain : Sebastien Chavanel
Route du Finistere : John Gadret
Amstel Gold Race : Philippe Gilbert
Coppa d'Oro : John Gadret
Trophee Bro-Leon : Arnaud Coyot
Georgia Road : Daniel Lloyd
Cicuito del Trentino : Damiano Cunego
La Fleche Wallone : Simon Gerrans
Vuelta a la Rioja : Amets Txurruka Ansola
Liege - Bastogne - Liege : Philippe Gilbert
Monthly Awards
Cya Top Tour Rankings
Chavanel retains his lead over Cancellara with his win at Van Vlaaderen but Gilbert is bearing down on them after his successful Ardennes campaign. Other classicists move up in the rankings such as Vansummeren and Tjallingii.
Cancellara has propelled Milram to the top of the team rankings whilst Gerrans' performances have helped to moved Sky-Cervelo into second ahead of Rabobank. At the bottom Fuji - Servetto are really struggling and will need to rely on Menchov and Sastre in the Grand Tours if they wish to avoid relegation...
Continental Tour Rankings
The Chavanel brothers are both doing well in their respective divsions with Sebastian trailing only young team-mate Pierre Rolland in terms of points in the Continental Tour.
And so it's no surprise to see BBOX at the top of the team standings. Besson and Landbouwkrdiet have both started the season well and trail BBOX in second and third. Meanwhile both Francaise des Jeux and Cofidis are under-performing and are nowhere to be seen in the top 10.
Injuries
Ballan and Leukemans are still unable to race after their injuries, whilst another cobbled classicist, Tom Boonen has fractured his hip and will be out until the end of June. Daniel Navarro Garcia, one of Contador's strongest domestiques, will be out until the end of May but will hope to regain his fitness to help Contador at Le Tour.
Other News
The teams for the Supergiro di Italia have been announced with Barloworld, Acqua Sapone and Serramenti PVC snapping up the available wild cards and they will compete against the 18 Top Tour teams in the first Grand Tour of the year.
Meanwhile multiple teams have been announcing their interests in some of cycling's most promising talents. Indeed some have already offered professional contracts to some young riders. Columbia have signed promising time-trialist Tejay van Garderen, Saxo Bank have snapped up Australian stage racer Richie Porte, whilst Frenchman Romain Sicard will become Euskaltel's first ever non-Spanish rider after the youngster was invited to join the Basque set-up.
As we head into March the Grand Tour season awaits, but first we take a trip to Switzerland for the GP de Romandie.
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I decided not to have my story affiliated with "Team Eurosport" any more because I think it was making things a little confusing considering I only really used them to present the introduction and then they have since been nowhere to be seen.
So I've mutually come to an agreement with Eurosport to terminate the team contract, and I've taken the chance to update the intro. Don't worry, all the riders will continue riding under the guise of a more neutral control team. The Livestrong organistion has kindly agreed a low-budget contract for official sponsorship of the team to pay the riders and staff.
Meanwhile I'm quite happy with how the story is coming along although I realise the "no team-PCM09" combination maybe doesn't appeal to all. At least I can say that this is just about the furthest I've got into a career before haha.
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2008 Winner
Andreas Kloden
Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans headline the startlist and with the grand tours looming you would expect them to be in good shape and contending for the overall win. Liquigas have brought Nibali and Astana's leader is Brajkovic, whilst all three of the young riders signed last month (van Garderen, Sicard and Porte) make their first major outings for their teams.
This year's route begins with a prologue in Laussane and then the route gets lumpy, including a 15km team time trial on stage 4 followed by a officially mountainous stage the next day.
Startlist
Spoiler BMC
1. C.Evans
2. S.Bovay
3. M.Kohler
4. A.Moos
5. M.Schär
6. F.Stalder
7. J.Stewart
8. J.Tschopp
MILRAM
11. A.Schleck
12. L.Gerdemann
13. J.Posthuma
14. T.Rohregger
15. M.Russ
16. R.Scholz
17. W.Wahtsakes
18. P.Wrölich
LIQUIGAS
21. V.Nibali
22. V.Agnoli
23. M.Bodnar
24. K.Koren
25. F.Pellizotti
26. S.Szmyd
27. F.Willems
28. O.Zaugg
ASTANA
31. J.Brajkovic
32. A.Bazayev
33. R.Di Gregorio
34. R.Kiserlovski
35. Y.Popovych
36. I.Rovny
37. A.Zeits
38. H.Zubeldia
COLUMBIA
41. T.van Garderen
42. M.Albasini
43. M.Goss
44. B.Grabsch
45. K.Kirchen
46. D.Pate
47. V.Reynès
48. D.Wyss
GARMIN
51. C.Vandevelde
52. S.Cozza
53. J.Dean
54. H.Dekkers
55. J.Donald
56. H.Duyn
57. W.Frischkorn
58. C.Meyer
C.EPARGNE
61. O.Pereiro
62. D.Arroyo
63. M.Bruseghin
64. J.Gutierrez
65. V.Kiryienka
66. D.López GarcÃa
67. D.Moreno
68. M.Perez
KATUSHA
71. A.Colom
72. L.Bodrogi
73. M.Ignatiev
74. S.Klimov
75. L.Mazzanti
76. G.Mikhailov
77. E.Petrov
78. Y.Trofimov
FUJI
81. J.Cobo Acebo
82. P.Bailetti
83. I.Camaño
84. J.Del Nero
85. J.MejÃas Leal
86. D.Nardello
87. R.Serrano Gonzalez
88. B.Shpilevsky
EUSKALTEL
91. M.Astarloza
92. J.Aramendia
93. J.Azanza Soto
94. I.Isasi
95. I.Landaluze
96. E.Martinez
97. R.Sicard
98. A.Txurruka Ansola
RABOBANK
101. S.Clement
102. M.Breschel
103. B.De Groot
104. K.Moerenhout
105. B.Mollema
106. B.Tankink
107. J.Van Emden
108. P.Weening
SAXO BANK
111. R.Porte
112. M.Christensen
113. J.Haedo
114. J.Hernandez Blazquez
115. G.Larsson
116. A.Steensen
117. N.Sørensen
118. C.Sørensen
SERRAMENTI
121. J.Rujano
122. R.Bertogliati
123. A.Bertolini
124. A.Loddo
125. L.Mate
126. C.Ochoa
127. J.Rodriguez
128. N.Rossi
SKY-CERVELO
131. I.Cuesta
132. M.Barry
133. C.Froome
134. C.Knees
135. D.Lloyd
136. S.Pauwels
137. C.Sutton
138. M.Wyss
COFIDIS
141. D.Moncoutié
142. S.Augé
143. F.Brard
144. S.Dumoulin
145. L.Duque
146. M.Hary
147. S.Portal
148. N.Sijmens
SILENCE
151. F.De Greef
152. T.Dekker
153. B.Dockx
154. M.Elijzen
155. G.Gardeyn
156. P.Jacobs
157. J.Ljungblad
158. T.Stubbe
BBOX
161. A.Charteau
162. Y.Arashiro
163. G.Bernaudeau
164. C.Gautier
165. V.Jérôme
166. G.Le Floch
167. P.Quemeneur
168. S.Turgot
VACANSOLEIL
171. R.Pidgornyy
172. S.Lagutin
173. C.Lhotellerie
174. G.Löwik
175. W.Mol
176. W.Poels
177. T.Van Amerongen
178. A.Van Groen
F.D. JEUX
181. P.Fédrigo
182. A.Duval
183. G.Meersman
184. Y.Offredo
185. D.Rollin
186. J.Roy
187. W.Sulzberger
188. B.Vaugrenard
AG2R
191. C.Dessel
192. D.Champion
193. A.Efimkin
194. M.Elmiger
195. S.Goubert
196. R.Mandri
197. L.Mondory
198. A.Pliuschin
LAMPRE
201. P.Caucchioli
202. V.Buts
203. D.Loosli
204. M.Lorenzetto
205. A.Petacchi
206. M.Sapa
207. S.Spilak
208. V.Zagorodny
QUICK STEP
211. J.Van De Walle
212. D.Cataldo
213. D.Cornu
214. D.Malacarne
215. F.Reda
216. H.Schwab
217. K.Van Impe
218. M.Velo
CONTROL
221. M.Lamp
222. P.Cazaux
223. F.Galarzo
224. A.Limin
225. A.Moucherman
226. G.Suray
227. S.Tronk
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GP de Romandie
Prologue
Lausanne : 8.6km
Kirchen : +12 (15th)
Pereiro : +15 (24th)
The young Sicard put out a decent time : +18 (32nd)
Stef Clement put out an excellent time trial and narrowly missed out on the win : +0 (3rd)
Brajkovic : +10 (12th)
Nibali : +8 (8th). A promising start for the Italian.
Larsson : +7 (7th)
A good time trial for Gutierrez but he will be disappointed to miss out on the best time of the day : +0 (2nd)
Vandevelde : +6 (6th)
Rujano will have to rely on his climbing abilities to take back time. +29 (69th)
A good prologue for Gerdemann : +4 (5th)
Bruseghin : +9 (11th)
The only favourites left were the two biggest riders in the race, Evans and Andy Schleck. Schleck went out first of the two and finished 9 seconds behind in 10th place.
But Evans was the fastest man on the day with a time of 9'43 and takes the leader's jersey.
 General Classification
| 1 Cadel Evans BMC RACING TEAM 9'43 | | 2 Jose Ivan Gutierrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t. | | 3 Stef Clement RABOBANK s.t. | | 4 Joost Posthuma MILRAM - TREK +3 | | 5 Linus Gerdemann MILRAM - TREK +4 | | 6 Christian Vandevelde GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM +6 | | 7 Gustav Larsson TEAM SAXO BANK +6 | | 8 Vicenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS +8 | | 9 Benoit Vaugrenard FRANCAISE DES JEUX +9 | | 10 Andy Schleck MILRAM - TREK s.t. |
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GP de Romandie
Stage 2
Montreux - Fribourg : 176.6km
The game says that today's stage is flat although the profile seems to suggest otherwise, with a pretty tough climb at 104km and then a chance for attacks at 15km to go. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Linus Gerdemann found himself dropped off the back of the peloton on the first climb of the day. His 5th place yesterday suggested that it was a bad case of misjudgement from the German and not a fitness issue. He made his way back up anyway.
Escapees Ignatiev, Mol and Reda crossed the top of the main climb together. Most of the sprinters just about clung onto the peleton over the climb.
The break was caught and as the sprint began Rollin, Kirchen and Colom were at the front of the group. Goss and Petacchi were on the wheel of Sutton.
But the sprinters soon faded after a tiring day and Kirchen bursted through with Colom on his wheel.
Colom came round him to take the win.
Cuesta, van Garderen and Sicard were all victims of late crashes and lost time.
Stage Results
| 1 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | 4h38'37 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 3 | Alexandre Moos | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 4 | Franco Pellizotti | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 5 | Serge Pauwels | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | | 6 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 7 | Davide Malacarne | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 8 | Leonardo Duque | COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | s.t. | | 9 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | 10 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 4h48'20 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 4 | Linus Gerdemann | MILRAM - TREK | + 4 | | 5 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | + 6 | | 6 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 7 | Gustav Larsson | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 7 | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | + 8 | | 9 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 10 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | + 9 |
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GP de Romandie
Stage 3
La Chaux-de-Fonds - La Chaux-de-Fonds : 162.4km
We could potentially see the first attacks from the favourites today with the multiple late climbs.
Having both lost time yesterday, Moncoutie and Porte joined the days break but they were all eventually reeled back in by the peloton.
7th placed Gustav Larsson attacked with 50km to go and spurred on a few other attacks but no-one could open up a gap.
Larsson again kicked off more futile attacks on the penultimate climb. Ukraine champion Pidgornyy was the only rider to open up a gap, and Rujano then responded on the descent. Nothing came of it.
Rujano tried to get away on the descent again with Cobo on the final climb.
Nibali set of after him and passed him on the way down.
Brajkovic, Pellizotti and Larsson all set of in pursuit of Nibali who was riding solo with 4km left after some daredevil descending.
Nibali opened up the sprint... with his team mate Pelizotti not far behind.
Nibali still led as they went around the final bend...
And held on to the line to make a Liquigas 1-2! Although they weren't accredited with a time gap to the depleted peloton, Nibali takes the leader's jersey by virtue of bonifications.
Stage Results
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 4h06'45 | | 2 | Franco Pellizotti | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 3 | Janez Brajkovic | ASTANA | s.t. | | 4 | Gustav Larsson | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 5 | Oscar Pereiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 6 | Florian Stalder | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 7 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 8 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 9 | Matti Breschel | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 10 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 8h55'03 | | 2 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 2 | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 4 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | MILRAM - TREK | + 6 | | 6 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | + 8 | | 7 | Janez Brajkovic | ASTANA | s.t. | | 8 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 9 | Gustav Larsson | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 9 | | 10 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | + 10 |
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 4
Yverdon-les-Bains - Yverdon-les-Bains : 14.8km
It's time for the short team time trial before we head into the mountains tommorow... on paper, the best time-trialing squad is Caisse d'Epargne with Gutierrez, Bruseghin, Kiryienka and Pereiro.
Saxo Bank : +25 (7th)
Euskaltel - Euskadi : +31 (10th)
Liquigas : +22 (6th). That won't be enough to retain Nibali's leader's jersey.
Katusha : +22 (5th)
Sky-Cervelo : +30 (9th)
Columbia : +29 (8th)
Astana : +11 (4th)
BMC go through and set the fastest time so far with 17'49 for Evans who moves up to second overall.
But next up are the favourites, Caisse, who go three seconds better at 17'46 with a great ride.
Milram - Trek : +10 (3rd)
The GC takes a reshuffle as Gutierrez reclaims the leader's jersey, but Evans, Schleck, Nibali and Brajkovic all find themselves in the top 10 with 2 stages to go.
Stage Results
| 1 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 17'46 | | 2 | BMC RACING TEAM | + 3 | | 3 | MILRAM - TREK | + 10 | | 4 | ASTANA | + 11 | | 5 | TEAM KATUSHA | + 22 | | 6 | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 7 | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 26 | | 8 | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | + 29 | | 9 | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | + 30 | | 10 | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 32 | | 11 | QUICK STEP | + 34 | | 12 | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 37 | | 13 | RABOBANK | + 38 | | 14 | FUJI - SERVETTO | + 39 | | 15 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 40 | | 16 | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | 17 | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | + 44 | | 18 | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | + 47 | | 19 | SILENCE-LOTTO | s.t. | | 20 | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 53 | | 21 | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | + 1'04 | | 22 | COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 1'08 | | 23 | LIVESTRONG CONTROL TEAM | + 2'23 |
General Classification
| 1 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 9h12'51 | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC RACING TEAM | + 3 | | 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 10 | | 4 | Linus Gerdemann | MILRAM - TREK | + 14 | | 5 | Oscar Pereiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 15 | | 6 | Andy Schleck | MILRAM - TREK | + 19 | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | + 20 | | 8 | Vasil Kiryienka | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 21 | | 9 | Janez Brajkovic | ASTANA | + 22 | | 10 | Marlon Alirio Perez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 23 |
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Stage 5
Estavayer-le-Lac - Sainte-Croix : 157.9km
Gutierrez goes into the queen stage wearing the yellow jersey but is surely unlikely to keep it as Evans is only 3 seconds behind him. Andy Schleck will be out looking for time on Evans today as he is 16 seconds back on the Australian after the time trials.
Kirchen attacked at the top of the penultimate climb and Larsson responded. Both were hauled back.
A break containing Moncoutie, Chris Anker Sorensen and polka dot jersey Bertogliati reached the foot of the final climb with a lead of 3'40.
Brajkovic started off the attacks.
Vandevelde was next to go.
Evans then made his move. Schleck and Nibali countered.
Schleck attacked again with 1km to the summit.
Sorensen crossed the top alone with 1'33 back to Schleck.
Evans was brought back by the pack but Schleck had around 1' with 10km to go. Nibali was 20 seconds back on him.
Nibali was able to catch Schleck on the descent.
Sorensen just managed to hold on and took the stage win ahead of Schleck and Nibali.
A depleted pack came across the line over a minute down on Schleck and Nibali which gives Schleck the leader's jersey 3 seconds ahead of the Italian.
Stage Results
| 1 | Chris Anker Sørensen | TEAM SAXO BANK | 4h25'17 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | MILRAM - TREK | s.t. | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 4 | Stef Clement | RABOBANK | + 1'06 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 6 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 7 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 8 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 9 | David López GarcÃa | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 10 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Andy Schleck | MILRAM - TREK | 13h38'21 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | + 3 | | 3 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 53 | | 4 | Cadel Evans | BMC RACING TEAM | + 56 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'03 | | 6 | Linus Gerdemann | MILRAM - TREK | + 1'07 | | 7 | Oscar Pereiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'08 | | 8 | Janez Brajkovic | ASTANA | + 1'15 | | 9 | Haimar Zubeldia | ASTANA | + 1'18 | | 10 | David Arroyo | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
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Stage 6
Aubonne - Geneve : 150.9km
Just 3 seconds separate Schleck and Nibali as we head into the final stage. The run-in is flat, but Nibali has to have a go if he wants the overall victory.
A big group of 17 riders formed at the front which included the likes of Sicard, Mollema and Porte.
Nibali must have been content with second as he didn't try anything on the main climb. Brajkovic attacked with 20km to go but seemed unlikely to get anywhere.
5km later there were more attacks, with 3rd placed Gutierrez and 9th placed Zubeldia getting involved in the action.
Evans and Bruseghin also got involved with 10km to go. Bruseghin was the most successful out of all the attackers, riding his way up to the remaining escapees. Innfact, amidst all the attacks Bruseghin had ridden into the provisional lead out of nowhere! Milram frantically lead the late chase.
Shpilevsky comfortably settled the sprint out of the escapees with Bruseghin coming with them in 5th. Milram had upped the tempo behind but it was going to be a close call...
Schleck arrived home... and despite finishing a full kilometre behind Bruseghin, the sheer number of late attackers and escapees inbetween had ended up classifying them all as one big group. Schleck takes the win but surely has to be very thankful for that 17 man break which probably ended up deciding the overall winner.
Stage Results
| 1 | Boris Shpilevsky | FUJI - SERVETTO | 3h48'25 | | 2 | Romain Sicard | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 3 | Carlos José Ochoa | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | s.t. | | 4 | Vicente Reynès | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 6 | Richie Porte | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 7 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Astarloza | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 9 | Cadel Evans | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 10 | Haimar Zubeldia | ASTANA | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Andy Schleck | MILRAM - TREK | 17h26'46 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | + 3 | | 3 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 53 | | 4 | Cadel Evans | BMC RACING TEAM | + 56 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'03 | | 6 | Linus Gerdemann | MILRAM - TREK | + 1'07 | | 7 | Oscar Pereiro | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'08 | | 8 | Janez Brajkovic | ASTANA | + 1'15 | | 9 | Haimar Zubeldia | ASTANA | + 1'18 | | 10 | David Arroyo | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
 Points
| 1 | Antonio Colom | TEAM KATUSHA | 49 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 46 | | 3 | José Iván Gutierrez | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 42 | | 4 | Franco Pellizotti | LIQUIGAS | 33 | | 5 | Kim Kirchen | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | 27 |
 Mountain
| 1 | David Moncoutié | COFIDIS - LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 36 | | 2 | Rubens Bertogliati | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | 24 | | 3 | Francesco Reda | QUICK STEP | 24 | | 4 | Chris Anker Sørensen | TEAM SAXO BANK | 23 | | 5 | Marcel Wyss | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | 16 |
 Young Riders
| 1 | Andy Schleck | MILRAM - TREK | 17h26'46 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | + 3 | | 3 | Yury Trofimov | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1'34 |
 Team
| 1 | MILRAM - TREK | 51h46'45 | | 2 | LIQUIGAS | + 53 | | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 1'04 |
It's quite disappointing to see the game mess up the final standings like that but oh well... Schleck was probably the strongest rider here in any case and has shown us he is in good form. It remains to be seen whether him or Evans will ride the Giro...
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It's time for the first grand tour of my story which I'm really happy about
2008 Winner
Alberto Contador
We have an interesting route which includes a team time trial on stage 1, two mountain top finishes in the first week and a long hilly 63.4km time trial on stage 12. The race concludes in Rome with another, 17.3km long, time trial.
 Overall Contenders
Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
Basso stands out as the favourite on paper for the win whilst most of the main stage racers seem to be opting for the Tour or the Vuelta. Basso definitely has what it takes to win here.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre - N.G.C)
The arrival of Cunego at the start line could make things interesting. We could end up seeing a two-way battle between Liquigas and Lampre for their home race.
Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes Farnese Vini)
Di Luca perhaps isn't quite of the quality of Basso or Cunego but if he plays his cards right he could be in with a shout for the victory and will be aiming for at least the 3rd podium place.
Vicenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
Basso's team-mate Nibali is perhaps the most complete stage racer out of the starting field. He will be riding in support of Basso but nonetheless should have his own opportunities to race for the podium.
Other Contenders
Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank)
Rigoberto Uran (Sky-Cervelo)
Nicolas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale)
Michele Scarponi (Lampre - N.G.C)
Christian Vandevelde (Garmin - Slipstream)
 Main Sprinters
Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha)
Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni)
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil)
Nikolai Trussov (Team Katusha)
Pozzato will be aiming to take the points jersey home against this field. He has the best abilities and the best support in the form of young Trussov but it might not be enough to fend off the climbers and puncheurs.
Startlist
LIQUIGAS
1. I.Basso
2. E.Capecchi
3. M.Fischer
4. E.Franzoi
5. A.Kuschynski
6. V.Nibali
7. A.Noe
8. S.Szmyd
9. F.Willems
LAMPRE
11. D.Cunego
12. P.Caucchioli
13. E.Gasparotto
14. F.Gavazzi
15. D.Hondo
16. M.Lorenzetto
17. M.Mori
18. M.Scarponi
19. S.Spilak
LPR
21. D.Di Luca
22. G.Bosisio
23. C.Cucinotta
24. G.Ermeti
25. J.Golcer
26. S.Marinangeli
27. D.Pietropolli
28. C.Salerno
29. A.Spezialetti
RABOBANK
31. L.Sánchez
32. L.Boom
33. S.Clement
34. B.De Groot
35. P.Horrillo
36. T.Leezer
37. G.Niermann
38. B.Tankink
39. L.Ten Dam
SKY-CERVELO
41. R.Uran
42. J.Augustyn
43. C.Froome
44. G.Henderson
45. J.Hunt
46. S.Pauwels
47. M.Rogers
48. C.Sutton
49. M.Wyss
AG2R
51. N.Roche
52. C.Dessel
53. A.Efimkin
54. M.Elmiger
55. S.Hinault
56. Y.Krivtsov
57. R.Nocentini
58. S.Poulhies
59. L.Turpin
GARMIN
61. C.Vandevelde
62. B.Caldwell
63. H.Dekkers
64. T.Duggan
65. M.Friedman
66. W.Frischkorn
67. C.Le Mével
68. T.Lowe
69. S.Tuft
SILENCE
71. J.Vanendert
72. C.Brandt
73. W.Cretskens
74. P.Jacobs
75. M.Lloyd
76. J.Roelandts
77. T.Stubbe
78. J.Veikkanen
79. C.Wegelius
KATUSHA
81. V.Karpets
82. A.Botcharov
83. P.Brutt
84. K.Dehaes
85. M.Ignatiev
86. E.Petrov
87. F.Pozzato
88. A.Serov
89. N.Trussov
MILRAM
91. M.Monfort
92. M.Eichler
93. T.Fothen
94. M.Fothen
95. J.Fuglsang
96. S.Knaven
97. C.Kux
98. T.Rohregger
99. M.Russ
QUICK STEP
101. S.Chavanel
102. D.Cataldo
103. D.Cornu
104. D.Devenyns
105. D.Malacarne
106. M.Tosatto
107. J.Van De Walle
108. K.Van Impe
SERRAMENTI
111. J.Rujano
112. R.Bertogliati
113. A.Bertolini
114. M.Gavazzi
115. F.Ginanni
116. A.Loddo
117. E.Rigotto
118. J.Serpa Santander
119. G.Simoni
ACQUA SAP.
121. S.Garzelli
122. M.Codol
123. R.Marzoli
124. S.Masciarelli
125. A.Masciarelli
126. F.Masciarelli
127. G.Palumbo
128. L.Paolini
129. L.Pierfelici
ASTANA
131. S.Paulinho
132. A.Bazayev
133. M.Iglinskiy
134. F.Kessiakoff
135. R.Kiserlovski
136. G.Lequatre
137. Y.Popovych
138. G.Rast
139. J.Rubiera
VACANSOLEIL
141. M.Carrara
142. B.Bozic
143. W.De Vocht
144. R.Honig
145. S.Lagutin
146. G.Löwik
147. M.Marcato
148. R.Pidgornyy
149. A.Vierhouten
SAXO BANK
151. C.Sørensen
152. J.Bellis
153. J.Hernandez Blazquez
154. F.Hoj
155. G.Larsson
156. A.Lund
157. B.Noval
158. L.Roberts
159. N.Sørensen
BARLOWORLD
161. F.Cardenas
162. F.Bellotti
163. P.Calcagni
164. K.Carlström
165. G.Cheula
166. B.Hermans
167. D.Impey
168. C.Scognamiglio
169. I.Stannard
BMC
171. A.Moos
172. C.Barton
173. S.Bovay
174. M.Frank
175. T.Frei
176. M.Kohler
177. J.Louder
178. S.Morabito
179. F.Stalder
COLUMBIA
181. D.Pate
182. B.Grabsch
183. A.Hansen
184. C.Lewis
185. M.Pinotti
186. A.Rasmussen
187. V.Reynès
188. K.Siutsou
189. D.Wyss
BBOX
191. C.Kern
192. Y.Arashiro
193. O.Bonnaire
194. M.Claude
195. Y.Gene
196. A.Labbe
197. R.Martias
198. A.Pichot
199. S.Turgot
CONTROL
201. D.De La Ferre
202. P.Cazaux
203. B.Delrot
204. F.Galarzo
205. M.Lamp
206. A.Limin
207. G.Suray
208. S.Tronk
209. F.Vachon |
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Stage 1
Lido di Venezia : 20.4km
We begin the Giro with a team time trial. Katusha are favoured to win.
AG2R La Mondiale : +38 (9th)
Liquigas were out early but Basso and Nibali will be dissapointed with the time. +19 (6th)
A good time trial from Quick Step.
+16 (4th)
Astana may not have a GC contender but they were still out showing their class with a good time.
+2 (3rd)
Rabobank : +16 (5th)
Lampre set a good time at 25'12. Cunego will be pleased with that.
Milram - Trek : +27 (7th)
Columbia - High Road : +47 (10th)
Favourites Katusha didn't look great at the checkpoint, but pulled it back together in the second half.
+1 (2nd)
Sky-Cervelo : +31 (8th)
LPR : + 1'26 (17th)
That's a lot of time for Di Luca to lose after just one stage.
Garmin then came round and smashed the best time at the first checkpoint by 10 seconds... and then totally collapsed in the later parts of the course to finish 14th, handing the win to Lampre, and the leader's jersey to Scarponi.
Stage Results
| 1 | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 25'12 | | 2 | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1 | | 3 | ASTANA | + 3 | | 4 | QUICK STEP | + 17 | | 5 | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 6 | LIQUIGAS | + 20 | | 7 | MILRAM - TREK | + 27 | | 8 | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | + 31 | | 9 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 39 | | 10 | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | + 47 | | 11 | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 12 | SILENCE-LOTTO | + 52 | | 13 | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | + 57 | | 14 | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 15 | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | + 1'10 | | 16 | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | + 1'12 | | 17 | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | + 1'26 | | 18 | BMC RACING TEAM | + 1'31 | | 19 | BBOX - BOUYGUES TELECOM | + 1'35 | | 20 | BARLOWORLD | + 1'47 | | 21 | LIVESTRONG CONTROL TEAM | + 3'16 |
General Classification
| 1 | Michele Scarponi | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 25'12 | | 2 | Simon Spilak | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 3 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 4 | Pietro Caucchioli | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 6 | Vladimir Karpets | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1 | | 7 | Pavel Brutt | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 8 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 9 | Evgueni Petrov | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 10 | Alexander Serov | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
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Stage 2
Jesolo - Trieste : 154.5km
The first chance for the sprinters. Pozzato will be looking for the win.
All three Masciarelli brothers are in this year's race for Acqua Sapone. Simone and Andrea joined the day's break.
Pozzato was involved in a crash with 75km to go along with Le Mevel. It took them almost 30km to get back to the peloton. Barton was so angry to crash he even gave his bike a good kick up the wheel.
Indeed Pozzato must have been tired from that effort as he was nowhere to be seen at the final sprint. Capecchi led Fischer who had Roelandts on his wheel.
Roelandts tried to jump early but Fischer responded powerfully and took the win.
Thanks to his 4th place Gasparotto takes the pink jersey from his team mate without bonifications. One man who did take bonifications was Fischer who now is on the same overall time as Gasparotto.
Stage Results
| 1 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | 3h34'24 | | 2 | Jürgen Roelandts | SILENCE-LOTTO | s.t. | | 3 | Jeremy Hunt | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | | 4 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 5 | Assan Bazayev | ASTANA | s.t. | | 6 | Danilo Wyss | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 7 | Borut Bozic | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 8 | Bram De Groot | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Paolini | ACQUA SAPONE - CAFFE MOKAMBO | s.t. | | 10 | Alberto Loddo | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 3h59'36 | | 2 | Michele Scarponi | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 3 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 4 | Simon Spilak | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 6 | Pietro Caucchioli | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1 | | 8 | Pavel Brutt | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 9 | Evgueni Petrov | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 10 | Vladimir Karpets | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | 25 | | 2 | Jürgen Roelandts | SILENCE-LOTTO | 20 | | 3 | Jeremy Hunt | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | 16 | | 4 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 14 | | 5 | Assan Bazayev | ASTANA | 12 |
Mountain
| 1 | Giairo Ermeti | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | 3 | | 2 | Jeff Louder | BMC RACING TEAM | 2 | | 3 | Carlo Scognamiglio | BARLOWORLD | 1 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Simon Spilak | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 3h59'36 | | 2 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1 | | 3 | Robert Kiserlovski | ASTANA | + 3 |
Teams
| 1 | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 11h08'24 | | 2 | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1 | | 3 | ASTANA | + 3 |
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Stage 3
Grado - Valdobbiadene : 197km
Today's stage is flat but with an uphill finish. That's unlikely to faze Pozzato though - infact it probably gives him an extra advantage today.
Pichot rode alone at the front for much of the day but stood no chance against the might of the peloton.
Sylvain Chavanel decided to launch a surprise attack with 57km to go.
And found himself with over 2 minutes on the peloton, with just 10km left to ride.
The peleton increased the pace but Chavanel held on to deny the sprinters with yet another solo victory (after his exploits at Van Vlaanderen and Paris-Nice). The pink jersey of Gasparotto lead the sprint behind across the line. Pozzato was nowhere to be seen again, he crashed again late on.
In recognition of his efforts Chavanel takes the magalia rosa. He certainly seems to be having quite a season both in terms of stage races and the classics.
Stage Results
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | QUICK STEP | 4h41'26 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 11 | | 3 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 4 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 5 | Jeremy Hunt | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | | 6 | Assan Bazayev | ASTANA | s.t. | | 7 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 8 | Borut Bozic | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | s.t. | | 9 | Dries Devenyns | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 10 | Danilo Wyss | TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | QUICK STEP | 8h40'59 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 2 | | 3 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | + 14 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 6 | Pietro Caucchioli | LAMPRE - N.G.C | s.t. | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | + 15 | | 8 | Pavel Brutt | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 9 | Evgueni Petrov | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 10 | Vladimir Karpets | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | 39 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 34 | | 3 | Jeremy Hunt | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | 28 | | 4 | Sylvain Chavanel | QUICK STEP | 25 | | 5 | Assan Bazayev | ASTANA | 22 |
Mountain
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | QUICK STEP | 3 | | 2 | Giairo Ermeti | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | 3 | | 3 | Rubens Bertogliati | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | 2 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Mikhail Ignatiev | TEAM KATUSHA | 8h41'14 | | 2 | Robert Kiserlovski | ASTANA | + 2 | | 3 | Nikolai Trussov | TEAM KATUSHA | + 5 |
Team Classifcation
| 1 | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 25h13'15 | | 2 | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1 | | 3 | ASTANA | + 3 |
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Stage 4
Padova - San Martino di Castrozza : 167.4km
We already hit the mountains on the fourth stage. Today we should get an idea of who is in good form this year, and who isn't.
With 24km Uran and Le Mevel sprinted away from the pack.
Rujano was next at 14km but he got nowhere.
Surprisingly Basso was leading the pack onwards. Perhaps he was the one riding in support of Nibali?
Vandevelde made his move at 11km and Uran tried to cling onto his wheel.
Vanendert soon followed.
Nobody was able to really get anywhere with Basso setting the tempo behind but then Di Luca sprung out the pack and raced on ahead of everyone else.
Cunego countered.
And that set Nibali and then Scarponi off. Basso remained with the pack.
Bang! Just as everyone was coming back together with 3km to go, the Little Prince was off again. This looked dangerous.
Cunego powered away and held on masterfully to take the win and the Magalia Rosa.
Nibali led Paulinho, Sanchez, Vandevelde and Di Luca over the line just behind Cunego and 39 seconds ahead of Basso. He clearly isn't in great shape.
Stage Results
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 4h27'52 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | s.t. | | 3 | Sergio Paulinho | ASTANA | s.t. | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 5 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | s.t. | | 6 | Danilo Di Luca | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 7 | Ivan Basso | LIQUIGAS | + 39 | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | SILENCE-LOTTO | + 52 | | 9 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Rohregger | MILRAM - TREK | + 1'09 |
General Classification
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 13h08'45 | | 2 | Sergio Paulinho | ASTANA | + 15 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | + 28 | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | RABOBANK | + 37 | | 5 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 1'17 | | 6 | Ivan Basso | LIQUIGAS | + 1'19 | | 7 | Vladimir Karpets | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1'30 | | 8 | Sylvain Chavanel | QUICK STEP | + 1'31 | | 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 1'33 | | 10 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 1'43 |
Points
| 1 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | 39 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 34 | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 34 | | 4 | Jeremy Hunt | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | 28 | | 5 | Sylvain Chavanel | QUICK STEP | 27 |
Mountain
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 15 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 10 | | 3 | Gerben Löwik | VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM | 10 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 13h09'13 | | 2 | Davide Malacarne | QUICK STEP | + 1'34 | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | SILENCE-LOTTO | + 1'36 |
Teams
| 1 | LIQUIGAS | 38h39'15 | | 2 | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 26 | | 3 | TEAM KATUSHA | + 1'36 |
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Stage 5
San Martino di Castrozza - Alpe di Siusi : 129.4km
A short but interesting stage. We begin with a short climb up Paso Rolle, before 90km of descending / flat. We finish with a long, difficult climb up the Alpe di Siusi.
The day's break: Hoj, Lagutin, Stadler, Claude, Hansen and Hermans. They reach the foot of the climb with a 5 minute advantage but failed to make it count.
Di Luca went for the early attack at 27km and opened up a one minute gap.
It was good to see Karpets on the offensive as he set off after Di Luca.
Nibali attacked at 20km on the flat and made his way up to the duo.
Nibali soon began to pull away from Di Luca and Karpets.
Back in the pack, Vandevelde was on the attack.
With 9km to go Paulinho, Uran, Basso, Cunego, Sanchez were all attacking.
With 6km to go Nibali had over a minute on Vandevelde. Cunego wasn't far behind after passing a fading Di Luca.
Cunego made his way up to Vandevelde soon after but Nibali was storming ahead in the background.
Nibali had plenty time to celebrate his victory, finishing 43 seconds ahead of Cunego who dropped Vandevelde towards the finish. Uran came in 4th, Di Luca took 5th whilst Nibali takes the magalia rosa.
Basso finished well down again and looks out of the running already. Vandevelde is doing well in 3rd place.
Stage Results
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 3h43'45 | | 2 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 43 | | 3 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 1'08 | | 4 | Rigoberto Uran | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | + 2'01 | | 5 | Danilo Di Luca | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | + 2'09 | | 6 | Thomas Rohregger | MILRAM - TREK | s.t. | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | RABOBANK | + 2'53 | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | SILENCE-LOTTO | + 3'43 | | 9 | Gilberto Simoni | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | s.t. | | 10 | Vladimir Karpets | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 16h52'38 | | 2 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 23 | | 3 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | + 2'09 | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | RABOBANK | + 3'22 | | 5 | Danilo Di Luca | LPR BRAKES FARNESE VINI | + 3'47 | | 6 | Sergio Paulinho | ASTANA | + 3'50 | | 7 | Thomas Rohregger | MILRAM - TREK | + 3'57 | | 8 | Rigoberto Uran | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | + 4'11 | | 9 | Ivan Basso | LIQUIGAS | + 4'54 | | 10 | Vladimir Karpets | TEAM KATUSHA | + 5'05 |
Points
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 54 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 48 | | 3 | Murilo Fischer | LIQUIGAS | 39 | | 4 | Enrico Gasparotto | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 34 | | 5 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | 28 |
Mountain
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | LAMPRE - N.G.C | 30 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 30 | | 3 | Christian Vandevelde | GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM | 12 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | LIQUIGAS | 16h52'38 | | 2 | Rigoberto Uran | SKY-CERVELO PRO CYCLING | + 4'11 | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | SILENCE-LOTTO | + 5'39 |
Teams
| 1 | LIQUIGAS | 49h59'41 | | 2 | LAMPRE - N.G.C | + 2'54 | | 3 | TEAM KATUSHA | + 7'04 |
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